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  • EXEMPLARY NOVELS' SELECTION
    EXEMPLARY NOVELS' SELECTION
    CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE
    ?At the Venta or hostelry of the Mulinillo, which is situate on the confines of the renowned plain of Alcudia, and on the road from Castile to Andalusia, two striplings met by chance on one of the hottest days of summer...? Exemplary Novels is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy, written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1590 and 1612. The colle...
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  • CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER
    CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER
    QUINCEY, TOMAS DE
    ?These preliminary confessions, or introductory narrative of the youthful adventures which laid the foundation of the writer?s habit of opium-eating in after-life, it has been judged proper to premise, for three several reasons... ? Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) a...
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  • TREASURE ISLAND
    TREASURE ISLAND
    STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
    ?Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted,...? Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating...
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  • TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
    TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
    POE, EDGAR ALLAN
    ?During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher...? Tales of Mystery & Imagination (often rendered...
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  • TRAFALGAR
    TRAFALGAR
    PÉREZ GALDÓS, BENITO
    ?I trust that, before relating the important events of which I have been an eye-witness, I may be allowed to say a few words about my early life and to explain the singular accidents and circumstances which resulted in my being present at our great naval catastrophe...? Benito Pérez Galdós (1843?1920) was a Spanish realist novelist. Some authorities consider him second only to...
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  • WHITE FANG
    WHITE FANG
    LONDON, JACK
    ?Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light...? White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876?1916) ? and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized i...
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  • THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
    THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
    TWAIN, MARK
    ?The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them...? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived. Mark Twain created two of the...
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  • THE PRINCE
    THE PRINCE
    MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLÒ
    ?All satates, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities...? The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effec...
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  • A STUDY IN SCARLET
    A STUDY IN SCARLET
    CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR
    ?In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Army...? A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, wh...
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  • THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
    THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
    ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES
    ?I mean to inquire if, in the civil order, there can be any sure and legitimate rule of administration, men being taken as they are and laws as they might be...? The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial soc...
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  • ROBINSON CRUSOE
    ROBINSON CRUSOE
    DEFOE, DANIEL
    ?I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade lived afterward at York,...? Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagon...
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  • THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
    THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
    DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN
    ?Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been many statements, yet as I come in a direct line from Hugo Baskerville, and as I had the story from my father, who also had it from his, I have set it down with all belief that it occurred even as is here set forth...? The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...
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  • MANY INVENTIONS
    MANY INVENTIONS
    KIPLING, RUDYARD
    ?The Brothers of the Trinity order that none unconnected with their service shall be found in or on one of their Lights during the hours of darkness; but their servants can be made to think otherwise. If you are fair-spoken and take an interest in their duties, they will allow you to sit with them through the long night and help to scare the ships into mid-channel...? Kipling,...
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  • THE WAVES
    THE WAVES
    WOOLF, VIRGINIA
    ?The sun had not yet risen. The sea was indistinguishable from the sky, except that the sea was slightly creased as if a cloth had wrinkles in it. Gradually as the sky whitened a dark line lay on the horizon dividing the sea from the sky and the grey cloth became barred with thick strokes moving, one after another, beneath the surface, following each other, pursuing each other,...
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  • THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
    THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
    CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR
    ?To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex...? The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 1892. The stories are not in chrono...
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  • FAIRY TALES' SELECTION
    FAIRY TALES' SELECTION
    ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN
    ?Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above...? Hans Christian Andersen, often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen was ...
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  • THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
    THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
    CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR
    ?It was in the spring of the year 1894 that all London was interested, and the fashionable world dismayed, by the murder of the Honourable Ronald Adair under most unusual and inexplicable circumstances...? The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Stra...
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  • CELTIC FAIRY TALES
    CELTIC FAIRY TALES
    JACOBS, JOSEPH
    ?Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of Usna, he saw a maiden clad in strange attire coming towards him...? Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. ...
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  • ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
    ENGLISH FAIRY TALES
    STEEL, FLORA ANNIE
    ?Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great Big Bear...? Flora Annie Steel was interested in relating to all classes of Indian society. The birth of her daughter gave her a chance to interact with local women and learn their languag...
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  • THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
    THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
    BAUM, LLOYD FRANK
    ?Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles...? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum. Originally published on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous tim...
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  • AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
    AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
    VERNE, JULES
    ?Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention...? Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg...
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  • PETER PAN AND WENDY
    PETER PAN AND WENDY
    BARRIE, JAMES MATHEW
    ?All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother...? Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan...
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  • DAISY MILLER AND OTHER STORIES
    DAISY MILLER AND OTHER STORIES
    JAMES, HENRY
    ?At the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is a particularly comfortable hotel. There are, indeed, many hotels, for the entertainment of tourists is the business of the place, which, as many travelers will remember, is seated upon the edge of a remarkably blue lake ? a lake that it behooves every tourist to visit...? Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that first...
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  • HEART OF THE WEST
    HEART OF THE WEST
    HENRY, O.
    ?Baldy Woods reached for the bottle, and got it. Whenever Baldy went for anything he usually--but this is not Baldy's story. He poured out a third drink that was larger by a finger than the first and second. Baldy was in consultation; and the consultee is worthy of his hire...? O. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day, he was called the American answer t...
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  • THE SCARLET LETTER
    THE SCARLET LETTER
    HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
    ?A throng of bearded men, in sad-coloured garments and grey steeple-crowned hats, inter-mixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes...? The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a...
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  • HOUSEHOLD TALES' SELECTION
    HOUSEHOLD TALES' SELECTION
    BROTHERS GRIMM
    ?In old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face...? Household Tales is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The work of the Brothers Grimm...
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  • JOURNEY TO THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH
    JOURNEY TO THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH
    VERNE, JULES
    ?On the 24th of May, 1863, my uncle, Professor Liedenbrock, rushed into his little house, No. 19 Königstrasse, one of the oldest streets in the oldest portion of the city of Hamburg...? Journey to the Interior of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going towa...
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  • PERSUASION
    PERSUASION
    AUSTEN, JANE
    ?Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one...? Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel, published posthumously. She began it soon after she had finished Emma and completed it in August 1816. As ...
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  • THE VALLEY OF FEAR
    THE VALLEY OF FEAR
    CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR
    ?I should do so,? Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I?ll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption...? The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first pu...
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  • BLISS, AND OTHER STORIES
    BLISS, AND OTHER STORIES
    MANSFIELD, KATHERINE
    ?There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother?s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance...? Bliss is a modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield first published in 1918. It was published in the English Review in August 19...
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