The Fixed Period

The Fixed Period
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This eBook edition of «The Fixed Period» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The citizens of Britannula have come up with a unique idea of having young leaders in their government by executing everyone who is above 67 years of age by a method called «deposition.» No one suspects anything until some people begin approaching the dreaded age… Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) was a prolific English novelist of the Victorian era.

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Anthony Trollope. The Fixed Period

The Fixed Period

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Table of Contents

Volume I

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. Gabriel Crasweller

Chapter III. The First Break-Down

Chapter IV. Jack Neverbend

Chapter V. The Cricket-Match

Chapter VI. The College

Volume II

Chapter VII. Columbus and Galileo

Chapter VIII. The "John Bright"

Chapter IX. The New Governor

Chapter X. The Town-Hall

Chapter XI. Farewell!

Chapter XII. Our Voyage to England

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Anthony Trollope

I. Introduction

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"And we are not all made of such stuff as you. You have talked about this till you have come to be in love with deposition and departure. But such is not the natural condition of a man. Look back upon all the centuries, and you will perceive that life has ever been dear to the best of men. And you will perceive also that they who have brought themselves to suicide have encountered the contempt of their fellow-creatures."

I would not tell him of Cato and Brutus, feeling that I could not stir him to grandeur of heart by Roman instances. He would have told me that in those days, as far as the Romans knew,

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