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Chatto and Windus
Pub. Date
1893.
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English
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British author Wilkie Collins was one of the most famous authors of his day, ranking alongside luminaries such as Charles Dickens in terms of sales and popular acclaim. My Miscellanies bring together a series of vignettes, short stories, and character sketches that were published in journals during the early years of Collins' literary career.
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In "No Thoroughfare", a short work written by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, two orphan boys are given the same name, Walter Wilding. This coincidence has disastrous consequences when one of the boys, a wine merchant, dies and leaves a considerable estate. The executors must travel from the wine cellars of London to the sun soaked coasts of the Mediterranean. First published in the 1867 Christmas issue of "All the Year Round" it is one of Charles...
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Olcott’s The Book of Elves and Fairies is a wonderful introduction into the world of fairies, leprechauns, pixies, elves and a host of other magical creatures. The book includes both classic children’s stories like “Cinderella” as well as similarly lovely, though lesser-known tales. Stories from around the world were chosen for the collection, and the book includes myths and legends from regions like Ireland, China, Japan, England and the...
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Crossed Genres Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Most written chronicles of history, and most speculative stories, put rulers, conquerors, and invaders front and center. People with less power, money, or status--enslaved people, indigenous people, people of color, queer people, laborers, women, people with disabilities, the very young and very old, and religious minorities, among others--are relegated to the margins. Today, mainstream history continues to perpetuate one-sided versions of the past...
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Dark Matter Ink
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Not all monsters are fantasy. Some are very real, and they walk among us. They're our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. They're the people we're supposed to trust..and they know it. Contained within this anthology are 35 never-before-published works by supremely talented authors and best-selling novelists. Brace yourself for the unexpected and unimaginable horror of...human monsters."
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For fantasy fans bored with the same old cookie-cutter plots and themes, Francis Marion Crawford's The Witch of Prague is a welcome reprieve. This truly original and imaginative novel revolves a beautiful young witch, Unorna, and her attempts to win the love of an enigmatic figure known only as The Wanderer -- and to overcome the evil influence of dark wizard Keyork Arabian.
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Out of the Woods Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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The young artists and poets in Dear Friends, the eighth anthology from POPS the Club--a nonprofit serving youth impacted by the Pain of the Prison System--forged their work largely during the pandemic and in isolation. Though they were separated by screens from friends, teachers, counselors, and peers, their work still brims with hope and curiosity. It is searing, straightforward, sensitive, and sometimes startling in its wisdom and honesty.
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The year is 1642 and England is torn by a great conflict between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads. This classic G.A. Henty historical novel is about the English Civil War between Charles II and Parliament. The two heroes, Harry Furness and Herbert Rippinghall, are on opposite sides of the struggle. They both live through adventures that spread to Ireland and Bermuda...
11) The Flood
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Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola[1] (* 2. April 1840 in Paris; † 29. September 1902 ebenda) war ein französischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Zola gilt als einer der großen französischen Romanciers des 19. Jahrhunderts und als Leitfigur und Begründer der gesamteuropäischen literarischen Strömung des Naturalismus. Zugleich war er ein sehr aktiver Journalist, der sich auf einer gemäßigt linken Position am politischen Leben beteiligte....
12) Doctor Pascal
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Rougon-Macquart volume 20
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English
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In this novel, Zola focuses on the incompatibility of science and faith. In the town of Plassans, Dr. Pascal, his niece Clotilde and their housekeeper Martine live peacefully together. Dr. Pascal has spent years compiling detailed information about his family’s heredity, and he has created a special serum that he hopes will cure diseases and prolong life. While at first, the trio seems to get along splendidly, Dr. Pascal’s work causes a rift in...
13) Eugénie Grandet
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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) produced a huge collection of novels, novellas and short stories, earning him recognition as a great master of the novel, as well as one of the creators of literary realism. He collected and arranged his works under the name "La Comédie humaine", which he then divided into eight major topics. "Eugénie Grandet" was placed in the section titled, "Scenes from Provincial Life". The story takes place in the French town of...
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Containing a famous story about a longboat shaped like a dragon, The Dragon and the Raven includes the fictionalized adventures of King Alfred the Great.
Beginning in 871, King Alfred ruled on the throne of Wessex. Shortly into his gaining the throne, Alfred faced an invasion by the Danes. In a series of battles, Alfred defended his kingdom from the Vikings until Wessex was the only English land not occupied by the group.
16) "I Say No"
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I Say No starts off slow as a novel somewhat characteristic to Wilkie Collins' style, but also extremely unique in its entertaining, attention-grabbing presentation and style. Even the name “I Say No” itself is based on intricate, fascinating developments that only fully unfold before the reader at the end of the novel.
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Although many readers think that Arthur Conan Doyle's literary career begins and ends with his creation of master detective Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle dabbled in a variety of genres and styles. The Mystery of Cloomber has elements of the classic detective genre, but it is closer to a nuanced psychological thriller than one of the cut-and-dried cases that Holmes and Watson solved.
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First expanded upon in a novel called Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School, Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess was an extreme success for the author upon the work's publication in 1905. Sara Crewe, the young protagonist, leaves her father to attend a boarding school for girls in London. The school is owned by the deceptive and money-hungry Miss Minchin, who attempts to use Sara in a scheme to obtain a large part...
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PREFACE: "As a rule the minor wars in which this country has been from time to time engaged, have been remarkable both for the admirable way in which they were conducted and for the success that attended them. The two campaigns in South Africa, however, that followed each other with but a brief interval, were notable exceptions. In the Zulu war the blunder, made by the General in command, of dividing his army and marching away with the greater portion...
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Cyril Shenstone, a son of a nobleman who lost his estates during the troubling times of the Commonwealth is the hero of this story. Instead of hanging idly about the court seeking favors, he is determined to maintain himself by honest work. During the Great Plague and the Great Fire, which visited London with such terrible results, Cyril Shenstone brought help to the panic-stricken inhabitants. This tale has rich variety of interest, both national...
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