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  • TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
    EDGAR ALLAN POE
    ?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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  • HEART OF THE WEST
    O. HENRY
    ?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 ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
    MARK TWAIN
    ?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 ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
    MARK TWAIN
    ?You don?t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain?t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly...? Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and ...
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  • THE CASE BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
    ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
    ?It can?t hurt now,? was Mr. Sherlock Holmes?s comment when, for the tenth time in as many years, I asked his leave to reveal the following narrative. So it was that at last I obtained permission to put on record what was, in some ways, the supreme moment of my friend?s career...? The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 in ...
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  • PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
    AUSTEN, JANE
    ?It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife...? Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry...
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  • 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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  • THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
    LEROUX, GASTON
    ?It was the evening on which MM. Debienne and Poligny, the managers of the Opera, were giving a last gala performance to mark their retirement. Suddenly the dressingroom of La Sorelli, one of the principal dancers, was invaded by half-a-dozen young ladies of the ballet, who had come up from the stage after ?dancing? Polyeucte...? The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French w...
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  • 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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  • SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
    AUSTEN, JANE
    ?The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance...? Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published ...
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  • HEART OF DARKNESS
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    ?The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide...? Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Cong...
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  • HAMLET
    SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
    ?Sit down awhile; And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story What we have two nights seen...? The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to ...
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  • WUTHERING HEIGHTS
    BRÖNTE, EMILY
    ?I have just returned from a visit to my landlord?the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society...? Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846. Although is now widel...
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  • THE CALL OF THE WILD
    LONDON, JACK
    ?Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego...? The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs ...
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  • THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
    WHARTON, EDITH
    ?On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York...? The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fict...
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  • ROMANTIC LEGENDS OF SPAIN
    BÉCQUER, GUSTAVO ADOLFO
    ?In Seville, in the very portico of Santa Inés, and while, on Christmas Eve, I was waiting for the Midnight Mass to begin, I heard this tradition from a lay-sister of the convent. As was natural, after hearing it, I waited impatiently for the ceremony to commence, eager to be present at a miracle...? The Legends are a variety of romantic tales. As the name implies, most have a...
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  • 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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  • THE ALHAMBRA
    WASHINGTON IRVING
    ?In the spring of 1829, the author of this work, whom curiosity had brought into Spain, made a rambling expedition from Seville to Granada in company with a friend, a member of the Russian Embassy at Madrid. Accident had thrown us together from distant regions of the globe, and a similarity of taste led us to wander together among the romantic mountains of Andalusia...? Tales ...
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  • 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 ART OF WAR
    TZU, SUN
    ?1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected...? he Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu , the text i...
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  • 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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  • MACBETH
    SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
    ?Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald ? Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him ? from the western isles...? Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Set mainly in Scotland, the play dramatises the damaging ph...
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  • GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
    SWIFT, JONATHAN
    ?My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me...? Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Sev...
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  • ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
    CARROLL, LEWIS
    Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, ?and what is the use of a book,? thought Alice ?without pictures or conversation?? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) ...
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  • 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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  • DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
    STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
    ?Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable...? Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. Th...
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  • FAUST
    GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON
    ?You two, who oft a helping hand Have lent, in need and tribulation. Come, let me know your expectation Of this, our enterprise, in German land!...? Faust is a tragic play, is Goethe's magnum opus and considered by many to be one of the greatest works of German literature. Faust Part One takes place in multiple settings, the first of which is heaven. Mephistopheles makes a be...
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  • FRANKESTEIN
    SHELLEY, MARY
    ?I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation...? Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley about the young science student Vic...
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  • 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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  • 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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