title: The Story of Stories: The Bible in Narrative Form
author: Karen C. Hinckley
description: This unique format presents the Bible vividly and creatively, adding the context, culture, and chronology you'd find in a commentary, but with the flair, intrigue, and wit of a five-star drama.  From Genesis to Revelation, here is the story of the love affair between Yahweh and His people - and a dramatic record of His justice and mercy as He works to restore relationship shattered by rebellion.
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  # The Dream Woman: A Mystery in Four Narratives
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Wilkie Collins
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
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  THE FIRST NARRATIVE: INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT OF THE
  
  
  FACTS BY PERCY FAIRBANK
  
  
    
  I
  
  
    
  II
  
  
    
  III
  
  
  THE SECOND NARRATIVE. THE HOSTLER'S STORY.--TOLD BY
  
  
  HIMSELF
  
  
    
  IV
  
  
    
  V
  
  
    
  VI
  
  
    
  VII
  
  
    
  VIII
  
  
    
  IX
  
  
    
  X
  
  
    
  XI
  
  
    
  XII
  
  
    
  XIII
  
  
  THE THIRD NARRATIVE: THE STORY CONTINUED BY PERCY
  
  
  FAIRBANK
  
  
    
  XIV
  
  
    
  XV
  
  
    
  XVI
  
  
  FOURTH (AND LAST) NARRATIVE: STATEMENT OF JOSEPH
  
  
  RIGOBERT: ADDRESSED TO THE ADVOCATE WHO DEFENDED HIM AT HIS TRIAL
  
  
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  ## THE FIRST NARRATIVE: INTRODUCTORY
  
  
  STATEMENT OF THE FACTS BY PERCY FAIRBANK
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### I
  
  
  
  
  
    
  "Hullo, there! Hostler! Hullo-o-o!"
  
  
    
  "My dear! why don't you look for the bell?"
  
  
    
  "I HAVE looked—there is no bell."
  
  
    
  "And nobody in the yard. How very extraordinary! Call again,
  
  
  dear."
  
  
    
  "Hostler! Hullo, there! Host