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The Devil and Daniel Webster

by Stephen Vincent Benet · 1937

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Jabez Stone seeks help from the lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain he has made with the Devil.

Genre
historical fiction
Setting
New England
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
short · 61 pages
Form
short storiespoetry

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