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The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a shocking and haunting scene: In ... the past or the guilt that consumes him. The Mayor of Casterbridge is a rich, psychological novel about a man ...

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In the heart of London, John Ashton--the man from Australia ... he apparently had no acquaintances in town, the exposure of the murderer appears hopeless. Nevertheless, Mr. Fletcher ...

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A lively and amusing collection of letters on western living written by Kong Ho, ... to the Westerners in London as barbarians and many of the aids to life in our society give Kong Ho ...

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... the veiled woman, and met the glance of her dark eyes with a consciousness of some magnetic force in the glance which ...

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Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a 1919 fantasy book by James Branch ... - which gained fame (or notoriety, in the view of some) shortly after its publication.The eponymous hero, who ...

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... he is well stuffed! This is really one of the best toys that ever came into our shop ... at her sister across the big packing box of Christmas toys they were opening in their father' ...

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Includes "The Dream of Debs," "South of the Slot," and "The Unparalleled Invasion."

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This story of brutality toward animals inspired a movement known as the Jack London Clubs, which were devoted to the cause of animal welfare and humane treatment.

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... orphans and war veterans. On the evening of his son George's wedding to wealthy Arabella ... loses all his money through the bankruptcy of his merchant investor who left town with ...

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... some countries as Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman) is the second collection of stories written by Ernest William Hornung in ...

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... handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in ... his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience. But Sirius ...

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Thoreau wrote his famous essay, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, as a protest against an unjust but popular war and the immoral but popular institution of slave-owning.

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Far out at the edge of the Universe two scientists play a game of wits--Earth to the winner.

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... a tornado and deposited in a field in the country of the Munchkins. The falling house kills the Wicked Witch ...

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Glenn Killbourne and his fiancee Carley Burch find a strange test of their love in the mountains and canyons of Arizona.

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Written during a time of tragedy, this novel of sea life fails in either its story or doctrinaire intentions.

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Far under the sea-floor Solino's submarine carries two American soldiers of fortune to startling adventure among the Vampire Heads of Apex.

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A penniless British adventurer seeks untold wealth in the wilds of the "Dark Continent" after losing his family lands and estates ...

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The story of a man named Erik, an eccentric, physically deformed genius who ... . He builds his home beneath it and takes the love of his life, a beautiful soprano, under his wing.

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A swarm of huge, fiery ants, brood of a mystery comet, burst from their shells to threaten the unsuspecting world.

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One of Saki's best-known works. A collection of satirical short stories featuring Clovis.

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This collection of Lupin short stories presents more puzzling criminal involvements of the classic French hero-thief and his men.

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"The Curse of Yig" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop in which Yig, "The Father of Serpents", is first introduced.

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... riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility is the center of this tale. Silas earns a fortune in the paint ... his daughter's marriage to the scion of the aristocratic Corey family.

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... winds up discovering that he is the long-lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Along the way, he meets such ... A-B-Sea Serpent, the lumpy mud men, Sir Hokus of Pokes, and others.

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