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Joseph Conrad weaves a startling tale of espionage, political unrest, and personal turmoil in his 1907 novel The Secret Agent. Set in 1886, it is the story of a man known as Verloc. Life is a humdrum ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter is a tale of Puritanical America, a time and place when life was marked by harsh facts and firm beliefs, when people believed in the importance of c ...
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Grab your jauntiest deerstalker cap and pipe and settle in for a treasury of great mysteries in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s thrilling 1904 collection The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Whether he’s solvi ...
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In childhood, the borders between reality and fantasy often blur just enough for a grand adventure to take place. E. Nesbit's The Enchanted Castle tells the story of an afternoon game of "pretend ...
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Bible: 1st Book of Moses (Genesis)
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1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the wa ...
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As Adam and Eve make their debut in the world, as pure and innocent as can be, a vengeful Satan enlists a dark army to wreak havoc on the earth. Milton's 1667 epic offers a still-revolutionary and mod ...
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History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
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Don't be fooled by the title: this "history" is a bawdy romp through eighteenth century England led by the indefatigable Tom Jones, a boy whose deeds (and misdeeds) make for a rollicking good read.
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The rustle of silk, the glitter of diamonds—here is New York society in all of its Gilded Age splendor. May Welland is pure and delicate, a vision of young American womanhood. Her fiancé Newlan ...
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No circus tricks here: Barnum's goal was to "put money in his own coffers," and that he did, pocketing an unprecedented fortune from his shows. Step right up to find out his secrets.
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The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau
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INTRODUCTION. Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time--must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and tran ...
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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes. To work some potent spell, her magic plies. Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes. Are bodied forth within the teeming gloom. Ere sleep comes dow ...
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A vacation to the exotic location of Bath brings excitement and novelty to teenager Catherine Morland's life. Eager for a grand adventure to begin once she arrives, Catherine is delighted to receive t ...
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Varieties of Religious Experience
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A key work in the burgeoning field of psychology, William James's Varieties of Religious Experience probes value systems and faith across a number of contexts. How do we attach meaning or belief in an ...
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This swashbuckling story of adventure follows young man Jim Hawkins as he sets out on a quest for buried treasure. Robert Louis Stevenson’s ageless classic begins when Billy Bones, an old sea captai ...
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One of the first European novels ever written, The Princess of Clèves is a dazzling work of historical fiction. A young and beautiful girl, Mademoiselle de Chartres, arrives at the French king’s co ...
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Before he became one of America's best-loved authors, Mark Twain lived out his own adventures as a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River. The waterway that would run through the heart of some of ...
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If the volume now presented to the public were a mere work of ART, the history of its misfortune might be written in two very simple words--TOO LATE. The nature and character of slavery have been sub ...
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A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!" He could speak a little Spanish, and also a ...
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