Little Women

By Louisa May Alcott

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The four March sisters come of age against the backdrop of a nation forever changed by the Civil War. While their father serves in the conflict, the sisters—dutiful Meg, fiery Jo, gentle Beth, a ...

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Jo's Boys

By Louisa May Alcott

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'If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,' said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield one summer day, looking ...

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Little Men

By Louisa May Alcott

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"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. "Yes. Who sent you?" "Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady." "All ...

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Jack and Jill

By Louisa May Alcott

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Behind a Mask

By Louisa May Alcott

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Who would have thought that Louisa May Alcott, the beloved author of that classic tale of virtuous girlhood, Little Women, also wrote many thrilling tales of mystery and romantic intrigue? Behind a Ma ...

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An Old-Fashioned Girl

By Louisa May Alcott

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AS a preface is the only place where an author can with propriety explain a purpose or apologize for shortcomings, I venture to avail myself of the privilege to make a statement for the benefit of my ...

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Under the Lilacs

By Louisa May Alcott

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The elm-tree avenue was all overgrown, the great gate was never unlocked, and the old house had been shut up for several years. Yet voices were heard about the place, the lilacs nodded over the high w ...

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Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck

By Horatio Alger

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BY HORATIO ALGER, JR. One Saturday afternoon in January a lively and animated group of boys were gathered on the western side of a large pond in the village of Groveton. Prominent among them was a ta ...

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Divine Comedy - The Inferno

By Dante Aligheri

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Dante's Inferno is one of the grandest visions ever conceived of a frightening world beyond our own. What does the underworld look like? Who ends up there? What happens to these unlucky souls? Dante's ...

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Divine Comedy - The Paradise

By Dante Aligheri

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Paradise, the conclusion of Dante’s epic Divine Comedy, opens with Virgil, who is not a Christian, being left behind in limbo as Dante at last exits Purgatory. Although he must leave his faithful gu ...

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Divine Comedy - The Purgatory

By Dante Aligheri

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As Dante’s Purgatory, the second part of his grand Divine Comedy, opens, Dante and his guide Virgil have at last made their way out of the terrifying Inferno. Once out of the horrible circles of hel ...

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La Divina Commedia

By Dante Aligheri

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ché la diritta via era smarrita. che nel pensier rinova la paura! dirò de l’altre cose ch’i’ v’ho scorte. che la verace via abbandonai. che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle. la notte ch’i’ pa ...

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Future Imperfect

By Keith Laumer and Edited by Eric Flint

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THE CONVULSING EARTH HAD SHATTERED CIVILIZATION - AND SOMETHING WAS MOVING IN TO PICK UP THE PIECES ... Mal was heading across an America ravaged by worldwide earthquakes when he ran into a dying stra ...

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Andersen's Fairy Tales

By Hans Christian Andersen

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Beloved children's classics like The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, and The Princess and the Pea come alive in Andersen's enchanting collection of stories.

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The Red Shoes

By Hans Christian Andersen

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There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear very large wooden shoes, which made her lit ...

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The Snow Queen

By Hans Christian Andersen

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FIRST STORY. Now then, let us begin. When we are at the end of the story, we shall know more than we know now: but to begin. Once upon a time there was a wicked sprite, indeed he was the most mischie ...

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The Emperor's New Clothes

By Hans Christian Andersen

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Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to g ...

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The Little Match Girl

By Hans Christian Andersen

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This touching fairy tale comes from one of the most beloved children's writers of all time, Hans Christian Andersen. On a freezing New Year's Eve a little girl has been sent out to sell matches on the ...

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