The Mark of Zorro
This is a literary translation of the original public-domain text
The language has been updated from the 1919 original to contemporary American English.
The text has been edited to make it more concise and accessible to a broader audience.
Language that would today be considered racist but was acceptable at the time has been removed.
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Once Lola Laverne was the toast of Europe, singer, dancer and mistress to kings and millionaires. But those days are long over, and now Lola is rotting in a cell in Silver Dollar City, a mining town in the Old West, sentenced to hang for killing the man who tried to rape her. Men have always been Lola's downfall. But could this really be the end for Lola Laverne? Will she perform her last dance at... [click here for more]
Claire Hayes was an Englishwoman with pale blonde hair and dark, burning eyes. Soon she was crossing the wild, wide American continent. Its roughness would strengthen her, and five men would help make her a woman: Peter, the husband drawn to prayer and the golden California sun; Morton, the trapper who saved her life and wanted full payment; Lone Eagle, the tall chief who bought her, loved her, and... [click here for more]
Einst war Lola Laverne war einer der größten Stars im Europa des 19. Jahrhunderts, Sängerin, Tänzerin, Geliebte von Millionären und Königen.
Aber all dies ist Vergangenheit, und nun sitzt Lola in einer Zelle in Silver Dollar City, einem Goldgräbernest in Wilden Westen, verurteilt zum Tode durch den Strang, weil sie einen Mann erschossen hat, der versucht hat,... [click here for more]
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