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Lewis, Sinclair: Gideon Planish. V1. 6 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Kingsblood Royal. V1. 6 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Cass Timberlane. V1. 6 May 2011 (Romance)

Churchill, Edward: Edward Churchill Omnibus. V1. 6 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Lewis, Sinclair: Dodsworth. V1. 4 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Arrowsmith. V1. 4 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fleming-Roberts, G. T: The Ghost Strikes Back. V1. 4 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Jameson, Malcolm: Malcolm Jameson Omnibus. V2. 3 May 2011 (Science Fiction)

Various: Exciting Western Sampler. V1. 3 May 2011 (Western)

Bleibtreu, Karl: Bismarck. V1. [German] 2.5.2011 (Historical Fiction)

Fielding, Henry: Joseph Andrews, v1, 01 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

James, Will: Home Ranch. V1. 1 May 2011 (Western)

Woolf, Virginia: The Common Reader, v1. 30 Apr 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

James, Will: Lone Cowboy. V1. 30 Apr 2011 (Western)

James, Will: Smoky The Cowhorse. V1. 30 Apr 2011 (Western)

Various: Exciting Detective Sampler. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Impudence of Youth. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Mr Gurney and Mr Slade. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Smith. V1. 28 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Bellem, Robert Leslie: A Robert Leslie Bellem Omnibus. V1. 27 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Alphabetical by Author

A

A Highland Seer: Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, v.1, 14 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

A-No. 1 (AKA Leon R. Livingston): The Trail of the Tramp. 15 Oct 07 (Biography)

Abbot, Edwin: Flatland. v1. 02 Nov 07 (Fantasy)

Abbot, Jacob: Forests of Maine. V1. 6 June 2009 (Young Adult)

Abbot, Jacob: History of Julius Caesar. V1. 6 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: History of King Charles the Second of England. V1. 7 June 2006 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Cleopatra.prc. V1. 2 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Darius the Great. V1. 3 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Genghis Khan. V1. 4 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Hannibal. V1. 5 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - King Alfred of England. V1. 8 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Margaret of Anjou. V1. 8 June 2009. V1. 8 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Mary Queen of Scots. V1. 11 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Peter the Great. V1. 13 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Pyrrhus. V1. 13 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Queen Elizabeth. V1. 14 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard I. V1. 17 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard II. V1. 16 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard III. V1. 15 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Romulus. V1. 18 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - William the Conqueror. V1. 19 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Xerxes. V1. 21 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History -Charles I. V1. 1 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History Series - Nero. V1. 12 June 2009 (History)

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs, v.1, 14 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Fairy Prince and Other Stories. V1. 25 June 2009 (Children)

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Little Eve Edgarton. V1. 29 June 2009 (Romance)

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Molly Make-Believe. V1. 1 July 2009 (Romance)

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs. V1. 2 July 2009 (Young Adult)

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: The Indiscreet Letter. V1. 27 June 2009 (Young Adult)

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: The White Linen Nurse. V1. 2 July 2009 (Young Adult)

Abbott, L. A: Seven Wives and Seven Prisons. V1. 10 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Abbott, L.A: Seven Wives And Seven Prisons. v1, 16 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Abdullah, Achmed: Fear and Other Stories. V1. 27 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Abdullah, Achmed: The Charmed Life. V1. 9 Jan 2009 (Action)

Abdullah, Achmed: The Incubus. V1. 10 Jan 2009 (Action)

Abélard, Peter: Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes, v1, 1 Feb 2010. (Biography)

Abelson, H; Sussman G: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2nd Ed), v1 (Other Non-Fiction)

Adams, Andy: The Log of a Cowboy. v1. 22 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Adams, Henry: The Education of Henry Adams. v1, 2 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Adams, Herbert: Death of a Viewer. V1. 21 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Herbert: Exit the Skeleton. V1. 22 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Herbert: The Body in the Bunker. V1. 22 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Herbert: The Chief Witness. V1. 22 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Herbert: The Judas Kiss. V1. 22 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, John Quincy. State of the Union Addresses. v1.0, 6 October 2007

Adams, John. State of the Union Address. v1.0, 6 October 2007

Adams, Samuel Hopkins: Average Jones. v1. 21 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Samuel Hopkins: Average Jones. v2. 15th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Aesop: Aesop for Children. 18 Aug 07 (Children)

Aimard, Gustave: Le Fils du Soleil (french) v1 17 nov 2008 (Action)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 15 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 21 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 1. V1. 16 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 2. V1. 17 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle. V1. 18 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: A Night In Rome. V1. 10 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol. V1. 11 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008 (Fantasy)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Boscobel. V1. 11 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. v1, 6 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. V1. 12 Dec 2008 (History)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches. V1. 15 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches:. v1, 4 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke: Rashomon & Other Stories, v.1, 25 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alain-Fournier: Le Grand Meaulnes (en Français), v.1, 25 July 2008. (Romance)

Alcoholics Anonymous: Big Book, v.1, 29 October 2008. (Reference)

Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women (Illustrated) v0.9 Oct 25, 2009 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: A Country Christmas, v1, 4 December 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: A Strange Island, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, v1, 6 December 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, v1 13 July 2008 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: Debby’s Debut, v1, 2 December 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Eight Cousins, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: Flower Fables. v1, 27 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Hospital Sketches, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women & Good Wives. v1.2, 20 Dec 2007 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: Lost in a Pyramid, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Marjorie’s Three Gifts, v1, 9 December 2009. (Children)

Alcott, Louisa May: Moods, v1, 7 December 2009. (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Onder Moeders Vleugels. v1, 5 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Op Eigen Wieken (Dutch). v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Pauline’s Passion and Punishment, v1, 23 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Perilous Play, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Proverb Stories. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Rose In Bloom. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Scarlet Stockings, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: The Abbott's Ghost - A Christmas story v1 14 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: The Mysterious Key, v.1, 10 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Transcendental Wild Oats, v1, 23 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Under the Lilacs. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alden, Henry Mills (ed): Shapes That Haunt The Dusk v1 2 dec 2008 (Horror)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A Lantern in her Hand. V1. 1 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A White Bird Flying. V1. 2 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Miss Bishop. V1. 2 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Mother Mason. V1. 1 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Spring Came on Forever. V1. 2 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Alger Jr., Horatio: The Young Acrobat of the Great American Circus. v1. 11 Sep 07 (Young Adult)

Alighieri, Dante: De Monarchia [German]. V1. 20 Jun 2010 (Philosophy)

Alighieri, Dante: La divina commedia (Illustrated, Multilingual), v1 21 Feb 2009 (Poetry)

Allen, Grant.: Hilda Wade. v1, 12 Feb 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Allen, Grant: My New Year's Eve Among the Mummies. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Allen, Grant: The Thames Valley Catastrophe. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Allen, Grant: Wolverden Tower. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Horror)

Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 1). V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 2). V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Allen, Hervey: ANTHONY ADVERSE (Volume 3 of 3). V1. 4 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Allen, James Lane. The Reign of Law. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: A Cathedral Singer. V1. 1 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: A Kentucky Cardinal. V1. 1 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: Aftermath. V1. 2 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: Bride of the Mistletoe. V1. 3 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: The Choir Invisible. V1. 4 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: The Mettle of the Pasture. V1. 4 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James: As a Man Thinketh. V1. 20-Nov-2010 (Spiritual)

Allen, James: The Way of Peace. V1. 20-Nov-2010 (Spiritual)

Allison, Young E.: On the Vice of Novel-Reading, v.1, 14 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Allison, Young E.: The Delicious Vice, v.1, 15 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: Before the Dawn. V1. 5 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Border Watch. V1. 6 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Candidate. V1. 7 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Eyes of the Woods. V1. 7 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Forest of Swords. V1. 8 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Free Rangers. V1. 10 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The great Sioux Trail v1 20 feb 2009 (Western)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Bull Run. V1. 9 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Shiloh. V1. 10 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Hunters of the Hills. V1. 11 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Keepers of the Trail. V1. 12 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Last of the Chiefs. V1. 12 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Lords of the Wild. V1. 12 July 2000 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Masters of the Peaks. V1. 12 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Riflemen of the Ohio. V1. 13 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rock of Chickamauga. V1. 13 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rulers of the Lakes. V1. 14 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of Stonewall. V1. 14 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of the Valley. V1. 15 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shades of the Wilderness. V1.15 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shadow of the North. V1.16 July (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Star of Gettysburg. V1. 16 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sun Of Quebec. V1. 17 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sword of Antietam. V1. July 20 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Texan Scouts. V1. 17 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Texan Star. V1. 17 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Tree of Appomattox. V1. 18 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Shoe-Bar Stratton v1 30 nov 2008 (Western)

Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Shoe-Bar Stratton. V1. 29 July 2010 (Western)

Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Under Boy Scout Colors. V1. 30 July 2010 (Action)

Amicis, Edmondo De: Heart (Cuore). v.1 July 5, 2009 (Children)

Andersen, Hans Christian: Der Improvisator. [German]. 20-Nov-2010 (Other Fiction)

Andersen, Hans Christian: Fairy Tales. v2, 12 Nov 2008 (Children)

Andersen, Hans Christian: OZ. [German]. 14-Nov-2010 (Other Fiction)

Andersen, Hans Christian: Sein oder Nichtsein. [German]. 14-Nov-2010 (Other Fiction)

Anderson, Poul: Industrial Revolution, v1, 12 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Anderson, Poul: Security, v1, 12 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Anderson, Poul: The Burning Bridge, v1, 14 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Anderson, Poul: The Sensitive Man, v1, 12 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Anderson, Poul: The Valor of Cappen Varra, v1, 14 March 2010. (Fantasy)

Anderson, Sherwood: Marching Men. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Anderson, Sherwood: Poor White. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Anderson, Sherwood: The Triumph of the Egg & Other Stories. 17 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Anderson, Sherwood: Windy McPherson's Son. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Anderson, Sherwood: Winesburg, Ohio. 17 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Andreyev, Leonid; Bernstein, Herman, Trans: The Crushed Flower. V1. 20 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Anet, Claude: Ende einer Welt german v1 24 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Anonym: Die Njálls-Saga. german. v1. 8 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Anonym: Njaals Soge [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Anonymous (Burton Tr): The Thousand Nights and a Night, v.1, 29 September 2008 (Fantasy)

Anonymous-The Epic of Gilgamesh, V1,6/4/2011 (Other Fiction)

Anonymous.: The Martyr of the Catacombs. v1, 26 Feb 2008 (Spiritual)

Anonymous: The Conceited Pig, v.1, 12 Sept 2008 (Children)

Anonymous: Beowulf (Tr. Francis Gummere), v.1, 25 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Anonymous: Beowulf (Tr. William Morris), v.1, 25 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Anonymous: Book of Proverbs. V1. 28 May 2009 (Spiritual)

Anonymous: English As She is Wrote, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Anonymous: Romance of a Harem, v1, 2 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

Anonymous: Rules for Being Human. 20 April 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Anonymous: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases, v.1, 9 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Anonymous: Spring Heeled Jack: The Terror of London. v1. 29 Mar 07

Anonymous: Sweeney Todd. V2. 9 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Anonymous: The Bhagavad-Gita, v.1, 6 May 2008. (Spiritual)

Anonymous: The Cloud of Unknowing, v.1, 6 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Anonymous: The Didache, v.1, 6 Feb 2008 (Spiritual)

Anonymous: The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information, v.1, 20 August 2008. (Reference)

Anonymous: The Romance of Lust, v1, 20 October 2009. (Romance)

Anonymous: The Romance of Lust, v2, 19 March 2011 (Romance)

Anonymous: The Three Little Pigs, v.1, 23 Nov 2008 (Children)

Anstey, F: The Curse of the Catafalques, v.1, 3 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Philosophy)

Apollodorus: The Library (Tr. Sir James Frazer), v1, 15 December 2009. (Reference)

Apollonius of Rhodes: The Argonautica. v1, 12 Aug 2008 (Poetry)

Apperson, G.L.: The Social History of Smoking. 04 Dec 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Appleton, Victor: Moving Picture Boys Omnibus, v1, 05-DEC-07 (Young Adult)

Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 1. v2, 12 Jan 2008 (Young Adult)

Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 2. v3, 15 Jan 2008 (Young Adult)

Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 3. v2, 21 Jan 2008 (Young Adult)

Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 4. v2. 5 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 5. v2, 11 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Aristophanes: Lysistrata, v.1, 9 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Aristotle (Pseudo-): The Works of Aristotle, v.1, 30 Jan 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Aristotle: Metaphysics, v.1, 31 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: Meteorologica, v.1, 17 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Dreams, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Generation and Corruption, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Length and Shortness of Life, v.1, 29 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Memory and Reminiscence, v.1, 18 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Prophesying by Dreams, v.1, 24 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Sense and the Sensible, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Sleep and Sleeplessness, v.1, 27 April 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On the Gait of Animals, v.1, 19 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On the Heavens, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On the Soul, v.1, 25 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Youth and Old Age, etc., v.1. 11 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: Physics, v.1, 21 March 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: Rhetoric, v.1. 27 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: The Athenian Constitution, v.1, 27 June 2008. (Government)

Aristotle: The Categories, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: The History of Animals, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics, v.1, 20 March 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: The Poetics, v.1, 16 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christine, v1, 20 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christopher and Columbus, v.1, 25 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth Von: Elizabeth and her German Garden, v.1, 24 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Benefactress, v1, 22 October 2009. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Caravaners, v.1, 24 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Enchanted April, v.1, 2 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Pastor’s Wife, v.1, 26 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight, v.1, 27 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Solitary Summer, v.1, 24 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Arnim, Elizabeth von: Vera, v.1, 11 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

Arnold, Edwin L: Gullivar of Mars v1. 12 Apr 08

Arthur, Chester. State of the Union v1.0

Arthur, Robert Andrew: Ring Once for Death, v1, 9 April 2010. (Horror)

Artzybashev, Mikhail Petrovich.: Sanine. v1, 17 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Asbjørnsen, P.C. & Moe, J.: Norske Folkeeventyr [Norwegian]. v1 Sep 2010 (Children)

Ashdown, Clifford: The Assyrian Rejuvenator. V1. 8 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Ashdown, Clifford: The Silkworms of Florence. V1. 8 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Ashdown, Clifford: THe Submarine Boat. V1. 8 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Ashford, Daisy, The Young Visiters, v.1, 20 Dec 2007 (Humor)

Asimov, Isaac: Youth, v1, 11 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Assad, Josef: The Banjo Players Must Die. v1, 8 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Assolant, Alfred: Les Aventures du Capitaine Corcoran 1re partie (french) 21 nov 2008 (Humor)

Assolant, Alfred: Les Aventures du Capitaine Corcoran part 2 (french) v1 27 nov 2008 (Action)

Astor, John Jacob IV: A Journey in Other Worlds. v1. 3 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Atkinson, William Walker: Reincarnation and the Law of Karma, v.1, 4 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Audoux, Marguerite: Marie Claire, v.1, 3 September 2008. (Other Fiction)

Audoux, Marguerite: Marie Claire’s Workshop, v.1, 3 September 2008. (Other Fiction)

Auerbach, Berthold: Christian Gellert's Last Christmas, v.1, 14 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Augustine of Hippo, Saint: Of Christian Doctrine, v.1, 14 June 2008. (Spiritual)

Augustine of Hippo, Saint: The Enchiridion [On Faith, Hope & Love], v.1, 16 June 2008 (Spiritual)

Augustine of Hippo, Saint: The Soliloquies, v.1, 15 June 2008. (Spiritual)

Augustine: City of God - v 1 - 22 June 07 (Spiritual)

Austen, Jane: Emma (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Austen, Jane: Emma, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Lady Susan, v.1, 12 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Letters. v1, 7 Mar 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Love and Friendship, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Short Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Minor Works. v3, 13 Mar 2008 (Short Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey (Illustrated). v4, 10 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Persuasion (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Austen, Jane: Persuasion, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated). v5, 25 Apr 2009 (Romance)

Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Austen, Jane: The Watsons, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Short Fiction)

Austin, Anne: Murder at Bridge, v1, 18 January 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Austin, Anne: Murder At Bridge. v1. 08 Feb 09 (Mystery and Crime)

Austin, Mary Hunter: The Land of Little Rain. V1. 19 Oct 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Austin, Mary Hunter: The Lovely Lady. V1. 20 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Austin, Mary Hunter: The Trail Book. V1. 20 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various.: Myths and Legends of All Nations. v1, 13 Jan 2008

Authors, Various: Famous Modern Ghost Stories. v1, 21 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Authors, Various: Horror Anthology Vol I. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Horror)

Authors, Various: Horror Anthology Vol II. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Horror)

Authors, Various: International Short Stories: French. v1, 18 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: German Vol 1. v1, 20 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: German Vol 2. v1, 20 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Italian. v1, 20 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian. v1, 20 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Russian. v1, 20 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Scandanavian. v1, 20 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 06. v1, 14 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 07. v1, 13 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 1. v1, 13 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 10. v1, 16 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 8. v1, 13 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors. v1, 11 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 05. v1, 24 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 07. v1, 25 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 08. v1, 25 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 1. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 2. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 3. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 4. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 6. v1, 24 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Avila, Teresa of, Saint: The Interior Castle or The Mansions V1. 25-Sep-2010 (Spiritual)

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Bacheller, Irving. Eben Holden. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: A Man for the Ages. V1. 5 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: D'Ri and I. V1. 6 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Darrel of the Blessed Isles. V1. 5 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing. v1. 6 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden. V1. 6 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: In the Days of Poor Richard. V1. 7 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: The Light in the Clearing. V1. 7 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: The Master of Silence. V1. 8 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Vergilius. V1. 8 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bacon, Francis: The New Atlantis, v.1, 1 Dec 2007. (Science Fiction)

Baghy, Julio: La verda koro (Esperanto), v1, 31 Augusto 2008 (Romance)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Benny Badger, v.1, 19 July 2008 (Children)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Betsy Butterfly, v.1, 19 July 2008 (Children)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel, v.1, 7 June 2008 (Children)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Bobby Bobolink. 20 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Brownie Beaver. 20 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Cuffy Bear. 20 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Fatty Coon. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Freddie Firefly. 19 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Old Mr. Crow. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk. 19 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Tommy Fox. 19 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin : Stories of Great Adventures. v1, 15 Feb 2008

Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin : Tell Me Another Story. v1, 15 Feb 2008

Bailey, Cyril: The Religion of Ancient Rome, v1, 13 August 2009. (Spiritual)

Bailey, Temple: The Trumpeter Swan. V1. 18 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: Contrary Mary. V1. 15 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: Glory of Youth. V1. 16 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: Judy. V1. 16 Sep 2010 (Young Adult)

Bailey, Temple: Mistress Anne. V1. 17 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: The Gay Cockade. V1. 16 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Bailey, Temple: The Tin Soldier. V1. 17 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Baily, Waldron: Heart of the Blue Ridge. V1. 30 July 2010 (Romance)

Baily, Waldron: When the Cock Crows. V1. 31 July 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Bain, F. W: Bubbles of the Foam. V1. 19 Sep 2010 (Fantasy)

Bain, F. W: The Substance of a Dream. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Fantasy)

Baker, Olaf: Shasta of the Wolves. v1. 23 Mar 08

Baker, Samuel W.: Albert N’Yanza Great Basin of the Nile. 26 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Baker, Samuel W.: In the Heart of Africa. 26 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Baker, Samuel W.: Nile Tributaries. 26 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Baldwin, Louisa: Collected Stories. V1. 20 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Ball, Eustace Hale: The Voice on the Wire. V1. 12 Oct 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Ball, Eustace Hale: Traffic in Souls. V1. 12 Oct 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Ball, Hugo: Hermann Hesse - Sein Leben und sein Werk [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2011 (Biography)

Ball, Hugo: Tenderenda der Phantast. german. v1. 15 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ballantyne, R M: The Big Otter, v.1, 14 June 2009. (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Away in the Wilderness. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Battles with the Sea. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Blown to Bits. V1. 21 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Blue Lights. V1. 22 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Charlie to the Rescue. V1. 23 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Chasing the Sun. V1. 23 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Deep Down. V1. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Digging for Gold. V1. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished. V. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Flames. V1. 26 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Whales. V1. 26 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Fort Desolation. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Freaks on the Fells. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Handbook to the new Gold-fields. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Hunted and Harried. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Hunting the Lions. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: In the Track of the Troops. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Iron Horse, The. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Island Queen , The. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman. V1. 30 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Life in the Red Brigade. V1. 30 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V1. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V2. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V1. 2 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V2. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V2. 3 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: My Doggie and I. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Over the Rocky Mountains. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Philosopher Jack. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Post Haste. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Red Rooney. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Rivers of Ice. V1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Saved by the Lifeboat. V1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Silver Lake. v1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Six Months at the Cape. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Sunk at Sea. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Battery and the Boiler. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Butterfly's Ball. V1. 22 Sep 2010 (Children)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Cannibal Islands. V1. 22 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Coral Island. V1. 24 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Coxswain's Bride. V1. 24 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Crew of the Water Wagtail. V1. 24 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Eagle Cliff. V1. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Garret and the Garden. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Golden Dream. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Hot Swamp. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Life of a Ship. V1. 1 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lifeboat. V1. 30 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lighthouse. V1. 1 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V1. 1 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V2. 1 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V1. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V2. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Norsemen in the West. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Ocean and its Wonders. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Pioneers. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Prairie Chief. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Eric. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Man's Revenge. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Rover of the Andes. V1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Story of the Rock. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Thorogood Family. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Walrus Hunters. V1. 9 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Wild Man of the West. V1. 10 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The World of Ice. V1. 10 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Fur Traders. V1. 11 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Trawler. V1. 11 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Twice Bought. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Under the Waves. V1. 8 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Ungava. V1. 8 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Up in the Clouds. V1. 9 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Wrecked but not Ruined. V1. 10 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R.M.: The Giant of the North. v1, 16 Feb 2008

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Away in the Wilderness v1 14 nov 2008 (Western)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Black Ivory v1 21 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Erling the Bold v1 14 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Fast in the Ice v1 2 mar 2009 (Action)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Gascoyne v1 2. feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Hudson Bay v1 23 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Jarwin and Cuffy v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Shifting Winds v1 27 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Buffalo Runners v1 10 mar 2009 (Action)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Coral Island v1 26 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Dog Crusoe v1 21 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Fugitives v1 19 jan 2009 (Action)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Giant of the North v1 30 dec 2008 (Humor)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Gorilla Hunters v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Madman and The Pirate v1 3 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Middy and the Moors v1 7 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Pirate City v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Settler and The Savage v1 27 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Young Fur Traders v1 10 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Up in the Clouds v1 22 mar 2009 (History)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Daughter of Eve, v1, 17 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Drama on the Seashore, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Passion in The Desert, v1, 05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Prince of Bohemia, v1, 09 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Second Home, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Street of Paris, v.1, 19 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Study of Woman, v1, 29 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Woman of Thirty, v1, 03 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: An Episode Under the Terror, v1, 23 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, v1, 04 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Christ in Flanders, v1, 10 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Colonel Chabert, v1, 03 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Cousin Bette, v1, 23 Aug 2007 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Cäsar Birotteaus Größe und Niedergang [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Der Ball von Sceaux [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Die Börse [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Die Entmündigung [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Die Frau von dreißig Jahren. v1 30 july 2009 german (Romance)

Balzac, Honoré de: Die Königstreuen [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Domestic Peace, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: El Verdugo, v1, 29 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Facino Cane, v1, 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Gobseck, v1, 02 Sept, 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: History of the Thirteen, v1, 05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Honorine, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: La Grenadière, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Le colonel Chabert (en français), v1, 03 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Madame Firmiani, v1 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Maître Cornelius, v1, 19 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Massimilla Doni, v1. 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Old Goriot, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Pierre Grassou, v1, 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Sarrasine, v.1.05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Seraphita, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Atheist’s Mass, v1, 25 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Ball at Sceaux, v1, 05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Deserted Woman, v1, 04 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Elixir of Life, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Hidden Masterpiece, v1, 11 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Physiology of Marriage, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Purse, v1, 04 Sept2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Recruit, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Red Inn, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Vendetta, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Wild Ass's Skin, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Vater Goriot. [German]. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Das Chagrinleder [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Der Dorfpfarrer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Der Landarzt [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Die alte Jungfer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen [German]. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Verlorene Illusionen [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Bangs, John K: Coffee and Repartee (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

Bangs, John K: Ghosts I have Met and Some Others (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

Bangs, John K: MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Bangs, John K: The Idiot (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Alice in Blunderland. V1 13 Oct 2010 (Fantasy)

Barbour, A. (Anna) Maynard: At the Time Appointed. v1, 5th July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Barbour, A. Maynard: Breakers Ahead v.1 July 10, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Barbour, A.M.: That Mainwaring Affair. v1, 27 Jan 2008

Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno. v1, 2 Mar 2008

Barclay, Florence L: The Mistress of Shenstone. V1. 15 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: The Rosary. V1. 16 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: The Upas Tree. V1. 16 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: The White Ladies of Worcester. V1. 17 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: Through the Postern Gate. V1. 16 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barham, Richard: Collected Stories of Richard Barham. V1. 21 2011 (Short Fiction)

Baring, Maurice: Orpheus in Mayfair & Other Stories. 30 Nov 07 (Science Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Book of Ghosts:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

Baring-Gould. Sabine: A Dead Finger. V1. 22 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Baring-Gould. Sabine: Bladys of the Stewponey. V1. 22 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Barnum, P T: The Art of Money Getting, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Reference)

Barnum, Vance: Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater. v1, 18 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Barr, Amelia E: A Daughter of Fife. V1. 27 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: A Knight of the Nets. V1. 28 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: A Rose of a Hundred Leaves. V1. 1 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: A Singer from the Sea . V1. 3 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: An Orkney Maid. V1. 31 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Christine, A Fife Fisher Girl: V1 26 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Jan Vedder's Wife. V1. 28 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Maids Wives and Bachelors. V1. 29 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Barr, Amelia E: Prisoners of Conscience. V1. 31 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Remember the Alamo. V1. 1 Nov 2010 (Western)

Barr, Amelia E: Scottish sketches. V1. 2 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Amelia E: The Hallam Succession. V1. 27 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barr, Amelia E: The Maid of Maiden Lane. V1. 29 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: The Man Between. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: The Measure of a Man. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: The Squire of Sandal-Side. V1. 3 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Was It Right to Forgive?. V1. 4 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Robert: A Prince of Good Fellows. V1. 7 Nov 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Barr, Robert: A Rock in the Baltic. V1. 8 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: A Woman Intervenes. V1. Nov 11 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barr, Robert: From Whose Bourne. V1. 4 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories. V1. 5 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: In the Midst of Alarms. V1. 5 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: Jennie Baxter, Journalist. V1. 5 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: One Day's Courtship. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: Revenge!. V1. 7 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: The Face and the Mask. V1. 4 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: The Strong Arm. V1. 8 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: The Sword Maker. V1. 9 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barrie, J. M et. al.: Stories by English Author:s Scotland. V1. 24 0ct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barrie, J. M, et. al.: Stories by English Authors: London. V1. 23 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: A Window in Thrums . V1. 25 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Auld Licht Idylls. V1. 18 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Better Dead. V1. 19 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Courage. V1. 20 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Dear Brutus. V1. 23 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Margaret Ogilvy. V1. 21 Oct 2010 (Biography)

Barrie, J. M: Peter and Wendy. V1. 22 Oct 2010 (Fantasy)

Barrie, J. M: Peter Pan. V1. 1 Dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Barrie, J. M: Quality Street. V1. 22 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Sentimental Tommy. V1. 23 Oct 2010 (Biography)

Barrie, J. M: The Little Minister. V1. 21 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Tommy and Grizel. V1. 24 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barrie, J. M: What Every Woman Knows. V1. 24 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J.M.: My Lady Nicotine. v1, 17 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Basile, Giambattista: Stories from Pentamerone. v1, 22 Jan 2008

Bassett, Sara Ware: Steve & the Steam Engine. 18 Sept 07 (Young Adult)

Bassett, Sara Ware: Ted & the Telephone. 27 March 08 (Young Adult)

Bassewitz, Gerdt von: Peterchens Mondfahrt. german. v1. 9 mar 2009 (Children)

Bastiat, Frédéric: Essays on Political Economy. v1. 10 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Pagans. V1. 12 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Philistines. V1. 12 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Puritans. V1. 13 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Baudelaire, Charles: Die Blume des Bösen. v1 30 july 2009 german (Poetry)

Baudelaire, Charles: The Generous Gambler, v.1, 2 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Baudelaire, Charles: The Poem of Hashish, v.1, 8 Jan 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Baum, Frank L.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 09 June 2008. (Children)

Baum, L. Frank. Oz Omnibus. PRC v1.1 22 June 2009 (Other Fiction)

Baum, L. Frank: A Kidnapped Santa Clause. v1.0 8 December 2008 (Children)

Baum, L. Frank: American Fairy Tales. 03 Jan 2008 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: Twinkle and Chubbins v1 16 apr 2009 (Children)

Bayliss, Clara K.: A Treasury Of Eskimo Tales, v.1, 25 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Beach, Charles Amory: Air Service Boys Omnibus. v2, 10 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Going Some. V1. 15 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Heart of the Sunset. V1. 15 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Laughing Bill Hyde. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Pardners. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Rainbow's End. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Auction Block. V1. 13 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Barrier. V1. 14 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Crimson Gardenia. V1. 14 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Iron Trail. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Ne'er-Do-Well. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Net. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Silver Horde. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Spoilers. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Winds of Chance. V1. 18 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood; Flowing Gold. V1. 15 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Beecham, John Charles : The Argus Pheasant. V1. 23 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Beerbohm, Max: Zuleika Dobson, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Humor)

Beerbohm. Max: A Defence of Cosmetics, v1, 17 January 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Beilenson, Peter (Ed.): Japanese Haiku, v.1, 19 May 2008. (Poetry)

Bellamy, Edward: Collected Works of Edward Bellamy. V1. 23 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Das Jahr 2000. german. v1. 28 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Equality, v.1, 13 May 2008. (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Looking Backward, v.1, 2 May 2008. (Science Fiction)

Bellem, Robert Leslie: A Robert Leslie Bellem Omnibus. V1. 27 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bellem, Robert Leslie: A Robert Leslie Bellem Pulp Sampler. V1. 25 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bellem, Robert: Adventure's End v 1.1, 12 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Bellem, Robert: Broken Melody v1 14 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Belloc, Hilaire: Cautionary Tales for Children, v1, 10 Oct 2007. (Poetry)

Belloc, Hilaire: Europe and the Faith, v1, 23 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Belloc, Hilaire: First and Last, v1. 10 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Belloc, Hilaire: On Nothing & Kindred Subjects, v1, 08 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Belloc, Hilaire: The Path to Rome, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Benét, Stephen Vincent:The Devil and Daniel Webster. v1. 30 Oct 07 (Short Fiction)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Thyra, v1 07-12-2009 (Science Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Accident, v.1, 14 March 2009. (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Anna of the Five Towns, v1, 20 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Clayhanger. 16 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Helen with the High Hand. 16 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. 04 Aug 07 (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: How to Live. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Journalism for Women. 16 Sept 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Literary Taste – How to Form It, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: Mental Efficiency, v1, 12 Dec 2007. (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: Murder!, v.1, 5 September 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Bennett, Arnold: Tales of the Five Towns. 16 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Feast of St Friend, v.1, 11 Dec 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Grand Babylon Hotel. 15 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Human Machine. 15 Sept 07 (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: The Plain Man and His Wife, v.1, 7 Feb 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: These Twain. v1. 15 Apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Robert Ames: Bloom of the Cactus v1 19 jan 2009 (Western)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Father Payne, v1, 29 March 2010. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Out of the Sea, v1, 14 October 2009. (Horror)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Altar Fire, v1, 13 September 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Child of the Dawn, v1, 24 September 2009 (Fantasy)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Silent Isle, v1, 28 September 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Charles. Moonport. v1.0 PRC 6 July 2009 (History)

Benson, E. F: Collected Stories of E. F. Benson. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Crescent and Iron Cross. V1. 18 Nov 2010 (History)

Benson, E. F: Daisy's Aunt . V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Benson, E. F: Lucia in London. V1. 25 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Lucia's Progress. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Queen Lucia. V1. 20 Nov 2010 (Humor)

Benson, E. F: The Blotting Book. V1. 18 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Benson, E. F: Trouble for Lucia. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F; Miss Mapp. V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Humor)

Benson, E.F. Collected Stories. v2. 21st Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Benson, E.F.: Mapp and Lucia Omnibus. v5. 21st Feb 2010 (Humor)

Benson, E.F.: Mrs Ames. v1. 8 Sep 07 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E.F.: Paying Guests. v1. 8 Sep 07 (Other Fiction)

Benson, R H: Father Macclesfield's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009 (Young Adult)

Benson, R H: Father Meuron's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Benson, Robert Hugh, Non-Catholic Denominations, v1, 17 November 2009. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A Book of Essays, v.1, 28 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A City Set on a Hill, v.1, 24 April 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A Mirror of Shalott, v.1, 4 May 2008. (Horror)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A Winnowing, v.1, 11 May 2008. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: At a Requiem, v1, 17 November 2009. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: By What Authority. V1. 3 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Come Rack! Come Rope!. V1. 4 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Confessions of a Convert, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Dawn of All. V1. 4 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Father Meuron’s Tale, v.1 20 Feb 2008. (Horror)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Initiation, v1, 18 October 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Loneliness? v.1, 24 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World, v.1, 29 Dec 2007. (Science Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World. V1. 6 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes, v.1, 30 Dec 2007. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes. V1. 6 May 2009 (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: None Other Gods, v.1, 24 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Oddsfish!, v1. 5 February 2010. (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Papers of a Pariah, v.1, 11 April 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Paradoxes of Catholicism, v.1, 8 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Poems, v1, 1 December 2009 (Poetry)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Saint Thomas of Canterbury, v1, 1 February 2010. (Biography)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Conventionalists, v1, 17 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Dawn of All, v.1, 30 Dec 2007. (Science Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary. V1. 4 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The King's Achievement. V1. 5 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Light Invisible, v1, 17 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Necromancers, v.1, 28 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Religion of the Plain Man, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Sentimentalists, v1, 17 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Stella: Goodbye, Stranger, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Stella: Hope Against Hope and Other Stories, v.1, 21 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Benson, Stella: Kwan-yin, v.1, 22 February 2009. (Poetry)

Benson, Stella: Living Alone, v.1, 21 February 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Stella: The Little World, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Stella: The Man Who Missed The ’Bus, v.1, 26 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Benson, Stella: This Is the End, v.1 21 February 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Stella: Twenty, v.1, 21 February 2009. (Poetry)

Benton, John L: John L. Benton Omnibus. V1. 25 Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Beresford, J D: The Hampdenshire Wonder. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Beresford, J D: The Misanthrope. V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri: Paul and Virginia, v.1, 5 July 2009 (Romance)

Berryman, John: Card Trick. V1. 21 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Berryman, John: Modus Vivendi. V1. 21 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Berryman, John: The Right Time. V1. 21 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Berryman, John: The Trouble with Telstar. V1. 21 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Berryman, John: Vigorish. V1. 22 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Bertrand, Louis: Saint Augustin, v.1, 27 February 2009. (Biography)

Besant, Walter: The Case of Mr Lucraft. V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Besant, Walter: The Revolt of Man: V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Bettauer, Hugo: Der Frauenmörder, german, v1, 10 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bettauer, Hugo: Die Stadt ohne Juden, german, v1, 22 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bettauer, Hugo: Hemmungslos, german, v1, 13 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bevan, Tom: Sea-Dogs All v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bey, Hakim: T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, v.1, 20 May 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bierce, Ambrose. Devil's Dictionary. PRC 7 July 2009 (Humor)

Bierce, Ambrose: The Devil's Dictionary, v.1., 1 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bierce, Ambrose: A Cynic Looks at Life. 07 Oct 07 (Humor)

Bierce, Ambrose: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. v1. 2 Dec 07

Bierce, Ambrose: Can Such Things Be? v1. 2 Dec 07

Bierce, Ambrose: Fantistic Fables. 06 Oct 07 (Humor)

Bierce, Ambrose: The Damned Thing, v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Bierce, Ambrose: Write It Right. 06 Oct 07 (Reference)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Charlie Chan Omnibus. v5. 3rd Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Bilstein, Roger. Orders of Magnitude. PRC v1.0 12 July 2009 (History)

Bindloss, Harold: The Buccaneer Farmer v1 26 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bird, Isabella L: Among the Tibetans, v.1, 5 April 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bird, Isabella: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, v.1, 15 Dec 2007 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bird, Isabella: Lake Tahoe v1 23 jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Birmingham, George A.: Priscilla's Spies v1 20 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Biss, Gerald: The Door of the Unreal, v.1, 25 Nov 2007 (Horror)

Bjornson, Bjørnstjerne : A Happy Boy. v1, 29 Jan 2008

Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone (Illustrated). v1, 24 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone. v1, 27 Jan 2008

Blackwood, Algernon. The Willows. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Wendigo. v1. 22 Oct 07 (Horror)

Blaikie, William Garden: The Personal Life of David Livingstone. 26 Oct 07 (Biography)

Blake, William: Songs of Innocence and of Experience. v1. 12 April 2011 (Poetry)

Bleibtreu, Karl: Bismarck. V1. [German] 2.5.2011 (Historical Fiction)

Blicher, Steen Steensen: Twelve Stories. V1. 23 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Blissett, Luther: Q. (Italian) v2 06 Apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bloch, Jean Richard: —& Co. V1. 24 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Blunt, Wilfred Scawen: The Future of Islam, v1, 2 December 2009. (Spiritual)

Bly, Nellie: Ten Days in a Mad-House. v1, 14 Jan 2008

Blythe, Samuel G: The Fun of Getting Thin, v.1, 6 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Boccaccio, Giovanni: The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio . v1, 31 Jan 2008

Boccaccio: The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love, v1, 22 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr. Sedgefield], v1, 22 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.Cooper], v1, 22 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.James], v1, 22 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Boethius: The Theological Tractates, v1, 24 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Bogdanow, Alexander Alexandrowitsch: Der rote Planet. german. v1. 18 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Bogott, Fritz: Boggle & Sneak, v1 25 Mar 2011 (Children)

Boisgobey, Fortuné de: La main froide (french) v1 4 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Bok, Edward: The Americanization of Edward Bok. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Boldrewood, Rolf: A Romance of Canvas Town And Other Stories. V1. 28 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Boldrewood, Rolf: A Sydney-Side Saxon. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Boldrewood, Rolf: Robbery Under Arms. V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Action)

Boldrewood, Rolf: Shearing In The Riverina, New South Wales. V1. 28 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Boldrewood, Rolf: The Miner's Right, A Tale of the Australian Goldfields: V1. 28 Mar (Action)

Bonanno Margaret Wander: Star Trek - TOS - Music of the Spheres v2.5 2007-10-16 (Science Fiction)

Bone, Jesse F.: Jesse F. Bone Science Fiction Collection. v1. 24 Dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

Bonner, Richard: The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone. v1, 18 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Bonsels, Waldemar: Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (german) v 1, 11 Nov 2008 (Children)

Bonsels, Waldemar: Himmelsvolk german v2 18 nov 2008 (Children)

Bonsels, Waldemar: Indienfahrt (german) v1, 11 Nov 2008 (Humor)

Bonsels, Waldemar: The Adventures of Mya the Bee (illustrated) v1.0 2007-08-21

Boothby, Guy Newell: A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's Vendetta. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: A Professor of Egyptology. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: A Strange Goldfield. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola Returns. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola's Experiment. V2. 30 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Farewell, Nikola!. V1. 30 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: In Strange Company. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Pharos the Egyptian. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds. V1. 30 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: The Lust of Hate. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: The Race of Life. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy: Dr Nicola Omnibus. v2. 9 Sep 07 (Science Fiction)

Boothby, Guy: The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds etc, v.1, 21 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Bote, Hermann: Till Eulenspiegel german v1 7 feb 2009 (Humor)

Bounds, E.M.: Power Through Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: Prayer and Praying Men V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: Purpose in Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Essentials of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Necessity of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Possibilities of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Reality of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Weapon of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bova, Ben: The Next Logical Step, v1, February 25, 2009 (Science Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: A Knight of Spain. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Bowen, Marjorie: Because of These Things. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic. V1. 29 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Collected Twilight Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Dark Rosaleen. V1. 3 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Dickon. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: God and the King. V1. 3 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: I Will Maintain. V1. 3 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Patriotic Lady. V1. 29 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Prince and Heretic. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Crown Derby Plate. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Folding Door. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Master of Stair. V1. 1 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Queen's Caprice. V1. 28 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Quest of Glory. V1. 1 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Viper of Milan. V1. 28 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bower, B. M.: Cabin Fever v 1 12 nov. 2008 (Western)

Bower, B. M.: The Trail of the White Mule v1 20 nov 2008 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Bower, B. M. V1. 25 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Casey Ryan. V1. 25 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Chip, of the Flying U. V1. 26 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Cow-Country. V1. 26 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Good Indian. V1. 27 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Her Prairie Knight. v1. 29 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Jean of the Lazy A. V1. 29 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Lonesome Land. V1. 30 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Rim o' the World. V1. 5 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Rowdy of the Cross L. V1. 7 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Sawtooth Ranch. V1. 7 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Skyrider. V1. 9 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Starr, of the Desert. V1. 9 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Happy Family. V1. 27 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Heritage of the Sioux. V1. 28 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories. V1. 31 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Long Shadow. V1. 1 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lookout Man. V1. 2 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lure of the Dim Trails. V1. 3 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Phantom Herd. V1. 3 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Quirt. V1. 3 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Ranch at the Wolverine. V1. 4 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Range Dwellers. V1. 5 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Thunder Bird. V1. 10 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Uphill Climb. V1. 11 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B.M.: Chip of the Flying U v1 30nov 2008 (Western)

Bower, B.M.: The Flying U Ranch v1 17 nov 2008 (Western)

Boyle, Jack: Boston Blackie. 5 May 08 (Action)

Braby, Maud: Die moderne Ehe [German]. v1. 31 Mar 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Birds of Prey. V1. 26 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Charlotte's Inheritance. V1. 29 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Eveline’s Visitant, v1, 3 March 2010. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Fenton's Quest. V1. 28 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Good Lady Ducayne, v1, 11 December 2009. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Henry Dunbar. V1. 12 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: London Pride. V1. 12 Nov 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell, v1, 3 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell. V1. 13 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Phantom Fortune. V1. 13 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Run to Earth. V1. 14 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Cold Embrace, v1, 23 February 2010. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Lovels of Arden. V1. 13 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Shadow in the Corner, v1, 27 February 2010. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume I. V1. 14 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume II. V1. 15 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume III. V1. 15 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Bradley, A.C.: Shakespearean Tragedy. v1, 24 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Colors of Space, v1, 15 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Door Through Space v1 18 jan 2009 (Science Fiction)

Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Door through Space, v1, 15 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Planet Savers, v1, 14 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Bradley, Marion Zimmer: Year of the Big Thaw, v1, 14 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Bramah, Ernest: Kai Lung’s Golden Hours. v1, 28 Aug 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Bramah, Ernest: Max Carrados Omnibus. v2, 11 Jan 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Bramah, Ernest: The Mirror of Kong Ho, v.1, 3 Nov 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Bramah, Ernest: The Wallet of Kai Lung, v1, 27 Aug 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Brame, Charlotte M: A Mad Love. V1. 23 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: Coralie. V1. 22 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: Dora Thorne . V1. 23 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Brame, Charlotte M: Love Works Wonders. V1. 23 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: Marion Arleigh's Penance. V1. 24 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: The Coquette's Victim. V1. 22 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: The Tragedy of the Chain Pier. V1. 24 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Brame, Charlotte M: Wife in Name Only. V1. 25 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brand, Max: Alcatraz v2 14 may 2009 (Western)

Brand, Max: Black Jack v1 13 aug 2009 (Western)

Brand, Max: Bull Hunter v1 13 azg 2009 (Western)

Brand, Max: The Untamed v1 25 aug 2009 (Western)

Braybrooke, Patrick: Gilbert Keith Chesterton, v.1, 23 March 2009 (Biography)

Brazil, Angela: School Stories For Girls Vol 1. v1, 26 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Brebner, Percy James: Princess Maritza. V1. 26 N0v 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Brebner, Percy James: The Brown Mask. V1. 25 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Brebner, Percy James: The Light That Lures. V1. 25 Nov 2010 (Action)

Brebner, Percy James: The Master Detective. V1. 26 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Catastrophe's Spell v1.0 2007-09-07

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Apocalypse v1.5 2007-12-02

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Fate v1.0 2007-10-27

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Intrigue v1.0 2007-09-09

Brentano, Clemens: Die drei Nüsse, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Brentano, Clemens: Italienische Märchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010 (Fantasy)

Brentano, Clemens: Rheinmärchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010 (Fantasy)

Brereton, F. S: A Gallant Grenadier. V1. 26 Nov 2010 (Action)

Brereton, F. S: With Joffre at Verdun. V1. 27 Nov 2010 (Action)

Brereton, F. S: With Rifle and Bayonet. V1. 27 Nov 2010 (Action)

Brereton, F. S: With Wolseley to Kumasi. V1. 28 Nov 2010 (Action)

Brewster, David.: THE MARTYRS OF SCIENCE, v1 9 July 2008 (Biography)

British Parliament: The Riot Act, v1, 17 Oct 2007. (Government)

Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey, v.1, 2 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey. v1, 8 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, v.1, 14 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. v1, 8 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: Emma, v1, 6 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre (Illustrated). v3, 24 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: Napoleon and the Spectre, v.1, 31 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, v1. 12 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: The Professor. v1, 9 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: The Story of Willie Ellin, v1, 4 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: Villette. v1, 10 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights. v2, 10 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brooks, David Marshall: The Necessity of Atheism, v.1, 19 March 2008. (Philosophy)

Brotherton, Mike: Diamonds in the Sky. v1.0. March 3 2009 (Science Fiction)

Brotherton, Mike: Star Dragon. v1, 05. March 2008

Brown, Charles Brokden: Arthur Mervyn. v1, 3 Feb 2008

Brown, Florence Verbell: Bride of the Dark One, v1, 26 February 2010. (Science Fiction)

Brown, Fredric: The Fabulous Clipjoint v1 22 jul 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Brown, Robert: The Complete Book of Cheese, v.1, 4 Nov 2007. (Reference)

Browne, Howard: Mars Confidential. V1. 28 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Browne, Howard: The Return of Tharn. V1. 28 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Browne, Howard: Twelve Times Zero. V1. 29 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Browne, Howard: Warrior of the Dawn. V1. 29 Nov 2010 (Science Fiction)

Browning, H Ellen: Beauty Culture, v1, 15 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Brust, Steven: My Own Kind of Freedom, v.1, 18 July 2008 (Science Fiction)

Bryant, Walter W.: Kepler, v.1, 25 Oct 2008 (Biography)

Bryce, Mrs. Charles: The Ashiel Mystery, v1, 8 April 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Buchan, John: Collected Supernatural Stories. V1. 8 Apr 2011 (Horror)

Buchan, John: John Macnab. V1. 4 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: Midwinter. V1. 7 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: Prester John. v1. 20 Dec 07

Buchan, John: Richard Hannay Omnibus. v5. 4 Feb 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: Runagates Club. V1. 6 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Buchan, John: Salute to Adventurers. V1. 9 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: Sick Heart River. V1. 7 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Blanket of the Dark. V1. 6 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Courts of the Morning. V1. 10 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Dancing Floor. V1. 5 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Buchan, John: The Far Islands. V1. 8 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Free Fishers. V1. 7 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Gap in the Curtain. V1. 5 Apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Half-Hearted. V1. 8 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Moon Endureth. V1. 9 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Path of the King v1 18. nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Power-House. V1. 5 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Thirty-Nine Steps. v1, 4 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Buchan, John: Witch Wood. V1. 6 Apr 2011 (Horror)

Buchanan, James: State of the Union. v1.1 13 October 2007 (Government)

Buchanan, Robert: Camlan and The Shadow of the Sword. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Buchanan, Robert: God and the Man. V1. 10 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville. The Call of the Cumberlands. V1. 29 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Buck, Charles Neville: A Pagan of the Hills . V1. 1 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: Destiny. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Key to Yesterday. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Lighted Match. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Portal of Dreams. V1. 1 Dec 2010 (Action)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Roof Tree. V1. 2 Dec 2010 (Action)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Tempering. V1. 2 Dec 2010 (Action)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Tyranny of Weakness. V1. 3 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry. V1. 3 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Buckner, Bradner: The Day Time Stopped Moving, v1 14, March 2009 (Science Fiction)

Buddha, Gautama: The Dhammapada, v.1, 21 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Budrys, Algis: Citadel. V1. 4 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

Budrys, Algis: Riya's Foundling. V1. 4 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

Budrys, Algis: The Barbarians. V1. 3 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Budrys, Algis: The Stoker and the Stars . V1. 4 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

Bulfinch, Thomas: Legends of Charlemagne, v.1, 8 December 2008. (Other Fiction)

Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Chivalry, v.1, 11 Dec 2008. (Other Fiction)

Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Fable [“Bullfinch’s Mythology”] v.1, 9 Dec 2008. (Other Fiction)

Bullock, Tom: The Ideal Bartender, v.1, 25 August 2008. (Reference)

Bulwer, Edward: Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings. 17 Sept 07 (Historical Fiction)

Bulwer, Edward: The Coming Race. v1. 24 July 07 (Science Fiction)

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Das Geschlecht der Zukunft german v1 24 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Bunce, John Thackray: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning. 17 May 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bunyan, John: Pilgrim's Progress. Alt Version 23 June 07 (Spiritual)

Burgess, Gelett : The Master of Mysteries, v.1, 8 December 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Burgess, Thornton W.: The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat v1 20 apr 2009 (Children)

Burgess, Thornton W: Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer. V1. 2 Aug 2009 (Children)

Burgess, Thornton W: Mother West Wind How Stories. V1. 3 Aug 2009 (Children)

Burgess, Thornton W: The Adventures of Buster Bear. V1. 1 Aug 2009 (Children)

Burgess, Thornton W: The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse. V1. 2 Aug 2009 (Children)

Burkett, Charles William: Agriculture For Beginners, v.1, 25 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Lady of Quality. 20 Jun 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Little Princess. v1. 11 Jan 08

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Der kleine Lord. german. v1. 14 mar 2009 (Children)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Emily Fox-Seton. 20 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Lord Fauntleroy. v1, 13 Jan 2008

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Robin. 20 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Head of the House of Coombe. 20 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden, v1. 01-11-2008

Burnett, Francis Hodgson.: The Lost Prince. v1, 24 Jan 2008

Burnett, Francis Hodgson: Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories. 09 June 2008. (Children)

Burney, Frances: Evelina. v1, 4 May 2008 (Romance)

Burns, William J. and Ostrander, Isabel: The Crevice. V1. 14 Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Land that Time Forgot" Trilogy. v3. 29th June 2009 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Pellucidar" Series, v2, 9 Jan 2008 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Barsoom Omnibus, v3, 29th July 2009 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Moon Series. v2, 30th June 2009 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 1. v3, 28 May 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 2. v3, 18 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 3. v2, 19 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 4. v2, 20 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 5. v2, 21 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Efficiency Expert. 04 Sep 2007 (Other Fiction)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Lost Continent. v1, 1st July 2009 (Science Fiction)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Venus Omnibus. v3. 27 Dec 2009 (Fantasy)

Burton, Richard F.: The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî, v.1, 4 July 2008 (Poetry)

Busch, Wilhelm: Max und Moritz german v1 9 jan 2009 (Children)

Busson, Paul: Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte. german. v1. 18 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bute, Lord.: The Alleged Haunting of B_____House:. v1, 21 Feb 2008 (Horror)

Butler, Ellis Parker: The Cheerful Smugglers v1 24 nov 2008 (Humor)

Butler, Ellis Parker: The Great American Pie Company, v.1, 27 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Butler, H.C.: Slay, Fiddle, Slay v1.1 19 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Butler, Samuel: Erewhon Revisited, v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Science Fiction)

Butler, Samuel: Erewhon, v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Science Fiction)

Butler, Samuel: God the Known and God the Unknown, v.1 15 Dec 2007. (Spiritual)

Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh, v1. 25 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Butler, Smedley D.: War is a Racket. v1. 22 Jul 2009 (Government)

Büchner, Georg: Dantons Tod german v1.0 11 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Byrd, Robert: Ka-Zar Book One - King of Claw and Fang - 1 Dec 07

Byron, Lord: Oeuvres complètes Tome Premier, v1., 15/08/08 (Poetry)

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Cabell, Branch: The Nightmare Had Triplets, v1, 8 February 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: Chivalry, v1, 20 January 2010. (Romance)

Cabell, James Branch: Figures of Earth [Illustrated], v1, 17 January 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: Figures of Earth, v.1, 12 Jan 2008 (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: It Happened In Florida, v1, 11 January 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: Jurgen, v1, 10 January 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: Jurgen, v1.0, 9 Nov, 2007 (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: Something About Eve, v1, 11 January 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: Taboo, v1, 17 January 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: The Certain Hour, v1, 11 January 2010. (Short Fiction)

Cabell, James Branch: The Cords of Vanity, v1, 11 March 2010. (Other Fiction)

Cabell, James Branch: The Eagle’s Shadow, v1, 17 January 2010. (Romance)

Cabell, James Branch: The High Place, v1, 19 March 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: The Jewel Merchants, v1, 11 March 2010. (Other Fiction)

Cabell, James Branch: The Line of Love, v1, 20 January 2010. (Romance)

Cabell, James Branch: The Silver Stallion, v1, 10 January 2010. (Fantasy)

Cabell, James Branch: The Witch-Woman Trilogy, v1, 10 January 2010. (Fantasy)

Cable, Boyd: Action Front. v1, 10 Jan 2008

Cable, George Washington, Ed.: Famous Adventures ... . V1. 8 Dec 2010 (History)

Cable, George Washington: Bonaventure. V1. 6 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: Dr. Sevier. V1. 6 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: Gideon's Band. V1. 9 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington: Kincaid's Battery . V1. 10 Dec 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: Old Creole Days. V1. 10 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: The Cavalier. V1. 5 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington: The Flower of the Chapdelaines . V1. 8 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington: The Grandissimes. V1. 9 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington; Bylow Hill. V1. 5 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Cain, Paul: Seven Slayers. V1. 21 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Caine, Hall, Sir: Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon. V1. 3 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Christian. V1. 4 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Drama Of Three Hundred ... .V1. 4 Aug 2009 (History)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Eternal City. V1. 6 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Little Manx Nation. V1. 8 Aug 2009 (History)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Manxman. V1. 8 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Calhoon, A.R.: How to Get on in the World. 17 Sept 07 (Reference)

Cambridge, Ada: At Midnight and Other Stories. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Cambridge, Ada: Sisters. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: The Perversity of Human Nature. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Camp, Charles Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

Camp, Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v1, 9 December 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Campbell, John W.: Invaders from the Infinite. v1, 9 Jan 2008 (Science Fiction)

Campbell, John W.: Islands of Space. v1, 9 Jan 2008 (Science Fiction)

Campbell, John W.: THE BLACK STAR PASSES. v1, 9 Jan 2008 (Science Fiction)

Campbell, John W.: The Ultimate Weapon. v1, 9 Jan 2008 (Science Fiction)

Canfield, Dorothy: The Squirrel-Cage, v.1, 30 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

Capek, Karel: War with the Newts. v1. 02 Feb 2007 (Science Fiction)

Carleton, Susan: The La Chance Mine Mystery v 1 10 November 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Carleton, Susan: The Lame Priest v1 12 nov 2008 (Horror)

Carlyle, Thomas: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. 19 Dec 07 (Philosophy)

Carlyle, Thomas: The French Revolution, A History. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Carp, Augustus (H Bashford): Augustus Carp Esq.: By Himself, v.1, 12 Dec 2007. (Humor)

Carr, Terry: Warlord of Kor v1 3 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Carroll, Charles: Concerning Cheapness, v1, 30 November 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Carroll, Lewis: A Lewis Carroll Omnibus, V1., 7/4/2011 (Other Fiction)

Carroll, Lewis: Alice im Wunderland german v1 8 feb 2009 (Children)

Carroll, Lewis: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 09 June 2008. (Children)

Carroll, Lewis: The Game of Logic. v1. 18 Nov 2010 (Philosophy)

Carroll, Lewis: The Wonderland Books (illustrated), V1, 8/4/2011 (Fantasy)

Carroll, Lewis: Through the Looking Glass, v.1, 8 Nov 2007. (Young Adult)

Carter, James. State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

Carter, Jesse Benedict: The Religion of Numa, v1, 13 August 2009. (Spiritual)

Carter, Nick: Nick Carter at Headquarters. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Cafe & Other Stories. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories. V1. 8 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Carter, Nick: The Great Spy System. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: The Solution of a Remarkable Case. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: With Links of Steel. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nicolas: A Woman at Bay. V1. 10 August 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Carter, Nicolas: With Links of Steel. V1. 9 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Carus, Paul (Ed.): The Gospel of Buddha, v.1, 8 May 2008. (Spiritual)

Carver, Jeffrey A.: Neptune Crossing, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009 (Science Fiction)

Carver, Jeffrey A.: Strange Attractors, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009 (Science Fiction)

Carver, Jeffrey A.: The Infinite Sea, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009 (Science Fiction)

Casanova, Giacomo: Eduard und Elisabeth bei den Megamikren. german. v1. 27 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Cather, Willa: A Lost Lady. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Death Comes for the Archbishop. V 1, 13 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Lucy Gayheart. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: My Antonia. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: My Mortal Enemy. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. v1, 19 Jan 2008

Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. V1. 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Obscure Destinies. V1. 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Sapphira and the Slave Girl. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Shadows on the Rock. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Song of the Lark. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: The Burglar’s Christmas, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Cather, Willa: The Professor's House. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: The Troll Garden and Selected Stories. V1. 22 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather,Willa: Not Under Forty. V1. 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather,Willa:Youth and the Bright Medusa. V1. 22 Nov2008 (Historical Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Black Feather. V1. 10 Aug 2009 (Short Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Chase Of Saint-Castin. V1. 10 Aug 2009 (Science Fiction)

CDU/CSU; Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 11th 2009 (Government)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote de la Mancha (Illustrated, Spanish). v1 6 June 2009 (Humor)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote german v1 19.mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote, Vol. I, v1. 26 June 07 (Historical Fiction)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Novelas ejemplares (Spanish). v1 14 July 2009 (Short Fiction)

Cervantes, Miguel: Don Quijote (Quixote) de la Mancha[Español/Spanish] v.1, 4/4/09 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Tracer of Lost Persons, v.1 10 March 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond, Farewell My Lovely, v1, 17 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond, The Little Sister, v1, 19 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: Farewell, My Lovely. V1. 3 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: Playback, v1, 17 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep ... V1. 2 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep, v1, 17 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The High Window, v1, 20 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The High Window. V1. 4 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The Lady in the Lake, v1, 21 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The Lady in the Lake. V1. 5 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The Long Goodbye, v1, 20 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The Simple Art of Murder [long version] v1, 21 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chandler, Raymond: The Simple Art of Murder, v1, 17 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chandler, Raymond: Trouble Is My Business, v1, 17 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys' First Wireless. v1, 18 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Chapman, Jason K.: The Heretic v2.1 2008-02-20

Chapman, S.E.: Doctor Jones' Picnic v1 10 dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS, Ed.: Adventures and Letters . V1. 17 Dec 2010 (Biography)

Charnwood, Lord: Tracks in the Snow, v.1, 2 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Chase, Mary Ellen: Victoria of Elk Creek Valley v1 21 dec 2008 (Western)

Chateaubriand: Mémoires d’Outre-tombe, Tome I (en français) v1, 27 Aug 2007 (Biography)

Chekhov, Anton: (01) The Darling & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (02) The Duel & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (03) The Lady with the Dog & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (04) The Party & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (05) The Wife & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (06) The Witch & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (07) The Bishop & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (08) The Chorus Girl & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (09) The Schoolmistress & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (10) The Horse Stealers & Other Stories. 18 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (11) The Schoolmaster & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (12) The Cook's Wedding & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (13) The Love & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley: THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD. v1, 26 Feb 2008

Chesnutt, Charles W.: The Marrow of Tradition. v1, 18 Jan 2008

Chesterton, G K, et al: Leo Tolstoy, v1, 20 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: A Miscellany of Men, v1, 6 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: A Short History of England, v.1, 4 January 2009. (History)

Chesterton, G K: Alarms and Discursions, v.1, 30 June 3009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: All I Survey, v1, 2 December 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: All Things Considered, v1, 8 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: As I Was Saying, v1, 2 October 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Autobiography, v1, 25 October 2009. (Biography)

Chesterton, G K: Divorce versus Democracy, v1, 10 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Do We Agree? v1, 19 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Eugenics and Other Evils, v1, 14 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Fancies Versus Fads, v1, 5 September 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Four Faultless Felons, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: Gloria in Profundis, v1, 20 January 2010. (Poetry)

Chesterton, G K: Heretics, v1, 18 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Introduction to the Book of Job, v1, 1 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: Lepanto, v1, 17 January 2010. (Poetry)

Chesterton, G K: Lord Kitchener, v1, 28 August 2009 (Biography)

Chesterton, G K: Manalive, v.1, 19 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: Orthodoxy, v1, 24 September 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: St Francis of Assisi, v.1, 20 June 2008. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: Tales of the Long Bow, v.1, 20 December 2008. (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Apostle and the Wild Ducks etc, v1, 15 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Ball and the Cross, v.1, 17 December 2008. (Fantasy)

Chesterton, G K: The Catholic Church and Conversion, v1, 24 October 2009. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: The Club of Queer Trades. V.1. 17 Mar 2011. (Fantasy)

Chesterton, G K: The Common Man, v1, 9 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Crimes of England, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Defendant, v.1, 23 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Everlasting Man, v1, 12 October 2009. (History)

Chesterton, G K: The Flying Inn, v1, 1 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The New Jerusalem, v1, 23 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Outline of Sanity, v1, 26 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Paradoxes of Mr Pond, v.1, 18 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: The Poet and the Lunatics, v.1, 20 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: The Return of Don Quixote, v1, 24 August 2009 (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Superstition of Divorce, v1, 28 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Sword of Wood, v1, 24 August 2009 (Short Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Thing: Why I am a Catholic, v1, 10 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: The Trees of Pride, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: The Uses of Diversity, v1, 22 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Victorian Age in Literature, v1, 24 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Well and the Shallows, v1, 8 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Tremendous Trifles, v1, 26 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Twelve Types, v1.2, 5 September 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays, v1, 28 September 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Varied Types, v.1, 4 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: What’s Wrong with the World, v1, 9 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: William Cobbett, v1, 19 March 2010. (Biography)

Chesterton, G.K.: Father Brown Omnibus. v6. 21st Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G.K.: St Thomas Aquinas, v.1. 18 Jan 2008. (Biography)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Flying Inn. Nov 17 2007

Chesterton, G.K.: The Innocence of Father Brown. 09 June 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who Knew Too Much. v1, 18 Jan 2008

Chesterton, G.K.: The Man Who Knew Too Much. v1, 22 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who was Thursday, v.1, 6 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Der Mann, der Donnerstag war. german. v1. 14 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Menschenskind. german. v1. 15 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Priester und Detektiv. german. v1. 18 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Child, Lydia M.: The American Frugal Housewife, v1, 20 Sept 2007. (Reference)

Chodsko, Alexander: Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen. 07 June 2008 (Fantasy)

Cholmondeley, Mary: Red Pottage. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Christen, Ada: Jungfer Mutter, german V1 18.12.2009 (Romance)

Christie, Agatha: The Mysterious Affair at Styles v3.0 2007-12-19 (Mystery and Crime)

Christie, Agatha: The Secret Adversary V1.1 2008-06-16 (Mystery and Crime)

Christie, Agatha: The Secret Adversary. v1, 2 Jan 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Christie, Mrs. Archibald H.: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, v.1, 29 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Church, R. W.: Bacon, v.1, 6 Sept 2008 (Biography)

Churchill, Edward: 42 Keys to Murder v1 7 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Churchill, Edward: Edward Churchill Omnibus. V1. 6 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Churchill, Winston. Richard Carvel. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

CIA: 2008 World Fact Book v0.7.6 7 June 2009 (Reference)

CIA: The World Factbook 2005. v1. 5 Mar 2008 (Reference)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Vom höchsten Gut und Übel (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Philosophy)

Clark, Abu Mahmoud Luther: Is Dying Like Waking? v1. Mar 11 2009 (Poetry)

Clarke, Marcus: For the Term of His Natural Life. V1. (Historical Fiction)

Clason, George S.:The Richest Man in Babylon v1.0 20 Nov 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Cleland, John: Fanny Hill, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Clement, Clara Erskine: A History of Art for Beginners and Students,v.1, 29 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Cleveland, Grover: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Clifton, Mark: Eight Keys To Eden. v1. 26 Jan 09 (Science Fiction)

Clifton, Mark: Sense From though Divide. v1. 27 Jan 09 (Science Fiction)

Clifton, Mark: Sense From Thought Divide. v1 08 June 2008 (Science Fiction)

Clouston, W.A.: The Book of Noodles:. v1, 8 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Anatomy. V1. 27 Nov 2009 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Bill-of-Fare. V1. 28 Nov 2009 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S: Eating in Two or Three Languages. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Humor)

Cobb, Irwin S.: One Third Off:. v1, 21 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Cobbett, William: Advice to young Men, v.1, 20 Dec 2007 (Reference)

Cody Wetmore, Helen: Last of the Great Scouts. 8 November 2007 (Biography)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Glen of the High North. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Jess of the Rebel Trail. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Rod of the Lone Patrol. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Young Adult)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Fourth Watch. V1. 28 Nov 2009 (Other Fiction)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Unknown Wrestler. V1. 1 Dec 2009 (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Under Sealed Orders. V1. 30 Nov 2009 (Action)

Cohen, Octavius Roy: Midnight. V1. 2 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Cole, Everett B.: Everett B. Cole Collection(Illustrated). v1, 28 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: Rime of the Ancient Mariner. V2. 27 Feb 2009 (Poetry)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Illust.). v1, 15 Aug 08 (Poetry)

Colette: Chéri [en Français], v.1, 30 June 2008. (Romance)

Colette: La chatte (en Français), v.1, 4 Novembre 2008. (Other Fiction)

Colette: La Maison de Claudine [en Français], v.1, 2 July 2008. (Other Fiction)

Colette: Mitsou (French/ Français), v1, 6 October 2009. (Romance)

Collingwood, Harry: A Pirate of the Caribbees v1 10 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main v1 30 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main. V1. 19 Apr 2010 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: Dick Leslie's Luck v1 30 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Overdue v1 8 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Collingwood, Harry: The Adventures of Dick Maitland v1 26 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Collingwood, Harry: The Log of a Privateersman. V1. 21 Apr 2010 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: The Log of the Flying Fish, v1 28 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Island v1 6 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Slaver v1 15 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1 20 mar 2009 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1, 27 Mar 2008

Collingwood, Harry: The Voyage of the Aurora v1 11 feb 2009 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: The Wreck of the Andromeda v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Under the Chilian Flag v1 5 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Under the ensign of the Rising Sun v1 12 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: With Airship and Submarine , v1 28 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: A Fair Penitent, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: A Rogue’s Life, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Blind Love, v.1, 27 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Heart and Science, v.1, 27 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Hide and Seek, v.1, 10 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: I Say No, v.1, 25 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Jezebel’s Daughter, v.1, 13 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Little Novels, v.1, 12 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Man and Wife, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Miss or Mrs?, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Mr Wray’s Cash-Box, v.1, 27 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: My Lady’s Money, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: My Miscellanies, v.1, 6 March 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: No Name, v.1, 18 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Poor Miss Finch, v.1, 16 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Rambles Beyond Railways, v.1, 30 Jan 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Short Stories, v.1, 6 March 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Black Robe, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Alive, v.1, 11 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Secret, v.1, 15 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Fallen Leaves, v.1 18 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Cradle, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Fortune, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Frozen Deep, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Guilty River, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Law and the Lady. v1, 13 Dec 2007

Collins, Wilkie: The Legacy of Cain, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. 09 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. v3, 25 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The New Magdalen, v.1, 26 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Queen of Hearts, v.1, 13 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Two Destinies, v.1, 26 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White. v2, 16 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie:The Evil Genius, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Colum, Padraic: The Children of Odin v,1, 13 March 2008. (Fantasy)

Compton, W. David (NASA): Where No Man Has Gone Before, v1, 11 June 2008 (History)

Conan Doyle, Arthur: My Friend the Murderer, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Arthur: The New Revelation, v1, 4 March 2010. (Spiritual)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes. 09 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Complete Sherlock Holmes. v8, 1 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Danger! and Other Stories. v1. 20 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. v1, 1 Jan 09 (Mystery and Crime)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Mysteries and Adventures. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Professor Challenger Omnibus. v4, 27 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Adventure and Medical Life. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Long Ago. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Pirates and Blue Water. v1. 14 Oct 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Terror and Mystery. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: The White Company & Sir Nigel. v1. 21 Dec 07

Confucius: Doctrine of The Mean, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Philosophy)

Confucius: The Analects, v.1. 6 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Confucius: The Great Learning, v.1. 5 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Confucius: The Sayings of Confucius, v.1, 14 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot (a Tale of the Foothills). 13 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land. 13 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Conrad, Joesph: The Mirror Of The Sea. v1, 6 Jan 2008

CONRAD, JOSEPH & HUEFFER, FORD M. : Romance. V1. 16 Aug 2009 (Romance)

CONRAD, JOSEPH & HUEFFER, FORD M. : The Inheritors. V1. 15 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: Chance. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness, v.1, 18 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: Jugend [german]. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Agent, v.1, 19 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Sharer, v.1, 18 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: Victory, v.1, 19 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Constant, Barbara: The Sound of Silence, v1, 22 October 2009. (Science Fiction)

Conway, Father Placid: Saint Thomas Aquinas, v1, 14 September 2009. (Spiritual)

Cooke, Marjorie Benton: Bambi. V1. 18 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Cooke,Marjorie Benton: The Cricket. V1. 19 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Coolidge, Calvin: State of the Union. v1.1, 13 October 2007 (Government)

Coolidge, Dane: Hidden Water. V1. 31 July 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Rimrock Jones. V1. 1 Aug 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Shadow Mountain. V1. 1 Aug 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Silver and Gold. V1. 1 Aug 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Wunpost. V1. 2 Aug 2010 (Western)

Cooper, James Fenimore.: The Spy. v1, 31 Jan 2008

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer v1 12 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer. v1, 25 Jan 2008

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans v1 17 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pathfinder v1 8 dec 2008 (Western)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pioneers v1 13 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore:The Last of the Mohicans. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Corelli, Marie.: Ardath. v1, 2 July 2008 (Fantasy)

Corelli, Marie.: Vendetta!. v1, 2 July 2008 (Horror)

Corelli, Marie: A Romance of Two Worlds. V1. 14 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Ardath. V1. 12 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Innocent. V1. 13 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Temporal Power. V1. 15 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Life Everlasting. V1. 13 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Master-Christian. V1. 13 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Secret Power. V1. 14 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Soul of Lilith. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Treasure of Heaven. V1. 15 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Thelma. V1. 15 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Ziska. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Cortright, Edgar. Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. PRC v1.0. 15 July 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Cousins, Adrienne: Kindle Bookmarks v0.12, Sep 5,2008 (Reference)

Cox, Erle: Fools' Harvest. V1. 17 Apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Cox, Erle: Out of the Silence. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Cox, Erle: The Missing Angel. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Craddock, Charles Egbert: The Moonshiners at Hoho-Hebee Falls. 04 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Crane, Stephen and Barr, Robert: The O'Ruddy. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Crane, Stephen: Active Service. V1. 18 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Crane, Stephen: Last Words. V1. 19 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: Maggie A Girl of the Streets. V1. 20 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: Men, Women, and Boats. V1. 22 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Blue Hotel. V1. 18 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky. V1. 17 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Little Regiment. V1. 19 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Monster and more. V1. 17 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Open Boat. V1. 18 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage. v1, 4 Jan 2008

Crane, Walter: Line & Form, v.1, 19 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Crawford, F. Marion: Don Orsino. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Crawford, F. Marion: Sant' Ilario. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Crawford, F. Marion: Saracinesca. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Crawford, F. Marion: The Witch of Prague. v1, 7 Feb 2008

Crawford; F. Marion: The Screaming Skull v1 12 dec 2008 (Horror)

Croce, Benedetto: The Conduct of Life, v.1, 29 November 2008. (Philosophy)

Crofts, Freeman Wills: THE PIT PROP SYNDICATE. V1. 2 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Cromie, Robert: The Crack of Doom. v1, 10 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Crompton, Richmal: More William (Illustrated). v1, 15 Jan 2008

Crosse, Andrew F.: Round About the Carpathians, v.1, 26 April 2008

Crownfield, Gertrude: Shadow Witch v1 28 nov 2008 (Fantasy)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Night Riders v1 22 jul 2009 (Western)

Cummings, Ray: Beyond the Vanishing Point . v1, 9 Jan 2008

Cummings, Ray:Brigands of the Moon. v1. 18 Dec 2007 (Science Fiction)

Cummins, Maria S: The Lamplighter, v1, 26 March 2010. (Young Adult)

Cuppy, Will: How to be a Hermit, v.1, 30 Oct 2007. (Humor)

Curry, S S: How to Add Ten Years to Your Life, v1, 18 Sept 2007. (Reference)

Curtis, George William: From the Easy Chair, vol 1. v1, 11 Jan 2008

Curwood, James Oliver: Baree, Son of Kazan. V1. 13 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Flower of the North. V1. 13 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: God's Country—And the Woman. V1. 13 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Isobel. V2. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Kazan. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Nomads of the North. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Philip Steele. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Alaskan. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V. 2. 29 July 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V1. 15 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V1. 15 July 2009 (Western)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Courage of Captain Plum. V1. 15 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Danger Trail. V1. 16 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Flaming Forest. V1. 16 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Gold Hunters. V1. 16 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Golden Snare. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Golden Snare. V2. 29 July 2009 (Romance)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Grizzly King. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Honor of the Big Snows. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Hunted Woman. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The River's End. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Valley of Silent Men. V1. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Wolf Hunters. V1. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Thomas Jefferson Brown. V1. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Cushing, Frank Hamilton: A Study Of Pueblo Pottery, v.1, 28 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Cutcliffe Hyne, C J: Atoms of Empire v 1 Nov 7 2008 (Action)

Cutcliffe Hyne, C J: The Tragedy of a Third Smoker, v.1, 16 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Cutcliffe Hyne, CJ: The New Eden v1 20 nov 2008 (Action)

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D'Anvers, N.: Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit, v.1, 21 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

D'Holbach, baron Paul-Henri Thiery: Good Sense, v.1, 17 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Dacan, Rick: Geek Mafia. v1, 14 Jan 2008

Dahn, Felix: Ein Kampf um Rom. german. v2. 24 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dahn, Felix: Geschichte der Völkerwanderung. 1880/81. V2 [German] 23.2.2011 (History)

Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years Before the Mast. v1 31Dec2009 (History)

Darlington, Edgar B.P.: Circus Boys Omnibus. v3, 20 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Darrow, Clarence: The Story of My Life. v1. 12 July 07 (Biography)

Darwin, Charles: Die Entstehung der Arten v1 german 10 Jan 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Darwin, Charles: The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects (Reference)

Dass, Petter: Nordlands Trompet. [Norwegian]. v2. 8 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Daudet, Alphonse: Letters from my Windmill, v1, 19 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Daudet, Alphonse: Lettres de mon moulin, (French/Français) v1, 19 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Daudet, Alphonse: Tartarin of Tarascon, v1, 26 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Andrew the Glad. V1. 12 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Blue-grass and Broadway. V1. 12 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Over Paradise Ridge. V1. 14 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Phyllis. V1. 15 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Rose of Old Harpeth. V1. 16 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Daredevil. V1. 13 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Golden Bird. V1. 13 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Heart's Kingdom. V1. 13 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Melting of Molly. V1. 14 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Road to Providence. V1. 15 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Tinder-Box. V1. 16 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Davis, Norbert: Holocaust House. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Red Goose and Something for the Sweeper. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Sally's in the Alley. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: The Mouse in the Mountain. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Richard Harding: In the Fog. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Richard Harding: A Charmed Life. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: A Question of Latitude. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: A Wasted Day. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Billy and the Big Stick. V1. 18 Dec 2010 (Action)

Davis, Richard Harding: Captain Macklin. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Action)

Davis, Richard Harding: Cinderella. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. 21 Oct 07 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: Episodes in Van Bibber's Life. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Gallegher and Other Stories. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Miss Civilization. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: My Buried Treasure. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Notes of a War Correspondent. 21 Oct 07 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: Once Upon A Time. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Peace Manoeuvres. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Ranson's Folly. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Real Soldiers of Fortune. 21 Oct 07 (Biography)

Davis, Richard Harding: Soldiers of Fortune. 22 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Amateur.V1. 17 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys. V1. 18 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout. V1. 18 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Consul. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Deserter.20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Exiles and Other Stories. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Frame Up. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Lion and the Unicorn. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Log of the Jolly Polly. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost House. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost Road. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Make-Believe Man. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Man Who Could Not Lose. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Messengers. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Nature Faker. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Princess Aline. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Red Cross Girl. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Reporter Who Made Himself King. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Scarlet Car. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Spy. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The White Mice. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Davis, Richard Harding: Vera, the Medium, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. 22 Oct 07 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: With the French in France and Salonika. V1. 29 Dec 2010 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding; The King's Jackal. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding; The Congo and Coasts of Africa. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dawson, A.J.: Jan A Dog and a Romance v1 12feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Day, Holman: All-Wool Morrison. V1. 30 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: Blow The Man Down. V1. 30 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: Joan of Arc of the North Woods. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: The Landloper. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: The Rainy Day Railroad War. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Day, Holman: The Ramrodders. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: The Skipper and the Skipped. V1. 1 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Day, Holman: When Egypt Went Broke. V1. 1 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

De Gourmont, Remy: Mr. Antiphilos, Satyr & Colors, v1, 28 March 2010. (Other Fiction)

de la Mare, Walter: The Return. v1. 2 Dec 07

de Laclos, Pierre Choderlos: Gefährliche Liebschaften. [German]. V1. 4 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

de Massa, Philippe: Zibeline. v1, 7 Mar 2008

De Mille, James: A Castle in Spain. V1. 3 Jan 2011 (Romance)

De Mille, James: Among the Brigands. V1. 3 Jna 2011 (Action)

De Mille, James: Cord and Creese. V1. 4 Jan 2011 (Action)

De Mille, James: The American Baron. V1. 2 Jan 2011 (Romance)

De Quincey, Thomas: On Murder Considered As One of the Fine Arts, v1, 1 Dec 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

de Unamuno, Miguel.: Tragic Sense of Life. v1, 25 Feb 2008

Debord, Guy: The Society of the Spectacle, v.1, 11 December 2008 (Philosophy)

DeBord, J.M: Something Coming, a New Age Thriller V1 1 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dee, Roger: Control Group, v.1, 13 April 2008 (Science Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Doomsday. V1. 23 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Kitty. V1. 25 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Mr Gurney and Mr Slade. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Old Pybus. V1. 23 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Roper's Row. V1. 24 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Smith. V1. 28 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Sorrell and Son. V1. 23 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Impudence of Youth. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Road. V1. 26 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Secret Sanctuary. V1. 24 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Uther and Igraine, v.1, 15 August 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Defoe, Daniel: Dickory Cronke. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Defoe, Daniel: Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Action)

Defoe, Daniel: Moll Flanders, v1, 15 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe german v1 01 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe, v1, 15 Oct 2007. (Action)

del Rey, Lester: Badge of Infamy. 21 Aug 07 (Science Fiction)

del Rey, Lester: Dead Ringer, v1 15 October 2009. (Horror)

del Rey, Lester: The Sky is Falling. 21 Aug 07 (Science Fiction)

del Rey, Lester: Victory, v1 28 June 2009 (Science Fiction)

Delafield, E M: Diary of a Provincial Lady, v.1, 23 July 2008. (Humor)

Delafield, E M: The Provincial Lady Goes Further, v.1, 24 July 2008. (Humor)

Deland, Margaret: John Ward, Preacher. V1. 28 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Awakening of Helena Richie. V1. (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Iron Woman. V1. 29 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Vehement Flame. V1. 29 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Way To Peace. V1. 30 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dell, Ethel M: Charles Rex. V1. 25 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: Greatheart. V1. 25 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: Rosa Mundi and Other Stories. V1. 26 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Bars of Iron. V1. 26 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Keeper of the Door. V1. 27 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Knave of Diamonds. V1. 27 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Lamp in the Desert. V1. 27 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Obstacle Race. V1. 28 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Odds and Other Stories. V1. 28 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Rocks of Valpre. V1. 28 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Swindler and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Tidal Wave and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Top of the World. V1. 2 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Way of an Eagle. V1. 2 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Der Rote Kampfflieger (Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen) (History)

Descartes, René; Prinzipien der Philosophie german v1; December 19th 2009 (Philosophy)

Dick, Philip K: Beyond Lies The Wub V1, 16 April 2009 (Science Fiction)

Dick, Philip K: Beyond the Door, v1, 19 October 2009. (Science Fiction)

Dick, Philip K: The Crystal Crypt, v1, 19 October 2009. (Science Fiction)

Dick, Philip K: The Defenders, v1, 19 October 2009. (Science Fiction)

Dick, Philip K: The Eyes Have It, v1, 7 March 2010. (Science Fiction)

Dick, Philip K: The Gun, v1, 19 October 2009. (Science Fiction)

Dick, Philip K: The Skull, v1, 18 October 2009. (Science Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: A Child's History of England (Illustrated). v4, 15 Mar 2008 (Children)

Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated). v5. 17th Oct 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities, v1, 23 Sept 2007. (Historical Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: American Notes. v4. 17th Feb 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Barnaby Rudge (Illustrated). v5. 24 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Bleak House (Illustrated). v7. 21 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Christmas Books (Illustrated). v6. 1 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Christmas Stories (Illustrated). v4. 11 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: David Copperfield (Illustrated). v5. 4 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Dombey and Son (Illustrated). v5. 29 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Drei Weihnachtsgeschichten [German]. V1. 28-Nov-2010 (Short Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Ein Weihnachtslied (Illustriert) german v1 22 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations (Illustrated). v9. 17th Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Hard Times (Illustrated). v6. 11 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Little Dorrit (Illustrated). v6, 16 Nov 2008 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Martin Chuzzlewit (Illustrated). v5. 11th Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Master Humphrey's Clock [Illustrated]. v4. 28 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Miscellaneous Papers. v2, 22 Mar 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Nicholas Nickleby (Illustrated). v7. 16th Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist (Illustrated). v9. 6 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist german v1 03 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Our Mutual Friend (Illustrated). v4, 22 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Pictures From Italy. v4. 21st Feb 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Reprinted Pieces (Illustrated). v2, 22 Mar 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Silvesterglocken (german) v1 30 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Sketches By Boz (Illustrated). v3, 23 Mar 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Speeches - Literary and Social. v1. 12 Apr 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Illustrated). v4, 16 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: The Old Curiosity Shop (Illustrated). v7. 25 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: The Pickwick Papers (Illustrated). v6. 16th Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: The Uncommercial Traveller (Illustrated). v2, 22 Mar 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Weihnachtserzählungen [German]. V1. 28-Nov-2010 (Short Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Weihnachtslied (german). v1. 11 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickinson, Emily: Poems - Three Series. Oct 22 2007. (Poetry)

Dickinson, G Lowes: The Greek View of Life, v.1, 5 October 2008. (History)

Dictionary, Webster's: Webster's Dictionary 1913, v1, 22 Nov 07

Diderot, Denis: Rameau’s Nephew, v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Philosophy)

Dilnot, George: Scotland Yard, v1, 15 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Disraeli, Benjamin: Sybil or The Two Nations, v.1, 10 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Ditchfield, P.H.: Books Fatal to Their Author. 04 May 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom v2.1 2008-01-31 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Eastern Standard Tribe v2.0 2008-08-06 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked Stories of the Future Present v3.0 2008-02-12 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. 1.0. 2/12/2008

Doctorow, Cory: Printcrime, v.1, 21 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Scroogled (illustrated) v.0 2008-09-02 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town v1.0 2007-11-29 (Science Fiction)

Dodge, Mary Mapes: Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. 17 Aug 07 (Fantasy)

Dohm, Hedwig: Christa Ruland, german V1, 27.12.2009 (Romance)

Dohm, Hedwig: Schicksale einer Seele, german V1, 27.12.2009 (Romance)

Dohm, Hedwig: Sibilla Dalmar, german V1, 27.12.2009 (Romance)

Donne, John, Devotions and Death’s Duel, v.1, 10 Dec 2007. (Poetry)

Donnelly, Ignatius.: Caesar's Column. v1, 9 Jan 2008

Dostoevsky, Feodor: Notes From the Underground. v1. 18 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich: The Brothers Karamosov. Nov 17 2007

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: Poor Folk V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Double: A Petersburg Poem. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: White Nights (Short Fiction)

Dostojewski, F. M.: Die Brüder Karamasow. [ [German] V1. 9 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dostojewski, F. Michailowitsch: Erniedrigte und Beleidigte [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Der Idiot, german V1 14.12.2009 (Romance)

Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Die Dämonen, german V1 14.12.2009 (Romance)

Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Verbrechen und Strafe, german V1 14.12.2009 (Romance)

Dostojewski, Fjodr Michailowitsch: Weiße Nächte. [German] V1. 21 Dec 2.2010 (Romance)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Brothers Karamazov , v1 Nov. 2008 (Other Fiction)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. V1. 6 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The House of The Dead, v1.0 26 Aug 2008 (PRC) (Other Fiction)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot: V1. 7 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: A Dozen Ways Of Love. V1. 7 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: The Mermaid. V1. 8 Jan 2011 (Romance)

Dougall, Lily: The Mormon Prophet. V1. 8 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: The Zeit-Geist. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: What Necessity Knows. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Douglas, Amanda M: A Modern Cinderella, v1, 2 April 2009 (Young Adult)

Douglas, Jack: Test Rocket!. v1 23 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Douglas, Lloyd C.: The Robe, v1, 11 Nov 2007 (Historical Fiction)

Douglas, Norman: Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology, v.1, 26 February 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Douglas, Norman: Good-bye to Western Culture, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Dowden, Edward.: A History of French Literature. v1, 29 Feb 2008

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Desert Drama. V1. 12 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus: V1. 13 Jan 2011 (Romance)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Study in Scarlet. V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Visit to Three Fronts. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Beyond the City. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Das leere Haus german v1 3 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: His Last Bow. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Micah Clarke. V1. 17 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Rodney Stone. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Round the Red Lamp. V1. 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Sir Nigel. V1. 19 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs of Action. V1. 19 Jan 2011 (Poetry)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs Of The Road. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Poetry)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Cardboard Box. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Dying Detective. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Red Circle. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Gerard. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Cabman's Story. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Captain of the Polestar. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Dealings of Captain Sharkey. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax: V1. 12 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Doings of Raffles Haw. V1. 12 Jan 2011 (Fantasy)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. V1. 13 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Firm of Girdlestone. V1. 14 Jan 2011 (Romance)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Boer War. V1. 14 Jan 2011 (History)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Keinplatz Experiment. V1. 14 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Shadow: V1. 14 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Green Flag. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last Galley. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last of the Legions. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Lost World. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Fantasy)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Man from Archangel. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Mystery of Cloomber. V1. 17 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Parasite. V1. 17 Jan 2011 (Horror)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Poison Belt. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Refugees. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Return of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 19 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 24 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Stark Munro Letters. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Tragedy of the Korosko. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Valley of Fear. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Vital Message. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Spiritual)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The War in South Africa. V1. 22 Jan 2011 (History)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Through the Magic Door. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Uncle Bernac. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Draper, John W.: History of the Conflict Between Religion & Science. 22 April 2008 (Philosophy)

Draycott, Gladys M: Mahomet: Founder of Islam, v.1, 18 November 2008. (Biography)

Dreiser, Theodore - An American Tragedy v.1.0 (December 12, 2009) (Other Fiction)

Dreiser, Theodore.: Twelve Men. v1, 31 Jan 2008

Drib, Dr. [Editor]: Dead Bodies Everywhere. v1. 22 Nov 08 (Mystery and Crime)

Drib, Dr. [Editor]: Murder By Design. v2. 31 Dec 08 (Mystery and Crime)

Drib, Dr.[Editor]: Memorable First Sentences To Books That Don't Exist. v1. 15 Jan 08 (Humor)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Bei uns zulande auf dem Lande, german V1 17.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Die Judenbuche. german. v1. 19 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Gedichte, german V1 17.12.2009 (Poetry)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Westfälische Schilderungen, german V1 17.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Du Bois, W. E. B.: The Souls of Black Folk, v.1, 3 Feb 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Du Maurier, George: Trilby, v1.2, 10 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Duane, Diane: Raetian Tales Book One: A Wind from the South v1.0 2007-10-06

Dudeney, Henry Ernest: Amusements in Mathematics (Illustrated). v1. 26 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dudeney, Henry Ernest: The Canterbury Puzzles (Illustrated). v1. 28 March 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Ali Pacha. V1. 22 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Joan of Naples. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Karl Ludwig Sand. V1. 25 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: La Constantin. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Louise de la Valliere. V1. 25 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Man in the Iron Mask (an Essay). V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise Brinvillier. V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise De Ganges. V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Martin Guerre. V1. 27 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Mary Stuart. V1. 27 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Massacres of the South. V1. 27 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Murat. V1. 28 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Nisida. V1. 28 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Ten Years Later. V1. 29 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Borgias: V1. 23 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Cenci. V1. 23 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Companions of Jehu. V1. 23 Jan 2011 (Action)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Conspirators. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Countess of Saint Geran. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Man in the Iron Mask. V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Queen's Necklace. V1. 28 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Regent's Daughter. V1. 29 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Vicomte de Bragelonne. V1. 31 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Twenty Years After. V1. 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Urbain Grandier. V1. 30 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Vaninka. V1. 30 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre; Derues: V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas, Alexandre (fils): The Lady of the Camellias, v1, 2 Oct 2007. (Romance)

Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Black Tulip, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Corsican Brothers, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Action)

Dumas, Alexandre, fils: The Lady with the Camelias. V1, 2 March 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Chicot the Jester, v.1, 23 June 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 4. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Der Graf von Monte Christo german v2 31 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Marguerite de Valois [La Reine Margot], v.1, 22 June 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Marie Antoinette Romances v1 30 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Napoleon Bonaparte. v1 30 july 2009 german (Biography)

Dumas, Alexandre: Solange, v.1, 3 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 21 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: The Forty-Five Guardsmen, v.1, 2 July 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, fils, Alexandre: Camille. V1. 6 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Dumas, fils, Alexandre: The Son of Clemenceau. V1. 6 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dunbar, Paul Laurence.: The Sport of the Gods. v1, 2 Mar 2008

Dunbar, Paul Laurence: The Heart of Happy Hollow. v1, 29 Feb 2008

Duncan, Norman: Billy Topsail & Company. V1. 1 Feb 2011 (Young Adult)

Duncan, Norman: Christmas Eve at Swamp's End. V1. 1 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: Doctor Luke of the Labrador. V1. 31 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: Harbor Tales Down North. V1. 31 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: Higgins. V1. 2 Feb 2011 (Biography)

Duncan, Norman: The Cruise of the Shining Light. V1. 2 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: The Mother. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Daughter of To-Day. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Voyage of Consolation. V1. 5 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: Hilda. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Imperialist. V1. 4 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Path of a Star. V1. 4 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Pool in the Desert. V1. 4 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Story of Sonny Sahib. V1. 5 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncker, Dora,: Jugend, german V1 15.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Duncker, Dora,: Mütter, german V1 15.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Duncker, Dora: Großstadt, german V1 20.12.2002 (Romance)

Duncker, Dora: Meine Herren Kollegen!, german V1 20.12.2002 (Biography)

Dunsany, Lord: A DREAMER'S TALES:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

Dunsany, Lord: Fifty-one Tales, v1, 11 December 2009. (Horror)

Dunsany, Lord: Fifty-One Tales:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

Dunsany, Lord: The Book of Wonder:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

Dunsany, Lord: The Gods of Pegana, v1, 2 June 2008 (Fantasy)

Dunsany, Lord: The King Of Elfland's Daughter. v1. 18 Jan 09 (Fantasy)

Dunsany, Lord: The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, v1, 2 June 2008 (Fantasy)

Dunsany, Lord: Time and the Gods, v1, 2 June 2008 (Fantasy)

Dunsany, Lord:TALES OF THREE HEMISPHERES :. v1, 5 Feb 2008

Durham, Victor G.: Submarine Boys Omnibus. v1, 16 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 1. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 2. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

D’Alviella, Count Goblet: The Migration of Symbols, v.1, 22 Nov 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

D’Holbach, Baron: Good Sense without God, v.1, 31 May 2008. (Philosophy)

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Ebers, Georg: A Question. V1. 19 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: A Thorny Path. V2. 19 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: A Word, Only a Word. V1. 20 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: An Egyptian Princess. V1. 30 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Arachne. V1. 21 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Barbara Blomberg. V1. 21 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Cleopatra. V1. 23 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: Die Nilbraut german v1 15 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: Homo Sum. V1. 23 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: In the Blue Pike. V1. 24 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: In the Fire of the Forge. V1. 24 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Joshua. V1. 26 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Margery. V1. 26 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Serapis. V1. 26 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: The Bride of the Nile. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: The Burgomaster's Wife. V1. 27 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: The Complete Short Works. V2. 28 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Elixir. V1. 27 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Emperor. V1. 27 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Greylock. V1. 28 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Nuts. V1. 28 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Sisters. V1. 28 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Story of My Life. V1. 29 Mar 2009 (Biography)

Ebers, Georg: Uarda a Romance of Ancient Egypt. V1. 29 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Bozena, german V1, 06.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Das Gemeindekind, german V1, 06.01.2010 (Romance)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Ein kleiner Roman, german V1 23.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Lotti, die Uhrmacherin, german V1 23.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Unsühnbar german V1 (Other Fiction)

Eddison, E.R. - The Worm Ouroborous illustrated edition (Fantasy)

Eden, Emily: the Semi-Attached Couple, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Eden, Emily: The Semi-Detached House, v.1, 11 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Edgar, J.G.: The Boy Crusaders v1 7 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Edgeworth, Maria: Castle Rackrent. v1. 27 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Edward, Ralph Sir: And the World Changed: Life in the Digital Reality, v1, 10 Feb 200 (Other Non-Fiction)

Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. v1. 8 Jul 2010 (Humor)

Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. V2. 10 Jul 2010 (Humor)

Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case Of The Desert Pirates, v1, 5 June 2009 (Humor)

Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case of the Golden Coprolite, v.1, 17 Dec 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Eeden, Frederik van: Der kleine Johannes [German]. V1. 01 Aug 2010 (Fantasy)

Eels, Elsie Spicer: Tales Of Giants From Brazil [illus]. v1. 27 Jan 09 (Fantasy)

Ehrmann, Max: Desiderata and Other Poems, v.1, 6 December 2008. (Poetry)

Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Ahnung und Gegenwart, V1, german, 28.12.2009 (Romance)

Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Erzählungen, V1, german, 28.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Eisenhower, Dwight: State of the Union. v1.1, 13 October 2007 (Government)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 01: Franklin/Woolman/Penn, v1, 24 Jun 07 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 02: Plato/Epictetus/&c. v1. 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 03: Bacon, Milton, Browne, v1 27 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 04: Milton. v1. 06 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 05: Emerson. v1. 06 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 06: Robert Burns. v1. 4 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 07: Augustine & Kempis. v1, 27 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 08: Greek Dramatists. v1, 25 June 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 09: Cicero & Pliny. v1. 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 10: Smith, Wealth of Nations. v1 7/27/07 (Reference)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 11: Darwin, Origin of the Species. v1. (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 12: Plutarch's Lives. v1. 27 July 07 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 13: Virgil's Aeneid. v1. 27 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 14: Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, v1 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 15: Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress/Walton (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 16: Stories from the 1001 Nights. v1 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 17: Aesop/Grimm/Andersen. v1. 03 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 18: English Plays. v1, 10 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 19: von Goethe & Marlowe. v1. 06 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 20: Dante, Divine Comedy. v1, 27 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 21: Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 22: Homer's Odyssey, v.1, 27 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 23: Dana, Two Years Before the Mast. v1 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 24: Edmund Burke. v1. 18 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 25: Mill/Carlyle. v1, 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 26: Modern Plays. v1. 11 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 27: English Essays. v1. 3 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 28: Essays English and American. v1. (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 29: Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle. v1 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 30: Scientific Papers. v1. 26 June 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 31: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays. (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 33: Voyages & Travels: Ancient & Modern. (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 34: Descartes/Voltaire/Rousseau/Hobbes (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 35: Chronicle & Romance. v1. 27 July 07 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 36: Machiavelli/Roper/More/Luther. v1 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 37: Locke/Berkeley/Hume. v1. 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 38: Scientific Papers, v1. 26 June 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 39: Prefaces & Prologues. v1. 27 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 40: English Poetry I. v1. 27 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 41: English Poetry II. v1. 27 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 42: English Poetry III. v1. 27 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 43: American Historical Documents. v1 (History)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 44: Religion I. v1, 06 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 45: Religion II. v1. 05 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 46: English Plays, v1, 1 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 47: English Plays, v1, 26 June 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 48: Blaise Pascal, v1. 28 June 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 49: Epic & Saga. v1. 27 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 51: Lectures. v1, 16 March 2008 (Reference)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 52: 15 Minutes A Day - The Reading Guide (Reference)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 01 - 49, 51, with standardized titles (Reference)

Eliot, George: Adam Bede. 07 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Brother Jacob. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Daniel Deronda. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Felix Holt, v.1, 24 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: How Lisa Loved the King. 21 Oct 07 (Children)

Eliot, George: Impressions of Theophrastus Such. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Middlemarch. v3, 8 May 2008 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Romola, v.1, 9 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Scenes of Clerical Life. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Silas Marner. 05 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: The Essays of George Eliot, v.1, 14 June 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, George: The Lifted Veil. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: The Mill on the Floss. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, T S: Eeldrop and Appleplex, v.1, 21 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

Eliot, T S: Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry, v.1, 21 July 2008. (Reference)

Eliot, T S: Poems (1920), v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Poetry)

Eliot, T S: Prufrock and Other Observations, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Poetry)

Eliot, T S: The Sacred Wood, v.1, 9 August 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, T S: The Waste Land, v1, 24 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Elizabeth Gaskell, et al. :STORIES OF SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES . V1. 3 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Ellis, Edward S.: Adrift on the Pacific v1 24 aug 2009 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S.: The Life of Kit Carson v1 4 sep 2009 (Western)

Ellis, Edward S.: The Ranger v1 11 apr 2009 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S.: The Young Ranchers v1 16 mar 2009 (Western)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays, First Series, v1, 1Feb2009 (Philosophy)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays, Second Series, v1, 4Feb2009 (Philosophy)

Emerson, Willis George: The Smoky God, v.1, 19 Jan 2008.

Emmerich, Anne Catherine: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord, v.1, 7 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Emmerich, Anne Catherine: The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, v1, 31 July 2009. (Spiritual)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Auf den Antillen german v1 24 mar 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Im Gran Chaco von Paraguay german v1 9 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Jenseits des Äquators german v1 1 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Neuseeland german v1 1 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Quer durch Hawaii german v1 28 mar 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Schmugglerfahrten im Malaiischen Archipel german v1 10 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Streifzüge durch Celebes german v1 28 mar 2009 (Action)

Engel, Georg: Claus Störtebecker. german. v1. 30 jun 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Engels, Friedrich: Der Ursprung der Familie ... [German] v1. 29 Dec 2010 (History)

Engels, Friedrich: Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums [German]. v1. 16 Jan 2011 (History)

Engels, Friedrich: Zur Urgeschichte der Deutschen [German]. v1. 29 Dec 2010 (History)

England, George Allan: Darkness and Dawn, v.1, 05 Dec 2007 (Science Fiction)

England, George Allan: The Air Trust. 07 Aug 2008 (Science Fiction)

England, George Allan: The Flying Legion. 07 Aug 2008 (Science Fiction)

Epictetus: The Enchiridion (Handbook), v.1, 13 Dec 2007. (Philosophy)

Equiano, Olaudah, Autobiography, v.1. 23 Dec2007 (Biography)

Erasmus, Desiderius: The Praise of Folly, v.1, 24 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Ernst, Paul: Der schmale Weg zum Glück , V1 german 22.12.2009 (Romance)

Ernst, Paul: Komödianten- und Spitzbubengeschichten , V1 german 22.12.2009 (Short Fiction)

Ernst, Paul: The Raid on the Termites v 2 14 nov 2008 (Science Fiction)

Eschstruth, Nataly Von: The Gray Nun, v1, 29 September 2009. (Short Fiction)

España: Constitución Española. (Spanish) v1 9 May 2009 (Government)

Esquemeling, John; The Bucaniers (Buccaneers) of America; v1.0; 17 Sep 2009 (History)

Essig, Hermann: Der Taifun, german V1, 30.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Essig, Hermann: Der Wetterfrosch, german V1, 30.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Eustace, Robert and Meade, L. T.: Followed. V1. 17 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Ewers, Hans Heinz: The Spider, v.1, 20 November 2008. (Horror)

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F. W. Bain: An Essence of the Dusk. V1. 19 Sep 2010 (Fantasy)

Faber, Kurt: Mit dem Rucksack nach Indien, german V1, 16.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Falbe, Tracy, Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I (Fantasy)

Falkner, J. Meade: Moonfleet. v1, 29 Jan 2008

Falkner, J. Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Falkner, John Meade: Moonfleet. v1, 12 Apr 2009 (Action)

Falkner, John Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1. 30 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Farnol, Jeffery: Black Bartlemy's Treasure. v1. 16 March 08

Farnol, Jeffery: Black Coffee, v1, 14 October 2009. (Horror)

Farnol, Jeffery: Heritage Perilous, v1, 14 February 2010. (Historical Fiction)

Farnol, Jeffery: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17 March 08

Farnol, Jeffery: My Lady Caprice, v1, 27 February 2010. (Romance)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Amateur Gentleman, v1, 12 March 2010. (Action)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Loring Mystery, v1, 24 August 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Money Moon, v1, 26 February 2010. (Romance)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Quest of Youth, v1, 12 September 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Farnol, Jeffrey: Black Bartlemy's Treasure (Illustrated). v1. 16th Sep 2009 (Action)

Farnol, Jeffrey: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17th Sep 2009 (Action)

FDP; Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 7th 2009 (Government)

Felder, Franz Michael: Reich und arm, german, V1, 03.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fénelon, François de: The Inner Life, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Fenn, George Manville: !Tention v1 22 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Fenn, George Manville: Begumbagh. V1. 6 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Cormorant Crag v1 31 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Fenn, George Manville: Diamond Dyke v1 27 jan 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Hunting the Skipper v1 11 feb 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Kopje Garrison v1 17 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Syd Belton v1 20 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The Adventures of Don Lavington v1 13 dec 2008 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Bag of Diamonds. V1. 6 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Black Bar. V1. 6 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Black Tor. V1. 7 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The King's Esquires v1 2 mar 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Ocean Cat's Paw v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: To the West v1 23 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Fenn, George Manville: Trapped by Malays v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ferber, Edna: Buttered Side Down: Stories. v1, 4 Jan 2008

Ferber, Edna: Dawn O'Hara. V1. 7 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Ferber, Edna: Emma McChesney and Co. V1. 7Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Ferber, Edna: Fanny Herself. V1. 8 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Ferber, Edna: Gigolo. V1. 8 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Ferber, Edna: Half Portions. V1. 9 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Ferber, Edna: Personality Plus. V1. 9 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Ferber, Edna: Roast Beef, Medium. V1. 9 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Ferber, Edna; Cheerful—By Request. V1. 7 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Ferguson, Mathew: The Blurting Beetles of Baloogo Loogo. v1. 12 February 2011 (Children)

Fernie, W T: Herbal Simples, v.1, 22 Nov 2007. (Reference)

Ferry, Gabriel: Der Waldläufer (german) v1 14 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Feuerbach, Ludwig: The Essence of Christianity. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Philosophy)

Field, Eugene.: The Holy Cross and Other Stories. v1, 12 Jan 2008

Fielding, Henry: Joseph Andrews, v1, 01 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fielding, Henry: The History of Tom Jones, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones, german V1, 17.01.10 (Romance)

Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones. v1, 2 May 2008 (Romance)

Fillmore, Millard: State of the Union. v1.1 11 October 2007 (Government)

Finn, Robert: Underlife. v1, 16. March 2008

Firbank, Ronald: Caprice, v1, 1 February 2010. (Other Fiction)

Firbank, Ronald: Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People, v.1, 14 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Firbank, Ronald: Sorrow in Sunlight, v.1, 14 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Firbank, Ronald: The Flower beneath the Foot, v.1 16 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Gustavs Verirrungen, german, V1, 10.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Margarethe, german, V1, 10.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Vierzehn Tage in Paris, german, V1, 10.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: Hillsboro People. V1. 6 Oct 2009 (Short Fiction)

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: The Bent Twig. V1. 5 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: The Brimming Cup. V1. 5 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: The Squirrel-Cage. V1. 7 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: Understood Betsy. V1. 7 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

FitzGerald, Edward: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (illustrated), v1, 23 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Fitzgerald, F Scott: The Crack-Up, v.1, 17 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Flappers and Philosophers. 08 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tales from the Jazz Age. 10 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tender is the Night. v1.1 July 25, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Beautiful and Damned. 08 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby v1.1 July 26, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: This Side of Paradise. 08 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, Zelda and F Scott: Our Own Movie Queen, v1, 11 September 2009. (Short Fiction)

Flagg, Edmund: Edmond Dantès [Monte Cristo Sequel], v.1, 17 February 2009. (Action)

Flagg, Edmund: Monte Cristo’s Daughter [Monte Cristo Sequel], v1, 17 February 2009. (Action)

Flammarion, Camille: Uranie. v1, 29 Jan 2008

Flaubert, Gustave: Bouvard and Pécuchet, v.1, 26 April 2008. (Humor)

Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary, v1, 7 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Over Strand and Field, v1, 7 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Salammbo, v1, 7 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: The Temptation of St Antony, v.1, 17 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Three Tales etc, v1, 7 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Fleming, May Agnes: A Terrible Secret. V1. 13 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: Kate Danton. V1. 12 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: The Baronet's Bride. V1. 11 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: The Midnight Queen. V1. 12 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: The Unseen Bridgegroom. V1. 14 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming-Roberts, G. T: The Ghost Strikes Back. V1. 4 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, F. Morley: Wood-Block Printing, v.1, 22 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fletcher, J.S.: Dead Men's Money. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: In the Mayor's Parlour. v1, 19 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: Ravensdene Court. v1, 22 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: Scarhaven Keep. v1, 24 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Borough Treasurer. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Herapath Property. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle of Things. v1, 19 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle Temple Murder. v1, 19 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. v1, 22 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Paradise Mystery. v1, 17 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation. v1, 22 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Safety Pin v2.0 2008-06-21 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Talleyrand Maxim. v1, 24 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: Dead Men's Money. V1. 11 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: Scarhaven Keep. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Borough Treasurer. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Chestermarcke Instinct. V1. 13 Feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Middle of Things. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Middle Temple Murder. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fock, Gorch: Seefahrt ist Not!, german V1, 02.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theoder; Effi Briest; german; v1; January 14th 2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Cécile, german V1, 07.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Das Schlachtfeld von Groß-Beeren, german V1, 22.01.2010 (Short Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Der Stechlin (german) v1 15 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Die Poggenpuhls, german V1, 08.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Frau Jenny Treibel, german V1, 15.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Gedichte Ausgabe 1898, german V1, 18.01.2010 (Poetry)

Fontane, Theodor: Graf Petöfy, german V1, 12.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Irrungen, Wirrungen, german V1, 14.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: L’Adultera, german V1, 12.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Meine Kinderjahre, german V1, 20.01.2010 (Biography)

Fontane, Theodor: Quitt, german V1, 15.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Stine, german V1, 15.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Unterm Birnbaum (german) v1 19 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fontane, Theodor: Unwiederbringlich, german, V1, 06.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Vor dem Sturm!, german V1, 13.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 1, german V1, 23.01.2 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 2, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 3, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 4, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 5, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontenay, Charles L.: SF Anthology. v1, 24 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Fontenay, Charles L.: The Jupiter Weapon. v1. 29 Jan 09 (Science Fiction)

Footner, Hulbert: The Substitute Millionaire ... V1 21 Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: The Under Dogs ... V1 1 Jul 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: The Velvet Hand ... V1 1 Jul 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Thieves' Wit ... V1 21 Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Forbes, Archibald:The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (History)

Ford, Ford Madox: Privy Seal. V1. 15 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ford, Ford Madox: The Fifth Queen Crowned.V1. 14 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ford, Ford Madox: The Good Soldier. V1. 15 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Gerald. State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

Ford, Henry: My Life & Work. 18 Aug 07 (Biography)

Ford, Henry: My Life and Work v1. 16 Jan 2009 (Biography)

Ford, Paul Leicester. Janice Meredith. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Horses Nine. V1. 9 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Odd Numbers. V1. 9 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: On With Torchy. V1. 9 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Shorty McCabe on the Job. V1. 10 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Shorty McCabe. V1. 10 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: The House of Torchy. V1. 11 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Torchy and Vee. V1. 12 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Torchy As A Pa. V1. 12 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Torchy, Private Sec. V1. 12 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Torchy. V1. 11 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Wilt Thou Torchy. V1. 13 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Forster, E M: Where Angels Fear to Tread, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Forster, E. M.: The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories. v1. February 2010 (Other Fiction)

Forster, E. M: Howards End. V1. 16 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Forster, E.M.: A Room with a View

Forster, E.M.: The Longest Journey. 14 Oct 2008 (Other Fiction)

Forster, John: The Life of Charles Dickens. v1, 21 Oct 2008 (Biography)

Forsyth, Peter Taylor: The Soul of Prayer, v.1, 15th July 2008 (Spiritual)

Fortune, Mary: Tales of Murder and Mystery. V1. 20 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Foucher, Laure Claire (ed): Fairy Tales and Folklore v1 10 dec 2008 (Children)

Fouqué, Friedrich de la Motte: Undine. 01 Jan 2008

Fowler, Frank: Broncho Rider Boys in Veracruz v1 25 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Fox, George: An Autobiography. V1. 20 JUN 2010 (Biography)

Fox, John jr.: The Last Stetson v1 19 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Francatelli, C E: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, v.1, 23 Dec 2007 (Reference)

France, Anatole: Balthasar and Other Tales, v.1, 23 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

France, Anatole: Die Insel der Pinguine. german. v1. 26 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

France, Anatole: Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue [en Français], v.1, 8 Novembre 200 (Fantasy)

France, Anatole: Lucifer, v1, 24 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

France, Anatole: Penguin Island, v.1, 5 Feb 2008. (Humor)

France, Anatole: Putois, v.1, 24 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

France, Anatole: Tales from a Mother-of-Pearl Casket, v1, 23 December 2009. (Short Fiction)

France, Anatole: Thaïs, v.1, 9 August 2008. (Historical Fiction)

France, Anatole: The Revolt of the Angels, v1, 30 Aug 2007. (Other Fiction)

France, Anatole: The Seven Wives of Bluebeard etc, v.1, 8 Novemb (Fantasy)

France, Anatole:Les Dieux ont soif.V1.4MAY09 (Historical Fiction)

François, Marie Louise von: Die letzte Reckenburgerin, german V1, 18.01.2010 (Romance)

François, Marie Louise von: Stufenjahre eines Glücklichen, german V1, 20.01.2010 (Romance)

Franklin, Ben: Autobiography. 20 Dec 07 (Biography)

Fraser, William Alexander: The Outcasts. V1. 26 Feb 2011 (Children)

Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough [Abridged], v1, 28 December 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Free Online Dictionary of Computing. V1. 06 July 07 (Reference)

Freeman, R Austin: A Certain Dr Thorndyke. V1. 12 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: A Silent Witness. V1. 10 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: As a Thief in the Night. V1. 13 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: Dr Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus. V1. 13 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: Helen Vardon's Confession. V1. 11 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: Mr Pottermack's Oversight. V1. 13 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: The Cat's Eye. V1. 11 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: The D'Arblay Mystery. V1. 12 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: The Mystery of 31 New Inn. V1. 10 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: The Mystery of Angelina Frood. V1. 11 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: The Red Thumb Mark. V1. 10 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R Austin: The Shadow of the Wolf. V1. 12 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R. Austin: Complete "Dr. Thorndyke". v19. 30 Dec 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Freeman, R. Austin: The Uttermost Farthing. v1, 24 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008 (Horror)

French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Freud, Sigmund: Civilization and its Discontents v1 3 jun 2009 (Philosophy)

Freud, Sigmund: Dream Psychology, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Reference)

Freud, Sigmund: Psychopathology of Everyday Life, v.1, 29 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Freud, Sigmund: Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, v.1, 30 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Friedell, Egon: Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine. german. v1. 15 apr 2009 (Science Fiction)

Froest, Frank: The Grell Mystery, v1, 11 December 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Froest, Frank: The Maelstrom, v1, 11 December 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Fujiwara no Teika (Ed.): Hyakunin Isshk, v.1. 21 Jan 2008. (Poetry)

Fuller, Alice W: A Wife Manufactured To Order, v.1, 18 May 2008. (Science Fiction)

Fyfe, Herbert C: How Will The World End? v.1, 14 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

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Gaboriau, Émile: Baron Trigault's Vengeance. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: Caught in the Net. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: Die Akte Nummer 113. german. v1. 18 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: File No. 113. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: Other People's Money. V1. 4 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: The Clique of Gold. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: The Count's Millions. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: The Honor of the Name. V1. 3 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: The Mystery of Orchival. V1. 4 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: The Widow Lerouge. V1. 5 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile; Monsieur Lecoq. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gale, Zona: Christmas A Story. V1. 3 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gale, Zona: Christmas v2 8 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Gale, Zona: Friendship Village. V1. 4 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gale, Zona: Miss Lulu Bett. V1. 4 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gale, Zona: Romance Island. V1. 4 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Galen: Exhortation to the Study of the Arts, Especially Medicine, v1, 3 March 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Galen: On The Natural Faculties, v1, 3 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Gallun, R Z: Three by Raymond Z Gallun . V1. 5 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Gallun, Raymond Z.: The Planet Strappers, v1, 5 June 2008 (Science Fiction)

Gallun, Raymond Zinke: Asteroid of Fear. V1. 5 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Gallun, Raymond Zinke: The Planet Strappers. V1. 5 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Censorship and Art. V1. 13 Aug 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: A Bit O' Love. V1. 6 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: A Family Man: in three acts. V1. 8 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: A Modern Comedy. v3.1, 21 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Another Sheaf. V1. 6 Aug 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Beyond. V1. 6 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: End of the Chapter. v3, 21 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Five Tales. V1. 8 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - First Trilogy. v3, 7 May 2008 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - Second Trilogy. v2, 7 May 2008 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - Third Trilogy. v2, 8 May 2008 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Four Short Plays. V1. 9 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Fraternity. V1. 9 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Inn of Tranquillity. V1. 10 Aug 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Joy, V1. 10 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Justice. V1. 11 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: On Forsyte 'Change. v2, 8 May 2008 (Short Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: On Forsyte 'Change. v4, 17 July 2009 (Short Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Saint's Progress. V1. 12 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Concerning Letters. V1. 13 Aug 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Quality and Others. V1. 13 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Tatterdemalion. V1. 13 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Burning Spear. V1. 6 Aug 2010 (Humor)

Galsworthy, John: The Country House. V1. 7 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Dark Flower. V1. 7 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Eldest Son. V1. 7 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The First and the Last. V1. 8 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga - Complete. V1. 13 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga. v5, 17 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Foundations. V1. 9 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Freelands. V1. 9 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Fugitive. V1. 10 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Island Pharisees. V1. 10 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: The Little Dream. V1. 11 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Three Plays by John Galsworthy. V1. 11 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: To Let. V1. 14 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Villa Rubein, and other stories. V1. 14 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Galsworthy, John: Windows. V1. 14 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: An Autobiography, v.1, 20 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Third Class in Indian Railways, v.1, 18 Feb 2008 (History)

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Hind Swaraj, v.1, 24 Feb 2008 (History)

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Sarvodaya, v.1, 20 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Satyagraha in South Africa, v.1, 3 Sept 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: The Green Pamphlet, v.1, 27 April 2008 (History)

Ganghofer, Ludwig: Ochsenkrieg, german V1, 22.01.2010 (Romance)

Garborg, Arne: Bondestudentar. [Norwegian]. v1. 18 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garborg, Arne: Fred. [Norwegian]. v1. 21 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garborg, Arne: Haugtussa. [Norwegian]. v1. 15 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: A Daughter of the Middle Border. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Garland, Hamlin: A Daughter of the Middle Border. V1. 15 Aug 2010 (Biography)

Garland, Hamlin: A Little Norsk. V1. 17 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: A Son of the Middle Border. V1. 19 Aug 2010 (Biography)

Garland, Hamlin: A Spoil of Office. V1. 21 21 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: Cavanaugh Forest Ranger. V1. 15 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: Main-Travelled Roads. V1. 17 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: Money Magic. V1. 18 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: Other Main-Travelled Roads. V1. 18 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: Prairie Folks. V1. 18 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop: V1. 20 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Eagle's Heart. V1. 16 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Forester's Daughter. V1. 16 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Light of the Star. V1. 16 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garland, Hamlin: The Moccasin Ranch. V1. 17 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Shadow World. V1. 19 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: The Spirit of Sweetwater. V1. 20 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Trail of the Goldseekers. V1. 22 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: They of the High Trails. V1. 21 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: Wayside Courtships. V1. 23 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garnett, David: Lady into Fox, v.1, 13 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Garrett, Randall & Harris, Larry M.: Pagan Passions. 20 May 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: The Penal Cluster. V1. 27 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: A Randall Garrett Omnibus#1. V1. 25 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: A Randall Garrett Omnibus#2. V1. 29 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Anchorite. 21 May 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Anchorite. V1. 2010 (Short Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Anything You Can Do. V1. 23 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: But, I Don't Think. V1. 24 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Cum Grano Salis. 20 May 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Nor Iron Bars a Cage. V1. 26 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Occasion for Disaster. V1. 27 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Or Your Money Back. 28 May 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Out Like a Light. V1. 27 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Pagan Passions. V1. 27 Aaug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Quest of the Golden Ape. V1. 27 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Suite Mentale. 20 May 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Supermind. V1. 28 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: That Sweet Little Old Lady. V1. 28 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: The Highest Treason. V1. 25 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: The Impossibles. V1. 25 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: The Penal Cluster. 21 May 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garrett, Randall: Unwise Child. V1. 29 Aug 2010 (Science Fiction)

Garrity, Jeff: Mars Girl. v2, 13 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garvice, Charles: Adrien Leroy. V1. 31 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garvice, Charles: At Love's Cost. V1. 31 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garvice, Charles: Nell, of Shorne Mills. V1. 31 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garvice, Charles: The Woman's Way. V1. 1 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cousin Phillis, v.1, 10 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cranford, v1, 02 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Curious, If True, v.1. 22 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Martha Preston, v.1, 5 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mary Barton, v.1, 28 May 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mr Harrison’s Confessions, v.1, 12 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: My Lady Ludlow, v.1, 12 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South, v.1, 23 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Ruth, v.1, 11 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Shorter Works, v.1, 23 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Sylvia’s Lovers, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Historical Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Life of Charlotte Brontë, v1, 28 December 2008. (Biography)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Moorland Cottage, v.1, 3 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales, v.1, 22 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Wives and Daughters, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Other Fiction)

Gasserly, Gordon: The Elephant God v1 12 dec 2008 (Action)

Gates, Eleanor: Apron-Strings. V1.1 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gates, Eleanor: The Biography of a Prairie Girl. V1. 1 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gates, Eleanor: The Plow-Woman. V1. 2 Sep 2010 (Western)

Gates, Eleanor: The Poor Little Rich Girl. V1. 2 Sep 2010 (Children)

Gates, Eleanor: The Rich Little Poor Boy. V1. 2 Sep 2010 (Children)

Gaunt, Mary: The Moving Finger. V1. 3 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile et. al.: The Cross of Berny. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gautier, Théophile: Captain Fracasse. V1. 3 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gautier, Théophile: Clarimonde, v1, 23 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: Enamels and Cameos and other Poems. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Poetry)

Gautier, Théophile: Jettatura: The Evil Eye, v.1, 1 Nov 2007. (Horror)

Gautier, Théophile: King Candaules, v1, 23 Oct 2007 (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: My Private Menagerie. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Biography)

Gautier, Theophile: One of Cleopatra’s Nights, v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: The Fleece of Gold, v.1, 28 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: The Mummy's Foot. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Horror)

Gautier, Theophile: The Mummy’s Foot, v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Germain, Walter: The Complete Bachelor, v1 3 Jul 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gerstaecker, Friedrich: Die Regulatoren von Arkansas german v1 22 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Alle jagen John Mulligan german v1 14 feb 2009 (Action)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Das Wrack german v1 16 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der erkaufte Henker german v1 3 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Flatbootmann german v1 1 jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Osage german v1 22 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Ahnung german v1 29 mar 2009 (Horror)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Blauen und die Gelben german v1 29 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Nacht auf dem Walfisch german v1 23 apr 2009 (Action)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Nach Amerika! Teil 1 v1 german 9 jun 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gibbon, Edward: The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, v1.0, 6 July 2008 (History)

Gibbon, Perceval: The Second Class Passenger. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gibbon, Perceval: Those Who Smiled. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gibbon, Perceval: Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Science Fiction)

Gilbert, Henry: King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-Told for Boys & Girls. 11 Sept 07 (Historical Fiction)

Gilchrist, Anne: Mary Lamb, v.1, 28 December 2008. (Biography)

Giles, Herbert A: Religions of Ancient China, v.1, 12 May 2008. (Spiritual)

Gillette, King: World Corporation. 2 November 2008 (Other Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Herland, v1.2, 20 Sept 2007. (Science Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Our Androcentric Culture, v.1, 26 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Yellow Wallpaper, v1, 20 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gissing, George, et. al.: Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marr... V1. 10 Sep 2 (Short Fiction)

Gissing, George.: New Grub Street. v1, 17 Jan 2008

Gissing, George.: The Nether World. v1, 17 Jan 2008

Gissing, George: A Life's Morning. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gissing, George: Born in Exile. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: By the Ionian Sea. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gissing, George: Demos. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Denzil Quarrier. V1. 7 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Eve's Ransom. V1. 7 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: In the Year of Jubilee. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: New Grub Street, v.1, 3 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Our Friend the Charlatan. V1. 9 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Crown of Life. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Emancipated. V1. 7 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Odd Women. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Paying Guest. V1. 9 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. V1. 9 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Town Traveller. V1. 10 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Whirlpool. V1. 11 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Thyrza. V1. 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Veranilda. V1. 10 Sep 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Gissing, George: Will Warburton. V1. 11 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: Life and Gabriella. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: One Man in His Time. V1. 20 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Battle Ground. V1. 20 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Deliverance. V1. 20 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Miller Of Old Church. V1. 23 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Voice of the People. V1. 23 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen: Virginia. V1. 25 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen:The Wheel of Life. V1. 24 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glaspell, Susan: A Jury of Her Peers, v1, 9 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Der Chinese german v1 5 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Der Tee der drei alten Damen german v1 1 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Die Fieberkurve german 7 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Gourrama german v1 30 jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Glauser, Friedrich: Krock & Co german v1 19 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: König Zucker german v1 6 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Matto regiert german v1 21 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Wachtmeister Studer german v1 19 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Godolphin, Mary: The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable. v1. 07 May 2008 (Spiritual)

Godwin, Tom: Cry From A Far Planet. v1 23 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Godwin, Tom: Space Prison. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Science Fiction)

Godwin, Tom: The Nothing Equation. v1. 29 Jan 09 (Science Fiction)

Goepp, Phillip H.:SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING Series 3. v1, 20 Feb 2008

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Die Leiden des jungen Werther, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Faust, german v1 23 may 2009 (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann: Clavigo. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann: Iphigenie auf Tauris. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann: Stella. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann: Torquato Tasso. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich: Dead Souls. 16 Oct 2008 v1 (Other Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich: The Overcoat and other selected Short Stories. Dec 2007

Gogol, Nikolai: Evenings in Little Russia, v.1, 15 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai: Short Stories, v.1, 5 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai: Taras Bulba, v.1, 31 March 2008.

Gogol, Nikolai: The Mantle and Other stories, v.1, 1 August 2009 (Short Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai: The Nose, v.1, 2 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Goldsmid, Edmund: The Devils of Loudun, v1, 15 December 2009. (History)

Goldsmith, Oliver: The Vicar of Wakefield, v.1, 17 July 1008. (Other Fiction)

Gon arov, Ivan Aleksandrovi : Oblomow. [German]. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Germinie Lacerteux, v.1, 07 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Love in the Eighteenth Century, v.1, 07 July 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Renée Mauperin, v1, 13 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Sister Philomène, v.1.2, 07 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond de: La Faustin [English translation], v.1, 9 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goodwin, Harold Leland: The Egyptian Cat Mystery, v1, 14 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Goodwin, Harold Leland: The Flying Stingaree v1 05.Nov.2009 (Action)

Gordon, Irwin L.: WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date. v1, 9 Jan 2008

Gorky, Maxim: Confronting Life, v1, 8 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: Creatures That Once Were Men, v1, 2 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: The Devil, v1, 24 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: The March of Man, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Gorren, Aline: Womanliness as a Profession, v1, 10 November 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Goss, Charles Freceric. The Redemption of David Corson. v1. 26 )ct 07 (Other Fiction)

Gosse, Edmund: Father and Son, v1, 4 March 2010. (Biography)

Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die schwarze Spinne [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die Wassernot in Emmental [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Gourmont, Remy de: The Natural Philosophy of Love, v.1, 9 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: La Tauromaquia y Los toros de Burdeos (Illustrated). v5 8 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: Los caprichos (Spanish, Illustrated). v5 21 Nov 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: Los desastres de la guerra (Illustrated). v3 6 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: Los disparates (Illustrated). v3 14 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grabo, Carl:The Cat in Grandfather's House.v1 10 Dec 2007 (Children)

Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind In The Willows, v.1, 22 Jan 2009 (Children)

Grandville, J.J.: Vie privée et publique des animaux (Illus.) (French) v2 3 July 2009 (Humor)

Grant, Douglas: The Fifth Ace. V1. 14 Mar 2010 (Western)

Grant, Horatio N.: The Highland Fling and How to Teach it v1.0 2007-09-18

Grant, Robert et al,: The King's Men. V1. 30 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Grant, Robert. Unleavened Bread. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Grant, Robert: The Law-Breakers and Other Stories. V1. 31 Jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Grant, Robert: The Opinions of a Philosopher. V1. 31 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grant, Robert: Unleavened Bread. V1. 31 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grant, Ulysses. State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Gray, Arthur: The Little Tea Book. 18 Sept 07 (Reference)

Graydon, William Murray: Among the Pathans v1 22 dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Graydon, William Murray: Banished to Saghalien v1 29 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Canoe Boys and Campfires v1 17 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Graydon, William Murray: Exiled to Siberia v2 4 jan 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Lost Cave v1 19 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Mr Menzies Baby Elephant v1 27 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Robin Hood and Maid Marian v1 21 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Graydon, William Murray: The Butcher of Cawnpore v1 3 jan 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The Camp in the Snow v1 23 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Graydon, William Murray: The Jungle Boy v1 26 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The Mystery of Valentine Stanlock v1 21 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The Princess of the Purple Palace v1 8 feb 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The River of Darkness v1 14 jan 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The White King of Africa v2 4 jan 2009 (Action)

Great, Nate the: A Kindle Experiment. v1 7 march 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Green Anna Katharine: Room Number 3, v1, 9 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green Anna Katharine: X Y Z: A Detective Story, v1, 5 September 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: A Difficult Problem, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: A Strange Disappearance, v.1, 22 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Agatha Webb. v1. 12 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Cynthia Wakeham’s Money, v1, 9 September 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Dark Hollow. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Hand and Ring, v.1, 3 November 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 9 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Lost Man’s Lane, v.1, 29 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Marked “Personal”, v1, 24 September 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Midnight in Beauchamp Row, v.1, 19 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: One of My Sons, v1, 7 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: That Affair Next Door, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Amethyst Box, v.1, 31 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Bronze Hand, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Chief Legatee. v1. 3 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Circular Study. v1. 4 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Filigree Ball. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Forsaken Inn, v.1, 22 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Gray Madam, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Hermit Of —— Street, v.1, 19 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The House in the Mist. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The House of the Whispering Pines. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Leavenworth Case. v1. 12 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mayor's Wife. v1. 9 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mill Mystery, v.1, 24 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Millionaire Baby, v.1, 24 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. v1. 3 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and Other Stories, v.1, 24 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles, v1, 25 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Thief, v1, 7 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Woman in the Alcove, v.1, 23 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Three Thousand Dollars, v.1, 29 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol I of IV- V1, 4/11/2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Olive: How to Cook Fish, v.1, 13 April 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Greer, Travis Scott: E-Book Dreams and Spiderwebs. v1. 16 Dec 07

Gregory, Jackson: Daughter of the Sun v1 15 jan 2009 (Action)

Gregory, James J.H.: Cabbages And Cauliflowers: How To Grow Them. v2. 21 Jan 09 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gregory, Pope: The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict, v1 28 Feb 2009 (Spiritual)

Grenfell, Anne and Katie Spalding: Le Petit Nord. V1. 5 Dec 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: A Labrador Doctor. V1. 4 Dec 2009 (Biography)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Adrift on an Ice-Pan. V1. 2 Dec 2009 (Action)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Labrador Days. V1. 3 Dec 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: What the Church Means to Me. V1. 5 Dec 2009 (Spiritual)

Grey, Zane: 30.000 on the Hoof v1 4 apr 2009 (Western)

Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol I of II/ V1-8/4/2011 (Western)

Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol II of II/ V1-8/4/2011 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Desert Gold, ebook # 502, Sept. 13 2008 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Call of the Canyon v1 19 nov. 2008 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Light of Western Stars, ebook 1095, July 27 2008 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Redheaded Outfield & Other Stories, ebook 385 Sept 27 2008 (Other Fiction)

Grey, Zane: The Rustlers of Pecos County v1.0 2007-10-22

Grey, Zane: Wildfire v1 21 nov. 2008 (Western)

Grey,Zane: The Lone Star Ranger, ebook 1027, July 27 2008 (Western)

Griffis, William Elliot: Welsh Fairy Tales, v.1, 1 March 2008. (Fantasy)

Griffiths, Arthur: The Passenger From Calais. v1. 21 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Griffiths, Arthur: The Rome Express. v1. 21 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Grillparzer, Franz: Das Kloster bei Sendomir german v1 13 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grillparzer, Franz: Der arme Spielmann german v1.1 13 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grimm, Brothers: Fairy Tales, v1, 8 October 2009. (Fantasy)

Grimm, Brothers: Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, v1, 8 October 2009. (Fantasy)

Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm: Deutsche Sagen (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm: Grimm’s Fairy Stories (illustrated), v1, 8 October 2009. (Fantasy)

Grimmelshausen: Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch. v1.1 2 august 2009 german (Romance)

Groner, Augusta: Joe Muller Detective Omnibus, v.1, 20 Feb 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Groner, Augusta: The Case of the Golden Bullet. V1. 1 Dec 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Grunert, Karl: Die Maschine des Theodulos Energeios german v1 13 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Gurney, Lydia: Things Mother Used to Make, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Reference)

Guyon, Jeanne-Marie: Letters of Madam Guyon, v1, 4 October 2009. (Spiritual)

Guyon, Madame: The Way to God, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

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Habberton, John: Romance of California Life. 02 Sept 07 (Western)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 1. v10. 15th Aug 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 10. v2. 11 Apr 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 11. v2, 23 May 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 12. v2, 30 Sep 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 13. v2, 1 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 14. v2, 2 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 15. v2, 2 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 16. v2, 3 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 2. v7. 7th Sep 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 3. v7. 5th Oct 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 4. v4. 7th Mar 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 5. v4. 7th Mar 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 6. v4. 7th Mar 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 7. v2, 31 Mar 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 8. v2, 2 Apr 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 9. v2, 4 Apr 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: The Days of My Life. v3, 3 Oct 2008 (Biography)

Hale, Edward Everett: How to Do It. 18 Sept 07 (Reference)

Halévy, Ludovic: Parisian Points of View, v.1, 19 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler: The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England. V1. 23 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hall, Austin and Flint, Homer Eon.: The Blind Spot:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Hall, Charles W.: Adrift in the Ice-Fields. v1, 10 Jan 2008

Hall, Gertrude: The Wagnerian Romances, v.1, 18 November 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Hall, Mordaunt: Some Naval Yarns. v1, 5 Sep 2008 (Short Fiction)

Hall, Radcliffe: The Well of Loneliness, v.1, 31.Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Hall, Radclyffe: The Unlit Lamp, v.1, 8 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): A Desperate Chance v1 1 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): Cad Metti v1 24 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): The Dock Rats Of New York v1 25 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert: The Intellectual Life, v.1, 18 May 2009. (Philosophy)

Hamilton, Edmond: The Stars, My Brothers, v.1, 5 Apr 2008 (Science Fiction)

Hamilton, Edmond: The City at World's End v1.0 2007-09-13

Hamilton, Edmond: The Man who saw the Future v1 16 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Hamilton, Jay, & Madison: The Federalist Papers. 07 Oct 07 (Philosophy)

Hammerton JA Ed, Mee, A Ed: The World's Greatest Books-Vol2-Fiction. V1. 29 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hammett, Dashiell: Arson Plus v1 2 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Hammett, Dashiell: The Assistant Murderer v1 19. nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Hammett, Dashiell: Who Killed Bob Teal? v1 2 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Hammett, Dashiell: Zigzags of Treachery v1 17 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Hamsun, Knut: Hunger. v1. 6 Nov 2007.

Hancock, H. Irving: Annapolis Omnibus. v4, 2 Mar 2009 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: Dave Darrin Omnibus. v1, 25 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: Grammar School Boys Omnibus (Illustrated). v2, 14 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Omnibus. v4, 5 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Vacation Omnibus. v3, 29 Apr 2008 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: West Point Omnibus. v4, 26 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: Young Engineers Omnibus. v3, 18 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Hankins, Arthur Preston: The She Boss. V1. 30 July 2009 (Western)

Hannan, Jeff: The 2080s. v1, 8 Mar 2008

Hannay, James O: The Wisdom of the Desert, v.1, 5 June 2008. (Spiritual)

Hanshew, Mary E.: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. v1. 12 Sep 07

Hanshew, Thomas W.: Cleek - The Man of the Forty Faces. v1. 21 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek of Scotland Yard. V1. 10 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek, the Master Detective. V1. 31 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: Riddle of the Night, The. V1. 11 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. V1. 31 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel. V1. 12 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Harding, Warren: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007 (Government)

Hardy, Thomas, Jude the Obscure V1.0 17 Sept 2007

Hardy, Thomas: A Group of Noble Dames. v1, 5 Sep 2008 (Short Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: A Pair of Blue Eyes (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Desperate Remedies. v1, 9 Sep 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Far From the Madding Crowd (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Jude the Obscure (Illustrated). v1, 3 Sep 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Life's Little Ironies. v1, 3 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Illustrated). v1, 27 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: The Hand of Ethelberta (Illustrated). v1, 15 Sep 2008 (Humor)

Hardy, Thomas: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Illustrated). v2, 29 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: The Return of the Native (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: The Trumpet-Major (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: The Well-Beloved. v1, 8 Sep 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: The Woodlanders. v1, 31 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Two On a Tower. v1, 5 Sep 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Under the Greenwood Tree (Illustrated). v1, 29 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Wessex Tales. v1, 3 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Harland, Henry: Grey Roses. V1. 12 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Harland, Henry: My Friend Prospero. V1. 14 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Harland, Henry: The Cardinal's Snuff-Box. V1. 12 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harland, Henry: The Lady Paramount. V1. 14 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harold MacGrath: The Voice in the Fog. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Harper, Frances E W: Sowing and Reaping. V1. 17 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Harper, Frances E. W.: Iola Leroy. V1. 15 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Harper, Frances E. W: Minnie's Sacrifice. V1. 16 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Harper, Frances E. W: Poems. V1. 15 Feb 2011 (Poetry)

Harper, Frances E. W: Trial and Triumph: V1. 16 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Frank: Eatin' Crow. V1. 17 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Harris, Frank: Elder Conklin. V1. 17 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Harris, Joel Chandler, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, Version 11, (Fantasy)

Harris, Larry, M: Lost in Translation, v1, 28 September 2009 (Science Fiction)

Harrison, Harry. Planet of the Damned. v1.0 19 October 2007

Harrison, Harry. Short Stories of Henry Maxwell Dempsey. v1.0 20 October 2007

Harrison, Harry. The Repairman. v1.0 19 October 2007

Harrison, Harry. Toy Shop. v1.0 19 October 2007

Harrison, Harry: Deathworld v1 17 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Harrison, Harry: SF Anthology. v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Angela's Business. V1. 19 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Captivating Mary Carstairs. V1. 19 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Queed. V1. 19 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: V. V.'s Eyes. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Jane Ellen: Ancient Art and Ritual, v1, 5 January 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Harrison, Jane: Myths of Greece and Rome, v.1, 8 October 2008. (Reference)

Harte, Bret.: Devil's Ford. v1, 23 Jan 2008

Harte, Bret: A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready. 03 Sept 07 (Western)

Harte, Bret: Condensed Novels. 03 Sept 07 (Western)

Harte, Bret: How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar, v.1, 12 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: Jeff Brigg's Love Story. 03 Sept 07 (Western)

Harte, Bret: Selected Stories. 02 Sept 07 (Western)

Harte, Bret: The Queen of the Pirate Isle. 04 Sept 07 (Western)

Harte, Bret: Urban Sketches. 03 Sept 07 (Western)

Hartland, Edwin Sidney: The Science of Fairy Tales, v.1, 9 November 2008. (Reference)

Harvard Classics 50 INTRODUCTION, READER'S GUIDE, INDEXES, V1 ,March 30 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Harvey, Harold: A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire, v.1, 17 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Hastings, Milo M: City of Endless Night. V1. 21 Feb 2011 (Science Fiction)

Hastings, Milo M: The Book of Gud. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Fantasy)

Hau, Carl: Das Todesurteil [German]. v1. 04 Feb 2011 (History)

Haultain, Arnold: Hints for Lovers, v.1, 18 May 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Hawel, Rudolf: Im Reich der Homunkuliden german v1 23 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Hawthorne, Julian: Archibald Malmaison. V1. 23 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Hawthorne, Julian: Bressant. V1. 23 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Hawthorne, Julian: Confessions and Criticisms. V1. 23 Feb 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Hawthorne, Julian: David Poindexter's Disappearance. V1. 23 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Hawthorne, Julian: Ed. Library of the World's Best Mystery and .... V1. 25 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Hawthorne, Julian: Hawthorne and His Circle. V1. 24 Feb 2011 (Biography)

Hawthorne, Julian: Idolatry. V1. 24 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Hawthorne, Julian: The Golden Fleece. V1. 23 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Hawthorne, Julian: The Subterranean Brotherhood. V1. 25 Feb 2011 (Biography)

Hawthorne, Julian; Ed.: Classic Mysteries and Detective Stories. V1. 25 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: A Wonder Book, v.1, 07 Dec 2007 (Young Adult)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Mosses From An Old Manse, v.1, 09 Dec 2007 (Short Fiction)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: My Kinsman, Major Molineux. v1. 29 Jan 09 (Short Fiction)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Great Stone Face, v.1, 09 Dec 2007 (Short Fiction)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The House of the Seven Gables, v.1, 09 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter, v.1, 09 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter. v2 13 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Hawthorne. Nathaniel: Two Christmas Stories, v.1, 12 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Hayens, Herbert: My Sword's My Fortune v1 25 nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hayes, Rutherford: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007 (Government)

Hayward, Arthur: Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals. 29 Nov 2007 (Biography)

Heaney, Francis: Holy Tango of Literature. v1, 8 Mar 2008

Hearn, Lafacdio: A Ghost Story and Others, v.1, 19 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Hearn, Lafacio: Kokoro, v.1, 23 Jan 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Hearn, Lafcadio: Chita :A Memory of Last Island:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

Hearn, Lafcadio: In Ghostly Japan:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

Hearn, Lafcadio: Kwaidan, v.1, 26 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

Heer, Jakob Christoph: An heiligen Wassern [German] V. 01 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Heer, Jakob Christoph: Der Wetterwart [German] V. 01 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Heer, Jakob Christoph: Felix Notvest [German] V. 01 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Heer, Jakob Christoph: Laubgewind [German] V. 01 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hegel: Phenomenology of Mind, v1, 02 Sept 2007. (Philosophy)

Heine, Heinrich: Deutschland - ein Wintermärchen [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010 (Poetry)

Heine, Heinrich: Die romantische Schule [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Heine, Heinrich: Elementargeister [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Heine, Heinrich: Romanzero [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010 (Poetry)

Heine, Heinrich: Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Heming, Arthur: The Drama of the Forests. V1. 26 Feb 2011 (Action)

Henry, O.: Cabbages & Kings. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: Heart of the West. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: Options. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: Roads of Destiny. 23 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: Strictly Business. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: The Four Million. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: The Gentle Grafter. 24 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: The Gift of the Magi, v.1, 20 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: The Trimmed Lamp. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: The Voice of the City. 23 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: Waifs & Strays. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: Whirligigs. 22 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Henshaw, Henry W.: Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Miss. Valley, v.1, 27 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: A Chapter of Adventures v1 2mar 2009 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: A Final Reckoning v1 25 jan 2009 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: At Aboukir and Acre v1 17 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: In Freedom's Cause v1 19 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: In the Reign of Terror v1 21 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: Knight of the White Cross v1 26 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: On the Irrawaddy v1 25 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: Saint George for England v1 25 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: The Cat of Bubastes v1 21 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: The Tiger of Mysore v1 31 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: Under Drake's Flag v1 1 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: A Girl of the Commune. V1. 2 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: A Jacobite Exile. V1. 4 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: A March on London. V1. 6 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Among Malay Pirates. V1. 22 Apr 2010 (Short Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: At Agincourt. V1. 23 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: At the Point of the Bayonet. V1. 24 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Beric the Briton. V1. 24 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Bonnie Prince Charlie. V1. 25 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Both Sides the Border. V1. 26 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Conduct and Courage. V1. 20 Apr 2010 (Action)

Henty, George Alfred: By England's Aid. V1. 27 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Pike and Dyke. 27 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Right of Conquest. V1. 27 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Sheer Pluck. V1. 28 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Captain Bayley's Heir. V1. 28 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Colonel Thorndyke's Secret. V1. 29 Apr 2010 (Action)

Henty, George Alfred: Facing Death. V1. 1 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: For Name and Fame. V1. 1 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: For the Temple. V1. 2 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Friends, though divided. V1. 2 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Held Fast For England. V1. 3 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: In the Heart of the Rockies. V1. 3 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: In the Irish Brigade. V1. 4 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: In Times of Peril. V1. 4 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Jack Archer. V1. 5 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: No Surrender!. V1. 7 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: One of the 28th. V1. 9 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Orange and Green. V1. 11 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Rujub, the Juggler. V1. 16 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Saint Bartholomew's Eve. V1. 17 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Saint George for England. V1. 18 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Tales of Daring and Danger. V1. 19 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Boy Knight. V1. 26 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Bravest of the Brave. V1. 26 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Cornet of Horse. V1. 29 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Dash for Khartoum. V1. 29 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Dragon and the Raven. V1. 30 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Golden Canyon. V1. 3 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Lion of Saint Mark. V1. 5 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Treasure of the Incas. V1. 22 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Young Buglers. V1. 29 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Young Carthaginian. V1. 30 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Young Franc Tireurs. V1. 30 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Through the Fray. V1. 21 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Through Three Campaigns. V1. 21 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: True to the Old Flag. V1. 22 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Under Wellington's Command. V1. 23 May 2010 (Humor)

Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V1. 23 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V2. 23 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Winning His Spurs. V1. 24 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Buller in Natal. V1. 24 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Cochrane the Dauntless. V1. 5 July 2010 (Action)

Henty, George Alfred: With Frederick the Great. V1. 27 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Kitchener in the Soudan. V1. 27 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Lee in Virginia. V1. 27 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Moore at Corunna. V1. 28 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Wolfe in Canada. V1. 29 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Won By the Sword. V1. 29 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Herbert Frank: Missing Link (ss illustrated) v1.0 2007-11-01

Hergesheimer, Joseph: Mountain Blood. V1. 31 May 2010 (Western)

Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Bright Shawl. V1. 30 May 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Happy End. V1. 31 May 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Three Black Pennys. V1. 1 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hergesheimer, Joseph: Wild Oranges. V1. 1 Jun 2010 (Action)

Hernández, José: Martín Fierro. (Spanish, Illustrated) v.1 02-May-2010 (Poetry)

Herrick, Robert Welch: Clark's Field. V1. 2 Jun 2010 (Romance)

Herrick, Robert Welch: One Woman's Life. V1. 3 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Herrick, Robert Welch: The Man Who Wins.V1. 2 June 2010 (Romance)

Herrick, Robert Welch: The World Decision. V1. 4 June 2010 (History)

Herrick, Robert Welch: Together. V1. 3 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Herzl, Theodor: Der Judenstaat [German]. v1. 27 Feb 2011 (History)

Hesse, Hermann: Siddharta (german) v1 20 nov 2008 (Philosophy)

Hesse, Hermann: Siddhartha, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Hewlett, Maurice: The Spanish Jade v1 31 Jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

heye, dennie: the obnoxiouis librarian, v1.0 24 July 2009 (Humor)

Heyer, Georgette: The Black Moth, v.1, 28 February 2009. (Romance)

Heyse, Paul: Andrea Delfin. V1. 12 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: Barbarossa german v1 26 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: Der letzte Zentaur german v1 14 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol I. V1. 14 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol. II. V1. 14 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: L'Arrabiata and Other Tales. V1. 12 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: A Spirit in Prison Series. V1. 3 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Bella Donna. V1. 3 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: December Love. V1. 3 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Desert Air. v1. 4 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Fin Tireur. V1. 4 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Flames. V1. 4 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Halima And The Scorpions. V1. 5 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: In the Wilderness. V1. 5 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day. V1. 6 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Collaborators. V1. 6 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Desert Drum. V1. 7 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Dweller on the Threshold. V1. 7 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Folly Of Eustace. V1. 7 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Garden of Allah. V1. 8 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Green Carnation. V1. 8 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne. V1. 9 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Princess And The Jewel Doctor. V1. 9 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Prophet of Berkeley Square. V1. 10 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Return Of The Soul. V1. 14 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spell of Egypt. V1. 15 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spinster. V1. 15 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Way of Ambition. V1. 17 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Woman with the Fan. V1. 17 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Tongues of Conscience. V1. 18 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hickey, H. B: Beyond The Thunder. V1. 14 Sep 2010 (Science Fiction)

Hickey, H. B: The Eye of Wilbur Mook. V1. 14 Sep 2010 (Science Fiction)

Higgin, L.: Handbook of Embroidery, v.1, 30 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Higginson, T. W.: Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic. V1. 6 June 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Army Life in a Black Regiment. V1. 5 June 2010 (History)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Black Rebellion. V1. 5 June 2010 (History)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Malbone an Oldport Romance. V1. 5 June 2010 (Romance)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Oldport Days. V1. 5 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hill, Grace Livingston: A Voice in the Wilderness. V1. 11 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Cloudy Jewel. V1. 7 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Exit Betty. V1. 7 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Lo, Michael!. V1. 8 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Marcia Schuyler. V1. 9 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The City of Fire. V1. 6 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Girl from Montana. V1. 7 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Man of the Desert. V1. 8 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Mystery of Mary. V1. 10 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Search. V1. 10 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The War Romance of the Salvation Army. V1. 12 June 2010 (History)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Witness. V1. 12 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, J.H.:Astral Worship:. v1, 5 Feb 2008

Hill, Napoleon: Think and Grow Rich v1.0 2007-09-16

Hill, Napoleon: Think and Grow Rich, v1, 16 Sept 2007. (Reference)

Hilton, James: And Now, Good-Bye. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips. V1. 22 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Knight Without Armour. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Lost Horizon, v.1, 29 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Morning Journey, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

Hilton, James: Random Harvest, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

Hilton, James: Was it Murder?, v.1, 21 Feb 2008.

Hilton, Walter: The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection. 20-Nov-2010 (Spiritual)

Hinton, C.H.: An Episode of Flatland. v1. 10 Nov 2007

Hippocrates: Collected Works, v.1, 26 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Hittell, Theodore H.: Adventures of James Capen "Grizzly" Adams. v1. 2 Dec 07

Hocking, Joseph: The Birthright. V1. 13 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: All for a Scrap of Paper. V1. 12 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: The Day of Judgment. V1. 14 June 2010 (Romance)

Hocking, Joseph: The Pomp of Yesterday. V1. 14 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: Tommy. V1. 16 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: Weapons of Mystery. V1. 16 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hodgson, William Hope: Carnacki, the Ghost Finder. V1. 17 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Boats of the Glen Carrig. V1. 17 June 2010 (Action)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Ghost Pirates. V1. 18 June 2010 (Action)

Hodgson, William Hope: The House on the Borderland. V1. 18 June 2010 (Fantasy)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Night Land. V1. 19 June 2010 (Fantasy)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Real Thing. V1. 16 Mar 2011 (Action)

Hodson, Thomas: Old Daniel. V1. 19 June 2010 (Spiritual)

Hoffman, E. T. A.: Die Elixiere des Teufels german v1 18 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Meister Floh. german. v1. 21 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Nachtstücke. german. v1. 7 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Der Sandmann (german) v1 23 dec 2008 (Horror)

Holbrook, Florence: The Book of Nature Myths (Illustrated):. v1, 8 Feb 2008

Holcroft, Thomas: Anna St. Ives. V1. 20 June 2010 (Romance)

Holcroft, Thomas: The Adventures of Hugh Trevor. V1. 20 June 2010 (Romance)

Holden, Fox B: A Gift For Terra. V1. 20 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Holdsworth, Ethel : Helen of Four Gates. v1. 28 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: 'Lena Rivers. V1. 3 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Aikenside. V1. 28 June 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Bad Hugh. V1. 28 June 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Bessie's Fortune. V1. 29 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Cousin Maude. V1. 29 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Darkness and Daylight. V1. 1 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Dora Deane. V1. 1 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Ethelyn's Mistake. V1. 2 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Homestead on the Hillside. V1. 3 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Maggie Miller. V1. 4 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Miss McDonald. V1. 4 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error. V1. 5 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Tempest and Sunshine. V1. 5 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: The Cromptons. V1. 30 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: The English Orphans. V1. 1 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: The Rector of St. Mark's. V1. 4 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Tracy Park. V1. 6 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, William H.: Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art, v.1, 30 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: A Forgotten Hero. V1. 9 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: All's Well. V1. 8 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Clare Avery. V1. 8 July (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Earl Hubert's Daughter. V1. 9 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: For the Master's Sake. V1. 9 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: In Convent Walls. V1. 10 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: It Might Have Been. V1. 10 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Joyce Morrell's Harvest. V1. 11 July (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Mistress Margery. V1. 13 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: One Snowy Night. V1. 13 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Our Little Lady. V1. 14 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Out in the Forty-Five. V1. 14 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Robin Tremayne. V1. 15 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The Gold that Glitters. V1. 10 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The King's Daughters. V1. 12 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The Maidens' Lodge. V1. 12 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The Well in the Desert. V1. 16 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Lady of Hazelwood. V1. 22 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Rose of Langley. V1. 16 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Homer, The Works of Homer, V1, 4/5/2011 (Other Fiction)

Homer: Ilias (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Homer: Odyssee (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Homer: Odyssey book 1 (Greek). v1. 20 Aug 2010 (Poetry)

Homer: The Iliad - v1 22 June 07 (Short Fiction)

Hoover, Herbert. State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Hope, Anthony, et. al.: Stories by English Authors England. V1. 25 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: A Man of Mark. V1. 23 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Captain Dieppe. V1. 21 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Comedies of Courtship. V1. 21 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: Dolly Dialogues. V1. 21 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Father Stafford. V1. 21 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Frivolous Cupid. V1. 22 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: Half a Hero. V1. 22 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: Quisanté. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Rupert of Hentzau. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Ruritania Duology, v1, 11 Nov 2007

Hope, Anthony: Simon Dale. V1. 25 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The Indiscretion of the Duchess. V1. 22 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The King's Mirror. V1. 23 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The Prisoner of Zenda. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The Secret of the Tower. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Tristram of Blent. V1. 25 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hope, Laura Lee: Six Little Bunkers at Garndpa Ford's. v1.0. 8 December 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, v.1, 16 May 2009 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at School, v.1, 14 June 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, v.1, 2008-09-03 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, v.1, 13 June 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins in the Country, v1.1, 2008-06-12 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, v.1, 16 May 2009 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins, v1.1, 2008-06-12 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Moving Picture Girls. v1. 4 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of a Stuffed Elephant. v1.0. 8 December 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of the Nodding Donkey. v1.0. 8 December 2008 (Children)

Horn, Alfred Aloysius: Trader Horn, Being the Life and Works. v1. 2 Dec 07

Horning, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Action)

Hornung, E. W: No Hero. V1. 27 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman. V1. 27 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Amateur Cracksman, V1. 26 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Camera Fiend. V1. 26 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Shadow of the Rope. V1. 27 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E.W.: Dead Men Tell No Tales. v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 3 Feb 2008

Hornung, E.W.: Raffles Omnibus. v7. 1st Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E.W.: Stingaree (Illustrated). v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Horváth, Ödön. Der ewige Spießer. v1 24 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Horváth, Ödön. Ein Kind unserer Zeit. v1 24 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Horváth, Ödön. Jugend ohne Gott. v1.2 31 july 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Horváth, Ödön. Sechsunddreißig Stunden. v1 24 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Hossein, Rokheya Shekhawat: Sultana’s Dream, v.1, 9 November 2008. (Science Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: 54-40 or Fight. V1. 17 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: Heart's Desire. V1. 18 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: Maw's Vacation. V1. 22 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Covered Wagon. V1. 17 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: The Girl at the Halfway House. V1. 18 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Lady and the Pirate. V1. 19 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Law of the Land. V1. 20 July (Romance)

Hough, Emerson: The Magnificent Adventure. V1. 21 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Man Next Door. V1. 21 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Mississippi Bubble. V1. 22 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Passing of the Frontier. V1. 23 July 2010 (History)

Hough, Emerson: The Purchase Price. V1. 23 July 2101 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Sagebrusher. V1. 24 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: The Story of the Outlaw. V1. 25 July 2010 (History)

Hough, Emerson: The Way of a Man. V1. 26 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans in the Rockies. V1. 28 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Missouri. V1. 28 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Trail. V1. 28 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans. V1. 26 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: Young Alaskans in the Far North. V1. 27 July 2010 (Action)

House, Brant: Legion of the Living Dead. V1. 23 Dec 2008 (Horror)

House, Brant: The Fear Merchants. V1. 23 Dec 2008 (Horror)

House, Brant: The Torture Trust. V1. 24 Dec 2008 (Horror)

Housman, Laurence: An Englishwoman's Love-Letters. V1. 28 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Housman, Laurence: King John of Jingalo. V1. 1 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Housman, Laurence: The Blue Moon. V1. 27 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Housman, Laurence: The Field of Clover. V1. 28 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Howard, Robert E.: "She Devil" Plus Three: Newly Added Stories. v1. 29 Dec 08 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: Almuric. V2. 22 Nov 2008 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Cthulhu Mythos. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: Fantasy Adventure. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Savage Stories of Conan, v 3, 26 June 2009 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Sea Curse. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Solomon Kane Omnibus. v1. 24 Apr 07 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Tales of Horror. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: The Haunter of the Ring. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: The Stories of El Borak, V.2, 14 Nov.08 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: The Sword of Solomon Kane.V1.17 Nov 2008 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: The Tomb's Secret. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Weird Menace. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: Wolfshead. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.:Pigeons From Hell. v1. 30 Oct 07 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.:The Mountain Man. V 1. 16 Nov. 2008 (Western)

Howard, Robert E: Savage Stories of Conan v1.00 May '08 (Fantasy)

Howdershelt, Ed:An Encounter in Atlanta. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Howe, William and Hummel, Abraham.: Danger! v1, 2 Mar 2008

Howells, William Dean: Christmas Every Day, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Howells, William Dean: Henry James, Jr. v.1, 16 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Hudson, W. H.: Green Mansions v1. 9 Dec 07

Hughes, Dora Morrell: Thrift in the Household, v.1, 28 Nov 2007. (Reference)

Hughes, Thomas: Tom Brown's Schooldays. v1. 11 Sep 07

Hugo, Victor: Les Miserables (Illustrated). v1, 18 August 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: Notre Dame de Paris [Hunchback of Notre Dame], v.2, 29 July 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: The Last Day of a Condemned Man, v.1, 2 August 2008. (Other Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: The Man Who Laughs v.1.0 December 18, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Huizinga, Johan: Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen v1.0, 8 feb 2008

Hume, David: A Treatise of Human Nature, v1, 31 Aug 2007. (Philosophy)

Hume, David: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, v1, 19 Oct 2007. (Philosophy)

Hume, David: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. 19 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Hume, David: My Own Life, v1, 12 October 2009. (Biography)

Hume, Fergus: A Coin of Edward VII, v1, 26 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: Hagar of the Pawn-Shop, v1, 21 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: Madame Midas, v1, 19 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: Red Money, v1, 20 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Bishop’s Secret, v1, 20 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Crowned Skull, v1, 23 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Green Mummy, v1, 19 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, v1, 17 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Mystery Queen, v1, 23 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent, v1, 19 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent. v1, 7 Mar 2008

Hume, Fergus: The Pagan’s Cup, v1, 26 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Secret Passage, v1, 21 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Silent House, v1, 20 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Humphrey, Mabel: The Book of The Cat, v.1, 23 Nov 2008 (Children)

Hunter, Colonel William: Dollars and Sense, v.1, 13 March 2008. (Reference)

Hurll, Estelle M.: Rembrandt, v.1, 22 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Hurst, Fannie: Every Soul Hath Its Song. V1.8 Oct 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hurst, Fannie: Gaslight Sonatas. V1. 9 Oct 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hurst, Fannie: Humoresque. V1. 9 Oct 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hurst, Fannie: The Vertical City. V1. 11 Oct 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hurst, S.B.H: S.B.H Hurst Omnibus. V1. 25 Jan 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Afloat at Last. V1. 19 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Bob Strong's Holidays. V1. 20 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Crown and Anchor. V1. 20 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Fritz and Eric. V1. 21 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: On Board the Esmeralda. V1.22 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Picked up at Sea. v1. 23 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 1. V1. 24 July 2009 (Romance)

Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 2. V1. 25 July 2009 (Romance)

Hutcheson, John C: Teddy. V1. 25 July 2009 (Children)

Hutcheson, John C: The Ghost Ship. V1. 21 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The Island Treasure. V1. 22 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The Penang Pirate. V1. 22 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The White Squall. V1. 25 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The Wreck of the Nancy Bell. V1. 26 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Tom Finch's Monkey. V1. 25 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Young Tom Bowling. V1. 26 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John Conroy: Teddy - A Little Pickle v1 3 feb 2009 (Children)

Hutcheson, John Conroy: The Penang Pirate v1 26 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Hutcheson, John.: The Ghost Ship:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe.: The Lost Continent. v1. 02 Feb 2008

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Ibsen, Henrik: Brand [Norwegian].v1. 24 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Bygmester Solness [Norwegian].v1. 1 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: De unges forbund [Norwegian].v1. 11 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: En folkefiende [Norwegian].v1. 27 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Et dukkehjem [Norwegian].v1. 2 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Fru Inger til Østråt [Norwegian].v1. 14 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Fruen fra havet [Norwegian].v1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Gengangere [Norwegian].v1. 29 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Hedda Gabler [Norwegian].v1. 31 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Hærmændene paa Helgeland [Norwegian].v1. 15 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: John Gabriel Borkman [Norwegian].v1. 13 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Kejser og Galilæer [Norwegian].v1. 14 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Kongs-emnerne [Norwegian].v1. 26 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Kærlighedens komedie [Norwegian].v2. 30 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Lille Eyolf [Norwegian].v1. 12 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Olaf Liljekrans [Norwegian].v1. 1 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Peer Gynt [Norwegian].v1. 21 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Rosmersholm [Norwegian].v1. 28 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Samfundets støtter [Norwegian].v1. 6 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ignatius of Loyola, Saint: Autobiography, v.1, 8 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Ingram, Eleanor M.: The Thing From the Lake. v1, 25 Feb 2008

Ings, Simon: PainKillers. v1.0 19 March 2009 (Science Fiction)

Inman, Henry: The Great Salt Lake Trail. V1. 24 Oct 2009 (History)

International Dialling Code List (Reference)

IRS: Publication 17 2009. 1.01. 16 Aug 2010 (Government)

Irving, H B: A Book of Remarkable Criminals, v1, 1 December 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Irving, H.B.: A Book of Remarkable Criminals. v1, 3 Feb 2008

Irving, Washington: Knickerbocker's History of New York. 13 Oct 07 (Humor)

Irving, Washington: Old Christmas, v.1, 14 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Irving, Washington: Tales of a Traveller, v.1, 15 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Ivan Turgenev, Ivan: A Desperate Character and Other Stories, v1, 13 Sept 2009. (Short Fiction)

Ives, Charles E: Essays Before a Sonata, v1, 5Feb2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Jack, George: Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship, v.1, 28 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Jackson, Andrew. State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Jackson, Helen Hunt: A Calendar of Sonnets. V1. 8 May 2009 (Poetry)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Between Whiles. V1. 7 May 2009 (Short Fiction)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Bits about Home Matters. V1. 7 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Mercy Philbrick's Choice. V1. 9 May 2009 (Romance)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Ramona. V1. 9 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Saxe Holm's Stories. V1. 10 May 2009 (Romance)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: The Hunter Cats of Connorloa. V1. 8 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales (Illustrated) V1.0 November 3, 2009 (Children)

Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales. 28 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: English Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: European Folk & Fairy Tales. 14 Jan 2008 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: Indian Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: More Celtic Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: More English Fairy Tales. 31 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: The Story of Geographical Discovery. 02 Jan 2008 (Reference)

James, Hartwell: The Cat and The Mouse, v.1, 23 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Bundle of Letters, v.1, 12 October 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Day of Days, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Landscape Painter, v.1, 4 March 2009 (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A London Life and Other Tales, v.1. 22 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A New England Winter, v.1, 6 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Passionate Pilgrim, v,1, 4 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Small Boy and Others, v1, 6 October 2009. (Biography)

James, Henry: A Tragedy of Error, v1, 5 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: An Animated Conversation, v1, 5 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: An International Episode, v.1, 26 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Benvolio, v1, 21 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Broken Wings, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Brooksmith, v.1 6 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Collaboration, v1, 4 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Confidence, v.1, 27 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Covering End, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Daisy Miller, v.1, 3 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: De Grey: A Romance, v1, 26 February 2010. (Horror)

James, Henry: Embarrassments, v1, 13 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Eugene Pickering, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Europe, v.1, 6 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Fordham Castle, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Four Meetings, v.1, 13 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Gabrielle de Bergerac, v1, 25 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Georgina’s Reasons, v.1, 13 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Glasses, v.1, 16 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Greville Fane, v.1, 17 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Guest’s Confession, v1, 26 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: In the Cage, v.1, 9 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: John Delavoy, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Julia Bride, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Lady Barberina, v.1, 8 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Louisa Pallant, v.1, 18 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Madame de Mauves, v.1, 13 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Master Eustace, v.1, 5 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Maud-Evelyn, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Mora Montravers, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: My Friend Bingham, v1, 9 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Nona Vincent, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Osborne’s Revenge, v1, 8 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Owen Wingrave, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Pandora, v.1, 18 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Paste, v.1, 4 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Poor Richard, v1, 13 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Professor Fargo, v1, 27 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Roderick Hudson, v.1, 17 Jan 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Rose-Agathe, v.1, 9 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Sir Dominick Ferrand, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Sir Edmund Orme, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Some Short Stories. V.1. 27 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Abasement of the Northmores, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Altar of the Dead, v.1, 15 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Ambassadors, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The American Scene, v1, 10 January 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

James, Henry: The American, v.1, 11 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Awkward Age, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Beast in the Jungle, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Beldonald Holbein, v.1, 23 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Bostonians, v.1, 30 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Chaperon, v.1, 7 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Coxon Fund, v.1, 3 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Death of the Lion, v.1, 26 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Diary of a Man of Fifty, v.1, 18 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Europeans, v.1 8 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Figure in the Carpet, v.1, 18 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Finer Grain, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Friends of the Friends, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Given Case, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Golden Bowl, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Great Condition, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Great Good Place, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Impressions of a Cousin, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Ivory Tower, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Jolly Corner, v.1, 5 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Last of the Valerii, v.1, 18 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Lesson of the Master, v.1, 24 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Liar, v.1, 18 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Logic of Marriage and Murder, v1, 26 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

James, Henry: The Madonna of the Future, v.1, 22 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Marriages, v.1, 22 October 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: the Middle Years, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Modern Warning, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Next Time, v1, 2 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Outcry, v.1, 15 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Patagonia, v.1, 3 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Path of Duty, v.1, 20 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Point of View, v.1, 2 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Portrait of a Lady, v.1, 18 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Princess Casamassima, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Pupil, v.1, 6 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Real Right Thing, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Reverberator, v1, 4 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Sacred Fount, v.1, 4 December 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Siege of London, v1, 5 February 2010. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Solution, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Special Type, v.1, 6 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Spoils of Poynton, v.1, 13 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Story of a Year, v.1, 17 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Suburbs of London, v.1, 6 December 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

James, Henry: The Sweetheart of M. Briseux, v1, 23 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Third Person, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Tone Of Time, v.1, 28 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Tragic Muse, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Tree of Knowledge, v.1, 4 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw, v.1, 6 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Two Faces, v.1, 26 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Velvet Glove, v1, 9 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Wheel of Time, v1, 22 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Wings of the Dove, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Two Ghost Stories, v.1, 18 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Washington Square, v.1, 5 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Watch and Ward, v1, 5 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: What Maisie Knew, v.1, 3 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, M R: A Thin Ghost and Others, v.1 18 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories, v1, 25 October 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: A Warning to the Curious, v.1, 18 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: After Dark in the Playing Fields, v1, 18 January 2010. (Horror)

James, M R: Collected Ghost Stories, v.1 21 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, v.1, 21 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 23 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: Old Testament Legends, v1, 8 December 2009. (Spiritual)

James, M R: The Five Jars, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard, v1, 23 October 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: Wailing Well, v.1, 21 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M. R.: A Thin Ghost And Others, v.1, 15 Dec 2007 (Horror)

James, M. R.: Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary and More, v1.0, 2007-12-01 (Horror)

James, Will: Home Ranch. V1. 1 May 2011 (Western)

James, Will: Lone Cowboy. V1. 30 Apr 2011 (Western)

James, Will: Smoky The Cowhorse. V1. 30 Apr 2011 (Western)

James, William: A World of Pure Experience, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Philosophy)

James, William: Are we Automata? v.1, 12 December 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: Great Men, Great Thoughts, and the Environment, v1, 4 August 2009 (Philosophy)

James, William: Human Immortality, v.1, 29 November 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: Pragmatism, v.1, 3 December 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Consciousness of Lost Limbs, v1, 9 March 2009. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Hidden Self, v.1, 8 March 2009. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Meaning of Truth, v.1, 1 December 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life, v.1, 29 November 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Varieties of Religious Experience, v1, 18 Sept 2007. (Spiritual)

James, William: The Will to Believe, v.1, 29 November 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: What is an Emotion? v.1, 6 December 2008 (Philosophy)

James, William: What is an Instinct? v.1, 14 December 2008. (Philosophy)

Jameson, Malcolm: Malcolm Jameson Omnibus. V2. 3 May 2011 (Science Fiction)

Jefferies, Richard: After London. v1, 7 Jan 2008

Jefferson, Thomas. State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

Jenkins, Herbert George: Malcolm Sage Detective v1 16 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Jerome, Jerome K.: Diary of a Pilgrimage, v1 9 July 2008 (Other Fiction)

Jerome, Jerome K.: Three men in a Boat v1.0 2008-01-16

Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men on the Brummel. 21 Aug 07 (Humor)

Jerrold, Douglas: Mrs Caudle’s Curtain Lectures, v.1, 10 Nov 2007. (Humor)

Jevsejeva, Ljudmila Ivanovna: Donacetoj por infanoj. (Esperanto) v1, 31 August 2008 (Children)

John A. Hammerton, Ed: The World's Greatest Books -Vol.1-Fiction. V1. 27 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

John A. Hammerton, Ed: The World's Greatest Books -Vol.1-Fiction. V2. 29 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

Johnson, Andrew. State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

Johnson, E. Pauline: The Moccasin Maker. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Johnson, Lyndon. State of the Union. v1.0 19 October 2007

Johnson, Samuel: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, v2, 23 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Mary. To Have and to Hold. v1 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: 1492. V1. 19 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Audrey. V1. 19 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Foes. V1. 20 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Lewis Rand. V1. 20 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Prisoners of Hope. V1. 21 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Sir Mortimer. V1. 22 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: The Long Roll. V1. 22 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: To Have and to Hold. V1. 19 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Jones, H. Bedford: D'Artagnan. V1. 13 Mar 2011 (Action)

Jones, H. Bedford: Irregular Brethren. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Jones, H. Bedford: Saint Michael's Gold. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Jones, H. Bedford: The Blue Beetle. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Jones, H. Bedford: The King's Passport. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Jones, H. Bedford: The Thrust of a Finger. V1. 16 Mar 2011 (Action)

Jones, H. Bedford: Three Smart Silks. V1. 16 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Jones, Henry Festing: Diversions in Sicily, v1, 03 Feb 2009 (History)

Jones, Raymond F: The great gray Plague v1 24 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Jones, Susan Morrow: The La Chance Mine Mystery. V1. 2 Aug 2010 (Western)

Jonson, Ben: Cynthia's Revels. V1. 11 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: Discoveries and Some Poems. V1. 17 May 2009 (Poetry)

Jonson, Ben: Epicoene or, the Silent Woman. V1. 18 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: Every Man in His Humor. V1. 18 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: Sejanus: His Fall. V1. 20 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: The Alchemist. V1.10 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: The Poetaster. V1. 19 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jordan, William George: The Majesty of Calmness, v.1, 31 August 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Joyce, James: Dubliners. v1, 12 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Joyce, James: Pomes Penyeach, v1, 17 February 2010. (Poetry)

Joyce, James: Ulysses v1. 26Dec2009 (Other Fiction)

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Kafka, Franz: Amerika; german; v1; may 23rd 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Blumfeld - ein älterer Junggeselle, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Brief an den Vater, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. [German]. V2. 15 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Das Urteil (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Der Bau, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Der Gruftwächter, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Der Prozess (german), v1, 06 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Die Verwandlung (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Ein Landarzt, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: In der Strafkolonie, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: In the Penal Colony, v1, 4 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Metamorphosis, v1, 03 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Selected Shorter Writings, v1, 4 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: The Trial, v.1, 11 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Kallis, Stephen A: The Untouchable. V1. 23 Dec 2009 (Science Fiction)

Kant, Immanuel: An Answer to the Question: “What is Enlightenment?”. 11 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel: Metaphysical Elements of Ethics. 13 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel: The Critique of Practical Reason. 12 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der praktischen Vernunft; german v1 10th July 2009 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der reinen Vernunft; german v1.1 19th June 2009 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der Urteilskraft; german v 1.0; July 11th 2009 (Philosophy)

Kant: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, v1, 04 Sep 2007. (Philosophy)

karenB: Karen's Scribbles, v1, 29 August 2009 (Fantasy)

Karillon, Adam: Erlebnisse eines Erdenbummlers [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Biography)

Keary, A, & Keary, E: The Heroes of Asgard, v.1, 13 October 2008. (Fantasy)

Keats, John: Gedichte von einem... german v1 10 feb 2009 (Poetry)

Keith, Marian: The End of the Rainbow v1 10 mar 2009 (Romance)

Kelland, Clarence Budington: Scattergood Baines. v1, 25 Feb 2008

Keller, Gottfried: Der Schmied seines Glücks german v1 11 apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Keller, Paul: Das letzte Märchen. german. v1. 3 may 2009 (Young Adult)

Kelley, Edna: The Book of Hallowe’en, v1, 16 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Kelly, Florence Finch: With Hoops of Steel v1 25 apr 2009 (Western)

Keyhoe, Donald: The Flying Saucers Are Real v1. 9 Dec 07

Keynes, John Maynard: The Great Slump of 1930, v.1, 15 November 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Kielland, Alexander: Garman & Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kielland, Alexander: Skipper Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kierkegaard, Sören: Fear and Trembling, v.1, 22 October 2008. (Philosophy)

Kierkegaard, Sören: Philosophical Fragments, v.1, 5 November 2008. (Philosophy)

Kierkegaard, Sören: Purity of Heart, v.1, 23 October 2008. (Philosophy)

Kierkegaard, Sören: Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard, v.1, 19 October 2008 (Philosophy)

Kierkegaard, Sören: The Sickness unto Death, v.1, 20 October 2008. (Philosophy)

Kilner, Dorothy: THE LIFE AND PERAMBULATIONS OF A MOUSE (1783-1784). v1, 21 Jan 2008

King, Charles: A Daughter of the Sioux v1 23 dec 2008 (Western)

King, Charles: An Apache Princess v1 13 dec 2008 (Western)

King, Charles: Starlight Ranch v1 25 nov 2008 (Western)

King, Martin Luther: Letter from the Birmingham Jail, v1, 18 January 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingsley, Charles: Hypatia, v.1 20 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Kingston, W. H. G.: Hurricane Hurry, v.1, 11 Sept 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Afar in the Forest v1 1 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Eastern Seas v1 2mar 2009 (Action)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Florida v1 24 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: On the Banks of the Amazonas v1 23 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter the Whaler v1 12 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Sunshine Bill v1 20 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Pirate of the Mediterranean v1 23 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The three Midshipmen v1 12 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Shipmates v1 3 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G: Ron Morton v1 3 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, WHG: The Young Llanero v1 20 sep 2009 (Action)

Kipling, Rudyard: Kim. V1.0. 20 November 2007

Kipling, Rudyard: Captains Courageous . v1, 1 Jan 2008

Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories (Illustrated), v. 1, 17 Nov 2009 (Children)

Kipling, Rudyard: Kim (Illustrated), v.2.00, 30 April 2010 (Young Adult)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Jungle Books, v1, 01Mar2011 (Children)

Kirkland, Winifred: The Joys of being a Woman, v.1, 5 May 2008. (Humor)

Kitson, Harry D: How to Use Your Mind, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. (Reference)

Klabund: Bracke german v1 4 feb 2009 (Poetry)

Klabund: Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde german v1 22 feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Klabund: Die Krankheit german v1 17 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Klein, Gerwin: JFlex User's Manual. v1.0. March 8 2009 (Reference)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Amphitryon (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Ausgewählte Schriften. v1. 07 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Das Käthchen von Heilbronn (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Der zerbrochne Krug (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Die Hermannsschlacht (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Jan of the Jungle. v1, 27 Feb 2008

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Maza of the Moon. v1, 27 Feb 2007

Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Outlaws of Mars. v1, 27 Feb 2008

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Venus Omnibus. v1, 27 Feb 2008

Klingemann, August: Die Nachtwachen des Bonaventura german v1 16 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Jim Waring of Sonora-Town. V1. 18 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Overland Red. V1. 18 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Partners of Chance. V1. 19 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry herbert: The Ridin Kid v1 13 apr 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: The Ridin' Kid from Powder River. V1. 19 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knigge, Adolph Freiherr von: Über den Umgang mit Menschen [German]. V1. 13-12-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Knox, Monsignor Ronald: The Three Taps, v.1, 5 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Knox, Ronald A: Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes, v.1, 12 November 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Knox, Ronald A: The Footsteps at the Lock, v.1, 28 June 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Kofoed, Jack: The Sherlock Holmes Theory. 12 Nov 2008 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 1 german v2 7 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 2 german v1 17 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 3 v1 german 19 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 4 german v1 21 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody Teil 5 german v1 13 jun 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 1 german v1 16 nov 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 2 german v1 17 nov 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 3 german v1 25 nov 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 4 german v1 13 dec 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 5 v1 german 28 dec 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Um die Indische Kaiserkrone 2 german v1 11 mar 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone 3 german v1 25 mar 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone 4 german v1 8 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kraft, Robert:Um die indische Kaiserkrone I german v1 1 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Kropotkin, Peter: The Conquest of Bread, v.1, 17 Nov 2007. (Government)

Kuprin, Alexandre: Yama (The Pit), v.1, 8 March 2009. (Other Fiction)

Kuttner, Henry: The Time Axis v1 22 may 2009 (Science Fiction)

Kügelgen, Wilhelm von: Jugenderinnerungen eines alten Mannes. german. v1. 9 Mar 2009 (Biography)

Kyne, Peter B.: Captain Scraggs. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Kyne, Peter B: Cappy Ricks Retires. V1. 20 Dec 2009 (Action)

Kyne, Peter B: Cappy Ricks. V1. 20 Dec 2009 (Action)

Kyne, Peter B: Kindred of the Dust. V1. 21 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Kyne, Peter B: The Go-Getter. V1. 21 Dec 2009 (Action)

Kyne, Peter B: The Long Chance. V1. 22 Dec 2009 (Western)

Kyne, Peter B: The Pride of Palomar. V1. 22 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Kyne, Peter B: The Valley of the Giants. V1. 23 Dec 2009 (Romance)

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La Fayette, Madame de: La Princesse de Clèves [French/Français], v1, 18 October 2009. (Romance)

la Motte Fouque, Friedrich de: Sintram and His Companions. V1. 25 Dec 2009 (Fantasy)

la Motte Fouque, Friedrich de: The Two Captains. V1. 25 Dec 2009 (Fantasy)

la Motte, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de: Aslauga's Knight. V1. 24 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Lacy, Ed: Dead End. v1. 19 Jan 09 (Mystery and Crime)

Lafayette, Madame de: The Princess de Montpensier, v.1, 15 Feb 2008. (Romance)

Lafayette, Madame de: The Princess of Cleves, v1, 22 Dec2007 (Romance)

Lagerlöf, Selma: Die schönsten Geschichten von Selma Lagerlöf. german. v2. 23.01.2010 (Short Fiction)

Lagerlöf, Selma: The Story of Gösta Berling. v 1. 27 Nov 2009 (Fantasy)

Lake, Steven: The Tin Cup. v1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Lamb, Charles and Mary: Tales from Shakespeare (Illustrated) v1, 6 Sept 2007. (Young Adult)

Lang, Andrew: Essays in Little, v.1, 13 April 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Lang, Andrew: He, v.1, 30 May 2008. (Humor)

Lang, Andrew: Helen of Troy, v.1, 27 April 2008. (Poetry)

Lang, Andrew: How to Fail in Literature, v.1, 7 May 2008. (Reference)

Lang, Andrew: The Blue Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, v.1, 17 Nov 2007. (Reference)

Lang, Andrew: The Brown Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Crimson Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Green Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Grey Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Lilac Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Olive Fairy Book. 01 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Orange Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Pink Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Puzzle of Dickens’s Last Plot, v.1, 26 April 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Lang, Andrew: The Red Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Red Romance Book. 03 June 2008 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Violet Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Yellow Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang,Andrew: Adventures among Books V1. 25-Sep-2010 (Short Fiction)

Lao-Tse: The Tao Teh King (Tr. Legge), v1, 16 Oct 2007. (Spiritual)

Lao-Tzu: The Sayings of Lao-Tzu (Tr. Giles) v1, 16 Oct 2007. (Spiritual)

Laumer, Keith: Four by Laumer. V1. 25 Dec 2009 (Science Fiction)

Lawrence, Brother: The Practice of the Presence of God, v.1, 21 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Lawrence, D.H.: Sons and Lovers, v1 18 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: Studies in Classic American Literature v1 25Jan2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: The Prussian Officer, v1 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: The Rainbow, v1 18 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: Women in Love, v1 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, George A: Border and Bastille. V1. 26 Dec 2009 (History)

Lawrence, George A: Guy Livingstone. V1. 26 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Lawrence, George A: Sword and Gown. V1. 27 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Lawrence, T.E.: Seven Pillars of Wisdom [Illustrated]. v1. 24 Mar 2010 (History)

Lawrence, T.E.: Seven Pillars of Wisdom. v1. 2 September 2008 (History)

Lawson, Henry: Children of the Bush. V1. 27 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawson, Henry: Joe Wilson and His Mates. V1. 28 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawson, Henry: On the Track. V1. 29 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawson, Henry: Over the Sliprails. V1. 29 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawton, Wilbur: The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code. v1, 7 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Aspira. german. v1. 28 mar 2009 (Fantasy)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Auf der Seifenblase und andere Erzählungen. german. v1. 04 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Auf zwei Planeten german v2 28 apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Bis zum Nullpunkt des Seins german v1 13 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Gegen das Weltgesetz german v1 13 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Homchen german v2 14 jul 2009 (Other Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Sternentau - Die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond. german. v1. 6 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: Green Tea, v1, 2 November 2009. (Horror)

Le Fanu, J.S.: Ghostly Tales, Vols. 1-5. 09 June 2008. (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: A Stable for Nightmares v1 12 dec 2008 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla german v1 14 feb 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 1, V1. 31 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 2. V1. 1 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 3. V1. 1 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 4. V1. 1 Jan 2010 (Humor)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 5. V1. 2 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle. V1. 30 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Madam Crowl's Ghost ....V1. 2 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Madam Crowl’s Ghost etc, v.1, 19 February 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Evil Guest. V1. 30 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The House by the Church-Yard. V1. 31 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Purcell Papers. V1. 2 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Room in the Dragon Volant. V1. 3 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Sheridan J.: Carmilla. v1. 27 Dec 07

Le Queux, William T.: The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love. v1, 19 Jan 2008

Le Queux, William, The Stretton Street Affair, v.1, 23 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: Bela Kiss v1 30 nov 2008 (Horror)

Le Queux, William: Béla Kiss, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Le Queux, William: Hushed Up! v.1, 17 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo, v.1, 21 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril, 20 Nov 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: Sant of the Secret Service v 1.0 26 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: Sant of the Secret Service, v1, 23 November 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: The Count’s Chauffeur, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Doctor of Pimlico, v.1, 21 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Four Faces, v.1, 23 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Golden Face, v.1, 14 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Great White Queen, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: The House of Whispers, v.1, 20 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Intriguers, v.1, 14 January 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: The minister of Evil [Rasputin], v.1, 20 December 2008. (History)

Le Queux, William: The Mysterious Three, v.1, 15 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Mystery of the Green Ray. v1, 17 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Secret of the Fox Hunter, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Seven Secrets v1 18 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Seven Secrets, v.1, 19 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Sign of Silence, v1, 17 November 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Stretton Street Affair v 1.0 Nov 5 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The White Lie, v.1, 28 June 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Leacock, Stephen: Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Leacock, Stephen: Frenzied Fiction. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Leacock, Stephen: Literary Lapses. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Leacock, Stephen: Nonsense Novels. v1, 15 Jan 2008

Leadbeater, C.W.:The Astral Plane :. v1, 5 Feb 2008

Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin in Prison. V1. 4 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes, the Blonde Lady. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: Arsene Luprin. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Confessions of Arsène Lupin. V1. 17 Feb 2009 (Action)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Crystal Stopper. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Eight Strokes of the Clock. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Extraordinary Adv of Arsene Lupin, GB. 20 Dec 07 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Frontier v.1.0 July 4, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Hollow Needle: Further Adv of Arsene Lupin. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Mysterious Railway Passenger. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Secret of Sarek (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: THE SIGN OF THE SHADOW. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Three Eyes. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Tremendous Event. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: THE WEDDING-RING. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Woman With Two Smiles v.1.0 July 8, 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice:813. V1. 4 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Lee, Vernon: The Countess of Albany, v1, 2 February 2010. (Biography)

LeFanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla V1.0 29 Oct 2009 (Horror)

Leiber, Fritz: The Creature From Cleveland Depths. v1. 9 Jan 2009 (Science Fiction)

Leiber, Fritz: The Night of the Long Knives. v1. 9 Jan 2009 (Science Fiction)

Leibniz, G W: Theodicy, v.1, 20 November 2008. (Philosophy)

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: The Monadology, v.1, 12 October 2008. (Philosophy)

Leighton, Robert: Dogs and All About Them, v.1, 25 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: Long Ago, Far Away. v1. 23 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: Operation Terror v1 14 dec 2009 (Science Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: Pariah Planet v1 19 jul 2009 (Science Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: Space Platform. v1; 19 June 2008 (Science Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: Space Tug v1 20 nov 2008 (Science Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: Talents, Incorporated. v1. 12 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: The Runaway Skyscraper, V1. 13 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Leinster, Murray: This World Is Taboo , V1. 16 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Leo XIII, Pope: Rerum Novarum [English translation], v1, 7 Sept 2009. (Spiritual)

Lermontov, Michail Jurjevic: Ein Held unserer Zeit. [German]. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lermontov, Mikhail: A Hero of Our Time. 15 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Leroux, Gaston: Le mystère de la chambre jaune. (French) v1 1 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroux, Gaston: Le parfum de la dame en noir. (French) v1 25 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Lerrigo, Charles Henry: The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters. v1. 24 Sep 07

Lessig, Lawrence: The Future of Ideas. v1. 18 January 2008

Leverson, Ada: Bird of Paradise, v.1, 26 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

Leverson, Ada: Love at Second sight, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Leverson, Ada: Love’s Shadow, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Leverson, Ada: Tenterhooks, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Leverson, Ada: The Limit, v1.2, 26 October 2009. (Other Fiction)

Leverson, Ada: The Twelfth Hour, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Romance)

Levinrew, Will; Death Points a Finger. v1.1 27 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Lewis and Clark: The Journals of Lewis and Clark, v1, 27 Jan 2009 (History)

Lewis and Short: An Elementary Latin Dictionary. v0.5. 26 Feb 2011 (Reference)

Lewis, C S: Spirits in Bondage, v.1, 21 February 2009. (Poetry)

Lewis, Joseph Robert. To Reign in Heaven. v1. 03 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

Lewis, Joseph Robert. To Serve in Hell. v1. 03 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

Lewis, Matthew Gregory: The Monk, v.1, 7 March 2008. (Horror)

Lewis, Sinclair: Arrowsmith. V1. 4 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Cass Timberlane. V1. 6 May 2011 (Romance)

Lewis, Sinclair: Dodsworth. V1. 4 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Gideon Planish. V1. 6 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Kingsblood Royal. V1. 6 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair:Babbitt. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Lewis, Sinclair:Main Street. v1, 1 Jan 2008

Lewis, Wyndham: Rotting Hill, v.1, 7 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Libbey, Laura Jean: Daisy Brooks. V1. 3 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Libbey, Laura Jean: Jolly Sally Pendleton. V1. 4 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Libbey, Laura Jean: Mischievous Maid Faynie. V1. 5 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Libbey, Laura Jean: Pretty Madcap Dorothy. V1. 5 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Liddell and Scott: An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889). v0.1 20 Aug 2010 (Reference)

Lie, Jonas: Den Fremsynte. [Norwegian]. v1. 17 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lie, Jonas: Et Samliv. [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lie, Jonas: Fortællinger og Skildringer fra Norge [Norwegian]. v1. 20 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lie, Jonas: Kommandørens døtre. [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lie, Jonas: Lodsen og hans hustru [Norwegian]. v1. 19 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Liljencrantz, Ottilie A: The Thrall of Leif the Lucky. V1. 6 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Liljencrantz, Ottilie A: The Ward of King Canute. V1. 7 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Lillibridge, Will: A Breath of Prairie. V1. 8 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lillibridge, Will: Ben Blair. V1. 7 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lillibridge, Will: The Dominant Dollar. V1. 8 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Lillibridge, Will: Where the Trail Divides. V1. 8 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lincoln, Abraham. State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: I Spy. V1. 9 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: The Lost Despatch. V1. 9 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: The Red Seal. V1. 9 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Lindsay, David: A Voyage to Arcturus v1 6 apr 2009 (Science Fiction)

Lindsey, Vachel: The Art of the Moving Picture. 15 Oct 07 (Reference)

Link, Kelly: Stranger Things Happen v1.0 2007-09-19

Livingston, Herbert B.: Daughters of Doom. 19 April 2008 (Science Fiction)

Livingstone, David: Last Journals in Central Africa, Vol I. 24 Oct 2007 (Biography)

Livingstone, David: Last Journals in Central Africa, Vol II. 24 Oct 2007 (Biography)

Locke, John: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. 16 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Locke, John: Two Treatises of Government. 19 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Locke, William John: A Christmas Mystery. V1. 10 Jan 2010 (Short Fiction)

Locke, William John: Jaffery. V1. 11 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: Septimus. V1. 13 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: Simon the Jester. V1. 13 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: The Belovéd Vagabond. V1. 10 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

Locke, William John: The Fortunate Youth. V1. 10 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol. V1. 11 Jan 2010 (Humor)

Locke, William John: The Mountebank. V1. 12 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

Locke, William John: The Red Planet. V1. 12 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: The Rough Road. V1. 12 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: Viviette. V1. 13 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Lockett, Hattie Greene: The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi, v.1, 24 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Lockhart, Caroline: 'Me--Smith'. V1. 15 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lockhart, Caroline: The Dude Wrangler. V1. 14 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lockhart, Caroline: The Fighting Shepherdess. V1. 14 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lockhart, Caroline: The Lady Doc. V1. 15 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lockhart, Caroline: The Man from the Bitter Roots. V1. 15 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lofting, Hugh: The Story of Doctor Dolittle V1.5 2007-06-23 (Young Adult)

London, Jack: A Daughter of the Snows. 25 Nov 2008 (Other Fiction)

London, Jack: Adventure. 14 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

London, Jack: Before Adam. 26 Nov 2008 (Other Fiction)

London, Jack: Burning Daylight. v1, 6 Jan 2008

London, Jack: Children of the Frost. 25 Nov 2008 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Dutch Courage & Other Stories. 19 Nov 2008 (Action)

London, Jack: Faith of Men. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Hearts of Three. 19 Nov 2008 (Action)

London, Jack: Island Tales. 14 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: John Barleycorn. 10 Feb 2009 (Biography)

London, Jack: Lost Face. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Love of Life & Other Stories. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Martin Eden. v1, 4 Jan 2008

London, Jack: Moon-Face & Other Stories. 26 Nov 2008 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Night Born & Other Stories. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Revolution and Other Essays. 14 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

London, Jack: Smoke Bellew. 14 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

London, Jack: South Sea Tales. 12 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Stories of Ships and the Sea. 14 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Tales of the Fish Patrol. 14 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Call of the Wild. v1, 2 Jan 2008 (Action)

London, Jack: The Cruise of the Dazzler. 10 Feb 2009 (Young Adult)

London, Jack: The House of Pride. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Iron Heel. 19 Nov 2008 (Other Fiction)

London, Jack: The People of the Abyss. 10 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

London, Jack: The Red One. 12 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Road. 13 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Sea Wolf. v1, 2 Jan 2008 (Action)

London, Jack: The Son of the Wolf. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Strength of the Strong. 12 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Turtles of Tasman. 14 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Valley of the Moon. 10 Fed 2009 (Other Fiction)

London, Jack: War of the Classes. 10 Feb 2009 (Philosophy)

London, Jack: When God Laughs & Other Stories. 12 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: White Fang. v1, 14 Jan 2008 (Action)

London, Jack: White Fang. v1, 2 Jan 2008 (Action)

Long, Frank Belknap: Frank Belknap Long Omnibus. V1. 16 Jan 2010 (Science Fiction)

Long, William J.: English Literature. v1, 13 Jan 2008

Longfellow, Henry W.: The Song of Hiawatha. v3, 23 Aug 2008 (Poetry)

Longfellow, Henry: Birds of Passage, v.1, 30 Jan 2008. (Poetry)

Loring, F G: The Tomb of Sarah, v1, 9 December 2009. (Horror)

Loti, Pierre: An Iceland Fisherman, v.1, 21 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Loti, Pierre: Egypt (The Death of Philae) , v.1, 19 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Loti, Pierre: Madame Chrysanthème, v.1, 18 June 2008. (Other Fiction)

Louÿs, Pierre: Aphrodite, v.1 29 Feb 2008. (Romance)

Lovecraft, H. P.: (possibly) All collected stories in 4 volumes, v1.1 (Horror)

Lovecraft, H. P.: Supernatural Horror in Literature. v1, 5 Jan 2008 (Horror)

Lovecraft, H.P.: Almost Complete Works of HPL with TOC V3.0 July 29th, 2008 (Horror)

Lovecraft, H.P.: Call of Cthulhu, v.1 November 2008 (Horror)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: From out the Vasty Deep. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: Good Old Anna. V1. 18 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: Studies in love and in terror. V1. 18 Jan 2010 (Short Fiction)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Chink in the Armour. V1. 16 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The End of Her Honeymoon. V1. 17 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Lodger, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Uttermost Farthing. V1. 19 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: What Timmy Did. V1. 19 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowry, Malcolm: Under the Volcano. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Loyola, St Ignatius: The Spiritual Exercises, v.1 22 March 2008. (Spiritual)

Lucas-Dubreton, J: The Fourth Musketeer: The Life of Alexander Dumas, v1, 8 Feb 2009 (Biography)

Lucretius: Of the Nature of Things, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Philosophy)

Luftpirat: Der Beherrscher des Luftmeers v1 german 25 dec 2009 (Science Fiction)

Luther, Martin: Kleiner & Grosser Katechismus [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Lynch, Lawrence L.: The Diamond Coterie v1 2 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynde, Francis: A Fool for Love. V1. 20 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: Branded v1 23 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynde, Francis: Empire Builders. V1. 19 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Grafters. V1. 20 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush. V1. 21 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Master of Appleby. V1. 21 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Lynde, Francis: The Price. V1. 22 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Quickening. V1. 22 Jan 2009 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Taming of Red Butte Western. V1. 22 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lytton, Edward Bulwer: Alice, or the Mysteries. V1. 23 Jan 2010 (Romance)

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Macaulay, Rose: Dangerous Ages. V1. 24 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Macaulay, Rose: Mystery at Geneva, v1, 12 December 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Macaulay, Rose: The Lee Shore. V1. 24 Jan 2010 (Romance)

MacClure, Victor: She Stands Accused, v1, 16 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

MacDonald, Betty: The Egg and I, v1, 9 March 2010. (Biography)

MacGill ,Patrick: The Amateur Army. V1. 6 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

MacGrath, Harold: A Splendid Hazard. V1. 14 Feb 2009 (Action)

MacGrath, Harold: Arms and the Woman. V1. 14 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: Drums of Jeopardy. V1. 15 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

MacGrath, Harold: Half a Rogue. V1. 15 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: Hearts and Masks. V1. 15 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: Pagan Madonna v1 4 dec 2008 (Action)

MacGrath, Harold: Parrot & Co. V1. 16 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Adventures of Kathlyn. V1. 16 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Goose Girl. V1. 16 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Grey Cloak. V1. 17 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Lure of the Mask. V1. 17 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Man on the Box. V1. 18 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Place of Honeymoons. V1. 18 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Princess Elopes. V1. 18 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Puppet Crown. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Ragged Edge. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGregor, Mary: Stories of King Arthur's Knights v1 5 dec 2008 (Children)

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Esaú e Jacó (Portuguese). v1. 26 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Histórias Sem Data (Portuguese). V1. 23 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur, Change, v.1, 10 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: 7B Coney Court, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: A Double Return, v.1, 7 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Machen, Arthur: A Fragment of Life, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: A New Christmas Carol, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Dog and Duck, v.1, 19 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Dr Duthoit’s Vision, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Dreads and Drolls, v.1, 13 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Eleusinia, v.1, 15 January 2009. (Poetry)

Machen, Arthur: Far Off Things, v.1, 12 January 2009 (Biography)

Machen, Arthur: Hieroglyphics, v.1, 26 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Holy Terrors, v.1, 14 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: N, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Out of the Earth, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring (illustrated), v.1, 16 Jan 20 (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Angels of Mons, The Bowmen etc, v.1, 13 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Children of the Pool, v.1, 15 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Great Return, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Happy Children, v.1, 12 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Inmost Light, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The Islington Mystery, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Machen, Arthur: The Lost Club, v1, 8 November 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The Red Hand, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The Secret Glory, v.1, 12 January 2009. (Other Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Shining Pyramid, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Soldier’s Rest, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Terror, v.1, 10 January 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The White People, v.1, 7 January 2009. (Horror)

Mack, Ben: Poker Without Cards: A Consciousness Thriller, v1, 3 Nov 2008 (Other Fiction)

Mackay, Charles, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, v.1, 15 May 2008. (History)

Madison, James. State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007

Maeterlinck , Maurice: The Massacre of the Innocents, v.1 22 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Maginnis, Charles D.: Pen Drawing - An Illustrated Treatise, v.1, 18 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Major, Charles. When Knighthood Was in Flower. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Malory, Sir Thomas: Le Morte d'Arthur, v.1, 18 Nov 2007. (Fantasy)

Malot, Hector.: Conscience:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

Mamatas, Nick: Move Underground. v1, 8 Mar 2008

Maniates, Belle Kanaris: Penny of Top Hill Trail v.1 Nov 6 2008 (Western)

Mann, Thomas: Der Tod in Venedig (Other Fiction)

Mann, Thomas: Der Tod in Venedig (german), v1, 12 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Mann, Thomas: Loulou, v.1, 5 October 2008. (Short Fiction)

Manrique, Jorge: Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Spanish/English) v1 20 Dec 2008 (Poetry)

Mansfield, Katherine: Bliss and Other Stories, v.1, 26 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: In a German Pension, v.1, 26 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: Something Childish and Other Stories, v.1, 3 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: The Garden Party and Other Stories, v.1, 26 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

Manwell, M.B.: The Captain's Bunk v1 29 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Marden, Orison Swett: How to Succeed v1. 16 Dec 07

Marriott-Watson, H. B.: The Devil of the Marsh. v1. 9 Dec 07

Marryat, Captain Frederick: The Phantom Ship. v1. 18 March 08

Marryat, Frederick: Masterman Ready v1 8 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Marryat, Frederick: Midshipman Easy v 1 1 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Marryat, Frederick: Monsieur Violet v1 23 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: Rattlin the Reefer v1 25 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: Snarleyyow v1 7 jan 2009 (Humor)

Marryat, Frederick: The Children of the New Forest v1 17 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Marryat, Frederick: The King's Own v1 31 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Little Savage v1 22 dec 2008 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Mission v1 14 dec 2008 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Phantom Ship v1 30 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Pirate v1 5 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Privateersman v1 13 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Settlers in Canada v1 27 jan 2009 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Valerie v1 6 jan 2009 (Biography)

Marryat, Fredrick: The Poacher v1 5 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marsh, Richard.: The Beetle. v1, 7 Feb 2008 (Horror)

Marshall, John: The Life of George Washington (Vol 1 of 5). 26 Nov 2008 (Biography)

Martineau, Harriet: The Billow and the Rock v1 12 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Martinez, Brian: A Good Clean, A Harsh Clean. v1. 13th Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Martorell, Joanot: Tirant Lo Blanc v1. 16 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich: Manifesto of the Communist Party. v.1.2 20 Dec 2007 (Government)

Marx, Karl - Engels, Friedrich; Das Manifest der komm. Partei; german v1; Aug 21th 09 (Government)

Mason, A.E.W: At the Villa Rose. V1. 25 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W: Clementina. V1. 25 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W: Ensign Knightley and Other Stories. V1. 26 Jan 2010 (Short Fiction)

Mason, A.E.W: Running Water. V1. 27 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W: The Broken Road. V1.25 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W: The Four Feathers. V1. 26 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W: The Philanderers. V1. 27 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W: The Summons. V1. 27 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W: Witness for the Defense. V1. 28 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Maspero, Gaston: Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And ... In Egypt. V1. 13 Mar 2010 (History)

Masters, Edgar Lee: Spoon River Anthology. v1. 20 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Mathews, W.S.B.: A Popular History of the Art of Music, v.1, 5 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: Tales of Fantasy and Fact. v1. 11 Feb 2008 (Fantasy)

Matthews, Washington: Navajo Silversmiths, v.1, 28 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Matthews, Washington: Navajo Weavers, v.1, 28 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mattox, Alan: Shepherd of the Planets v1 19 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Maugham, W. Somerset.: The Magician. v1, 24 Jan 2008

Maugham, W. Somerset: Up at the Villa (Romance)

Maupassant, Guy De, Bel Ami. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy De, Pierre and Jean. v1, 26 Jan 2008

Maupassant, Guy de: Bel Ami, v.1, 4 August 2008. (Other Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Fort comme la mort [en Français], v.1, 3 August 2008. (Romance)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 1, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 2, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 3, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 4, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Strong as Death, v.1, 3 August 2008. (Romance)

Maupassant, Guy de: The Necklace, v.1, 3 August 2008. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Two Friends, v.1, 2 August 2008. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Yvette, v.1, 19 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mauthner, Fritz: Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache. v1. 16 Sep 2009 (Philosophy)

May, Karl: Abdahn Effendi german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Am Jenseits german v1 28 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Am Rio de la Plata (german) v1 7 dec 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Am Stillen Ozean german v1 13 mar 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Das Hamaïl german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Das Vermächtnis des Inka german v1 11 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der Africander german v1 3 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der beiden Quitzows letzte Fahrten german v1 22 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der blaurote Methusalem german v1 3 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter 1 DHDH4 german v1 30 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter 2 DHDH 5 german v1 18 nov 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Der Geist des Llano Estacado (german) v1 6 dec 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Oelprinz (german) v1 29 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Pfahlmann german v1 14 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der Schatz im Silbersee (german)v1 30 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Schut (german) v 2 12 Nov. 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Der schwarze Mustang (german) v1 21 dec 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Scout german v1 16 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der Sohn des Baerenjaegers (german) v1 30 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Die Both Shatters german v1 15 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Die Juweleninsel german v1 12 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Die Königin der Wüste 1 DHDH2 german v1 16 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Die Königin der Wüste 2 DHDH3 german v1 18 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Die Rache des Mormonen german v1 10 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Durch das Land der Skipetaren german v3 12Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Durch die Schluchten des Balkan german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Durch die Wüste german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Durchs wilde Kurdistan german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Ein Kaper german v2 14 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Ein Self-man german v1 22 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Eine Befreiung german v1 15 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Eine deutsche Sultana DHDH1 german v1 15 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Eine Seehundjagd german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: El Gitano german v1 31 jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 1 (german) v1 27 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 1-3 (german) v1 28 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 2 (german) v1 28 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 3 (german) v1 28 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 1 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 2 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 3 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 4 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: In den Kordilleren (german) v1 7 dec 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Leïlet german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Mein Leben und Streben [German] V1. 05 SEP 2010 (Biography)

May, Karl: Old Firehand german v1 25 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Old Surehand 1 (german) v1 14 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Old Surehand 2 (german) v1 15 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Old Surehand 3 (german) v1 15 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Old Surehand Sammelband v1 15 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Orangen und Datteln german v1 3 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 1 (german) 21 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 2 (german) v1 22 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 3 (german) v1 23 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot Sammelband (german) v1 23 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Scepter und Hammer german v1 12 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Schamah german v1 10 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Tui-Fanua german v1 24 feb 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Und Friede auf Erden german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Vom Tode erstanden german v1 8 apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

May, Karl: Von Bagdad nach Stambul german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Waldroeschen 1 german v1 11 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Waldroeschen 2 german v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Waldroeschen 3 german v1 26 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Weihnacht! (german) v1 20 dec 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Winnetou 1-3 (german) v1 Nov 9 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Winnetou 4 (german) v 1 13 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Sophie: Fairy Book v1 26 nov 2008 (Children)

Mayer, Brantz; Canot,Theodore: Captain Canot v1 5 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

McCarter, Margaret Hill: A Master's Degree. V1. 29 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

McCarter, Margaret Hill: Vanguards of the Plains. V1. 29 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

McCarter, Margaret Hill: Winning the Wilderness. V1. 30 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

McCormack, Mary A: Spool Knitting. v1. 11 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

McCrae, John: In Flanders Fields, v1 6 Jul 2008 (Poetry)

McCulley, Johnston: The Curse of Capistrano. V1. 10 Mar 2011 (Action)

McCulley, Johnston: Tragedy Trail v1 26 may 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

McCutcheon, George Barr: A Fool and His Money. V1. 3 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Anderson Crow Detective v1 4 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Beverly of Graustark. V1. 30 Mar 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Brewster's Millions. v1, 15 Jan 2008 (Humor)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Castle Craneycrow. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: From the Housetops. V1. 3 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Graustark. V1. 5 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Green Fancy. V1. 5 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Her Weight in Gold. V1. 6 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Jane Cable. V1. 7 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Mr. Bingle. V1. 10 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Nedra. V1. 10 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Quill's Window. V1. 12 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Daughter of Anderson Crow. V1. 1 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Day of the Dog. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Flyers. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Hollow of Her Hand. V1. 6 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Husbands of Edith. V1. 7 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Man from Brodney's. V1. 9 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Prince of Graustark. V1. 10 Apr 2009: (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Purple Parasol. V1. 11 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Rose in the Ring. V1. 12 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Truxton King. V1. 13 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Viola Gwyn. V1. 13 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: West Wind Drift. V1. 14 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: What's-His-Name. V1. 14 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McDonald, Steven E.:The Janus Syndrome , v1 28 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

McElroy, John: Andersonville. v1, 26 Jan 2008

McGarvey, J. W.: The FourFold Gospel, V1, 10 August 2009 (Spiritual)

McSpadden, J. Walker: Robin Hood v1.0 2007-10-18

Meade, L. T and Eustace, Robert: Madam Sara. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T and Eustace, Robert: The Blood-red Cross. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T and Eustace, Robert: The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T and Eustace, Robert: The Face of the Abbot. V1. 20 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. and Eustace, Robert: The Secret of Emu Plain. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T: Hollyhock. V1. 20 Apr 2010 (Young Adult)

Meade, L.T. & Eustace, Robert: A Master of Mysteries (Illustrated) v1. 10 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Meader, Stephen W.: The Black Buccaneer v1 29 mar 2009 (Action)

Melville, Herman: Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Melville, Herman: Moby Dick. 08 Sept 07 (Action)

Melville, Herman: Moby Dick. v1. 20Jan2011 (Other Fiction)

Melville, Herman: Omoo, v.1, 25 Nov 2008 (Action)

Melville, Herman: Typee. v1. 11 Aug, 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mencken, H L: Damn! A Book of Calumny, v.1, 6 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Mencken, HL: Europe After 8:15, v1. 28 June 07 (Humor)

Mencken, HL: In Defense of Women. v1. 01 July 07 (Humor)

Mendelssohn, Erich von: Phantasten german v1 12 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Meredith, George: Beauchamp's Career. V1. 1 Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Meredith, George: Diana of the Crossways. V1. 3 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: Evan Harrington. V1. 3 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: Farina. V1. 4 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: Meredith, George. V1. 2 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: The Amazing Marriage. V1. 1 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: The Case of General Ople. V1. 2 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: The House on the Beach. V1. 4 Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Merelo, J. J.: La cuarta taifa (Spanish) v1 26 Sep 2009 (Humor)

Mérimée, Prosper: Carmen, v.1, 10 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Barlasch of the Guard. V1. 17 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Dross. V1. 18 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Merriman, Henry Seton: From One Generation to Another. V1. 18 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: In Kedar's Tents. V1. 19 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Roden's Corner. V1. 21 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Grey Lady. V1. 19 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Isle of Unrest. V1. 20 August 2009 (Action)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Last Hope. V1. 20 Aug 2009 (Action)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Slave of the Lamp. V1. 21 Aug 2009 (Action)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Sowers. V1. 21 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Velvet Glove. V1. 22 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Vultures. V1. 23 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories. V1. 22 Aug 2009 (Short Fiction)

Merriman, Henry Seton: With Edged Tools. V1. 23 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merritt, A.: The Moon Pool. v 1.1, 26 July 2009 (Fantasy)

Merwin, Samuel; The Road to Frontenac. v1. 20 Oct 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Das Amulett [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Das Leiden eines Knaben [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Other Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Der Heilige [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Der Schuss von der Kanzel [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Humor)

Meyer, C. F.: Die Hochzeit des Mönchs [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Die Richterin [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Die Versuchung des Pescara [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Engelberg [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Poetry)

Meyer, C. F.: Gustav Adolfs Page [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Huttens letzte Tage [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Sämtliche Gedichte [German]. V1. 18 JUL 2010 (Poetry)

Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand: Angela Borgia (german) v1 19 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Meyrink, Gustav: Das grüne Gesicht. german. v1. 16 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Meyrink, Gustav: Der Golem german v1 01 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Meyrink, Gustav: Der weiße Dominikaner. german. v1. 28 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Michelet, Jules: La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages, v1, 3 March 2010. (History)

Mill, John Stuart: On Liberty, v.1, 22 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Mill, John Stuart: Utilitarianism, v1, 29 Aug 2007. (Philosophy)

Millay, Edna St. Vincent: A Few Figs From Thistles, v.1, 18 Feb 2008 (Poetry)

Millay, Edna St. Vincent: Renascence and Other Poems, v.1, 21 Feb 2008 (Poetry)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Beauty and the Bolshevist. V1. 4 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Happiest Time of Their Lives. V1. 4 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Miller, Alice Duer:Ladies Must Live. V1. 4 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Miller, Claude H.: Outdoor Sports and Games, v.1, 24 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Milne, A A: The Red House Mystery, v.1, 7 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Mirbeau, Octave: Der Garten der Qualen german v1 21 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Mitchell, J. A.: The Last American, v.1, 4 July 2008 (Science Fiction)

Mitchell, Richard: Less Than Words Can Say. v1, 22 Aug 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mitchell, Richard: The Gift of Fire. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mitchell, Richard: The Graves of Academe. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mitford, Bertram: The Sign of the Spider v1 24 feb 2009 (Action)

Mitford, Mary Russell: Our Village, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Mobileread.com: Smilie List, v1, 13 Feb 2009 (Humor)

Molesworth, Mrs.: The Cuckoo Clock v1 28 apr 2009 (Children)

Monroe, James. State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007

Montgomery, L M: Anne of Avonlea, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne of Ingleside v.1, 16 May 2009 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne of the Island, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne of Windy Poplars, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne’s House of Dreams, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Rainbow Valley, v.1, 11 May 2008. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Rilla of Ingleside, v.1, 11 May 2008. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, v.1, 23 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1902 to 1903, v.1, 23 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1904, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1905 to 1906, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1907 to 1908, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1909 to 1922, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: The Alpine Path, v.1, 27 February 2009. (Biography)

Montgomery, L. M.: A Tangled Web, v1, 22 May 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Green Gables, v.1, 13 June 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Chronicles of Avonlea, v1, 10 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily Climbs. v1. 04 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily of New Moon. v1. 04 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily's Quest. v1. 05 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Further Chronicles of Avonlea, v1, 10 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Jane of Lantern Hill, v1, 21 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Kilmeny of the Orchard, v1, 22 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Magic for Marigold, v1, 22 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Pat of Silver Bush & Mistress Pat. v2. 18 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: The Blue Castle, v1, 22 May 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Montgomery, L. M.: The Golden Road, v1. 06 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: The Story Girl, v1. 06 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M: Anne Of Avonlea. V1. 5 Feb 2010 (Young Adult)

Moore, Clement C: A Visit from Saint Nicholas (Illustrated), v.1, 3 Dec 2007. (Poetry)

Moore, George: A Mere Accident. V1. 29 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: A Mummer's Wife. V1. 31 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Celibates. V1. 24 Aug 2009 (Short Fiction)

Moore, George: Confessions of a Young Man. V1. 26 Aug 2009 (Biography)

Moore, George: Esther Waters. V1. 25 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: Evelyn Innes. V1. 26 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: Memoirs of My Dead Life. V1. 28 Aug 2009 (Biography)

Moore, George: Mike Fletcher. V1. 30 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Modern Painting. V1. 30 Aug 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Moore, George: Muslin. V1. 31 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Sister Teresa. V1. 1 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Spring Days. V1. 1 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: The Brook Kerith. V1. 24 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Moore, George: The Lake. V1. 27 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: The Untilled Field. V1. 2 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Vain Fortune. V1. 2 Sep 2009 (Romance)

More, Thomas: Utopia. v1, 9 Apr 2009 (Philosophy)

Morley, Christopher "The Adventures of Roger Mifflin" V1 2/26/11 (Other Fiction)

Morley, Christopher, Parnassus on Wheels, v.1, 20 Jan 2008.

Morley, Christopher, Thunder on the Left, v.1, 20 Jan 2008.

Morley, Christopher, Where the Blue Begins, v.1, 20 Jan 2008.

Morley, John: Voltaire, A Biographical Critique, v.1, 5 Nov 2007. (Biography)

Morris, Hugh: The Art of Kissing, v.1, 8 March 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Morris, Stan: Surviving the Fog. v1.0 20 Feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Morris, Stan: Tales of the Ragoon-Kate's Movie Star. v1. 16 Feb 2010 (Science Fiction)

Morris, William: Kunde von Nirgendwo. german. v1. 28 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Morris, William: News from Nowhere, v1, 17 Oct 2007. (Science Fiction)

Morrison, Arthur: Martin Hewitt Omnibus. v1, 19 Feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: Martin Hewitt, Investigator. V1. 4 Sep 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: The Red Triangle. V1. 4 Sep 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Moszkowski, Alexander: Das Geheimnis der Sprache [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Moszkowski, Alexander: Das Panorama meines Lebens [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Biography)

Moszkowski, Alexander: Die Inseln der Weisheit. german. v1. 15 apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moszkowski, Alexander: Einstein – Einblicke in seine Gedanke [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mulford, Clarence: Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up v1 14 nov 2009 (Western)

Mumford, Ethel Watts: Out of the Ashes. V1. 8 Oct 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Mundy, Talbot: Affair in Araby. V1. 19 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Caesar Dies. V1. 20 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Caves of Terror. V1. 20 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Guns of the Gods. V1. 22 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Hira Singh. V1. 22 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Jimgrim and Allah's Peace. V1. 24 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: King of the Khyber Rifles. V1. 24 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Old Ugly-Face V1. 15-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: OM: the Secret of Ahbor Valley V1. 22-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Rung Ho!. V1. 25 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Eye of Zeitoon. V1. 21 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Lion of Petra. V1. 24 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Mystery of Kufu's Tomb V1. 22-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Nine Unknown V1. 15-AUG-2010 (Fantasy)

Mundy, Talbot: The Winds of the World. V1. 22 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Woman Ayisha V1. 15-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Told in the East. V1. 25 Feb 2010 (Action)

Munger, Dell H: The Wind Before the Dawn. V1. 5 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: Charles Egbert Craddock Omnibus. V1. 26 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: Down the Ravine. V1. 26 Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: His Day In Court. V1. 27 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Frontiersmen. V1. 26 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain. V1. 27 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Ordeal. V1 27 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge. V1. 28 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Young Mountaineers. V1. 28 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murger, Henry: Bohemians of the Latin Quarter, v1, 09 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Murray Leinster - The Wailing Asteroid

Murray, David Christie: Die Jagd nach Millionen. german. v1. 19 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Murrey, Thomas J: Fifty Soups, v.1, 8 April 2008. (Reference)

Mühlbach, Luise: Andreas Hofer. V1. 6 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Berlin and Sans-Souci. V1. 9 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Frederick the Great and His Court. V1. 10 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Frederick the Great and His Family. V1. 11 Feb 2919 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Henry VIII and His Court. V1. 12 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Joseph II and His Court. V1. 13 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Louisa of Prussia and Her Times. V1. 14 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Marie Antoinette and Her Son. V1. 14 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Mohammed Ali and His House. V1. 15 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Napoleon and Blucher. V1. 16 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Old Fritz and the New Era. V1.17 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Prince Eugene and His Times. V1. 18 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: Queen Hortense. V1. 19 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: The Daughter of an Empress. V1. 10 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: The Empress Josephine. V1. 9 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: The Merchant of Berlin. V1. 15 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Luise: The Youth of the Great Elector. V1. 19 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Möllhausen, Balduin: Das Mormonenmädchen 1 (german) v1 19 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Möllhausen, Balduin: Das Mormonenmädchen 2 (german) v1 22 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Möllhausen, Balduin:Erzählung aus meinem Jagdleben in Illinois german v1 26 feb 2009 (Action)

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NASA. Surveyor & Lunar Orbiter. PRC v1.0 12 July 2009 (History)

NASA: Chariots for Apollo_A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. v1. 24 April 2011 (History)

Nation, Cary: The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation. 08 Nov 2007 (Biography)

Nearing, Scott: Civilization & Beyond. 08 Nov 2007 (Philosophy)

Nearing, Scott: The Debs Decision. 08 Nov 2007 (History)

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Nesbit, E: Five Children and It. V1. 18 Jan 2009 (Children)

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Nicholson, Joseph Shield: Thoth. v1, 14 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: A Hoosier Chronicle. V1. 23 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: A Reversible Santa Claus. V1. 23 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: Blacksheep! Blacksheep!. V1. 24 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: Lady Larkspur. V1. 24 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: The House of a Thousand Candles. V1. 24 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: The Port of Missing Men. V1. 25 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Nicoll, Maurice: The Blue Germ. V1. 1 Mar 2010 (Science Fiction)

Niemann, August,: The Coming Conquest of England. v1, 2 July 2008 (Fantasy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich, The Antichrist, v1, 22 Sept 2007. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Also sprach Zarathustra (german), v1, 11 Jan 2009 (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Beyond Good and Evil, v.1, 6 July 2008. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Der Antichrist, german v1 23 may 2009 (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Der Wanderer und sein Schatten. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Die Geburt der Tragödie. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Ecce homo. Wie man wird, was man ist ist. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Götzen-Dämmerung. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Homer and Classical Philology, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Morgenröte. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions, v1, 6 March 2009 (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Birth of Tragedy, v.1, 16 Dec 2007. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Case of Wagner, etc, v.1 5 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Use and Abuse of History for Life, v.1, 21 June 2008 (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Thus Spake Zarathustra, v1, 22 Sept 2007. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Twilight of The Idols, v1, 28 Sept 2007. (Philosophy)

Nightingale, Florence: Notes on Nursing, v1, 17 Oct 2007. (Reference)

Nisbet, Hume: A Hume Nisbet Sampler. V1. 5 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nisbet, Hume: The Land of the Hibiscus Blossom. V1. 5 Jan 2009 (Horror)

Nitobé, Izano: Bushido: The Soul of Japan, v.1, 23 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Nixon. Richard: State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007 (Government)

Nordau, Max Simon: How Women Love. 17 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: Harriet and the Piper. V1. 13 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: Martie, the Unconquered. V1. 14 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: Mother. V1.14 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby. V1. 15 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: Saturday's Child. V1. 15 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: The Beloved Woman. V1. 13 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: The Heart of Rachael. V1. 13 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne. V1. 15 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: The Story of Julia Page. V1. 17 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: The Treasure. V1. 17 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen Thompson: Undertow. V1. 17 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Norris, Kathleen: The Heart of Rachel. v0.1 20 August 2008 (Other Fiction)

Norton, Andre: An Andre Norton Omnibus. V1. 1 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Norton, Andre: Plague Ship. V1. 1 Mar 2010 (Science Fiction)

Norton, Andre: Ralestone Luck. V1. 2 Mar 2010 (Fantasy)

Norton, Andre: Rebel Spurs. V1. 2 Mar 2010 (Western)

Norton, Andre: Ride Proud, Rebel!. V1. 2 Mar 2010 (Action)

Norton, Andre: Star Born. V1. 3 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Norton, Andre: Star Hunter, v1. 26 June 2009 (Science Fiction)

Norton, Andre: Storm Over Warlock. V1. 3 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Norton, Andre: The Defiant Agents. V1. 3 Mar 2010 (Science Fiction)

Norton, Andre: The Time Traders, v1 28 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

Norton, Brayton: El Diablo v1 10 feb 2009 (Action)

Norwich, Julian of, Dame: Revelations of Divine Love (Spiritual)

Notovitch, Nicholas: The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. 17 Jan 2009 (Philosophy)

Nourse, Alan E.: Star Surgeon

Nourse, Alan Edward: Alan Edward Nourse Omnibus. V1. 31 May 2009 (Short Fiction)

Nourse, Alan Edward: My Friend Bobby, v.1, 19 July 2008 (Science Fiction)

Nye, Bill: Comic History of England. v1, 8 Jan 2008

Nye, Bill: Comic History of the United States. v1, 8 Jan 2008

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O'Brien, Edward J, Ed.: The Best Short Stories of 1917. V1. 5 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

O'Brien, Edward J, Ed.: The Best Short Stories of 1919. V1. 5 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

O'Brien, Edward J, Ed.: The Best Short Stories of 1920. V1. 6 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

O'Brien, Edward J, Ed.: The Best Short Stories of 1921. V1. 6 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

O'Brien, Edward J: The Best British Short Stories of 1922. V1. 4 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

O'Brien, Edward J: The Forgotten Threshold. V1. 7 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

O'brien, Fizt James: A Fitz James O'Brien Collection. v1, 5 Jan 2008

O'Donnell, Eliott: Animal Ghosts. v1, 3 Mar 2008

O'Donnell, Eliott: The Sorcery Club. v1, 3 Mar 2008

O'Donnell, Elliott: Scottish Ghost Stories. 2 Dec 07

O'Donnell, Elliott: Some Haunted Houses of England & Wales. V1.1 15 OCT 2010 (Horror)

Obama, Barack: Acceptance speech of the Democratic Nomination , V1, 28 Aug 2008 (Reference)

Obama, Barack: Inaugural Speech 20 Jan 2009 (Government)

Obama, Barack: State of the Union 2010, V1 27 Jan 2010 (Government)

Oemler, Marie Conway: A Women Named Smith. v1, 4 Mar 2008

Ogden, George W.:The Flockmaster of Poison Creek v1 11 aug 2009 (Western)

Ogden, George W: Claim Number One. V1. 7 Mar 2010 (Western)

Ogden, George W: The Bondboy. V1. 7 Mar 2010 (Western)

Ogden, George W: The Duke Of Chimney Butte. V1. 8 Mar 2010 (Western)

Ogden, George W: The Rustler of Wind River. V1. 8 Mar 2010 (Western)

Ogden, George W: Trail's End. V1. 9 Mar 2010 (Western)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Indian Boyhood. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Indian Heroes & Great Chieftains. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Old Indian Days. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): The Soul of the Indian. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohnet, Georges: Serge Panine. V1. 10 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Okakura, Kakuzo, The Book of Tea, v1, 18 Sept 2007 (Other Non-Fiction)

Okakura, Kakuzo: The Ideals of the East, v1, 16 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Olcott, Henry S: The Buddhist Catechism, v1, 2 November 2009. (Spiritual)

Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne D'Arc, v.1, 8 June 2008 (History)

Oliphant, Margaret: A Beleaguered City. V1. 10 Mar 2010 (Horror)

Oliphant, Margaret: A Country Gentleman and his Family. V1. 10 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: A Little Pilgrim. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Autobiography and Letters. v1. 14 Sept 2009 (Biography)

Oliphant, Margaret: Diana Trelawny, v1. 13 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: He That Will Not When He May, v1. 10 Jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne d’Arc, v1, 4 December 2009. (Biography)

Oliphant, Margaret: Madonna Mary, v3. 27 Jun 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Miss Marjoribanks. v1. 23 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Old Lady Mary, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Salem Chapel. V1 15 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Sir Tom. v1. 9 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Days of My Life. v1. 28 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Doctor's Family. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Library Window, v1, 1 November 2009. (Horror)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Little Pilgrim. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Marriage of Elinor, v.1, 3 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Open Door, v1, 1 November 2009. (Horror)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Perpetual Curate, v1. 16 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Portrait, v1, 1 November 2009. (Horror)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Secret Chamber, v1, 28 October 2009. (Horror)

Oliver, Frederick S (Phylos the Thibetan).: A Dweller in Two Planets. v1, 7 Feb 2008

Onions, Oliver: Widdershins. 17 Nov 2007 (Horror)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Kingdom of the Blind v1 28 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Philips: A Millionaire of Yesterday v1 5 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Lost Leader v1 9 apr 2009 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: An Amiable Charlatan v1 27 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Anna the Adventuress v1 22 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Black Box v1 7 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Box with Broken Seals v1 26 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Devil's Paw v1 16 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Four v1 16 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Great Impersonation. v1, 19 Jan 2008

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Illustrious Prince v1 20 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Lighted Way v1 8 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Master Mummer v1 25 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The new tenant v1 7 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Yellow Crayon v 1 27 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Zeppelin's Passenger v 1 27 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Optic, Oliver: A lieutenant at eighteen v1 2.2.2009 (Young Adult)

Optic, Oliver: Watch and Wait v1 14 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. v5. 4th Mar 2010

Orczy, Baroness: Old Hungarian Fairy Tales. 28 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Orczy, Baroness: The Old Man in the Corner. v4. 4th Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Ormondroyd, Edward: David and the Phoenix v1 13 feb 2009 (Fantasy)

Orr, Lyndon: Famous Affinities of History. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Orwell, George: 1984 - v1 - 22 June 07 (Science Fiction)

Orwell, George: 50 Essays - v1 22 June 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: A Clergyman's Daughter. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Animal Farm - v1 - 22 June 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Bermese Days. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Collected Essays, v1, 25Apr2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Orwell, George: Coming Up For Air. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Down & Out in Paris & London. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Down and Out in Paris and London, v1, 28Apr2010 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Homage to Catalonia. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Keep the Aspidistra Flying. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: The Road to Wigan Pier. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orzeszkowa, Eliza: An Obscure Apostle. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Orzeszkowa, Eliza: The Argonauts. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Osborne, Duffield: The Secret of the Crater, v.1, 7 Feb 2008. (Action)

Osborne, Rick: Trust Network. v1. 22 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Osbourne, Lloyd: Love, the Fiddler. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Osbourne, Lloyd: The Motormaniacs. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Science Fiction)

Osbourne, Lloyd: Wild Justice. V1. 13 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

OSS: Simple Sabotage Field Manual, v.1, 5 August 2008. (Reference)

Ostrander, Isabel: Anything Once. V1. 14 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Ouida: A dog of Flanders (Illustrated). v1, 17 Jan 2008

Ovid: Metamorphosen (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ovid: The Metamorphoses (trans. A.S. Kline). v1. 22 Oct 2007

Owen, Wilfred: Poems. v1, 15 Aug 2008 (Poetry)

Owen, Wilfred: Poems. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (Poetry)

Ozaki, Yei Theodora: Japanese Fairy Tales:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

O’Connor, John: Father Brown on Chesterton, v1, 1 November 2009. (Biography)

O’Donnell, Elliott: Byways of Ghost-Land, v1, 19 November 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

O’Duffy, Eimar: The Bird Cage, v1, 4 October 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

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Packard, Frank L.: Return of The Gray Seal. v1. 9 Dec 07

Pain, Barry: Eliza (Illustrated). v1, 20 Feb 2008

Pain, Barry: Eliza, v.1, 27 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Stories in the Dark, v.1, 28 April 2008. (Horror)

Paine, Thomas: Writings 1: 1774-1779. 04 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Paine, Thomas: Writings II: 1779-1792. 07 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Paine, Thomas: Writings III: 1791-1804. 10 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Paine, Thomas: Writings IV: The Age of Reason &c. 10 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Panizza, Oskar: Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square. german. v1. 12 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Park, Ted: Harvard Classics, Author Index. 11 June 2008 (Reference)

Parker, Gilbert & Bryan, Claude G.: Old Quebec. V1. 24 Mar 2010 (History)

Parker, Gilbert: A Lover's Diary. V1. 18 Mar 2010 (Poetry)

Parker, Gilbert: An Unpardonable Liar. V1. 1 Apr 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Carnac's Folly. V1. 15 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk. V1. 16 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Donovan Pasha v1 15 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt. V1. 16 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: John Enderby. V1. 17 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Michel and Angele. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: Mrs. Falchion. V1. 20 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: No Defense. V1. 20 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Northern Lights. V1. 21 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Parables of a Province. V1. 25 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Pierre and His People,. V1. 26 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Romany of the Snows. V1. 29 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Battle of the Strong. V1. 15 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Going of the White Swan. V1. 16 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Judgment House. V1. 17 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Lane That Had No Turning. V1. 18 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The March of the White Guard. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Money Master. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Pomp of the Lavilettes. V1. 26 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Right of Way. V1. 28 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Seats of the Mighty. V1. 30 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Trail of the Sword. V1. 31 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Translation of a Savage. V1. 31 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Trespasser. V1. 1 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Weavers. V1. 2 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The World for Sale. V1. 4 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: There Is Sorrow on the Sea. V1. 30 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: When Valmond Came to Pontiac. V1. 3 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Wild Youth. V1. 3 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: You Never Know Your Luck. V1. 4 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Sir Gilbert: At the Sign of the Eagle v1 20 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Parlette, Ralph: The University of Hard Knocks. v1, 15 Jan 2008

Parrish, Randall: Beth Norvell. V1. 5 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: Beyond the Frontier. V1. 5 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Bob Hampton of Placer. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: Gordon Craig, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Keith of the Border. V1. 7 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: Love under Fire. V1. 7 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Molly McDonald. V1. 8 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: My Lady of Doubt. V1. 8 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: My Lady of the North. V1. 9 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Parrish, Randall: Prisoners of Chance. V1. 9 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: The Case and the Girl. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: The Devil's Own. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: The Strange Case of Cavendish. V1. 10 Apr 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Parrish, Randall: When Wilderness Was King. V1. 10 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Wolves of the Sea. V1. 10 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parsons, Eliza: The Castle of Wolfenbach:. v1.1, 5 Feb 2008

Pascal, Blaise: Pensées, v1, 16 September 2009. (Philosophy)

Pascal, Blaise: The Provincial Letters, v1, 2 February 2010. (Philosophy)

Paterson, Andrew Barton: The Man from Snowy River. V1. 11 Apr 2010 (Poetry)

Pemberton, Max: Aladdin v1 20 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Pemberton, Max: The Iron Pirate v1 17 mar 2009 (Action)

Pemberton, Max: The Man who Drove the Car v1 24 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Penty, Arthur J: Post-Industrialism, v1, 9 April 2010. (Government)

Penty, Arthur J: The Restoration of the Gild System, [sic] v1, 9 April 2010. (Government)

Perelman, Yakov - Physics for Entertainment (Illustrated) V2. 9-July-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Perry, David R.: Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords. v1, 7 Mar 2008

Petronius: The Satyricon, v1, 24 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Petzold, Alfons: Der Totschläger, Der Kesselflicker, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Conflict: A Novel. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Cost. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Deluge. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig. 29 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Fortune Hunter. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Grain of Dust. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Great God Success. 30 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Plum Tree. 1 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Price She Paid. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Second Generation. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, Mark: Brain Twister v1.0 2007-10-13 (Science Fiction)

Phillips, Mark: Brain Twister. v1. 13 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Phillips, Mark: Queen's Own FBI Trilogy. v2, 9 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

Phillips, Mark: Supermind. v1. 13 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Phillips, Mark: The Impossibles. v1. 13 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Piper, H Beam: Time Crime. V1. 14 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Piper, H. Beam: Little Fuzzy v3 2008-03-20 (Science Fiction)

Piper, H. Beam: Murder in the Gunroom. v2, 27 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Piper, H. Beam: Paratime Omnibus. v2, 26 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Piper, H. Beam: SF Anthology. v2, 29 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Piper, H. Beam: Terro-Human Future History Omnibus. v2, 26 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Piper, H. Beam: The Cosmic Computer 28 Oct 08 (Science Fiction)

Pirandello, Luigi: Six Characters in Search of an Author, v.1, 21 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Piratenpartei Deutschland; Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1; August 8th 2009 (Government)

Piratenpartei Deutschland; Grundsatzprogramm; german v1; August 10th 200 (Government)

Pirkis, Catherine Louisa: Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Plato: Complete Works. v2, 25 May 2008 (Philosophy)

Plus, Raoul: Christ in the Home, v1, 15 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Plus, Raoul: The Ideal of Reparation, v1, 15 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Poe, Edgar Allan: An Omnibus of Edgar Allen Poe,V1, 7/4/2011 (Horror)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Bon-Bon german v2 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt german v1 15 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Manuskript in der Flasche german v1 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Stelldichein german v1 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der entwendete Brief german v1 15 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Mann in der Menge german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Untergang des Hauses Usher german v1 9 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Die Erlebnisse des Arthur Gordon Pym. german. v1. 28 apr 2009 (Action)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Die Maske des roten Todes german v1 14 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Hinab in den Maelström german v1 14 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: König Pest german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Ligeia german v1 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven (ill) by Dore. v1. 22 Jan 2009 (Poetry)

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven (ill.) v1 28 nov 2008 (Poetry)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Wassergrube und Pendel german v1 14 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: William Wilson german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allen: Eureka: A Prose Poem. 15 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Poe, Edgar: The Raven. v0.9 13 October 2007 (Poetry)

Polidori, John William: Der Vampyr german v1 15 feb 2009 (Horror)

Polidori, John William: The Vampyre. v1, 27 Dec 2007

Poole, Ernest: His Family. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Pope, Alexander: An Essay on Man, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Poetry)

Pope, Alexander: Eloisa To Abelard, v1, 1 February 2010. (Poetry)

Porter, Eleanor H.: Just David. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Porter, Eleanor H.: Pollyanna. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Porter, Henry: Taken in by America, v1, 1 April 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Porter, William Sidney. O Henry Omnibus. PRC v1.1. 21 June 2009 (Humor)

Post, Emily: Etiquette, v.1, 22 Dec 2007 (Reference)

Post, Melville Davisson: The Sleuth of St. James's Square. v2, 24 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Post, Melville Davisson: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. v1, 24 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Potter, Beatrix: The Peter Rabbit Stories (Collection, Illustrated). v1 10 Oct 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Story of Miss Moppet. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tailor of Gloucester. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Ginger and Pickles. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mr. Tod. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of peter Rabbit (Illustrated) v1.0 2007-09-15

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Tom Kitten. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Pound, Ezra: Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, v.1, 22 Nov 2007. (Poetry)

Pozzuoli, H G: The War of the Wenuses, v.1, 10 April 2008. (Science Fiction)

Preuschen, Hermione von: Yoshiwara, german, v1, 24 Apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Prevost, Abbe: Manon Lescaut [German]. v1. 16 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Privat, Edmond: Karlo (Esperanto), v1, 31 August 2008 (Romance)

Procopius: The Secret History, v.1, 7 October 2008. (History)

Proust, Marcel: Swann's Way, v.1.5, 24 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

Proust, Marcel: Within a Budding Grove, v.1.5, 24 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

pshrynk and llounge llamas: Harv and Vera's Mexico Vacation. V2. 28 Jul 2009 (Humor)

pshrynk and llounge llamas: Harv and Vera's Panama Adventures. V1. 28 Nov 2008 (Humor)

Punshon, E.R.: The Bittermeads Mystery. v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Pushkin, Alexander: Marie, v1, 18 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

Pushkin, Alexander: The Queen of Spades, v1, 20 January 2010. (Horror)

Pushkin, Alexander: The Shot, v1, 2 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

Pushkin, Alexander: The Snowstorm, v1, 26 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

Putnam, G. G., (ed.): Nonsenseorship. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: A Reliquia (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: O Crime do Padre Amaro (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: O Primo Basílio (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: Os Maias (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria Eça de: Cartas de Inglaterra (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Quigley, Dorothy: 'What Dress Makes of Us (1897), v.1, 21 Dec 2007 (Reference)

Quigley, E J: The Divine Office, v.1, 6 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Quintus, Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy. v1, 5 Sep 2008 (Poetry)

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Abu Telfan oder die Heimkehr vom Mondgebirge. german. v1. 27 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Die Chronik der Sperlingsgasse. german. v1. 8 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Die Leute aus dem Walde. german. v1. 31 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Die schwarze Galeere. german. v1. 8 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Stopfkuchen - Eine See- und Mordgeschichte. german. v1. 12 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Zum wilden Mann. german. v1. 17 apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, Francois: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, Francois: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, Francois: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, Francois: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, Francois: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Udolpho, v.1, 4 March 2008. (Horror)

Radford, Maude L.: King Arthur and His Knights (Illustrated) v1.0 2007-09-11 (Fantasy)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Daughter of Raasay. V1. 13 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Daughter of the Dons. V1. 13 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Man Four-Square. V1. 15 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Texas Ranger. V1. 18 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Brand Blotters v1 9 dec 2008 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Bucky O'Connor. V1. 12 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Crooked Trails and Straight. V1. 12 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Gunsight Pass. V1. 14 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Man Size. V1. 15 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Mavericks v1 27 dec 2008 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Oh, You Tex!. V1. 16 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Ridgway of Montana. V1. 17 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Steve Yeager. V1. 17 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Tangled Trails. V1. 18 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Big-Town Round-Up. V1. 12 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Fighting Edge. V1. 14 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Highgrader v1 3 feb 2009 (Action)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Pirate of Panama. V1. 16 Apr 2010 (Action)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Sheriff's Son. V1. 17 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Vision Splendid. V1. 18 Apr 2010 (Action)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Yukon Trail. V1. 19 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Ralphson, G. Harvey: Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay. v1. 24 Sep 07

Randall, Homer: Army Boys Omnibus v1, 31 Mar 2008

Rank, Otto: The Myth of The Birth of The Hero, v.1, 23 Nov 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ransome, Arthur.: OLD PETER'S RUSSIAN TALES. v1, 12 Feb 2008

Raspe, Rudolph Erich: The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Nov 24 2007

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: The Yearling, v.1, 3 Nov 2007 (Other Fiction)

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: The Yearling. 05 April 2008 (Young Adult)

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan:Cross Creek, v.1, 3 Nov 2007 (Biography)

Reade, Charles: The Cloister and the Hearth, v1, 22 Sept 2007. (Action)

Reade, William Winwood: The Martyrdom of Man, v1, 24 January 2010. (History)

Reagan, Ronald. State of the Union Address. v1.0 20 October 2007

Rée, Paul: Psychologische Beobachtungen, v1. 31 Jan 2009 (Philosophy)

Reed, John: Ten Days That Shook the World. 08 Nov 2007 (History)

Reed, Myrtle: Lavender and Old Lace v.2 (Romance)

Reed, Myrtle: Old Rose and Silver (Romance)

Rees, Arthur J.: The Hand in the Dark. v1, 1 Oct 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rees, Arthur J.: The Moon Rock. v1, 1 Oct 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rees, Arthur J.: The Shrieking Pit. v1, 7 Oct 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B The Exploits of Elaine. V1. 17 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: Guy Garrick. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Dream Doctor. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Ear in the Wall. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Gold of the Gods. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Poisoned Pen. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Social Gangster. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Treasure-Train. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The War Terror (Craig Kennedy). v1, 19 Jan 2008

Reeve, Arthur B: Constance Dunlap. V1. 15 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Master Mystery. V1. 18 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Romance of Elaine. V1. 18 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reich, Wilhelm: Listen, Little Man!, v.1, 5 September 2008. (Philosophy)

Reid, Mayne: Quadrupeds - What They Are And Where Found, v.1, 24 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: Bruin v1 17 feb 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Boy Slaves v1 15 jan 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Bush Boys v1 31 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Castaways v1 14 mar 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Cliff Climbers v1 3 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Free Lances v1 16 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Giraffe Hunters v1 5 feb 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Plant Hunters v1 6 feb 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Quadroon v1 29 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Rifle Rangers v1 14 mar 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Scalp Hunters v1 20 mar 2009 (Western)

Reid, Mayne: The War Trail (Western)

Reid, Mayne: The Wild Huntress v1 16 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Remey, Oliver: The Attempted Assassin of ex-President T. Roosevelt. 24 March 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Renan, Ernest: The Life of Jesus, v1, 8 April 2010. (Spiritual)

Reuter, Christian: Schelmuffsky german v1 11 feb 2009 (Humor)

Reuter, Fritz: De Urgeschicht von Meckelnborg german V1, 23 Nov 09 (Other Fiction)

Reynolds, Dallas McCord: Adaptation. v1, 4 Mar 2008

Reynolds, Francis J.: Master Tales Of Mystery - Vol. III. v1. 20 Feb 09 (Mystery and Crime)

Reynolds, George W. M.: Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf v1, 11 nov 2008 (Horror)

Reynolds, Mack: The Common Man [illus]. v1. 11 Feb 09 (Science Fiction)

Reynolds, Tom.: Blood, Sweat & Tea, v1 9 July 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. v1, 17 Jan 2008

Richardson, Samuel - Clarissa. v1, 27 June 2008 (Romance)

Richardson, Samuel: Pamela, v.1, 10 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Richardson, Samuel: Pamela. v1, 1 May 2008 (Romance)

Richmond, Grace S.: On Christmas Day in the Morning, (Illustrated) v1, 20 Dec 2008. (Short Fiction)

Rilke, Rainer Maria: Das Buch der Bilder. german. v1. 13 jun 2009 (Poetry)

Rilke, Rainer Maria: Letters to a Young Woman, v.1, 28 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts + Hopwood, Avery: The Bat v1 9 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts and Cobb, Irvin S: 'Oh, Well, .... V1. 23 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts.: The After House. v1, 11 Feb 2008

Rinehart, Mary Roberts.: The Amazing Interlude. v1, 10 Feb 2008

Rinehart, Mary Roberts.: The Circular Staircase. v1, 11 Feb 2008

Rinehart, Mary Roberts.: The Street of Seven Stars. v1, 10 Feb 2008

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: A Poor Wise Man. V1. 24 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: Dangerous Days. V1. 21 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: Kings, Queens and Pawns. V1. 22 Nov 2009 (History)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: Long Live the King!. V1. 22 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: Love Stories. V1. 23 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: More Tish. V1. 23 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: Sight Unseen. V1. 24 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: Tenting To-night. V1. 26 Nov 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The After House. V1. 19 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Breaking Point. V1. 20 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Case of Jennie Brice. V1. 21 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Circular Staircase. v1. 19 Nov 07

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Confession. V1. 21 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Man In Lower Ten. v1. 20 Nov 07

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Rita: The Mystery of a Turkish Bath, v.1, 12 November 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rizal, José: El filibusterismo. (Spanish) v.1 27-July-2010 (Other Fiction)

Rizal, José: Noli me tángere. (Spanish) v.2 27-July-2010 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Morgan: The Grain Ship. V1. 16 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Robertson, Morgan: The Wreck of the Titan. V1. 16 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Robertson, Morgan: Where Angels Fear to Tread. V1. 16 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Rockwell, Carey: Danger in Deep Space. V1. 11 Sep 2010 (Science Fiction)

Rockwell, Carey: The Revolt on Venus. 16 Oct 07 (Science Fiction)

Rockwell, Carey: Tom Corbett -01- Stand by for Mars v1.0 2007-09-28

Rockwell, Carey: Tom Corbett -04- The Space Pioneers (illustrated) v1.0 2007-10-16

Rockwell, Carey: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. v3, 7 Mar 2009 (Young Adult)

Rockwood, Roy: Dave Dashwood and His Hydroplane. v1, 8 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Rockwood, Roy: Deep Sea Omnibus. v1, 10 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Rockwood, Roy: Great Marvel Omnibus. v2, 10 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Rockwood, Roy: The Wizard of the Sea. 16 Oct 07 (Science Fiction)

Roerich, Nicholas: Shambhala, the Resplendent, v.1, 5 April 2008. (Spiritual)

Rohmer, Sax: Sax Rohmer Anthology, Vol 1. v6. 29 Dec 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rohmer, Sax: Sax Rohmer Anthology, Vol 2. v5. 29 Dec 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Rohmer, Sax: Sax Rohmer Anthology, Vol 3. v3, 24 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rohmer, Sax: The Orchard of Tears v1 10 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rohmer, Sax: The Sins of Séverac Bablon. v2, 25 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rolfe, Frederick: The Weird of the Wanderer, v.1, 18 Nov 2007. (Horror)

Rolvaag, O.E.: Giants in the Earth. v1. 13 Oct 2007 (Historical Fiction)

Roosevelt, Franklin. State od the Union. v1.0 19 October 2007

Roosevelt, Theodore: Autobiography, v1. 27 June 07 (Biography)

Rorer, S T: Made-Over Dishes, v1, 25 December 2008. (Reference)

Rorer, S T: Sandwiches, v1, 13 July 2009. (Reference)

Ros, Amanda McKittrick: Irene Iddesleigh. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Romance)

Rosen, Erwin: Allen Gewalten zum Trotz [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika (1) (german) v1 16 dec 2008 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika 2 (german) v1 17 dec 2008 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika 3 (german) v1 18 dec 2008 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: In der Fremdenlegion german v1 28 apr 2009 (Action)

Rostand, Edmond: Cyrano de Bergerac, V1.0 19 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: Emile. v1, 31 Jan 2008

Rucker, Rudy: Postsingular v1.0 2008-02-02

Runyon, Damon: A Damon Runyon Omnibus, v1, 8 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

Ruskin, John: Unto This Last. v1, 19 Jan 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: A Joy For Ever (And Its Price In The Market), v1, 2 Oct 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: Sesame and Lilies, v1, 29 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: The Crown of Wild Olive, v1, 14 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: The King of the Golden River, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Fantasy)

Russell, Bertrand: A Free Man’s Worship, v1, 8 April 2010. (Philosophy)

Russell, Bertrand: Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy. V1. 01 Feb 2010 (Philosophy)

Russell, Bertrand: Mysticism and Logic etc, v.1.2, 20 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Russell, Bertrand: The Problems of Philosophy v1, 7 January 2008

Ryder, Annie H: Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! v1, 14 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

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Sabatini, Rafael - Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution - 12/15/09 (Action)

Sabatini, Rafael: Bardelys the Magnificient V1. 07-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Captain Blood Stories V1. 27-Jun-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Captain Blood: Books One and Two, v.1, 27 Dec 2007

Sabatini, Rafael: Casanova's Alibi v1 1 jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Columbus V1. 07-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Mistress Wilding V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Saint Martin's Summer v1 4 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Scaramouche the Kingmaker V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Abduction v1 28 jan 2009 (Romance)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Carolinian V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Historical Nights' Entertainment (1+2) V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Historical Nights' Entertainment v1 1 jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Lion's Skin v1 19 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Marquis of Carabas V1. 07-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Sea-Hawk v1 9 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Snare v2 5 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Sword of Islam V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Tavern Knight v1 4 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Raphael: The Life of Cesare Borgia, v.1, 29 April 2008. (Biography)

Sabin, Edwin: Desert Dust v1 16 dec 2008 (Western)

Sacher-Masoch, Leopold Von: Venus in Furs, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Romance)

Sadger, Isidor Isaak: Sleep Walking and Moon Walking, v1, 30 November 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Saint Exupéry, Antoine de: The Little Prince (illustrated) v1.0 15 Sept 2007 (Children)

Saint Exupery: The Little Prince, v.1, 1 Jan 2008

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de: Le petit prince (French, Illustrated). v1 22 Aug 2008 (Children)

Saki:Reginald in Russia and other Sketches, v1 29 Jun 2008 (Short Fiction)

Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 1 v1 11 jan 2009 (Action)

Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 2 v1 12 jan 2009 (Action)

Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 3 v1 13 jan 2009 (Action)

Salgari, Emilio: Der algerische Panther. german. v1. 7 mar 2009 (Action)

Salgari, Emilio: Der schwarze Korsar german v1 13 feb 2009 (Action)

Salgari, Emilio: Pharaonentoechter. [German]. 14-Nov-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Saltus, Edgar.: Imperial Purple:. v1, 21 Feb 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Saltus, Edgar: Imperial Purple, v1, 7 March 2010. (History)

Saltus, Edgar: Mary Magdalen: A Chronicle, v1, 7 March 2010. (Historical Fiction)

Saltus, Edgar: Oscar Wilde, an Idler’s Impression, v1, 7 March 2010. (Biography)

Saltus, Edgar: The Lords of the Ghostland, v1, 14 March 2010. (Spiritual)

Saltus, Edgar: The Paliser Case, v1, 7 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Samjatin, Jewgenij: Wir. german. v1. 11 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Sand, George.: The Devil's Pool:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

Sanderson, Brandon: Warbreaker v4.2 2008-02-19 (Fantasy)

Sanderson, Brandon: Warbreaker, v1 29 Jul 2008 (Fantasy)

Sangster, William: Umbrellas and Their History, v.1, 12 April 2008. (History)

Sanzara, Rahel: Das verlorene Kind, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Sapper: Ask For Ronald Standish. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Sapper: Bulldog Drummond, Vol 1. v4. 30th Jan 2010 (Action)

Sapper: Bulldog Drummond, Vol 2. v3. 30th Jan 2010 (Action)

Sapper: Jim Maitland. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Action)

Sapper: Mufti. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Action)

Sapper: No Man's Land. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Action)

Sapper: When Carruthers Laughed. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Short Fiction)

Sartre, Jean-Paul: Existentialism is a Humanism, v1, 24 Aug 2007 (Philosophy)

Savage, Richard Henry: A Fascinating Traitor. 02 Jan 08 (Other Fiction)

Savage, Richard Henry: The Little Lady of Lagunitas. 02 Jan 08 (Other Fiction)

Savage, Richard Henry: The Midnight Passenger. 02 Jan 08 (Other Fiction)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Busman’s Honeymoon, v1, 10 November 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Catholic Tales and Christian Songs, v1, 28 March 2010. (Poetry)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Clouds of Witness, v.1, 10 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Gaudy Night, v1, 19 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: In the Teeth of the Evidence, v1, 17 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Murder Must Advertise, v1.2, 27 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Strong Meat, v.1, 29 August 2008. (Spiritual)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Strong Poison, v.1, 26 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: The Greatest Drama Ever Staged, v.1, 31 August 2008. (Spiritual)

Sayers, Dorothy L: The Lost Tools of Learning, v.1, 29 August 2008. (Philosophy)

Sayers, Dorothy L: The Man with Copper Fingers, v1, 13 November 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: The Mind of the Maker, v.1, 7 September 2008. (Spiritual)

Sayers, Dorothy L: The Nine Tailors, v1, 19 July 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, v1, 23 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Two Lord Peter Wimsey Stories, v.1, 17 October 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Unnatural Death, v1. 24 July 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Whose Body? v.1, 15 Nov 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Sayers, Dorothy L: Why Work? v1, 17 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Scalzi, John: Agent to the Stars, v1.0 - 05 march 2008 (Science Fiction)

Schakel, Peter J: Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia, v.1, 31 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Schakel, Peter J: Reason and Imagination in C. S. Lewis, v.1, 2 February 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Scheerbart, Paul: Die große Revolution. german. v1. 02 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Scheerbart, Paul: Lesabéndio. german. v1. 04 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Scheerbart, Paul: Liwûna und Kaidôh - Ein Seelenroman. german. v1. 28 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Scheerbart, Paul: Marduk. german. v1. 15 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Schiller, Friedrich von: Die Räuber german v1.0 11 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Schirokauer, Alfred: Kleopatra german v1 27 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Casanovas Heimfahrt v1 8 jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Casanovas Heimfahrt [German]. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Das neue Lied german v1 13 jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Der Weg ins Freie. [German]. V1. 4 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Die Tänzerin german v1 8 apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Erbschaft german v1 6 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Frau Beate und ihr Sohn. [German]. V1. 3 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Fräulein Else [german]. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Spiel im Morgengrauen. [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2010 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Traumnovelle (german) v1 24 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Studies in Pessimism, v1, 14 February 2010. (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: The Wisdom of Life, v1, 28 March 2010. (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur; Aphorismen; german v1; 28th may 2009 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur; Die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes v.z.G.; german v1; 27th may 09 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur; Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung I;german v1,1; 24th may 2009 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur; Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung II;german v1; 26th may 09 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur; Eristische Dialektik german v1; 4th June 2009 (Philosophy)

Schroeder, Karl: Ventus v2.0 2008-12-12 (Science Fiction)

Schwab, Gustav: Sagen des klassischen Altertums Teil 1 german 10 jan 2009 (History)

Schwab, Gustav: Sagen des klassischen Altertums Teil 2 german 18 jan 2009 (History)

Scott, Leroy: Children of the Whirlwind. V1. 11 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Scott, Leroy: Counsel for the Defense. V1. 12 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Scott, Leroy: No. 13 Washington Square. V1. 12 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Scott, Sir Walter: Guy Mannering. V1. 26 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe german v1 22 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe v1 28 nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Abbot. V1. 4 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Betrothed, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Black Dwarf. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Monastery. V1. 4 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Talisman, v.1, 12 December 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter:Ivanhoe. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Scott, Walter: The Bride of Lammermoor, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: A Fountain Sealed. V1. 30 Apr 2009 (Young Adult)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Amabel Channice. V1. 29 Apr 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Franklin Kane. V1. 1 May 2009 (Romance)

Segar, Marc: A survival guide for people living with Asperger Syndrome v 1.0 26/06/10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Seidel, Willy: Das älteste Ding der Welt. german. v1. 29 feb 2009 (Horror)

SELTZER, THOMAS, Ed.: Best Russian Short Stories. V1. 6 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Service, Robert W. : Ballads of a Bohemian. V1. 20 Apr 2011 (Poetry)

Service, Robert W: Ballads of a Cheechako. V1. 21 Apr 2011 (Poetry)

Service, Robert W: Rhymes of a Red Cross Man. V1. 21 Apr 2011 (Poetry)

Service, Robert W: Rhymes of a Rolling Stone. V1. 21 Apr 2011 (Poetry)

Service, Robert W: Songs of a Sourdough. V1. 21 Apr 2011 (Poetry)

Service, Robert W: The Spell of the Yukon. V1. 22 Apr 2011 (Poetry)

Service, Robert W: The Trail of '98. V1. 22 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Severy, Melvin: The Darrow Enigma v1 12 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Sewell, Anna: Black Beauty. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Shackleton, Sir Ernest: South! (Illustrated), v1, 6 Sept 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Illus by Arthur Rackham).Feb 2008

Shakespeare, William: All's Well That Ends Well. V1. 20 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Antony and Cleopatra. V1. 29 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: As You Like It. V1. 30 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Coriolanus. V1. 30 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Comedies. v1, 21 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Histories. v1, 15 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Poetry. v2, 22 Jan 2009 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Tragedies. v2, 10 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: Sonnets, v.1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: The Comedy of Errors. V1. 30 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: The Narrative Poems, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: The Passionate Pilgrim & A Lover's Complaint, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Shaw, George Bernard: Maxims for Revolutionists, v.1, 25 July 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Shaw, George Bernard: The Black Girl in Search of God, v.1, 25 July 2008. (Other Fiction)

Shaw, George Bernard: The Perfect Wagnerite, v.1, 12 Nov 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Shaw, George Bernard: The Revolutionist’s Handbook, v.1, 25 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Shea, Robert: The Saracen 1 v1 8 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Shea, Robert: The Saracen 2 v1 8 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sheckley, Robert: The Status Civilization. v1. 29 Jan 09 (Science Fiction)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: Adventures of Kwa, Man of the Jungle. v1. 16 March 08

Sheehan, Perley Poore: Fighting Fool v1 29 jul 2009 (Action)

Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein (1818), v1, 3 Dec. 07

Shelley, Percy Bysshe: The Necessity of Atheism, v.1, 31 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Shetterly, Will: Dogland. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Fantasy)

Shetterly, Will: The Gospel of the Knife. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Fantasy)

Shiel, M.P.: Prince Zaleski. v1. 21 Aug 07

Shiner, Lewis & Bruce Sterling: Turkey City Lexicon. 24 Aug 2008 (Reference)

Shinran Shonin: Buddhist Psalms, v.1, 12 Nov 2007. (Spiritual)

Shute, Nevil: A Town Like Alice. V1. 2 Mar 2011 (Romance)

Shute, Nevil: On the Beach. V2. 5 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Siena, St. Catherine of: The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena V1. 25-Sep 2010 (Spiritual)

Siena, St. Catherine of: The letters of Catherine Benincasa V1. 25-Sep 2010 (Spiritual)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis (german) v1.0 02 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis. v2. 2nd Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Silverberg, Robert: Starman's Quest v1 27 June 2009 (Science Fiction)

Silverberg, Robert: The Amazing Stories of Robert Silverberg, v1 28 June 2009 (Science Fiction)

Silverberg, Robert:The Hunted Heroes, V1, 31 May 2008 (Science Fiction)

Simak, Clifford & Jacobi, Carl: The Street That Wasn't There. v1 10 Jan 2008 (Science Fiction)

Simak, Clifford D: Empire, v.1, 4 March 2009. (Science Fiction)

Simak, Clifford D: Hellhounds of the Cosmos, v.1, 4 March 2009. (Science Fiction)

Simak, Clifford: Project Mastadon. v1 10 Jan 2008 (Science Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Boomerang. V1. 7 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Henry VIII. V1. 7 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Maid No More. V1. 7 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Saraband for Dead Lovers. V1. 8 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: The Spanish Marriage. V1. 8 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: The Woman on the Beast. V1. 9 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Under Capricorn. V1. 10 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sinclair, Upton: The Jungle, v.1, 23 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Slesar, Henry: The Delegate from Venus, v.1, 19 April 2008. (Science Fiction)

Smiles, Samuel: Self Help; Conduct and Perseverance. v2. 16 Dec 07

Smiles, Samuel: Thrift. v1. 16 Dec 07

Smith, E.E. & Evans, E.E.: Masters of Space. 21 April 2008 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. & Evans, E.E.: Masters of Space. v1. 27 Sep 07 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. "Doc": Skylark Three - v2 - 22 June 07 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. "Doc": Spacehounds of IPC - v2 - 22 June 07 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. "Doc": Subspace Survivors. 21 April 2008 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. "Doc": The Galaxy Primes - v2 - 22 June 07 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. "Doc": The Galaxy Primes v3.0 2007-08-19

Smith, E.E. "Doc": The Skylark of Space - v2 - 22 June 07 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. "Doc": The Vortex Blaster. 19 April 2008 (Science Fiction)

Smith, E.E. "Doc": Triplanetary - v2 - 22 June 07 (Science Fiction)

Smith, F Berkeley: The Real Latin Quarter, v1, 1 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Smith, F. Hopkinson: Outdoor Sketching, v.1, 13 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Smith, Henry Bascom: Between the Lines. v1, 7 Mar 2008

Smith, Thorne: The Night Life of the Gods. v1, 5 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Smith, Thorne: Topper. v1, 5 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Snell, Roy J: Curlie Carson Listens In. V1. 25 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Snell, Roy J: Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends. V1. 26 May 2009 (Children)

Snell, Roy J: Lost in the Air. V1. 26 May 2009 (Spiritual)

Snell, Roy J: Panther Eye. V1. 27 May 2009 (Young Adult)

Snell, Roy J: The Blue Envelope. V1. 25 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Snell, Roy J: Triple Spies. V1. 28 May 2009 (Young Adult)

Snider, Denton J.: Homer's Odyssey - A Commentary. v1, 12 Aug 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Snyder, Gary: The Smokey the Bear Sutra, v.1, 29 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Soloviov, Vladimir: A Short Tale of the Antichrist, v.1, 11 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek). v1. 7 April 2011 (Other Fiction)

Souvestre, Pierre;Allain, Marcel: Messengers of Evil v1 20 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Spearman, Frank H.: The Mountain Divide v1 11 aug 2009 (Western)

Speed, Harold: The Practice & Science of Drawing. v1. 04 Feb 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Spence, Lewis: Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Other Fiction)

Spinoza, Baruch: The Ethics HYPERLINKED, v1, 24 October 2009 (Philosophy)

Spinoza, Benedict de: Ethics, v.1, 29 August 2008 (Philosophy)

Spyri: Johanna: Heidi, v1, 29 Aug 2007. (Children)

Stacpoole, Henry De Vere: The Blue Lagoon. v1, 14 Jan 2008

Staffe, Baroness: The Lady’s Dressing Room, v1, 28 Sept 2007. (Reference)

Stapledon, William Olaf. Death into Life. V1. 31 Dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: A Man Divided. V1. 30 Dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: Collected Stories. V1. 30 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: Darkness and the Light. V1. 30 Dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: Last and First Men. V1. 31 Dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: Last Men in London. V1. 31 Dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: Odd John . V1. 1 Jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: Sirius. V1. 1 Jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: Star Maker. V1. 1 Jan 2009 (Science Fiction)

Stapledon, William Olaf: The Flames. V1. 1 Jan 2009 (Fantasy)

Starke, D: Poise: How to Attain It, v.1, 18 April 2008. (Reference)

Starrett, Charles: The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet, v1 28 Jun 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Starrett, Vincent: Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin, v1, 16 Feb 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Steele, Chester K.: The Diamond Cross Mystery. v1, 10 Feb 2008

Steele, Chester K.: The Golf Course Mystery. v1, 10 Feb 2008

Steele, Chester K.: The Mansion of Mystery. v1, 10 Feb 2008

Stein, Gertrude: A Long Gay Book, v.1, 8 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Stein, Gertrude: The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, v.1, 9 Nov 2007. (Biography)

Stein, Gertrude: What are Master-Pieces? v.1, 22 March 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Stendhal, The Red and the Black, v1, 02 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Stendhal: Armance, v1, 30 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Stendhal: Rot und Schwarz. german. v1. 17 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Stendhal: The Abbess of Castro etc, v1, 6 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Stendhal: The Charterhouse of Parma, v1, 30 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Sterling, Bruce: The Hacker Crackdown, V1 18 Dec 07

Sterne, Laurence: Tristram Shandy, v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Stevans, Helen Follett: The Woman Beautiful, v.1, 8 April 2008. (Reference)

Stevenson, R. L. & Osbourne, L.: The Wrong Box v1 5 Feb 2009 (Humor)

Stevenson, Robert Louis and Osbourne, Lloyd: The Ebb-Tide. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Action)

Stevenson, Robert Louis and Osbourne, Lloyd: The Wrecker. V1. 13 Mar 2010 (Action)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Das Flaschenteufelchen german v2 15 mar 2009 (Young Adult)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: David Balfour (Kidnapped and Catriona), v1.01, 3 June 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Die Schatzinsel german v1 21 feb 2009 (Action)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde v.1 (Horror)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. v1. 9 Dec 07

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island (Illustrated). v1, 25 Jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island, v1, 27 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Stewart, Elinore Pruitt: Letters of a Woman Homesteader, v.1., 22 Dec 2007 (Biography)

Stillwell, Wendell. X-15 Research Results. v1.0 12 July 2009 (History)

Stock, St. George: A Guide to Stoicism. 20 Jan 2008 (Philosophy)

Stock, St. George: Deductive Logic. 26 Jan 2008 (Philosophy)

Stockton, Frank R.: John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told There. v1, 12 Jan 2008

Stockton, Frank R.: The Magic Egg and Other Stories . v1, 11 Jan 2008

Stockton, Frank R.: THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD AND OTHER STORIES. v1, 12 Jan 2008

Stockton, Frank R: The Lady, or the Tiger? v.1, 6 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Stoddard, Jason: Winning Mars v1.0 2007-09-09

Stoker, Bram.: Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories. v1, 2 July 2008 (Horror)

Stoker, Bram: Dracula v2.1 2007-01-13

Stoker, Bram: The Jewel of Seven Stars. v1, 24 Dec 2007

Stoker, Bram: The Lady of the Shroud, v.1, 15 November 2008. (Action)

Stoker, Bram: The Man, v.1, 16 November 2008. (Romance)

Storm, Theodor W.: Der Schimmelreiter (german), v1, 30 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Storm, Theodor W.: Der Spiegel des Cyprianus, german, v1, 14 Mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Storm, Theodor W.: Im Sonnenschein (german), v1, 29 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Storm, Theodor W.: Immensee (german), v1, 29 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Storm, Theodor W.: Waldwinkel (german), v1, 5 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Storm, Theodor: Hans und Heinz Kirch. german. v1. 26 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Stout, Rex: Under the Andes v1 19 may 2009 (Fantasy)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Onkel Toms Hütte german v1 23 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin V2 21 March 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition. v1, 8 Jan 2008

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin. v1, 4 Jan 2008

Strachey, Lytton: Eminent Victorians, v1, 09Jan08 (Biography)

Strachey, Lytton: Queen Victoria, v1. 27 Jan 2010 (Biography)

Strang, Herbert: The Cruise of the Gyro-car v1 18 sep 2009 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward. Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 1. v2, 17 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt. v1, 10 Jan 2008

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 2. v2, 25 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 3. v1, 28 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 4. v1, 30 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 5. v1, 4 Nov 2008 (Young Adult)

Streeter, Edward: Dere Mable. 11 Aug 07 (Humor)

Strindberg, August: In Midsummer Days and Other Tales. v1, 29 Jan 2008

Strong, Harrington: Brand of Silence v1 22 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Stross, Charles and Cory Doctorow: Jury Service v2.0 2008-08-06 (Science Fiction)

Stross, Charles: Accelerando v2.0 2008-08-13 (Science Fiction)

Strubberg, F. Armand: An der Indianergrenze. german. v1. 25 apr 2011 (Western)

Sue, Eugene: The Wandering Jew (Complete). V1. 15 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Suetonius: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, v1, 3 Oct 2007. (Biography)

Suso, Blessed Henry: A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom, v.1, 19 January 2009. (Spiritual)

Sutphen, Van Tassel: The Doomsman. V1. 21 May 2009 (Science Fiction)

Sutphen, Van Tassel: The Gates of Chance. V1. 22 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Swainson, Frederic: Acton's Feud. v1. 10 Sep 07

Sweeney, Stephen J, The Honour of the Knights, V1, 25 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Sweetser, Kate D.:Ten Boys From Dickens:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Sweetser, Kate D.:Ten Girls From Dickens:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Swift, Jonathan, Steele, Richard.:Isaac Bickerstaff Collection. v1, 12 Jan 2008

Swift, Jonathan.: The Battle of the Books:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Swift, Jonathan: A Modest Proposal. 18 Aug 07 (Humor)

Swift, Jonathan: Gullivers Reisen german v1 10 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Swift, Jonathon: Gulliver's Travels. v1, 3 Jan 2008

Swinburne, Algernon Charles: A Study of Shakespeare. v1, 23 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Tacitus: Germania and Agricola, v.1, 3 July 2008. (History)

Tagore, Rabindranath: Gitanjali, v.1, 21 Feb 2008 (Poetry)

Tagore, Rabindranath: The Home, The World, v.1, 14 July 2008 (Other Fiction)

Tarkington, Booth: Alice Adams. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Tarkington, Booth: The Magnificent Ambersons. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Tarwater, Tristan: Thieves at Heart (The Valley of Ten Crescents, Book 1). V1. 16 Apr (Fantasy)

Taylor, Zachary. State of the Union. v1.0 17 October 2007

Tebb & Perry: Premature Burial & How it may be Prevented, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Reference)

Teller, Woolsey: The Atheism of Astronomy, v.1, 1 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Templeton, Herminie: Darby O'Gill, v1.0, 9 Nov, 2007 (Fantasy)

Tenneshaw, S. M: The Monster. V1. 1 May 2009 (Short Fiction)

Tennyson, Alfred Lord: Idylls of the King (Illustrated). v1, 14 Aug 2008 (Poetry)

Tennyson, Alfred Lord: The Early Poems. v1.1. 28/11/2008 (Poetry)

Tepperman, Emile C: Secret Agent X Omnibus. V1. 29 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Teresa of Avila, Saint: The Way of Perfection, v1, 30 July 2009. (Spiritual)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Are You Fit To Own A Dog? v.1.2, 13 February 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Black Caesar’s Clan, v.1, 13 February 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Bruce, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Further Adventures of Lad, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: His Dog, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Lad: A Dog, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: With A Reverse English, v.1, 13 February 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Tey, Josephine [Gordon Daviot]: The Privateer, v.1, 23 November 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Tey, Josephine: A Shilling for Candles, v.1, 16 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: Brat Farrar, v.1, 22 July 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: Kif: An Unvarnished History, V1, 19Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tey, Josephine: Miss Pym Disposes, v.1, 4Aug2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Daughter of Time, v.2, 16 April 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Expensive Halo, v.1, 28 June 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Tey, Josephine: The Franchise Affair, v.1, 21 July 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Man in the Queue, v1, 29 September 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Singing Sands, v.1, 4 April 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: To Love and Be Wise, v.1, 21 July 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Thackeray, W M: The Story of Mary Ancel, v.1, 7 August 2008. (Short Fiction)

Thackeray, W M: Vanity Fair, v1, 10 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Thackeray, W.M.: Barry Lyndon. v1, 23 Jan 2008

Thackeray, W.M.: Pendennis. v1 29 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Thackeray, W.M.: The Book of Snobs. v1, 15 Jan 2008

Thackeray, William M: Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit. [German]. 20-Nov-2010 (Other Fiction)

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Adventures of Major Gahagan. v1, 9 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Barry Lyndon. v1, 9 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Catherine. v1, 14 May 2008 (Humor)

Thackeray, William Makepeace: The Bedford-Row Conspiracy. v1, 9 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: The Book of Snobs. v1, 12 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. v1, 22 May 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Vanity Fair (Illustrated). v1, 3 May 2008

Thames, C.H.: A Place in the Sun 4 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Thayer, Ella Cheever.: Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes. v1, 20 Jan 2008

The Geneva Conventions. v1, 30 June 2008 (Government)

Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint: Story of a Soul, v1,28 Sept 2007. (Spiritual)

Thoma, Ludwig: Lausbubengeschichten, german, v1, 14 Feb 2009 (Humor)

Thomas, Chauncy: The Crystal Button, v1. 25 May 2009 (Science Fiction)

Thomas, Dylan, Collected Poems, v.1, 19 Jan 2008. (Poetry)

Thomas, Dylan: A Child’s Christmas in Wales, v.1, 19 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

Thomas, Dylan: Under Milk Wood, v.1, 19 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Thompson, Flora: Lark Rise to Candleford, v1, 2 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

Thompson, Flora: Still Glides the Stream, v1, 11 September 2009 (Other Fiction)

Thompson, Maurice. Alice of Old Vincennes. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Thompson, Stith: Tales of the North American Indians, v.1, 24 Oct 2008 (Other Fiction)

Thoreau, Henry David: Civil Disobedience, v.1, 26 Nov 2007. (Government)

Thoreau, Henry David: Walden, v1, 09Jan08 (Philosophy)

Thorne, Paul and Mable: The Sheridan Road Mystery. V1. 19 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Three Initiates: The Kybalion, v1, 1 February 2010. (Philosophy)

Tieck, Ludwig: Der Hexensabbat [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tieck, Ludwig: Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tieck, Ludwig: Peter Lebrecht [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tieck, Ludwig: Pietro von Abano (german) v1 23 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Toepffer, Rudolf: Genfer Novellen [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Toepffer, Rudolf: Rosa und Gertrud [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tolstoi, Alexei Nikolajewitsch: Aelita. german. v1. 9 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew. N.: Glück der Familie [german]. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew: Auferstehung. [German]. 20-Nov-2010 (Other Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew; Anna Karenina german v1; July 28th 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew; Krieg und Frieden; german v1.1; July 19th 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina, v.1.0, 1 Dec 2007

Tolstoy, Leo: Boyhood. v1, 7 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Tolstoy, Leo: Childhood (Cryllic). v1, 25 Mar 2011 (Biography)

Tolstoy, Leo: Childhood. v1, 7 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Tolstoy, Leo: Father Sergius. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Hadji Murad. v1, 29 Jan 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: LA GUERRE ET LA PAIX . v1, 8 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Master and Man. v1, 7 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Resurrection. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Tolstoy on Shakespeare. v1, 23 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: War and Peace, v.1.0, 1 Dec 2007.

Tolstoy, Leo: Youth. v1, 7 Jan 2008

Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe: Il Gattopardo (Italian), v. 1, 08 Nov 2009 (Other Fiction)

Towner, Horace: Red Tape at Washington, v.1, 5 August 2008. (Government)

Tracy, Louis: The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Treller, Franz: Der Enkel der Koenige german v1 06 dec 2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Der Gefangene der Aimaràs v1 german 14 dec 2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Der Letzte vom "Admiral" german v1 10.nov.2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Der Sohn des Gaucho german v1 06 dec 2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Verwehte Spuren geman v1 21 jun 2009 (Action)

Tressell, Robert: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, v.1, 8 June 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: An Eye for an Eye, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: An Old Man’s Love, v. 1, 21 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Autobiography, v.1, 8 March 2008. (Biography)

Trollope, Anthony: Ayala’a Angel, v.1, 25 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Can You Forgive Her?, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Castle Richmond, v.1, 28 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Christmas at Thompson Hall, v.1, 19 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Cousin Henry, v.1, 15 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Dr Wortle’s School, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Harry Heathcote of Gangoil, v.1, 26 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: He Knew He was Right, v.1 25 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Hunting Sketches, v.1, 11 Feb 2008. (Humor)

Trollope, Anthony: Is He Popenjoy? v1, 30 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: John Caldigate, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Kept in the Dark, v1, 12 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: La Vendée, v.1, 25 April 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Lady Anna, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Linda Tressel, v.1, 30 October 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Marion Fay, v1, 6 December 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Miss Mackenzie, v.1, 26 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Nina Balatka, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Orley Farm, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Palliser Omnibus. v1. 4th Nov 2009 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Phineas Finn, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Phineas Redux, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Rachel Ray, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite, v.1, 7 Jan 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Tales of All Countries, v.1, 25 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The American Senator, v.1, 6 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Belton Estate, v.1, 3 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Bertrams, v.1, 17 July 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Chronicles of Barsetshire. v6. 16th Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Claverings, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Duke's Children, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Eustace Diamonds, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Fixed Period, v.1, 29 October 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Golden Lion of Granpère, v.1, 1 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Kellys and the O’Kellys, v.1, 19 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Landleaguers, v1, 7 December 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Macdermots of Ballycloran, v.1, 1 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Macdermots of Ballycloran. v1. 5th Nov 2009 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Prime Minister, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson, v1, 2 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Three Clerks, v.1, 3 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Vicar of Bullhampton, v.1, 5 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Way We Live Now, v1, 12 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Trotsky, Leon: My Life. V1. 2 Mar 2011 (Biography)

Truth, Sojourner: The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, v.1, 10 Feb 2008 (Biography)

Tsao [Zhao], Lady: Instruction for Chinese Women and Girls, v1, 7 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Tulloch, John, and Oliphant, Margaret [ed]: Pascal, v1, 14 September 2009. (Biography)

Turgenev, Ivan Sergejevich: Väter und Söhne. [German]. V1. 6 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: A House of Gentlefolk, v1, 4 August 2009. (Romance)

Turgenev, Ivan: A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories, v1, 14 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: A Sportsman’s Sketches, v1, 2 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Dream Tales and Prose Poems, v1, 24 August 2009 (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Fathers and Sons, v1, 4 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Fathers and Sons. v1 6 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories, v1, 28 August 2009 (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: On the Eve, v1, 30 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Rudin, v1, 19 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Smoke, v1, 24 August 2009 (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: The Diary of a Superfluous Man etc, v1, 2 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: The Jew and Other Stories, v1, 13 August 2009. (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: The Living Mummy, v1, 13 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: The Rendezvous, v1, 13 August 2009. (Short Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: The Torrents of Spring, First Love and Mumu, v1, 9 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Virgin Soil, v1, 2 December 2008 (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: Virgin Soil, v1, 20 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

Turgenev, Ivan: “Faust” A story in nine letters, v1. 30 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

Turgenew, Iwan Sergejewitsch: Aufzeichnungen eines Jägers. [German]. V1. 5 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Turgenjew, Iwan: Die lebendige Reliquie. german. v1. 14 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Turgenjew, Iwan: Ein Traum. german. v1. 28 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Turgenjew, Iwan: Gespenster. german. v1. 7 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Twain Mark: Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer Omnibus v1.0 22 September 2007

Twain Mark: The Curious Republic of Gondour. v1.1 21 October 2007 (Short Fiction)

Twain, Mark.: De Lotgevallen van Tom Sawyer:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Twain, Mark: A Dog's Tale, v.1, 21 Feb 2008 (Children)

Twain, Mark: 1601. 17 Aug 07 (Humor)

Twain, Mark: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. v1, 5 Jan 2008

Twain, Mark: Christian Science v1.0 22 September 2007

Twain, Mark: Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry Finn german v1 02 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Twain, Mark: Double Barrelled Detective Story v1.1 2007-10-21

Twain, Mark: Editorial Wild Oats. v1.0 21 October 2007 (Short Fiction)

Twain, Mark: Eve's Diary. v1, 5 Jan 2008

Twain, Mark: Extracts from Adams Diary v1.0 22 September 2007

Twain, Mark: Following the Equator. v1, 3 Jan 2008

Twain, Mark: Goldman's Friend Abroad v1.0 22 September 2007

Twain, Mark: How to tell a Story & others. v1.1 22 October 2007 (Short Fiction)

Twain, Mark: Joan of Arc. v1 25 Dec 2007 (Historical Fiction)

Twain, Mark: Letters From The Earth, v.1, 19 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Twain, Mark: Life on the Mississippi. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Twain, Mark: NYTimes Editorial. PDF. v1.0 2007-09-26

Twain, Mark: Pudd'nhead Wilson & Extraordinary Twins; v1 09 Nov 07 (Other Fiction)

Twain, Mark: Roughing It. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Twain, Mark: Sketches new and old. v1.1 22 October 2007 (Short Fiction)

Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. V1. 26 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Twain, Mark: The American Claimant v1.0 22 September 2007

Twain, Mark: The American Claimant. (Illustrated) v3 21 Dec 2008 (Humor)

Twain, Mark: The Prince and the Pauper. (Illustrated) v3 20 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Twain, Mark: The Prince and the Pauper. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Twain, Mark: The War Prayer v1 14 August 2008 (Spiritual)

Twain, Mark: Tom Sawyer als Detektiv. german. v1. 13 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Twain, Mark: Various Collected Works v1.1 2007-10-21

Twain, Mark:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court . v1, 2 Jan 2008

Twain, Mark:The Innocents Abroad. v1, 4 Jan 2008

Tylee, P.: Freedom Incorporated. v1. 24 November 2009 (Science Fiction)

Tyler, John. State of the Union. v1.0 16 October 2007

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Uchard, Mario: French and Oriental Love in a Harem. v1. 14 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Ugolino, Brother: The Little Flowers of Saint Francis, v1, 26 Sept 2007. (Spiritual)

Ungar, Hermann: Die Klasse, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ungar, Hermann: Die Verstümmelten. german. v1. 12 apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ungar, Hermann: Geschichte eines Mordes, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

United Nations: Goldstone Report (Government)

United States: Declaration of Independence etc, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Government)

Unknown: Der heilige Koran [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Spiritual)

Unknown: Tausend und ein Tag [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

US Government: Detainee Abuse, v1, 23 Dec 2008 (Government)

Uzanne, Octave: The End of Books, v.1, 14 Nov 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Uzanne, Octave: The Modern Parisienne, v1, 7 September 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

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Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: A Houseful of Girls. V1. 14 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: About Peggy Saville. V1. 10 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: Betty Trevor. V1. 10 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: Big Game. V1. 11 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: Etheldreda the Ready. V1. 11 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: Flaming June. V1. 12 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: More About Peggy. V1. 16 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: More about Pixie. V1. 16 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: Sisters Three. V1. 17 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: The Fortunes of the Farrells. V1. 13 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: The Heart of Una Sackville. V1. 13 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: The Independence of Claire. V1. 14 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: The Lady of the Basement Flat. V1. 15 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: The Love Affairs of Pixie. V1. 16 Dec (Romance)

Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,: Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,. V1. 17 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Van Dine, S. S.: The Benson Murder Case. V2. 24 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S. S.: The Bishop Murder Case. V1. 25 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

van Dine, S.S.: Philo Vance Omnibus Vol 1, v1, 22 Feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

van Dine, S.S.: Philo Vance Omnibus Vol 2. v1, 24 Feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 01 - The Benson Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 02 - The "Canary" Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 03 - The Greene Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 04 - The Bishop Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 05 - The Scarab Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 06 - The Kennel Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 07 - The Dragon Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 08 - The Casino Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 09 - The Garden Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 10 - The Kidnap Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 11 - The Gracie Allen Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dine, S.S.: Vance 12 - The Winter Murder Case. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Van Dyke, Henry: The First Christmas Tree, v.1, 20 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Van Dyke, Henry: The Lost Word, v.1, 20 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Van Dyke, Henry: The Other Wise Man, v.1, 20 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Van Dyke, John C.: A Text-Book of the History of Painting, v.1, 20 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Vance, Louis Joseph: Alias the Lone Wolf. 12 April 2008 (Action)

Vance, Louis Joseph: Red Masquerade. 12 April 2008 (Action)

Vance, Louis Joseph: The False Faces. 12 April 2008 (Action)

Vance, Louis Joseph: The Lone Wolf. 12 April 2008 (Action)

Various Authors: GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, V1, 9 July 07 (Reference)

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Various Authors: One Hundred and One Famous Poems. 12 Feb 2009 (Poetry)

Various Authors: Sayings of the Desert Fathers, v.1, 17 June 2008. (Spiritual)

Various Authors: the Essence of Buddhism, v.1, 26 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Various: 10-Story Detctive Omnibus. V1. 11 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Various: 10-Story Detective (Vol 1). V2. 6 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Various: 10-Story Detective (Vol 2). V2. 6 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Various: 10-Story Detective (Vol 3). V2. 6 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Various: Ace-High Magazine. V1. 8 Mar 2011 (Western)

Various: Action Novels Omnibus. V1. 26 Jan 2009 (Action)

Various: All Star Detective. V1. 18 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Various: All-Story Weekly Omnibus. V1. 27 Jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Various: Amazing Stories Dec 1957 v1, 10 April 2009 (Science Fiction)

Various: Astounding Stories of Super-Science Feb 1930 v1, 30 Apr 2009 (Science Fiction)

Various: Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 V1. 23 June 2009 (Science Fiction)

Various: Astounding Stories or Super-Science Mar 1930 v1. 5 Aug 2009 (Science Fiction)

Various: Astounding Stories or Super-Science May 1930 v1. 27 Aug 2009 (Science Fiction)

Various: Battle Stories Sampler. V1. 26 Apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Various: Bible: The Apocrypha (KJV), v1, 18 Oct 2008. (Spiritual)

Various: Complete Presidential Inaugural Addresses V1, 2 May 2009 (History)

Various: Devil Stories, v1, 8 April 2010. (Horror)

Various: Die Bibel (Elberfeld 1905). [German]. 20-Nov-2010 (Spiritual)

various: Die Bibel (Luther 1912) [German]. V1. 30-05-2010 (Spiritual)

Various: Exciting Detective Sampler. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Various: Exciting Western Sampler. V1. 3 May 2011 (Western)

Various: Holy Bible The New Testament ASV. PRC. V1.0 13 December 2008 (Spiritual)

Various: King James Version of The Bible. 1.1 11 December 2008 (Spiritual)

Various: Liebesgedichte (DIY-Ebook), german, v2, 13 Feb 2009 (Poetry)

Various: Original Hacker's Dictionary, The. 16 April 2008 (Reference)

Various: SF Anthology Vol 1. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Science Fiction)

Various: SF Anthology Vol 2. v1. 10 Sep 07 (Science Fiction)

Various: The Greek Anthology (Selections), v.1, 2 December 2008. (Poetry)

Various: The New Testament in Possible Chronological Order. v1. 8th Dec 2010 (Spiritual)

Vatsyayana (Tr. Burton): The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, v.1, 2 October 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Vau Buren, Martin. State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

Veblen, Thorstein Bunde: The Theory of the Leisure Class, v.1, 25 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Vélez de Guevara, Luis: El diablo cojuelo (Spanish, annotated), v. 1.1, 2 Nov 2010 (Humor)

Verne, Jules-A Jules Verne Omnibus-V1-5/4/2011 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: 20.000 Mijlen onder Zee. v1, 4 Mar 2008

Verne, Jules: 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas. v2, 22 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: 20000 Meilen unter dem Meer german v1 04 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: A Journey to the Interior of the Earth. v2, 22 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: All Around the Moon. V1. 11 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: An Antarctic Mystery (Illustrated). v1. 14th Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Around the World in 80 Days. v2, 24 Feb 2008

Verne, Jules: Cinq semaines en ballon french v1 24 jan 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Der Archipel in Flammen v1 german 14 dec 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Der Kurier des Zaren. V1 [German] 25 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen. v1. 24th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Eissphinx. german. v1. 2 may 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die fünfhundert Millionen der Begum. german. v1. 12 apr 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die geheimnisvolle Insel german v1 6 feb 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Jagd nach dem Meteor. german. v1. 12 mar 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant 1-3 german v1 6 feb 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Schiffbrüchigen der Jonathan v1 german 18 jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. v1. 25th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Facing the Flag. v1. 26th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Five weeks in a balloon v1 25 jan 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Five Weeks in a Balloon. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Verne, Jules: Fünf Wochen im Ballon german v1 4 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Godfrey Morgan. v1. 2 Feb 2008 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Herr der Welt. german. v1. 18 apr 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: In Search of the Castaways. v2. 17th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Journey to the Centre of the Earth. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Meister Zacharius. german. v1. 16 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise durch die Sonnenwelt I. german. v1. 01 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise durch die Sonnenwelt II. german. v1. 02 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise um den Mond german v1 18 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen. german. v1. 30 mar 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde. german. v1. 22 mar 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Robur der Sieger. german. v1. 17 apr 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Robur the Conqueror. v2, 24 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: The Adventures of a Special Correspondent. v2. 15th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: The Blockade Runners. v2. 16th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: The Green Ray. v1, 30 Oct 2008 (Action)

Verne, Jules: The Master of the World. v2, 24 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: The Moon Voyage. v3. 15th Feb 2010 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: The Mysterious Island. v2, 22 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Von der Erde zum Mond german v1 17 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Wilhelm Storitz' Geheimnis. german. v1. 17 jun 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules:The Underground City. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Verne, Jules:Ticket No."9672". v1, 2 Jan 2008

Viereck, George Sylvester: The House of the Vampire, v1, 2 December 2009. (Horror)

Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste: Vera, v.1, 26 Feb 2008 (Romance)

Villiers de L’isle Adam:Two Cruel Tales, v.1, 5 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Virgil: The Aeneid Tr. A.S.Kline. v1. 24 Oct 07

Virgil: The Aeneid, Tr. J.W.Mackail. v1, 30 July 2008 (Poetry)

Voltaire: More Short Tales, v.1, 4 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Voltaire: Candide, v.1, 20 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Voltaire: Candide. 09 Aug 07 (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Discours aux Welches [en Français], v.1, 5 September 2008. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Discourse Addressed to the Welsh, v.1, 5 September 2008. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: English and American Short Studies, v.1, 25 Nov 2007. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Five Essays on Government and Economics, v.1, 15 October 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Voltaire: Les Oreilles du comte de Chesterfield [en Français], v.1, 1 November 2008. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Letters and Miscellanies, v.1, 18 Nov 2007. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Letters on England. 18 Aug 07 (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Lord Chesterfield’s Ears, v.1, 1 November 2008. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: L’Ingénu (In English), v.1, 3 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Voltaire: Mahomet, v.1, 27 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Voltaire: Micromegas, v.1, 28 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary. 19 Aug 07 (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Poetical Dissertations, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Shorter Tales and Dialogues, v1, 30 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Voltaire: the Henriade, v.1, 11 Nov 2007. (Poetry)

Voltaire: The Princess of Babylon, v.1, 27 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Voltaire: Three Tales, v.1, 31 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Voltaire: Toleration and other Essays. V.1, 29 Oct. 2007. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Zadig (Fleming Translation), v.1, 1 Nov 2007 (Other Fiction)

Voltaire: Zadig, v1, 22 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

von Clausewitz, Carl:On War. V1. 8 Nov 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Von Hutten, Bettina: The Halo. V1. 12 May 2009 (Romance)

Vonnegut, Kurt: 2BR02B, v.1, 28 Oct 2007. (Science Fiction)

Vonnegut, Kurt: The Big Trip Up Yonder, v1, 18 October 2009. (Science Fiction)

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Waddell, Helen: Lyrics from the Chinese, v.1, 21 May 2008. (Poetry)

Wagner, Belle M: Within the Temple of Isis, v.1, 19 January 2009. (Historical Fiction)

Wagner, Charles: The Simple Life, v.1, 19 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wake, Archbishop William: Forbidden Gospels etc, v.1, 27 Dec 2007. (Spiritual)

Waley, Arthur: More Translations from the Chinese, v.1, 25 May 2008. (Poetry)

Wallace, Edgar - The Greek Poropulos (1910) (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: Again the Ringer. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Big Foot. v1, 16 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Blue Hand. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Chick. v1, 6 Nov 2008 (Humor)

Wallace, Edgar: Circumstantial Evidence. v1. 6th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Ein gerissener Kerl. german. v1. 17 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Flat 2. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Jack O' Judgment. v1, 1 July 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: John Flack. german. v1. 2 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Just Men Omnibus. v4. 30th Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Mr J.G. Reeder Omnibus. v5. 28 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Mr Justice Maxwell. v1, 18 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: On the Spot. v3, 25 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Planetoid 127. v1, 26 June 2008 (Science Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: Tam O' The Scoots. v1. 15 July 2008 (Action)

Wallace, Edgar: The Angel of Terror. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Avenger. v3, 20 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Black. v1, 5 June 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Blue Hand v1.0 2007-09-30

Wallace, Edgar: The Book of All-Power. v1, 2 July 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Brigand. v1, 30 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Calendar. v1. 7th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the New Pin. v1, 19 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the Silver Key. v1, 19 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the Twisted Candle. v1, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Coat of Arms. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Council of Justice. v2. 12 Nov 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Crimson Circle. v2, 16 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Daffodil Mystery. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Dark Eyes of London. v1, 4 Nov 2008 (Young Adult)

Wallace, Edgar: The Devil Man. v1, 5 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Door With Seven Locks. v3, 19 Jun 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Duke in the Suburbs. v3, 22 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Face in the Night. v3, 21 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Fellowship of the Frog. v2. 7th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Flying Squad. v1, 19 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Forger. v1, 27 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Four Just Men. v2. 12 Nov 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Frightened Lady. v1. 5th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Green Archer. v1, 31 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Green Rust. v2, 29 Feb 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Gunner. v1, 30 March 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The India-rubber Men. v1. 27th Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Iron Grip. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Joker. v1, 25 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Law of the Four Just Men. v1. 11 Nov 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Lone House Mystery. v2, 24 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Man at the Carlton. v1, 26 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Man Who Bought London. v3, 22 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Man Who Knew. v1, 19 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Ringer. v1, 19 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Secret House. v1, 4 June 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Sinister Man. v3, 22 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Square Emerald. v3, 23 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Twister. v1, 26 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Valley of Ghosts. v2, 16 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Yellow Snake. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: When the Gangs Came to London. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: White Face. v3, 25 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Floyd L: Student Body, v1, 8 April 2010. (Science Fiction)

Wallace, Lane. Dreams, Hopes, Realities. PRC V1.0 30 July 2009 (History)

Wallace, Lewis: Ben Hur, german, v1, 18 Apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Walpole, Horace: Das Schloss von Otranto. german. v1. 6 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Walpole, Horace: The Castle of Otranto. v.1, 21 Dec 2007 (Horror)

Walton, Jo: The Rebirth of Pan v1.1 2008-07-30 (Fantasy)

Ward, Maisie: Gilbert Keith Chesterton, v1, 9 March 2010. (Biography)

Ward, Mrs Humphry: The Brontë Prefaces, v1, 19 August 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Washington, Booker T.: Up From Slavery: An Autobiography. v1, 2 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Washington, George. State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

Wassermann, Jakob: Caspar Hauser (german), v1, 22 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Das Gold von Caxamalca, german, v1, 22 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Der Fall Maurizius, german, v1, 16 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Der Mann von vierzig Jahren (german), v1, 20 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Die Schwestern, german, v1, 18 Apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Drei Erzählungen, german, v1, 27 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude, german, v1, 3 Feb 2009 (Biography)

Wassermann, Jakob: Ruth, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Schläfst Du, Mutter?, german, v1, 13 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Waters: Recollections of a Policeman, v.1, 26 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Watson, John R: The Hampstead Mystery, v1, 23 December 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Watson, Robert: The Spoilers of the Valley v1 24 aug 2009 (Western)

Watts, Peter: Blindsight, V1,25 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Watts, Peter: Maelstrom v2.2 2008-02-28

Watts, Peter: Starfish v1.1 2008-02-21

Watts, Peter: ßehemoth v1.0 2008-03-05

Webb, Mary: Precious Bane, v1, 13 July 2009. (Historical Fiction)

Webster, Henry Kitchell: Calumet K. V1. 10 Oct 2009 (Action)

Webster, Henry Kitchell: Mary Wollaston. V1. 10 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Webster, Henry Kitchell: The Real Adventure. V1. 11 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Webster, Marie D.: Quilts - Their Story and How to Make Them, v.1, 16 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Webster, Noah: Webster's Dictionary 1913 (updated), v2.1, 17 July 2009 (Reference)

Weinbaum, Stanley G. - Dawn of Flame (Science Fiction)

Weinbaum, Stanley G.: L'Île de Protée (Français/French) (Science Fiction)

Weinbaum, Stanley G: A Martian Odyssey and Others. v1. 7 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Weinbaum, Stanley. Omnibus. PRC v1.1. 21 June 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wells, Carolyn: Raspberry Jam, v1, 12 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Wells, Carolyn: The Come Back, v1, 5 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Wells, Carolyn: The Gold Bag, v1, 29 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Wells, Carolyn: The Technique of the Mystery Story, v.1, 12 Dec 2007. (Reference)

Wells, H. G.: When the Sleeper Awakes, v.1, 17 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H. G.: Tono-Bungay. v.1. 2 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Wells, H.G..: The World Set Free. v1, 17 Feb 2008

Wells, H.G.: An H.G. Wells Novel Omnibus, V1, 6/4/2011 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: In the Days of the Comet. v1, 17 Feb 2008

Wells, H.G.: In the Days of the Comet. v1. 30 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: Little Wars. v1, 22 Sep 2008 (Reference)

Wells, H.G.: Tales of Space and Time v1 1 dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: The Chronic Argonauts. v1. 24 Nov 07

Wells, H.G.: The First Men in the Moon. v1, 17 Feb 2008

Wells, H.G.: The First Men in the Moon. v1. 29 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: The Invisible Man. v1. 24th Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: The Sleeper Awakes. v1. 29 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: The Time Machine. v1. 24th Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: The War of the Worlds. v1. 24th Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wells, H.G.: War of the Worlds v1.0 2007-09-12

Wells, H.G: THE SEA RAIDERS. V1. 6 Dec 2008 (Horror)

Wells, H.G: Twelve Stories and a Dream. V1. 9 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Wells, Helen. Origins of NASA Names. PRC v1.0 30 July 2009 (History)

Wesley, John: The Sermons of John Wesley, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Spiritual)

West, Julius: G. K. Chesterton: A Critical Study, v1, 30 November 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Westlake, Donald E.: The RISK Profession v1 6 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Weston, Jessie L: From Ritual to Romance, v.1, 25 May 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J.: A Gentleman of France, v.1, 25 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J.: Under the Red Robe, v.1, 12 Feb 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: Count Hannibal v1 15 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: From the Memoirs of a Minister of France. Version 1. 3 August 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: The Man in Black v1 1.feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley: In King's Byways V1. 25-Sep 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: A Backward Glance, v.1, 29 May 2008. (Biography)

Wharton, Edith: Autres Temps..., v.1, 4 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Bunner Sisters, v.1, 4 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Certain People, v.1, 14 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Coming Home, v.1, 4 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Crucial Instances, v.1, 2 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Ethan Frome, v.1, 2 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: French Ways and Their Meaning, v.1, 11 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Here and Beyond, v.1, 18 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Hudson River Bracketed, v.1. 4 January 2009. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Kerfol, v.1, 18 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Madame de Treymes, v.1, 2 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Sanctuary, v.1, 4 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Summer, v.1, 3 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Tales of Men and Ghosts, v.1, 8 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Age of Innocence. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Wharton, Edith: The Children, v.1, 21 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Choice, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Custom of the Country, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Descent of Man, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Fruit of the Tree, v.1, 3 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Glimpses of the Moon, v.1, 5 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Gods Arrive, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Greater Inclination, v.1, 11 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Hermit and the Wild Woman, v.1, 15 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The House of Mirth, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Long Run, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Mother’s Recompense, v.1, 19 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Reef, v.1, 2 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Touchstone, v.1, 3 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Triumph of Night, v.1, 5 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: the Valley of Decision, v.1, 6 April 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Vice of Reading, v.1, 15 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Twilight Sleep, v.1, 18 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Xingu, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wheeler, Candace: The Development of Embroidery in America, v.1, 29 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Whipple, Wayne & Aaron, S.F.: Radio Boys Cronies. v1, 19 Feb 2008

Whitaker, William: Latin/English Dictionary. v1.1. 26 Feb 2011 (Reference)

White, Ethel Lina: She Faded Into Air. v1, 1 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: Some Must Watch. v1, 1 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M.: Crimson Blind v1 6 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M.: The Mystery of the Four Fingers v1 7 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M.: The Slave of Silence v1 4 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M: The Slave of Silence, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

WHITE, Fred Merrick: The Dust of Death. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

WHITE, Fred Merrick: The Four White Days. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

WHITE, Fred Merrick: The Invisible Force. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

WHITE, Fred Merrick: The River of Death. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

WHITE, Fred Merrick: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund. V1. 6 Dec 2008 (Action)

White, Frederick M.: The Great White Moth v1 23 apr 2009 (Horror)

White, Roy: Hope From Under The Lava. 31 March 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

White, Stewart Edward and Adams, Samuel Hopkins: The Mystery. v1, 27 Jan 2008

White, Stewart Edward: Arizona Nights v1 24 jan 2009 (Western)

White, Stewart Edward; The Blazed Trail v1 11 dec 2008 (Western)

White, William Allen: A Certain Rich Man. V1. 22 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Whitman, Walt: Earliest Unpublished Notebook, v.1, 23 April 2008 (Poetry)

Whyte, Alexander: Santa Teresa, v1, 1 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Wiggin, Kate Douglas.: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. v1, 23 Jan 2008

Wilde, Oscar: A Critic in Pall Mall, v1, 12 October 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: A Florentine Tragedy, v1, 21 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: A House of Pomegranates, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: A Woman of No Importance, v1, 21 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: An Ideal Husband, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: An Omnibus of Oscar Wilde, v.1, 7/4/2011 (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Complete Poems, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Poetry)

Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray, german, v1, 27 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: De Profundis, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: For Love of the King, v.1, 1 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Intentions, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: La Sainte Courtisane (in English), v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Lady Windermere’s Fan, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime & Other Stories, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Salome, v1, 17 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, v1, 21 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Wilde, Oscar: The Canterville Ghost (Illustrated). v1, 12 Aug 2008 (Humor)

Wilde, Oscar: The Duchess of Padua, v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Happy Prince & Other Tales, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Importance of Being Earnest, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray. v3 24 Mar 2011 (Horror)

Wilde, Oscar: Vera, or The Nihilists, v1. 17 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar:The Soul of Man Under Socialism, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: By the Shores of Silver Lake, v.1, 2 April 2009. (Young Adult)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: Farmer Boy, v.1, 30 March 2009. (Young Adult)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: Little House in the Big Woods, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Children)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: Little House on the Prairie, v.1. 30 March 2009 (Young Adult)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: Little Town on the Prairie, v.1, 28 May 2009. (Young Adult)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: On the Banks of Plum Creek, v.1, 1 April 2009. (Young Adult)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: The Long Winter, v.1, 3 April 2009. (Young Adult)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: These Happy Golden Years, v.1, 12 June 2009. (Young Adult)

Williams, Charles: ALL HALLOWS' EVE.V1. 6 Dec 2008 (Horror)

Williams, Frank: The Harbor of Doubt. V1. 2 Aug 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams, Frank: The Wilderness Trail. V1. 3 Aug 2010 (Action)

Williams, Lon: Aller Sans Jour v 1 13 nov 2008 (Western)

Williams, Lon: Be Consarned. The cases of a reluctant judge v1 16 nov 2008 (Western)

Williams, Lon: Particeps Criminis v 1 Nov 6 2008 (Western)

Williams, Margery.: The Velveteen Rabbit (Illustrated). v1, 20 Jan 2008

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: A Soldier of the Legion. V1. 22 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Everyman's Land. V1. 7 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: It Happened in Egypt. V1. 12 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Lady Betty Across the Water. V1. 12 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Rosemary. V1. 19 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Secret History Revealed By ... . V1. 20 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Set in Silver. V1. 22 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Car of Destiny. V1. 6 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Chauffeur and the Chaperon. V1. 6 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Golden Silence. V1. 8 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Guests Of Hercules. V1. 8 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Heather-Moon. V1. 11 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Lion's Mouse. V1. 16 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Motor Maid. V1. 17 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Port of Adventure. V1. 17 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Powers and Maxine. V1. 18 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Princess Passes. V1. 18 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Princess Virginia. V1. 19 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Second Latchkey. V1. 20 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Winnie Childs. V1. 23 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Willkomm, Ernst: Der Schlickläufer u.a. [German] V1. 01 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Willkomm, Ernst: Reeder und Matrose [German] V1. 01 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Ann: A Terran Empire Omnibus. V1. 27 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wilson, Ann: Ambush. V1. 24 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wilson, Ann: Fearful Symmetry. V1. 27 Sep 2009 (Short Fiction)

Wilson, Ann: Hostage. V1. 27 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wilson, Ann: The Alembic Plot. V1.24 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon et al: The Sturdy Oak. V1. 3 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: Bunker Bean. V1. 29 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: Ma Pettengill. V1. 30 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: Merton of the Movies. V1. 30 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: Ruggles of Red Gap, v.1, 14 Dec 2007 (Humor)

Wilson, Harry Leon: Somewhere in Red Gap. V1. 1 Oct 2009 (Western)

Wilson, Harry Leon: The Boss of Little Arcady. V1. 28 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: The Lions of the Lord. V1. 29 Sep 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: The Seeker. V1. 1 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: The Spenders. V1. 2 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Harry Leon: The Wrong Twin. V1. 3 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, John Lyde: The Code of Honor, v.1, 16 November 2008. (Reference)

Wilson, John: The Importance of the Proof-reader, v.1, 28 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilson, Robert H: Out Around Rigel. V1. 11 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wilson, Woodrow. State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

Windsor, William: How to Become Rich. 18 Sept 07 (Reference)

Winslow, Helen M.: Concerning Cats - My Own and Some Others, v.1, 25 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Wittgenstein, Ludwig: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. v.1, 20 Dec 2007 (Philosophy)

Witwer, H.C.: Kid Scanlan v1 24 aug 2009 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: A Damsel in Distress. v1 8 May 2009 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: Not George Washington. v2 25 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Wodehouse, P.G.: Piccadilly Jim. v1 17 Aug 2009 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: Something New V1 16-Jan-2011 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: The Intrusion of Jimmy. v1 27 Aug 2008 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: The Little Nugget. v2 17 Aug 2009 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: The Man Upstairs and other stories. v1 23 Sep 2008 (Short Fiction)

Wodehouse, P.G.: The Man with Two Left Feet and other stories. v2 10 Oct 2009 (Short Fiction)

Wodehouse, P.G.: The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England. v2 25 Aug 2008 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: Uneasy Money. v1 21 Nov 2008 (Humor)

Wodehouse, P.G.: William Tell Told Again (Illustrated). v2 23 Dec 2009 (Children)

Wood, James, Editor: Nuttall Encyclopædia. 14 Aug 07 (Reference)

Wood, Mrs Henry: East Lynne, v.1, 1 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: A Room of One’s Own, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Between the Acts, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Flush – A Biography, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Biography)

Woolf, Virginia: Monday or Tuesday, v.1, 17 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Mrs Dalloway, v1.1 17 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Orlando. v1.1 17 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: The Common Reader, v1. 30 Apr 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: The Years, v.1, 17 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Three Guineas, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Woolman, John: Journal - 23 June 07 (Biography)

World Fact Book Reference Maps. v0.1 11 March 2009 (Reference)

Worts, George F.: Peter the Brazen v1 15 may 2009 (Action)

Wren, Percival Christopher: Beau Geste. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Action)

Wren, Percival Christopher: Beau Sabreur. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Action)

Wren, Percival Christopher: Stories of the Foreign Legion. V1. 1 Dec 2008 (Action)

Wright, B. K.: Ely's Awakening, a Beau to Beau book, v1, 26 Sept 2009 (Romance)

Wright, B. K.: Love's Exotic Odyssey, a Beau to Beau book, v1, 26 Sept 2009 (Romance)

Wright, B. K.: Montana, Mine, a Beau to Beau book, v1. 26 Sept 2009 (Romance)

Wright, B.K.: Two Way Mirror. v1. 1st Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Wright, Harold Bell: The Shepherd of the Hills. v1, 2 Feb 2008

Wright, Sewell Peaslee: A Sewell Peaslee Wright Omnibus. V1. 23 Oct 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wu Ching-Tzu: The Scholars, v.1, 16 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wurdz, Gideon: The Foolish Dictionary, v.1, 16 Mar 2008 (Humor)

Wyss, Johann David: Der schweizerische Robinson (illustr.) [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Young Adult)

Wyss, Johann: The Swiss Family Robinson, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Y

Yogananda, Paramhansa: Autobiography of a Yogi, v.1, 1 Feb 2008 (Biography)

Yonge, Charlotte M.: The Little Duke. v1, 25 Jan 2008

Yver, Colette: Mirabelle of Pampeluna, v1, 26 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Z

Zangwell, Israel: Without Prejudice. 10 March 2008 (Short Fiction)

Zitkala-Sa: Old Indian Legends & American Indian Stories. 18 Aug 07 (Western)

Zitkala-Sa: Old Indian Legends, v.1, 26 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene A.: The Middle Game in Chess, v.1, 7 Sept 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Zola, Emile: Germinal [Havelock Ellis Translation] , v.1, 30 July 2008. (Other Fiction)

Zola, Emile: Le Ventre de Paris. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Zola, Emile: Nana, german, v1, 14 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Zola, Emile: Three Cities Trilogy. 18 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

A Highland Seer: Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, v.1, 14 June 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy or tassology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments. The terms derive from the French word tasse (cup), which in turn derives from the Arabic tassa (cup), and the Greek suffixes -graph, -logy, and -mancy (divination). The practice of tea leaf reading originated independently in Asia, the Middle East and Ancient Greece. Scotland, Ireland, and England have produced a number of practitioners and authors on the subject, and English potteries have crafted many beautiful tea cup sets specially designed and decorated to aid in fortune-telling. Cultures of the Middle East that practice divination in this fashion usually use left-over coffee grounds from Turkish coffee turned over onto a plate.
:tongue firmly in cheek: This is a sedimental work by A. Highland Seer (the slightly shorter twin brother of A. Lowland Seer) and was found in the dregs of Gutenberg. I love the illustrations but I believe there is an error in the interpretation of Figure 1 in Chapter V. I think that's Cthulhu and a couple of puddle ducks and that clearly must mean that the turner should wear a baby blue sailor outfit if he also wants to get to see the lambs and have ice cream on his birthday, too. I intend to faithfully learn this practice in order to accurately predict the outcome of Pshrynk's election when it happened.

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A-No. 1 (AKA Leon R. Livingston): The Trail of the Tramp. 15 Oct 07

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Reality or hype, fact or fantasy? It is often hard to tell where one ends and another begins.

A-No. 1 is the most famous railroad tramp in US legend. Immortalized on film by Lee Marvin in [King of the North Pole[/, A-No. 1 rode the rails for over 30 years throughout all parts of the US.

This is one set of his stories (and the only one I have ever found.)

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Abbot, Edwin: Flatland. v1. 02 Nov 07

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Per Wikipedia:

"[Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions[/ is an 1884 novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott, still popular among mathematics and computer science students, and considered useful reading for people studying topics such as the concept of other dimensions. As a piece of literature, Flatland is respected for its satire on the social hierarchy of Victorian society."

I'm posting version 1.1 to correct the spelling of the author's name. I also made a couple of minor format changes. The previous version had 17 views.

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Abbot, Jacob: Forests of Maine. V1. 6 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The design of the series of volumes, which it is intended to issue under the general title of Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrative of juvenile adventures, but also to communicate, in connexion with them, as extensive and varied information as possible, in respect to the geography, the scenery, the customs and the institutions of this country, as they present themselves to the observation of the little traveller, who makes his excursions under the guidance of an intelligent and well-informed companion, qualified to assist him in the acquisition of knowledge and in the formation of character. The author will endeavor to enliven his narrative, and to infuse into it elements of a salutary moral influence, by means of personal incidents befalling the actors in the story. These incidents are, of course, imaginary—but the reader may rely upon the strict and exact truth and fidelity of all the descriptions of places, institutions and scenes, which are brought before his mind in the progress of the narrative. Thus, though the author hopes that the readers, who may honor these volumes with their perusal, will be amused and interested by them, his design throughout will be to instruct rather than to entertain.

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Abbot, Jacob: History of Julius Caesar. V1. 6 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters delineated as they may legitimately teach to the people of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct and policy of governments, and the great events of international history.

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Abbot, Jacob: History of King Charles the Second of England. V1. 7 June 2006

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Cleopatra.prc. V1. 2 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome’s destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to the winds to follow her to his destruction. Disarmed at last before the frigid Octavius, she found her peerless body measured by the cold eye of her captor only for the triumphal procession, and the
friendly asp alone spared her Rome’s crowning ignominy.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Darius the Great. V1. 3 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In describing the character and the action of the personages whose histories form the subjects of this series, the writer makes no attempt to darken the colors in which he depicts their deeds of violence and wrong, or to increase, by indignant denunciations, the obloquy which heroes and conquerors have so often brought upon themselves, in the estimation of mankind, by their ambition, their tyranny, or their desperate and reckless crimes. In fact, it seems desirable to diminish, rather than to increase, the spirit of censoriousness which often leads men so harshly to condemn the errors and sins of others, committed in circumstances of temptation to which they themselves were never exposed. Besides, to denounce or vituperate guilt, in a narrative of the transactions in which it was displayed, has little influence in awakening a healthy sensitiveness in the conscience of the reader. We observe, accordingly, that in the narratives of the sacred Scriptures, such denunciations are seldom found. The story of Absalom's undutifulness and rebellion, of David's adultery and murder, of Herod's tyranny, and all other narratives of crime, are related in a calm, simple, impartial, and forbearing spirit, which leads us to condemn the sins, but not to feel a pharisaical resentment and wrath against the sinner.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Genghis Khan. V1. 4 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them. Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes. He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Hannibal. V1. 5 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical narratives, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - King Alfred of England. V1. 8 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters delineated as they may legitimately teach to the people of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct and policy of governments, and the great events of international history.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Margaret of Anjou. V1. 8 June 2009. V1. 8 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters delineated as they may legitimately teach to the people of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct and policy of governments, and the great events of international history.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Mary Queen of Scots. V1. 11 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other. Among the twenty millions of people in the United States, there are perhaps two millions, between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, who wish to become acquainted, in general, with the leading events in the history of the Old World, and of ancient times, but who, coming upon the stage in this land and at this period, have ideas and conceptions so widely different from those of other nations and of other times, that a mere republication of existing accounts is not what they require. The story must be told expressly for them. The things that are to be explained, the points that are to be brought out, the comparative degree of prominence to be given to the various particulars, will all be different, on account of the difference in the situation, the ideas, and the objects of these new readers, compared with those of the various other classes of readers which former authors have had in view. It is for this reason, and with this view, that the present series of historical narratives is presented to the public. The author, having had some opportunity to become acquainted with the position, the ideas, and the intellectual wants of those whom he addresses, presents the result of his labors to them, with the hope that it may be found successful in accomplishing its design.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Peter the Great. V1. 13 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers. The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Pyrrhus. V1. 13 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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pect to the heroes of ancient history, who lived in times antecedent to the period when the regular records of authentic history commence, no reliance can be placed upon the actual verity of the accounts which have come down to us of their lives and actions. In those ancient days there was, in fact, no line of demarkation between romance and history, and the stories which were told of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Romulus, Pyrrhus, and other personages as ancient as they, are all more or less fabulous and mythical. We learn this as well from the internal evidence furnished by the narratives themselves as from the researches of modern scholars, who have succeeded, in many cases, in disentangling the web, and separating the false from the true. It is none the less important, however, on this account, that these ancient tales, as they were originally told, and as they have come down to us through so many centuries, should be made known to readers of the present age. They have been circulated among mankind in their original form for twenty or thirty centuries, and they have mingled themselves inextricably with the literature, the eloquence, and the poetry of every civilized nation on the globe. Of course, to know what the story is, whether true or false, which the ancient narrators recorded, and which has been read and commented on by every succeeding generation to the present day, is an essential attainment for every well-informed man; a far more essential attainment, in fact, for the general reader, than to discover now, at this late period, what the actual facts were which gave origin to the fable. In writing this series of histories, therefore, it has been the aim of the author not to correct the ancient story, but to repeat it as it stands, cautioning the reader, however, whenever occasion requires, not to suppose that the marvelous narratives are historically true.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Queen Elizabeth. V1. 14 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard I. V1. 17 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment, or any deviations from the strict truth so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard II. V1. 16 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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King Richard the Second lived in the days when the chivalry of feudal times was in all its glory. His father, the Black Prince; his uncles, the sons of Edward the Third, and his ancestors in a long line, extending back to the days of Richard the First, were among the most illustrious knights of Europe in those days, and their history abounds in the wonderful exploits, the narrow escapes, and the romantic adventures, for which the knights errant of the Middle Ages were so renowned. This volume takes up the story of English history at the death of Richard the First, and continues it to the time of the deposition and death of Richard the Second, with a view of presenting as complete a picture as is possible, within such limits, of the ideas and principles, the manners and customs, and the extraordinary military undertakings and exploits of that wonderful age.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard III. V1. 15 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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King Richard the Third, known commonly in history as Richard the Usurper, was perhaps as bad a man as the principle of hereditary sovereignty ever raised to the throne, or perhaps it should rather be said, as the principle of hereditary sovereignty ever made . There is no evidence that his natural disposition was marked with any peculiar depravity. He was made reckless, unscrupulous, and cruel by the influences which surrounded him, and the circumstances in which he lived, and by being habituated to believe, from his earliest childhood, that the family to which he belonged were born to live in luxury and splendor, and to reign, while the millions that formed the great mass of the community were created only to toil and to obey. The manner in which the principles of pride, ambition, and desperate love of power, which were instilled into his mind in his earliest years, brought forth in the end their legitimate fruits, is clearly seen by the following narrative.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Romulus. V1. 18 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In writing the series of historical narratives to which the present work pertains, it has been the object of the author to furnish to the reading community of this country an accurate and faithful account of the lives and actions of the several personages that are made successively the subjects of the volumes, following precisely the story which has come down to us from ancient times. The writer has spared no pains to gain access in all cases to the original sources of information, and has confined himself strictly to them. The reader may, therefore, feel assured in perusing any one of these works, that the interest of it is in no degree indebted to the invention of the author. No incident, however trivial, is ever added to the original account, nor are any words even, in any case, attributed to a speaker without express authority. Whatever of interest, therefore, these stories may possess, is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - William the Conqueror. V1. 19 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In selecting the subjects for the successive volumes of this series, it has been the object of the author to look for the names of those great personages whose histories constitute useful, and not merely entertaining, knowledge. There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. This knowledge, which it seems incumbent on every one to obtain in respect to such personages as Hannibal, Alexander, Caesar, Cleopatra, Darius, Xerxes, Alfred, William the Conqueror, Queen Elizabeth, and Mary Queen of Scots, it is the design and object of these volumes to communicate, in a faithful, and, at the same time, if possible, in an attractive manner. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer’s aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Xerxes. V1. 21 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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One special object which the author of this series has had in view, in the plan and method which he has followed in the preparation of the successive volumes, has been to adapt them to the purposes of text-books in schools. The study of a general compend of history, such as is frequently used as a text-book, is highly useful, if it comes in at the right stage of education, when the mind is sufficiently matured, and has acquired sufficient preliminary knowledge to understand and appreciate so condensed a generalization as a summary of the whole history of a nation contained in an ordinary volume must necessarily be. Without this degree of maturity of mind, and this preparation, the study of such a work will be, as it too frequently is, a mere mechanical committing to memory of names, and dates, and phrases, which awaken no interest, communicate no ideas, and impart no useful knowledge to the mind.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History -Charles I. V1. 1 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History Series - Nero. V1. 12 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In writing the series of historical narratives to which the present work pertains, it has been the object of the author to furnish to the reading community of this country an accurate and faithful account of the lives and actions of the several personages that are made successively the subjects of the volumes, following precisely the story which has come down to us from ancient times. The writer has spared no pains to gain access in all cases to the original sources of information, and has confined himself strictly to them. The reader may, therefore, feel assured in perusing any one of these works, that the interest of it is in no degree indebted to the invention of the author. No incident, however trivial, is ever added to the original account, nor are any words even, in any case, attributed to a speaker without express authority. Whatever of interest, therefore, these stories may possess, is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative.

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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs, v.1, 14 Dec 2008

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The opening lines of this Christmas short story:

If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!

And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do!
Enjoy! Arf!

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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Fairy Prince and Other Stories. V1. 25 June 2009

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Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal Literary World; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott.She attended Radcliffe College, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School.
In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories and fourteen romantic novels. Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.
Abbott died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

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In my father’s house were many fancies. Always, for instance, on every Thanksgiving Day it was the custom in our family to bud .
Young Derry Willard came from Cuba. His father and our father had been chums together at college. None of us had ever seen him before. We were very much excited to have a strange young man invited for Thanksgiving dinner. My sister Rosalee was seventeen. My brother Carol was eleven. I myself was only nine, but with very tall legs.

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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Little Eve Edgarton. V1. 29 June 2009

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Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal Literary World; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott.She attended Radcliffe College, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School.
In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories and fourteen romantic novels. Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.
Abbott died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

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“But you live like such a fool—of course you’re bored!” drawled the Older Man, rummaging listlessly through his pockets for the ever-elusive match.
“Well, I like your nerve!” protested the Younger Man with unmistakable asperity.
“Do you—really?” mocked the Older Man, still smiling very faintly.
For a few minutes then both men resumed their cigars, staring blinkishly out all the while from their dark green piazza corner into the dazzling white tennis courts that gleamed like so many slippery pine planks in the afternoon glare and heat. The month was August, the day typically handsome, typically vivid, typically caloric.

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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Molly Make-Believe. V1. 1 July 2009

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Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal Literary World; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott.She attended Radcliffe College, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School.
In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories and fourteen romantic novels. Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.
Abbott died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

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The morning was as dark and cold as city snow could make it—a dingy whirl at the window; a smoky gust through the fireplace; a shadow black as a bear’s cave under the table. Nothing in all the cavernous room, loomed really warm or familiar except a glass of stale water, and a vapid, half-eaten grape-fruit.
Packed into his pudgy pillows like a fragile piece of china instead of a human being Carl Stanton lay and cursed the brutal Northern winter.

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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs. V1. 2 July 2009

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Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal Literary World; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott.She attended Radcliffe College, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School.
In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories and fourteen romantic novels. Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.
Abbott died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

Excerpt
If you don’t like Christmas stories, don’t read this one!
And if you don’t like dogs I don’t know just what to advise you to do!

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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: The Indiscreet Letter. V1. 27 June 2009

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Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal Literary World; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott.She attended Radcliffe College, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School.
In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories and fourteen romantic novels. Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.
Abbott died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

Excerpt
The Railroad Journey was very long and slow. The Traveling Salesman was rather short and quick. And the Young Electrician who lolled across the car aisle was neither one length nor another, but most inordinately flexible, like a suit of chain armor.

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Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell: The White Linen Nurse. V1. 2 July 2009

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Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal Literary World; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott.She attended Radcliffe College, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School.
In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories and fourteen romantic novels. Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.
Abbott died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

Excerpt
The White Linen Nurse was so tired that her noble expression ached.
Incidentally her head ached and her shoulders ached and her lungs ached and the ankle-bones of both feet ached quite excruciatingly. But nothing of her felt permanently incapacitated except her noble expression. Like a strip of lip-colored lead suspended from her poor little nose by two tugging wire-gray wrinkles her persistently conscientious sickroom smile seemed to be whanging aimlessly against her front teeth. The sensation certainly was very unpleasant.

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Abbott, L. A: Seven Wives and Seven Prisons. V1. 10 Jan 2009

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SEVEN WIVES AND SEVEN PRISONS
OR EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF A MATRIMONIAL MANIAC.

A TRUE STORY.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

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SOME one has said that if any man would faithfully write his autobiography, giving truly his own history and experiences, the ills and joys, the haps and mishaps that had fallen to his lot, he could not fail to make an interesting story; and Disraeli makes Sidonia say that there is romance in every life. How much romance, as well as sad reality, there is in the life of a man who, among other experiences, has married seven wives, and has been seven times in prison-solely on account of the seven wives, may be learned from the pages that follow.

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Abbott, L.A: Seven Wives And Seven Prisons. v1, 16 Jan 2008

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Subtitled: Or Experiences In The Life Of A Matrimonial Maniac. A True Story, written by Himself.

From the opening:

Some one has said that if any man would faithfully write his autobiography, giving truly his own history and experiences, the ills and joys, the haps and mishaps that had fallen to his lot, he could not fail to make an interesting story; and Disraeli makes Sidonia say that there is romance in every life. How much romance, as well as sad reality, there is in the life of a man who, among other experiences, has married seven wives, and has been seven times in prison-solely on account of the seven wives, may be learned from the pages that follow.

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Abdullah, Achmed: Fear and Other Stories. V1. 27 Nov 2008

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 - 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

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Abdullah, Achmed: The Charmed Life. V1. 9 Jan 2009

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 - 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

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"An adventurous and slightly fantastic love story—yet substantially a true story—that's the dope: and the only thing which remains is to catch your hare, to quote Mrs. Glass's famous Cookery Book. I heard such a story not so very long ago, when on my way home to Afghanistan. I stopped for a few weeks at Calcutta".

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Abdullah, Achmed: The Incubus. V1. 10 Jan 2009

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 - 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

THE darkness that is Africa is brilliantly depicted in this weird story of a white man alone in the jungle.

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Abélard, Peter: Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes, v1, 1 Feb 2010.

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Peter Abélard [1079-1142]
Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes
An Autobiography by Peter Abélard
Translated by Henry Adams Bellows (1803-1873)
Introduction by Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942)
1922

Abélard, one of the most talented medieval scholars in Paris, falls in love with Héloise. She refuses to marry him, saying that cradles and books don’t mix. Then she gets pregnant and they marry secretly.
Her uncle exacts a terrible revenge when he thinks that Héloise has been deserted. After this, Abelard’s life will never be the same again…

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Abelson, H; Sussman G: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2nd Ed), v1

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This book is one of a series of texts written by faculty of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was edited and produced by The MIT Press and includes almost 200 images/figures.

From wikipedia:
[QUOTStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is a textbook published in 1985 about general computer programming concepts from MIT Press written by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman. It has been used as the textbook for an introductory course in computer programming for students of computer science at MIT, where it is known as 6.001, and at other schools. The second edition (ISBN 0-262-51087-1) appeared in 1996. Widely considered a classic text in computer science, it is also known as the Wizard Book (there is a wizard on the cover), and less commonly, the Purple Book. [/QUOT

This ebook is generated from the html files available from http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-te...ook-Z-H-1.html and as described in this thread.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.

TO DO: Some of the links may not traverse back to the exact point where they were originally referenced from. :dunno:

Enjoy!

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Adams, Andy: The Log of a Cowboy. v1. 22 Oct 07

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[The Log of a Cowboy[/ is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana in 1882 along the Great Western Cattle Trail. Although the book is fiction, it is firmly based on Adams's own experiences on the trail, and it is considered by many to be the best account of cowboy life in literature. Adams was disgusted by the unrealistic cowboy fiction being published in his day; The Log of a Cowboy was his response. It is still in print, and even modern reviewers consider it a compelling classic. The Chicago Herald said: "As a narrative of cowboy life, Andy Adams' book is clearly the real thing. It carries its own certificate of authentic first-hand experience on every page."

It's a good read but it does contain stereotypes and some racial epithets, so be forewarned.

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Adams, Henry: The Education of Henry Adams. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize.

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Adams, Herbert: Death of a Viewer. V1. 21 Feb 2011

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Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.

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"Sandra, we are broke."
"More than usual?"
"Infinitely more. Finally, definitely and completely broke."
"What is it--cards or racing?"
"Both, and something on the Stock Exchange.

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Adams, Herbert: Exit the Skeleton. V1. 22 Feb 2011

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Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.

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'As you may be aware, the play Lucky in Love, produced by Mr. Greg Dobson, has been a failure. You will remember you guaranteed the production up to a sum of two thousand pounds.
'We regret to have to inform you that the total losses are nearly three times that amount. At the moment we are unaware of Mr. Dobson's precise whereabouts. If you can give us his present address we shall be glad. In the mean time perhaps you will let us have the amount of your guarantee.

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Adams, Herbert: The Body in the Bunker. V1. 22 Feb 2011

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Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.

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"Bridge is a matter of tricks," retorted Farmer. "Golf should not be."
Others joined in the wrangle and got quite warm about it. The smoking room of the Barrington Golf Club, like many others of its kind, was rather pleased when some novel point arose in connection with the game and could be discussed from all angles. Several of the members agreed with Farmer that his opponent had violated the spirit of the game, while others held with Major Escott that it was a matter of tactics and perfectly permissible.

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Adams, Herbert: The Chief Witness. V1. 22 Feb 2011

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Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.

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"IT has always been my view," said Sir Christopher, "that what we call coincidences are generally the normal working of natural laws. We now find that the strange coincidence of the suicide of the two brothers was neither suicide nor coincidence. It was just a devilishly clever scheme of murder."

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Adams, Herbert: The Judas Kiss. V1. 22 Feb 2011

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Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.

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They were a good-looking group of young people. Sitting each at one side of a small table, they had just finished their evening meal, though Jasper forked half a tinned peach from the heavily cut glass dish, and poured the last few drops of cream from a silver ewer over it. Garnet, the oldest of them, aged twenty-seven, had dark eyes and well-formed features. He looked earnest and his spare form suggested that he observed all the recognised fasts of the church and enjoyed doing it. Jasper, on his left, had similar dark eyes, but there was a twinkle of mischief in them. Emerald, who faced her elder brother and was next in age to him, would have been beautiful had it not been for a rather hard mouth and a look of discontent. Pearl, the baby of the family, just twenty-two, was definitely pretty, of the Greuze type. She had wide dark-blue eyes but there was more life and laughter in them than that artist generally showed in his charming maidens.

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Adams, John Quincy. State of the Union Addresses. v1.0, 6 October 2007

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John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was a diplomat, politician, and the sixth President of the United States (March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829).

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Adams, John. State of the Union Address. v1.0, 6 October 2007

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John Adams, Jr. (October 30, 1735  July 4, 1826) served as America's first Vice President (17891797) and as its second President (17971801). He was defeated for re-election in the "Revolution of 1800" by Thomas Jefferson. Adams was also the first President to reside in the newly built White House in Washington, D.C., which was completed in 1800.

Adams was a sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and a diplomat and a rebel in the 1770s. He was a driving force for independence in 1776; Jefferson called him the "Colossus of Independence". He represented the Continental Congress in Europe. He was a major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain, and chiefly responsible for obtaining the loans from the Amsterdam money market necessary for the conduct of the Revolution. His prestige secured his two elections as Washington's Vice President and his election to succeed him. As President, he was frustrated by battles inside his own Federalist party against a faction led by Alexander Hamilton, but he broke with them to avert a major conflict with France in 1798, during the Quasi-War crisis. He became the founder of an important family of politicians, diplomats and historians, and in recent years his reputation has improved.

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Adams, Samuel Hopkins: Average Jones. v1. 21 Aug 07

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On the case from 1911 is the detective the [Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection[/ called mystery master Samuel Hopkins Adams' "most famous creation," the man whose moniker totally belies his real character, that ratiocinating genius and member of the Cosmic Club, Adrian Van Reypen Egerton, or "Average" Jones as his friends shorten it. Here how the Enyclopedia describes his adventures, [This handsome young advertising genius maintains a remarkable sense of humor throughout a series of unusual cases which often have a medical background.[/ Match wits with Jones as he takes on the cases of The Red Spot, the Mercy Sign, the Blue Fires, the Million Dollar Dog, and others.

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Adams, Samuel Hopkins: Average Jones. v2. 15th Feb 2010

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On the case from 1911 is the detective the [Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection[/ called mystery master Samuel Hopkins Adams' "most famous creation," the man whose moniker totally belies his real character, that ratiocinating genius and member of the Cosmic Club, Adrian Van Reypen Egerton, or "Average" Jones as his friends shorten it. Here how the Enyclopedia describes his adventures, [This handsome young advertising genius maintains a remarkable sense of humor throughout a series of unusual cases which often have a medical background.[/ Match wits with Jones as he takes on the cases of The Red Spot, the Mercy Sign, the Blue Fires, the Million Dollar Dog, and others.

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Aesop: Aesop for Children. 18 Aug 07

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All those great stories from childhood now in one electronic volume. I came across this version while preparing the [Harvard Classics[/ volume 17. It is not the version that is included there so I offer it as an independent volume.

Now this is not as large as [Divine Comedy[/ but it exceeded the size limits for PRC files.

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Aimard, Gustave: Le Fils du Soleil (french) v1 17 nov 2008

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Ce livre n'est pas encore présent sur l'excellent site Ebooks Libres et Gratuits où on peut trouver plus de mille cinq cent ebooks gratuits en français. J'ai donc pris la liberté de convertir ce roman, que j'aime depuis ma jeunesse.

La source du texte est naturellement PG, j'ai un peu rajusté le format, ajouté une table de matières et j'ai crée une page titre.

Voici ce qu'on dit sur Aimard dans la "bibliothèque des grandes aventures":
[QUOTGustave Aimard est avec Gabriel Ferry, dont il s'est en partie inspiré, le grand représentant en France du roman western. Outre ce type de récits, l'auteur a également écrit des romans maritimes (cycle des bohèmes de la mer, 1863-1877), des récits patriotiques (La guerre sainte en Alsace, 1871) et des œuvres se déroulant dans les bas-fonds parisiens dans la tradition des mystères urbains (Les vauriens du pont neuf, 1878); mais la très grande majorité de ses oeuvres privilégie le continent américain.

Auteur prolifique de romans d'aventures, Gustave Aimard a eu lui-même une vie mouvementée dans laquelle il est difficile de distinguer la réalité du fantasme. Né en 1818, abandonné par ses parents, puis adopté par le couple Gloux, l'enfant est turbulent, au point de se faire renvoyer de plusieurs institutions scolaires et de se retrouver mousse à 9 ans sur des navires voyageant en Europe, puis en Amérique (autant d'événement évoqués dans le roman autobiographique Par mer et par terre, 1879). Il passe ensuite une partie de sa jeunesse en Amérique du Sud où, dit-il, il est fait prisonnier par les Patagons (voir Le Guaranis, 1864), puis devient coureur des bois, voyage, étant tour à tour chercheur d'or, chasseur, trappeur, négrier, voleur peut-être. Plus tard, il s'engage dans la Marine Royale (1835) où son tempérament orageux et ses multiples escapades lui doivent de durs châtiments corporels. Il déserte en 1839 au Chili, participe - peut-être - aux luttes contre le dictateur Rosas (voir Rosas, 1867), puis se fait pêcheur de perles ("Le pêcheur de perles", 1871). On prétend qu'il a également été capturé par les Indiens, attaché à deux reprises au poteau de tortures des Apaches (Les trappeurs de l'Arkansas, 1858, et bien d'autres romans) et marié à une Cheyenne, de laquelle il aurait eu un enfant (cela expliquerait l'opposition qu'il établit entre bons et mauvais Indiens, ou sa fascination pour les sang mêlés - à commencer par Balle-Franche - et les coureurs des bois -Valentin Guillois ou le Coeur-Loyal).

De retour en Europe en 1847, il voyage en Espagne, en Turquie et dans le Caucase. Après la révolution de 1848, sa désertion de la Royale est amnistiée, et il peut rentrer en France. Puis il participe en 1852 - du moins le prétend-il - à l'expédition rocambolesque au Sonora organisée par le comte Raousset-Bourbon (voir La grande flibuste, La fièvre d'or ou Curumilla, 1860).

De retour en France en 1854, il se met sérieusement à écrire à partir de 1856. Son premier récit important, Les Trappeurs de l'Arkansas (1858) profite de la mode de l'Amérique du Nord (c'est l'époque de la ruée vers l'or en Californie), et du succès récent du Coureur des bois de Gabriel Ferry (1856). Il enchaîne ensuite les œuvres à un rythme étourdissant (12 romans parus sous son nom en 1867!). Lors de la guerre franco-prussienne, il est à l'origine de la constitution - et du scandale - des francs-tireurs de la presse et, si son rôle dans les combats n'est pas très important, il lui fournira matière à plusieurs romans (Les scalpeurs blancs, 1873). On le voit, l'existence de Gustave Aimard est démesurée, elle est aussi très certainement en grande partie imaginée et, si elle a certainement nourri son œuvre, il semble que la biographie se soit également inspirée des romans et qu'Aimard se soit progressivement écrit une existence à la mesure de ses héros - cela a en tout cas affecté sa santé mentale: atteint de mégalomanie, il est interné à Sainte Anne où il meurt en 1883.[/QUOT
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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 15 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 21 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 1. V1. 16 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 2. V1. 17 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle. V1. 18 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: A Night In Rome. V1. 10 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.
Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
Wikipedia

"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol. V1. 11 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.
Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
Wikipedia

"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

[Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life[/ is a novel by British historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. It was first published in 1844 in serial form, under the title Revelations of London.

Auriol, written 1844, is slightly unusual in the Ainsworth repertoire as the action is entirely couched as a fantasy, so that the supernatural element can take comparatively free rein. The story is accordingly a thoroughly gothic romance. It is in effect Ainsworth's contribution to the Faust genre. There is also a distinct connection with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in the kidnapping of girls theme, and in that the story concludes in the atmosphere of the lunatic's confinement (and possible recovery), and the villain of the story is his keeper. Indeed, the use of the phantasmagorical aspects of the story to create a nightmarish commentary on contemporary society of the 1830s and 1840s anticipates (in the early 19th century) the expressionism of Robert Wiene's Caligari.

With illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Boscobel. V1. 11 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. v1, 6 Feb 2008

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[Jack Sheppard [/is the story of two apprentices, Thames Darrell and the historical criminal Jack Sheppard, the basic plot and moral closely following the model of Hogarth's series of twelve engravings, Industry and Idleness (1747), with just a dash of Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), both of which had been in part inspired by the short career of the original Jack Sheppard. The novel is divided into three books, or epochs, each resembling the acts of a play. Epoch the First, 1703, takes place in one night when the main protagonists are new-born babies, and acts as a prologue. Epoch the Second, 1715, takes place over a few days in June and shows the adolescent Jack's fall from grace and into the clutches of the evil thief-taker and criminal mastermind, Jonathan Wild, while Thames rather foolishly falls into the clutches of his evil uncle, Sir Rowland Trenchard, who is Wild's silent partner. Epoch the Third, 1724, encompasses the six months leading up to Jack's capture and execution.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. V1. 12 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches. V1. 15 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Ainsworth's last masterpiece, [The Lancashire Witches[/ proved a best-seller in its day and influenced many contemporary authors. [The Lancashire Witches[/ begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his soul to Satan and escapes. Years later, granted the powers of a warlock, he returns in the guise of Nicholas Demdike to witness Paslew's execution for treason. Dying, Paslew curses Demdike's offspring -- who become the titular "Lancashire Witches." The rest of the book set in the 17th century. Mother Demdike, a powerful witch, and her clan face rival witches, raise innocent young Alizon Devi as their own, and try to corrupt Alizon despite her innocent ways. Ultimately, the book becomes a struggle between Heaven and Hell, with Alizon's fate hanging in the balance.

Illustrated by John Gilbert.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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From MythosBooks.com:

There is in the folklore of Shropshire and Herefordshire a figure known as Wild Eric who, with his pack of flying hounds (the Seven Whistlers) reins wild elemental terror on the woodlands in those parts. [Windsor Castle[/ is Ainsworth's tale of Herne the Hunter, and the hunter is a weirdling hybrid = part Wild Eric and partly a species of Windsor Mephistopheles; in a very real way, this is a tale of the devil's special haunting of Henry VIII and all of those who so famously attended to him.

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Akutagawa, Ryunosuke: Rashomon & Other Stories, v.1, 25 April 2008.

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Translated by Takashi Kojima
Introduction by Howard Hibbett
(Translation first published 1952)

A collection of six masterpieces. ‘In a Grove’ tells the story of a murder from seven viewpoints, including that of the dead man.. Can one ever find the truth? The first two stories were the source for Akira Kurosawa’s film, Rashomon.

Contents:

In a Grove
Rashomon
Yam Gruel
The Martyr
Kesa and Morito
The Dragon

The source was Black Mask/Munseys, which had a number of formatting errors (which I have tried to correct). There is also a copy at Manybooks.

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Alain-Fournier: Le Grand Meaulnes (en Français), v.1, 25 July 2008.

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Alain-Fournier (1886-1914)
Le Grand Meaulnes (1913)

Le Grand Meaulnes est l’unique roman d’Alain-Fournier, publié en 1913.
Pour voir un sommaire, cliquez ici:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Meaulnes

From Wikipedia:
“Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier. Fifteen year old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen year old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for the unobtainable, and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood. It is considered one of the great works of French literature.”

(Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier. He died tragically young, at the age of 27, while fighting near Verdun during the First World War.)

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Alcoholics Anonymous: Big Book, v.1, 29 October 2008.

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This is the key text of Alcoholics Anonymous, and was a seminal work in the development of 12-step programmes to treat addictions.

Copyright etc.
The current edition of this book is the fourth one. It is under copyright. You may read it online at http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/ . It is in a mix of html and protected PDF. However, the first two editions did not have their copyright renewed in the U.S. I cite evidence below. The eleven core chapters are the same, as far as I can see. However, the personal stories were updated with new stories in later editions, as were the appendices. There is no ebook available of the third or fourth edition; not even for ready money. There are people trying to sell this title as an ebook, but all versions emanate from the source that I have used. Given that I have spent some time cleaning up formatting and OCR errors, I believe mine is actually better. I made it because a forum member was interested in having a copy.

Both these sites argue that the U.S copyright of the first edition was not renewed:
See:
http://www.recovery.org/aa/bigbook/ww/
and
http://alcoholism.about.com/library/weekly/aa990825.htm
The following site makes it clear that the U.S. copyright has expired for both the first and the second edition: http://anonpress.org/faq/files/read.asp?fID=239
And this hostile site argues that the original copyright was invalid and that neither the first nor second editions had their copyright renewed. http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-bigbook.html

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Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women (Illustrated) v0.9 Oct 25, 2009

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The illustrations, by Frank T. Merril, are taken from the 1880 version of the book which was published by the Roberts brothers. It was the first time both the original [Little Women [/and [Good Wives[/ were compiled into a single book known as [Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy[/. The text was taken from the Gutenberg project and the illustrations were taken from the scanned book on Google books.

Google Books scanned Little Women

Gutenberg Project Little Women

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Alcott, Louisa May: A Country Christmas, v1, 4 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
A Country Christmas (1881)

A short story in which city girls spend an old-fashioned Christmas in the country and like it. And the men are interesting …

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Alcott, Louisa May: A Strange Island, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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A short story: brief and gently humorous.
Originally from [Morning-Glories, and Other Stories [/(1868).

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Alcott, Louisa May: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, v1, 6 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (1881)

A group of children attempt a thanksgiving dinner when their parents are called away.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, v1 13 July 2008

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One of the several spinoffs of Alcott's wildly successful LITTLE WOMEN. This is the second in the series of books featuring a grown-up Jo, LITTLE WOMEN's main character, as the narrator. "As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bundles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hang all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathered together some stories, old and new, to amuse the large family that has so rapidly and beautifully grown up about me. "I hope that when they promenade in nightcaps and gowns to rifle the plump stockings, the little 'dears' will utter an 'Oh!' of pleasure, and give a prance of satisfaction, as they pull out this small gift from Aunt Jo's scrapbag" [preface, Vol. .

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Alcott, Louisa May: Debby’s Debut, v1, 2 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Debby’s Debut (1863)

A short story.
Debby is a young country girl, whose rich aunt takes her to a fashionable watering-place. Her natural manners intrigue the young men…

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Alcott, Louisa May: Eight Cousins, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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First published in 1875.
An orphaned little girl is introduced to eight boisterous male cousins.

(Uploaded because my niece got the paper copy.)

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Alcott, Louisa May: Flower Fables. v1, 27 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Flower Fables is a treasury of stories penned by Louisa May Alcott. Today's children, like many children of the past, will enjoy meeting Alcott's fairies, sentient flowers, and other real and imagined characters.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Hospital Sketches, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Hospital Sketches (1869)

First serialized in the Boston newspaper Commonwealth, and then published in book form in 1863, revised with additions in 1869.
This is an account of Louisa May Alcott’s experiences as a nurse in the American Civil War, originally written as letters to her family, then later reworked as a series of articles in which the narrator is Nurse Periwinkle.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women & Good Wives. v1.2, 20 Dec 2007

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I've added two pictures, a TOC and reformatted the .txt file from PG.

It's the story of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War.

I did it because my niece wanted my copy in treeware format.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Lost in a Pyramid, v.1, 24 Feb 2008.

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Lost in a Pyramid or The Mummy’s Curse.

A sensational short story.
(Presumably this is the sort of pulp fiction that Jo in ‘Little Women’ eventually repented writing.)

The text was from PG Australia.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Marjorie’s Three Gifts, v1, 9 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Marjorie’s Three Gifts (1899)

Two short stories for children. In ‘Marjorie’s Three Gifts’ a young girl’s birthday wishes come true in an unexpected way. In ‘Roses and Forget-me-nots’ a rich girl learns to think of others.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Moods, v1, 7 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott
(18321888)
Moods (1864)

A young woman is dominated by whims and moods, so makes some rather poor decisions, including marrying the wrong man.
The novel is allegedly loosely based on the authors youthful experiences: the two suitors being based on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. It was considered rather daring for allowing the topic of divorce to be discussed.
Miss Alcott later revised the novel (1882). This is the original version (1864) and includes the original illustrations.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Onder Moeders Vleugels. v1, 5 Mar 2008

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Dutch translation of [Little Women[/ by Louisa May Alcott.

Vrolijk Amerikaans gezinsverhaal over de vier zusjes March die zo verschillend zijn en toch eendrachtig hun moeder helpen terwijl vader in de oorlog is.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Op Eigen Wieken (Dutch). v1, 6 Mar 2008

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Dutch translation of [Good Wives[/ part 2 of [Little Women[/.

"Dit is een boeiend verhaal over de verdere lotgevallen van de familie March.
De kinderen zijn nu groot geworden, zo groot dat ze hun eigen weg zijn gegaan.
Ieder op haar eigen manier, Meta gaat trouwen met John Brooke, Jo met Friedrich Bhaer en Amy met Laurie Lawrence. Het grote verdriet om het verlies van Betsy, het vierde zusje, dat altijd een zwak poppetje was geweest, zijn ze te boven gekomen en als de meisjes op haar beurt weer kinderen krijgen, vormen ze samen één grote gezonde familie waarvan toch ieder lid heeft geleerd om....op eigen wieken te drijven.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Pauline’s Passion and Punishment, v1, 23 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Pauline’s Passion and Punishment (1863)
Originally published under the pseudonym ‘A. M. Barnard.’

A story of jilted love and terrible revenge, set in Cuba.
Louisa May Alcott spent some years writing sensational stories before she became famous for “Little Women.”

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Alcott, Louisa May: Perilous Play, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Perilous Play (1869)

A short story in which a southern belle and her friends experiment with cannabis. The results are unexpected…
Like her character, Jo in “Little Women,” Louisa May Alcott began her literary career by writing sensational stories, such as this improbable specimen.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Proverb Stories. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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Published in 1888 Proverb Stories is a collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott.

From the preface:

Being forbidden to write anything at present I have collected various waifs and strays to appease the young people who clamor for more, forgetting that mortal brains need rest. As many girls have asked to see what sort of tales Jo March wrote at the beginning of her career, I have added " The Baron's Gloves," as a sample of the romantic rubbish which paid so well once upon a time. If it shows them what not to write it will not have been rescued from oblivion in vain.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Rose In Bloom. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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Rose Campbell's adventures with her cousins continue in this sequel to "Eight Cousins."

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Alcott, Louisa May: Scarlet Stockings, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Scarlet Stockings (1869)

A short story set in Civil War era America. It seems that scarlet stockings and an assertive attitude are irresistible attractions to a certain sort of young man.

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Alcott, Louisa May: The Abbott's Ghost - A Christmas story v1 14 dec 2008

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.

This novelette stands quite a bit apart from her normal work. Romance, mystery and the ghost of Christmas in the air. A delicious read!

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Alcott, Louisa May: The Mysterious Key, v.1, 10 March 2008.

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‘The Mysterious Key and What it Opened.’

A short novella, set in England.

Will a mysterious prophecy and a small silver key doom two lovers to sepaation?

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Alcott, Louisa May: Transcendental Wild Oats, v1, 23 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Transcendental Wild Oats
Published in “The Independent” on December 18, 1873.

A short story in which Louisa May Alcott satirises life in a utopian socialist community. This is based on real-life events: her father has experimented with such a community, as mentioned in this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Wild_Oats

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Alcott, Louisa May: Under the Lilacs. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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A young circus orphan and his dog are taken in by a family.

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Alden, Henry Mills (ed): Shapes That Haunt The Dusk v1 2 dec 2008

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Anthology about those things that go bump in the night.

Featuring:
GEORG SCHOCK - THE CHRISTMAS CHILD
RICHARD RICE - THE WHITE SLEEP OF AUBER HURN
HOWARD PYLE - IN TENEBRAS
MADELENE YALE WYNNE - THE LITTLE ROOM
HARRIET LEWIS BRADLEY - THE BRINGING OF THE ROSE
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE - PERDITA
M. E. M. DAVIS - AT LA GLORIEUSE
F. D. MILLET - A FADED SCAPULAR
E. LEVI BROWN - AT THE HERMITAGE
H. W. McVICKAR - THE REPRISAL

Delicious winter reading material

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A Lantern in her Hand. V1. 1 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

After marrying Will Deal and moving to Nebraska, Abbie endures the difficulties of frontier life and raises her children to pursue the ambitions that were once her own.

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A White Bird Flying. V1. 2 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

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It was as though Grandma had left her a message,--as though Grandma, in going away, had not taken the lovely strange desire with her. She felt a vague sensation of relief and comfort. Grief no longer seemed tearing at her very soul and body. She would never tell any one about it,--no one would understand,--but in some unexplainable way everything was just as it had been before Grandma died,--all the dreams and desires were still there, all the vague yearnings for something fine and big in life. A white bird flying. That was what Grandma had left her. Well, she would always see it--always keep her eyes on the sheen of its silver wings.

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Miss Bishop. V1. 2 Mar 2010

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

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The chief source of the big boy's pride is the school,—Midwestern College. It stands at the edge of town in a lovely rolling campus, sweet-smelling in the springtime from its newly cropped blue-grass and white clover, colorful in the autumn from the scarlet and russet and gold of its massive trees,—a dozen or more pompous buildings arranged in stately formation, a campanile lifting its clock faces high to the four winds, a huge stadium proudly gloating over its place in the athletic sun. Concrete driveways and sidewalks curve through the green of elms and maples, and young people walk or drive over them continually,—a part of that great concourse of Youth forever crossing the campuses of the world.

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Mother Mason. V1. 1 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

Bess Streeter Aldrich is known for her portrayals of wise and witty women whose identities are strengthened, not smothered, in the bosom of the family. Molly Mason, fifty-two, is the devoted wife of the bank president, mother of four fun-loving Masons, and a reliable standby for the library board, missionary society, and the women's clubs. She has a hand in everything that happens in her midwestern town. In fact, Mother Mason never has any time to do just as she likes. Then one day she makes a headlong dash for liberty - and look out!

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Spring Came on Forever. V1. 2 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

Acclaimed for her 1928 novel A Lantern in Her Hand, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most widely read interpreters of the prairie pioneer experience. In 1935, she published her masterpiece, Spring Came on Forever, a novel of two Nebraska pioneer families from settlement to the 1930s. Elsewhere an artist of the romance, here Aldrich turns romance on its head.

The heroine is Amalia Holmsdorfer, one of a band of German immigrants who settle on the prairie. From her late teens to her mid-eighties she confronts and defeats the forces of nature and society that discourage or ruin others. Her life might be a modest triumph but for one detail: she married the wrong man.

Quickly paced and precisely drawn, this novel is Aldrich's greatest tribute to the complexity, humor, endurance, and intelligence of the people who settled the prairie. Whatever its sentiments, it has as many cutting edges as a buzz saw.

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Alger Jr., Horatio: The Young Acrobat of the Great American Circus. v1. 11 Sep 07

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Juvenile circus story - really the title says it all. Boy runs away to join the circus. Has exciting adventures, etc, etc.

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Alighieri, Dante: De Monarchia [German]. V1. 20 Jun 2010

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Seine politischen Überzeugungen, die in einem Idealbild eines starken, weltlichen, monarchischen Staates gipfeln, hat er in Briefen und einem Werk über die Monarchie niedergelegt.

Basel 1559 (deutsch 1926)

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Alighieri, Dante: La divina commedia (Illustrated, Multilingual), v1 21 Feb 2009

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"La divina commedia" (The Divine Comedy), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and 1321, is considered one of the greatest works of world literature, and central work of Italian literature. It is an allegoric epic poem telling the journey of the author through the Christian Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, where he meets a plethora of sinners, monsters and virtuous souls...

This edition includes the original Italian text, along with four different translations: German (by Carl Streckfuß), English (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), Portuguese (by José Pedro Xavier Pinheiro), and Russian (by Mikhail Lozinsky). All the versions are cross-linked every 15 verses, in an attempt to make a kind of parallel edition. French and Spanish translations are under preparation, but may take some time.

Included too are the famous illustrations by Gustave Doré (135 woodcuts). In the text there are only thumbnails, but they are linked to full-sized illustrations. I'm uploadind two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

I think this is my most complex book so far, so it's probably full of errors and mistakes, though I did my best to make each version consistent and follow the language's typographic conventions. And, of course, all kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT: I forgot to say, as much as I would like, this is not "the ultimate" edition, since it's missing all the notes many of the online texts have, but adding them would have been too much work for me now, maybe someone else will decide to try that ;)

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Allen, Grant.: Hilda Wade. v1, 12 Feb 2008

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Subtitled: A WOMAN WITH TENACITY OF PURPOSE

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist; an able upholder of the theory of evolution.

[Hilda Wade[/ is an exciting and unique work that presents one of the first female detective in English literature. The work presents a strong female protagonist. The characters are beautifully drawn and the astonishing tale is skillfully presented.

Grant Allen died before finishing [Hilda Wade[/. The novel's final episode, which he dictated to his friend, doctor and neighbor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from his bed appeared under the appropriate title, [The Episode of the Dead Man Who Spoke.[/

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Allen, Grant: My New Year's Eve Among the Mummies. V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen) (1848-1899), the son of an Irish Protestant minister and notable scholar, was born at Alwington, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on 24 February 1848. He was partly educated in America and France. In England he was at King Edward's School in Birmingham, and later at Merton College in Oxford, graduating with honors in 1871. He also studied in Europe. Two years later, in 1873, he was appointed Professor of Logic at Queens College, Spanish Town, Jamaica. He also taught philosophy, ethics, Latin, and Greek at this college for Negroes. When its principal died, Allen took over and from 1874 to 1876 was the college's principal.

Excerpt
Unfortunately, the truth of my account cannot be tested for another thousand years. But as a copy of this book will be preserved for the benefit of posterity in the British Museum, I hereby solemnly call upon Collective Humanity to try the veracity of this history by sending a deputation of archaeologists to the Pyramid of Abu Yilla, on the last day of December, Two thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. If they do not then find Thothmes and Hatasou feasting in the central hall exactly as I have described, I shall willingly admit that the story of my New Year's Eve among the Mummies is a vain hallucination, unworthy of credence at the hands of the scientific world.

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Allen, Grant: The Thames Valley Catastrophe. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen) (1848-1899), the son of an Irish Protestant minister and notable scholar, was born at Alwington, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on 24 February 1848. He was partly educated in America and France. In England he was at King Edward's School in Birmingham, and later at Merton College in Oxford, graduating with honors in 1871. He also studied in Europe. Two years later, in 1873, he was appointed Professor of Logic at Queens College, Spanish Town, Jamaica. He also taught philosophy, ethics, Latin, and Greek at this college for Negroes. When its principal died, Allen took over and from 1874 to 1876 was the college's principal.

Excerpt
I turned my eye up stream. For half a second I was utterly bewildered. Strange to say, I did not perceive at first the great flood of fire that was advancing towards me. I saw only the man who had shouted—a miserable, cowering, terror-stricken wretch, one of the abject creatures who used to earn a dubious livelihood in those days (when the river was a boulevard of pleasure) by towing boats up stream. But now, he was rushing wildly forward, with panic in his face; I could see he looked as if close pursued by some wild beast behind him. "A mad dog!" I said to myself at the outset; "or else a bull in the meadow!"

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Allen, Grant: Wolverden Tower. V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen) (1848-1899), the son of an Irish Protestant minister and notable scholar, was born at Alwington, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on 24 February 1848. He was partly educated in America and France. In England he was at King Edward's School in Birmingham, and later at Merton College in Oxford, graduating with honors in 1871. He also studied in Europe. Two years later, in 1873, he was appointed Professor of Logic at Queens College, Spanish Town, Jamaica. He also taught philosophy, ethics, Latin, and Greek at this college for Negroes. When its principal died, Allen took over and from 1874 to 1876 was the college's principal.

Excerpt
Hedda on one side, Yolande on the other, now went before her, holding her wrists in their grasp, but rather enticing than drawing her. As each reached the gloom, the same luminous appearance which Maisie had noticed before spread over their bodies, and the same weird skeleton shape showed faintly through their limbs in darker shadow. Maisie crossed the threshold with a convulsive gasp. As she crossed it she looked down at her own dress and body. They were semi-transparent, like the others', though not quite so self-luminous; the framework of her limbs appeared within in less certain outline, yet quite dark and distinguishable.

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Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 1). V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949, American novelist and poet, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1915. After service in World War I, he taught English in Charleston, S.C., where, in collaboration with DuBose Heyward, he wrote Carolina Chansons (1922), a volume of verse. He wrote other books of poetry but is best known for his excellent biography of Poe, Israfel (1926), and the picaresque novel Anthony Adverse (1933), which achieved enormous popular success.

Columbia Encyclopedia

The pretty young Marquise Maria da Vincitata, daughter of a Scottish merchant of Leghorn, fell in love with young Denis Moore within the year after her marriage and met with him secretly in France while her husband was taking a cure for his gout. Don Luis, the arrogant Marquis da Vincitata, discovering the intrigue, spirited his wife away and killed her gallant, luckless lover when he started out in pursuit. Maria’s baby was born high in the Alps. After his wife died during childbirth, Don Luis took the child to Leghorn, where he stealthily deposited the...

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Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 2). V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949, American novelist and poet, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1915. After service in World War I, he taught English in Charleston, S.C., where, in collaboration with DuBose Heyward, he wrote Carolina Chansons (1922), a volume of verse. He wrote other books of poetry but is best known for his excellent biography of Poe, Israfel (1926), and the picaresque novel Anthony Adverse (1933), which achieved enormous popular success.

Columbia Encyclopedia

The continuation of the saga.

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Allen, Hervey: ANTHONY ADVERSE (Volume 3 of 3). V1. 4 Mar 2011

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949, American novelist and poet, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1915. After service in World War I, he taught English in Charleston, S.C., where, in collaboration with DuBose Heyward, he wrote Carolina Chansons (1922), a volume of verse. He wrote other books of poetry but is best known for his excellent biography of Poe, Israfel (1926), and the picaresque novel Anthony Adverse (1933), which achieved enormous popular success.

Columbia Encyclopedia

The saga is complete

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Allen, James Lane. The Reign of Law. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Subtitled [A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields[/, this is not about drugs. Instead this is a story of personal religious growth and doubt.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Allen, James Lane: A Cathedral Singer. V1. 1 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
Slowly on Morningside Heights rises the Cathedral of St. John the Divine: standing on a high rock under the Northern sky above the long wash of the untroubled sea, above the wash of the troubled waves of men.
It has fit neighbors. Across the street to the north looms the many-towered gray-walled Hospital of St. Luke-cathedral of our ruins, of our sufferings and our dust, near the cathedral of our souls.
Across the block to the south is situated a shed-like two-story building with dormer-windows and a crumpled three-sided roof, the studios of the National Academy of Design; and under that low brittle skylight youth toils over the shapes and colors of the visible vanishing paradise of the earth in the shadow of the cathedral which promises an unseen, an eternal one.

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Allen, James Lane: A Kentucky Cardinal. V1. 1 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

A Kentucky Cardinal was the third novel by American writer, James Lane Allen; and was produced in 1894 as the first of the A Kentucky Cardinal series. The Cardinal is the State Bird of Kentucky.

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Allen, James Lane: Aftermath. V1. 2 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
I was happily at work this morning among my butterbeans—*a vegetable of solid merit and of a far greater suitableness to my palate than such bovine watery growths as the squash and the beet. Georgiana came to her garden window and stood watching me.
“You work those butterbeans as though you loved them,” she said, scornfully.
“I do love them. I love all vines.”
“Are you cultivating them as vines or as vegetables?”
“It makes no difference to nature.”
“Do you expect me to be a vine when we are married?”

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Allen, James Lane: Bride of the Mistletoe. V1. 3 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

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It is a story. There are two characters—*a middle-aged married couple living in a plain farmhouse; one point on the field of human nature is located; at that point one subject is treated; in the treatment one movement is directed toward one climax; no external event whatsoever is introduced; and the time is about forty hours.

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Allen, James Lane: The Choir Invisible. V1. 4 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

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He had on an old bridle with knots of blue violets hanging, down at his ears; over his broad back was spread a blanket of buffalo-skin; on this rested a worn black side-saddle, and sitting in the saddle was a girl, whom every young man of the town not far away knew to be Amy Falconer, and whom many an old pioneer dreamed of when he fell asleep beside his rifle and his hunting-knife in his lonely cabin of the wilderness. She was perhaps the first beautiful girl of aristocratic birth ever seen in Kentucky, and the first of the famous train of those who for a hundred years since have wrecked or saved the lives of the men.

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Allen, James Lane: The Mettle of the Pasture. V1. 4 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
Old-fashioned glass doors behind her reached from a high ceiling to the floor; they had been thrown open and the curtains looped apart. Stone steps outside led downward to the turf in the rear of the house. This turf covered a lawn unroughened by plant or weed; but over it at majestic intervals grew clumps of gray pines and dim-blue, ever wintry firs. Beyond lawn and evergreens a flower garden bloomed; and beyond the high fence enclosing this, tree-tops and house-tops of the town could be seen; and beyond these—*away in the west—*the sky was naming now with the falling sun.

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Allen, James: As a Man Thinketh. V1. 20-Nov-2010

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James Allen (November 28,1864 – 1912) was a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, was mass produced since its publication in 1903 and has provided a key source of ideas to countless bestselling motivational and self-help authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.As a result he is considered as the pioneer of self help movement. As with many of Allen's works, the book's launch was quiet and its full impact was not felt until after his passing.

Foreword:
THIS little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that—
"They themselves are makers of themselves."
by virtue of the thoughts, which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.

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Allen, James: The Way of Peace. V1. 20-Nov-2010

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James Allen (November 28,1864 – 1912) was a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, was mass produced since its publication in 1903 and has provided a key source of ideas to countless bestselling motivational and self-help authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.As a result he is considered as the pioneer of self help movement. As with many of Allen's works, the book's launch was quiet and its full impact was not felt until after his passing.

Contents

- THE POWER OF MEDITATION

- THE TWO MASTERS, SELF AND TRUTH

- THE ACQUIREMENT OF SPIRITUAL POWER

- THE REALIZATION OF SELFLESS LOVE

- ENTERING INTO THE INFINITE

- SAINTS, SAGES, AND SAVIORS; THE LAW OF SERVICE

- THE REALIZATION OF PERFECT PEACE

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Allison, Young E.: On the Vice of Novel-Reading, v.1, 14 June 2008

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Young Ewing Allison (1853-1932) was an American writer and newspaper editor. This is a short, apparently unpublished paper that he presented in 1897.

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Allison, Young E.: The Delicious Vice, v.1, 15 June 2008

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A paragraph from this book which is apparently an expansion of his 1897 lecture which I posted yesterday:

"After the first novel has been read, somewhere under the seasoned age of fourteen years, the beginner equipped with inherent genius for novel reading is afloat upon an open sea of literature, a master mariner of his own craft, having ports to make, to leave, to take, so splendid of variety and wonder as to make the voyages of Sinbad sing small by comparison. It may be proper and even a duty here to suggest to the young novel reader that the Ten Commandments and all governmental statutes authorize the instant killing, without pity or remorse, of any heavy-headed and intrusive person who presumes to map out for him a symmetrical and well-digested course of novel reading. The murder of such folks is universally excused as self-defense and secretly applauded as a public service. The born novel reader needs no guide, counsellor or friend. He is his own "master." He can with perfect safety and indescribable delight shut his eyes, reach out his hand, pull down any plum of a book and never make a mistake. Novel reading is the only one of the splendid occupations of life calling for no instruction or advice. All that is necessary is to bite the apple with the largest freedom possible to the intellectual and imaginative jaws, and let the taste of it squander itself all the way down from the front teeth until it is lost in the digestive joys of memory. There is no miserable quail limit to novels-you can read thirty novels in thirty days or 365 novels in 365 days for thirty years, and the last one will always have the delicious taste of the pies of childhood."
And there are other parts:

"There are no women novel-readers. There are women who read novels, of course; but it is a far cry from reading novels to being a novel-reader. It is not in the nature of a woman."
I prefer to think that this opinion is largely based on common prejudices of the time and the author's perception of the social duties of "the average woman" of the time and not a perceived inherent flaw or malady of women.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: Before the Dawn. V1. 5 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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A tall, well-favoured youth, coming from the farther South, boarded the train for Richmond one raw, gusty morning. He carried his left arm stiffly, his face was thin and brown, and his dingy uniform had holes in it, some made by bullets; but his air and manner were happy, as if, escaped from danger and hardships, he rode on his way to pleasure and ease.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Border Watch. V1. 6 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
"The Border Watch" closes the series which began with "The Young Trailers," and which was continued successively in "The Forest Runners," "The Keepers of the Trail," "The Eyes of the Woods," "The Free Rangers," "The Riflemen of the Ohio," and "The Scouts of the Valley." All the eight volumes deal with the fortunes and adventures of two boys, Henry Ware and Paul Cotter, and their friends Shif'less Sol Hyde, Silent Tom Ross and Long Jim Hart, in the early days of Kentucky. The action moves over a wide area, from New Orleans in the South to Lake Superior in the North, and from the Great Plains in the West to the land of the Iroquois in the East.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Candidate. V1. 7 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
The huge convention-hall still rang with the thunders of applause, and most of the delegates were on their feet shouting or waving their hats, when Harley slipped from his desk and made his way quietly to the little side-door leading from the stage. It was all over now but the noise; after a long and desperate fight Grayson, a young lawyer, with little more than a local reputation, had been nominated by his party for the Presidency of the United States, and Harley, alert, eager, and fond of dramatic effects, intended to be the first who should tell him the surprising fact.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Eyes of the Woods. V1. 7 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Eyes of the Woods” is an independent story, telling of certain remarkable events in the life of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif’less Sol Hyde, Silent Tom Ross and Long Jim Hart. But it is also a part of the series dealing with these characters, and is the fourth in point of time, coming just after “The Keepers of the Trail.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Forest of Swords. V1. 8 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Forest of Swords,” while an independent story, based upon the World War, continues the fortunes of John Scott, Philip Lannes, and their friends who have appeared already in “The Guns of Europe.” As was stated in the first volume, the author was in Austria and Germany for a month after the war began, and then went to England. He saw the arrival of the Emperor, Francis Joseph, in Vienna, the first striking event in the gigantic struggle, and witnessed the mobilization of their armies by three great nations.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Free Rangers. V1. 10 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“THE FREE RANGERS,” WHILE AN INDEPENDENT STORY IN ITSELF, CONTINUES THE FORTUNES OF THE TWO BOYS AND THEIR COMRADES WHO WERE THE CENTRAL CHARACTERS IN “THE YOUNG TRAILERS,” “THE FOREST RUNNERS,” “THE KEEPERS OF THE TRAIL” AND “THE EYES of THE WOODS.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The great Sioux Trail v1 20 feb 2009

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[QUOT"The Great Sioux Trail" is the first of a group of romances concerned with the opening of the Great West just after the Civil War, and having a solid historical basis. They will be connected by the presence of leading characters in all the volumes, but every one will be in itself a complete story.[/QUOT

Beautifully illustrated and nice read!

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Bull Run. V1. 9 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
It would soon be Christmas and Harry Kenton, at his desk in the Pendleton Academy, saw the snow falling heavily outside. The school stood on the skirt of the town, and the forest came down to the edge of the playing field. The great trees, oak and ash and elm, were clothed in white, and they stood out a vast and glittering tracery against the somber sky.
The desk was of the old kind, intended for two, and Harry’s comrade in it was his cousin, Dick Mason, of his own years and size. They would graduate in June, and both were large and powerful for their age. There was a strong family resemblance and yet a difference. Harry’s face was the more sensitive and at times the blood leaped like quicksilver in his veins. Dick’s features indicated a quieter and more stubborn temper. They were equal favorites with teachers and pupils.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Shiloh. V1. 10 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Guns of Shiloh,” a complete story in itself, is the complement of “The Guns of Bull Run.” In “The Guns of Bull Run” the Civil War and its beginnings are seen through the eyes of Harry Kenton, who is on the Southern side. In “The Guns of Shiloh” the mighty struggle takes its color from the view of Dick Mason, who fights for the North and who is with Grant in his first great campaign.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Hunters of the Hills. V1. 11 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Hunters of the Hills” is the first volume of a series dealing with the great struggle of France and England and their colonies for dominion in North America, culminating with the fall of Quebec. It is also concerned to a large extent with the Iroquois, the mighty league known in their own language as the Hodenosaunee, for the favor of which both French and English were high bidders. In his treatment of the theme the author has consulted many authorities, and he is not conscious of any historical error.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Keepers of the Trail. V1. 12 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Keepers of The Trail” deals with an episode, hitherto unrelated, in the lives of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif’less Sol Hyde, Long Jim Hart, and Silent Tom Ross. In point of time it follows “The Forest Runners,” and, so, is the third volume of the “Young Trailer” series.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Last of the Chiefs. V1. 12 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
The boy in the third wagon was suffering from exhaustion. The days and days of walking over the rolling prairie, under a brassy sun, the hard food of the train, and the short hours of rest, had put too severe a trial upon his delicate frame. Now, as he lay against the sacks and boxes that had been drawn up to form a sort of couch for him, his breath came in short gasps, and his face was very pale. His brother, older, and stronger by far, who walked at the wheel, regarded him with a look in which affection

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Lords of the Wild. V1. 12 July 2000

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Lords of the Wild” tells a complete story, but it is also a part of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predecessors were “The Hunters of the Hills,” “The Shadow of the North,” “The Rulers of the Lakes” and “The Masters of the Peaks.” Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, St. Luc, Tandakora and all the principal characters of the earlier volumes reappear.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Masters of the Peaks. V1. 12 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Masters of the Peaks,” while presenting a complete story in itself is the fourth volume of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predecessors were “The Hunters of the Hills,” “The Shadow of the North,” and “The Rulers of the Lakes.” Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, and all the other important characters of the earlier romances reappear in the present book.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Riflemen of the Ohio. V1. 13 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Riflemen of the Ohio,” while a complete story in itself, continues the fortunes of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, and their friends, who were the central characters in “The Young Trailers,” “The Forest Runners,” “The Keepers of the Trail,” “The Eyes of the Woods,” and “The Free Rangers.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rock of Chickamauga. V1. 13 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Rock of Chickamauga,” presenting a critical phase of the great struggle in the west, is the sixth volume in the series, dealing with the Civil War, of which its predecessors have been “The Guns of Bull Run,” “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” “The Sword of Antietam” and “The Star of Gettysburg.” Dick Mason who fights on the Northern side, is the hero of this romance, and his friends reappear also.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rulers of the Lakes. V1. 14 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Rulers of the Lakes” is a complete story, but it is also the third volume of the French and Indian War Series, following “The Hunters of the Hills” and “The Shadow of the North.” Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, and all the important characters in the earlier romances reappear.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of Stonewall. V1. 14 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

Excerpt
“The Scouts of Stonewall,” while an independent story, is in effect a continuation of the series which began with “The Guns of Bull Run” and which was carried on in “The Guns of Shiloh.” The present romance reverts to the Southern side, and is concerned with the fortunes of Harry Kenton and his friends.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of the Valley. V1. 15 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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A light canoe of bark, containing a single human figure, moved swiftly up one of the twin streams that form the Ohio. The water, clear and deep, coming through rocky soil, babbled gently at the edges, where it lapped the land, but in the center the full current flowed steadily and without noise.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shades of the Wilderness. V1.15 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Shades of the Wilderness” is the seventh volume of the Civil War Series, of which the predecessors have been “The Guns of Bull Run,” “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” “The Sword of Antietam”, “The Star of Gettysburg” and “The Rock of Chickamauga.” The romance in this story reverts to the Southern side and deals with the fortunes of Harry Kenton and his friends. It takes them on the retreat from Gettysburg, gives the hero a short period of social life in Richmond, describes the great battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, and ends with the deadlock in the trenches before Petersburg.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shadow of the North. V1.16 July

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Shadow of the North,” while an independent story, in itself, is also the second volume of the Great French and Indian War series which began with “The Hunters of the Hills.” All the important characters of the first romance reappear in the second.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Star of Gettysburg. V1. 16 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Star of Gettysburg” is a complete romance, but it is also one of the series dealing with the Civil War, beginning with “The Guns of Bull Run,” and continued successively through “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” and “The Sword of Antietam” to the present volume. The story centers about the young Southern hero, Harry Kenton, and his friends.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sun Of Quebec. V1. 17 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Sun of Quebec” is the sixth and closing volume of the French and Indian War Series of which the predecessors have been “The Hunters of the Hills,” “The Shadow of the North,” “The Rulers of the Lakes,” “The Masters of the Peaks,” and “The Lords of the Wild.” The important characters in the earlier books reappear, and the mystery in the life of Robert Lennox, the central figure in all the romances, is solved.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sword of Antietam. V1. July 20 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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The first youth rode to the crest of the hill, and, still sitting on his horse, examined the country in the south with minute care through a pair of powerful glasses. The other two dismounted and waited patiently. All three were thin and their faces were darkened by sun and wind. But they were strong alike of body and soul. Beneath the faded blue uniforms brave hearts beat and powerful muscles responded at once to every command of the will.
“What do you see, Dick?” asked Warner, who leaned easily against his horse, with one arm over the pommel of his saddle.
“Hills, valleys, mountains, the August heat shimmering over all, but no human being.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Texan Scouts. V1. 17 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“THE TEXAN SCOUTS,” WHILE A COMPLETE STORY IN ITSELF, CONTINUES THE FORTUNES OF NED FULTON AND HIS FRIENDS, WHO WERE THE CENTRAL CHARACTERS IN “THE TEXAN STAR.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Texan Star. V1. 17 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Texan Star,” while a complete story in itself, is the first of three, projected by the author, and based upon the Texan struggle for liberty against the power of Mexico. This revolution, epic in its nature, and crowded with heroism and great events, divides itself naturally into three parts. The first phase begins in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Austin, the Texan leader, the rise of Santa Anna and his attempt, through bad faith, to disarm the Texans and leave them powerless before the Indians. It culminates in the rebellion of the Texans, and their capture, in the face of great odds, of San Antonio, the seat of the Mexican power in the north. The second phase is the coming of Santa Anna with an overwhelming force, the fall of the Alamo, the massacre of Goliad and the dark days of Texas. Yet the period of gloom is relieved by the last stand of Crockett, Bowie, and their famous comrades. The third phase is the coming of light in the darkness, Houston’s crowning victory at San Jacinto, and the complete victory of the Texans. The story of the Texan fight for freedom has always appealed to the author, as one of the most remarkable of modern times.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Tree of Appomattox. V1. 18 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Tree of Appomattox” concludes the series of connected romances dealing with the Civil War, begun in “The Guns of Bull Run,” and continued successively through “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” “The Sword of Antietam,” “The Star of Gettysburg,” “The Rock of Chickamauga” and “The Shades of the Wilderness” to the present volume. It has been completed at the expense of vast labor, and the author has striven at all times to be correct, wherever facts are involved. So far, at least, no historic detail has been challenged by critic or reader. More than half a century has passed since the Civil War’s close. Not many of the actors in it are left. It was one of the most tremendous upheavals in the life of any nation, and it was the greatest of all struggles, until the World War began, but scarcely any trace of partisan rancor or bitterness is left. So, it has become easier to write of it with a sense of fairness and detachment, and the lapse of time has made the perspective clear and sharp. However lacking he may be in other respects, the author perhaps had an advantage in being born, and having grown up in a border state, where sentiment was about equally divided concerning the Civil War. He was surrounded during his early youth by men who fought on one side or the other, and their stories of camp, march and battle were almost a part of the air he breathed. So he hopes that this circumstance has aided him to give a truthful color to the picture of the mighty combat, waged for four such long and terrible years.

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Shoe-Bar Stratton v1 30 nov 2008

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Action- bend westerner

[QUOT"There's yore dough," he said sneeringly, flinging the little handful of money on the table with such force that several coins fell to the floor and rolled into remote corners. "Yuh better put it away safe, 'cause after this there ain't nobody around these parts'll hire yuh, I'll tell a man!"

His tone was indescribably taunting, and of a sudden Buck saw red. Dominated by the single-minded impulse of primeval man to use the weapons nature gave him, he forgot momentarily that he carried a gun. When the two men entered, he had been bending over, rolling his blankets. Since then, save to raise his head, he had scarcely altered his position, and yet, as he poised there motionless, fists clenched, muscles tense, eyes narrowed to mere slits, Lynch suddenly realized that he had blundered, and reached swiftly for his Colt.

But another hand was ahead of his. Standing just behind him, Bud Jessup had sized up the situation a fraction of a second before Tex, and like a flash he bent forward and snatched the foreman's weapon from its holster.

"Cut that out, Slim!" he shrilled, forestalling a sudden downward jerk of McCabe's right hand. "No horning in, now. Give it here."[/QUOT
Got this from PG, gave it the MTH treatment, used the included illustration as cover.

Have fun!

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Shoe-Bar Stratton. V1. 29 July 2010

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell, 1878-1928

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Westward the little three-car train chugged its way fussily across the brown prairie toward distant mountains which, in that clear atmosphere, loomed so deceptively near. Standing motionless beside the weather-beaten station shed, the solitary passenger watched it absently, brows drawn into a single dark line above the bridge of his straight nose. Tall, lean, with legs spread apart a bit and shoulders slightly bent, he made a striking figure against that background of brilliant sky and drenching, golden sunlight. For a brief space he did not stir. Then of a sudden, when the train had dwindled to the size of a child’s toy, he turned abruptly and drew a long, deep breath.

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Under Boy Scout Colors. V1. 30 July 2010

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell, 1878-1928

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Dale Tompkins slung the bulging bag of papers over one shoulder, and, turning away from the news-stand, walked briskly down the main street of Hillsgrove. The rain had ceased, and the wind that had howled fiercely all day long was shifting into the west, where it tore to tatters the banks of dun gray clouds, letting through gleams and patches of cold blue sky tinged with the pale, chill yellow of a typical autumn sunset.

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Amicis, Edmondo De: Heart (Cuore). v.1 July 5, 2009

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Heart (Italian: Cuore) is one of the most popular Italian children's novels, written by Edmondo De Amicis. It is pleasant reading for adults, as well.

It is set during the Italian unification. It was published by Treves on October 18, 1886, the first day of school in Italy, and instantly became a tremendous success.

The novel is written in a diary format, as told by Enrico Bottini, a 10-year old primary school student in Italy. The entire chronological setting corresponds to the third-grade season.

*****

I've also incorporated the mini NYT review from 1895.

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Andersen, Hans Christian: Der Improvisator. [German]. 20-Nov-2010

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Hans Christian Andersen (* 2. April 1805 in Odense; † 4. August 1875 in Kopenhagen)

Antonio - ein Waisenjunge aus Rom - entdeckt in Neapel sein Talent zum "Improvisieren". Auf einer Reise lernt er das blinde Mädchen Lara kennen, die ihn an seine grosse Liebe - die schöne Sängerin Annunziata - erinnert.

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Andersen, Hans Christian: Fairy Tales. v2, 12 Nov 2008

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A complete (I believe) collection of the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Includes many of the ones we're all familiar with, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ice Queen", "The Princess and the Pea", etc, and [lots[/ that I certainly hadn't come across before.

Not an altogether cheerful collection - many of the stories end with children dying - but of course it's a reflection of an age when child mortality [was[/ very high.

Many of the stories have very strong Christian themes.

Enjoy!

EDIT: Corrected the author's name from "Anderson" to "Andersen". Re-uploaded the book as v2.

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Andersen, Hans Christian: OZ. [German]. 14-Nov-2010

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Ein Roman von Hans Christian Andersen (* 2. April 1805 in Odense; † 4. August 1875 in Kopenhagen)

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Andersen, Hans Christian: Sein oder Nichtsein. [German]. 14-Nov-2010

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Hans Christian Andersen (* 2. April 1805 in Odense; † 4. August 1875 in Kopenhagen) .

Über das Buch:

Als kleiner Junge verliert Niels Bryde seine Eltern und kommt unter die Obhut eines Pfarrers auf Jütland. Die Geborgenheit und das einfache Landleben prägen seine Kindheit. Nach einem Zerwürfnis mit dem Pflegevater zieht Niels in den Deutsch-Dänischen Krieg. Die furchtbaren Erlebnisse dort und der Cholera-Tod seiner Geliebten führen Niels zurück in die Familie.

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Anderson, Poul: Industrial Revolution, v1, 12 March 2010.

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Poul Anderson [1926-2001]
Writing as Winston P. Sanders
Industrial Revolution [1963]
Illustrator: Leo Summers

“Ever think how deadly a thing it is if a machine has amnesia— or how easily it can be arranged....”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction September 1963. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Anderson, Poul: Security, v1, 12 March 2010.

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Poul Anderson [1926-2001]
Security [1953]

“In a world where Security is all-important, nothing can ever be secure. A mountain-climbing vacation may wind up in deep Space. Or loyalty may prove to be high treason. But it has its rewards.”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Space Science Fiction February 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.

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Anderson, Poul: The Burning Bridge, v1, 14 March 2010.

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Poul Anderson [1926–2001]
The Burning Bridge [1960]
Illustrated by van Dongen

Is Captain Joshua leading his small band of space colonists to the Promised Land? And can the message from Earth to his deep-space fleet be trusted? He is reaching the point of no return in the trip and must make the hardest decision of his life…

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note: This etext was produced from “Astounding Science Fiction” January 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Anderson, Poul: The Sensitive Man, v1, 12 March 2010.

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Poul Anderson [1926–2001]
The Sensitive Man [1954]

From the blurb:
Conspiracy seems to be as much a part of our times as it was in the times of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Hence it finds frequent reflection in all branches of fiction, including science fiction. Yet, as in life, something new has been added, the most gigantic conspiracy of all, the human conspiracy against conspirators. Which makes for a fine stirring story in this short novel of the future by Mr. Anderson, one of our best young authors.

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Fantastic Universe January 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Anderson, Poul: The Valor of Cappen Varra, v1, 14 March 2010.

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Poul Anderson [1926–2001]
The Valor of Cappen Varra [1957]

A man decides to bait a troll. Generally, this is not a good idea…

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note: This etext was produced from “Fantastic Universe” January 1957. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Marching Men. 17 Aug 07

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Anderson's first novel from 1917.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Poor White. 17 Aug 07

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Written in 1920, [Poor White[/ is considered to have been written at the time of the peak of his writing skills.

Wikipedia said:
[QUOTSherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876  March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. His influence on American fiction was profound; his literary voice can be heard in Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, John Steinbeck, and others.[/QUOT

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Anderson, Sherwood: The Triumph of the Egg & Other Stories. 17 Aug 07

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Published in 1921, just after [Poor White[/, [The Triumph of the Egg & Other Stories[/ is a wonderful collection. This is the collection that got me hooked on Anderson in the first place.

We had a reading assignment in HS English of one of his stories. The teacher did not care much for Anderson and let us all know that very plainly. Then again she didn't very much that was not [The Diary of Anne Frank[/. I read the other stories in the textbook by Anderson and went out that weekend to buy The Portable Anderson. Since we were allowed to bring outside reading material to school I brought the book and read it in my free periods or study hall. When she saw the book her face turned red and she got mad. I think I would have had an easier time if it had been [The Story of 'O'[/

So here it is and it still has my vote as the best of the lot.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Windy McPherson's Son. 17 Aug 07

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His fourth book from 1916.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Winesburg, Ohio. 17 Aug 07

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Written in 1919, [Winesburg, Ohio[/ is the most famous book by Anderson. Known best for his short stories, it is really a collection of short stories bound around a common theme and set in the same town. One of the first modern writers in the US, he was a frequent contributor to [The Dial[/ magazine in New York City and part of the new modern post war era.

One of the reasons I got a job back in high school was to buy books that the local libraries did not stock, [The Portable Sherwood Anderson[/ was one of those.

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Andreyev, Leonid; Bernstein, Herman, Trans: The Crushed Flower. V1. 20 Nov 2010

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Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (Russian: 5>=84 8:>;0528G =4@552, 21 August [O.S. 9 August] 1871 – September 12, 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short story writer. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period in Russian history. Andreev's style combines elements of realist, naturalist and symbolist schools in literature.

Herman Bernstein (September 21, 1876 – August 31, 1935) was an American journalist, writer, translator, and diplomat.
Herman Bernstein was born on September 21, 1876, in Vladislavov (Russian: ;048A;02>2, German: Neustadt-Schirwindt, Yiddish: Naishtot) at that time on the Russo-German border to David and Marie Bernstein. In 1893, he emigrated to the United States, where he completed his education and married Sophie Friedman on December 31, 1901.

THE CRUSHED FLOWER
A STORY WHICH WILL NEVER BE FINISHED
ON THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION
THE SERPENT'S STORY
LOVE, FAITH AND HOPE
THE OCEAN
JUDAS ISCARIOT AND OTHERS
"THE MAN WHO FOUND THE TRUTH"

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Anet, Claude: Ende einer Welt german v1 24 feb 2009

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Die [Bärensöhne[/, vorzeitliche Renntierjäger Südfrankreichs, leben seit Generationen von der Jagd und führen ein zufriedenes Leben ganz so wie es die uralten Traditionen und Überlieferungen gutheißen. Doch eines Tages dringen die fremden [Rundschädel[/ in das Gebiet der [Bärensöhne[/ vor. Diese Jägernomaden verließen einst ihre eigenen Jagdgründe auf der Flucht vor sich immer weiter ausbreitenden menschenfeindlichen Umweltbedingungen und ziehen seit Generationen gemeinsam mit ihren zahmen Hunden der untergehenden Sonne entgegen. Obwohl die fremden Jäger ihren Weg ohne böse Absicht beschreiten, steht das Volk der [Bärensöhne[/ angesichts der fortschrittlichen Jagdmethoden der Fremden vor seiner größten Prüfung: Überleben.

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Anonym: Die Njálls-Saga. german. v1. 8 mar 2009

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Die von einem unbekannten Gelehrten im 13. Jahrhundert verfaßte [Njálls-Saga[/ ist die Geschichte einer 50 Jahre währenden Blutfehde, die Island zweihundert Jahre vor der Niederschrift gespalten hat. Anders als viele mittelalterliche Werke des übrigen Europa, ist diese Sage ein lebendiges Werk mit anschaulich geschilderten Figuren, sprühenden Dialogen und einer auch heute noch spannenden Handlung.

Der Titelheld, Njáll Thorgeirsson, ist der fähigste Rechtsgelehrte des Landes, verfügt über das zweite Gesicht und genießt als integerer Mann allgemein hohes Ansehen. Sein bester Freund ist Gunnar, ein mächtiger Streiter gestählt in unzähligen Wikingerscharmützeln, der "drei Schwerter auf einmal zu schwingen scheint" und oft eine magische Hellebarde benutzt. Njáll, der niemals sein Schwert im Zorn erhöbe und Gunnar, trotz seiner Kampfkraft ein Mann von gütigem Wesen, sind dennoch den strengen traditionellen Codes der Familienloyalität und Ehre verpflichtet, die sie und die ihnen Nahestehenden schließlich in den Abgrund reißen: Ein anfangs eher unbedeutender Streit zwischen der tückischen Frau Gunnars, Hallgerdur, und Bergthora, der Frau Njálls, steigert sich nach und nach unaufhaltsam bis zum ersten Blutvergießen und geht in eine über fünzig Jahre währende Blutfehde über.

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Anonym: Njaals Soge [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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Fra wikipedia:
Njåls saga, også kjent som Brennu-Njáls saga, eller kort for Njála, er en av de meste berømte islendingesagaene, og kanskje den som islendingene selv holder mest kjær.
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Njåls saga beskriver utviklingen av en serie blodfeider. Bokens handling, til dels historiske, skjer mellom år 930 og 1020, og den dekker perioden når Island aksepterer kristendommen i år 1000 på Alltinget. Den omhandler også det store slaget ved Clontarf utenfor Dublin i 1014, skjønt ikke spesielt historisk etterrettelig, hvor irlenderne slår en vikingehær, men hvor Irlands overkonge Brian Boru dør.

Dette er en nynorsk oversettelse fra 1896 ved Olav Aasmundstad av Njåls Saga.
Teksten er hentet fra http://www.heimskringla.no

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Anonymous (Burton Tr): The Thousand Nights and a Night, v.1, 29 September 2008

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The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments.
With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights.
Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton
[Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton K.C.M.G. F.R.G.S. (1821–1890)]

This translation is not for children.

Richard Burton’s The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night was originally privately published by The Kama Shastra Society, in ten volumes, in 1885. This was a limited edition of 1000 copies (oddly, not 1001).
(A further six volumes were subsequently published as a Supplement to the Nights.)
This edition has used the online plain-text transcriptions from Project Gutenberg http://gutenberg.org, vols 1–10. These contain a number of errors, which I have tried to correct. Some undoubtedly remain.

Footnotes have been linked and collected at the end of the text. I have transliterated Greek characters, except from a line of Homer, which has been inserted as a picture.
I made the decision to insert line breaks within some couplets at the caesura. Unfortunately, few current electronic readers will display the whole line, so the caesura seemed the obvious place for a break. I have added some of the original artwork.
The file is about one and a half million words.

Edited to add:
I have replaced the original file with a better version which includes a cover by pdurrant.

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- Anon_The Thousand Nights and a Night.prc

Anonymous-The Epic of Gilgamesh, V1,6/4/2011

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crich70

I thought I'd upload a very old epic. :)

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- The Epic of Gilgamesh - Anonymous.mobi

Anonymous.: The Martyr of the Catacombs. v1, 26 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

In this tale of ancient Rome, a young soldier is assigned to find and arrest hiding Christians. The tension mounts as he turns from persecutor to persecuted.

With Illustrations.

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- The Martyr of the Catacombs.prc

Anonymous: The Conceited Pig, v.1, 12 Sept 2008

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vivaldirules

This 1852 children's story by that famous author with no last name was published in London and includes six illustrations by Harrison Weir.

"Nonsense and stuff, you foolish little fellow!" exclaimed his mother; "you are always fancying something or other is the matter, and wanting to poke your nose into things that don't concern you. I cannot hear any noise at all, and I beg you will be quiet, and let me go to sleep again."

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- The Conceited Pig.prc

Anonymous: Beowulf (Tr. Francis Gummere), v.1, 25 March 2008.

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Patricia

The Anglo-Saxon epic in a translation by Francis Barton Gummere.

Beowulf of the Geats combats a succession of monsters.

(The William Morris translation has already been uploaded. Take your pick. I prefer this one. The source was PG.)

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- Anon_Beowulf tr Gummere.prc

Anonymous: Beowulf (Tr. William Morris), v.1, 25 March 2008.

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Patricia

The anonymous Anglo-Saxon epic, translated by William Morris and A J Wyatt.

The hero, Beowulf, destroys a variety of monsters including Grendel and his mother.

(I will shortly be uploading the Gummere translation as well, so there will be a choice.)
The source was PG.

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- Anon_Beowulf tr Morris.prc

Anonymous: Book of Proverbs. V1. 28 May 2009

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crutledge

From the Old Testament

Excerpt
This Book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences: regulating the morals of men: and directing them to wisdom and virtue. And these sentences are also called PARABLES, because great truths are often couched in them under certain figures and similitudes.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Book of Proverbs.prc

Anonymous: English As She is Wrote, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Patricia

English As She is Wrote,
Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them.
A Companion to “English as She is Spoke.”
(1883)

A curiosity from PG, this little book humorously shows ways in which the English language may be misused. It features an 800-word sentence; a number of funny epitaphs and badly-composed advertisements etc.
These slips are both funny and quite instructive.

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- wrote.prc

Anonymous: Romance of a Harem, v1, 2 August 2009.

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Patricia

Anonymous
Romance of a Harem (1904)
Translated from the French by Clarence Forestier-Walker.

This story purports to give an accurate account of Turkish harem life in the 1870s, and features romance, intrigue and a lot of jewellery.
The climax is the coup d’état which dethroned Sultan Abdul Aziz, and its aftermath.
The anonymous author may have been a French diplomat’s daughter.

This was made from scans at The Internet Archive.
The cover image is Frederick Leighton’s “The Light of the Harem.”

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Anonymous: Rules for Being Human. 20 April 2008

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RWood

A very short piece that I have had on my computer for over 20 years. It has floated around through the public domain newsgroups and back office copier machines for even longer. I recently made a copy for my Reader and wanted to share with the rest of the community.

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- Rules for Being Human.prc

Anonymous: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases, v.1, 9 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

(1650)
‘The Psalms of David in Metre according to the version approved by The Church of Scotland and appointed to be used in worship.’

These metrical psalms are the original source of the Old Hundredth (‘All people that on earth do dwell’) and other austerely beautiful hymns with simple four-part harmony. The verse looks a bit wooden, but comes to life when sung.

Should you wish to sing along, I recommend the Cyber Hymnal website.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/
This is searchable by first line, name of hymn tune, by metrical search, or name of composer or author. It is possible to see the words, print the score and listen to a piano version, all at the same time. (There are also online English Hymnals and Hymns Ancient and Modern with similar facilities.)

Incidentally, the little numbers at the top of each psalm are indications of the number of syllables in each line. (8,6,8,6 is the most common and is often abbreviated to CM – Common Metre.)

My late father was Scottish and we grew up with these hymns.

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- Anonymous_Scottish Psalter.prc

Anonymous: Spring Heeled Jack: The Terror of London. v1. 29 Mar 07

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tsgreer

I'm not sure how many folks on the American side of the pond are aware of the strange case of ["Spring Heeled Jack,"[/ an urban legend/monster/ghost story. Keep in mind that this was really reported in the news of the time and there are still people who believe it really happened.

Good ole' Spring-heel'd Jack had a nasty habit of jumping out of nowhere and freaking people out by spitting fire, laughing and smacking various folk around. Of course as his legend grew, the stories about him became scarier and edgier. Daily news articles started freaking people out and various Vigilance Committees were formed in and around London to catch this thing and put and end to the terror.

The first sighting was reported around 1837 and sightings of him from all over England continued for many years. Some people believed that he was a prankster out to fool the press. Others thought that maybe he was a demon. Or hey, maybe he was just plain crazy--I know I've had a couple of days at work where jumping around, spitting fire and laughing uncontrollably seemed like a good idea at the time. [Just remember: it's all fun and games until you burn your eyebrows off.[/

He supposedly could jump unusually high and some people reported seeing him wearing peculiar shoes that allowed him to jump over walls, gates and/or buildings (!) with relative ease. Some thought he had cloven feet, others said he had a strange contraption hooked up to his shoes--hence the name "spring-heeled."

He was also known to wear a mask and cape or animal masks constructed out of paper.

This ebook is comprised of stories that appeared in one of the penny dreadfuls (our version of tabloids and pulps) of the period involving Spring Heeled Jack .

An interesting note: Stephen King wrote a short story about Spring Heeled Jack and there are several other ghost stories that feature him as well. The book that I'm posting isn't as creepy as those stories, but interesting in it's own way because it documents how it all started.

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- Spring Heeled Jack.prc

Anonymous: Sweeney Todd. V2. 9 Dec 2008

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crutledge

Sweeney Todd is a character who first appeared as one of the protagonists of a penny dreadful serial entitled The String of Pearls (1846-1847). Claims that Sweeney Todd was a real person are strongly disputed by scholars, although there are possible legendary prototypes, arguably making the story of Sweeney Todd an example of an urban legend.
In the original version of the tale he is a barber who murders wealthy customers by pulling a lever while they are in his barber chair which, unknown to them, is fixed to a revolving trap-door, making them fall backward into the basement, generally causing them to break their necks or skulls as they hit the ground. Just in case they are alive, he goes to the basement and "polishes them off", meaning he slits their throats with a cut-throat razor. After Todd has robbed his dead victims of their goods, Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime (in some later versions, his friend who wants to become his lover), assists him in disposing of the bodies by having their flesh baked into meat pies, and selling them to the unsuspecting customers of her pie shop. Todd's barber shop is situated at 186 Fleet Street, London, next to St. Dunstan's church, and is connected to Mrs. Lovett's pie shop in nearby Bell Yard by means of an underground passage.
The tale surrounding the character became a staple of Victorian melodrama, and later a Tony award-winning Broadway musical in 1979. Sweeney Todd has also been featured in several films, the most recent being based on the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), directed by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp in the title role.
Wikipedia

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Anonymous: The Bhagavad-Gita, v.1, 6 May 2008.

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Patricia

Learn what karma is really about.

This Hindu classic text, which forms part of the Mahabharata is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and the god Krishna, whilst waiting for a battle to start. Arjuna seizes the moment to ask about the problem of evil, the nature of karma etc.

The 1885 translation is by Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904).

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- The Bhagavad Gita.prc

Anonymous: The Cloud of Unknowing, v.1, 6 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

From http://anamchara.com/mystics/cloud-of-unknowing/

Anonymously written around the year 1375, [The Cloud of Unknowing [/— a lucid and deceptively simple manual on contemplative spirituality — offers a fascinating glimpse into the practical side of medieval mysticism. It remains important and valuable in our day not only because of its historical value, but because of how surprisingly relevant and up-to-date it remains, even here in the twenty-first century.
[The Cloud of Unknowing [/appears to have been written for a young person who is just beginning a life devoted to contemplation, either as a monk or a solitary. Its author may have been a priest, or may have himself been a monastic, but unfortunately we can do little more than speculate on the matter. So effective is his cloak of anonymity that we know virtually nothing about him (or her).

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Anonymous: The Didache, v.1, 6 Feb 2008

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Patricia

From [Wikipedia[/:

The [Didache [/(Koine Greek: meaning “Teaching”; is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (dated by most scholars to the early second century), containing instructions for Christian communities. The text, parts of which may have constituted the first written catechism, has three main sections dealing with Christian lessons, rituals such as baptism and eucharist, and Church organization. It was considered by some of the Church Fathers as part of the New Testament but rejected as spurious or non-canonical by others, eventually not accepted into the New Testament canon with the exception of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church “broader canon”. The Roman Catholic Church has accepted it as part of the collection of Apostolic Fathers.

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Anonymous: The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information, v.1, 20 August 2008.

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Patricia

Anonymous:
The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information: Compiled From Many Sources.
London, Ont.: London Printing & Lithographing Co. (Ltd.)
1896.

Contains advice on preserving one’s beauty, sex, marriage, gynaecology, laundry, and ornamental crafts such as artificial flower-making.
There are several cures for baldness, advice on clearing a room of mosquitoes (see the beginning of Chapter 12) and the formula for Turkish Lotion:

“Turkish Lotion is invaluable to every lady. It conceals the evidences of age. By its use a lady of middle-age will have the charming, fresh look of a girl. Every womanly woman desires to appear fresh and youthful as long as possible, thereby making herself the wonder of her own sex and the admiration of the opposite. By using this lotion according to directions every lady may have a fresh, rosy tinted complexion of exquisite pearly fairness, free from wrinkles, crow’s-feet, and sallowness.”
(quoted from the last few pages of the book.)

Disclaimer
Check with a pharmacist before making the formulas. Some contain harmful ingredients like lead and mercury.

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- Anon_Ladies’ Book.prc

Anonymous: The Romance of Lust, v1, 20 October 2009.

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Patricia

The Romance of Lust (1873)
‘A classic Victorian erotic novel’ by Anonymous
1892 edition

This appeared on Project Gutenberg last week, and is already one of their most-downloaded texts. There is a thin plot and no character development; merely a series of rather repetitive sexual encounters, described in minute detail.

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- The Romance of Lust.prc

Anonymous: The Romance of Lust, v2, 19 March 2011

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crich70

I downloaded a epub version of the book over at Manybooks and put in additional links for the TOC before converting the epub to Mobipocket format. Instead of just links for the 4 separate volumes there are now links within each one.

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- The Romance of Lust - Anonymous.mobi

Anonymous: The Three Little Pigs, v.1, 23 Nov 2008

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vivaldirules

There are these three pigs, see, and they're little, and there's this wolf. What's not to love? This is an undated English edition which I've put together from images from the Library of Congress. The illustrations are by L. Leslie Brooke.

Enjoy!

N.B. - If, like me, you would like to know what furze is, the Wikipedia has an automatic redirect to gorse - now wasn't that helpful? I'm guessing this means that the second little pig used the equivalent of pine boughs to build his rather temporary abode.

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Anstey, F: The Curse of the Catafalques, v.1, 3 June 2008.

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Patricia

A short story which parodies horror stories.

Wikipedia notes that:
“Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - March 10, 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey” --also mentioning that he was a staff writer for Punch.

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- Anstey_Curse of Catafalques.prc

Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
Translated by George Long.

Stoic teachings, given by a Roman emperor.

I’ve always wondered how such an ethical man could produce such a badly-hehaved son (—Commodus — see either ‘Gladiator’, or Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’).

R Wood has already posted a serviceable translation in Vol II of the Harvard Classic series. However, I have used Long’s for the last 25 years and grown fond of it. Since we already have several versions of Homer, I thought that it would be permissible to post this. I have omitted most of the unnecessary footnotes.

I haven’t the faintest idea which of the emperor’s names should properly be the surname on this forum. I’m going with Antoninus because this was his imperial name. But the mods may correct it if they prefer Aurelius or, less probably, Marcus.

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Apollodorus: The Library (Tr. Sir James Frazer), v1, 15 December 2009.

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Patricia

(Pseudo-) Apollodorus
The Library [Bibliotheca]
Translated and annotated by Sir James Frazer (1854–1941)
(1921)

From Wikipedia:
“The Bibliotheca (in English: Library), in three books, provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends …
A certain "Apollodorus" is indicated as author on some surviving manuscripts … Since for chronological reasons Apollodorus of Athens could not have written the book, the Scriptor Bibliothecae ("writer of the Bibliotheca") is conventionally called the "Pseudo-Apollodorus" by those wishing to be scrupulously correct. Traditional references simply instance "the Library and Epitome".
Unfortunately, the Bibliotheca, undivided in the manuscripts but conventionally divided in three books, has not come down to us complete. Part of the third book, which breaks off abruptly in the story of Theseus, has been lost. The Patriarch Photius had the full work before him, as he mentions in his "account of books read" that it contained stories of the heroes of the Trojan War and the nostoi, missing in surviving manuscripts. On the other hand, we have an epitome that was made by James George Frazer, who conflated two manuscript summaries of the text, also including the lost part, leaving us a good summary of its contents.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliot...do-Apollodorus)

I have found the text in several places, reformatted it, added a cover, and linked 1061 notes.
This was converted at the request of a member.

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- The Library.prc

Apollonius of Rhodes: The Argonautica. v1, 12 Aug 2008

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HarryT

An excellent 1912 English translation by R.C. Seaton of the famous epic poem telling the story of Jason and the Argonauts.

Description from Wikipedia:

The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the (much more ancient) myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the mythical land of Colchis.

In the first book, the ship Argo is built and a crew of around fifty heroes is assembled in response to an oracle received by King Pelias. Led by Jason, the heroes include Heracles and his companion Hylas, Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri: sons of Tyndareus and brothers of Helen and Clytemnestra), Orpheus, Meleager, Zetes and Calais (sons of Boreas), Peleus (father of Achilles), Laertes (supposed father of Odysseus), Telamon (father of Ajax), and the ship's builder, Argos. Their goal is to travel to Colchis and to obtain the Golden Fleece. After Jason suggests the election of a leader, Hercules (Heracles) recommends Jason himself, and the heroes agree.

Setting sail from the eastern coast of Thessaly, the Argonauts first reach Lemnos, where the women, led by their Queen Hypsipyle, have murdered all of their husbands. Omitting the murder from her story, Hypsipyle convinces the men (except for Hercules) to breed with the women in order to repopulate the island. If Hypsipyle, Jason’s choice of consort, has a son, he tells her, send him to my parents; then the Argo sets sail. Traveling through the Hellespont, they reach land of the Doliones; though the King, Cyzicus, is friendly, the Argonauts accidentally fight with the Doliones and kill Cyzicus, and his widow Cleite then commits suicide, and Jason makes sacrifices in order to appease the gods. The Argonauts’ next destination is Cius, where Heracles’s companion Hylas is abducted by nymphs. Heracles becomes upset and the Argo is obliged to leave him behind, though Glaucus appears from the sea to reassure its crew that they made the right decision.

The second book begins in Bebryces, where King Amycus challenges the heroes to a boxing match. Pollux accepts, killing the king. At Bosporus, Zetes and Calais drive the Harpies away from Phineas, a former king being punished for the misuse of his prophetic gifts; Phineas rewards them with the secret to passing through the Clashing Rocks. Passing through the Clashing Rocks, using this secret and the aid of Athena, they visit many strange lands: the land of the Amazons, led by Hippolyte; the land of Mossynoikoi, who make love in public; an island sacred to Ares, where they are attacked by Ares’ birds. Passing near the place where Prometheus is chained, they rescue the survivors of a ship from Colchis, and the Argonauts gain the grateful sons of Phrixus as accomplices in their bid to steal the Golden Fleece. Arriving in Colchis, Jason considers the best way of approaching the cruel King Aeëtes.

The third book begins with Hera and Athena, determined to help Jason in his quest, asking Eros to cause Aeëtes’ daughter Medea to fall in love with Jason. Jason goes to the Aietes's accompanied by Phrixus' sons, who Aeëtes is suspicious to see home so early, and who tell him of their shipwreck and rescue by the Argonauts. Aeëtes sees a conspiracy in this story, and tells Jason he can take the fleece if he passes a test of strength and courage: harness the bulls with bronze hooves, plow the plain of Ares, and plant the teeth of a serpent, giving rise to an army of soldiers. Medea, powerful and skilled with drugs and magic, sees the hopelessness of the task and prays to Hecate. Jason, seeing that Medea is a useful tool although not knowing that she is under a divine love spell, asks her for drugs and aid and receives them; he returns her affection, asking her to follow him to Greece and to be his wife.

After he sacrifices to Hecate, Medea’s favored goddess, Jason sprinkles Medea’s drug on his skin, clothing, spear, and sword. Protected by the drug, he is able to withstand the charge of the bulls, and to harness them to plow the field. Planting the teeth in the plowed field, the earth-born warriors rise from the ground, and Jason places a great round rock among them. They go to war over this rock, and Jason joins in the fighting until all are slain. Jason has succeeded at his task, but Aietes does not intend to release the Golden Fleece.

In the last book, Medea offers to put the dragon guarding the fleece to sleep in exchange for the Argonauts taking her aboard their ship and away from the father she has betrayed. Jason agrees, promising again to marry her, and she uses her skill with drugs to neutralize the dragon. Departing with the Golden Fleece, the Argo is pursued by Aietes and by Medea’s older brother Absyrtus. Jason proposes to leave Medea to Artemis, protector of virgins, an idea which causes an enraged Medea to threaten setting fire to the ships until Jason explains she is the bait in a trap set out for Absyrtus; the trap works, and Absyrtus is ambushed and killed by Jason, causing the Colchians to scatter.

A few incidental adventures later, the Colchians return, demanding the return of Medea. They are persuaded that Medea, since she left voluntarily, may stay with Jason if their marriage has been consummated, but she may not if she is still a virgin; Medea and Jason then consummate their marriage and Medea is allowed to remain with her husband. At Lake Triton, possibly the Nile, they come across a serpent killed by Hercules, but are unable to find the hero himself. On Crete, the Argonauts encounter Talos, the last survivor of an ancient race of men, who attacks them; Medea comes to the rescue with her spells, and slays Talos, who bleeds ichor as he dies. Euphemus, son of Poseidon, casts a clod of earth he received at Lake Triton into the sea, creating the island of Kalliste (Thera); and at long last, the Argo reaches the coast of Thessaly and home.

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Apperson, G.L.: The Social History of Smoking. 04 Dec 07

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RWood

A lot is made today about smoking. When I went to college it was a normal practice to smoke in class -- for both students and professors. It was the normal thing to do as part of the growth from teen to young adult. There was no stigma or special sections in restaurants or bars (pubs.) Today it is hard to find a place that allows smoking, people cluster just outside of office buildings. England has banned smoking in pubs and restaurants, as has NYC.

So here is a book written in the early 20th century about smoking in England.

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- The Social History of Smoking.prc

Appleton, Victor: Moving Picture Boys Omnibus, v1, 05-DEC-07

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HarryT

The "Moving Picture Boys" series was a popular boys' series originally published in the US between 1913 and 1919, using the then new background of "motion picture making" as its backdrop for various exciting adventures. Altogether the series contained 17 books. The author's name, "Victor Appleton" (ostensibly the same author as the "Tom Swift" books) is a "house name" used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the publishers of the books. The books were "farmed out" to various actual authors.

This omnibus contains the three books from the series which has currently been released by Project Gutenberg. They are:

The Motion Picture Boys on the Coast

The third book in the series, originally published in 1913, featuring adventure on the Pacific coast.

The Motion Picture Boys In Panama

The seventh book in the series, originally published in 1915, set along the Panama Canal, which was at the time in the process of construction.

The Motion Picture Boys On the War Front

The ninth book in the series, originally published in 1918, set on the Western Front in WWI.

If more more books in the series are released by PG, I'll incorporate them into this omnibus edition, and split it into a number of volumes if required.

Enjoy!

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- Moving Picture Boys Omnibus.prc

Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 1. v2, 12 Jan 2008

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HarryT

Here's a bit of light relief after all the Dickens, etc; the first five books in the original "Tom Swift" series, as follows:

1. Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle
2. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat
3. Tom Swift and His Airship
4. Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
5. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout

The "Tom Swift" series was published between 1910 and 1941 by the "Stratemeyer Syndicate"; a publishing house which churned out virtually innumerable series of books aimed at young people (some other series you may have heard of by them are the "Hardy Boys" and "Nancy Drew" series). The books were outlined by the publisher, then farmed out to "ghost writers"; each series being credited to a wholly fictitious author ("Victor Appleton" in the case of the Tom Swift series).

The Tom Swift series is concerned with the adventures of the eponymous "boy inventer", Tom Swift, who is involved in a series of "thrilling adventures" involving what was, at the time, the "cutting edge" of technology - airships, "autos" (cars), submarines, etc. The stories get more and more outrageous as the series progresses.

There were 40 books in the series, of which the first 25 are in the public domain. I'll do these 25 over the next few days as a series of five volumes, with five books to a volume.

Please note that these are not the same as the "Tom Swift Jr" series, published between the 1950s and 70s. They feature the son of the "Tom Swift" who is the "star" of these books; personally I think that this original series is a lot better.

These are wonderful books, not to be taken too seriously. Enjoy!

EDIT: 12 Jan 08

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- Tom Swift Vol 1.prc

Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 2. v3, 15 Jan 2008

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HarryT

Books 6-10 of the original "Tom Swift" series, as follows:

6. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message
7. Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
8. Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
9. Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
10. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about this series.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 13 Jan 08

Improved the formatting to preserve dashes, etc. Now a proper MobiPocket book. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 15 Jan 08

The links were faulty in the previous upload. Corrected with v3.

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Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 3. v2, 21 Jan 2008

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HarryT

Books 11-15 of the original "Tom Swift" series, as follows:

11. Tom Swift in the City of Gold
12. Tom Swift and His Air Glider
13. Tom Swift in Captivity
14. Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera
15. Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about this series.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 21 Jan 08

Recreated the book with improved formatting to preserve dashes, etc. Now a proper MobiPocket book with full-sized pictures, library data, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v2.

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Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 4. v2. 5 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Books 16-20 of the original "Tom Swift" series:

16. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon
17. Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
18. Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
19. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel
20. Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about this series.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 5 Feb 08

Recreated the book with improved formatting, cover images, etc. Now a proper MobiPocket format book. Uploaded v2.

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Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift, Vol 5. v2, 11 Feb 2008

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HarryT

The 5th and final volume in my "Tom Swift" series; this contains books 21-25 in the series, as follows:

21. Tom Swift and His War Tank
22. Tom Swift and His Air Scout
23. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search
24. Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters
25. Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive

The series contains 40 books in total, but books 26-40 are still in copyright, at least in the United States.

Hope this series has been enjoyable to someone other than myself. I love reading this "turn of the 20th century" juvenile literature - it's a view of a simpler and more "innocent" world that's now gone forever. I collect these books and have this whole series in printed form.

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about the "Tom Swift" series.

I'll be posting more of these old "juvenile" books in the future; hope that doesn't upset anyone too much. I find it a refreshing break from the "heavy" stuff - Dickens, etc.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 11 Feb 08

Recreated the book with improved formatting and cover images. Now a proper MobiPocket book. Uploaded v2.

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Aristophanes: Lysistrata, v.1, 9 April 2008.

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An illustrated play. The illustrations are by Norman Lindsay and the introduction and translation is by Jack Lindsay.

First performed in 411 BCE, this is a comedy.
Lysistrata, an Athenian woman, is fed up with the Peloponnesian war. So she summons a council of women from all the Greek states and persuades them to go on a sex strike until peace is agreed.

Found on PG. The file is big because of the pictures.

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Aristotle (Pseudo-): The Works of Aristotle, v.1, 30 Jan 2008.

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Containing his Complete [Masterpiece [/and Family Physician; his [Experienced Midwife[/, his [Book of Problems [/and his [Remarks on Physiognomy[/.

A spurious work, which I collected from Project Gutenberg. The file is big because of the illustrations. Contains several works on sex and gynaecology, plus physiognomy and palmistry.

From http://www.exclassics.com/arist/ariintro.htm
Aristotle's [Masterpiece[/, a manual of sex and pregnancy, first saw the light of day about 1680. It is not, of course, the work of the ancient Greek philosopher, but its true authorship is unclear: the name of William Salmon has been suggested. Other works by the same or other hands were accreted to the original "Masterpiece" until by about 1735 the four parts here published made up the canon. Banned in Britain until the 1960's, it nonetheless has had a long but mostly clandestine career as a quasi-pornographic book. Grubby copies were produced in back-street printers, sold in rubber-goods shops or Holywell Street, and passed from hand to hand until they disintegrated. Many young boys got their first inklings of sex from it. It was also sometimes given by their mothers to women about to get married; the effect it had on the mind of a virgin bride can only be conjectured. It has been read (or at any rate mentioned) by James Joyce, William Carleton, Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Burgess and many others, and probably has had more influence than is realized.

Quotations about the Book:

Mr. Bloom turned over idly pages of . . . . Aristotle's Masterpiece. Crooked botched print. Plates: infants cuddled in a ball in bloodred wombs like livers of slaughtered cows.
-- James Joyce, Ulysses.
'Now then, what's this about books?' said the chief [Customs officer].
With the help of a printed list (which began 'Aristotle, Works of (Illustrated)') they went through Adam's books, laboriously, one at a time, spelling out the titles.
-- Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies..

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Aristotle: Metaphysics, v.1, 31 Jan 2008.

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Translated by W D Ross. Available under a creative commons licence (see the text for more information).

The book is about existence, change and causation (including a discussion of God as the unmoved first mover).

In Aristotle’s research school, the Lyceum, this topic was taught after the Physics course. Hence the title: [meta ta phusika[/: ‘After the Physics.’

Aristotle explains his aims thus:

‘There is a science which investigates being as being and the attributes which belong to this in virtue of its own nature. Now this is not the same as any of the so-called special sciences; for none of these others treats universally of being as being. They cut off a part of being and investigate the attribute of this part; this is what the mathematical sciences for instance do. Now since we are seeking the first principles and the highest causes, clearly there must be some thing to which these belong in virtue of its own nature. If then those who sought the elements of existing things were seeking these same principles, it is necessary that the elements must be elements of being not by accident but just because it is being. Therefore it is of being as being that we also must grasp the first causes.’
(Book IV, ch.1)

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Aristotle: Meteorologica, v.1, 17 June 2008.

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Aristotle: Meteorologica (On Meteorology)
Translated by E W Webster (1923).

Aristotle’s explanations of comets, shooting stars, rain, hail, frost, earthquakes, thunder, lightning, rainbows etc.

The passage on the rainbow (Book III, Ch. 4) has interested colour theorists and caused a lot of controversy. Aristotle described the rainbow as “three coloured”, explaining this via one of the first theories of colour.

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Aristotle: On Dreams, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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Written c350BCE.
Translated by J I Beare.

A short treatise on dreams.

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Aristotle: On Generation and Corruption, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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Translated by H H Joachim.
This work is also known as ‘On Coming to be and Passing Away’ and ‘De Generatione et corruptione’.

Aristotle discusses the nature of change, analysing the theories of his predecessors, Democritus and Empedocles.

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Aristotle: On Length and Shortness of Life, v.1, 29 June 2008.

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Aristotle: On Length and Shortness of Life
([De Longitudine et Brevitate Vitae[/)
Translated by G R T Ross (1908)

A short treatise on the length of life in animals and plants.

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Aristotle: On Memory and Reminiscence, v.1, 18 June 2008.

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Translated by J. I. Beare

A short treatise on memory and recollection.

It contains some surprising ideas:
‘Those whose upper parts are abnormally large, as is the case with dwarfs, have abnormally weak memory, as compared with their opposites, because of the great weight which they have resting upon the organ of perception’

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Aristotle: On Prophesying by Dreams, v.1, 24 June 2008.

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Aristotle: On Prophesying by Dreams
(De Divinatione per Somnum)
Translated by J. I. Beare

A short treatise in which Aristotle is largely sceptical about whether dreams can be prophetic.

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Aristotle: On Sense and the Sensible, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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Translated by J I Beare.
A short treatise on the senses.

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Aristotle: On Sleep and Sleeplessness, v.1, 27 April 2008.

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‘De Somno et Vigilia’
Translated by J.I. Beare.
This translation first published: 1908.

A short treatise on sleep. What is it, and why do we sleep?

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Aristotle: On the Gait of Animals, v.1, 19 June 2008.

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Aristotle: On the Gait of Animals
(De Motu Animalium)
Translated by A. S. L. Farquharson

A short treatise on how animals move.

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Aristotle: On the Heavens, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Aristotle’s work on astronomy, positing a geocentric universe. This was the basis for all subsequent theories until the Copernican revolution.

Translated by JL Stocks.

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Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Translated by William Ogle.

A biological work.

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Aristotle: On the Soul, v.1, 25 June 2008.

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Aristotle: On the Soul
([De Anima[/)
Translated by J. A. Smith

A treatise on the soul. In the first book, Aristotle examines the theories of his predecessors. In the second and third books he develops his own theory. The soul is defined as the form or essence of a living being, and all living beings have souls.
There is a nested hierarchy:
1.Plants grow, feed and reproduce, so have a nutritive soul.
2. Animals have a nutritive soul plus a sensitive soul (because they can move and perceive things. Sense-perception also involves the capacity for pain and pleasure.)
3. Human beings have nutritive, sensitive and rational souls (because a human being is defined as a rational animal).

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Aristotle: On Youth and Old Age, etc., v.1. 11 May 2008.

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Three short treatises, which are usually published together:
On Youth and Old Age, (De Juventute et Senectute)
On Life and death, (De Vita et Morte)
On Breathing (De Respiratione)

Translated by G R T Ross

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Aristotle: Physics, v.1, 21 March 2008.

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Translated by R P Hardie and R K Gaye

Aristotle’s work on time, place, motion and change.

The text was from the University of Adelaide, issued under a creative commons licence. Commercial use is prohibited. The licence is reproduced in the book.

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Aristotle: Rhetoric, v.1. 27 Jan 2008.

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On the art of public speaking.

Translated by W. Rhys Roberts
From the University of Adelaide site, available under a creative commons licence, which is reproduced in the text.

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Aristotle: The Athenian Constitution, v.1, 27 June 2008.

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Aristotle:The Athenian Constitution
(Athenaion Politeia)
Translated by Sir Frederic G. Kenyon (1891)

This treatise charts the development of the Athenian Constitution then explores its characteristics.
It is an unusual work because it is not part of the Corpus Aristotelicum (the traditional list of Aristotle’s works) because the text was lost for millennia. A copy was rediscovered in the Egyptian desert in 1890, bought by the British Museum and promptly translated into English by Frederick Kenyon.
A few scholars claim that we work is actually by a student of Aristotle, though most think that he wrote it. It is a significant discovery because it contains previously unknown material about the Athenian constitution.
The text is incomplete and starts in the middle of a sentence.

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Aristotle: The Categories, v.1, 17 Jan 2008.

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The Edgehill translation.

Aristotle believes that everything that exists falls under one of the ten categories. These are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive of all there is.

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Aristotle: The History of Animals, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Translated by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson

A biological work, with some surprising errors.
e.g.
‘Males have more teeth than females in the case of men’
And
‘The fact is, the nature of man is the most rounded off and complete, and consequently in man the qualities or capacities above referred to are found in their perfection. Hence woman is more compassionate than man, more easily moved to tears, at the same time is more jealous, more querulous, more apt to scold and to strike. She is, furthermore, more prone to despondency and less hopeful than the man, more void of shame or self-respect, more false of speech, more deceptive, and of more retentive memory. She is also more wakeful, more shrinking, more difficult to rouse to action, and requires a smaller quantity of nutriment.’

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Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics, v.1, 20 March 2008.

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Translated by W D Ross, Clarendon Press (Oxford) 1908.

Aristotle’s main work on ethics. What is the function of a human being? To live a life in accordance with the virtues. (Virtues are character traits that allow a person to flourish and lead a fulfilling life.) Virtues are not innate, but are acquired through practice and habituation. Many virtues exist on a mean between two vices: courage is a virtue. But an excess is rashness and a deficiency, cowardice.

Friendship is also discussed.

PS The severest penalties apply to anyone who spells the title as ‘Nichomachean.’ The work was either edited by, or dedicated to Aristotle’s son, Nicomachus.

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Aristotle: The Poetics, v.1, 16 June 2008.

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Aristotle on the Art of Poetry
Translated by Ingram Bywater
With A Preface by Gilbert Murray

First Published 1920

Aristotle’s literary criticism. He analyses epic poetry and tragedy. (There was also a book on comedy, but it has been lost.) The work contains Aristotle’s theory that tragedy is cathartic.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christine, v1, 20 November 2009.

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Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941)
Writing as Alice Cholmondeley
Christine (1917)

A young violinist goes to study in Berlin in the summer of 1914. Momentous events are described in a series of letters to her mother.
Elizabeth von Arnim is well-known for writing novels in which an outsider enters a foreign culture - usually German - with comic results. This work is somewhat different: the outsider does visit Germany, but with tragic consequences. Elizabeth von Arnim did her best to disguise her authorship and strongly to imply that the story was factual, by presenting it as an epistolary novel, apparently edited by the heroine’s mother.

This conversion was inspired by the recent forum discussion on false documents.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62083
There’s more discussion about the novel in this Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(book)
and on false documents here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_document

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christopher and Columbus, v.1, 25 Nov 2007.

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Elizabeth von Arnim: Christopher and Columbus (1919)
By the Author of ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’.

A whimsical novel which makes some incidental points about identity.

Set in 1916, orphaned twin girls of mixed Anglo-German parentage find a hostile reception in wartime England. Their guardian sends them to the USA, where they meet with a variety of adventures and some suspicion because of their German name.

The cause of the ‘problem’ (a mixed marriage) is also the solution, giving the girls a non-alien nationality.

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Arnim, Elizabeth Von: Elizabeth and her German Garden, v.1, 24 Nov 2007.

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Elizabeth Von Arnim [Marie Annette Beauchamp]
Elizabeth and her German Garden
(1898)

Ditzy woman makes a garden and brings up her children in Pomerania.

This can be read as a lightweight, rather humorous account. Early male reviewers thought that the author was selfish in spending so much time in her garden. Feminist scholars have taken to interpreting it as a woman’s insistence on having some private space, despite the attempted encroachments of husband, children and visitors.

The text is from PG and has had some typos and other errors corrected. It is derived from the Macmillan (1900) edition and differs from the paperback Virago version: one chapter has been replaced by another at some point.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Benefactress, v1, 22 October 2009.

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Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp], Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941)
The Benefactress (1901)

A young English woman inherits a German estate and decides to set up a home for German ladies, fallen on hard times, with comic results.

Elizabeth von Arnim’s novels at first appear to be merely comedies of manners, or social satires. However, there is a lot more to them. They usually feature an outsider coming to grips with an established group and questioning their mores. This acute observation can be humorous (as in “Elizabeth and her German Garden,” or “The Caravaners”) or tragic (as in “Vera”).

We have several other works by this author in the MR library.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Caravaners, v.1, 24 November 2008.

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The Caravaners [sic] (1909)
By Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp], Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941).

A Prussian officer is persuaded to go with his wife on a caravan tour of Kent and Sussex, with a group of liberal-minded Britons. Can anything shake him out of his smug German chauvinism and general self-satisfaction? This may well be the most humorous of Elizabeth von Arnim’s novels but, beneath the irony there is a strong feminist message.

A specimen of the dialogue:
I gently began, “Dear wife—” and was going on when she interrupted me.
“Dear husband,” she said, actually imitating me, “I know what you are going to say. I always know what you are going to say. I know all the things you ever can or ever do say.”
She paused a moment, and then added in a firm voice, looking me straight in the eyes, “By heart.”

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Enchanted April, v.1, 2 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1922, this was Elizabeth von Arnim’s best-selling novel. Four dissatisfied women leave a bleak and grey London to spend a month in an Italian castle. By the end of their stay they are rejuvenated and love is in the air.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Pastor’s Wife, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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The Pastor’s Wife (1914)
By Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp],Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941

An English Bishop’s daughter escapes from her monstrously selfish father by marrying a Lutheran clergyman and moving to Prussia. Can she find fulfilment as the Frau Pastor, or will the plot turn into “Madame Bovary”?
A wry, yet humorous look at married life and the search for freedom.

This came from scans at The Internet Archive. I have restored some censored passages and reformatted and corrected (extensively) the text against a paper copy.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight, v.1, 27 Nov 2007.

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(1905)
A whimsical modern fairy-tale.
The Princess Priscilla is bored with her life in a minor German Grand-Ducal court, so runs away to England to live as a commoner. However, she is very poorly equipped to deal with life in a west country village and things soon go wrong. Will she be rescued by a handsome prince or learn to manage her new status?

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Solitary Summer, v.1, 24 Nov 2007.

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Elizabeth von Arnim:The Solitary Summer
(1899)

A sequel to ‘Elizabeth and her German Garden’ (already uploaded) dealing with similar themes.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Vera, v.1, 11 November 2008.

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Vera
By The Author of “Elizabeth and Her German Garden”
Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp], Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941)
Macmillan and Co., London, 1921.

A vulnerable young woman is swept off her feet by a strong, handsome man, whose wife has died in mysterious circumstances. They marry and she is taken to the house where the first wife died…

Yes, the plot, so far, does sound similar to Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca” (not published until 1938). And, like “Rebecca” this novel is named after the dead wife.
However, this novel turns into a very black comedy indeed; showing the dangers when a passive girl meets a totally self-centred man.

Made from scans at The Internet Archive.

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Arnold, Edwin L: Gullivar of Mars v1. 12 Apr 08

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An escapist sci-fi novel by Edwin Lester Arnold combining elements of both fantasy and science fiction, first published in 1905.

The story is about Navy Lieutenant Gullivar Jones's adventures on the planet Mars. I won't ruin it by telling you [how[/ he manages to get to Mars, but I can say it's pretty unique. Jones has numerous adventures there, including falling in love the beautiful Princess Heru and battling all sorts of strange beasts. He also has to battle the evil Ar-Hap, who is trying to conquer the Mars city of Seth.

Since this book was written [before[/ Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote his "John Carter" Mars books, many say this book was likely the inspiration.

Interesting note: Gullivar has made some cameo appearances in Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic.

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Arthur, Chester. State of the Union v1.0

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21st President of the USA. 1881-1884

Took office on the death of James Garfield in September, 1881.

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Arthur, Robert Andrew: Ring Once for Death, v1, 9 April 2010.

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Robert Andrew Arthur
Ring Once for Death [1954]
Illustrated by Ernie Barth

A short horror story.

The blurb:
“The power of the old gods was certainly nothing for Mark and Edith—a modern, twentieth-century couple—to worry about. After all—everybody dies!”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
“This etext was produced from Amazing Stories March 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”

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Artzybashev, Mikhail Petrovich.: Sanine. v1, 17 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev ( Russian: 8E08; @FK10H52 October 24 Old Style 1878 - March 3, 1927) was a leading exponent of Naturalism in the Russian literature.

Sanine is a novel of the true originality of form and content. Its hero, twentysomething Sanin, after a long absence from home, comes back to visit his mother and sister. During his stay he meets varied people, some of whom are neutral, amazed, threatened or excited by his way of thinking about the world and human existence.

From the Preface:

"Sanine" is a thoroughly uncomfortable book, but it has a fierce energy which has carried it in a very short space of time into almost every country in Europe and at last into this country, where books, like everything else, are expected to be comfortable. It has roused fury both in Russia and in Germany, but, being rather a furious effort itself, it has thriven on that, and reached an enormous success. That is not necessarily testimony of a book's value or even of its power. On the other hand, no book becomes international merely by its capacity for shocking moral prejudices, or by its ability to titillate the curiosity of the senses. Every nation has its own writers who can shock and titillate. But not every nation has the torment of its existence coming to such a crisis that books like "Sanine" can spring to life in it.

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Asbjørnsen, P.C. & Moe, J.: Norske Folkeeventyr [Norwegian]. v1 Sep 2010

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Dette er utgaven av Asbjørnsen & Moe som finnes på runeberg.org, innskrevet av Kjell Nedrelid.

Norwegian Folk Tales from http://www.runeberg.org, transcribed by Kjell Nedrelid.

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Ashdown, Clifford: The Assyrian Rejuvenator. V1. 8 Mar 2011

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Clifford ASHDOWN [Pseudonym of R Austin FREEMAN (1862-1943) and John James PITCAIRN (1860-1936)]

Inflated claims about the powers of an expensive elixir put private investigator Romney Pringle in pursuit of a ruthless con man. The trckster has reason to believe that his customers won't complain, but Pingle sets out to destroy the crooked business.

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Ashdown, Clifford: The Silkworms of Florence. V1. 8 Mar 2011

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Clifford ASHDOWN [Pseudonym of R Austin FREEMAN (1862-1943) and John James PITCAIRN (1860-1936)]

Excerpt
"AND this is all that's left of Brede now." The old beadle withdrew his hand, and the skull, with a rattle as of an empty wooden box, fell in its iron cage again.

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Ashdown, Clifford: THe Submarine Boat. V1. 8 Mar 2011

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Clifford ASHDOWN [Pseudonym of R Austin FREEMAN (1862-1943) and John James PITCAIRN (1860-1936)]

The further adventures of Romney Pringle

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Ashford, Daisy, The Young Visiters, v.1, 20 Dec 2007

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Daisy Ashford, The Young Visiters [sic] or Mr. Saltena's Plan.
With a Preface by J M Barrie (1919).

This curiosity is a novel by a 9 year-old girl.

Mr Saltena's plan is to buy a peerage, so clearly the cash-for-honours scandal has a long history if Edwardian children were familiar with the concept.

A memorable line:
"I shall put some red ruge on my face said Ethel because I am very pale owing to the drains in this house."

Edited to add that this book is now located on the US server.

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Asimov, Isaac: Youth, v1, 11 March 2010.

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Isaac Asimov [1920–1992]
Youth [1952]
Illustrations by Schecterson

This short story made an unexpected appearance at Project Gutenberg a couple of days ago.

“Red and Slim found the two strange little animals the morning after they heard the thunder sounds. They knew that they could never show their new pets to their parents.”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from “Space Science Fiction” May 1952. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.

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Assad, Josef: The Banjo Players Must Die. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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From the authors web site:

http://www.sancairodicopenhagen.com/...ayers_must_die

For the first time, the truth about the monumental cock-up that is Doomsday is revealed. Centuries of sloppy research and abysmal story telling skills converge to bring you [The Banjo Players Must Die[/, an account of celestial incompetence and molested rodents.

A new novel, Creative Commons licensed, which could have been written by fifteen monkeys given about two weeks with well oiled typewriters.

Celebrate the release of my first novel, if you must, by expressing outrage and indignation that the innocent term "novel" has been sullied so.

From a review of the book posted on authors website:

"Josef Assad's novel should be the next big thing. Think Chuck Palahniuk meets Thomas Pynchon meets Douglas Adams. And of all of it- or so the voices in my head seem to tell me-told in the familiar voice of Monty Python. On Crack. To be taken in small does only-there's so much going on. And yes, some of the puns are not as funny as the author thinks, but some are outright brilliant. And the footnotes! Read the footnotes!"

Note: This book can be pretty vulgar at times so if you are easily offended I would stay away from this one.

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Assolant, Alfred: Les Aventures du Capitaine Corcoran 1re partie (french) 21 nov 2008

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AVENTURES MERVEILLEUSES MAIS AUTHENTIQUES DU CAPITAINE CORCORAN part 1.

Après mon premier essai de production d'un ebook français (avec un succès moins que fulgurant) voici les pittoresques aventures du capitaine Corcoran en Inde (avec illustrations). Si ce premier tome trouve quelques intéressés, je vais aussi convertir le deuxième.

[QUOTL'Académie des sciences (de Lyon) et le capitaine Corcoran.

Ce jour-là,—le 29 septembre 1856,—vers trois heures de l'après-midi, l'Académie des sciences de Lyon était en séance et dormait unanimement. Il faut dire, pour l'excuse de messieurs les académiciens, qu'on leur lisait depuis midi le Résumé succinct des travaux du célèbre docteur Maurice Schwartz, de Schwartzhausen, sur l'empreinte que laisse dans la poussière la patte gauche d'une araignée qui n'a pas déjeuné. Du reste, aucun des dormeurs ne s'était rendu sans combat. L'un, avant d'appuyer ses coudes sur la table et sa tête sur ses coudes, avait essayé d'esquisser à la plume le profil d'un sénateur romain, mais le sommeil l'avait surpris au moment où sa main savante traçait les plis de la toge; un autre avait construit un vaisseau de ligne avec une feuille de papier blanc, et le doux ronflement qu'il faisait entendre semblait un vent léger destiné à enfler les voiles du navire. Le président seul, penché en arrière et appuyé sur le dossier de son fauteuil, dormait avec dignité, et,—la main sur la sonnette, comme un soldat sous les armes,—gardait une attitude imposante.[/QUOT
Un conte drôle, rocambolesque et plein d'action!

Have fun!

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Assolant, Alfred: Les Aventures du Capitaine Corcoran part 2 (french) v1 27 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

AVENTURES MERVEILLEUSES MAIS AUTHENTIQUES DU CAPITAINE CORCORAN part 2

Voilà part 2 des aventures de notre valeureux capitaine en Inde

Quelque action extraite du coeur du texte:

[QUOTLes Anglais s'avançaient en bon ordre, mais sur un terrain désavantageux. A droite et à gauche de la grande route s'étendaient de vastes marais. Corcoran, qui avait d'avance étudié le champ de bataille, profita de cette disposition du terrain.

Son artillerie enfilait la chaussée. Derrière l'artillerie, on apercevait une nombreuse infanterie destinée à la soutenir.

Pour lui, à la tête de six régiments de cavalerie et de huit régiments d'infanterie (car il n'avait laissé derrière ses canons qu'une faible partie de son corps d'armée, afin de faire prendre le change à l'ennemi sur ses desseins), il fit secrètement le tour des marais, s'engagea dans les jungles et tomba tout à coup sur les derrières des Anglais.

On ne croira pas sans doute qu'il soit nécessaire de donner une description de la bataille. Corcoran, qui aurait pu être à volonté Alexandre, Annibal ou César, mais qui préférait être Corcoran, remporta une victoire complète. Pendant que son artillerie barrait la route aux Anglais et, à chaque décharge, emportait des files entières, il entrait avec sa cavalerie parmi eux comme le couteau dans le beurre, et les Mahrattes, excités par son exemple, firent des merveilles.

Mais rien n'approchait de Louison.

Elle s'avançait lentement à la droite de Corcoran, comme un bon colonel qui va passer en revue son régiment; mais aussitôt qu'elle aperçut les habits rouges, elle bondit de fureur, et, sans que personne pût la retenir, elle s'élança sur eux.

En un clin d'oeil, elle eut étranglé quatre ou cinq officiers de marque. En vain Corcoran voulait la rappeler. Elle n'écoutait plus rien.

Cependant, les Anglais, mis d'abord en désordre par cette attaque imprévue, reprenaient lentement leur sang-froid.

Barclay, sans s'étonner, reçut intrépidement la charge impétueuse de Corcoran, et, reconnaissant le maharajah dans la mêlée, donna ordre à cinquante cavaliers bien montés de s'attacher à ses pas et de faire tous leurs efforts pour le tuer. Lui-même se mit à leur tête, jugeant avec raison que la mort du maharajah terminerait promptement la guerre.

Il s'en fallut de peu que le calcul de Barclay ne réussît; mais il avait compté sans Louison.

La tigresse s'aperçut bientôt qu'on cherchait à envelopper Corcoran. A cette vue, elle fit un bond formidable qui la porta au milieu d'un gros de cavaliers, parmi lesquels le Malouin entouré s'ouvrait à grand'peine un passage à coups de pointe.[/QUOT
De l'action, toujours de l'action

Source PG, traité façon MTH, couverture MTH aussi, richement illustré

Have fun

PS: Quelques autres oeuvres d'Assolant vous attendent, si vous voulez.

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Astor, John Jacob IV: A Journey in Other Worlds. v1. 3 Feb 2008

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A Journey in Other Worlds is by John Jacob Astor IV and was published in 1894. The illustrations in this version were done by Dan Beard.

From Wikipedia article about A Journey in Other Worlds: “It contains a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains much speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a world-wide telephone network, solar powar, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and a plan to adjust the Earth's axial tilt.”

“John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American millionaire businessman, inventor, writer, a member of the prominent Astor family, and a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.”

“Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850 – June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).”

The file is large because of the full page illustrations.

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Atkinson, William Walker: Reincarnation and the Law of Karma, v.1, 4 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932)
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma
A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, And Spiritual Cause and Effect
Published and Sold By Yogi Publication Society, 1908,

A popular study of the concepts of karma and reincarnation.

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Audoux, Marguerite: Marie Claire, v.1, 3 September 2008.

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Patricia

Marguerite Audoux (1863-1937): Marie Claire.
(1910, English translation, 1911.)
Translated by John N. Raphael
With an Introduction by Arnold Bennett and an Afterword by the Translator

A semi-fictionalised autobiographical novel by a seamstress, who was discovered by Octave Mirbeau, this book won several prizes and is notable for the beauty of its language.

“The first part of the novel tells the story of her mother's death, of her father's departure, and of the nine years she spent in the orphanage of the convent Hôpital Général de Bourges. It was a dark period, made brighter however by the guiding presence of Sister Marie-Aimée. The second part of the novel takes place on the farm in Villevielle where Marie-Claire's first employers Master Sylvain and Pauline surround the young shepherdess with good-hearted affection. In the third part, Marie-Claire, now a young woman, falls in love with Henri Deslois, the brother of the farmer's wife who followed Pauline. The young man's mother forbids Marie-Claire to see her son again. Marie-Claire returns to the convent where she sees Sister Marie-Aimée before leaving again for Paris.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Audoux

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Audoux, Marguerite: Marie Claire’s Workshop, v.1, 3 September 2008.

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Patricia

Marie Claire’s Workshop (L’Atelier de Marie Claire)
By Marguerite Audoux (1863–1937)
Translated by F. S. Flint (New York, 1920).

A sequel to ‘Marie Claire’ [already uploaded] but this semi-fictionalised autobiographical novel can be read independently.

The young Marie Claire arrives in Paris in the 1880s and takes a job as a sewing-machinist in a dressmaker’s workshop in Montparnasse. Both the owners and the seamstresses are at the mercy of a demanding clientele, who rarely pay up. Working-class life in Paris , described in beautiful prose, from the viewpoint of a working woman.

For more on this author see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Audoux

This was made from scans at The Internet Archive.

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Auerbach, Berthold: Christian Gellert's Last Christmas, v.1, 14 Dec 2008

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This 1869 short story is about one Professor Christian Gellert beginning on the afternoon of December 22, 1768 in Leipzig.

Enjoy! (gosh, how I love Christmas short stories)

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Augustine of Hippo, Saint: Of Christian Doctrine, v.1, 14 June 2008.

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Patricia

An English translation of [De Doctrina Christiana.[/ The first three books were written in 397 CE, and the fourth was added in 426 CE.
This is an anonymous Victorian translation from the ‘Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers.’

As well as exegesis, Augustine uses his training in logic and rhetoric, noting that these are useful skills.

There were a number of OCR errors in the original file. If you find some that I have missed then please pm me, so that I can do a corrected version.

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Augustine of Hippo, Saint: The Enchiridion [On Faith, Hope & Love], v.1, 16 June 2008

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Patricia

The Enchiridion [Handbook on Faith, Hope and Lov.
Translated by J.F. Shaw.
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 3. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1887.)

St. Augustine speaks of this book in his Retractations, l. ii. c. 63, as follows:
“I also wrote a book on Faith, Hope, and Charity, at the request of the person to whom I addressed it, that he might have a work of mine which should never be out of his hands, such as the Greeks call an Enchiridion (Handbook). There I think I have pretty carefully treated of the manner in which God is to be worshipped, which knowledge divine Scripture defines to be the true wisdom of man. The book begins: ‘I cannot express,’ etc.”

Contains discussions about evil, error and some speculation about angels. There are interesting views about an afterlife. Conjoined twins will be resurrected with separate bodies.

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Augustine of Hippo, Saint: The Soliloquies, v.1, 15 June 2008.

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Patricia

[The Soliloquies of St. Augustine[/, translated into English by Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. With Notes and Introduction by the Translator (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1910).

This work was written at the time of Augustines conversion to Christianity, and is a justification of that conversion. Hence it covers similar ground to that in the Confessions (a much later and more polished work). The Soliloquies takes the form of a dialogue between Augustine and his sense of Reason (Ratio in the original Latin).
The Second Book has an interesting discussion of the nature of existence, which partially anticipates Descartes Cogito.

The spelling is American English.

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Augustine: City of God - v 1 - 22 June 07

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One of the true greats in thought.

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Austen, Jane: Emma (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Emma", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E. Brock. The text is from Project Gutenberg, the illustrations from the web.

Description from Amazon:

Beautiful, clever, rich--and single--Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, "Emma" is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Reuploaded with a much improved cover. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

Previous download count: 170

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Austen, Jane: Emma, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 176 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Lady Susan, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

The text of this epistolary novel is derived from an untitled manuscript of 1805. However, it was probably written in 1793-4. [Lady Susan [/was unpublished in Jane Austen’s lifetime, eventually getting into print in 1871.

Can the Vernon family frustrate the plots of the cunning and selfish Lady Susan? Or will she arrange and unhappy, but financially beneficial marriage for her innocent daughter?

I tried the Sony Classics version but found it very poorly formatted, so made this up instead.

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Austen, Jane: Letters. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Letters of Jane Austen, edited, with an introduction and critical remarks, by Edward, Lord Brabourne.

This edition of Jane Austen's letters was edited by Jane Austen's great-nephew Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (the first Baron Brabourne, 1829-1893), and was published in 1884. It's neither complete (about two thirds of the letters now known to have survived are included), nor are the texts of the letters necessarily always transcribed with minute scholarly fidelity, but it's out of copyright, and includes many annotations and interesting comments on the letters.

There are some wonderful passages in these letters. One of my favourites is:

[Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.[/

Enjoy!

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Austen, Jane: Love and Friendship, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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Patricia

High-spirited satire on the gothic novel and Regency manners from the 14 year-old Jane Austen.

CONTENTS.
Love and Freindship [sic]
Lesley Castle
The History of England
Collection of Letters
Scraps

Here's one of my favourite passages (probably because I live near the river Usk):

“Beware my Laura (she would often say) Beware of the insipid Vanities and idle Dissipations of the Metropolis of England; Beware of the unmeaning Luxuries of Bath and of the stinking fish of Southampton.”
“Alas! (exclaimed I) how am I to avoid those evils I shall never be exposed to? What probability is there of my ever tasting the Dissipations of London, the Luxuries of Bath, or the stinking Fish of Southampton? I who am doomed to waste my Days of Youth and Beauty in an humble Cottage in the Vale of Uske.”
Ah! little did I then think I was ordained so soon to quit that humble Cottage for the Deceitfull Pleasures of the World.

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Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

Description, from an Amazon review:

[Mansfield Park[/, although certainly regarded as a part of the canon of English literature, is often considered to be the weakest, least dazzling of Austen's novels. Without the witty sparkle of [Pride and Prejudice[/ or the gothic indulgence of [Northanger Abbey[/, it has struggled at time to match the popularity of her other titles. But oh, what a treat those who pass over [Mansfield Park[/ are missing. Certainly, it is the most disturbing and perhaps the least superficially pleasing of Austen's output but it has rewards aplenty for the careful reader.

Mansfield Park, home of the affluent Bertram family, takes in a young poor relation with the overt intention of giving her the advantages of a good education and good connections while preserving her sense of gratitude and subservience. Fanny, the haplessly lucky chosen beneficiary of such benevolence is uprooted from friends, home, family and all that it familiar to take up residence in the grand house with her grand relations. Austen sets Fanny up as the heroine, designed to evoke the sympathy of the reader: this is a challenge for a modern audience, many of whom will find her weak and too self-deprecating to be genuinely engaging. And similarly, the sins and deficiencies in disposition and feeling with which Austen gifts brother and sister, Mary and Henry Crawford, may seem not so damning today as Austen intended. This however, does little to detract from the overall value of the novel itself. The relationship between the Bertram family and its colonial role (their wealth derives from sugar plantations in Antigua) is only hinted at overtly, but beautifully explored through the metaphorical position of Mansfield as the centre of all that is English. Similarly, contemporary values regarding manners, position, influence and identity are gently rolled out for the reader through the evolving relationship between the Bertrams and their acquaintances and within the family itself. And yet, with all this meat beneath the surface, there is still a gentle and touching domestic love story, which evolves over the course of the novel as the more passionate, less fatalistic engagements and attachments of side characters wax and wane.

[Mansfield Park[/ is a masterpiece of English manners, of Englishness and of empire.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

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EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a much improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

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Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous edition had 133 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Minor Works. v3, 13 Mar 2008

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HarryT

A collection of all the minor "odds and ends" that Jane Austen wrote [other[/ than her six novels, which have been posted already. Much of this material was written when she was a teenager for the amusement of friends and family, and a lot of it is wickedly satirical - great fun to read. There's also several sections of unfinished novels, plays, poems, and all sorts of other things. If anyone is aware of anything of Austen's that's not included here, please let me know and I'll add it.

The book currently includes the following:

- Lady Susan
- Love and Freindship
- Frederic & Elfrida
- Jack & Alice
- The Three Sisters
- Lesley Castle
- The Watsons
- Sanditon
- The Plan of a Novel
- The Beautifull Cassandra
- Amelia Webster
- The Visit
- The Adventures of Mr. Harley
- Detached Pieces
- The History of England
- A Collection of Letters
- Scraps
- Evelyn
- Light Verse

NB: There's some pretty dire spelling in this book ("Freindship", "Beautifull", for example, in the above list). That is the way the originals are and I've preserved it; spelling was not the young Jane Austen's strong point, it appears!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 8 Mar 08

The previous version contained only chapters 7 and 8 of Austen's unfinished last novel, [Sanditon[/. She completed the first twelve chapters of it before her death; the remaining chapters have now been added to this volume. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 13 Mar 08

Patricia has very kindly proof-read "Sanditon" against a printed version and made numerous corrections which dramatically improve it. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 24

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Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey (Illustrated). v4, 10 Aug 2008

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

"Northanger Abbey" is the story of the young and naive Catherine Morland and her venture into the complexities of adult social life. It takes a tongue-in-cheek view of a girl's ideas of romance and adventure formed by reading Gothic novels, and how, with a series of very entertaining episodes that result in anti-climaxes, Catherine realises that real life is different to fiction.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 3 Apr 08

MR user "dynabook" sent me a list of errata and helpful suggestions for stylistic improvements (eg systematically replacing "the general" by "the General", when referring to General Tilney). Fixed the errata and made the suggested improvements. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a greatly improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

Previous download count: 129

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Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - New version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 125 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Persuasion (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Persuasion", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

Plot summary from Amazon:

At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a greatly improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

Previous download count: 123

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Austen, Jane: Persuasion, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 128 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated). v5, 25 Apr 2009

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". This is the fully proofed first-edition text of the book, with 24 full page illustrations by C.E.Brock added.

Plot summary from Amazon:

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity, as misconceptions and hasty judgements lead to heartache and scandal, but eventually to true understanding, self-knowledge, and love. In this supremely satisfying story, Jane Austen balances comedy with seriousness, and witty observation with profound insight. If Elizabeth Bennet returns again and again to her letter from Mr Darcy, readers of the novel are drawn even more irresistibly by its captivating wisdom.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 27 Mar 08

As a result of reading the book, spotted two typos and an uncentred scene change. Fixed, and uploaded v3.

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a much improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 25 Apr 09

Spent the last month thoroughly proofing the book against the first edition text. Dozens of genuine errors corrected, and literally [thousands[/ of changes (changes to pretty much every sentence in the book) made in punctuation to match the first edition's punctuation, which is [very[/ different to modern usage.

Note that this version of the book now uses Austen's original spellings, which may appear odd to modern readers: her random use of "ei" in words which we now spell "ie", such as "neices" instead of "nieces", "shew" instead of "show", "chuse" (sometimes, but not always) instead of "choose", "staid" instead of "stayed", and many more. The spelling is also internally inconsistent: "Philips" sometimes appears as "Phillips", for example, "de Bourgh" is randomly "De Bourgh". All this matches the original text.

Uploaded v5.

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Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice, v1, 09Jan08

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A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 205 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility (Illustrated). v3, 10 Aug 2008

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility", with 24 watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

Plot summary from Amazon:

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willougby, she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a much improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

Previous download count: 164

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Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 161 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: The Watsons, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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Patricia

This unfinished novel was written by Jane Austen about 1803-1805, but was not published until 1871, as part of James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir. It ends with an indication of the continuation and conclusion as remembered by Jane auten's sister, Cassandra.

Emma Watson returns to her family (who are barely clinging on to genteel status) after a long absence. A local lord shows an interest towards her but she prefers a clergyman.

I've added two pictures, a TOC and done some formatting.

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Austin, Anne: Murder at Bridge, v1, 18 January 2010.

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Patricia

Anne Austin [1895]
Murder at Bridge: A Mystery Novel [1931]

An actress with a colourful past is murdered during a bridge party. It turns out that everyone else at the party also has a past&

From Project Gutenberg.

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Austin, Anne: Murder At Bridge. v1. 08 Feb 09

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Dr. Drib

This title was released under a Creative Commons License with a link to the book here. There is additional acknowledgement AND a link again placed at the end of the book. Book was acquired from Munseys, BUT REFORMATTED BY ME TO MY SPECIFICATIONS.

http://www.munseys.com/detail/mode/t...rder_at_bridge
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This book was horribly formatted, but is now probably the cleanest copy you'll find on the internet. Numerous errors have been corrected. I might also add that I've never seen a book with so many em dashes. Incredible.

This is a grand old mystery from the 1930s, when mysteries were great fun to read.

Here's what one reviewer from Amazon wrote:

["'Murder at Bridge'" begins as an apparent parlor mystery when former Broadway dancer Juanita Selim is shot during a society bridge party. Selim, an apparent outsider, is the host of the party and leaves during the last hand when she is dummy (the member of the bidding party who turns her hand down and does not need to be there to play the hand) and goes to her bedroom to make herself "pretty-pretty" for the men who are in the process of arriving for the post-bridge cocktail party. Looking "pretty-pretty" seems to be Selim's general aim in life as she apparently has won if not the hearts, at least the eyes of most of the society men.

"The trajectory of the bullet may indicate that the shooter stood outside the bedroom window, but the district attorney's new special investigator, Bonnie Dundee, believes the shooter probably stood inside the window. This idea does not sit well with homicide Captain Strawn, who seems to prefer the idea of an outsider to that of one of Hamilton County's elite."[/

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Austin, Mary Hunter: The Land of Little Rain. V1. 19 Oct 2009

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Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and her publications set forth the intimate knowledge she thus acquired. She was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights. She is best known for her tribute to the deserts of the American Southwest, The Land of Little Rain.

The Land of Little Rain
Water Trails of the Ceriso
The Scavengers
The Pocket Hunter
Shoshone Land
Jimville--A Bret Harte Town
My Neighbor's Field
The Mesa Trail
The Basket Maker
The Streets of the Mountains
Water Borders
Other Water Borders
Nurslings of the Sky
The Little Town of the Grape Vines

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Austin, Mary Hunter: The Lovely Lady. V1. 20 Oct 2009

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Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and her publications set forth the intimate knowledge she thus acquired. She was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights. She is best known for her tribute to the deserts of the American Southwest, The Land of Little Rain.

Excerpt
The walls of the Wonderful House rose up straight and shining, pale greenish gold as the slant sunlight on the orchard grass under the apple trees; the windows that sprang arching to the summer blueness let in the scent of the cluster rose at the turn of the fence, beginning to rise above the dusty smell of the country roads, and the evening clamour of the birds in Bloombury wood. As it dimmed and withdrew, the shining of the walls came out more clearly. Peter saw then that they were all of coloured pictures wrought flat upon the gold, and as the glow of it increased they began to swell and stir like a wood waking. They leaned out from the walls, looking all one way toward the increasing light and tap-tap of the Princess’ feet along the halls.

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Austin, Mary Hunter: The Trail Book. V1. 20 Oct 2009

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Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and her publications set forth the intimate knowledge she thus acquired. She was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights. She is best known for her tribute to the deserts of the American Southwest, The Land of Little Rain.

Excerpt
From the time that he had first found, himself alone with them, Oliver had felt sure that the animals could come alive again if they wished. That was one blowy afternoon about a week after his father had been made night engineer and nobody had come into the Museum for several hours.
Oliver had been sitting for some time in front of the Buffalo case, wondering what might be at the other end of the trail. The cows that stood midway in it had such a going look. He was sure it must lead, past the hummock where the old bull flourished his tail, to one of those places where he had always wished to be. All at once, as the boy sat there thinking about it, the glass case disappeared and the trail shot out like a dark snake over a great stretch of rolling, grass-covered prairie.

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Authors, Various.: Myths and Legends of All Nations. v1, 13 Jan 2008

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From the Preface:

The myths and legends here gathered together have appealed and will continue to appeal to every age. Nowhere in the realm of fiction are there stories to compare with those which took form centuries ago when the race was in its childhood-stories so intimately connected with the life and history and religion of the great peoples of antiquity that they have become an integral part of our own civilization, a heritage of wealth to every child that is born into the world.
The historic basis of the tales is slight; yet who can think of the Greeks without remembering the story of Troy, or of Rome without a backward glance at Æneas, fabled founder of the race and hero of Virgil's world-famous Latin epic? Any understanding of German civilization would be incomplete without knowledge of the mythical prince Siegfried, hero of the earliest literature of the Teutonic people, finally immortalized in the nineteenth century through the musical dramas of Wagner. Any understanding of English civilization would be similarly incomplete without the semi-historic figure of King Arthur, glorified through the accumulated legends of the Middle Ages and made to live again in the melodic idylls of the great Victorian laureate. And so one might go on. In many ways the mythology and folklore of a country are a truer index to the life of its people than any of the pages of actual history; for through these channels the imagination and the heart speak. All the chronicles of rulers and governing bodies are as dust in comparison.
The imagination of the ancients had few if any bounds, and even Athens in the height of her intellectual glory accepted the fabulous tales of gods and half-gods. Today we read and wonder. But the child, who in his brief lifetime must live over in part at least the history of the whole race, delights in the myths and legends which made his ancestors admire or tremble. They are naturally not so real to him as they were to his forefathers; yet they open up a rich and gorgeous wonderland, without excursions into which every child must grow up the poorer in mind and spirit.
To the children of America, wherever they may be, this book is dedicated. It is sure to bring enjoyment, because its stories have stood the test of time.

With an illustration for each story.

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Authors, Various: Famous Modern Ghost Stories. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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A collection of Modern Ghost Stories selected by Dorthy Scarborough, Ph.D.

Includes:

* Introduction: The Imperishable Ghost
* The Willows
o By Algernon Blackwood
* The Shadows on the Wall
o By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
* The Messenger
o By Robert W. Chambers
* Lazarus
o By Leonid Andreyev
* The Beast with Five Fingers
o By W. F. Harvey
* The Mass of Shadows
o By Anatole France
* What Was It?
o By Fitz-James O'Brien
* The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
o By Ambrose Bierce
* The Shell of Sense
o By Olivia Howard Dunbar
* The Woman at Seven Brothers
o By Wilbur Daniel Steele
* At the Gate
o By Myla Jo Closser
* Ligeia
o By Edgar Allan Poe
* The Haunted Orchard
o By Richard Le Gallienne
* The Bowmen
o By Arthur Machen
* A Ghost
o By Guy de Maupassant

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Authors, Various: Horror Anthology Vol I. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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I saw a sight on the web where people listed what their perfect Horror Anthology would be so I decided to make my own.

Includes:

Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon
The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
The Lady's Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton
How Love Came To Professor Guildea. by Robert H ichens
Madam Crowl's Ghost by J.S. Le Fanu
The Torture of Hope (La torture par l'esperance) by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
"The Iron Shroud" by William Mudford

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Authors, Various: Horror Anthology Vol II. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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Second volume of horror stories.

Includes:

Table of Contents

The Phial of Dread by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
Horror: A True Tale by John Berwick Harwood
The Secret Chamber by Margaret Oliphant
The Shadow in the Corner by M. E. Braddon
The Secret of the Stradivarius by Hugh Conway
A Strange Tale of Cannibalism by Lafcadio Hearn
The Body-Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Thing in the Upper Room by Arthur Morrison
The Horla, or Modern Ghosts by Guy de Maupassant

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Authors, Various: International Short Stories: French. v1, 18 Feb 2008

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A collection of short stories by French authors.

Includes:

A Piece of Bread By Francois Coppee

The Elixir of Life By Honore de Balzac

The Age for Love By Paul Bourget

Mateo Falcone By Prosper Merimee

The Mirror By Catulle Mendes

My Nephew Joseph By Ludovic Halevy

A Forest Betrothal By Erckmann-Chatrian

Zadig the Babylonian By Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire

ABANDONED By Guy de Maupassant

The Guilty Secret By Paul de Kock

Jean Monette By Eugene Francois Vidocq

SOLANGE By Alexandre Dumas

THE BIRDS IN THE LETTER-BOX By Rene Bazin

JEAN GOURDON’S FOUR DAYS By Emile Zola

BARON DE TRENCK By Clemence Robert

THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA By Henry Murger

THE WOMAN AND THE CAT By Marcel Prevost

GIL BLAS AND DR. SANGRADO By Alain Rene Le Sage

A FIGHT WITH A CANNON By Victor Hugo

TONTON By A. Cheneviere

THE LAST LESSON By Alphonse Daudet

CROISILLES By Alfred de Musset

THE VASE OF CLAY By Jean Aicard

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: German Vol 1. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from German authors translated into English.

Includes:

The fury, Paul Heyse -- The Philosopher's Pendulum, Rudolph Lindau -- The Bookbinder of Hort, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- The Egyptian Fire-Eater, Rudolph Baumbach -- The Cremona Violin, E.T.A. Hoffmann -- Adventures of a New Year's Eve, Heinrich Zschokke

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: German Vol 2. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories by German Authors translated into English.

Includes:

CHRISTIAN GELLERT'S LAST CHRISTMAS BY BERTHOLD AUERBACH

A GHETTO VIOLET BY LEOPOLD KOMPERT

THE SEVERED HAND .... BY WILHELM HAUFF

PETER SCHLEMIHL..... BY ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Italian. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from Italian authors translated into English.

Includes:

A GREAT DAY by EDMONDO DE AMICIS

PEREAT ROCHUS by ANTONIO FOGAZZARO

SAN PANTALEONE by GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO

IT SNOWS by ENRICO CASTELNUOVO

COLLEGE FRIENDS by EDMONDO DE AMICIS

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Authors, Various: Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian authors translated into English.

Includes:

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER OF ASPINWALL
BY HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ

THE PLAIN SISTER
BY DEMETRIOS BIKELAS

THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK

SAINT NICHOLAS EVE
BY CAMILLE LEMONNIER

IN LOVE WITH THE CZARINA
BY MAURICE JOKAI

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Russian. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories by Russian authors translated into English.

Includes:

MUMU BY IVAN TURGENEV

THE SHOT BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

ST. JOHN'S EVE BY NIKOLAI VASILIEVITCH GOGOL

AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE BY LYOF N. TOLSTOI

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Scandanavian. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from Scandinavian authors translated into English.

Includes:

THE FATHER BY BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON

WHEN FATHER BROUGHT HOME THE LAMP BY JUHANI AHO

THE FLYING MAIL BY M. GOLDSCHMIDT

THE RAILROAD AND THE CHURCHYARD BY BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON

TWO FRIENDS BY ALEXANDER KIELLAND

HOPES BY FREDERIKA BREMER

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 06. v1, 14 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, [French Novels edition[/ edited by Julian Hawthorne.
Includes:

VICTOR CHERBULIEZ
[Count Kostia
[/

PAUL BOURGET
[Andre Cornells[/

ANONYMOUS
[The Last of the Costellos
Lady Betty's Indiscretion[/

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 07. v1, 13 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, Old Time English edition edited by Julian Hawthorne.
Includes selections from:

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-70)

[The Haunted House
No. I Branch Line: The Signal Man[/

BULWER-LYTTON (1803-73)

[The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain
The Incantation[/

THOMAS DE QUINCEY (1785-1859)

[The Avenger[/

CHARLES ROBERT MATURIN (1782-1824)

[Melmoth the Wanderer[/

LAURENCE STERNE (1713-68)

[A Mystery with a Moral[/

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-63)

[On Being Found Out
The Notch on the Ax
[/

ANONYMOUS
[
Bourgonef
The Closed Cabinet[/

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 1. v1, 13 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories from Russian, Scandinavian and Hungarian authors edited by Julian Hawthorne.

Contents: Alexander Sergeivitch Pushkin - The Queen of Spades; Vera Jelihovsky - The General's Will; Feodor Mikhailvitch Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment; Anton Chekhoff - The Safety Match; Vsevolod Vladimirvitch Krestovski - Knights of Industry; Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe - The Amputated Arms; Otto Larrsen - The Manuscript; Bernhard Severin Ingemann - The Sealed Room; Steen Severin Ingemann - The Rector of Veilbye; Huingarian Mystery Stories: Ferencz Molnar - The Living Death; Naurus Jokai - Thirteen at Table; Etienne Barsony - The Dancing Bear; Arthur Elck - The Tower Room

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 10. v1, 16 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, [Real Life[/ edition edited by Julian Hawthorne.

Includes selections from:

ARTHUR TRAIN
[A Flight into Texas
[/

P. H. WOODWARD

[Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office
Department
An Erring Shepherd
An Aspirant for Congress
The Fortune of Seth Savage
A Wish Unexpectedly Gratified
An Old Game Revived
A Formidable Weapon [/

ANDREW LANG

[Saint-Germain the Deathless
The Man in the Iron Mask
Original Papers in the Case of Roux De Marsilly [/

M. ROBERT-HOUDIN

[A Conjurer's Confessions [/

DAVID P. ABBOTT

[Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled
[/

HEREWARD CARRINGTON
[
More Tricks of " Spiritualism " [/

ANONYMOUS

[How Spirits Materialize[/

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 8. v1, 13 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, Modern English edition edited by Julian Hawthorne.
Includes selections from:

[
Rudyard Kipling
A. Conan Doyle
Egerton Castle
Stanley J. Weyman
Wilkie Collins
Robert Louis Stevenson[/

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Authors, Various: The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors. v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From Answer.com:

The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors (1908) is a collaborative novel told in twelve chapters, each by a different author. This unusual project was conceived by novelist William Dean Howells and carried out under the direction of Harper's Bazaar editor Elizabeth Jordan, who (like Howells) would write one of the chapters herself. Howells' idea for the novel was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. Howells had hoped Mark Twain would be one of the authors, but Twain did not participate. The novel was serialized in Harper's Bazaar in 1907-08 and published as a book by Harpers in late 1908.

The chapters and their authors

1. The Father by William Dean Howells
2. The Old-Maid Aunt by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
3. The Grandmother by Mary Heaton Vorse
4. The Daughter-in-Law by Mary Stewart Cutting
5. The School-Girl by Elizabeth Jordan
6. The Son-in-Law by John Kendrick Bangs
7. The Married Son by Henry James
8. The Married Daughter by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
9. The Mother by Edith Wyatt
10. The School-Boy by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
11. Peggy by Alice Brown
12. The Friend of the Family by Henry Van Dyke

With 11 illustrations.

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 05. v1, 24 Feb 2008

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In THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

GRAY, MAXWELL
Silence of Dean Maitland

GRIFFIN, GERALD
The Collegians

HABBERTON, JOHN
Helen's Babies

HALEVY, LUDOVIC
Abbé Constantin

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
The Scarlet Letter
House of the Seven Gables

HICHENS, ROBERT
The Garden of Allah

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL
Elsie Venner

HUGHES, THOMAS
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Tom Brown at Oxford

HUGO, VICTOR
Les Misérables
Notre Dame de Paris
The Toilers of the Sea
The Man Who Laughs

INCHBALD, ELIZABETH
A Simple Story

JAMES, G.P.R.
Henry Masterton

JOHNSON, SAMUEL
Rasselas

JOKAI, MAURICE
Timar's Two Worlds

KERNAHAN, COULSON
A Dead Man's Diary

KINGSLEY, CHARLES
Alton Locke
Hereward the Wake
Hypatia
Two Years Ago
Water-Babies
Westward Ho!

KINGSLEY, HENRY
Geoffry Hamlyn
Ravenshoe

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 07. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE
Headlong Hall
Nightmare Abbey

PORTER, JANE
Scottish Chiefs

PUSHKIN
The Captain's Daughter

RABELAIS
Gargantua and Pantagruel

READE, CHARLES
Hard Cash
Never Too Late to Mend
The Cloister and the Hearth

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL
Pamela
Clarissa Harlowe
Sir Charles Grandison

RICHTER, JEAN PAUL
Hesperus
Titan

ROSEGGER, PETER
Papers of the Forest Schoolmaster

ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES
New Heloise

SAINT PIERRE, BERNARDIN DE
Paul and Virginia

SAND, GEORGE
Consuelo
Mauprat

SCOTT, MICHAEL
Tom Cringle's Log

SCOTT, SIR WALTER
Antiquary
Guy Mannering
Heart of Midlothian
Ivanhoe
Kenilworth
Old Mortality
Peveril of the Peak

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 08. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

SCOTT, SIR WALTER
Quentin Durward
Rob Roy
Talisman

SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
Frankenstein

SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP
Arcadia

SMOLLET, TOBIAS
Roderick Random
Peregrine Pickle

STAËL, MME. DE
Corinne

STENDHAL (HENRI BEYLE)
Chartreuse of Parma

STERNE, LAURENCE
Tristram Shandy

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER
Uncle Tom's Cabin

SUE, EUGÈNE
Mysteries of Paris

SWIFT, JONATHAN
Gulliver's Travels

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE
Newcomes
Virginians
Vanity Fair

TOLSTOY, COUNT LYOF N.
Anna Karenina

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY
The Warden
Barchester Towers

TURGENEV, IVAN
Fathers and Sons
A Nest of Nobles
Smoke

VERNE, JULES
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

WALPOLE, HORACE
Castle of Otranto

ZOLA, ÉMILE
Drink

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 1. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

ABOUT, EDMOND
King of the Mountains

AINSWORTH, HARRISON
Tower of London

ANDERSEN, HANS
Improvisatore

APULEIUS
The Golden Ass

ARABIAN NIGHTS

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE

AUERBACH, BERTHOLD
On the Height

AUSTEN, JANE
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park
Emma
Persuasion

BALZAC, HONORÉ DE
Eugénie Grandet
Old Goriot
Magic Skin
Quest of the Absolute

BECKFORD, WILLIAM
History of the Caliph Vathek

BEHN, APHRA
Oroonoko

BERGERAC, CYRANO DE
Voyage to the Moon

BJÖRNSON, BJÖRNSTJERNE
Arne
In God's Way

BLACK, WILLIAM
Daughter of Heth

BLACKMORE, R.D.
Lorna Doone

BOCCACCIO
Decameron

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 2. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In T[HE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

BORROW, GEORGE
Lavengro
Romany Rye

BRADDON, M.E.
Lady Audley's Secret

BRADLEY, EDWARD ("COTHBERT BEDE")
Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE
Jane Eyre
Shirley
Villette

BRONTË, EMILY
Wuthering Heights

BUCHANAN, ROBERT
Shadow of the Sword

BUNYAN, JOHN
Holy War
Pilgrim's Progress

BURNEY, FANNY
Evelina

CARLETON, WILLIAM
The Black Prophet

CARROLL, LEWIS
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

CERVANTES
Don Quixote

CHAMISSO, ADALBERT VON
Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man

CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANÇOIS RENÉ DE
Atala

CHERBULIEZ, CHARLES VICTOR
Samuel Brohl & Co.

COLLINS, WILKIE
No Name
The Woman in White

CONWAY, HUGH
Called Back

COOPER, FENIMORE
Last of the Mohicans
The Spy

CRAIK, MRS.
John Halifax, Gentleman

CROLY, GEORGE
Salathiel, or Tarry Thou Till I Come

DANA, RICHARD HENRY
Two Years before the Mast

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 3. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

DAUDET, ALPHONSE
Tartarin of Tarascon

DAY, THOMAS
Sandford and Merton

DEFOE, DANIEL
Robinson Crusoe
Captain Singleton

DICKENS, CHARLES
Barnaby Rudge
Bleak House
David Copperfield
Dombey and Son
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Little Dorrit
Martin Chuzzlewit
Nicholas Nickleby
Oliver Twist
Old Curiosity Shop
Our Mutual Friend
Pickwick Papers
Tale of Two Cities

DISRAELI, BENJAMIN (Earl of Beaconsfield)
Coningsby
Sybil, or The Two Nations
Tancred, or The New Crusade

DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
Marguerite de Valois
Black Tulip
Corsican Brothers
Count of Monte Cristo
The Three Musketeers
Twenty Years After

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 4. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

EBERS, GEORG
An Egyptian Princess

EDGEWORTH, MARIE
Belinda
Castle Rackrent

ELIOT, GEORGE
Adam Bede
Felix Holt
Romola
Silas Marner
The Mill on the Floss

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN
Waterloo

FEUILLET, OCTAVE
Romance of a Poor Young Man

FIELDING, HENRY
Amelia
Jonathan Wild
Joseph Andrews
Tom Jones

FLAMMARION, CAMILLE
Urania

FOUQUÉ, DE LA MOTTE
Undine

GABORIAU, EMILE
File No. 113

GALT, JOHN
Annals of the Parish

GASKELL, MRS.
Cranford
Mary Barton

GODWIN, WILLIAM
Caleb Williams

GOETHE
Sorrows of Young Werther
Wilhelm Meister

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
Vicar of Wakefield

GONCOURT, EDMOND AND JULES DE
Renée Mauperin

GRANT, JAMES
Bothwell

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 6. v1, 24 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

LE FANU, SHERIDAN
Uncle Silas

LESAGE, RENÉ
Gil Blas

LEVER, CHARLES
Charles O'Malley
Tom Burke of Ours

LEWIS, M.G.
Ambrosio, or the Monk

LINTON, MRS. LYNN
Joshua Davidson

LOVER, SAMUEL
Handy Andy

LYTTON, EDWARD BULWER
Eugene Aram
Last Days of Pompeii
The Last of the Barons

MACKENZIE, HENRY
Man of Feeling

MAISTRE, COUNT XAVIER DE
A Journey Round my Room

MALORY, SIR THOMAS
Morte d'Arthur

MANNING, ANNE
Household of Sir Thomas More

MANZONI, ALESSANDRO
The Betrothed

MARRYAT, CAPT
Mr. Midshipman Easy
Peter Simple

MATURIN, CHARLES
Melmoth the Wanderer

MENDOZA, DIEGO DE
Lazarillo de Tonnes

MEREJOWSKI, DMITRI
Death of the Gods

MÉRIMÉE, PROSPER
Carmen

MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL
Our Village

MOIR, DAVID
Mansie Wauch

MORIER, JAMES
Hajji Baba

MURRAY, DAVID CHRISTIE
Way of the World

NORRIS, FRANK
The Pit

OHNET, GEORGES
The Ironmaster

OUIDA
Under Two Flags

PAYN, JAMES
Lost Sir Massingberd

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Avila, Teresa of, Saint: The Interior Castle or The Mansions V1. 25-Sep-2010

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Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515, at Gotarrendura (Ávila), Old Castile, Spain – October 4, 1582, at Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain) was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites.
Forty years after her death, she was canonized, in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, and in 1970 named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. The Cortes exalted her to patroness of Spain in 1617, and the University of Salamanca previously conferred the title Doctor ecclesiae with a diploma. The title is Latin for Doctor of the Church, but is distinct from the papal honor of Doctor of the Church, which is always conferred posthumously and was finally bestowed upon her by Pope Paul VI in 1970 along with Saint Catherine of Siena making them the first women to be awarded the distinction. Teresa is revered as the Doctor of Prayer. The mysticism in her works exerted a formative influence upon many theologians of the following centuries, such as Francis of Sales, Fénelon, and the Port-Royalists.
Her books, which include her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and her seminal work, El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), are integral part of the Spanish Renaissance literature as well as Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practices as she entails in her other important work Camino de Perfección (The Way of Perfection) .
Source: Wikipedia

El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas (trans.:The Interior Castle or The Mansions) was written by Saint Teresa of Ávila in 1577 as a guide for spiritual development, through service and prayer. Inspired by her vision of the soul as a crystal globe in the shape of a castle containing seven mansions, which she interpreted as the journey of faith through seven stages, ending with union with God .

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Bacheller, Irving. Eben Holden. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Subtitled [A Tale of the North Country[/. A grandfather, grandson and a dog set off on a journey into the frontier.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Bacheller, Irving: A Man for the Ages. V1. 5 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

A novel of the life of Abraham Lincoln.

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Bacheller, Irving: D'Ri and I. V1. 6 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

A TALE of DARING DEEDS in the SECOND WAR with the BRITISH.
Excerpt
This is a tale of the adventurous and rugged pioneers, who, unconquered by other foes, were ever at war with the ancient wilderness, pushing the northern frontier of the white man farther and farther to the west. Early in the last century they had striped the wild waste of timber with roadways from Lake Champlain to Lake Ontario, and spotted it with sown acres wide and fair; and still, as they swung their axes with the mighty vigor of great arms, the forest fell before them,

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Bacheller, Irving: Darrel of the Blessed Isles. V1. 5 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
The clock tinker was off in the snow paths every other week. In more than a hundred homes, scattered far along road lines of the great valley, he set the pace of the pendulums. Every winter the mare was rented for easy driving and Darrel made his journeys afoot. Twice a day Trove passed the little shop, and if there were a chalk mark on the dial, he bounded upstairs to greet his friend. Sometimes he brought another boy into the rare atmosphere of the clock shop--one, mayhap, who needed some counsel of the wise old man.

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Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing. v1. 6 Dec 2007

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This is a sequel to the previously posted [Eben Holden[/. It's a short book with three episodes of rural life and humor, but is also quite touching. Heavy use of colloquialisms made it difficult to spell check but hopefully I caught most of the errors.

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Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden. V1. 6 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
Of all the people that ever went west that expedition was the most remarkable.
A small boy in a big basket on the back of a jolly old man, who carried a cane in one hand, a rifle in the other; a black dog serving as scout, skirmisher and rear guard—that was the size of it. They were the survivors of a ruined home in the north of Vermont, and were travelling far into the valley of the St Lawrence, but with no particular destination.

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Bacheller, Irving: In the Days of Poor Richard. V1. 7 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
"The first time I saw the boy, Jack Irons, he was about nine years old. I was in Sir William Johnson's camp of magnificent Mohawk warriors at Albany. Jack was so active and successful in the games, between the red boys and the white, that the Indians called him 'Boiling Water.'

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Bacheller, Irving: The Light in the Clearing. V1. 7 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
The Light in the Clearing shone upon many things and mostly upon those which, above all others, have impassioned and perpetuated the Spirit of America and which, just now, seem to me to be worthy of attention. I believe that spirit to be the very candle of the Lord which, in this dark and windy night of time, has flickered so that the souls of the faithful have been afraid. But let us be of good cheer. It is shining brighter as I write and, under God, I believe it shall, by and by, be seen and loved of all men.

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Bacheller, Irving: The Master of Silence. V1. 8 Jan 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
Near the end of my fourteenth year I was apprenticed to Valentine, King & Co., cotton importers, Liverpool, as a “pair of legs.” My father had died suddenly, leaving me and his property in the possession of my stepmother and my guardian. It was in deference to their urgent advice that I left my home in London (with little reluctance, since my life there had never been happy) to study the art of money-making. On arriving at the scene of my expected triumphs I was assigned to the somewhat humble position of errand boy. In common with other boys who performed a like service for the firm I was known as “a pair of legs.” Lodgings of a rather modest character had been secured for me in the western outskirts of the city near the banks of the Mersey. I was slow to make friends, and my evenings were spent in the perusal of some story books, which I had brought with me from London. One night, not long after the beginning of my new life in Liverpool, I was lying in bed listening to the wind and rain beating over the housetops and driving against the windows, when suddenly there came a loud rap at my door.

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Bacheller, Irving: Vergilius. V1. 8 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

A Tale of the Coming of Christ
Excerpt
Rome had passed the summits and stood looking into the dark valley of fourteen hundred years. Behind her the graves of Caesar and Sallust and Cicero and Catullus and Vergil and Horace; before her centuries of madness and treading down; round about her a multitude sickening of luxury, their houses filled with spoil, their mouths with folly, their souls with discontent; above her only mystery and silence; in her train, philosophers questioning if it were not better for a man had he never been born—*deeming life a misfortune and extinction the only happiness; poets singing no more of “pleasantries and trifles,” but seeking favor with poor obscenities. Soon they were even to celebrate the virtue of harlots, the integrity of thieves, the tenderness of murderers, the justice of oppression. Leading the caravan were types abhorrent and self-opposed—*effeminate men, masculine women, cheerful cynics, infidel priests, wealthy people with no credit, patricians, honoring and yet despising the gods, hating and yet living on the populace. Here was the spectacle of a republican empire, and an emperor gathering power while he affected to disdain it.

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Bacon, Francis: The New Atlantis, v.1, 1 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1627, this is Sir Francis Bacon’s scientific utopia.

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Baghy, Julio: La verda koro (Esperanto), v1, 31 Augusto 2008

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apitro 1: La kurso

Lerno ambro en siberia Popola Domo. Unu pordo, du fenestroj. La pordo estas malalta, la fenestroj estas mallaraj. En la lerno ambro staras malnovaj mebloj: nigra tabulo, simpla tablo, unu seo kaj longaj benkoj. Sur la plafono estas elektra lampo. i ne estas bona. La plafono estas griza, la planko estas malpura. Sur la muroj estas instruaj bildoj. Ili montras objektojn, florojn, bestojn, homojn.

Sur la longaj flavaj benkoj sidas unu sinjoro (li estas po]toficisto), du soldatoj en rusa uniformo, tri soldatoj en uniformoj e%a, rumana kaj amerika, unu sinjorino, tri knabinoj en gimnazia uniformo kaj du knaboj. Ili rigardas la instruiston.

La instruisto estas soldato, sed ne en uniformo. Li estas hungaro kaj militkaptito. Li iras en la ambro, montras la bildojn, tu]as la objektojn. Li instruas. La lernantoj kaj lernantinoj komprenas lin.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Benny Badger, v.1, 19 July 2008

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Another of the illustrated [Sleepy-Time Tales[/ intended for children but thoroughly enjoyable to read at any age. This one's for our Good Master RWood and his wife.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Betsy Butterfly, v.1, 19 July 2008

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A [Tuck-Me-In Tale[/.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel, v.1, 7 June 2008

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Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books including [The Tale of Frisky Squirrel[/ which was illustrated by Eleanor Fagan. Of all his books, I'm not sure why I chose this one to post. I hope you enjoy it! :squirrel:

Frisky Squirrel was a lively little chap. And he was very bold, too. You see, he was so nimble that he felt he could always jump right out of danger - no matter whether it was a hawk chasing him, or a fox springing at him, or Yvan [okay, it really says boy, but no harm in personalizing him, eh throwing stones at him. He would chatter and scold at his enemies from some tree-top. And it was seldom that he was so frightened that he ran home and hid inside his mother's house.
:squirrel::squirrel::squirrel::squirrel::squirrel: :squirrel::squirrel:

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Bobby Bobolink. 20 Oct 07

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The last batch of Bailey Arthur Scott stories for a while. I hope you have enjoyed them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Brownie Beaver. 20 Oct 07

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The last batch of Bailey Arthur Scott stories for a while. I hope you have enjoyed them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Cuffy Bear. 20 Oct 07

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The last batch of Bailey Arthur Scott stories for a while. I hope you have enjoyed them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Fatty Coon. 18 Oct 07

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RWood

My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Freddie Firefly. 19 Oct 07

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The Tale of Freddie Firefly from the publisher's release:
[QUOTFreddie Firefly is most anxious to lighten the cares of his friends in Pleasant Valley for he is a most unselfish fellow and enjoys nothing more than seeing other people as happy as he. He has one grave fault, however, that prevents him from being a very great help, and that is his inability to remain long in one place. He is so full of spry gaiety that he never can be quite content unless he is dancing with his relatives in the hollow near the swamp or darting about Farmer Green's lawn. His friends often give him advice as to how he may use the wonderful light which he always carries with him, and finally Mrs. Ladybug tells him he should go to the railroad and work as a signal-man for the trains. You will hold your breath as you read about the exciting adventure that follows this suggestion, and you will no doubt agree with those to whom he later tells it that he is a very lucky Freddie to escape.
[/QUOT

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel. 18 Oct 07

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My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat. 18 Oct 07

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My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

This is one of the titles my we found last weekend. She even had a Steiff cat from her childhood that she names "Miss Kitty Cat."

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Old Mr. Crow. 18 Oct 07

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My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk. 19 Oct 07

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A great set of books for kids of all ages. It is consistent from book to book in that the characters maintain their personalities. Thus Spot the (old) dog is the same dog no matter which story he appears in.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Tommy Fox. 19 Oct 07

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A great set of books for kids of all ages. It is consistent from book to book in that the characters maintain their personalities. Thus Spot the (old) dog is the same dog no matter which story he appears in.

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Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin : Stories of Great Adventures. v1, 15 Feb 2008

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1919. For the Children's Hour Series. Contents: The Drawing of the Sword; How the Round Table Came; The Treachery of Morgan le Fay; Beaumains, the Knight of the Kitchen; and Geraint and Enid were all Adapted from the Legends of King Arthur; The Passing of Arthur from Tennyson's Idylls of the King; The Story of Roland, Adapted from the Song of Roland; Beowulf, Adapted from the Story of Beowulf; Frithjof, the Viking, Adapted from the Saga of Frithjof; Robin Hood and Maid Marian, How Robin Hood Won the Golden Arrow, and How Will Scarlet Joined Robin Hood's Merry Men were all adapted from the Adventures of Robin Hood; Patient Griselda and The Rocks Removed were adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; The Earl Mar's Daughter, Adapted from an old Ballad; The Battle of Chevy Chase, Adapted from the Ballad of Chevy Chase; Una and the Red Cross Knight, The Red Cross Knight's Last Battle and Sir Guyon's Great Adventure were all adapted from Spenser's Fairy Queen.

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Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin : Tell Me Another Story. v1, 15 Feb 2008

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A collection of Children's Stories.

From the preface:

The reward of the story-teller who has successfully met the child's story interest is the plea embodied in the title of this book: [Tell Me Another Story[/. The book meets this child longing on a psychologic basis. It consists of groups of stories arranged so that their telling will result in definite mental growth for children, as well as satisfied story hunger.
There has been a tendency in the past to group stories in a haphazard way; there has been no organized plan of selecting stories to precede and follow one another for the purpose of definite functioning of mind processes. The effect of one story of distinctly differentiated theme from one which has just been told is to break continuity of thought. On the other hand, stories of similar theme, but contrasting form told in the story-hour have a mental effect of concentration and will training. This mental growth through stories is the aim of the book.

The instinctive and universal interests of all children form the themes of the story programs; and these interests are presented in their natural order for a year, beginning with home life, taking the child out into the world, and carrying him through his school, industrial, seasonable, and holiday activities. Three stories have been grouped in each program as the number upon which children can most easily fix their attention.

The plan of grouping the stories in each program is very definite and psychologic. The first story in a group is an apperceptive one; it secures the child's spontaneous attention because, through its plot, it touches his own life in some way. It brings him into close and intimate touch with the interest theme of the program because it speaks of things that he knows, and other things that he can do. The second story in each group makes an appeal to the child's reasoning powers; having secured his attention through the apperceptive story, the story-teller now takes the child a-field, mentally, and secures his voluntary attention. It calls for constructive thought; it presents the theme of the program in a broader way, with wider application. It is, usually, the longest story of the program. The third story is, invariably, the dessert of this story meal. Through its brevity, humor, tenderness, or sharply contrasting treatment of the program theme, it supplies the necessary relaxation, the fitting climax for the program.

An analysis of the Trade Life program will illustrate the psychologic appeal upon which the book is built. The story, The Holiday, opens the program with its apperceptive appeal, showing the dependence of the home upon the industrial life of the community and the possibility of a child's coöperation in it. The second story in the trade program, Selma Lagerloöf's Nils and the Bear, gives this wonderful Swedish writer's presentation of the iron industry as a factor in our growth from savagery to civilization. The third story, The Giant Energy and Fairy Skill, by Maud Lindsay, gives the program its climax in fantasy and contrast.

A similar analysis may be made of each program in the book.

It is not intended that the stories shall never be told to children separately; on the contrary, each story is one of the best examples to be found of the child interest which forms its theme. The book has been prepared, however, to meet in an educational way the need expressed in its title. It should be of value for the home, school, library, and settlement.

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Bailey, Cyril: The Religion of Ancient Rome, v1, 13 August 2009.

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The Religion of Ancient Rome (1907)
By Cyril Bailey, M.A. (1871–1957)
Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford

A study of Roman religion.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Bailey, Temple: The Trumpeter Swan. V1. 18 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

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There were only four passengers in the sleeper, men all of them—two in adjoining sections in the middle of the car, a third in the drawing-room, a fourth an intermittent occupant of a berth at the end. They had gone to bed unaware of the estate or circumstance of their fellow-travellers, and had waked to find the train delayed by washouts, and side-tracked until more could be learned of the condition of the road.

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Bailey, Temple: Contrary Mary. V1. 15 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

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In Which Silken Ladies Ascend One Stairway, and a Lonely Wayfarer Ascends Another and Comes Face to Face With Old Friends.

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Bailey, Temple: Glory of Youth. V1. 16 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
The girl knelt on the floor, feverishly packing a shabby little trunk.

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Bailey, Temple: Judy. V1. 16 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

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Becky Sharp, perched among the fragrant blossoms, crooned soft nothings to herself. Under the tree little Anne lay at full length on the tender green sod and dreamed daydreams.
"Belinda," she said to her great white cat, "Belinda, if we could fly like Becky Sharp, we would all go to Egypt and eat our lunch on the top of the pyramids."

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Bailey, Temple: Mistress Anne. V1. 17 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
The second day of the New Year came on Saturday. The holiday atmosphere had thus been extended over the week-end. The Christmas wreaths still hung in the windows, and there had been an added day of feasting. Holidays always brought people from town who ate with sharp appetites.

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Bailey, Temple: The Gay Cockade. V1. 16 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

The gay cockade
The hidden land
White birches
The emperor's ghost
The red candle
Returned goods
Burned toast
Petronella
The canopy bed
Sandwich Jane
Lady Crusoe
A rebellious grandmother
Wait--for Prince Charming
Beggars on horseback.

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Bailey, Temple: The Tin Soldier. V1. 17 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
["I cannot bear it," the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, "I cannot bear it. It is so melancholy here. Let me rather go to the wars and lose my arms and legs."
HANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.[/

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Baily, Waldron: Heart of the Blue Ridge. V1. 30 July 2010

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Baily, Waldron, 1871-

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Where the trail bent over a knoll, Zeke halted, and put down from his shoulder the hickory cudgel with its dangling valise of black oilcloth—total of baggage with which he was faring forth into the world. Then, he straightened himself, and looked back over the way he had come.

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Baily, Waldron: When the Cock Crows. V1. 31 July 2010

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Baily, Waldron, 1871-

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The tide was at ebb. The noisily rushing spume-spotted waters of the sea were pounding the hard-sand shore of the easterly side of a beautiful island, nestling as a jewel in its setting just within the Capes, which form the shores on either side of Beaufort Inlet, but so exposed that when the winds blow from the sea the full force of the breakers is felt at this point. As this small bit of land is low-lying, more than once when a southeaster has raged, the tiny isle has become entirely submerged.

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Bain, F. W: Bubbles of the Foam. V1. 19 Sep 2010

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Francis William Bain (1863–1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit.

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Four things are never far from you, in old Hindoo literature: underfoot, all round you, or away on the horizon, there they always are: the Forest, the Desert, the River, and the Hills.

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Bain, F. W: The Substance of a Dream. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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aFrancis William Bain (1863–1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit.

"The Substance of a Dream" is half a love-story, and half a fairy tale: as indeed every love-story is a fairy tale. Because, although that unaccountable mystery, the mutual attraction of the sexes, is the very essence of life, and everything else merely accidental or accessory, yet only too often in the jostle of the world, in the trough and tossing of the waves of time, the accidental smothers the essential, and life turns into a commonplace instead of a romance. And so, like every other story, this little story will perhaps be very differently judged, according to the reader's sex.

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Baker, Olaf: Shasta of the Wolves. v1. 23 Mar 08

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I'm a huge fan of "feral child" novels like [Tarzan[/, [Ka-Zar[/ and [Ki-gor.[/ I'm not counting [Kwa of the Jungle[/ in this group because that was such a terrible book. Here's a little-known, well-written 1919 tale by American author Olaf Baker.

In the 19th century Pacific Northwest, an abandoned Native American baby is discovered by Nitka, the she-wolf. The wolf takes the baby back to her den with plans to eat (!) the baby later, but her "spirit of the wild" instinct takes over and she chooses to raise the baby along with her cubs.

The baby grows up among the wolves and becomes a creature of the forest. Now known as Shasta, he learns to communicate with the animals, including the wise old brown bear, Gomposh. Alas, like all children who grow up among creatures of the forest, he soon comes into contact with his fellow humans and then bad things start to happen. Shasta eventually reunites with his human tribe and must find a way to lead them to victory as a tribal war breaks out.

Vicious grizzly bears, wild moose and tribal wars--just another day in the 19th century American forest.

Of course, now we have these same things happening in corporate America today, but that's fodder for another time. :)

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Baker, Samuel W.: Albert N’Yanza Great Basin of the Nile. 26 Oct 07

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The full title is [The Albert N’Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile & Explorations of the Nile Sources[/ and it was first published in 1866. Completing what Livingstone hoped to do, Sir Samuel W. Baker established himself in the forefront of African explorers.

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Baker, Samuel W.: In the Heart of Africa. 26 Oct 07

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Think of this as the [Reader's Digest[/ Condensed book of Sir Samuel Baker. It is a consolidation and digest of the first two books. If you read only one of his books, make it this one. If you read the other two then skip this one.

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Baker, Samuel W.: Nile Tributaries. 26 Oct 07

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The full title is [The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs.[/ It is the second major book by Sir Samuel W. Baker and established him in the forefront of African explorers.

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Baldwin, Louisa: Collected Stories. V1. 20 Mar 2011

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Baldwin, Louisa
1845-1925

British novelist, short-story writer, and poet, sometimes identified as "Mrs. Alfred Baldwin" and as the mother of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, who held the post 3 separate times in the 1920s and '30s. As if that weren't enough, she was also one of Rudyard Kipling's aunts.

How He Left the Hotel
Many Waters Cannot Quench Love

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Ball, Eustace Hale: The Voice on the Wire. V1. 12 Oct 2010

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Born:November 4, 1881 in Gallipolis, Ohio, USA Died:April 20, 1931 (age 49) in Laguna Beach, California, USA , Screen writer and director.

Excerpt
"Mr. Shirley is waiting for you in the grill-room, sir. Just step this way, sir, and down the stairs."
The large man awkwardly followed the servant to the cosey grill-room on the lower floor of the club house. He felt that every man of the little groups about the Flemish tables must be saying: "What's he doing here?"

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Ball, Eustace Hale: Traffic in Souls. V1. 12 Oct 2010

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Born:November 4, 1881 in Gallipolis, Ohio, USA Died:April 20, 1931 (age 49) in Laguna Beach, California, USA , Screen writer and director.

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Officer 4434 beat his freezing hands together as he stood with his back to the snow-laden north-easter, which rattled the creaking signboards of East Twelfth Street, and covered, with its merciful shroud of wet flakes, the ash-barrels, dingy stoops, gaudy saloon porticos and other architectural beauties of the Avenue corner.

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Ball, Hugo: Hermann Hesse - Sein Leben und sein Werk [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2011

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Diese Biografie erschien 1927 zu Hermann Hesses 50. Geburtstag. Sein Freund Hugo Ball starb zwei Monate später; Hermann Hesse lebte noch 35 Jahre.

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Ball, Hugo: Tenderenda der Phantast. german. v1. 15 mar 2009

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Bereits in den Jahren 1914 bis 1920 entstand Hugo Balls Text [Tenderenda der Phantast[/. Eine Gattungsbezeichnung ist nicht ganz einfach zu finden, denn mit einem Roman im herkömmlichen Sinn - Hugo Ball selbst hatte ursprünglich "Roman" als Gattungsbezeichnung vorgeschlagen - haben die 15 Episoden des Tenderenda nur wenig gemein. Die Kapitel, denen jeweils zeitlich-räumliche Vorbemerkungen, pointierten Regieanweisungen gleich, vorangestellt sind, tragen demnach auch so poetische und enigmatische Überschriften wie: [Der Aufstieg des Seher[/s, Grand Hotel Metaphysik oder [Bulbos Gebet und der Gebratene Dichter[/. Die realzeitlichen und die autobiographischen Einschreibungen verleihen dem Text jedoch eine Chronologie und damit auch eine Art Kohärenz. [Der Aufstieg des Sehers[/ spielt auf den großen Einfluss von Nietzsches Zarathustra auf die Literatur des Expressionismus und Dadaismus an, [Das Karusselpferd Johann[/ handelt von der Emigration einer "phantastischen Dichtergemeinde" im Jahr 1914, und [Grand Hotel Metapyhysik[/ hat nichts Geringeres als die "Geburt des Dadaismus" zum Thema.

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Ballantyne, R M: The Big Otter, v.1, 14 June 2009.

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894)
“The Big Otter” (1887)

An adventure story set in Canada. The eponymous “Big Otter” is actually a heroic Indian chief. The tale features stereotypical Englishmen, Scots and French Canadians, plus noble savages and lost maidens.

The conversion was inspired by all the otter-related talk in the Lounge. I have added a cover featuring an otter. The source of the text was Project Gutenberg.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Away in the Wilderness. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
On a beautiful summer evening, not many years ago, a man was seen to ascend the side of a little mound or hillock, on the top of which he lingered to gaze upon the wild scenery that lay stretched out before him.
The man wore the leathern coat and leggings of a North American hunter, or trapper, or backwoodsman; and well did he deserve all these titles, for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the boldest man in the backwoods.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Battles with the Sea. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
Sometimes our gallant lifeboat-men when called into action go through a very different and not very comfortable experience. They neither gain a glorious victory nor achieve a partial success, but, after all their efforts, risks, and exposure, find that their services are not required, and that they must return meekly home with nothing to reward them but an approving conscience!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Blown to Bits. V1. 21 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
They had scarcely left the cave when Nigel awoke. Feeling indisposed for further repose, he got up and went out in that vague state of mind which is usually defined as "having a look at the weather." Whether or not he gathered much information from the look we cannot tell, but, taking up his short gun, which stood handy at the entrance of the cave, he sauntered down the path which his host had followed a short time before. Arrived at the shore, he observed that a branch path diverged to the left, and appeared to run in the direction of a high precipice.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Blue Lights. V1. 22 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
Miles Milton, our hero, at the age of nineteen, stood at the dividing ridge of his life. If the oscillating spirit, trembling between right and wrong, had decided to lean to the right, what might have been his fate no one can tell. He paused on the balance a short time, then he leaned over to the left, and what his fate was it is the purpose of this volume to disclose. At the outset, we may remark that it was not unmixed good. Neither was it unmitigated evil.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Charlie to the Rescue. V1. 23 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Much as he was, Charlie, only somewhat more deeply sunk. The fact is," continued Crossley, "it is this very matter that takes us down to Sealford to-day. We have just had fresh news of Shank -- who is in America -- and I want to consult with Mrs Leather about him. You see I have agents out there who may be able to help us to save him.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Chasing the Sun. V1. 23 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
"Fred Temple was a tall, handsome young fellow of about five-and-twenty. He had a romantic spirit, a quiet gentlemanly manner, a pleasant smile, and a passionate desire for violent exercise. To look at him you would have supposed that he was rather a lazy man, for all his motions were slow and deliberate. He was never in a hurry, and looked as if it would take a great deal to excite him. But those who knew Fred Temple well used to say that there was a great deal more in him than appeared at first sight. Sometimes a sudden flush of the brow, or a gleam of his eyes, told of hidden fires within. . . . "

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Ballantyne, R. M: Deep Down. V1. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
Necessity is the mother of invention. This is undoubtedly true, but it is equally true that invention is not the only member of necessity’s large family. Change of scene and circumstance are also among her children. It was necessity that gave birth to the resolve to travel to the end of the earth—of English earth at all events—in search of fortune, which swelled the bosom of yonder tall, well-favoured youth, who, seated uncomfortably on the top of that clumsy public conveyance, drives up Market-Jew Street in the ancient town of Penzance. Yes, necessity—stern necessity, as she is sometimes called—drove that youth into Cornwall, and thus was the originating cause of that wonderful series of events which ultimately led to his attaining—but hold! Let us begin at the beginning.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Digging for Gold. V1. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
If ever there was a man in this world who was passionately fond of painting and cut out for a painter, that man was Frank Allfrey; but fate, in the form of an old uncle, had decided that Frank should not follow the bent of his inclinations.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished. V. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
I can't bear to think of 'im, Hetty," said Mrs Frog. "You an' me sittin' here so comfortable, with as much to eat as we want, an' to spare, while your poor father is in a cold cell. He's bin pretty bad to me of late, it's true, wi' that drink, but he wasn't always like that, Hetty; even you can remember him before he took to the drink.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Flames. V1. 26 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Mr. Braidwood, the able Superintendent, had for many years been training his men on a system, the original of which he had begun and proved in Edinburgh. Modifying his system to suit the peculiarities of the larger field to which he had been translated, he had brought the "Fire Engine Establishment," (which belonged at that time to several insurance companies) to a state of efficiency which rendered it a model and a training-school for the rest of the world; and although he had not the advantage of the telegraph or the powerful aid of the land steam fire-engine of the present day, he had men of the same metal as those which compose the force now.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Whales. V1. 26 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
There are few things in this world that have filled me with so much astonishment as the fact that man can kill a whale! That a fish, more than sixty feet long, and thirty feet round the body; with the bulk of three hundred fat oxen rolled into one; with the strength of many hundreds of horses; able to swim at a rate that would carry it right round the world in twenty-three days; that can smash a boat to atoms with one slap of its tail, and stave in the planks of a ship with one blow of its thick skull;—that such a monster can be caught and killed by man, is most wonderful to hear of, but I can tell from experience that it is much more wonderful to see.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Fort Desolation. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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To some minds solitude is depressing, to others it is congenial. It was the former to our friend John Robinson; yet he had a large share of it in his chequered life. John—more familiarly known as Jack—was as romantic as his name was the reverse. To look at him you would have supposed that he was the most ordinary of common-place men, but if you had known him, as we did, you would have discovered that there was a deep, silent, but ever-flowing river of enthusiasm, energy, fervour—in a word, romance—in his soul, which seldom or never manifested itself in words, and only now and then, on rare occasions, flashed out in a lightning glance, or blazed up in a fiery countenance. For the most part Jack was calm as a mill-pond, deep as the Atlantic, straightforward and grave as an undertaker’s clerk and good-humoured as an unspoilt and healthy child.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Freaks on the Fells. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The sight of this wet, dirty little creature acted, as formerly, like a charm on the old woman. Her face relaxed into a smile of deep tenderness. She immediately rose, and taking the child in her arms carried him to her stool, and sat down with him in her lap. Jacky made no resistance; on the contrary, he seemed to have made up his mind to submit at once, and with a good grace, to the will of this strange old creature--to the amazement as well as amusement of his relations.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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As soon as the anchor touched the ground, the captain ordered a small boat to be lowered, and, leaping into it with two men, rowed toward the shore.

The captain of the schooner was one of those men who seem to have been formed for the special purpose of leading and commanding their fellows. He was not only unusually tall and powerful but he possessed voice whose softest tones riveted attention, and when it thundered forth commands in the fiercest storms, it inspired confidence heard it. His eyes were of that indescribable blue color which can exhibit either passion or tenderness intensely.

"Have you brought your kit with you, John?" inquired the captain, as the little boat shot over the smooth waters of the bay. "I do not mean to take you aboard again."

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Ballantyne, R. M: Handbook to the new Gold-fields. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The problem of colonisation in the north-western portion of British America is fast working itself out. The same destiny which pushed forward Anglo-Saxon energy and intelligence into the rich plains of Mexico, and which has peopled Australia, is now turning the current of emigration to another of the “waste-places of the earth.” The discovery of extensive goldfields in the extreme west of the territories now occupied by the Hudson’s Bay Company, is a great fact. It no longer comes to us as the report of interested adventurers, or the exaggeration of a few sanguine diggers, but with well-authenticated results—large quantities of gold received at San Francisco, and a consequent rush of all nations from the gold regions of California, as well as from the United States and Canada.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Hunted and Harried. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The executioner was about to obey when a noise was heard at the door of the Council Chamber, and a cavalier, booted and spurred and splashed with mud, as if he had ridden fast and far, strode hastily up to the Duke and whispered in his ear. The effect of the whisper was striking, for an expression of mingled surprise, horror, and alarm overspread for a few moments even his hard visage. At the same time the Bishop of Galloway was observed to turn deadly pale, and an air of consternation generally marked the members of Council.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Hunting the Lions. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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It has happened often that the poor animal's legs do their duty so badly that he falls and exposes his rider to be trodden into a mummy; or losing his presence of mind, the rider may allow the horse to dash under a tree, and crack his cranium against a branch. As one charge of an elephant has often been enough to make embryo hunters bid a final adieu to the chase, incipient Nimrods would do well to try their nerves by standing on railways till the engines are within a few yards of them, before going to Africa!"

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Ballantyne, R. M: In the Track of the Troops. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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When at a sufficient distance from the ship, an order was given by the officer in charge. Immediately the outrigger on the right or starboard side was run out by invisible hands to its full extent -- apparently fifteen feet beyond the bow of the launch; then the inner end of the outrigger was tilted violently into the air, so that the other end with its torpedo was thrust down ten feet below the surface of the water. This, I was told, is about the depth at which an enemy's ship ought to be struck. The launch, still going at full speed, was now supposed to have run so close to the enemy, that the submerged torpedo was about to strike

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Ballantyne, R. M: Iron Horse, The. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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How the madman who assaulted me this evening found me out I know not. I was not aware until this day that he had been tracking me, but, judging from what he said, and from what I know about him, I now see that he must have been doing so for some years. Here is the explanation, and, let me add, it intimately concerns yourselves.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Island Queen , The. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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This sudden revival of the old foe, and this unexpected surprise and fall, had roused this strong man's spirit to its utmost ferocity, and in mighty wrath he plied his hammer like a second Thor. But the very strength and nervous power of the man constituted his weakness when brought under the subtle influence of the old tempter, and it is probable that on his recovery, with nerves shaken, old cravings awakened, and self-respect gone, he would have fallen again and again if God had not made use of the paroxysm of rage to destroy the opportunity and the cause of evil.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman. V1. 30 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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A poor schoolmaster named Benson died, not long ago, in a little town on the south-east coast of England, which shall be called Cranby.
He left an only son, Jeffrey, and an elder brother, Jacob, to mourn his loss. The son mourned for his father profoundly, for he loved him much. The brother mourned him moderately, for he was a close-fisted, hard-hearted, stern man of the law, whose little soul, enclosed in a large body, had not risen to the conception of any nobler aim in life than the acquisition of wealth, or any higher enjoyment than a social evening with men like himself.
The son Jeffrey was a free-and-easy, hearty, good-natured lad, with an overgrown and handsome person, an enthusiastic spirit, a strong will, and a thorough belief in his own ability to achieve anything to which he chose to set his mind.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Life in the Red Brigade. V1. 30 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Wet, worn and weary—with water squeaking in his boots, and a mixture of charcoal and water streaking his face to such an extent that, as a comrade asserted, his own mother would not have known him—a stout young man walked smartly one morning through the streets of London towards his own home.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V1. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Here, one evening, they were becalmed not far from land, and Griffin ordered a boat to be lowered, with a crew to go ashore. The captain had been in low spirits that day, from what cause was not known, and no one ever found out the reason, but certain it is that he was unusually morose and gruff. He was also rather absent, and did not observe the fact that Larry O'Hale, Muggins, and Will Osten were among the crew of the boat. The mate observed it, however, and having a shrewd suspicion of their intentions, ordered them to leave it.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V2. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Here, one evening, they were becalmed not far from land, and Griffin ordered a boat to be lowered, with a crew to go ashore. The captain had been in low spirits that day, from what cause was not known, and no one ever found out the reason, but certain it is that he was unusually morose and gruff. He was also rather absent, and did not observe the fact that Larry O'Hale, Muggins, and Will Osten were among the crew of the boat. The mate observed it, however, and having a shrewd suspicion of their intentions, ordered them to leave it.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V1. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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There is, perhaps, no contrivance in the wide world more wonderful than a ship—a full-rigged, well-manned, gigantic ship!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V2. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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There is, perhaps, no contrivance in the wide world more wonderful than a ship—a full-rigged, well-manned, gigantic ship!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Martin Rattler was a very bad boy. At least his aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Grumbit, said so; and certainly she ought to have known, if anybody should, for Martin lived with her, and was, as she herself expressed it, "the bane of her existence, - the very torment of her life." No doubt of it whatever, according to Aunt Dorothy Grumbit's showing, Martin Rattler was "a remarkably bad boy." It is a curious fact, however, that, although most of the people in the village of Ashford seemed to agree with Mrs. Grumbit in her opinion of Martin, there were very few of them who did not smile cheerfully on the child when they met him, and say, "Good day, lad!" as heartily as if they thought him the best boy in the place. No one seemed to bear Martin Rattler ill-will, notwithstanding his alleged badness. Men laughed when they said he was a bad boy, as if they did not quite believe their own assertion. The vicar, an old whiteheaded man, with a kind, hearty countenance, said that the child was full of mischief, full of mischief; but he would improve as he grew older, he was quite certain of that.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V2. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Martin Rattler was a very bad boy. At least his aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Grumbit, said so; and certainly she ought to have known, if anybody should, for Martin lived with her, and was, as she herself expressed it, "the bane of her existence, - the very torment of her life." No doubt of it whatever, according to Aunt Dorothy Grumbit's showing, Martin Rattler was "a remarkably bad boy." It is a curious fact, however, that, although most of the people in the village of Ashford seemed to agree with Mrs. Grumbit in her opinion of Martin, there were very few of them who did not smile cheerfully on the child when they met him, and say, "Good day, lad!" as heartily as if they thought him the best boy in the place. No one seemed to bear Martin Rattler ill-will, notwithstanding his alleged badness. Men laughed when they said he was a bad boy, as if they did not quite believe their own assertion. The vicar, an old whiteheaded man, with a kind, hearty countenance, said that the child was full of mischief, full of mischief; but he would improve as he grew older, he was quite certain of that.

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Ballantyne, R. M: My Doggie and I. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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I possess a doggie—not a dog, observe, but a doggie. If he had been a dog I would not have presumed to intrude him on your notice. A dog is all very well in his way—one of the noblest of animals, I admit, and pre-eminently fitted to be the companion of man, for he has an affectionate nature, which man demands, and a forgiving disposition, which man needs—but a dog, with all his noble qualities, is not to be compared to a doggie.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Over the Rocky Mountains. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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When a youth returns to his native land, after a long absence which commenced with his running away to sea, he may perhaps experience some anxieties on nearing the old home; but our hero was not thus troubled, because, his father having died during his absence, and his mother having always been tender-hearted and forgiving, he felt sure of a warm reception.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Life in the Bell Rock lighthouse
Nights with the fire bridgade
A war of mercy
Descent into the Cornish mines
The land of the vikings
The burglars and the parson
Jim Greeley, the North Sea skipper
A northern waif
How to make the best of life: from a young man's standpoint
Forgive and forget: a lifeboat story --
"Rescue the perishing"
A knotty question
Two remarkable dreams.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Philosopher Jack. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Although the fish was not caught, this little incident served to raise the spirits of every one, and as the calm sunny weather lasted the whole day, even the most thoughtful of the party found it difficult to realise their forlorn condition; but when evening drew near, the aspect of things quickly changed. The splendid ocean-mirror, which had reflected the golden crags and slopes, the towers and battlements of cloud-land, was shivered by a sudden breeze and became an opaque grey; the fair blue sky deepened to indigo; black and gathering clouds rose out of the horizon, and cold white crests gleamed on the darkening waves.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Post Haste. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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So it ever is with mankind. People make mistakes, or are guilty of carelessness, and straightway they lay the blame -- not only without but against reason -- on broader shoulders than their own. That wonderful and almost perfect British Post-Office delivers quickly, safely, and in good condition above fourteen hundred millions of letters etc. in the year, but some half-dozen letters, addressed to Messrs. Blurt and Co., have gone a-missing, -- therefore the Post-Office is to blame!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Red Rooney. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"I turned and ran," continued the angekok; "the bear followed. We came to a small hummock of ice. I doubled round it. The bear went past--like one of Arbalik's arrows--sitting on its haunches, and trying to stop itself in vain, for the wind carried it on like an oomiak with the sail spread. When the bear stopped, it turned back, and soon came up with me, for I had doubled, and was by that time running nearly against the wind. Then my courage rose! I resolved to face the monster with my walrus spear. It was a desperate venture, but it was my duty. Just then the snow partly ceased, and I could see a berg with sloping sides.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Rivers of Ice. V1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The crevasse in question was a new one, and it was Antoine's first ascent of Mont Blanc for that year, so that he had to explore for a passage just as if he had never been there before. The party turned to the left and marched along the edge of the chasm some distance, but no bridge could be found. The ice became more broken up, smaller crevasses intersected the large one, and at last a place was reached where the chaos of dislocation rendered further advance impossible.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Saved by the Lifeboat. V1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Indeed, we can speak from personal experience on this subject, because, among others, we received a letter, one day, in a cramped and peculiar hand, which we perused with deep interest, for it had been written by a blind youth, whose eyes, nevertheless, had been thoroughly opened to see the great importance of the lifeboat cause, for he had collected 100 pounds for the Institution! On another occasion, at the close of a lecture on the subject, an old woman, who appeared to be among the poorest of the classes who inhabit the old town of Edinburgh, came to us and said, "Hae, there's tippence for the lifeboat!"

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Ballantyne, R. M: Silver Lake. v1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Lest any reader should wonder where our heroine found materials for all the mending and repairing referred to, we may remark that the Indians in the wilderness were, and still are, supplied with needles, beads, cloth, powder and shot, guns, axes, and etc., by the adventurous fur-traders, who penetrate deep and far into the wilderness of North America; and when Nelly and Roy ran away from their captors they took care to carry with them an ample supply of such things as they might require in their flight.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Six Months at the Cape. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Our cart had a hood; the roads were very bad, and the behaviour of that hood was stupendous! Its attachment to the cart was, so to speak, partial; therefore it possessed a semi-independent motion which was perplexing. You could not count on its actions. A sudden lurch of the cart to right or left did, of course, carry the hood with it, and, counting on that, you laid your sudden plans to avoid collision; but the elasticity of the hood enabled it to give you a slap on the face before obeying its proper impulse.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Sunk at Sea. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The temporary distraction of attention which this incident caused emboldened another savage to pounce upon the other musket, which was carried by old Bob. He wrenched it out of the sailor's hand and bounded away with a shout, swinging it over his head. Unfortunately his fingers touched the trigger and the piece exploded, knocking down the man who held it, and sending the ball close past the chief's ear.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Battery and the Boiler. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Somewhere about the middle of this nineteenth century, a baby boy was born on the raging sea in the midst of a howling tempest. That boy was the hero of this tale.
He was cradled in squalls, and nourished in squalor—a week of dirty weather having converted the fore-cabin of the emigrant ship into something like a pig-sty. Appreciating the situation, no doubt, the baby boy began his career with a squall that harmonised with the weather, and, as the steward remarked to the ship’s cook, “continued for to squall straight on end all that day and night without so much as ever takin’ breath!” It is but right to add that the steward was prone to exaggeration.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Butterfly's Ball. V1. 22 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

A beautiful children's book about insects. Illustrated by the author.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Cannibal Islands. V1. 22 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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In such canoes they went forth to war upon the water, and their sea-fights were not less sanguinary than those of the land. In one battle that was fought between the people of Huahine and those of Raiatea immense slaughter took place. The fleet of one side consisted of ninety war-canoes, each about a hundred feet long, and filled with men. They met near a place called Hooroto, when a most obstinate and bloody engagement ensued. Both parties lost so many men that, when piled up on the day after the battle, the dead bodies formed a heap "as high as the young cocoa-nut trees."

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Coral Island. V1. 24 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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One night, soon after we entered the tropics, an awful storm burst upon our ship. The first squall of wind carried away two of our masts, and left only the foremast standing. There was no room for me upon the lifeboat; but being left behind saved my life -- and the lives of Peterkin and Jack Martin, my two companions. "Come, boys," said Jack Martin in a grave tone as we stood on the quarterdeck awaiting our fate -- "You see it is impossible that the little boat can reach the shore, crowded with men." He had us take hold of a loose oar, and guided us to shelter on a deserted coral isle. . . . . . . and that is the beginning of my harrowing tale.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Coxswain's Bride. V1. 24 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

The Coxswain's Bride
Jack Frost and Sons
A Double Rescue

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Crew of the Water Wagtail. V1. 24 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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It is evident that the land over there is peopled with savages who, probably, never saw white men before. If we treat these young fellows kindly, and send them away with gifts in their hands, we shall, no doubt, make friends of the savages. If we treat them ill, or kill them, their relations will come over, mayhap in swarms, and drive us into the sea. I drop the Swinton law of might being right, and ask you who are now the law-makers -- which is it to be -- kindness or cruelty?

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Eagle Cliff. V1. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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From the earliest records of history we learn that man has ever been envious of the birds, and of all other winged creatures. He has longed and striven to fly. He has also signally failed to do so.
We say “failed” advisedly, because his various attempts in that direction have usually resulted in disappointment and broken bones. As to balloons, we do not admit that they fly any more than do ships; balloons merely float and glide, when not otherwise engaged in tumbling, collapsing, and bursting.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"I can answer these questions for myself," said the passenger referred to, who happened at that moment to come on deck. "My name is Stanley Hall, and I have taken a fancy to the Nora chiefly because she somewhat resembles in size and rig a yacht which belonged to my father, and in which I have had many a pleasant cruise. I am fond of the sea, and prefer going to Ramsgate in this way rather than by rail. I suppose you will approve my preference of the sea?" he added, with a smile.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Garret and the Garden. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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In the midst of the great wilderness—we might almost say the wilds—of that comparatively unknown region which lies on the Surrey side of the Thames, just above London Bridge, there sauntered one fine day a big bronzed seaman of middle age. He turned into an alley, down which, nautically speaking, he rolled into a shabby little court. There he stood still for a few seconds and looked around him as if in quest of something.
It was a miserable poverty-stricken court, with nothing to commend it to the visitor save a certain air of partial-cleanliness and semi-respectability, which did not form a feature of the courts in its neighbourhood.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Golden Dream. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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On the day after the squall, as Ned and the captain were standing on the shore regarding their late floating, and now grounded, home in sad silence, a long-legged, lantern-jawed man, in dirty canvas trousers, long boots, a rough coat, and broad straw hat, with an enormous cigar in his mouth, and both hands in his trousers-pockets, walked up and accosted them. It did not require a second glance to know that he was a Yankee.On the day after the squall, as Ned and the captain were standing on the shore regarding their late floating, and now grounded, home in sad silence, a long-legged, lantern-jawed man, in dirty canvas trousers, long boots, a rough coat, and broad straw hat, with an enormous cigar in his mouth, and both hands in his trousers-pockets, walked up and accosted them. It did not require a second glance to know that he was a Yankee.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Hot Swamp. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Although they travelled almost night and day, it took them the better part of two weeks to reach the river, on the banks of which King Hudibras' chief town was built. They arrived at the eastern bank without mishap, and found that people were crowding over from the western side to attend some display or fête which was obviously going on there. Mingling with the crowd they went to the river's edge, where numerous wooden canoes and coracles were busily engaged in ferrying the people over.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Life of a Ship. V1. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Davy was a fisher boy; and Davy was a very active little boy; and Davy wanted to go to sea

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lifeboat. V1. 30 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"There existed, not many years ago, a certain street near the banks of old Father Thames which may be described as being one of the most modest and retiring little streets in London . . . "

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lighthouse. V1. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
The sea had filled the pit some time before, and driven the men out of it. These busied themselves in collecting the tools and seeing that nothing was left lying about, while the men who were engaged on those parts of the rocks that were a few inches higher, continued their labours until the water crept up to them. Then they collected their tools, and went to the boats, which lay awaiting them at the western landing-place.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V1. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
His fleet of nearly two hundred fishing-smacks lay bobbing about one fine autumn evening on the North Sea. The vessels cruised round each other, out and in, hither and thither, in all positions, now on this tack, now on that, bowsprits pointing north, south, east, and west, as if without purpose, or engaged in a nautical game of “touch.” Nevertheless all eyes were bent earnestly on the admiral’s vessel, for it was literally the “flagship,” being distinguishable only by a small flag attached to its fore stay.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V2. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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His fleet of nearly two hundred fishing-smacks lay bobbing about one fine autumn evening on the North Sea. The vessels cruised round each other, out and in, hither and thither, in all positions, now on this tack, now on that, bowsprits pointing north, south, east, and west, as if without purpose, or engaged in a nautical game of “touch.” Nevertheless all eyes were bent earnestly on the admiral’s vessel, for it was literally the “flagship,” being distinguishable only by a small flag attached to its fore stay.

(Note: Fixed the distrotion of the Title Page by using an earlier version of Calibre.)

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V1. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
After the murder of the two natives, Talaloo and Ohoo, Fletcher Christian had become very morose. It seemed as if a fit of deep melancholy had taken entire possession of him. His temper had become greatly soured. He would scarcely condescend to hold intercourse with any one, and sought the retirement of his outlook in the cave on the mountain-top, where few of his comrades ventured to disturb him, save when matters of importance claimed his immediate attention.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V2. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
After the murder of the two natives, Talaloo and Ohoo, Fletcher Christian had become very morose. It seemed as if a fit of deep melancholy had taken entire possession of him. His temper had become greatly soured. He would scarcely condescend to hold intercourse with any one, and sought the retirement of his outlook in the cave on the mountain-top, where few of his comrades ventured to disturb him, save when matters of importance claimed his immediate attention.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Norsemen in the West. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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One fine autumn evening, between eight and nine hundred years ago, two large hairy creatures, bearing some resemblance to polar bears, might have been seen creeping slowly, and with much caution, toward the summit of a ridge that formed a spur to one of the ice-clad mountains of Greenland. The creatures went on all-fours. They had long bodies, short legs, shorter tails, and large round heads.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Ocean and its Wonders. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
There is a voice in the waters of the great sea. It calls to man continually. Sometimes it thunders in the tempest, when the waves leap high and strong and the wild winds shriek and roar, as if to force our attention. Sometimes it whispers in the calm, and comes rippling on the shingly beach in a still, small voice, as if to solicit our regard. But whether that voice of ocean comes in crashing billows or in gentle murmurs, it has but one tale to tell,—it speaks of the love, and power, and majesty of Him who rides upon the storm, and rules the wave.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Pioneers. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
“The world is round,” said somebody in ancient times to somebody else.
“Not at all; it is flat—flat as a pancake,” replied somebody else to somebody; “and if you were to travel far enough you might get to the end of it and tumble over the edge, if so disposed.”

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Prairie Chief. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"Skipping Rabbit is the daughter of Bounding Bull." Then, observing another gleam of surprise and triumph on the chief's face, she added quickly, "and the Blackfoot knows that Bounding Bull and his tribe are very strong, very courageous, and very revengeful. If Moonlight and Skipping Rabbit are not sent home at once, there will be war on the mountains and the plains, for Whitewing, the great chief of the prairies, is just now in the camp of Bounding Bull with his men. Little Tim, as you know, is terrible when his wrath is roused.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Eric. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Ailie had been nearly thrown out of her berth when the ship lay over, and now when she listened to the water hissing and gurgling past the little port that lighted her cabin, and felt the staggering of the vessel, as burst after burst of the hurricane almost tore the masts out of her, she lay trembling with anxiety and debating with herself whether or not she ought to rise and go on deck.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Man's Revenge. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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If ever there was a man who possessed a gem in the form of a daughter of nineteen, that man was Samuel Ravenshaw; and if ever there was a girl who owned a bluff, jovial, fiery, hot-tempered, irascible old father, that girl was Elsie Ravenshaw.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Rover of the Andes. V1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Towards the close of a bright and warm day, between fifty and sixty years ago, a solitary man might have been seen, mounted on a mule, wending his way slowly up the western slopes of the Andes.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Story of the Rock. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The buckets were long of coming, and when they did arrive, their contents were as nothing on the glowing cupola. Then Teddy went out on the balcony and endeavoured to throw the water up, but the height was too great. While he was doing this, Wilkie ran down for more water, but Hall stood gazing upwards, open-mouthed with horror, at the raging flames. At that moment the leaden covering of the roof melted, and rushed down on Hall's head and shoulders. He fell, with a loud shriek. While Teddy tried to drag him down to the room below, he exclaimed that some of the melted lead had gone down his throat! He was terribly burned about the neck, but his comrades had to leave him in his bed while they strove wildly to check the flames. It was all in vain.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Thorogood Family. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
Like some of those in the shipwreck, she did not at first believe in the fire-escape. She could not trust. She would not leap. While in that condition there was no hope for her, but God put it into her heart to trust. She leaped, and was saved!

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Walrus Hunters. V1. 9 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Yet the nature of their voyage was such that white men might have deemed verbal intercourse an occasional necessity, as their route lay through much rugged and wild scenery, where the streams up which they had to force their way were in some places obstructed by rapids and shallows, and a mistake on their part might have brought sudden disaster and ruin. For their canoe was deeply laden with the furs which they had secured during the labours of the past winter, and on the sale of which to the fur-traders depended much of their and their families' felicity or misery during the winter which was to come.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Wild Man of the West. V1. 10 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
While Gibault was gazing at this scene with mingled feelings of anxiety, rage, and horror, the whole band of Indians suddenly sprang to their feet and seized their weapons. Almost at the same moment Bounce strode into the circle of light and deposited his cask on the ground. Then, making signs of peace, he advanced towards one of the Indians, who, from his dress and appearance, seemed to be the chief, and presented him with a piece of tobacco. The chief accepted the gift in silence.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The World of Ice. V1. 10 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
Nobody ever caught John Buzzby asleep by any chance whatever. No weasel was ever half so sensitive on that point as he was. Wherever he happened to be (and in the course of his adventurous life he had been to nearly all parts of the known world) he was the first awake in the morning and the last asleep at night; he always answered promptly to the first call, and was never known by any man living to have been seen with his eyes shut, except when he winked, and that operation he performed less frequently than other men.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Fur Traders. V1. 11 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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And truly the reckless driver did "go" just at that moment. He came up to the corner of the new fence, where the road took a rather abrupt turn, in a style that insured a capsize. In another second the spirited horse turned sharp round, the sleigh turned sharp over, and the occupant was pitched out at full length, while a black object, that might have been mistaken for his hat, rose from his side like a rocket, and, flying over him, landed on the snow several yards beyond. A faint shout was heard to float on the breeze as this catastrophe occurred, and the driver was seen to jump up and readjust himself in the cariole; while the other black object proved itself not to be a hat, by getting hastily up on a pair of legs, and scrambling back to the seat from which it had been so unceremoniously ejected.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Trawler. V1. 11 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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It was no solemn meeting that. Shore-going folk, who are too apt to connect religious gatherings with Sunday clothes, subdued voices, and long faces, would have had their ideas changed if they had seen it. Men of the roughest cast, mentally and physically, were there, in heavy boots and dirty garments, laughing and chatting, and greeting one another; some of the younger among them sky-larking in a mild way -- that is, giving an occasional poke in the ribs that would have been an average blow to a "land-lubber," or a tip to a hat which sent it on the deck, or a slap on the back like a pistol-shot. There seemed to be "no humbug," as the saying goes, among these men; no pretence.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Twice Bought. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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How long Tolly Trevor remained in a state of horrified surprise no one can tell, for he was incapable of observation at the time, besides being alone. On returning to consciousness he found himself galloping towards the exploded fortress at full speed, and did not draw rein till he approached the bank of the rivulet. Reflecting that a thoroughbred hunter could not clear the stream, even in daylight, he tried to pull up, but his horse refused. It had run away with him.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Under the Waves. V1. 8 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
This tale makes no claim to the character of an exhaustive illustration of all that belongs to the art of diving. It merely deals with the most important points, and some of the most interesting incidents connected therewith. In writing it I have sought carefully to exhibit the true and to ignore the false or improbable.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Ungava. V1. 8 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

One of the first accounts of life in the far north, pre-dating Jack London by nearly half a century. Ballantyne's Ungava is a terrifying, illuminating tale, based on real events as the first trading post in the Land of the Esquimaux is established on Ungava Bay. The first Europeans that far north encounter both Native Americans and Esquimaux-with often grisly and inexplicable result-but therein lies its utter truth unvarnished and fascinating, even when painful.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Up in the Clouds. V1. 9 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
The balloon is now lingering, as it were, under the deep blue vault of space, hesitating whether to mount higher or begin its descent without further warning. We now hold a consultation, and then look around from the highest point, giving silent scope to those emotions of the soul which are naturally called forth by such a wide-spread range of creation.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Wrecked but not Ruined. V1. 10 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
On the northern shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Cliff Fort has stood for years, carrying on its business of trapping and trade among the natives in isolation, and without competition.

Yet new waves of emigration are pushing settlers into even the northernmost wilderness. Now the men of the trading post, led by Englishman Reginald Redding and Scottish-born Bob Smart, find the world growing more complicated, day by day. A family of MacLeods have settled on Jenkins Creek, and have set up a saw mill -- right on the edge of the Company's legally-purchased lands, as if in purposeful provocation. And now the MacLeods are introducing the local Indians to fire-water -- and threatening, worst of all, to steal away the fur trade!

R.M. Ballantyne is the author of such adventure tales as [The Pirate City[/ and [The Dog Crusoe and His Master[/.

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Ballantyne, R.M.: The Giant of the North. v1, 16 Feb 2008

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This is the tale of a giant Eskimo, Screekinbroot, also called Chingatok. Journey with our young heroes into the frozen tundra and icy waters of the North Pole regions for encounters with Eskimo peoples and to learn about their life and what it is like when the “Kabiunets” comes to the Arctic.

Captain Vane, his son Benjamin, and his two nephews Leo and Alf come in search of the North Pole. When their ship, The White Bear, gets stuck in the ice, the party of mariners face icy adventures and, in the end, “discover” the North Pole. (This was written before the Pole had been discovered.) There they find an old man whose ancestor was John MackIntosh, one of the sailors of Captain Henry Hudson, who had journeyed to the north pole, married, and had children, one of whom was this old man.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Away in the Wilderness v1 14 nov 2008

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Well, this is more a travel and adventure tale then a western. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a prolific and popular writer who has seen the places he writes about.

Subtitle: Red Indians And Fur Traders of North America :)

[QUOTThe man wore the leathern coat and leggings of a North American hunter, or trapper, or backwoodsman; and well did he deserve all these titles, for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the boldest man in the backwoods. [/QUOT
If you like James Fenimore Cooper, you will also like Ballantyne.

Dr. Drib has already released some books by Ballantyne a while ago that you will find in the index.

I have taken this text from PG and added a cover from a thirties edition from Fantastic Fiction). Sorry for the scan, I didn't do it myself :rolleyes:. Added a TOC, streamlined and added the cover.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Black Ivory v1 21 jan 2009

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Ballantyne's preface says it all:
[QUOT
In writing this book, my aim has been to give a true picture in outline of the Slave Trade as it exists at the present time on the east coast of Africa.
In order to do this I have selected from the most trustworthy sources what I believe to be the most telling points of “the trade,” and have woven these together into a tale, the warp of which is composed of thick cords of fact; the woof of slight lines of fiction, just sufficient to hold the fabric together. Exaggeration has easily been avoided, because—as Dr Livingstone says in regard to the slave-trade—“exaggeration is impossible.”
If the reader’s taste should be offended by finding the tragic and comic elements in too close proximity I trust that he will bear in remembrance that “such is life,” and that the writer who would be true to life must follow, not lead, nature.
I have to acknowledge myself indebted to Dr Ryan, late Bishop of Mauritius; to the Rev. Charles New, interpreter to the Livingstone Search Expedition; to Edward Hutchinson, Esquire, Lay Secretary to the Church Missionary Society, and others, for kindly furnishing me with information in connexion with the slave trade.
Besides examining the Parliamentary Blue-books which treat of this subject, I have read or consulted, among others, the various authoritative works to which reference is made in the foot-notes sprinkled throughout this book,—all of which works bear the strongest possible testimony to the fact that the horrible traffic in human beings is in all respects as bad at the present time on the east coast of Africa as it ever was on the west coast in the days of Wilberforce.
I began my tale in the hope that I might produce something to interest the young (perchance, also, the old) in a most momentous cause,—the total abolition of the African slave-trade. I close it with the prayer that God may make it a tooth in the file which shall eventually cut the chains of slavery, and set the black man free.
R.M. Ballantyne.
1873

[/QUOT

A great adventure tale with a worthy mission. Absolutely worth reading.

Stunning cover by ravenne. She is an artist!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Erling the Bold v1 14 jan 2009

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Subtitled A Tale Of The Norse Sea-kings.A viking story by Robert Michael Ballantyne.

Made one of my (in)famous own covers.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Fast in the Ice v1 2 mar 2009

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This little book describes a visit up to the Arctic regions, that was supposed to have taken place long before the book was written, in other words in the early part of the nineteenth century. The purpose of the journey was to get near to the North Pole, which was considered to be surrounded by a large area of ice-free water. The vessel in which they sailed became beset by ice, and could not be moved. They met with Esquimaux, and saw how they survived, how they killed walrus, how they caught birds, and how they lived in their ice-houses, or igloos. They also had several encounters with polar bears, and musk-ox.

Eventually they have been in the ice for a couple of years, and some of the men are suffering from scurvy. Europeans get scurvy from lack of fruit and vegetables, but this condition doesn’t seem to affect the Esquimaux, whose meat and fat diet does not cause them to have heart disorders, either.

The crew eventually abandon the vessel, which has been crushed suddenly and totally by a stream of ice-floes, and are obliged to walk out of where they had spent so much time. Luckily, when at their last gasp, they find an Esquimaux village, where they learn that there is a Danish settlement not too far away, and that from it they can take ship for Europe, and eventually make their way back to Britain.

Mucho entertaining read but sadly not illustrated.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Gascoyne v1 2. feb 2009

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Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
(1864)
A novel by R M Ballantyne

[QUOTAs soon as the anchor touched the ground, the captain ordered a small boat to be lowered, and, leaping into it with two men, rowed toward the shore.

The captain of the schooner was one of those men who seem to have been formed for the special purpose of leading and commanding their fellows. He was not only unusually tall and powerful but he possessed voice whose softest tones riveted attention, and when it thundered forth commands in the fiercest storms, it inspired confidence heard it. His eyes were of that indescribable blue color which can exhibit either passion or tenderness intensely.

"Have you brought your kit with you, John?" inquired the captain, as the little boat shot over the smooth waters of the bay. "I do not mean to take you aboard again." [/QUOT

Original cover, but only one illustration. Great read!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Hudson Bay v1 23 apr 2009

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About R M Ballantyne:

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

The first edition of this book is dated 1850. The edition used is dated 1901. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons. R.M. Ballantyne used to work for the Hudson Bay Company and knows this subject very well:

[QUOTIn publishing the present work, the Author rests his hopes of its favourable reception chiefly upon the fact that its subject is comparatively new. Although touched upon by other writers in narratives of Arctic discovery, and in works of general information, the very nature of those publications prohibited a lengthened or minute description of that everyday life whose delineation is the chief aim of the following pages.[/QUOT

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Jarwin and Cuffy v1 28 dec 2008

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This is the Prc and Imp upload of Jarwin and Cuffy. For the LRF version, please see this by Dr. Drib.

Scottish writer for boys, noted for the adventure story THE CORAL ISLAND (1858), which Robert Louis Stevenson acknowledged as the formative influence of his own love of the South Seas. The book has not been out of print since it first appeared. Several abridged editions have been published for young readers. Ballantyne's narrative skill, colourful settings, and resourcefulness of his heroes have secured his popularity throughout generations.

A longer excerpt:
[QUOT
On a certain morning, not very long ago, the sun, according to his ancient and admirable custom, rose at a very early hour, and casting his bright beams far and wide over the Pacific, lighted up the yellow sands and the verdant hills of one of the loveliest of the islands of that mighty sea.

It was early morning, as we have said, and there was plenty of life—animal as well as vegetable—to be seen on land and sea, and in the warm, hazy atmosphere. But there were no indications of man’s presence in that beautiful scene. The air was perfectly calm, yet the gentle swell of the ocean terminated in great waves, which came rolling in like walls of glass, and fell on the coral-reef like rushing snow-wreaths with a roar as loud as thunder.

Thousands of sea-birds screamed and circled in the sky. Fish leaped high out of their native element into the air, as if they wished to catch the gulls, while the gulls, seemingly smitten with a similar desire, dived into the water as if they wished to catch the fish. It might have been observed, however, that while the fish never succeeded in catching the gulls, the latter very frequently caught the fish, and, without taking the trouble to kill them, bolted them down alive.

Cocoanut-palms cast the shadows of their long stems and graceful tops upon the beach, while, farther inland, a dense forest of tropical plants—bread-fruit trees, bananas, etcetera—rose up the mountain-sides. Here and there open patches might be seen, that looked like fields and lawns, but there were no cottages or villas. Droves of pigs rambled about the valleys and on the hill-sides, but they were wild pigs. No man tended them. The bread-fruits, the cocoanuts, the bananas, the plantains, the plums, all were beautiful and fit for food, but no man owned them or used them, for, like many other spots in that sea of coral isles and savage men, the island was uninhabited.

In all the wide expanse of ocean that surrounded that island, there was nothing visible save one small, solitary speck on the far-off horizon. It might have been mistaken for a seagull, but it was in reality a raft—a mass of spars and planks rudely bound together with ropes. A boat’s mast rose from the centre of it, on which hung a rag of sail, and a small red flag drooped motionless from its summit. There were a few casks on the highest part of the raft, but no living soul was visible. Nevertheless, it was not without tenants. In a hollow between two of the spars, under the shadow of one of the casks, lay the form of a man. The canvas trousers, cotton shirt, blue jacket, and open necktie, bespoke him a sailor, but it seemed as though there were nothing left save the dead body of the unfortunate tar, so pale and thin and ghastly were his features. A terrier dog lay beside him, so shrunken that it looked like a mere scrap of door-matting. Both man and dog were apparently dead, but they were not so in reality, for, after lying about an hour quite motionless, the man slowly opened his eyes.

Ah, reader, it would have touched your heart to have seen those eyes! They were so deep set, as if in dark caverns, and so unnaturally large. They gazed round in a vacant way for a few moments, until they fell on the dog. Then a gleam of fire shot through them, and their owner raised his large, gaunt, wasted frame on one elbow, while he gazed with a look of eagerness, which was perfectly awful, at his dumb companion.

“Not dead yet!” he said, drawing a long sigh.[/QUOT
Wanna read on? Get this (shorter) read!

Taken from Athelstane. Have fun!

PS: Thanks go to Dr.Drib, for giving me the express permission to post these.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Shifting Winds v1 27 dec 2008

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This is the Prc and Imp upload of The Settler and The Savage. For the LRF version, please see this by Dr. Drib.

Scottish writer for boys, noted for the adventure story THE CORAL ISLAND (1858), which Robert Louis Stevenson acknowledged as the formative influence of his own love of the South Seas. The book has not been out of print since it first appeared. Several abridged editions have been published for young readers. Ballantyne's narrative skill, colourful settings, and resourcefulness of his heroes have secured his popularity throughout generations.

Subtitled: A rough yarn!

Taken from Athelstane.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Buffalo Runners v1 10 mar 2009

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894)

The first edition of this book is dated 1874. The edition used is dated 1890. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 21 Berners St., London.

This book, like all Ballantyne books, is full of action and humor and mostly features one "exotic" part of the world. Here his playground is the far west of Northern America when Pioneers still had a right to that name and injuns were really injuns. A roller coaster ride through the prairie ensues. Lots of fun.

Made a cover out of original illustration. Four nice illustrations included! Recommanded!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Coral Island v1 26 dec 2008

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R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: a Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Deep Down (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877), and other books, to the number of upwards of a hundred, followed in regular succession, his rule being in every case to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described.

Three boys, fifteen-year-old Ralph Rover (the narrator), eighteen-year-old Jack Martin and fourteen-year-old Peterkin Gay, are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large but uninhabited Polynesian island. At first their life on the island is idyllic; food, in the shape of fruits, fish and wild pigs, is plentiful, and using their only possessions; a broken telescope, an iron-bound oar and a small axe, they fashion a shelter and even construct a small boat.

Ballantyne has written a great bestseller!

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PS:Those who can't stomach christian undertones, please refrain from downloading this.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Dog Crusoe v1 21 feb 2009

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[QUOTThe dog Crusoe was once a pup. Now do not, courteous reader, toss your head contemptuously, and exclaim, “Of course he was; I could have told you that.” You know very well that you have often seen a man above six feet high, broad and powerful as a lion, with a bronzed shaggy visage and the stern glance of an eagle, of whom you have said, or thought, or heard others say, “It is scarcely possible to believe that such a man was once a squalling baby.” If you had seen our hero in all the strength and majesty of full-grown doghood, you would have experienced a vague sort of surprise had we told you—as we now repeat—that the dog Crusoe was once a pup—a soft, round, sprawling, squeaking pup, as fat as a tallow candle, and as blind as a bat. But we draw particular attention to the fact of Crusoe’s having once been a pup, because in connection with the days of his puppyhood there hangs a tale.

This peculiar dog may thus be said to have had two tails—one in connection with his body, the other with his career. This tale, though short, is very harrowing, and, as it is intimately connected with Crusoe’s subsequent history, we will relate it here. But before doing so we must beg our reader to accompany us beyond the civilised portions of the United States of America—beyond the frontier settlements of the “far west,” into those wild prairies which are watered by the great Missouri river[/QUOT

Humorous ta(i)le of a man and his dog in the far west. By none other than the Master himself, R.M. Ballantyne, otherwise known as Ballantyne the Brave.

Have lots of fun with this!

Oh:original cover and one! glorious illustration!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Fugitives v1 19 jan 2009

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The Fugitives; or, The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar (1887)

A group of people from a British ship have gone ashore to stretch their legs, when enemies approach, the ship's boat retreats to the ship and they are left stranded ashore. The book deals with their efforts to find what they hope will be civilisation in the capital of the Island of Madagascar, which is something like the size of France. Unfortunately the reigning Queen has a hatred of Christianity which had been brought to the Island by missionaries some forty years before. Our heroes find themselves assisted by a Christian net-work, but when they get to the capital they are appalled by the carnage and torture they find when the Queen has one of her rages against Christianity.

Based on fact, the story told here of the repression of Chritianity in an emerging nation was all too true. The Queen died in 1867, and was succeeded by her son, an altogether different person, at which point our heroes take ship for England, and the story ends.

The story is full of action, the only quibble being the long and rather similar names the Malagasy people who appear in the story have. This makes it sometimes rather hard to make out what is happening.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Giant of the North v1 30 dec 2008

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I am aware that this book has been uploaded by Madam Broshkina before, but as it had only a tiny cover and no outline TOC (in PRC and no working TOC in Nick's IMP version)), I took the liberty of uploading this again in all 3 formats (PRC, LRF and IMP), with a new cover and new formatting, of course. My apologies to Madam and nrapallo for this.

Nrapallo said about his book:

[QUOTThis is the tale of a giant Eskimo, Screekinbroot, also called Chingatok. Journey with our young heroes into the frozen tundra and icy waters of the North Pole regions for encounters with Eskimo peoples and to learn about their life and what it is like when the “Kabiunets” comes to the Arctic.

Captain Vane, his son Benjamin, and his two nephews Leo and Alf come in search of the North Pole. When their ship, The White Bear, gets stuck in the ice, the party of mariners face icy adventures and, in the end, “discover” the North Pole. (This was written before the Pole had been discovered.) There they find an old man whose ancestor was John MackIntosh, one of the sailors of Captain Henry Hudson, who had journeyed to the north pole, married, and had children, one of whom was this old man.[/QUOT

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Gorilla Hunters v1 28 dec 2008

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This might well be MobileRead's first split edition. Don(Dr.Drib) will post the LRF version, while I'll do the IMP and PRC versions.

Dr.Drib's version is available here and a great version it is, too!

As you might have seen in my postings, I took quite a liking in the man Ballantyne and will continue posting his books (there are a lot of them online)

[QUOTThis was one of the first books that the prolific author Ballantyne wrote. After he had come back from his early work in Canada with the Hudson Bay Company, and written his three books in that setting, he wrote an adventure story, "The Coral Island", about three boys who find themselves cast away on a coral island in the Pacific. That book was extremely popular, and was certainly in print for over a hundred years. This book has the same three boys, now grown into young men, as the principal characters. One day the idea comes to one of them, that it would be interesting to go to Africa, hire a guide, equip themselves with a goodly supply of shot and gunpowder, and then go and kill as many gorillas as they can. Rather pointless, you might think. But the tenuous scientific reason they had was that one of the three would keep a note-book in which he would put down as much as he could about the sizes of the gorillas, and other observations about them. To see the point of this you will need to know that gorillas had only very recently been discovered when the book was written.

The dialogues in the book are bright and amusing, and you will have to console yourself that these were not real gorillas that were being shot, but only paper ones.[/QUOT

Anyway, consider yourself warned: PI content (but then again, BRM couldn't know that then)
Nice cover, beautiful illustrations (might be a little dark) and lots of reading fun.

Comes from Athelstane via Internet Archive.

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PS: This is my 400th book post.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Madman and The Pirate v1 3 jan 2009

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The Madman, Antonio Zeppa, is abandoned on Ratinga, an island in the Pacific, where there later appears a miserable ex-pirate called Richard Rosco. The two start up a sort of love-hate relationship. The natives put Rosco on a fire to burn him at the stake, but he is rescued by Zeppa, who carries him up to his cave in the mountains, and tends to his injured feet. Eventually a vessel calls at the island, with Zeppa's son on board. From then on the story winds to an end, with everyone who belongs there safely back home in Britain.(Athelstane)

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Middy and the Moors v1 7 jan 2009

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The first edition of this book is dated 1883. The edition used is dated 1883. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 22 Berners St., London. The number of pages is 246.

Until about 1817 the Algerine pirates were a great nuisance, capturing vessels in the Mediterranean and beyond, and even making raiding excursions as far afield as the shores of England. They made slaves of the Europeans they captured, and over the centuries more than a million people were made into slaves. There was an attack on Algiers led by Admiral Lord Exmouth, as a result of which this nuisance was abated, and France became responsible for the North African territories involved.

The hero of the story is a young midshipman on holiday with his family at Nice on the Mediterranean shore of France. One evening he goes for a short row, but is caught out by a nasty turn in the weather. He is picked up by a pirate vessel, and taken, with others from a ship they attacked, to Algiers, where he becomes a slave. He is befriended by an African called Peter, or as he prefers, Peter the Great, He meets an English girl called Hester, and helps her to find out where her father is kept and where he is working.

Eventually they manage to escape, including Peter, and make their way back to England. (Athelstane)

High adventure by Ballantyne, fully illustrated.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Pirate City v1 28 dec 2008

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This is the IMP and PRC upload of the the book first uploaded by Dr.Drib here

[QUOT"This book faithfully recounts some of the events leading up to the day in 1816 when Admiral Lord Exmouth led an expedition to force Algiers, and other North African cities, to capitulate. They had been under Turkish control for several centuries, during which they had raided European and American shipping, taking, over the years, up to a million white slaves. The author has made a very good story of the period leading up to this Britih Naval intervention. The actual attack is particularly well-written. The author had spent "a winter" in Algiers researching for this book. Of course it is politically incorrect to remind people of the fact that as many white slaves were held in Africa, as the number of black slaves that were held in the Caribbean and in North America, over the centuries." [/QUOTAthelstane

This html comes from Athelstane via PG.
A few illustrations and nice cover (if I dare say so myself)

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Settler and The Savage v1 27 dec 2008

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This is the Prc and Imp upload of The Settler and The Savage. For the LRF version, please see this by Dr. Drib.

Scottish writer for boys, noted for the adventure story THE CORAL ISLAND (1858), which Robert Louis Stevenson acknowledged as the formative influence of his own love of the South Seas. The book has not been out of print since it first appeared. Several abridged editions have been published for young readers. Ballantyne's narrative skill, colourful settings, and resourcefulness of his heroes have secured his popularity throughout generations.

Subtitled: A tale of war and peace in South Africa. Not exactly as serious as that subtitle sounds, though and with a great description of life in South Africa in the early times of colonization. Not very PC.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Young Fur Traders v1 10 mar 2009

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894)

The first edition of this book is dated 1856. The edition used is dated 1901. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons; London Edinburgh Dublin & NY.

This novel takes place in Canada and is largely based on Ballantyne's own experiences. Here is the preface:

[QUOTPreface.

In writing this book my desire has been to draw an exact copy of the picture which is indelibly stamped on my own memory. I have carefully avoided exaggeration in everything of importance. All the chief and most of the minor incidents are facts. In regard to unimportant matters, I have taken the liberty of a novelist—not to colour too highly, or to invent improbabilities, but—to transpose time, place, and circumstance at pleasure; while, at the same time, I have endeavoured to convey to the reader’s mind a truthful impression of the general effect—to use a painter’s language—of the life and country of the Fur-Trader.[/QUOT

No illustrations, but an illustrated cover nonetheless.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Up in the Clouds v1 22 mar 2009

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The first edition of this book is dated 1869. The edition used is dated 1869. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 21 Berners St., London.

Up in the Clouds is a well written history of the balloon technology up to the date this book was written and it tries an outlook to the things that may come.

It is a very nice, anecdotial read and is sometimes very funny from our point of view.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Daughter of Eve, v1, 17 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Daughter of Eve
(Une Fille d’Ève)
(1833)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.
Revised by another.

A short novel of nearly 41,000 words.

The novella, ‘Honorine’ showed how the bigoted Comtesse de Granville destroyed all hope of domestic happiness for her husband. This novel shows the effects on her daughters, but can be read on its own.

Marie de Vandenesse has escaped an upbringing of arid and bigoted religiosity by marrying Comte Félix de Vandenesse. But this upbringing leaves her vulnerable to an unexpected passion for Raoul Nathan, a low-born journalist. Matters come to a head when she tries to raise money to pay his debts…

I have corrected some textual and translation errors, reformatted and restored accents and italics, adding a TOC.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Drama on the Seashore, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Drama On The Seashore
(Une drame au bord de la mer)

Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 7,500 words, set in Le Croisic in south Brittany.
A poor fisherman and his wife are facing ruin because of their violent and feckless son. The father takes desperate measures …

I have restored accents and italics and added a picture of Le Croisic today. Balzac presents it as a grim and forbidding place. In fact it is a picturesque fishing village, with pleasant walks, a couple of adequate beaches and many excellent fish restaurants, where I have spent several peaceful holidays.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Passion in The Desert, v1, 05 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac
A Passion in the Desert
(Une Passion dans le Désert)
First Published 1832

Man and female panther develop an improbably close romantic relationship.

A short story of about 5000 words. I’ve added a picture, restored accents and reformatted a bit.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Prince of Bohemia, v1, 09 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
A Prince of Bohemia
(Un Prince de la Bohême)
Translated by Clara Bell.

A short story of about 13,500 words.

The ‘Bohemia’ is the Parisian artistic subculture. The eponymous ‘prince’ is the Comte de la Palférine - a poor but supercilious dandy. He acquires a mistress, Claudine du Bruel (formerly Tullia the dancer). His imperious demands bring unexpected benefits to her unsuspecting husband.

The story is related by the journalist, Nathan, to his mistress, Madame de la Baudraye. Unfortunately, the first few pages are rather flowery because Nathan decides to imitate the style of Saint-Beuve, but the story improves thereafter.

I have reformatted and restored accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Second Home, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Second Home
(Une double famille)
Translated by Clara Bell

(Also translated as ‘A Double Family’, ‘A Second Family’ etc.)

A novella of about 26,100 words.

A rising young Parisian lawyer meets an embroideress; they set up home and live in amity, producing two children. Then his father encourages him to marry a frigid religious bigot and he is very unhappy. What will happen when the two families become aware of each other?

I have added a picture, restored accents and reformatted the PG text file.
Incidentally, Balzac spells the family name as ‘Granville’ in some novels and ‘Grandville’ in others.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Street of Paris, v.1, 19 April 2008.

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‘A Street of Paris and Its Inhabitant’

Translated by Henri Pene du Bois.

A short story about an absent-minded professor, easily distracted by the Paris bookstalls. (These bouquinistes still line the quais beside the river today.)

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Study of Woman, v1, 29 Aug 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Study of Woman
(Étude de femme)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

A short story of about 3,400 words.

This is a story with a moral: be very careful that you address your letters correctly.

Do not, under any circumstances, send a letter intended for your mistress to a woman whose virtue is renowned. When she reads the novel salutation: “Dear angel of love, treasure of my life and happiness--” it is likely to result in mixed feelings.
Moreover, if you allow the error to go uncorrected for a couple of days, the consequences will be even more embarrassing.

There now. You have been warned.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Woman of Thirty, v1, 03 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
A Woman of Thirty
(La femme de trente ans)
Translated by Ellen Marriage

A short novel of about 70,000 words.

There is a good case for saying that this is the silliest novel in the entire Comédie Humaine. Balzac’s default mode was melodrama and this is spectacularly melodramatic.
We are meant to suppose that thirty is a particularly dangerous age for a woman. If she has a sensitive and empathic husband, then all may be well. However, if she has married a crass and insensitive man, then at thirty she may explode into memorable adultery. This is exactly what happens to Julie D’Aiglemont.
This adultery produces three children and some unexpected consequences:
1. The child of the lawful marriage feels slighted and drowns one of her younger brothers.
2. She still feels slighted, so runs away with a pirate. What’s more, she manages to find a pirate in Versailles.
3. Another brother dies of illness.
4. The surviving sister decides to have an affair with a half-brother.

The text is from a PG textfile and I have restored accents and italics, also reformatting and adding a TOC.

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Balzac, Honoré de: An Episode Under the Terror, v1, 23 Aug 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
An Episode Under the Terror
(Un Épisode sous la Terreur)
1831
Translated by Clara Bell and others

A short story of about 6,700 words; set in Paris in 1793.

A mysterious stranger seeks out the surviving members of a religious community, hiding in Paris, and asks them to celebrate a requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the executed king, Louis XVI. But who is he, and what are his motives?

I’ve restored the italics and accents, checked the translation and added a picture and a couple of brief notes.

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Balzac, Honoré de: At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, v1, 04 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
(La Maison du Chat-Qui-Pelote)
Translated by Clara Bell.

This is a short story about colliding worlds and about contrasting kinds of love. The tale opens with a description of the picturesque draper’s shop, the ‘Cat and Racket’, which M Guillaume runs on traditional lines and where frugal virtues are upheld.
An artist, Théodore de Sommervieux paints the shop, and later marries one of the draper’s daughters. But Augustine’s limited bourgeois outlook begins to bore her husband and she takes desperate measures to recapture his affection.
Her sister, Virginie, marries one of the draper’s assistants and together they manage the shop and a calm but lasting bond develops, based on their shared values.

I've added a small picture and reformatted, adding accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Christ in Flanders, v1, 10 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
‘Christ in Flanders’
(Jésus-Christ en Flandre)
1831
Translated by Ellen Marriage

A short story of about 7,000 words. Jesus Christ appears to save people from shipwreck in medieval Flanders. The situation is contrasted with French Catholicism in 1830, where it is the church itself which needs rescuing.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Colonel Chabert, v1, 03 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
Colonel Chabert
(Le colonel Chabert)
Translated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell

A story of about 24,900 words.

A former Napoleonic colonel returns to Paris after some years recovering from his wounds, only to find that he has been declared dead, that his wife has remarried, and claims that he is an impostor.

I have checked the PG text and restored accents and italics, also corrected some errors.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Cousin Bette, v1, 23 Aug 2007

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This is my first upload in this format. I don't use it myself, so would be grateful if someone could tell me whether it works. If it does, then I will add some of my other files.

Honoré de Balzac: Cousin Bette (‘La Cousine Bette’)
Translated by /James Waring and Others.

A novel of about 153,000 words.

Lisbeth Fischer (Cousin Bette) feels slighted by her rich relations, the Hulots. Then they steal her fiancé/adopted son, so she plans a spectacular vengeance.
Actually, she need not have bothered because Baron Hulot is ruining the family anyway, with constant womanizing: working his way through professional courtesans, middle-class amateurs, working women and some alarmingly young girls.
Just as in life, it is not always clear where the moral compass lies. The family fortunes are restored through a complicated (and improbable) method of assassination.
The novel is written with a verve and gusto that even survive the translation process.

This was the very first Balzac that I read, long ago, in 1976. It took me another 10 years to read all the (approximately) 95 works in the Comédie Humaine (largely because I had trouble finding them in those pre-internet years).

Editorial Decisions
1. The original translation anglicises Bette’s name to ‘Betty’ throughout. I have decided, throughout my Balzac series, to stick to the original names.
2. The original translator uses the ‘N’ word to refer to black people at one point. I have checked with the Pléiade edition (the authoritative French text) and found that Balzac did not use a pejorative term, so have altered the translation accordingly. (Had he actually used a pejorative term, I would have let the translation stand.)
3. The original has no breaks at all. Like most editions, I have added a few spaces and asterisks. I have made a TOC to link to key passages in the text.

The original PG text was in Html but had no accents, so I have restored them.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Cäsar Birotteaus Größe und Niedergang [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

VII. Szenen aus dem Pariser Leben

044. Geschichte der Größe und des Verfalls von César Birotteau / Cäsar Birotteaus Größe und Niedergang (1838 ) Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau

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Balzac, Honoré de: Der Ball von Sceaux [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

I. Szenen aus dem Privatleben

002. Der Ball zu Sceaux (1830) Le Bal de Sceaux

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Balzac, Honoré de: Die Börse [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

I. Szenen aus dem Privatleben

004. Die Börse (1832) La Bourse

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Balzac, Honoré de: Die Entmündigung [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

I. Szenen aus dem Privatleben

025. Die Entmündigung (1836) L'Interdiction

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Balzac, Honore de: Die Frau von dreißig Jahren. v1 30 july 2009 german

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"Balzacs wahrscheinlich bekanntester Roman zeichnet ein künstlerisches Seelen- und Sittenbild des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Zum erstenmal wird das Problem der unglücklich verheirateten Frau in mittleren Jahren als Opfer ihrer Unerfahrenheit und der sozialen Zwänge mit aller Schärfe und Komplexität dargestellt." (BücherPick)

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Balzac, Honoré de: Die Königstreuen [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

IX. Szenen aus dem Soldatenleben

063. Die Chouans Rebellen des Königs / Die Königstreuen (1829) Les Chouans ou la Bretagne en 1799

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Balzac, Honoré de: Domestic Peace, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Domestic Peace (La Paix du Ménage)
Translated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell
(1829)

Also translated as ‘Peace in the House’.

This is a short story of about 13,300 words.

Set in a ballroom in 1809, the height of Napoleon’s splendour. Madame de Soulanges has lost both her husband’s affections and some jewellery, which he has given to his mistress. With the help of an older woman she managed to retrieve both the husband and the jewel.

I have restored accents and italics, also added a picture.

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Balzac, Honoré de: El Verdugo, v1, 29 Aug 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: El Verdugo.
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 3,900 words, set in Spain during the last months of the Napoleonic wars. The French garrison in Menda are under pressure from both the English and from Spanish resistance against Napoleon’s occupation of their country.
After a successful attack by the Spanish resistance forces, the French plan a spectacular revenge against the local nobility. Can the (inappropriately-named) Victor rescue his beloved Clara from the scaffold?

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Balzac, Honoré de: Facino Cane, v1, 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
Facino Cane
Translated by Clara Bell and others

A short story of about 5,500 words.

Facino Cane is a poor, blind Italian musician in Paris. He attempts to persuade the narrator, a young writer, to join in a hunt for lost treasure.

I’ve checked the translation and restored accents, italics etc.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Gobseck, v1, 02 Sept, 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac, ‘Gobseck’. (1830)
Translated by Ellen Marriage and another.

A novella of about 22,700 words.

This tells several interweaving stories:
1. How a young lawyer, Derville, got a start in life.
2. The history of the usurer, Gobseck.
3. What happened to the Restaud family after the Comtesse de Restaud pawned the family diamonds to pay her lover’s debts (first mentioned in ‘Old Goriot’).

I’ve checked the PG textfile against the Pléiade French edition and restored accents. Curiously, the last couple of paragraphs were missing from the translation, so I translated those too.
(Actually, I think that the story reads better without them but, if Balzac wrote them, then in they go.)

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Balzac, Honoré de: History of the Thirteen, v1, 05 Sept 2007

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The The History of the Thirteen (Histoire des Treize) is a set of three novellas:
Ferragus
The Duchesse de Langeais
The Girl with the Golden Eyes.
They are connected slightly by the plot device of a secret society - The Thirteen - but can be read independently.

Ferragus
A stalker disturbs a happy marriage, with fatal results.

The Duchesse de Langeais
A young duchess declines to succumb to the attentions of an admirer, who prepares a terrible punishment. However, things do not go as planned.

The Girl with the Golden Eyes
Balzac's lesbian revenge fantasy.

This was prepared from a text file, so I've restored italics, French accents and reformatted a lot. I've added a TOC and a couple of pictures.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Honorine, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Honorine
Translated by Clara Bell

A novella of about 30,150 words.

A French diplomat in Italy tells a story of his youth, as secretary to Comte Octave de Bauvan, to two visiting writers.

Comte Octave de Bauvan’s young wife, Honorine loved him, but only in an idealistic sort of way. So she left him for a young man whom she didn’t idealise, but was subsequently abandoned.
The Count still loved her and secretly supported her. With the help of the secretary, a strategy is devised to make her some home. But the secretary falls for her…

I have restored accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: La Grenadière, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Balzac, Honoré de: La Grenadière.
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A short story of about 9000 words.

La Grenadière is a house near Tours. It has been rented by a dying woman, who has to prepare her children to live alone. The story has an elegiac tone and some lovely descriptions of nature.

This was taken from a .txt file in PG, so I have added accents, italics and formatting, plus one picture.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Le colonel Chabert (en français), v1, 03 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Le colonel Chabert (en français/ in French)

Soldier returning from Napoleon’s disastrous Russian campaign is denied by his wife.

Balok asked for this.

I’ll post an English version in the next day or two.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Madame Firmiani, v1 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
Madame Firmiani
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

Another short story. This opens with varying descriptions of the eponymous heroine, who is a woman in high society. An uncle from the provinces comes to Paris, determined to find out why his nephew, Octave de Camps, seems to have frittered away his fortune on Mme Firmiani.

I have added a picture, restored accents and italics and reformatted.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Maître Cornelius, v1, 19 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Maître Cornelius
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A story of about 21,600 words, set in 15th-century France.

King Louis XI’s daughter is married to a jealous, abusive husband. She loves a young noblemen, who takes a post in the house of the King’s jeweller, the miserly Maître Cornelius, in order to be near her.
But there is a jewel theft on the night the young man arrives. The King turns detective with surprising results.

I have restored accents and italics, have corrected a couple of errors and added a TOC.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Massimilla Doni, v1. 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Massimilla Doni.
Translated by Clara Bell

This story of about 30,000 words is set in Venice in 1820. It is capable of several interpretations.

On one level it is a heady brew of opera, politics and unusual sexual shenanigans.
Massimilla Doni, the Duchess Cataneo, has a husband who won’t do his conjugal duty and has encouraged her to find a replacement. So she has grown to love the young Emilio Memmi, Prince of Varese. Unfortunately, he idealises her so much that he is unable to consummate the relationship (although he has no trouble making love to Clara Tinti, a low-born opera singer).
Meanwhile, the Duke Cataneo can only achieve the ultimate pleasure when he hears two voices (or a voice and violin) singing high Cs in unison. When this occurs he ‘can embrace the infinite’ and rolls about on the carpet. So he has trained Clara Tinti to sing.
At the opera house, the tenor, Genovese, can sing beautifully on his own, but brays like an ass when Clara Tinti is on stage. This is because he loves her.
Fortunately, the Duchess’s friend Vendremini and a visiting French doctor find unorthodox cures for these remarkably dysfunctional people.

On a more serious level, it is possible to read the story as an exploration of the nature of captivity. Venice is under Austrian occupation. The Duchess draws parallels with the political situation and the opera being performed: Rossini’s Mosè (Moses), where the Israelites are held captive by Pharaoh. She is bound by her marriage vows and cannot marry Emilio. Emilio is captivated by an unreal ideal image of the Duchess. Their friend, Vendremini is under the thrall of an opium addiction. And everyone else seems to be in thrall to various inappropriate carnal passions. So, not just a load of salacious melodramatic hokum.

I have taken the text from PG and corrected several errors against my paper copy. I have also restored accents and italics, reformatted and added a couple of brief notes. There's also a picture of the Grand Canal at Venice by Canaletto.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Old Goriot, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac, Old Goriot ( Le Père Goriot --also translated as ‘Father Goriot’)
Translated by Ellen Marriage.

I’ve reformatted and checked this against my paper version.
One difficulty is that there are no breaks at all in the original – I checked against the French Pléiade text as well as several English versions. I have created a few links to several parts of the novel. If anyone can think of a more elegant solution then please tell me (and, as ever, I’d be grateful if anyone finds any errors which need correction).

Plot summary
Père Goriot is a bourgeois King Lear. A retired pasta manufacturer, he has divided his wealth between his two grasping daughters, so that they could marry well. Their persistent financial demands reduce him to poverty. The novel opens with a famous description of the widow Vauquer’s lodging house, whose inmates include Goriot; the ambitious young law student Eugène de Rastignac and the mysterious Vautrin. Their stories are interwoven with that of Père Goriot.

The novel is a good introduction to Balzac and many of the characters will reappear in other novels. Balzac's plan was to encapsulate all French society in his Comédie Humaine, which consists of about 90 novels and stories.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Pierre Grassou, v1, 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Pierre Grassou
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 7,700 words.

A mediocre painter, Pierre Grassou, paint bad pictures of mediocre people. (Grassou knows that he is incompetent but, being a Breton, he is too stubborn to give up art.) Yet he eclipses artists of genius because mediocrity is the spirit of the age.

(-Rather like today: Plus ça change plus c’est la même chose.)

The translation is rather pedestrian but is the only one available. I’ve corrected a number of errors against the Pléiade text, restored accents, and added a picture plus a couple of brief notes.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Sarrasine, v.1.05 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac, Sarrasine (1830), translated by Clara Bell.
This is a long-ish short story. I've added a couple of pictures, a TOC, and the French accents.

A young woman in a Parisian salon is startled by a sinister old man, to whom the hosts are very deferential. A young man tells her a story of sexual intrigue and 18th-century gender-bending to explain the old man's presence.

The story is part of Balzac's Comedie Humaine.
Later, in 1970, Roland Barthes used it to expound his structuralist theories in 'S/Z'.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Seraphita, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Seraphita
(Séraphita)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A novel about an androgynous angelic being, set in Norway. The characters all spend a lot of time discussing Swedenborg’s mysticism and the novel ends with a vision of the divine. The story goes that Balzac’s fiancée, Madame du Hanska, demanded an idealistic, uplifting book, without any smut. This is it.

Hunt’s commentary says of Seraphita:
‘This strange creature is androgynous, and appears to the Promethean wanderer Wilfrid as a beautiful and desirable woman, Seraphita; whereas for the ingenuous and docile Minna, daughter of Becker, the local pastor, ‘Seraphita’ is ‘Seraphitus’, the incarnation of manly wisdom and strength. Both of these young mortals are in love with Seraphita-Seraphitus, but she has passed beyond earthly love, and her role is to reveal to the human couple the ‘chemin pour alle au ciel.’ [the road to the sky].’ (Hunt, 52)

Skiing
One claim to fame is that this is the first French novel to mention skiing, though the equipment used seems unusual:

‘The person whom Minna had addressed as Seraphitus threw his weight upon his right heel, arresting the plank—six and a half feet long and narrow as the foot of a child—which was fastened to his boot by a double thong of leather. This plank, two inches thick, was covered with reindeer skin, which bristled against the snow when the foot was raised, and served to stop the wearer. Seraphitus drew in his left foot, furnished with another “skee,” which was only two feet long, turned swiftly where he stood, caught his timid companion in his arms, lifted her in spite of the long boards on her feet, and placed her on a projecting rock from which he brushed the snow with his pelisse.’

I have added a TOC, a picture, reformatted and restored accents. However, following other English translators, I have left ‘Seraphita’ and ‘Seraphitus’ without accents, rather than restoring them to ‘Séraphita’ and ‘Séraphitüs’.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Atheist’s Mass, v1, 25 Aug 2007.

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Honoré De Balzac
The Atheist’s Mass
(La messe de l’athée)
Translated by Clara Bell

A short story of about 6,700 words.

Young Doctor Bianchon repeatedly sees his chief of surgery, Desplein, attending mass. Yet Desplein is a noted freethinker and atheist. Eventually, Bianchon asks the reason for this strange behaviour and Desplein tells him a story…

Bianchon and Desplein are two characters who will turn up frequently in the Comédie Humaine. Balzac was the first person to hit on the idea of recurring characters.

I have added a picture, and restored accents and italics etc.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Ball at Sceaux, v1, 05 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac
The Ball at Sceaux
(Bal de Sceaux)
(1829)
Translated By Clara Bell

Emilie de Fontaine, the daughter of an impecunious nobleman of the ancien regime, insists on marrying a man who is the son of a peer and not fat. A potential candidate is spotted at the ball at Sceaux. But her snobbishness brings her to grief.
Interesting descriptions of change in a class-stratified society too.

Basically, the plot is the same as Avril Lavigne's popular song, 'Skater Boy' - except set in 1829 (and without skateboards).

This is from a PG textfile, so I've restored italics and accents etc.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Deserted Woman, v1, 04 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac: ‘The Deserted Woman’ (La Femme Abandonée), translated by Ellen Marriage.

This is a short story. It can be read on its own, but is also a continuation of the story of Madame de Beauséant in ‘Old Goriot’.
The deserted woman is Claire de Bourgogne, Marquise de Beauséant, long separated from her husband. In ‘Père Goriot’ she was deserted by her lover, who married a younger woman. She has retired to the country to live in the strictest seclusion. However, a young man becomes interested in her. Can they be happy together, or will history repeat itself?

I have found a lovely cover picture –David’s portait of Madame Recamier, and restored the accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Elixir of Life, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
The Elixir of Life
(L’Élixir de longue vie)
Translated by Clara Bell & James Waring

A short story of about 9,400 words.

This is Balzac’s version of the Don Juan myth.
Everyone else has the Don ending his days by being dragged away to Hell by a statue (e.g Mozart’s opera ‘Don Diovanni’).
Balzac adds an even more melodramatic twist.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Hidden Masterpiece, v1, 11 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
The Hidden Masterpiece
(Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story about the nature of artistic creativity; set in the early seventeenth century. The central character is the young Nicholas Poussin so (for reasons that will become clear) I have added an illustration of one of Poussin’s nudes.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Physiology of Marriage, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: The Physiology of Marriage
(Physiologie du Mariage)
or
The Musings of an Eclectic Philosopher on the Happiness and Unhappiness of Married Life

Translators: Anonymous.

This predates Balzac’s Comédie Humaine. It is a treatise on marriage, written by a bachelor; and consists of thirty Meditations, sprinkled with aphorisms and illustrated with anecdotes. The Dedication says that women should not read the work, which naturally makes it irresistible (as Balzac, no doubt intended.)

There are discussions of vital topics such as the bed (twin, double or separate rooms?); the art of coming home unexpectedly; and various strategies for ensuring marital fidelity (or how husbands may avoid acquiring horns – or being ‘minotaurized’ as Balzac puts it). These subjects are treated with Balzac’s usual exuberance.

Translation Issues:
1. The PG translation is extremely coy, even opaque in places. One aphorism: ‘Do not begin marriage with a violation of law’ is ridiculously ambiguous. I have tweaked the translation in a number of places, so as to make it more literal.
2. The anonymous translator omitted some passages, so I have restored them: most notably a flowery passage in Meditation VIII, and a later story in Meditation XXI where a duchess gives a powerful emetic to her daughter-in-law’s lover, then shuts the pair in an empty room. I translated some passages myself; others were typed in from another anonymous 1932 translation, which I have in a paper version.
3. This came from a PG text file, so I have restored accents and italics.

It is a pity that Stendhal’s ‘De l’Amour’ is not available online in an English translation, because it covers similar ground in a less flippant way.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Purse, v1, 04 Sept2007

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Honoré de Balzac
The Purse
(La Bourse)
Translated by Clara Bell

A young artist, Hippolyte Schinner, has an accident in his studio and is helped by a mother and daughter who live in a neighbouring apartment. The daughter, Adélaïde, is beautiful and the artist falls in love. But, every evening the mother seems to win a large amount at cards. Has Hippolyte fallen into a gambling den? Then his purse goes missing….

This came from a PG textfile and I’ve restored the accents, italics etc by checking against my paper copy of the same translation,and the Pléiade French version.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Recruit, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: The Recruit
(Le Réquistionnaire)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 5,500 words, set in a Normandy town in 1793. A former aristocrat is expecting a secret visit from her son, an émigré. However, the townspeople are suspicious because of the preparations she is making. Meanwhile, a lonely figure, with military conscript’s papers, is making his way to the town…

I have reformatted and restored accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Red Inn, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: The Red Inn
(L’Auberge Rouge)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 13,000 words.

In the conversation after a dinner-party, someone recounts the story of a murder at the Red Inn, many years before. A merchant carrying diamonds and gold had been murdered and robbed. An innocent man has been executed for the crime. The narrator realises that the murderer is present at the dinner. But there is a problem. He has recently fallen in love with the killer’s daughter ….

This is from a PG text file. I have restored accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Vendetta, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac:The Vendetta
(La Vendetta)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short novella of nearly 25,000 words, set among the Corsican community in Paris during the Napoleonic era and early Restoration.

A young Corsican girl meets a proscribed officer under dramatic circumstances, just following the restoration of Louis XVIII, and they fall in love. Unfortunately, their families are in vendetta…

I have added a picture, a TOC and reformatted, replacing some accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Wild Ass's Skin, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
The Wild Ass’s Skin
(La Peau de Chagrin)
1832
Translated by Ellen Marriage

A novel of about 97,000 words.

The same translation has also appeared under the titles, 'The Skin' and 'The Magic Skin'.

Raphael de Valentin is writing a treatise on the Will (which owes a lot to Swedenborg). Then he is given a magic ass's skin, which grants his every wish. However, each wish causes the skin to shrink and his life shortens accordingly. Eventually, Raphael orders his life so as to wish for nothing. But will the beautiful Pauline inspire a fatal desire?

I've restored the accents and italics and included a TOC.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Vater Goriot. [German]. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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Balzacs Roman Vater Goriot (1835-1836) thematisiert an einem praktisch alle Sozialschichten umfassenden Personenensemble sowohl den gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg als auch dessen Niederungen und Abgründe im Kontext der Restauration des beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts. Balzac gewährt am Beispiel des früheren Nudelfabrikanten Goriot - der nur im Leben seiner Töchter lebt, im Gegenzug ausgenutzt wird und schließlich "wie ein Hund" stirbt - einen Blick auf die ideelle Ausrichtung der Gesellschaft auf Ruhm, Macht, Schein des Dekors und den aufkommenden Kapitalismus, ein immer stärkeres Eindringen des Geldes in alle Lebensbereiche. Der emblematisch für Fortschrittsoptimismus und Rationalismus stehende ‚Streitwagen der Zivilisation’ überrollt und zerbricht das sich ihm in den Weg stellende "cœur" (Herz) kurzer Hand und deutet für den Leser unübersehbar schon zu Beginn des Romans Balzacs exemplarische Schreibweise und literarisches Selbstverständnis an.
(Wiki)

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Balzac, Honore de: Das Chagrinleder [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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"Das Chagrinleder" erschien 1831 mit großem Erfolg. Balzac beschreibt darin die französische und besonders die Pariser Gesellschaft gegen Ende der Restauration und zu Beginn der Julimonarchie. (Wiki)

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Balzac, Honore de: Der Dorfpfarrer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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»Le curé de village« (Der Dorfpfarrer) ist ein Roman von 1839

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Balzac, Honore de: Der Landarzt [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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»Le médecin de campagne« (Der Landarzt) ist ein Roman von 1833.

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Balzac, Honore de: Die alte Jungfer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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»La vielle fille« ist ein Roman von 1836 (Die alte Jungfer, 1838)

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Balzac, Honore de: Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen [German]. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, Roman 1838-44, dt. Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen.

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Balzac, Honore de: Verlorene Illusionen [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Verlorene Illusionen (frz. Illusions perdues ) von Honoré de Balzac entstand zwischen 1837 und 1843 als zeitgenössische Gesellschaftskritik in dreiteiliger Romanform. Er gehört zu seinem monumentalen Werk, der menschlichen Komödie. Anhand des Aufstiegs und Niedergangs von Lucien Chardon beschreibt Balzac exemplarisch die Mechanismen, die er im Frankreich der Restauration vorfindet, speziell im Literaturbetrieb, im Journalismus und der vornehmen Gesellschaft. Als solches ist Verlorene Illusionen nicht nur ein Roman, sondern ein Zeitdokument. (Wiki)

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Bangs, John K: Coffee and Repartee (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com

This is the story of what happens when men who think themselves smarter than they are face off against a man who's smarter than he seems. Set entirely in the dining room of a cheap boarding house, Coffee and Repartee chronicles the clever, funny, competitive table talk of the boarders. Formal credentials and personal pretensions to mental superiority all crumble in the face of precisely the right come-back, time after time.

Features the Idiot whose story I have posted earlier.

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Bangs, John K: Ghosts I have Met and Some Others (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From the book opening:

If we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we should enjoy the supernatural exceedingly, it seems to me. Coleridge, I think it was, was once asked by a lady if he believed in ghosts, and he replied, "No, madame; I have seen too many of them." Which is my case exactly. I have seen so many horrid visitants from other worlds that they hardly affect me at all, so far as the mere inspiration of terror is concerned.

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Bangs, John K: MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From the Book:

Napoleon's father, Charles Bonaparte, was the honored progenitor of thirteen children, of whom the man who subsequently became the Emperor of the French, by some curious provision of fate, was the second. That the infant Napoleon should have followed rather than led the procession is so foreign to the nature of the man that many worthy persons unfamiliar with the true facts of history have believed that Joseph was a purely apocryphal infant, or, as some have suggested, merely an adopted child; but that Napoleon did upon this occasion content himself with second place is an incontrovertible fact.

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Bangs, John K: The Idiot (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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The March 23, 1895 editon of the New York Times had this to say about the book:

Mr. Bangs continues in the manner of Oliver Wendell Holmes with a difference to report the conversations at the breakfast table in the boarding house of Mrs. Pedagog, who was formerly Mrs. Smithers, and The Idiot is still, as it were, the protagonist. One must be just in the mood for nonsense to properly appreciate Mr. Bangs's humor.

An example of this humor:

"Humph!" he said. "I had hoped that your habit of airing your idiotic views had been put aside for once and for all."

"Very absurd hope, my dear sir," observed the Idiot. "Views that are not aired become musty. Why shouldn't I give them an atmospheric opportunity once in a while?"

"Because they are the sort of views to which suffocation is the most appropriate end," snapped the School-Master.

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Alice in Blunderland. V1 13 Oct 2010

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.
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IT was one of those dull, drab, depressing days when somehow or other it seemed as if there wasn't anything anywhere for anybody to do. It was raining outdoors, so that Alice could not amuse herself in the garden, or call upon her friend Little Lord Fauntleroy up the street; and downstairs her mother was giving a Bridge Party for the benefit of the M.*O. Hot Tamale Company, which had lately fallen upon evil days.

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Barbour, A. (Anna) Maynard: At the Time Appointed. v1, 5th July 2009

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REVIEW: THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published July 18, 1903

Those who remember that excellent at¬tentive story, "That Mainwaring Affair,” will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting Incidents in Mr. A. Maynard Barbour's latest novel, called "At the Time Appointed," and they will realize their expectations. No special prominence is given in it to detectives, to be sure, except in the case of a very amiable gentleman who has theories about being able to form mental pictures of people, even with regard to their exterior appearance, by studying their actions and the probable motives of these actions. and was thereby able to help the plot's advancement at a very critical moment by recognizing and pointing out the villain to the minions of the law. But the author has a certain way of forecasting events and making his people utter prophetic words, all bound to find their fulfillment somewhere before the last chapter is ended, that is eminently characteristic of one who delights in the knitting and ravel¬ing of the intricate plots which are a prime necessity in a detective story. The title itself cleverly suggests a long series of events slowly converging toward some mysterious¬ly critical moment in which all their crook-edness Is revealed and made straight for the delectation of at least two people; and that Is exactly the kind of a title that Mr. Barbour should have chosen for this story of long-delayed Justice and patient hoping.
The scene is laid In a little town up In the gold-mining region in the Rocky Mountain, and the tale starts in with a most re¬alistic and blood-curdling hold-up of a train by masked robbers. It Is marked by a murder which no shocks and horrifies the prospective hero, already infected with mountain fever, that be is plunged into an illness from which he barely escapes with his life, to find that all memory concerning his previous life and even of the errand that brought him West to Ophir In time to be sole witness of Harry Whitecomb’s murder has gone from his mind. As the leader of the robbers, the murderer, and the villain, who makes life miserable for all the good and deserving in Mr. Barbour's story, are one and the same half-breed Mexican, masquerading as a reputable citi¬zen, and as the only man who can identify him has lost his memory, it will be seen that 371 pages packed with happenings are none too many for the author to accomplish his designs In. Complications develop on every page: The hero falls In love, only to realize, when it is too late to regain his peace of mind, that it would be dangerous to contract new ties while the curtain that bad been drawn down behind his present life might at any time be raised and reveal duties that could not be cast aside. The villain becomes the loved one’s suitor, and has the advantage of being strenuously favored by the loved one’s insanely obstinate and opinionated father; even their wedding day arrives, making things look quite hopeless for the hero. But at this point the tables are turned, and, with the advent of the inevitable "heavily veiled lady clad all in black," the sophisticated reader has not the least doubt that virtue, In the shape of John Darrell, will triumph gloriously in the end, or, rather, "at the time appointed." To be sure, the restoration of Darrell's truant memory by a stroke or lightning that marked "as perfectly as though done In India ink with en artist's pen" the outline of the very scene—cliff and crag and mountain peak—where the storm overtook him and hurled him insensible to the earth, seems little short of a miracle to the practical mind; but lightning has been known in real life to do several very queer things, if not this one.
The main object in a story of this kind is to make the events hang together and the narration of them entertaining. Both these requisites Mr. Barbour has attained. People will be sure to read this story at one sitting, even if that involves hearing the clock strike several times after midnight and that is one test of at least one kind of excellence in a novel.

*****

Interesting, that the New York Times reviewer does not appear aware, that the author was female.

I have added the original NYT review (OCR from The NYT archive) at the beginning of the book.

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Thanks, HarryT!

Also, I just realized that I have left small mirror indents in the original Word file, so I am uploading a fixed version: v1.1 and removing the old file. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Barbour, A. Maynard: Breakers Ahead v.1 July 10, 2009

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Barbour, A. Maynard: Breakers Ahead (1906)

The story outlines the life of a "sublime egoist." a young Englishman, Thomas Macavoy Denning, leaves home because he has been expelled from school, and comes to America with the resolve to make in the New World, single- handed, a name which shall equal his father's in the old. He succeeds in so far as wealth and position are concerned, by sheer will, force, and self confidence. He succeeds financially; but on the eve of his political triumph, just as his election as governor of a Western state seems assured, the results of a lax past, of a period when he sowed wild oats rises up to defeat himand his was not a soul which could bear defeat.

Spelling largely left as in the original Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Co 1906 edition.

One illustration (by James L. Wood).

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Barbour, A.M.: That Mainwaring Affair. v1, 27 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Perhaps the longest roll of hackneyed devices in one book is found in "That Mainwaring Affair," by A.M. Barbour, but on the otherhand, this book has a most excellent and interesting story and of exceedingly good construction. The surprise is perfect and the plot original.

It includes the return of a long-lost brother, supposed to have been shipwrecked years before; stolen family jewels, a missing will; a twin brother; a birthmark identification; an illegitimate son of a designing housekeeper; a suspected private secretary; whispered words conveying the secret; a dragged lake; and innumerable disguises.

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Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno. v1, 2 Mar 2008

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Henri Barbusse (May 17, 1873, Asnières-sur-Seine—August 30, 1935, Moscow) was a French novelist, journalist and communist.

His novel L'enfer (1908, translated as Inferno or Hell) sparked a scandal as an account of voyeurism when it was released in English. In the intensely realistic story, a young man in a Paris boardinghouse spies on his neighbours through a hole in his bedroom wall, witnessing marriage, adultery, birth, death, lesbianism and other all human beh

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Barclay, Florence L: The Mistress of Shenstone. V1. 15 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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The Mistress of Shenstone moved slowly up and down the terrace, wrapped in her long cloak, listening to the soft “drip, drip” of autumn all around; noting the silent fall of the last dead leaves; the steely grey of the lake beyond; the empty flower-garden; the deserted lawn.

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Barclay, Florence L: The Rosary. V1. 16 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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A wag had once remarked that if you met her Grace of Meldrum returning from gardening or feeding her poultry, and were in a charitable frame of mind, you would very likely give her sixpence. But, after you had thus drawn her attention to yourself and she looked at you, Sir Walter Raleigh's cloak would not be in it! Your one possible course would be to collapse into the mud, and let the ducal "gouties" trample on you. This the duchess would do with gusto; then accept your apologies with good nature; and keep your sixpence, to show when she told the story.

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Barclay, Florence L: The Upas Tree. V1. 16 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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Ronald West stood at the window of his wife's sitting-room, looking across the bright garden-borders to the wide park beyond, and wondering how on earth he should open the subject of which his mind had been full during their morning ride.

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Barclay, Florence L: The White Ladies of Worcester. V1. 17 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

Excerpt
The slanting rays of afternoon sunshine, pouring through stone arches, lay in broad, golden bands, upon the flags of the Convent cloister.
The old lay-sister, Mary Antony, stepped from the cool shade of the cell passage and, blinking at the sunshine, shuffled slowly to her appointed post at the top of the crypt steps, up which would shortly pass the silent procession of nuns returning from Vespers.

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Barclay, Florence L: Through the Postern Gate. V1. 16 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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"But it was not your niece! It was always you I wanted," said the Boy.

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Barham, Richard: Collected Stories of Richard Barham. V1. 21 2011

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Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England, novelist, and humorous poet. He was known better by his nom de plume Thomas Ingoldsby.

A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor in Divinity
The Grey Dolphin
The Lady Rohesia
The Spectre of Tappington
Mrs. Botherby's Story: The Leech of Folkestone

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Baring, Maurice: Orpheus in Mayfair & Other Stories. 30 Nov 07

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"Maurice Baring (27 April 1874 – 14 December 1945) was a versatile English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent." (from Wikipedia)

[Orpheus in Mayfair & Other Stories[/ is an interesting collection of short sketches. What prompted the posting was that I recently ran across my old pbook copy when I was cleaning up.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Book of Ghosts:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

A collection of ghost stories, some dating back to the 1850s. Most are slight tales of apparitions; the most interesting are 'Pomps and Vanities,' a tale of possession; and 'The Merewigs,' a farce in which persons who made no spiritual progress in their last incarnation must now haunt the British Museum.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 500 separate publications. His family home, Lewtrenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over", and the desk at which he wrote these hymns is still preserved at the hotel. He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

His education at The King's School, Warwick lasted just a few months in 1846 - he caught whooping-cough and was ordered to go abroad for the sake of his health. He then went up to Cambridge earning the degrees of B.A. in 1857, then M.A. in 1860 from Clare College.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

This book contains findings of cliff castles and cave dwellings. It is an extensive account of how they came about and the varied people that are a part of these cultures. Partial Contents: Prehistoric Cave-Dwellers, Troglodytes, Souterrains, John Norris, Debyshire, The Hundred Years' War, Trosky, the Martyrium of Poitiers, Palestine, Egypt, Philo, Roderic, King of the Goths, Grotto of Lourdes, Humphrey Kynaston, Louis XI;.

With illustrations.

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Baring-Gould. Sabine: A Dead Finger. V1. 22 Mar 2011

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, Lew Trenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

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Thinking that I might have been spattered by a hansom whilst crossing Oxford Street, I passed my hand down my side hastily, with a sense of annoyance, and all at once touched something, cold, clammy, that sent a thrill to my heart, and made me start and take a step forward. At the same moment, the lady, with a cry of horror, sprang to her feet, and with raised hands fled from the room, leaving her umbrella where it had fallen.

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Baring-Gould. Sabine: Bladys of the Stewponey. V1. 22 Mar 2011

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, Lew Trenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

Excerpt
"Petit Treason is when a servant killeth his master or mistress, or a wife killeth her husband. The punishment for a woman convicted of high treason or petit treason is all one, and that is to be drawn and burnt alive." P. 292:—"The Law allots the same punishment to a woman that shall kill her husband as to a woman that shall kill her father or master, and that is petit treason, to be burnt alive."

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Barnum, P T: The Art of Money Getting, v.1, 10 Feb 2008.

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Phineas T Barnum: The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money (1880).

Given that P T Barnum was famous for his showmanship, one might expect a flamboyant book. However, this little work is full of straightforward common sense. Don’t spend more than you earn; save some of your income; put your savings somewhere where they earn interest etc.

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Barnum, Vance: Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater. v1, 18 Feb 2008

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Juvenile fiction from 1916. The exciting adventures of a boy fire-eater in an American circus. Thrilling stuff! Appears to be part of a series, but this is the only one I can find that's currently available as an e-Book.

Enjoy!

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Barr, Amelia E: A Daughter of Fife. V1. 27 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
On the shore of a little land-locked haven, into which the gulls and terns bring tidings of the sea, stands the fishing hamlet of Pittenloch. It is in the "East Neuk o' Fife," that bit of old Scotland "fronted with a girdle of little towns," of which Pittenloch is one of the smallest and the most characteristic. Some of the cottages stand upon the sands, others are grouped in a steep glen, and a few surmount the lofty sea-washed rocks.

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Barr, Amelia E: A Knight of the Nets. V1. 28 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
It would be easy to walk many a time through "Fife and all the lands about it" and never once find the little fishing village of Pittendurie. Indeed, it would be a singular thing if it was found, unless some special business or direction led to it. For clearly it was never intended that human beings should build homes where these cottages cling together, between sea and sky,—a few here, and a few there, hidden away in every bend of the rocks where a little ground could be levelled, so that the tides in stormy weather break with threat and fury on the very doorstones of the lowest cottages. Yet as the lofty semicircle of hills bend inward, the sea follows; and there is a fair harbour, where the fishing boats ride together while their sails dry in the afternoon sun. Then the hamlet is very still; for the men are sleeping off the weariness of their night work, while the children play quietly among the tangle, and the women mend the nets or bait the lines for the next fishing. A lonely little spot, shut in by sea and land, and yet life is there in all its passionate variety—love and hate, jealousy and avarice, youth, with its ideal sorrows and infinite expectations, age, with its memories and regrets, and "sure and certain hope."

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Barr, Amelia E: A Rose of a Hundred Leaves. V1. 1 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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I tell again the oldest and the newest story of all the world,—the story of Invincible Love!

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Barr, Amelia E: A Singer from the Sea . V1. 3 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
FROM Padstow Point to Lundy Race is one of the wildest and grandest portions of the Cornish coast, and on it there is always somewhere a tossing sea, a stiff breeze above, and a sucking tide below. Great cliffs hundreds of feet high guard it, and from the top of them the land rolls away in long ridges, brown and bare. These wild and rocky moors, full of pagan altars, stone crosses, and memorials of the Jew, the Phœnician, and the Cornu-British, are the land of our childhood’s fairy-folk––the home of Blunderbore and of Jack the Giant Killer, and the far grander

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Barr, Amelia E: An Orkney Maid. V1. 31 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
YESTERDAY morning this thing happened to me: I was reading the New York Times and my eyes suddenly fell upon one word, and that word rang a little bell in my memory, “Kirkwall!” The next moment I had closed my eyes in order to see backward more clearly, and slowly, but surely, the old, old town––standing boldly upon the very beach of the stormy North Sea––became clear in my mental vision. There was a whole fleet of fishing boats, and a few smart smuggling craft rocking gently in its wonderful harbour––a harbour so deep and safe, and so capacious that it appeared capable of sheltering the navies of the world.

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Barr, Amelia E: Christine, A Fife Fisher Girl: V1 26 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
FRIENDS, who have wandered with me through England, and Scotland, and old New York, come now to Fife, and I will tell you the story of Christina Ruleson, who lived in the little fishing village of Culraine, seventy years ago.

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Barr, Amelia E: Jan Vedder's Wife. V1. 28 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
More than fifty years ago this thing happened: Jan Vedder was betrothed to Margaret Fae. It was at the beginning of the Shetland summer, that short interval of inexpressible beauty, when the amber sunshine lingers low in the violet skies from week to week; and the throstle and the lark sing at midnight, and the whole land has an air of enchantment, mystic, wonderful, and far off.

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Barr, Amelia E: Maids Wives and Bachelors. V1. 29 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Thirty Three Essays on Domentic Life

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Barr, Amelia E: Prisoners of Conscience. V1. 31 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
In the early part of this century there lived at Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, a man called Liot Borson. He was no ignoble man; through sea-fishers and sea-fighters he counted his forefathers in an unbroken line back to the great Norwegian Bor, while his own life was full of perilous labor and he was off to sea every day that a boat could swim. Liot was the outcome of the most vivid and masterful form of paganism and the most vital and uncompromising form of Christianity. For nearly eight hundred years the Borsons had been christened, but who can deliver a man from his ancestors?

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Barr, Amelia E: Remember the Alamo. V1. 1 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
In A. D. sixteen hundred and ninety-two, a few Franciscan monks began to build a city. The site chosen was a lovely wilderness hundreds of miles away from civilization on every side, and surrounded by savage and warlike tribes. But the spot was as beautiful as the garden of God. It was shielded by picturesque mountains, watered by two rivers, carpeted with flowers innumerable, shaded by noble trees joyful with the notes of a multitude of singing birds. To breathe the balmy atmosphere was to be conscious of some rarer and finer life, and the beauty of the sunny skies—marvellous at dawn and eve with tints of saffron and amethyst and opal—was like a dream of heaven.

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Barr, Amelia E: Scottish sketches. V1. 2 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

CRAWFORD'S SAIR STRAIT
JAMES BLACKIE'S REVENGE
FACING HIS ENEMY
ANDREW CARGILL'S CONFESSION
ONE WRONG STEP
LILE DAVIE

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Barr, Amelia E: The Hallam Succession. V1. 27 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Excerpt
Yorkshire is the epitome of England. Whatever is excellent in the whole land is found there. The men are sturdy, shrewd, and stalwart; hard-headed and hard-fisted, and have notably done their work in every era of English history. They are also a handsome race, the finest specimens extant of the pure Anglo-Saxon, and they still preserve the imposing stature and the bright blonde characteristics of the race.

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Barr, Amelia E: The Maid of Maiden Lane. V1. 29 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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Never, in all its history, was the proud and opulent city of New York more glad and gay than in the bright spring days of Seventeen-Hundred- and-Ninety-One. It had put out of sight every trace of British rule and occupancy, all its homes had been restored and re-furnished, and its sacred places re-consecrated and adorned.

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Barr, Amelia E: The Man Between. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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THE thing that I know least about is my beginning. For it is possible to introduce Ethel Rawdon in so many picturesque ways that the choice is embarrassing, and forces me to the conclusion that the actual circumstances, though commonplace, may be the most suitable. Certainly the events that shape our lives are seldom ushered in with pomp or ceremony; they steal upon us unannounced, and begin their work without giving any premonition of their importance.

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Barr, Amelia E: The Measure of a Man. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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My Friends:
I had a purpose in writing this novel. It was to honor and magnify the sweetness and dignity of the condition of Motherhood, and of those womanly virtues and graces, which make the Home the cornerstone of the Nation. For it is not with modern Americans, as it was with the old Greek and Roman world. They put the family below the State, and the citizen absorbed the man. On the contrary, we know, that just as the Family principle is strong the heart of the Nation is sound. "Give me one domestic grace," said a famous leader of men, "and I will turn it into a hundred public virtues."

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Barr, Amelia E: The Squire of Sandal-Side. V1. 3 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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There is a mountain called Seat-Sandal, between the Dunmail Raise and Grisedale Pass; and those who have stood upon its summit know that Grasmere vale and lake lie at their feet, and that Windermere, Esthwaite, and Coniston, with many arms of the sea, and a grand brotherhood of mountains, are all around them. There is also an old gray manor-house of the same name. It is some miles distant from the foot of the mountain, snugly sheltered in one of the loveliest valleys between Coniston and Torver. No one knows when the first stones of this house were laid. The Sandals were in Sandal-Side when the white-handed, waxen-faced Edward was building Westminster Abbey, and William the Norman was laying plans for the crown of England. Probably they came with those Norsemen who a century earlier made the Isle of Man their headquarters, and from it, landing on the opposite coast of Cumberland, settled themselves among valleys and lakes and mountains of primeval beauty, which must have strongly reminded them of their native land.

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Barr, Amelia E: Was It Right to Forgive?. V1. 4 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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Peter Van Hoosen was a result of Dutch Calvinism, and Dutch industry and thrift; also, of a belief in the Day of Judgment. The first motives were inherited tendencies, carefully educated; the last one, a conscious principle, going down to the depths of his nature and sharply dividing whatever was just and right from whatever was false and wrong. People whose religion was merely religiosity thought he took himself too seriously; but if they had a house to build, they wanted this man—who worked in the great Task-master’s eye—to lay its foundation and raise its walls. So that, as a builder in stone, Peter Van Hoosen had a wide local celebrity.

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Barr, Robert: A Prince of Good Fellows. V1. 7 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Late evening had fallen on the grey walls of Stirling Castle, and dark night on the town itself, where narrow streets and high gables gave early welcome to the mirk, while the westward-facing turrets of the castle still reflected the departing glory of the sky.
With some suggestion of stealth in his movements, a young man picked his way through the thickening gloom of the streets. There was still light enough to show that, judging by his costume, he was of the well-to-do farmer class.

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Barr, Robert: A Rock in the Baltic. V1. 8 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Stop, you scoundrel, or I fire! he shouted, but the Lieutenant had already disappeared. Quick as thought the cashier darted into the passage, and without waiting to unfasten the low door which separated the public and private rooms of the bank, leaped over it, and, bareheaded, gave chase. A. British naval officer in uniform, rapidly overtaking a young woman, quite unconscious of his approach, followed by an excited, bareheaded man with a revolver in his grasp.

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Barr, Robert: A Woman Intervenes. V1. Nov 11 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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New York Argus sat at his desk with a deep frown on his face, looking out from under his shaggy eyebrows at the young man who had just thrown a huge fur overcoat on the back of one chair, while he sat down himself on another.
'I got your telegram,' began the editor. 'Am I to understand from it that you have failed?'
'Yes, sir,' answered the young man, without the slightest hesitation

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Barr, Robert: From Whose Bourne. V1. 4 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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"My dear," said William Brenton to his wife, "do you think I shall be missed if I go upstairs for a while? I am not feeling at all well."

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Barr, Robert: In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories. V1. 5 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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As the incidents related herein took place during voyages between England and America, I dedicate this book to the Vagabond Club of London, and the Witenagemote Club of Detroit, in the hope that, if any one charges me with telling a previously told tale, the fifty members of each club will rise as one man and testify that they were called upon to endure the story in question from my own lips prior to the alleged original appearance of the same. R. B.

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Barr, Robert: In the Midst of Alarms. V1. 5 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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I say, Renny, he wailed, "it's another of those cursed telegraph messengers. Go, like a good fellow, and sign for the dispatch. Sign it 'Dr. Renmark, for R. Yates.' That will give it a sort of official, medical-bulletin look. I wish I had thought of that when the other boy was here. Tell him I'm lying down." He flung himself into the hammock, and Renmark, after a moment's hesitation, walked toward the boy at the fence, who had repeated his question in a louder voice. In a short time he returned with the yellow envelope, which he tossed to the man in the hammock. Yates seized it savagely, tore it into a score of pieces, and scattered the fluttering bits around him on the ground.

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Barr, Robert: Jennie Baxter, Journalist. V1. 5 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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I am to dine with him this evening, and I shall cordially recommend you. I may say that Briggs has gone to that celebrated London detective Mr. Cadbury Taylor, and has engaged him to solve the diamond mystery. So you see you will have a clear field. If you can leave for the castle to-morrow night, you may have the pleasure of Mr. Cadbury Taylor's company. He isn't visiting the castle, but goes straight to Vienna; so if you work your cards rightly, you can be in the same carriage with him as far as Munich, and during that time you may find out perhaps what he thinks about the case. I know only this much about his theory, and that is he thinks the right place to begin is in Vienna, where some, at least, of the stones are supposed to have been pawned.

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Barr, Robert: One Day's Courtship. V1. 6 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Those pictures, Miss Sommerton, are not genuine; they are not at all what they pretend to be. The prints that you have seen are the results of the manipulation of two separate plates, one of the plates containing the group or the person photographed, and the other an instantaneous picture of the falls. If you look closely at one of those pictures you will see a little halo of light or dark around the person photographed. That, to an experienced photographer, shows the double printing. In fact, it is double dealing all round. The deluded victim of the camera imagines that the pictures he gets of the falls, with himself in the foreground, is really a picture of the falls taken at the time he is being photographed.

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Barr, Robert: Revenge!. V1. 7 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Druce had small, shifty piercing eyes that peered out from under his grey bushy eyebrows like two steel sparks. He never seemed to be looking directly at any one, and his eyes somehow gave you the idea that they were trying to glance back over his shoulder, as if he feared pursuit. Some said that old Druce was in constant terror of assassination, while others held that he knew the devil was on his track and would ultimately nab him.

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Barr, Robert: The Face and the Mask. V1. 4 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Two beautiful ladies approached him -- one richly dressed with the most dazzling jewelry. The other was clad in plain attire. At first, the dreaming Mr. Crandall thought the richly dressed one was the prettier. She was certainly very attractive -- but, as she came closer, he saw how much of her beauty was artificial.

About the other there was no question. A beauty . . .

"Mr. Crandall," she said, in the sweetest of voices, "we have come here together that you may choose between us."

"Bless me," said Crandall, so much surprised at the unblushing proposal that he nearly awoke himself, "bless me, don't you know I am married?"

"Oh, that doesn't matter," answered the fair young lady, with the divinest of smiles. "We are not mortals. We are spirits!"

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Barr, Robert: The Strong Arm. V1. 8 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Count Herbert looked with astonishment upon the custodian of Castle Gudenfels. Here was a contest going on at his very doors, even if on the opposite side of the river, and yet a veteran knew nothing of the contest. But they were now at the frowning gates of Castle Gudenfels, with its lofty square pinnacled tower, and the curiosity of the young Count was dimmed by the admiration he felt for this great stronghold as he gazed upward at it. An instant later he with his escort passed through the gateway and stood in the courtyard of the castle. When he had dismounted the Count said to Richart.

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Barr, Robert: The Sword Maker. V1. 9 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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The Sword Maker is a historical romance, set in the Rhenish Palatinates. The Emperor is old, fat, lax and indolent, caring only for his flagon of wine, and his nobles have waxed in power, levying taxes so heavy commerce has come to a standstill in Frankfort. An attempt by merchants to run the blockade on the river and reach Cologne has been destroyed, with the Robber Barons sinking the ships and taking the goods. An appeal to the seven Electors to depose the Emperor and install his son in his stead has proven futile, as the Electors benefit from things as they are, and the Prince has been imprisoned by an Archbishop to forestall further efforts. The guild of ironworkers makes fine swords, and suffers like the rest from the standstill in commerce. Revolution is brewing . . .

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Barrie, J. M et. al.: Stories by English Author:s Scotland. V1. 24 0ct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

THE COURTING OF T'NOWHEAD'S BELL, By J. M. Barrie
"THE HEATHER LINTIE", By S. R. Crockett
A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL, By Ian Maclaren
WANDERING WILLIE'S TALE, By Sir Walter Scott
THE GLENMUTCHKIN RAILWAY, By Professor Aytoun
THRAWN JANET, By Robert Louis Stevenson

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Barrie, J. M, et. al.: Stories by English Authors: London. V1. 23 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

THE INCONSIDERATE WAITER, By J. M. BARRIE
THE BLACK POODLE, By F. Anstey
THAT BRUTE SIMMONS, By Arthur Morrison
A ROSE OF THE GHETTO, By Israel Zangwill
AN IDYL OF LONDON, By Beatrice Harraden
THE OMNIBUS, By Quiller-Couch
THE HIRED BABY, By Marie Corelli

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Barrie, J. M: A Window in Thrums . V1. 25 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

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When the English publishers read "A Window in Thrums" in manuscript they thought it unbearably sad and begged me to alter the end. They warned me that the public do not like sad books. Well, the older I grow and the sadder the things I see, the more do I wish my books to be bright and hopeful, but an author may not always interfere with his story, and if I had altered the end of "A Window in Thrums" I think I should never have had any more respect for myself. It is a sadder book to me than it can ever be to anyone else. I see Jess at her window looking for the son who never came back as no other can see her, and I knew that unless I brought him back in time the book would be a pain to me all my days, but the thing had to be done.

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Barrie, J. M: Auld Licht Idylls. V1. 18 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

"Auld Licht Idylls" is Barrie's second book and first serious work of fiction, a series of stories centering around a religious sect called Auld Licht in the Scottish community of Thrums.

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Barrie, J. M: Better Dead. V1. 19 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

"Better Dead" is the author's first book, and there is a case to made that with this novel Barrie invented surrealism.

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Barrie, J. M: Courage. V1. 20 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

Upon his election as Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University, Sir J.M. Barrie delivered an inaugural address in which he sought to inspire the youth sitting before him. His stirring words on the subject of "courage" are just as invigorating today, more than eight decades after they appeared in book form in 1923. Barrie advised young people never to ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own; to know what you mean; to insist on helping; to learn how world-shaking situations arise and how they can be countered; and to doubt those who deny you the right of partnership. Charming, candid, and stimulation, Barrie's address is a rousing example of how he championed the spirit of young people. Of his daring comments, he said, "I sound to myself as if I were advocating a rebellion, though I am really asking for a larger friendship."

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Barrie, J. M: Dear Brutus. V1. 23 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

A Play in Three Acts
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Download DescriptionAlice (who Is The Dearth Now). Thank You. Better Read The Telegram, Matey, To Be Sure That You Can Make It Out. (matey Reads It To Himself, And He Has Never Quite The Same Faith In Woman Again. The Dearth Continues In A Purring Voice.) Read It Aloud, Matey.

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Barrie, J. M: Margaret Ogilvy. V1. 21 Oct 2010

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For years I had been trying to prepare myself for my mother's death, trying to foresee how she would die, seeing myself when she was dead. Even then I knew it was a vain thing I did, but I am sure there was no morbidness in it. I hoped I should be with her at the end, not as the one she looked at last but as him from whom she would turn only to look upon her best-beloved, not my arm but my sister's should be round her when she died, not my hand but my sister's should close her eyes. I knew that I might reach her too late; I saw myself open a door where there was none to greet me, and go up the old stair into the old room. But what I did not foresee was that which happened. I little thought it could come about that I should climb the old stair, and pass the door beyond which my mother lay dead, and enter another room first, and go on my knees there.

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Barrie, J. M: Peter and Wendy. V1. 22 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

Peter Pan, the "boy who would not grow up," originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barrie's sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His later role as flying boy hero was brought to the stage by Barrie in the beloved play Peter Pan, which opened in 1904 and became the novel Peter and Wendy in 1911. In a narrative filled with vivid characters, epic battles, pirates, fairies, and fantastic imagination, Peter Pan's adventures capture the spirit of childhood-- and of rebellion against the role of adulthood in conventional society.

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Barrie, J. M: Peter Pan. V1. 1 Dec 2008

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with popularising the name "Wendy", which was very uncommon before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. He was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1922.

The story of the boy who would not grow up.
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Barrie, J. M: Quality Street. V1. 22 Oct 2010

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A Play in Four Acts
In this little country town there is a satisfaction about living in Quality Street which even religion cannot give. Through the bowed window at the back we have a glimpse of the street. It is pleasantly broad and grass-grown, and is linked to the outer world by one demure shop, whose door rings a bell every time it opens and shuts. Thus by merely peeping, every one in Quality Street can know at once who has been buying a Whimsy cake, and usually why.

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Barrie, J. M: Sentimental Tommy. V1. 23 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

A story that traces the boyhood of a "man about town" - beginning at age five, in England, his trials and tribulations, on to becoming a young man. The celebrated Tommy first comes into view on a dirty London stair and he was in sexless garments which were all he had and he was five and so though we are looking at him we must do it sideways lest he sit down hurriedly to hide them. That inscrutable face, which made the clubmen of his later days uneasy and even puzzled the ladies while he was making love to them, was already his.

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Barrie, J. M: The Little Minister. V1. 21 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

The Little Minister by J. M. Barrie was first published in "Good Words" magazine, spanning the months January to December 1891. Reckoned to be Barrie's best work, it is one of several novels about the fictional village of "Thrums", said to be modeled on Barrie's home town of Kirriemuir. In 1840's Scotland, a young Scottish pastor falls in love with an educated, radiant gypsy girl, who turns out to be a peeress who impersonates a gypsy and smoothes things over between rebellious weavers and the authorities in 1840 Scotland.

The play version, produced by the legendary Charles Frohman, was a tremendous success in which the star, according to William Winter's review Jan. 10, 1897 "expressed impulse, pertness, perversity, caprice, discontent. mischief, longing, self-will, arch and tantalizing sweetness and charmingly irrational contradictions of an impetuous girl." It was made into a RKO movie in 1934 with Katharine Hepburn and John Beal (as the Scottish Minister). According to Maltin's Movie Guide, "Hepburn was radiant."

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Barrie, J. M: Tommy and Grizel. V1. 24 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

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O.P. Pym, the colossal Pym, that vast and rolling figure, who never knew what he was to write about until he dipped grandly, an author in such demand that on the foggy evening which starts our story his publishers have had his boots removed lest he slip thoughtlessly round the corner before his work is done, as was the great man's way—shall we begin with him, or with Tommy, who has just arrived in London, carrying his little box and leading a lady by the hand? It was Pym, as we are about to see, who in the beginning held Tommy up to the public gaze, Pym who first noticed his remarkable indifference to female society, Pym who gave him——But alack! does no one remember Pym for himself? Is the king of the Penny Number already no more than a button that once upon a time kept Tommy's person together? And we are at the night when they first met! Let us hasten into Marylebone before little Tommy arrives and Pym is swallowed like an oyster.

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Barrie, J. M: What Every Woman Knows. V1. 24 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

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One of Barrie's best works entertainingly shows that behind every successful man is a woman.

Married by special agreement to John Shand, Maggie Wylie proves to be a highly effective voice for her politician husband. One of the author's most realistic and important theatrical works-graced with flashes of sly humor and dramatic irony-entertainingly develops the theme that behind every successful man is a woman.

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Barrie, J.M.: My Lady Nicotine. v1, 17 Feb 2008

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From Fantasticfiction.co.uk:

J.M. Barrie is the Scottish writer who captured children's hearts worldwide with the memorable Peter Pan. [My Lady Nicoteen[/, is a collection of hilarious tales concerning one man's attempts to giving up smoking. It includes tales of these attempts, and his general meditations and observations on smoking. They teach through humor, satire and parody, shunning the moralizing anti-smoking polemic of our day, which is not nearly as effective as humor. "I am much better without tobacco, and already have difficulty in sympathizing with the man I used to be," Barrie says on the opening pages. The tale of his struggle follows.

With illustrations to begin each chapter.

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Basile, Giambattista: Stories from Pentamerone. v1, 22 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Giambattista Basile (1566 or 1575 – February 23, 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.

From timsheppard.co.uk:

This Italian collection of folk-tales now known as Il Pentamerone was first published at Naples, and in a Neapolitan dialect that kept it out of northern European tradition for two centuries, by Giambattista Basile, Conte di Torrone, who is believed to have collected them chiefly in Crete and Venice, and to have died in the 1630s. Originally it was called Lo Cunti de li Cunto (The Story of Stories, 1634). Published posthumously, it became known as the Pentamerone by 1674 and eventually influenced the form of fairytales in Europe. The frame-story is of a group of people passing time by sharing stories, as in the Decameron and other European collections of tales. The Pentamerone tells fifty tales over five nights.

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Bassett, Sara Ware: Steve & the Steam Engine. 18 Sept 07

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Although normally the domain posted by Harry, I thought I would take a spin at this entry in the young adult category.

From a series called "The Innovation Series" that also features [Paul and the Printing Press[/, [Steve and the Steam Engine[/ from 1921 just looked too good to pass up. (I may also format one of her other books, [The Story of Sugar.[/)

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Bassett, Sara Ware: Ted & the Telephone. 27 March 08

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More from the "Invention Series." The hero of the story, although named Ted Turner, is not the same Ted Turner of CNN and Atlanta Braves fame.

A young person's book (target age is ~14), this is from the first part of the 20th century.

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Bassewitz, Gerdt von: Peterchens Mondfahrt. german. v1. 9 mar 2009

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[Peterchens Mondfahrt[/ ist ein Märchen für Kinder von Gerdt von Bassewitz. Es handelt von den Abenteuern des Maikäfers Herr Sumsemann, der zusammen mit den Menschenkindern Peter und Anneliese zum Mond fliegt, um von dort sein verlorengegangenes sechstes Beinchen zu holen.
Die Uraufführung der Geschichte fand am 7. Dezember 1912 im Alten Theater Leipzig als Märchenspiel in 6 Bildern mit Musik von Josef Achtélik und "in Scene gesetzt" von Paul Prina statt. 1915 wurde die Geschichte dann als Buch mit Illustrationen von Hans Baluschek veröffentlicht. Die Geschichte gilt heute als ein Klassiker der deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur.

Peterchens Mondfahrt beginnt mit der traurigen Geschichte des Maikäfers Sumsemann, dem sein sechstes Maikäferbeinchen abhanden gekommen ist. Schnell stellt sich heraus: Das Bein ist auf dem Mondberg im Besitz des Mondmannes! Um sein Beinchen zurück zu bekommen, braucht Herr Sumsemann die Hilfe zweier Kinder, die immer gut mit Tieren umgegangen sind und sie niemals quälten. Diese Kinder findet Herr Sumsemann in Peterchen und Anneliese, die sich sofort mit ihm auf den abenteuerlichen Weg zum Mond machen und auf dieser Reise unglaubliche Abenteuer erleben...

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Bastiat, Frédéric: Essays on Political Economy. v1. 10 Jan 2009

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Bastiat, Frédéric: Essays on Political Economy. v1. 10 Jan 2009

Frédéric Bastiat (1801  1850)
Essays on Political Economy

Forerunner of the Austrian School of economics.

Includes his most famous work, The Law. From Wikipedia, "It defines, through development, a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society."

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Bates, Arlo: The Pagans. V1. 12 Nov 2010

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

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A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river. The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.

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Bates, Arlo: The Philistines. V1. 12 Nov 2010

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

Excerpts
When Arthur Fenton, the most outspoken of all that band of protesting spirits who had been so well known in artistic Boston as the Pagans, married Edith Caldwell, there had been in his mind a purpose, secret but well defined, to turn to his own account his wife's connection with the Philistine art patrons of the town.

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Bates, Arlo: The Puritans. V1. 13 Nov 2010

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

Excerpts
"We are all the children of the Puritans," Mrs. Herman said smiling. "Of course there is an ethical strain in all of us."
Her cousin, Philip Ashe, who wore the dress of a novice from the Clergy House of St. Mark, regarded her with a serious and doubtful glance.

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Baudelaire, Charles: Die Blume des Bösen. v1 30 july 2009 german

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Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) hat überwiegend in Paris gelebt, wo er das väterliche Erbe als Großstadtdandy durchbrachte. Er war auch tätig als Kunstkritiker, übersetzte Poe und entdeckte die Musik Richard Wagners für Frankreich.

Baudelaire ist einer der größten französischen Lyriker, ebenso Wegbereiter der lyrischen Moderne. Einfluss übte er auf Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarme, George und insbesondere Valery.

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Baudelaire, Charles: The Generous Gambler, v.1, 2 Nov 2007.

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There isn’t much Baudelaire freely available in English but I found this little story in PG Australia. It’s only about a thousand words long and is about a man who gambles his soul to the devil. It contains the often-quoted line that the devil’s best trick is to persuade people that he doesn’t exist.

First published in 1864.
Unknown translator.

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Baudelaire, Charles: The Poem of Hashish, v.1, 8 Jan 2007.

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Not a poem at all; this is an essay on Hashish, written by the French poet.

First published in 1850. This is the Aleister Crowley translation of 1895.

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Baum, Frank L.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 09 June 2008.

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Intermittently illustrated with pictures by W.W. Denslow. I don't have as many figures as Roy White's excellent LRF version, so if you are PRC-independent, you might want to check that out instead.

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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Baum, L. Frank. Oz Omnibus. PRC v1.1 22 June 2009

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This omnibus is a collection of all 14 Oz books written by Mr. Baum, as well as the short story collection.

You should take a moment to look at the front covers. They are highly detailed. I beleive they are scanned from the flyleaf of one of the books.

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Baum, L. Frank: A Kidnapped Santa Clause. v1.0 8 December 2008

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This title was the closest I could find to [Santa Claus Conquers the Martians[/. Enjoy.

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Baum, L. Frank: American Fairy Tales. 03 Jan 2008

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While known for his [Wizard of Oz[/ series of books, Baum also wrote a number of Fairy Tale books. He visioned himself on a par with Lang the Brothers Grimm and set out to create an American type of story. He sought to remove the violence and romance from the stories. While interesting and well told, I feel that these stories lack the punch and dynamic elements that I have enjoyed.

Baun was an early leader it seems for the "politically correct" fairy tales. (About a hundred years too early.)

This group includes the following:

- The Box Of Robbers

- The Glass Dog

- The Queen Of Quok

- The Girl Who Owned A Bear

- The Enchanted Types

- The Laughing Hippopotamus

- The Magic Bon Bons

- The Capture Of Father Time

- The Wonderful Pump

- The Dummy That Lived

- The King Of The Polar Bears

- The Mandarin And The Butterfly

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Baum, L. Frank: Twinkle and Chubbins v1 16 apr 2009

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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker, best known today as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total (plus four "lost" novels), 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works predicted such century-later commonplaces as color television, wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).

The Twinkle Tales is a 1905 series by L. Frank Baum, published under the pen name Laura Bancroft. The six stories were issued in separate booklets by Baum's publisher Reilly & Britton, with illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. In 1913, the six eight-chapter stories were collected as Twinkle and Chubbins; Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland — which is a misnomer, since Chubbins appears in only two stories and few are set in "Nature-Fairyland". The book was followed by Policeman Bluejay, which was retitled Babes in Birdland for its second edition. Baum later wanted these Bancroft stories published under his own name, and his publisher put out a second edition of Babes in Birdland (third edition overall) with Baum's name on it for the first time in 1917.

Heavily illustrated

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Bayliss, Clara K.: A Treasury Of Eskimo Tales, v.1, 25 Dec 2008

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This is a collection of 31 short Eskimo myths and folk tales with a few nice illustrations.

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Beach, Charles Amory: Air Service Boys Omnibus. v2, 10 Oct 2008

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A series of six juvenile books, written under the "house" name of "Charles Amory Beach", describing the adventures of two American boys in the flyings corps during the First World War. The books in the series are:

1. [Air Service Boys Flying for France[/ *

2. Air Service Boys Over the Enemy's Lines

3. [Air Service Boys Over the Rhine[/ *

4. Air Service Boys In the Big Battle

5. Air Service Boys Flying For Victory

6. Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic

* This book is not currently available as an eBook; it will be added to the omnibus as and when released.

I must confess that, fan though I am of early 20th century juvenile books, I do not like these books. They are basically "propaganda" material of a rather crude and unsubtle kind.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Oct 08

Added book 5 of the series to the omnibus, and improved the formatting of the other books. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 43

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Going Some. V1. 15 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Four cowboys inclined their bodies over the barbed-wire fence which marked the dividing-line between the Centipede Ranch and their own, staring mournfully into a summer night such as only the far southwestern country knows. Big yellow stars hung thick and low-so low that it seemed they might almost be plucked by an upstretched hand-and a silent air blew across thousands of open miles of land lying crisp and fragrant under the velvet dark.

Note: Fixed the header.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Heart of the Sunset. V1. 15 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
A fitful breeze played among the mesquite bushes. The naked earth, where it showed between the clumps of grass, was baked plaster hard. It burned like hot slag, and except for a panting lizard here and there, or a dust-gray jack-rabbit, startled from its covert, nothing animate stirred upon its face. High and motionless in the blinding sky a buzzard poised; long-tailed Mexican crows among the thorny branches creaked and whistled, choked and rattled, snored and grunted; a dove mourned inconsolably, and out of the air issued metallic insect cries—the direction whence they came as unascertainable as their source was hidden.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Laughing Bill Hyde. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

LAUGHING BILL HYDE
THE NORTH WIND'S MALICE
HIS STOCK IN TRADE
WITH BRIDGES BURNED
WITH INTEREST TO DATE
THE CUB REPORTER
OUT OF THE NIGHT
THE REAL AND THE MAKE-BELIEVE
RUNNING ELK
THE MOON, THE MAID, AND THE WINGED SHOES
FLESH

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Pardners. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

PARDNERS
THE MULE DRIVER AND THE GARRULOUS MUTE
THE COLONEL AND THE HORSE-THIEF
THE THAW AT SLISCO'S
BITTER ROOT BILLINGS, ARBITER
THE SHYNESS OF SHORTY
THE TEST
NORTH OF FIFTY-THREE
WHERE NORTHERN LIGHTS COME DOWN O' NIGHTS
THE SCOURGE

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Rainbow's End. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
In all probability your first view of the valley of the Yumuri will be from the Hermitage of Montserrate, for it is there that the cocheros drive you. Up the winding road they take you, with the bay at your back and the gorge at your right, to the crest of a narrow ridge where the chapel stands. Once there, you overlook the fairest sight in all Christendom—"the loveliest valley in the world," as Humboldt called it—for the Yumuri nestles right at your feet, a vale of pure delight, a glimpse of Paradise that bewilders the eye and fills the soul with ecstasy.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Auction Block. V1. 13 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Peter Knight flung himself into the decrepit arm-chair beside the center-table and growled:
"Isn't that just my luck? And me a Democrat for twenty years.
There's nothing in politics, Jimmy."
His son James smiled crookedly, with a languid tolerance bespeaking amusement and contempt. James prided himself upon his forbearance, and it was rarely indeed that he betrayed more than a hint of the superiority which he felt toward his parent.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Barrier. V1. 14 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Many men were in debt to the trader at Flambeau, and many counted him as a friend. The latter never reasoned why, except that he had done them favors, and in the North that counts for much

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Crimson Gardenia. V1. 14 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

THE CRIMSON GARDENIA
ROPE'S END
INOCENCIO
THE WAG-LADY
"MAN PROPOSES—"
TOLD IN THE STORM
THE WEIGHT OF OBLIGATION
THE STAMPEDE
WHEN THE MAIL CAME IN
McGILL
THE BRAND

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Iron Trail. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
The ship stole through the darkness with extremest caution, feeling her way past bay and promontory. Around her was none of that phosphorescent glow which lies above the open ocean, even on the darkest night, for the mountains ran down to the channel on either side. In places they overhung, and where they lay upturned against the dim sky it could be seen that they were mantled with heavy timber.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Ne'er-Do-Well. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
In the lobby of one of the playhouses a woman paused to adjust her wraps, and, hearing the cries of the newsboys, petulantly exclaimed:
"I'm absolutely sick of football. That performance during the third act was enough to disgust one."
Her escort smiled. "Oh, you take it too seriously," he said. "Those boys don't mean anything. That was merely Youth— irrepressible Youth, on a tear. You wouldn't spoil the fun?"

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Net. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
The train from Palermo was late. Already long, shadowy fingers were reaching down the valleys across which the railroad track meandered. Far to the left, out of an opalescent sea, rose the fairy-like Lipari Islands, and in the farthest distance Stromboli lifted its smoking cone above the horizon. On the landward side of the train, as it reeled and squealed along its tortuous course, were gray and gold Sicilian villages perched high against the hills or drowsing among fields of artichoke and sumac and prickly pea

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Silver Horde. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
The trail to Kalvik leads down from the northward mountains over the tundra which flanks the tide flats, then creeps out upon the salt ice of the river and across to the village. It boasts no travel in summer, but by winter an occasional toil-worn traveller may be seen issuing forth from the Great Country beyond, bound for the open water; while once in thirty days the mail-team whirls out of the forest to the south, pauses one night to leave word of the world, and then is swallowed up in the silent hills. Kalvik, to be sure, is not much of a place, being hidden away from the main-travelled routes to the interior and wholly unknown except to those interested in the fisheries.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Spoilers. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Glenister gazed out over the harbor, agleam with the lights of anchored ships, then up at the
crenelated mountains, black against the sky. He drank the cool air burdened with its taints
of the sea, while the blood of his boyhood leaped within him.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Winds of Chance. V1. 18 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
With an ostentatious flourish Mr. "Lucky" Broad placed a crisp ten-dollar bill in an eager palm outstretched across his folding- table.
"The gentleman wins and the gambler loses!" Mr. Broad proclaimed to the world

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood; Flowing Gold. V1. 15 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Room service at the Ajax is of a quality befitting the newest, the largest, and the most expensive hotel in Dallas. While the standard of excellence is uniformly high, nevertheless some extra care usually attaches to a breakfast ordered from the Governor's suite—most elegant and most expensive of all the suites—hence the waiter checked over his card and made a final, fluttering examination to be sure that the chilled fruit was chilled and that the hot plates were hot before he rapped on the door. A voice, loud and cheery, bade him enter.

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Beecham, John Charles : The Argus Pheasant. V1. 23 Nov 2008

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First of the Ah Sing books. There may have only been two.
It has been described as a Fu Manchu rip-off.
Munseys

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Beerbohm, Max: Zuleika Dobson, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

This is Max Beerbohm’s only novel, originally published in 1911. It is a good-humoured satire on Oxford college life.

However, one is tempted to see the futile sacrifice for a trivial cause which forms the conclusion of the book as a prefiguring of the waste of life in the forthcoming war. But this is speculation.

From Wikipedia:

“Zuleika Dobson is a stunningly attractive young woman, a true femme fatale, who is a conjurer by profession. Zuleika manages to gain entrance to the privileged, all-male domain of Oxford University when she visits her grandfather, the Warden of Judas College (based on Merton College, Oxford, Beerbohm's [alma mater[/). There she entices the undergraduates with her manner and looks; however, as she feels that she cannot love anyone unless he is impervious to her charms, she rejects her suitors…”

This leads to a dramatic ending.

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Beerbohm. Max: A Defence of Cosmetics, v1, 17 January 2010.

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Max Beerbohm [Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm] (1872–1956)
A Defence of Cosmetics. First published in “The Yellow Book” (1894). A revised version was later published as “The Pervasion of Rouge.”

From Wikipedia:
Beerbohm contended that the use of make-up by women, and some men, was becoming the norm in the 1890s, and that the mask was becoming more important than the face. His essay claimed that "most women are not as young as they are painted... Cosmetics are not going to be a mere prosaic remedy for age or plainness, but all ladies and girls will come to love them...the season of the unsophisticated is gone by, and the young girl's final extinction beneath the rising tides of cosmetics will leave no gap in life and will rob art of nothing... Artifice, sweetest exile, is come into her kingdom."…
The essay, an ironic defence of Decadence, created a sensation when it appeared in 1894. Delighted with the essay, William Rothenstein wrote to Beerbohm, "...all my friends chuckled over your dear cosmetics as they read & reread them. Oscar, solitary exception, was moved to a torrent of tears, so strong was his emotion".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defence_of_Cosmetics

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Beilenson, Peter (Ed.): Japanese Haiku, v.1, 19 May 2008.

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Patricia

A collection of 220 Japanese Haiku, translated by Peter Beilenson (1955).
These include haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa etc.

The poems are accompanied by illustrations of Japanese seals, and are printed in upper case, as was the original book, published by Pauper Press, Mount Vernon.

The source was Sacred Texts.com, who include the following copyright statement: “Scanned at sacred-texts.com, April 2007. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was not renewed in a timely fashion as required by law at the time. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.” The book will be hosted off-site, on a US server.

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Bellamy, Edward: Collected Works of Edward Bellamy. V1. 23 Mar 2011

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crutledge

Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

The Blindman's World
To Whom This May Come
With the Eyes Shut

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- Collected Works of Edward Bellamy.mobi

Bellamy, Edward: Das Jahr 2000. german. v1. 28 feb 2009

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netseeker

Die 1887 erschiene Utopie [Das Jahr 2000 - Ein Rückblick auf das Jahr 1887[/ des amerikanischen Autors Edward Bellamy war laut Herausgeber Wolfgang Biesterfeld „die erfolgreichste Utopie des 19. Jahrhunderts und die vielleicht meistgelesenen Utopie überhaupt“.

Julian West, letzter Spross einer alten Kaufmannsfamilie, ist mit der Bürgertochter Edith Bartlett verlobt, und wenn ständig neue Streiks nicht die Fertigstellung seines neuen Hauses vor den Toren Bostons verhinderten, hätte er seine Verlobte längst geheiratet. Da Julian regelmäßig an extremer Schlaflosigkeit leidet, lässt er sich am 13. Mai 1887 im feuerfesten Kellerraum seines Stadthauses von dem Magnetiseur und Quacksalber „Dr.“ Pillsbury in eine tiefe Trance versetzen, aus der ihn sein Diener Sawyer am nächsten Morgen wecken soll. Als Julian dann wirklich erwacht, ist nicht nur eine Nacht vergangen, sondern ganze 113 Jahre. Offenbar ist Julians Haus nach seinem Einschlafen niedergebrannt und der Diener dabei umgekommen. Jetzt schreibt man das Jahr 2000. Doktor Leete, ein pensionierter Arzt, hat Julians Schutzraum bei Bauarbeiten in seinem Garten entdeckt und nimmt den zuerst ungläubigen jungen Mann in seinem Haus auf. In den folgenden Tagen lernt Julian das schöne neue Amerika des Jahres 2000 kennen. Eine den ursprünglichen kommunistischen Utopien entsprechende Gesellschaft mit hoher Bildung und geringen Arbeitszeiten (Rente mit 45, wahlweise sogar "Frührenten-Hartz IV" mit 33), Kreditkarten, Radio über Telefonleitungen...

Edward Bellamys utopische Zukunftsgesellschaft hat scheinbar viele sympathische Eigenschaften, die man heute als Leser nach dem Zusammenbruch des großen kommunistisch-sozialistischen Experiments jedoch weitaus realistischer beurteilen kann.

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Bellamy, Edward: Equality, v.1, 13 May 2008.

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Patricia

Edward Bellamy (1850-1898
Equality (1897)

A utopian novel which is a sequel to ‘Looking Backwards’ (already uploaded). Julian West has fallen asleep in 1887 and wakes in 2000, to find that the USA has become a socialist utopia.
Women wear trousers. Clothes are made of paper. Laundry is abolished. The credit card has been invented.

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- Bellamy_Equality.prc

Bellamy, Edward: Looking Backward, v.1, 2 May 2008.

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Patricia

Edward Bellamy (1850-1898)
‘Looking Backward From 2000 to 1887’
(1888)

A utopia. It particularly annoyed William Morris, whose own utopian novel, ‘News from Nowhere’ advocated a return to the middle ages, rather than the technological advances predicted by Bellamy.

From Wikipedia:
‘The book tells the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up more than a century later. He finds himself on the same spot (Boston, Massachusetts) but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the U.S.A. has been transformed into a socialist utopia. This book outlines Bellamy's complex thoughts about improving the future.
The young man readily finds a guide, Doctor Leete, who shows him around and explains all the advances of this new age, including drastically reduced working hours for people performing menial jobs and community kitchens for busy housewives. Everyone retires with full benefits at age 45. The productive capacity of America is commonly owned, and the goods of society are equally distributed to its citizens. A considerable portion of the book is dialogue between Leete and West wherein West expresses his confusion about an issue and Leete explains it.’

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Bellem, Robert Leslie: A Robert Leslie Bellem Omnibus. V1. 27 Apr 2011

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crutledge

Robert Leslie Bellem was a prolific American pulp magazine writer, best known for his creation of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. He was born in either 1894 or 1902, and died in 1968. Before becoming a writer he worked in Los Angeles as a newspaper reporter, radio announcer and film extra. After the demise of the pulps, Bellem switched to writing for television, including a number of scripts for The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Superman (1950s version), The original Perry Mason show, 77 Sunset Strip and other shows.

ADVENTURE'S END

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Tate Shevlin pits himself against mighty powers—smashes through incredible oriental horrors—in his last magnificent adventure with the Golden Girl
[/

BADGERING BICKFORD

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Robert Leslie Bellem is best known for his Dan Turner stories, but he wrote for just about every pulp going. I was lucky enough to pick up an issue of La Paree, a "girlie pulp" which contained two stories by Bellem.

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FALLING STAR
[It was the dizziest looking diamond ring Dan Turner had ever seen - and a girl was giving it to him to keep . . . handing him plenty of Hollywood trouble on a platter. [/

FATAL ALLURE

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Another of Bellem's forays into the men's magazines of the time.
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SLEEPING DOGS

[Follow Dan Turner, Hollywood's two-fisted detective, through a murderous tangle of love and intrigue among the film stars. A Classic Dan Turner story. It mixes the right blend of action, titilation and sleuthing to make for a great read.[/

THE MOON-GOD TAKES

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Not quite like so many other stories that appeared in the Spicy Mystery, Thrilling Mystery, Mystery Tales, etc
[/

THE SHANGHAI JESTER

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Here's another story from the Spicy ashcan set. Bellem gives new meaning to the phrase, "You sleep in the wet spot."
[/

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- Robert Leslie Bellem Omnibus, A .mobi

Bellem, Robert Leslie: A Robert Leslie Bellem Pulp Sampler. V1. 25 Apr 2011

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crutledge

Robert Leslie Bellem was a prolific American pulp magazine writer, best known for his creation of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. He was born in either 1894 or 1902, and died in 1968. Before becoming a writer he worked in Los Angeles as a newspaper reporter, radio announcer and film extra. After the demise of the pulps, Bellem switched to writing for television, including a number of scripts for The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Superman (1950s version), The original Perry Mason show, 77 Sunset Strip and other shows.

Blood For The Vampire Dead

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Another great story from that literary master, Robert Leslie Bellem. This one is taken from a classic "weird menace" pulp and is a nice representative of that genre.
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Grappling Trilby

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Bellem is normally associated with the detective pulps, and, of course, is best known as the creator of Dan Turner. But Bellem was a professional writer and could write in any genre. This one is a humorous wrestling story which is very much in the vein of Thomas Thursday.
[/

Paulette Poses

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Another Bellem story from La Paree. This follows a similar plot to the first one (yes, these do have plots...shallow they may be, but what do you expect in 4 pages of text?)
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The Cock Crows Murder

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Cock fighting--it's just a sport that Sheriff Jim doesn't want to deal with--until a cock kills a man--and then the sheriff has no choice.
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War Plans Divided

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They are partners. They have worked together to develop plans for a new plane. To foil espionage attempts, the plans are divided between the partners. But what happens when one of the partners turns traitor?
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- Robert Leslie Bellem Pulp Sampler, A.mobi

Bellem, Robert: Adventure's End v 1.1, 12 Nov 2008

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mtravellerh

This title was released under a Creative Commons License.

This is pure spicy pulp fun. Action, crime and even a bit of sex.

[QUOTTate Shevlin pits himself against mighty powers— smashes through incredible oriental horrors—in his last magnificent adventure with the Golden Girl[/QUOT
Sorry I haven't gotten the other adventures of Tate Shevlin, but there is more Robert Bellem where this came from.

Text comes from pulpgen via munseys.
I streamlined the format, added a TOC and used the original graphics as cover.

URGENT: Please let me know if you like these pulpgen shorts, otherwise I will not go on to upload them as pulpgen and munseys does offer these texts (in other formats or without illustrations, but they do. Pm or post to say what you think.

[Some non-important changes in book
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Bellem, Robert: Broken Melody v1 14 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

This title was released under a Creative Commons License with a link to the book here. There is additional acknowledgement AND a link again placed at the end of the book. Book was acquired from Munseys, but streamlined and reformatted by MTH

Another spicy short thriller by Robert Leslie Bellem. Illustrated and cover by MTH.

Have fun!

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- Broken Melody.prc

Belloc, Hilaire: Cautionary Tales for Children, v1, 10 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Also published as ‘Cautionary Verses’.
First published by Duckworth, London 1907.
With some of the original drawings (which is why the file is bigger than one might expect).

If these cautionary verses do not encourage good behaviour in your offspring then they are obviously hardened malefactors.

Poems:
Jim (eaten by lion)
Henry King (eats string)
Matilda (tells lies)
Franklin Hyde (plays with dirt)
Godolphin Horne ( a snob)
Algernon (plays with guns)
Hildebrand (is frightened by cars)
Lord Lundy ( a cry-baby)
Rebecca (slams doors)
George (has dangerous toys)
Charles Augustus Fortescue (a good boy).

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Belloc, Hilaire: Europe and the Faith, v1, 23 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

An eccentric and opinionated view of European and Church history.
Belloc would be horrified by a multi-cultural, multi-faith Europe.

His argument is that: “Europe will return to the Faith, or she will perish. The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith.”

I’m planning to use some extracts for my students to practice finding informal fallacies, gaps in argument and the like.

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Belloc, Hilaire: First and Last, v1. 10 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Another collection of essays and short pieces.

CONTENTS
ON WEIGHING ANCHOR
THE REVEILLON
ON CHEESES
THE CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
THE INVENTOR
THE VIEWS OF ENGLAND
THE LUNATIC
THE INHERITANCE OF HUMOUR
THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S OPINIONS
ON HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
THE ABSENCE OF THE PAST
ST. PATRICK
THE LOST THINGS
ON THE READING OF HISTORY
THE VICTORY
REALITY
ON THE DECLINE OF THE BOOK
JOSÉ MARIA DE HEREDIA
NORMANDY AND THE NORMANS
THE OLD THINGS
THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS
THE ROMAN ROADS IN PICARDY
THE REWARD OF LETTERS
THE EYE-OPENERS
THE PUBLIC
ON ENTRIES
COMPANIONS OF TRAVEL
ON THE SOURCES OF RIVERS
ON ERROR
THE GREAT SIGHT
THE DECLINE OF A STATE
ON PAST GREATNESS
MR. THE DUKE: THE MAN OF MALPLAQUET
THE GAME OF CARDS
"KING LEAR"
THE EXCURSION
THE TIDE
ON A GREAT WIND
THE LETTER
THE REGRET
THE END OF THE WORLD

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Belloc, Hilaire: On Nothing & Kindred Subjects, v1, 08 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Hilaire Belloc: On Nothing & Kindred Subjects (1907)

A collection of short pieces:

Contents

On The Pleasure Of Taking Up One’s Pen
On Getting Respected In Inns And Hotels
On Ignorance
On Advertisement
On A House
On The Illness Of My Muse
On A Dog And A Man Also
On Tea
On Them
On Railways And Things
On Conversations In Trains
On The Return Of The Dead
On The Approach Of An Awful Doom
On A Rich Man Who Suffered
On A Child Who Died
On A Lost Manuscript
On A Man Who Was Protected By Another Man
On National Debts
On Lords
On Jingoes: In The Shape Of A Warning
On A Winged Horse And The Exile Who Rode Him
On A Man And His Burden
On A Fisherman And The Quest Of Peace
On A Hermit Whom I Knew
On An Unknown Country
On A Faëry Castle
On A Southern Harbour
On A Young Man And An Older Man
On The Departure Of A Guest
On Death
On Coming To An End

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Belloc, Hilaire: The Path to Rome, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

A travel book. Belloc decided to walk from France to Rome and this is an account of the journey, profusely illustrated with his sketches (which is why the file is so big).

The original was written straight through, without a break, but had hundreds of page headers. I have used many of these as titles, so as to be able to include a ToC.

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Benét, Stephen Vincent:The Devil and Daniel Webster. v1. 30 Oct 07

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BenG

[QUOT It's a story they tell in the border country, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire.
Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead—or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunder storm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, "Dan'l Webster—Dan'l Webster!" the ground'll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake. And after a while you'll hear a deep voice saying, "Neighbour, how stands the Union?" Then you better answer the Union stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper sheathed, one and indivisible, or he's liable to rear right out of the ground. At least, that's what I was told when I was a youngster.[/QUOT
A great story about a farmer and his contract with Mr. Scratch.
It was made into a movie in 1941 with Simone Simon and Walter Huston.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Thyra, v1 07-12-2009

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bobcdy

This 1901 sf thriller is a bit like Burroughs' Land that Time Forgot' complete with prehistoric monsters and a subhuman race in a vast, deep pit at the North Pole (ERB's was a cliff-surrounded island Caprona near the South Pole). As with Caprona, the heat in the polar region came from volcanic and related sources. A major element of the book is an isolated Norwegian civilization that set out from Iceland in the 10th century and thrived in the warm polar pit.

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Bennett, Arnold: Accident, v.1, 14 March 2009.

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Patricia

Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
Accident (1929)

A late novel, in which a train accident seems to show how a family is going off the rails. Will they manage to get back on track?

The source was PG Canada.

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Bennett, Arnold: Anna of the Five Towns, v1, 20 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

Here's a summary from Wikipedia:
'The plot centres on Anna, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her activities are strictly controlled by the Methodist church. Having escaped her father by marrying the respectable and attractive Henry, she attempts in vain to help Willy, son of a drunken and bankrupt business associate of her father's. She eventually realises, too late, that she loves Willy.'

The father is a miser and the book seems to be an anglicised version of Balzac's 'Eugenie Grandet'. The plots are surprisingly similar.

I've added a TOC, a picture and reformatted somewhat.

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Bennett, Arnold: Clayhanger. 16 Sept 07

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RWood

The most famous of Bennett's novels, [Clayhanger[/ is set in the five towns. Originally published in four volumes, all four volumes are incorporated into one ebook.

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Bennett, Arnold: Helen with the High Hand. 16 Sept 07

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RWood

Another story set in the five towns.

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Bennett, Arnold: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. 04 Aug 07

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RWood

As requested by rjnagle and a book that I had thought of formatting and posting prior to that, here is [How to Live on 24 Hours a Day[/ by Arnold Bennett.

Written in 1925, it is part of a larger series entitled [How to Live[/ that also contained [The Human Machine, Mental Efficiency[/, and [Self and Self Management.[/ Of these only the current title and [The Human Machine[/ are available on Project Gutenberg.

Often described as one of the first self help books, 24 Hours is very modern and could easily be mistaken for any number of current books on the same topic except for the dated examples.

The Wikipedia adds:[QUOT

In the book, Bennett addressed the large and growing number of white-collar workers that had accumulated since the advent of the Industrial Revolution. In his view, these workers put in eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, at jobs they did not enjoy, and at worst hated. They worked to make a living, but their daily existence consisted of waking up, getting ready for work, working as little as possible during the work day, going home, unwinding, going to sleep, and repeating the process the next day. In short, he didn't believe they were really living.

Bennett addressed this problem by urging these "salarymen" to seize their extra time, and make the most of it to improve themselves. Extra time could be found at the beginning of the day, by waking up early, and on the ride to work, on the way home from work, in the evening hours, and especially during the weekends. During this time, he prescribed improvement measures such as reading great literature, taking an interest in the arts, reflecting on life, and learning self-discipline.

Bennett wrote that time is the most precious of commodities. He said that many books have been written on how to live on a certain amount of money each day. And he added that the old adage "Time is money" understates the matter, as time can often produce money, but money cannot produce more time. Time is extremely limited, and Bennett urged others to make the best of the time remaining in their lives.[/QUOT

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Bennett, Arnold: How to Live. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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weatherwax

Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English novelist.

[How to Live[/ was published in 1925, consisting of 4 works which had been published previously.

- How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day

- The Human Machine

- Mental Efficiency

- Self and Self-Management

I got first three texts from Gutenberg, they are also available here individually. The last one is from google and not yet availble on MR.

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- How to Live - Arnold Bennett.mobi

Bennett, Arnold: Journalism for Women. 16 Sept 07

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RWood

This is the first Bennett book that I read back in undergraduate school. There was a copy in the departmental library and it was used to show how far women had already come.

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Bennett, Arnold: Literary Taste – How to Form It, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

‘With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature.
First Published 1909.’

A book which promises to help you to enjoy the classics. Many of the recommended texts are already on this forum.

The main difficulty in making up this book was converting a lot of tables of reading lists into text.

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Bennett, Arnold: Mental Efficiency, v1, 12 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

Arnold Bennett: [Mental Efficiency and Other Hints to Men and Women.[/
(1911)

Another self-help book.

Contents:

I. Mental Efficiency
The Appeal
The Replies
The Cure
Mental Calisthenics
II. Expressing One’s Individuality
III. Breaking with the Past
IV. Settling Down in Life
V. Marriage
The Duty of It
The Adventure of It
The Two Ways of It
VI. Books
The Physical Side
The Philosophy of Book Buying
VII. Success
Candid Remarks
The Successful and the Unsuccessful
The Inwardness of Success
VIII. The Petty Artificialities
IX. The Secret of Content

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Bennett, Arnold: Murder!, v.1, 5 September 2008.

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Patricia

Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
Murder! (1927)

A short story. Is murder ever justifiable?

The opening section:
“Many great ones of the earth have justified murder as a social act, defensible, and even laudable in certain instances. There is something to be said for murder, though perhaps not much. All of us, or nearly all of us, have at one time or another had the desire and the impulse to commit murder. At any rate, murder is not an uncommon affair. On an average, two people are murdered every week in England, and probably about two hundred every week in the United States. And forty per cent of the murderers are not brought to justice. These figures take no account of the undoubtedly numerous cases where murder has been done but never suspected. Murders and murderesses walk safely abroad among us, and it may happen to us to shake hands with them. A disturbing thought! But such is life, and such is homicide.”

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Bennett, Arnold: Tales of the Five Towns. 16 Sept 07

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RWood

The five towns are used as a backdrop for many of Bennett's works. They are based on a group of six real towns of Stoke-on-Trent.

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Bennett, Arnold: The Feast of St Friend, v.1, 11 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

A small seasonal offering.

Arnold Bennett: [The Feast of St Friend: A Christmas Book[/ (1911).

This little book contains Arnold Bennett’s views of the significance of Christmas and how it may most appropriately be celebrated.

Contents:

1: The Fact
2: The Reason
3: The Solstice and Good Will
4: The Appositeness of Christmas
5: Defence of Feasting
6: To Revitalize the Festival
7: The Gift of Oneself
8: The Feast of St. Friend
9: The Reaction
10: On the Last Day of The Year

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- Bennett_Feast St Friend.prc

Bennett, Arnold: The Grand Babylon Hotel. 15 Sept 07

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RWood

When the 3rd richest man in the USA returns to England with his daughter and buys the world's most exclusive hotel so that they may feast on beefsteak and Bass you have the setup for an interesting lightweight comedy. Thankfully Bennett rises above the easy to present an enjoyable book.

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Bennett, Arnold: The Human Machine. 15 Sept 07

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RWood

One of the original "self help books." This book is a complimentary volume to Bennett's already posted [How to Live on 24 Hours a Day.[/

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- The Human Machine.prc

Bennett, Arnold: The Plain Man and His Wife, v.1, 7 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

On how to achieve domestic peace, if not actually contentment.

(1913)
One of the Arnold Bennett’s ‘Pocket Philosophies’ series. Published in the United States under the title “Married Life.”

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- Bennett _The Plain Man.prc

Bennett, Arnold: These Twain. v1. 15 Apr 2009

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Ned

This is the third novel in the Clayhanger trilogy, following no 1. Clayhanger and no 2 Hilda Lessways.

The novels are a fictional saga of a family's life in The Potteries (England) around the end of Victorian times. Though like all good literature, its meaning and message are timeless and apply just as much today as then.

Note that this is taken from a scanned upload by the University of Toronto and amended to remove fixed line length, pagination and a few major catastrophes.
I did enough to make it readable (for my own reading), but it's not in the same league as those by say Patricia. :xmas:

If you don't know Arnold Bennett's novels, start today with Clayhanger which is already in the Mobileread library. You'll be glad you did.

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- Arnold Bennett - These Twain.prc

Bennett, Robert Ames: Bloom of the Cactus v1 19 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

[QUOTLennon sprang from his pony and steadied his rifle across the saddle. Carmena drew in a deep breath.
"That's right," she approved. "Keep him covered. Shoot if he turns—but not Pete."
The Navaho had drawn rein to tail in behind the pony of his leader. He thrust a hand overhead in a swift sign gesture.
"You see, Jack. I knew we could count on Pete. The boy thinks a good deal of me. He was ready to shoot Cochise in the back."
"But you!" exclaimed Lennon. "That was ripping the way you—what d'you say?—got the drop on Cochise. My right hand is still too weak for a knockout blow."
Carmena gravely drew a sheath knife from the pocket of her skirt.
"He knows I usually carry my revolver," she said.
Lennon stared.
"Your revolver wasn't in your pocket? Yet you sheathed your rifle!"
"Didn't you notice his men had their guns pointed at us across their laps? Sheathing mine was what gave me the chance to bluff him. It's all right now. He won't try any more tricks this time."[/QUOT

Plenty of action, a gripping story and some romance. Good entertaining read.

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- Bloom of the Cactus - Bennett_ Robert Ames.prc

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Father Payne, v1, 29 March 2010.

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Patricia

Arthur Christopher Benson [1862–1925]
Father Payne [1915]

The story of how group of young Oxford men have an edifying association with “Father Payne.” He is not actually in holy orders but is an older Anglican layman. I can’t resist the supposition that the author – who was a Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge – had an urge to pass on his thoughts about the philosophy of education, growing up, writing, and general musings about life and religion.

A.C. Benson is best known as the author of “Land of Hope and Glory.” He was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, and a brother to the novelists, E. F. Benson and Robert Hugh Benson.

An extract:
“and then he quoted the supposed remark of the bishop who declined to wear gaiters, and said, ‘I shall wear no clothes to distinguish myself from my fellow-Christians.’ This was printed in his biography, ‘I shall wear no clothes, to distinguish myself from my fellow-Christians.’ ‘That sentence may be fairly called ambiguous,’ Collins said, ‘when its sense so much depends upon punctuation.’”

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: Out of the Sea, v1, 14 October 2009.

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Patricia

Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
Out of the Sea (1904)

A short story found at Project Gutenberg Australia.
A Catholic priest investigates mysterious happenings in a fishing village.

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- Out of the Sea.prc

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Altar Fire, v1, 13 September 2009.

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Patricia

Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
The Altar Fire (1907)

A fictionalised retelling of the Book of Job. A successful writer has to come to terms with bereavements, writers’ block and the problem of evil.
The events may parallel bereavements in the author’s personal life.
The MR library contains a number of books by his brothers, E. F. Benson and Robert Hugh Benson.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Child of the Dawn, v1, 24 September 2009

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Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
The Child of the Dawn (1912)

A fictional account of the afterlife by the master of an Oxford College and son of an Archbishop of Canterbury.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Silent Isle, v1, 28 September 2009.

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Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
The Silent Isle
Fourth Impression: 1913

Musings on the conduct of life, literature etc.
From the author’s Introduction:
“The book that follows is an attempt, or rather a hundred attempts, to sketch some of the details of life, seen from a simple plane enough, and with no desire to conform it to a theory, or to find anything very definite in it, or to omit anything because it did not fit in with prejudices or predilections. The only unity of mood which it reflects is the unity of purpose which comes from a decision.”
From Project Gutenberg.

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Benson, Charles. Moonport. v1.0 PRC 6 July 2009

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Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations

This was originally written in 1978 for NASA. It has quite a few pictures, diagrams, and footnotes. At first glance it is a very good history of the Apollo Project.

I'm getting some rather odd bugs with the Mobipocket ebook. The bugs don't show up in all reader software. If you see it, please let me know.

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Benson, E. F: Collected Stories of E. F. Benson. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery
At Abdul Ali's Grave
Mrs. Amworth
Between the Lights
The House with the Brick-Kiln
The Man Who Went Too Far
The Bus-Conductor
Caterpillars
And the Dead Spake
The Dust-Cloud
The Cat
The Gardener
The China Bowl
Gavon's Eve
The Horror-Horn
In the Tube
The Confession of Charles Linkworth
Negotium Perambulans
The Other Bed
Outside the Door
The Room in the Tower
The Shootings Of Achnaleish
The Terror by Night
Mr. Tilly's Seance

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Benson, E. F: Crescent and Iron Cross. V1. 18 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
But from about the beginning of the reign of the present German Emperor, German or rather Prussian diplomacy had been going quietly about its work. It was worth while to study the psychology of the Turks, because dimly then, but with ever-increasing distinctness, Germany foresaw that Turkey might be a counter of immense importance in the great conflict which was assuredly drawing nearer, though as yet its existence was but foreshadowed by the most distant reflections of summer lightning on a serene horizon.

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Benson, E. F: Daisy's Aunt . V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back. The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings. Daisy turned to her cousin with a glow of sympathetic pleasure.

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Benson, E. F: Lucia in London. V1. 25 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Considering that Philip Lucas's aunt who died early in April was no less than eighty-three years old, and had spent the last seven of them bedridden in a private lunatic asylum, it had been generally and perhaps reasonably hoped among his friends and those of his wife that the bereavement would not be regarded by either of them as an intolerable tragedy. Mrs. Quantock, in fact, who, like everybody else at Riseholme, had sent a neat little note of condolence to Mrs. Lucas, had, without using the actual words "happy release," certainly implied it or its close equivalent.

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Benson, E. F: Lucia's Progress. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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Mrs. Emmeline Lucas was walking briskly and elegantly up and down the cinder path which traversed her kitchen garden and was so conveniently dry underfoot even after heavy rain. This house of hers, called "Grebe," stood some quarter of a mile outside the ancient and enlightened town of Tilling, on its hill away to the west; in front there stretched out the green pasture-land of the marsh, flat and featureless, as far as the line of sand-dunes along the shore. She had spent a busy morning divided about equally between practising a rather easy sonata by Mozart and reading a rather difficult play by Aristophanes. There was the Greek on one page and an excellent English translation on the page opposite, and the play was so amusing that to-day she had rather neglected the Greek and pursued the English. At this moment she was taking the air to refresh her after her musical and intellectual labours, and felt quite ready to welcome the sound of that tuneful set of little bells in the hall which would summon her to lunch.

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Benson, E. F: Queen Lucia. V1. 20 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Introduces the irrepressible Mrs. Emmeline Lucas and paints a fascinating portrait of the 1920's British upperclass.

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Benson, E. F: The Blotting Book. V1. 18 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Yes, this liar and slanderer, whoever he was, had tried to kill him. The attempt had been well-planned too, for the chances had been a thousand to one in favour of the murderer

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Benson, E. F: Trouble for Lucia. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Lucia Pillson, the Mayor-Elect of Tilling and her husband Georgie were talking together one October afternoon in the garden-room at Mallards. The debate demanded the exercise of their keenest faculties. Viz:
Should Lucia, when next month she entered on the supreme Municipal Office, continue to go down to the High Street every morning after breakfast with her market-basket, and make her personal purchases at the shops of the baker, the grocer, the butcher and wherever else the needs of the day's catering directed? There were pros and cons to be considered, and Lucia had been putting the case for both sides with the tedious lucidity of opposing counsel addressing the Court. It might be confidently expected that, when she had finished exploring the entire territory, she would be fully competent to express the verdict of the jury and the sentence of the judge. In anticipation of the numerous speeches she would soon be called upon to make as Mayor, she was cultivating, whenever she remembered to do so, a finished oratorical style, and a pedantic Oxford voice.

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Benson, E. F; Miss Mapp. V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Arch-schemer and social climber, Miss Mapp spends her days using opera glasses and a notebook to chart her neighbors' affairs. Among her interests are Major Benjamin Flint, whom she has been trying to marry for years.

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Benson, E.F. Collected Stories. v2. 21st Feb 2010

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A collection of supernatural and horror stories by E.F.Benson, best known for his "Mapp and Lucia" series (also available for download from MobileRead).

The stories in the collection are:

- How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery

- At Abdul Ali's Grave

- Mrs. Amworth

- Between the Lights

- The House with the Brick-Kiln

- The Man Who Went Too Far

- The Bus-Conductor

- Caterpillars

- And the Dead Spake

- The Dust-Cloud

- The Cat

- The Gardener

- The China Bowl

- Gavon's Eve

- The Horror-Horn

- In the Tube

- The Confession of Charles Linkworth

- Negotium Perambulans

- The Other Bed

- Outside the Door

- The Room in the Tower

- The Shootings of Achnaleish

- The Terror by Night

- Mr. Tilly's Seance

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Recreated the book with improved formatting. Added a cover picture. Uploaded v2.

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Benson, E.F.: Mapp and Lucia Omnibus. v5. 21st Feb 2010

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An omnibus edition of the six "Mapp and Lucia" novels of E.F. Benson, published between 1920 and 1939.

These are wonderful comic novels telling the goings-on of the English upper-classes, set mainly in the fictional seaside town of Tilling, which is a fictionalised version of the town of Rye, where Benson lived. They have been extensively televised in the UK.

To quote from an Amazon review:

[Mrs Emmeline Lucas, known in her community as Lucia, "reigns supreme over the affairs of Riseholme". Riseholme is a one main street village in rural England in the year 1920. The "affairs of Riseholme" involve leisured eccentrics who devote their energies and time to the favorite pastimes, hobbies, fads and fancies of the day. It is Lucia's role as leader to take responsibility for heightening an awareness and questing for greater cultural richness. Not that she admits to this, even to herself. "You all work me to death," she usually says, when a new opportunity for leading a crusade or instigating a new field of cultural endeavor presents itself.

Of course, Lucia's stance provokes great rivalry. Riseholmeites do not so much relate to each other as try to put each other down. Many are put down, and many fall down when they tread on those metaphorical banana skins that fate seems to spread before those who are absurdly over-ambitious

Using this material, E F Benson, begins an inter-related series of novels with this one in 1920. He devises an almost mock-heroic quality in the telling of his tale. Benson makes us aware that no great legendary conqueror gave as much thought and weight to the planning of a military conquest as do the Riseholmeites to the consideration of who to invite for afternoon tea.

The result is gentle satire and great fun from beginning to end. Not a day, not an hour, passes in Riseholme without plots being hatched, news being sought, and allegiances being formed. [/

The six books in this omnibus are:

- Queen Lucia (1920)

- Miss Mapp (1922)

- Lucia in London (1927)

- Mapp and Lucia (1931)

- Lucia's Progress (1935, also known as Worshipful Lucia)

- Trouble for Lucia (1939)

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EDIT: 10 Nov 07

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EDIT: 27 Mar 08

Replaced "Queen Lucia" with a new version to sort out an issue with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 21 Feb 10

Sorted out some formatting issues with the book which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 409

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Benson, E.F.: Mrs Ames. v1. 8 Sep 07

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More comedy from E.F. Benson in this 1912 novel.

Mrs. Ames, the leader of Riseborough society, is concerned that her husband, who is ten years younger, has become interested in her attractive cousin, Millie...

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Benson, E.F.: Paying Guests. v1. 8 Sep 07

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From an Amazon review:

The Wentworth Hotel in Bolton Spa prides itself on being a better class of establishment than its neighbours. It is detached for one thing, and it has its own tennis-court, in fact the garden at the Wentworth is so big that it can be given the grander name of Grounds. Its residents are largely made up of those unfortunate souls cursed with rheumatism, who drink the foul-tasting waters at the Spa in the belief that it's doing them good.

This is the sort of delightfully bitchy comedy that will be very familier to fans of E F Benson's Lucia novels, in fact a lot of the characters are fairly similar. Miss Howard, with her piano-playing, sketching and cries of "how you all work me!" is a dead-ringer for Lucia, and Colonel Chase with his obsession with healthy outdoor pursuits and exclamations of Hindustani could be a twin of Major Benji. None of this matters to the Benson fan though. Also confined at the Wentworth is Florence Kemp, a young lady who leads a thankless existence dancing attendance on her tyrannical hypocondriac father, and the ascerbic Mrs Holders who takes great delight in beating Colonel Chase at bridge. Into the mix comes Mrs Bliss who believes that all illness is in the Mind (even though she limps heavily and needs a walking-stick to get around, and has a habit of sneaking into taxi-cabs when no one's looking), and begins to turn the place upside down with her revolutionary ideas.

Benson's great gift was that he could write gloriously bitchy comedy without appearing to be too cruel to his characters. We laugh at them, but we are always on their side. This is brought out delightfully in the charity fund-raising concert, when Colonel Chase unwittingly finds himself rising comedy star of the evening when his spine-tingling anecdotes have the reverse effect of reducing his audience to fits of laughter instead. In some authors hands this would be toe-curlingly cruel, but the Colonel triumphs, although somewhat bewildered!

This is gentle English comedy, amiably poking fun at our eccentricities, our fussing and fretting over trivia and ritual, where turning on the central heating a day late can be seen as calamitous, and where Mrs Holders getting mentioned in the bridge column of the "Daily Telegraph" is regarded (briefly) as an A-list celebrity. Mingled in with the comedy is pathos, with Florence desperately trying to rebel against her awful father. Benson's comedy at this stage in his career was refreshingly free of sentiment, that and being free of cruelty as well, is quite a rare achievement.

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Benson, R H: Father Macclesfield's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher

Excerpt
Monsignor Maxwell announced next day at dinner that he had already arranged for the evening's entertainment. A priest, whose acquaintance he had made on the Palatine, was leaving for England the next morning; and it was our only chance therefore of hearing his story. That he had a story had come to the Canon's knowledge in the course of a conversation on the previous afternoon.

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Benson, R H: Father Meuron's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Father Meuron was very voluble at supper on the Saturday. He exclaimed; he threw out his hands; his bright black eyes shone above his rosy cheeks, and his hair appeared to stand more on end than I had ever known it.
He sat at the further side of the horse-shoe table from myself, and I was able to remark on his gaiety to the English priest who sat beside me without fear of being overheard.

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Benson, Robert Hugh, Non-Catholic Denominations, v1, 17 November 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
Non-Catholic Denominations (1910)

A summary of the origins and beliefs of non-Catholic religious denominations in England. This manual was intended for the education of Catholic priests, so includes some hints for dealing with potential converts.
It covers all shades of Anglicanism, also various Nonconformist traditions: Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Quakers, Spiritualists, Theosophists and others. It’s quite useful if you ever want to know the doctrinal differences between say, a Congregationalist and a Presbyterian.
Monsignor Benson was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, and himself a Catholic convert. The MR library contains a number of his novels.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. I have renumbered the footnotes consecutively, and linked them; cleaned up the OCR errors; transliterated a couple of Greek words, and silently corrected some obvious typos.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A Book of Essays, v.1, 28 Feb 2008.

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A set of Essays, collected in 1916, after the author’s death.
With a memoir by the Rev. Allan Ross of the London Oratory and a foreword by the Rev. C.C. Martindale S.J.

Contents:
Infallibility and Tradition
The Death-Beds of “Bloody Mary” and “Good Queen Bess”
“Christian Science”
Spiritualism
Catholicism
Catholicism and the Future
The Conversion of England

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A City Set on a Hill, v.1, 24 April 2008.

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A proselytizing pamphlet. (1905).

From the introductory note:
‘RHB wrote the first version of this pamphlet “a few months before my submission to the Holy See, that I might test the solidity of the reasons that were moving me in that direction both by studying them myself in black and white and by submitting them to the criticism of my friends.” In this work we see a number of features that will reoccur also in RHB’s later apologetical works, especially his focus on the “Religion of the Plain Man”, and the way he understands the Church, as the Mystical Body of Christ, recapitulating certain events in the life of Christ (cf. “Christ in His Church”). This e-text edition of “City Set on a Hill” is from the revised edition of 1905, published by the Catholic Truth Society.’

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A Mirror of Shalott, v.1, 4 May 2008.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914):
‘A Mirror of Shalott: Composed of Tales told at a Symposium’ (1907).

A group of Catholic priests (and a couple of laymen) tell each other supernatural stories after dinner at a symposium in Rome.

Contents:

Prologue
I. Monsignor Maxwell’s Tale
II. Father Meuron’s Tale
III. Father Brent’s Tale
IV. The Father Rector’s Story
V. Father Girdlestone’s Tale
VI. Father Bianchi’s Story
VII. Father Jenks’ Tale
VIII. Father Martin’s Tale
IX. Mr. Bosanquet’s Tale
X. Father Maddox’s Tale
XI. Father Macclesfield’s Tale
XII. Father Stein’s Tale
XIII. Mr. Percival’s Tale
XIV. My Own Tale

(The source was the Internet Archive and the file needed extensive restoration.)

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A Winnowing, v.1, 11 May 2008.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1814)
A Winnowing (1910).

A novel by a Catholic priest. A young Catholic land-owner has a near-death experience (or maybe a miraculous revival from death). He then proposes to become a monk and suggests that his wife enters a convent. How is a lady to react under such trying circumstances?

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Benson, Robert Hugh: At a Requiem, v1, 17 November 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
At a Requiem (1903)

A short article by Monsignor Benson on the role of the requiem mass in Catholicism.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: By What Authority. V1. 3 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
To the casual Londoner who lounged, intolerant and impatient, at the blacksmith's door while a horse was shod, or a cracked spoke mended, Great Keynes seemed but a poor backwater of a place, compared with the rush of the Brighton road eight miles to the east from which he had turned off, or the whirling cauldron of London City, twenty miles to the north, towards which he was travelling.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Come Rack! Come Rope!. V1. 4 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Very nearly the whole of this book is sober historical fact; and by far the greater number of the personages named in it once lived and acted in the manner in which I have presented them. My hero and my heroine are fictitious; so also are the parents of my heroine, the father of my hero, one lawyer, one woman, two servants, a farmer and his wife, the landlord of an inn, and a few other entirely negligible characters. But the family of the FitzHerberts passed precisely through the fortunes which I have described; they had their confessors and their one traitor (as I have said). Mr. Anthony Babington plotted, and fell, in the manner that is related; Mary languished in Chartley under Sir Amyas Paulet; was assisted by Mr. Bourgoign; was betrayed by her secretary and Mr. Gifford, and died at Fotheringay; Mr. Garlick and Mr. Ludlam and Mr. Simpson received their vocations, passed through their adventures; were captured at Padley, and died in Derby. Father Campion (from whose speech after torture the title of the book is taken) suffered on the rack and was executed at Tyburn. Mr. Topcliffe tormented the Catholics that fell into his hands; plotted with Mr. Thomas FitzHerbert, and bargained for Padley (which he subsequently lost again) on the terms here drawn out. My Lord Shrewsbury rode about Derbyshire, directed the search for recusants and presided at their deaths; priests of all kinds came and went in disguise; Mr. Owen went about constructing hiding-holes; Mr. Bassett lived defiantly at Langleys, and dabbled a little (I am afraid) in occultism; Mr. Fenton was often to be found in Hathersage—*all these things took place as nearly as I have had the power of relating them. Two localities only, I think, are disguised under their names—*Booth’s Edge and Matstead. Padley, or rather the chapel in which the last mass was said under the circumstances described in this book, remains, to this day, close to Grindleford Station. A Catholic pilgrimage is made there every year; and I have myself once had the honour of preaching on such an occasion, leaning against the wall of the old hall that is immediately beneath the chapel where Mr. Garlick and Mr. Ludlam said their last masses, and were captured. If the book is too sensational, it is no more sensational than life itself was to Derbyshire folk between 1579 and 1588.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Confessions of a Convert, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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(1913)
A spiritual autobiography.
An Archbishop of Canterbury’s son describes his road to Rome.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Dawn of All. V1. 4 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
In a former book, called Lord of the World, I attempted to sketch the kind of developments a hundred years hence which, I thought, might reasonably be expected if the present lines of what is called “modern thought” were only prolonged far enough; and I was informed repeatedly that the effect of the book was exceedingly depressing and discouraging to optimistic Christians. In the present book I am attempting—*also in parable form—*not in the least to withdraw anything that I said in the former, but to follow up the other lines instead, and to sketch—*again in parable—*the kind of developments, about sixty years hence which, I think, may reasonably be expected should the opposite process begin, and ancient thought (which has stood the test of centuries, and is, in a very remarkable manner, being “rediscovered” by persons even more modern than modernists) be prolonged instead. We are told occasionally by moralists that we live in very critical times, by which they mean that they are not sure whether their own side will win or not. In that sense no times can ever be critical to Catholics, since Catholics are never in any kind of doubt as to whether or no their side will win. But from another point of view every period is a critical period, since every period has within itself the conflict of two irreconcilable forces. It has been for the sake of tracing out the kind of effects that, it seemed to me, each side would experience in turn, should the other, at any rate for a while, become dominant, that I have written these two books.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Father Meuron’s Tale, v.1 20 Feb 2008.

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A supernatural short story, found on PG Australia.

I’ve uploaded some of Benson’s novels. This is the only short story I’ve found so far.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Initiation, v1, 18 October 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
Initiation (1914)

A late novel by Monsignor Benson.
Sir Nevill Fanning is a young Catholic baronet. He slowly begins to understand the Catholic doctrine on atonement and suffering when he develops a relationship with a girl who has a serious personality disorder, then later becomes seriously ill.
As ever, Monsignor Benson has some lovely descriptions of English country house life, and a keen analysis of his characters’ interior life.

This was made from scans from The Internet Archive. The cover image is a woodcut of a garden in Frascati, where some of the earlier scenes of the novel are set.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Loneliness? v.1, 24 April 2008.

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(Posthumously published in 1915.)

This is a novel about renunciation.
A young singer is forced to choose between her religion (Catholicism) and the man she loves (a tepid Anglican). Which will leave her more lonely?

Her operatic roles (Elsa in ‘Lohengrin’ and Isolde in ‘Tristan und Isolde’) may help to inform her decision.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World, v.1, 29 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1907, this is a dystopia. Huxley’s [Brave New World [/meets Rolfe’s [Hadrian the Seventh[/, with an apocalyptic conclusion.

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

From a review by Joseph Pearce:
‘[[Lord of the World[/ is truly remarkable and deserves to stand beside Huxley's [Brave New World [/and Orwell's [Nineteen Eighty-Four [/as a classic of dystopian fiction. In fact, though Huxley's and Orwell's modern masterpieces may merit equal praise as works of literature, they are clearly inferior as works of prophecy. The political dictatorships that gave Orwell's novel-nightmare an ominous potency have had their day. Today, his cautionary fable serves merely as a timely reminder of what has been and what may be again if the warnings of history are not heeded. Benson's novel-nightmare, on the other hand, is coming true before our very eyes.
The world depicted in [Lord of the World [/is one where creeping secularism and Godless humanism have triumphed over religion and traditional morality. It is a world where philosophical relativism has triumphed over objectivity; a world where, in the name of tolerance, religious doctrine is not tolerated. It is a world where euthanasia is practiced widely and religion hardly practiced at all. The lord of this nightmare world is a benign-looking politician intent on power in the name of "peace," and intent on the destruction of religion in the name of "truth." In such a world, only a small and shrinking Church stands resolutely against the demonic "Lord of the World."’

30 Dec 2007
[I'm uploading a new version with the same text but a different cover. This is because the original picture may have been under copyright.[/

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World. V1. 6 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
I am perfectly aware that this is a terribly sensational book, and open to innumerable criticisms on that account, as well as on many others. But I did not know how else to express the principles I desired (and which I passionately believe to be true) except by producing their lines to a sensational point. I have tried, however, not to scream unduly loud, and to retain, so far as possible, reverence and consideration for the opinions of other people. Whether I have succeeded in that attempt is quite another matter.
Robert Hugh Benson.
CAMBRIDGE 1907.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes, v.1, 30 Dec 2007.

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(1914)
An illustrated account of the author’s visit to the Marian shrine of Lourdes.

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes. V1. 6 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Since writing the following pages six years ago, I have had the privilege of meeting a famous French scientist—to whom we owe one of the greatest discoveries of recent years—who has made a special study of Lourdes and its phenomena, and of hearing him comment upon what takes place there. He is, himself, at present, not a practising Catholic; and this fact lends peculiar interest to his opinions. His conclusions, so far as he has formulated them, are as follows: ...
Robert Hugh Benson.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: None Other Gods, v.1, 24 April 2008.

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A novel of 1911.

Frank Guiseley is an undergraduate at Cambridge. When he converts to Catholicism his father, Lord Talgarth, cuts him off without a penny, expecting Frank to grovel and recant. Frank declines to do this. Nor will he accept help from his friends. Instead he becomes an itinerant worker and tramp.
Meanwhile, his fiancé is scheming away. But what has she in mind?

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Oddsfish!, v1. 5 February 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson [1871–1914]
Oddsfish! [1914]

A historical novel, set in the court of Charles II. The narrator is a catholic gentleman in the secret service of the king.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Papers of a Pariah, v.1, 11 April 2008.

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(1907)
Benson writes in the fictional persona of an Anglican convert to Catholicism, giving reasons for conversion in a series of short essays.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Paradoxes of Catholicism, v.1, 8 Jan 2008.

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(1913)
A set of Lent and Easter sermons which restate the theology implicit in ‘Lord of the World’ and ‘The Dawn of All.’

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Poems, v1, 1 December 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
Poems (1914)

A collection of religious poems by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, together with a brief appreciation of his life and an account of his death.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Saint Thomas of Canterbury, v1, 1 February 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson [1871–1914]
The Holy Blissful Martyr, Saint Thomas of Canterbury [1908]

A life of Thomas à Beckett, Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury; told from a Catholic point of view.
Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Conventionalists, v1, 17 January 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson [1871–1914]
The Conventionalists [1908]

A novel about religious vocation.
It can be read on its own, though is a loose sequel to Monsignor Benson’s earlier novel, “The Sentimentalists.” Many of the same characters reappear, and Benson even includes himself in propria persona.
The central character is a young man who develops a vocation for the contemplative life. However, there are problems: (i) he’s not a catholic; (ii) his family have a prejudice against ‘papists’; (iii) they expect him to marry and look after the family estate; (iv) and he’s attracted to a nice girl. What is he to do?
Incidentally, the monastery mentioned in the book -- St Hugh’s at Parkminster -- is a real place, near Gatwick airport, and has the largest cloister in the world -- over a mile in circumference. It is the only Carthusian house in the UK: an order so rigorous that it makes the Trappists look like softies. The monks have their own website, though.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. There were a number of typographical errors in the original text, plus OCR errors. I hope that I’ve managed to correct them all.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Dawn of All, v.1, 30 Dec 2007.

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(1911)
This novel may be seen as either a utopia or a dystopia. Benson imagines a future in which the church is triumphant. But is this a good thing? Even he seems to have reservations.

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

From a review at www.Benson-unabridged.com:
[The Dawn of All.[/ The second of Benson’s two science fiction satires, [The Dawn of All [/is a “counter-blast” to the terrifying [Lord of the World[/. Contradicting the notion that this novel presents a blueprint for an ideal society, C.C. Martindale, S.J. commented that “Benson wrote often and emphatically that he did not for a moment expect the pictured solution to realize itself, and that he even hoped it would not. Neither Science, nor the State, nor Religion would ever, he was convinced, find themselves in such mutual relations as he had invented.” While Benson may have been inspired by Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward and other socialist utopian visions (including Louis-Sebastien Mercier’s Memoir of the Year 2440 from 1770), he gave a unique twist to the device of a man “unstuck” in time. This novel probably inspired Evelyn Waugh’s short story, “Out of Depth,” which in turn seems to have had significant influence on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Slaughterhouse Five.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary. V1. 4 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
In the winter of 1903-4 I had occasion to pass several months in Rome.
Among other Religious Houses, lately bought back from the Government by their proper owners, was one (whose Order, for selfish reasons, I prefer not to specify), situated in the maze of narrow streets between the Piazza Navona and the Piazza Colonna; this, however, may be said of the Order, that it is one which, although little known in Italy, had several houses in England up to the reign of Henry VIII. Like so many other Orders at that time, its members moved first to France and then to Italy, where it has survived in penurious dignity ever since.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The King's Achievement. V1. 5 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Overfield Court lay basking in warm June sunshine. The western side of the great house with its new timber and plaster faced the evening sun across the square lawns and high terrace; and the woods a couple of hundred yards away cast long shadows over the gardens that lay beyond the moat. The lawns, in their broad plateaux on the eastern side descended by steps, in cool shadow to the lake that formed a quarter-circle below the south-eastern angle of the house; and the mirrored trees and reeds on the other side were broken, circle after circle, by the great trout that were rising for their evening meal. The tall front of the house on the north, formed by the hall in the centre with the kitchen at its eastern end and the master’s chamber on the western, was faced by a square-towered gatehouse through which the straight drive leading into the main road approached the house under a lime-avenue; and on the south side the ground fell away again rapidly below the chapel and the morning-room, in copse and garden and wild meadow bright with buttercups and ox-eye daisies, down to the lake again and the moat that ran out of it round the entire domain.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Light Invisible, v1, 17 November 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
The Light Invisible (1903)

A collection of fifteen linked short stories in which a priest recounts his supernatural experiences.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Necromancers, v.1, 28 Dec 2007.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

This novel (first published 1909) is a cautionary tale of the dangers of spiritualism. It also contains an interesting account of grief and bereavement. Some people have read it as a horror story.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Religion of the Plain Man, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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(1906)
A text in which the Plain Man (here called ‘John’) asks questions about religion and is gradually drawn to Roman Catholicism, despite his worries about Galileo, papal infallibility and the Petrine Claims.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Sentimentalists, v1, 17 January 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
The Sentimentalists (1906)

This was Monsignor Benson’s first novel with a contemporary setting. The central character is an egoistic poseur who, while very charming, wreaks havoc to himself and those around him. (Probably a narcissistic personality disorder?) His catholic friends take drastic measures to cure him.
There are some wonderfully satirical passages.

I’ve had a lot of trouble with this book.
It was downloaded, a page at a time from HathiTrust. Once reassembled, I found that several pages were missing from the scan. Google Books are using the same copy, with the same missing pages. Fortunately, these are not essential. I’ve indicated the gaps and will post a revised version if I can find a paper copy.
The original typesetting was poor in places and I have corrected a number of obvious typos.

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Benson, Stella: Goodbye, Stranger, v.1, 16 March 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Goodbye, Stranger (1926)

A novel set in a Chinese mission. Clifford, a failed missionary, is convinced that he is actually a changeling; not human at all, but a fairy’s child. His mother agrees. His behaviour and honesty cause havoc in the small community…

The source was PG Canada.

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Benson, Stella: Hope Against Hope and Other Stories, v.1, 21 February 2009.

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Hope Against Hope And Other Stories (1931)
By Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Macmillan & Co., Limited

A collection of ironic short stories.

Contents:
Hope Against Hope
Submarine
Hairy Carey’s Son
An Out-Islander Comes In
On The Contrary
The Desert Islander

The source was PG Canada.

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Benson, Stella: Kwan-yin, v.1, 22 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Kwan-yin (1922)
One hundred copies printed by Edwin Grabhorn, San Francisco, in April, 1922.

A short verse-drama, set in the temple of Kwan-yin, the Chinese goddess of mercy and the Buddhist bodhisattva of pure compassion.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. I have added a cover picture and an image of the goddess.

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Benson, Stella: Living Alone, v.1, 21 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Living Alone (1919)

A magical realist novel, in which a committee of ladies doing wartime relief work is joined by a witch. Then a German witch appears. Also some fairies and dragons.

The source was PG.

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Benson, Stella: The Little World, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
The Little World (1925)

A travel book, in which miss Benson describes her travels round the world, concentrating on China and the USA.
The source was PG Europe.

Contents:
Trippers; Oldest Inhabitants; The States; Japan; Manila — Macao — Hongkong; Hongkong; The Little Journey; Peking; Old Armies and Old Emperors; The Yang-Tse River; India; The States Again; Geography; Angels in the Red Sea; Picnic in Aden; Yunnan; Pigs and Pirates; Journey in Indo-China: Hanoi; Journey in Indo-China.

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Benson, Stella: The Man Who Missed The ’Bus, v.1, 26 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
The Man Who Missed The ’Bus (1928)

A short story which was published in a limited edition.
Mr. Robinson is a man who has always been more interested in things rather than people. Is it too late for him to establish a relationship with others, or is his alienation hopeless?

The source was Project Gutenberg Europe.

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Benson, Stella: This Is the End, v.1 21 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
This Is the End (1917)

A novel set in London during the First World War, written while the war was still going on. It features a lady novelist, a woman bus conductor and a variety of indecisive men.

The opening:
“This is the end, for the moment, of all my thinking, this is my unfinal conclusion. There is no reason in tangible things, and no system in the ordinary ways of the world. Hands were made to grope, and feet to stumble, and the only things you may count on are the unaccountable things. System is a fairy and a dream, you never find system where or when you expect it. There are no reasons except reasons you and I don’t know.”

The source was PG.

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Benson, Stella: Twenty, v.1, 21 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Twenty (1918)

A collection of twenty poems.
The source was PG.

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Benton, John L: John L. Benton Omnibus. V1. 25 Mar 2010

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John L. Benton (No biographical data located)

Pulp Detective Stories

CLOWN OF DOOM
COPPERHEAD KILLER
THE D. A. DIES
GONE with the LOOT
LINED WITH DEATH

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Beresford, J D: The Hampdenshire Wonder. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 1 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. His Hampdenshire Wonder was a major influence on Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels include The Riddle of the Tower, about a dystopian, hive-like society.

First, and still among the best written, tale of a child with superhuman intellect. Published in 1911.

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Beresford, J D: The Misanthrope. V1. 27 Mar 2011

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John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 1 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. His Hampdenshire Wonder was a major influence on Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels include The Riddle of the Tower, about a dystopian, hive-like society.

Excerpt
Here on the mainland the whole thing seems unlikely, grotesque, foolish. On the rock the man's confession carried absolute conviction. The setting is everything; and I am, perhaps, thankful that my present circumstances are so beautifully conducive to sanity. No one appreciates the mystery of life more than I do; but when the mystery involves such a doubt of oneself, I find it pleasanter to forget. Naturally, I do not want to believe the story. If I did I should know myself to be some kind of human horror. And the terror of it all lies in the fact that I may never know precisely what kind...

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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri: Paul and Virginia, v.1, 5 July 2009

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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814)
Paul and Virginia (Paul et Virginie, 1787)
Translated by ‘H.M.W.’ (1851)

A tragic love story: two children fall in love on a tropical island. But eventually society asserts its claims.

From Wikipedia:
The story is based in the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France, which the author had visited. Written on the eve of the French Revolution, the novel is hailed as Bernardin's finest work. It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the false, artificial sentimentality that prevailed at the time among the upper classes of France.

The source was Project Gutenberg. The Latin quotations have been corrected, also some minor errors of spelling and punctuation.. For reasons best known to himself, the translator has slightly condensed some passages and has added some of his own indifferent poetry.

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Berryman, John: Card Trick. V1. 21 Nov 2010

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Berryman, John, 1919-1988

Excerpt
The Psi Lodge had their ways and means of applying pressure, when pressure was needed. But the peculiar talent this fellow showed was one that even they'd never heard of...!

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Berryman, John: Modus Vivendi. V1. 21 Nov 2010

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Berryman, John, 1919-1988

Excerpt
It's undoubtedly difficult to live with someone who is Different. He must, because he is Different, live by other ways. But what makes it so difficult is that, for some reason he thinks you are Different!

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Berryman, John: The Right Time. V1. 21 Nov 2010

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Berryman, John, 1919-1988

Excerpt
The trouble with prophets is that if they're accurate, the news won't do you any good, and if they aren't accurate, they're no good. Unless, of course, they're more than just prophets....

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Berryman, John: The Trouble with Telstar. V1. 21 Nov 2010

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Berryman, John, 1919-1988

Excerpt
The real trouble with communications satellites is the enormous difficulty of repairing even the simplest little trouble. You need such a loooong screwdriver.

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Berryman, John: Vigorish. V1. 22 Nov 2010

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Berryman, John, 1919-1988

Excerpt
If it "takes a thief to catch a thief" ... what does it take to catch a psi-gifted thief?

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Bertrand, Louis: Saint Augustin, v.1, 27 February 2009.

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Patricia

Louis Bertrand (1866–1941)
Saint Augustin [sic]
First Published, Paris, 1913.
Translated from the French by Vincent O’Sullivan (1872–1940)
Translation First Published, London and New York, 1914.

A biography of Saint Augustine of Hippo, the author of the “Confessions” and the “City of God.”
The translator has some unconventional ideas about the spelling of some of the names.

The source was PG. I have reformatted and added a mediaeval cover picture of the saint, anachronistically wearing spectacles.

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Besant, Walter: The Case of Mr Lucraft. V1. 27 Mar 2011

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crutledge

Sir Walter Besant (14 August, 1836, Portsmouth - 9 June, 1901, London. Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. The son of a merchant, he was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire and attended school at St Paul's, Southsea, Stockwell Grammar, London and King's College London. In 1855, he was admitted as a pensioner to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1859 as 18th wrangler. After a year as Mathematical Master at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire and a year at Leamington College, he spent 6 years as professor of mathematics at the Royal College, Mauritius. A breakdown in health compelled him to resign, and he returned to England and settled in London in 1867. He took the duties of Secretary to the Palestine Exploration Fund, which he held 1868-85. In 1871, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.

Excerpt
I have read of nothing similar to my own case. I have consulted books on apparitions, witchcraft, and the power of the devil as manifested in authentic history, but I have found absolutely nothing that can in any way compare with my own case. If there be any successor to my Mr. Ebenezer Grumbelow, possessed of his unholy powers, endowed with his fiendish resolve and his diabolical iniquity of selfishness, this plain and simple narrative may serve as a warning to young men situated as I was in the year 1823. Except as a moral example, indeed, I see no use in telling the story at all.

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Besant, Walter: The Revolt of Man: V1. 27 Mar 2011

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Sir Walter Besant (14 August, 1836, Portsmouth - 9 June, 1901, London. Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. The son of a merchant, he was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire and attended school at St Paul's, Southsea, Stockwell Grammar, London and King's College London. In 1855, he was admitted as a pensioner to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1859 as 18th wrangler. After a year as Mathematical Master at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire and a year at Leamington College, he spent 6 years as professor of mathematics at the Royal College, Mauritius. A breakdown in health compelled him to resign, and he returned to England and settled in London in 1867. He took the duties of Secretary to the Palestine Exploration Fund, which he held 1868-85. In 1871, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.

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... everybody had learned about the Great Transition, and the way in which the transfer of Power, which marked the last and greatest step of civilisation, had been brought about: the gradual substitution of women for men in the great offices; the spread of the new religion; the abolition of the monarchy; the introduction of pure theocracy, in which the ideal Perfect Woman took the place of a personal sovereign; the wise measures by which man's rough and rude strength was disciplined into obedience,—all these things were mere commonplaces of education.

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Bettauer, Hugo: Der Frauenmörder, german, v1, 10 Feb 2009

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In dieser Kriminalgeschichte aus dem Berlin der 20er Jahre verschwinden fünf heiratswillige Frauen auf rätselhafte Weise aus ihren Pensionen und waren nie mehr gesehen. Allein ein blonder Herr scheint das Bindeglied zwischen den Fällen zu sein: Unter der Chiffre "Idylle an der Havel" hat er in einer Zeitung annonciert und so seine Opfer gefunden. Detektiv Krause wird auf den Fall angesetzt und alsbald fündig: Thomas Hartwig, ein erfolgloser Schriftsteller mit Geldsorgen, ist der tatverdächtige Blonde. Er wird als Mörder angeklagt, doch Krause, dessen Bauchgefühl vor voreiligen Schlüssen warnt, ermittelt weiter...

Hugo Bettauer, heute beinahe vergessen, war Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ein ebenso unbequemer wie idealistischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er schrieb eine Reihe von Romanen, in denen es ihm gelang, brisante gesellschaftliche Themen in Trivialliteratur zu verpacken und so ein breites Publikum zu erreichen. 1924 gründete Hugo Bettauer die Zeitschrift "Er und Sie", in der er die sozialen Bedingungen und die Unterdrückung von Frauen anprangerte und versuchte, ein Forum für alternative Lebensformen zu schaffen. Schon nach der fünften Nummer wurde die Zeitschrift als sittengefährdend beschlagnahmt.

Hugo Bettauer wurde 1925 von einem fanatischen Nationalsozialisten ermordet.

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Bettauer, Hugo: Die Stadt ohne Juden, german, v1, 22 Feb 2009

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In Wien herrscht Unruhe. Die Arbeiter gehen auf die Straße, das Geld ist nichts mehr wert, Spekulanten treiben mit ihrer Habsucht die Inflation. Bundeskanzler Dr. Schwerdtfeger, ein fanatischer Antisemit, hat die Lösung: Hinaus mit den Juden. Er bringt in der Nationalversammlung ein Gesetz durch, das alle Juden bis zum Jahresende zur Auswanderung zwingt. Das Gesetz wird von der Bevölkerung begeistert aufgenommen – die Juden verlassen das Land. Doch schon nach kurzer Zeit stellt sich Ernüchterung ein: Das Kulturleben verarmt. In den Theatern werden nur noch Werke von Ludwig Ganghofer und Ludwig Anzengruber gespielt. Viele Kaffeehäuser stehen leer oder wurden in Stehbierhallen umgebaut. Auch mit der Wirtschaft geht es bergab, da der Handel sich nach Prag und Budapest verlagert hat. Inflation und Arbeitslosigkeit sind die Folge.

Mit "Die Stadt ohne Juden" gelingt Hugo Bettauer 1922 die satirische Darstellung der Konsequenzen des grassierenden Antisemitismus der 20er Jahre. Der Roman war zugleich Bettauers meistgelesenes Werk, das in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt wurde und über eine Viertelmillion Mal verkauft wurde. Zwei Jahre nach Erscheinen wurde er unter der Regie von Hans Karl Breslauer mit Hans Moser verfilmt, allerdings mit einem vom Buch abweichenden Ende, bei dem sich die komplette Handlung des Film als Traum entpuppt.

Kurz nach der Premiere des Films wurde Hugo Bettauer am 10. März 1925 im Alter von 52 Jahren von einem NSDAP-Mitglied ermordet.

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Bettauer, Hugo: Hemmungslos, german, v1, 13 Feb 2009

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Hunger macht Koloman Freiherr von Isbaregg zum Dieb. Habgier macht ihn schließlich zum Mörder. Zur Erreichung seiner Ziele ist ihm jedes Mittel recht. Er ist - ganz wie der Titel des Romans von Hugo Bettauer - hemmungslos in seinem Tun. Stellt sich die Frage, ob er damit durchkommt oder ob sich seine kleinen Sünden nicht vielleicht sogar rächen, wenn es um die Aufdeckung der großen geht...

Hugo Bettauer, heute beinahe vergessen, war Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ein ebenso unbequemer wie idealistischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er schrieb eine Reihe von Romanen, in denen es ihm gelang, brisante gesellschaftliche Themen in Trivialliteratur zu verpacken und so ein breites Publikum zu erreichen. 1924 gründete Hugo Bettauer die Zeitschrift "Er und Sie", in der er die sozialen Bedingungen und die Unterdrückung von Frauen anprangerte und versuchte, ein Forum für alternative Lebensformen zu schaffen. Schon nach der fünften Nummer wurde die Zeitschrift als sittengefährdend beschlagnahmt.

Hugo Bettauer wurde 1925 von einem fanatischen Nationalsozialisten ermordet.

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Bevan, Tom: Sea-Dogs All v1 17 jan 2009

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Subtitled A Tale of Forest and Sea. First published in 1911. Not a lot else I could gather about this book or author. It is a fine nautical tale that is sometimes quite funny!

Nice cover.

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Bey, Hakim: T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, v.1, 20 May 2008.

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Patricia

‘T. A. Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism’
By Hakim Bey

Contains advice on how to commit poetic terrorism, pyrotechnics, sorcery and autonomy etc.

Amazon is selling this book. Ignore capitalism and get it for free. Here is their synopsis:
“The underground cult bestseller! Essays that redefine the psychogeographical nooks of autonomy. Recipes for poetic terror, anarcho -black magic, post-situ psychotropic surgery, denunciations of spiritual addictions to vapid infotainment cults - this is the bastard classic, the watermark impressed upon our minds. Where conscience informs praxis, and action infects consciousness, T.A.Z. is beginning to worm its way into above-ground culture. This book offers inspired blasts of writing, from slogans to historical essays, on the need to insert revolutionary happiness into everyday life through poetic action, and celebrating the radical optimism present in outlaw cultures. It should appeal to alternative thinkers and punks everywhere, as it celebrates liberation, love and poetic living. The new edition contains the full text of Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism, the complete communiques and flyers of the Association for Ontological Anarchy, the long essay 'The Temporary Autonomous Zone,' and a new preface by the author.

I picked up this version at Sacred-Texts.com. I have left the idiosyncratic typesetting alone.

Anti-copyright notice
Autonomedia Anti-copyright, 1985, 1991. May be freely pirated & quoted-- the author & publisher, however, would like to be informed at:
Autonomedia
P. O. Box 568
Williamsburgh Station
Brooklyn, NY 11211-0568

And here’s a link to the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Autonomous_Zone

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Bierce, Ambrose. Devil's Dictionary. PRC 7 July 2009

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Nate the great

from Wikipedia:
[QUOTThe Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book published in 1911. It offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language which lampoon cant and political doublespeak.[/QUOT

This ebook can be used as a Mobipocket dictionary. I recommend using it while reading Terry Pratchett.

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Bierce, Ambrose: The Devil's Dictionary, v.1., 1 Oct 2008

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vivaldirules

From Wikipedia:

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1914?) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. Today, he is best known for his short story, [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[/ and his satirical dictionary, [The Devil's Dictionary[/.

The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic – earned him the nickname, "Bitter Bierce." Despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including the poet, George Sterling and the fiction writer, W. C. Morrow.

In 1913, Bierce traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country's ongoing revolution. While traveling with rebel troops, the elderly writer disappeared without a trace.
[The Devil's Dictionary[/ (from 1881) was first released with the title [The Cynic's Word Book[/. Here a few example entries:

JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.

KILL, v.t. To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.

LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Enjoy!

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Bierce, Ambrose: A Cynic Looks at Life. 07 Oct 07

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RWood

First published in 1912, about a year or so before he disappeared in Mexico, [A Cynic Looks at Life[/ has been called "pre-Mencken Mencken." Bierce is at the top of his game in this book. Mark this one, "Recommended."

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Bierce, Ambrose: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. v1. 2 Dec 07

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a short story by Ambrose Bierce and was originally published in 1890.

It's the story of a Mr. Peyton Farquhar, a man who is just about to be hanged for sympathizing with the Confederates. It's famous for its twist ending and irregular time sequence.

I actually found out about this story by reading that it was an inspiration for some great movies--I don't wanna say which movies because I don't want to give the ending away. It was also the inspiration for a very highly-rated episode of [The Twilight Zone[/ here in the states.

This is only about 20 pages or so, and I strongly recommend reading it if you get a chance to fit it in between your other books.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Can Such Things Be? v1. 2 Dec 07

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Here is a collection of 24 short stories by Ambrose Bierce. After stumbling onto [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bri[/dge (posted to this forum earlier), I figured that I might as well do a collection of some of his short stories.

Bierce wrote many supernatural stories that focused on the psychological aspects of horror, but his own life story was pretty adventurous as well. In 1913, at the age of seventy-one, Bierce traveled (and promptly disappeared) into revolution-torn Mexico to fight alongside the bandit Pancho Villa. Although a popular theory is that Bierce argued with Villa over military strategy and was subsequently shot, he probably perished in the battle of Ojinaga on January 11, 1914. His body was never found so no one really knows what happened to him.

Note that in this collection, there's a story called [Moxon's Master.[/ Published in 1909, it's one of the first descriptions of a robot in English literature.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Fantistic Fables. 06 Oct 07

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RWood

Updated fables for our times (if our times are 1899.) A delightful collection of fables from one of the greatest American writers of the late 19th and early 20 century.

Some of the topical references have been lost in the 100+ years since they were written. Many more are as biting today as they were when this great cynic first wrote them.

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Bierce, Ambrose: The Damned Thing, v.1, 31 Dec 2008

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An 1898 short story from the author of [The Devil's Dictionary[/ and [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[/.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Write It Right. 06 Oct 07

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From 1909 this "Little Blacklist of Literary Faults" is a true gem of writing help in using the right word. From the introduction:
[QUOT The author’s main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind, and by exclusion of that which either denotes or connotes something else. As Quintilian puts it, the writer should so write that his reader not only may, but must, understand.[/QUOT

I have added the alphabetical indexed section heads.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Charlie Chan Omnibus. v5. 3rd Mar 2010

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HarryT

An omnibus edition of the "Charlies Chan" detective stories of Earl Derr Biggers. This volume contains the following books:

1. The House Without a Key
2. The Chinese Parrot
3. Behind that Curtain
4. The Black Camel
5. Charlie Chan Carries On
6. Keeper of the Keys

If your view of Charlie Chan comes from the dozens of very bad, semi-comic movies made in the 1940s and 50s, then read these books and you're in for a pleasant surprise. The books have extremely well-crafted plots ("The Chinese Parrot" is my personal favourite) and are well worth reading.

Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, was modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life police detective in Honolulu.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 11 Jun 07

The 5th book in the series, "Charlie Chan Carries On", has now appeared on PG Australia so, as promised, I've added it to the omnibus and uploaded v2. Although it says it's an "Abridged Edition" I think, looking at the file size, that the abridgement is minor. Obviously if an "unabridged" version appears, I'll replace it.

EDIT: 21 May 08

Recreated the omnibus with much improved layout and formatting, to fix a problem with poor layout and incorrect paragraph breaks. Now a proper MobiPocket book with library information, working navigation links, and a cover image. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 22 May 09

MR user "Bones" has been kind enough to supply an unabridged version of "Charlie Chan Carries On" so, as promised, here's a new version of the omnibus with the unabridged version of that book. The new version is about a third longer than the previous, abridged, version of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 3 Mar 10

Cleaned up the HTML code. Minor formatting improvements. Added a new cover image. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 580

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Bilstein, Roger. Orders of Magnitude. PRC v1.0 12 July 2009

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Nate the great

This is a general history of NASA from its WWI days as the NACA until 1990. I've found it to be a rather interesting read.

The source files were downloaded from history.nasa.gov.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Buccaneer Farmer v1 26 dec 2008

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Harold Edward Bindloss (1866 - December 30, 1945) was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada.

Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. According to his New York Times obituary:

Mr Bindloss was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he had roamed the world, farming in Canada and working in southern climes as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs.

Broken by malaria he returned to England forty-five years ago and took up office work. But he lost his job when his health broke down and turned to writing in which he found his true vocation. He published some forty novels between the years 1902 and 1943. Many of his books had their locale in Canada. (New York Times, January 2, 1946)

He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels.

He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes:

A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels “Prescott of Saskatchewan” and “Winston of the Prairie”. (Oakland Tribune, February 28, 1915)

The town of Bindloss, in the Canadian province of Alberta, was named after him.

Bindloss died in Carlisle, England. (Wikipedia)

This is some mixed dinner, not a real Western, definitely an adventure tale and half of a pirate saga. Oh bother! Just read it and have fun!

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Bird, Isabella L: Among the Tibetans, v.1, 5 April 2008.

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Patricia

Isabella L Bird (Mrs Bishop) 1831-1904
Among the Tibetans (1894)

A travel book by a Victorian lady.

(With Tibet being in the news recently, I felt like attempting a short series of Tibetan books. Unfortunately, classics such as Heinrich Harrer’s ‘Seven Years in Tibet’ and Alexandra David-Néel’s books are still in copyright. So it turned out to be a very short series.)

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Bird, Isabella: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, v.1, 15 Dec 2007

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BenG

Isabella L. Bird, 1831–1904, English traveler and writer, first woman member of the Royal Geographical Society. She traveled extensively and wrote a number of books, including The English Woman in America (1856), The Hawaiian Archipelago (1875), A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879), Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan (1891), and Korea and Her Neighbors (1898). She founded several hospitals in China and Korea.

In 1854, at the age of twenty-two, Bird left England and began traveling as a cure for her ill health. Over the years she explored Asia, the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, and both the Eastern and Western United States.
[A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains[/ is a rare, gem of a book which contains letters written to her sister during her six-month journey through the Colorado Rockies in 1873. Traveling alone, usually on horseback, often with no clear idea of where she will spend the night in what is mostly uninhabited wilderness, she covers over a thousand miles, most of it during the winter months.
A well-educated woman who had known a comfortable life, she thinks nothing of herding cattle at a hard gallop, falling through ice, getting lost in snowstorms, and living in a cabin where the temperatures are well below zero and her ink freezes even as she writes. She befriends desperados and climbs 14,000 foot mountains, ready for any adventure that allows her to see the unparalleled beauty of nature. Her rare complaints have more to do with having to ride side-saddle while in town than with the conditions she faces. An awe-inspiring woman, she is also a talented writer who brings to life Colorado of more than one hundred years ago, when today's big cities were only a small collection of frame houses, and beautiful areas were still largely untouched.

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Bird, Isabella: Lake Tahoe v1 23 jan 2009

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This is a travel essay by Isabella Bird. Isabella Lucy Bird (October 15, 1831  October 7, 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveller, writer, and a natural historian. Her life was at least as fascinating as her writings, which, essentially, are travel reports.

This essay treats a trip to Lake Tahoe, the beautiful:[QUOTThe sinking sun is out of sight behind the western Sierras, and all the pine-hung promontories on this side of the water are rich indigo, just reddened with lake, deepening here and there into Tyrian purple. The peaks above, which still catch the sun, are bright rose-red, and all the mountains on the other side are pink; and pink, too, are the far-off summits on which the snow-drifts rest. Indigo, red, and orange tints stain the still water, which lies solemn and dark against the shore, under the shadow of stately pines.[/QUOT

Please read this, it will not take much of your time but enrich your spirit. My heart is just longing for travel after having read this short essay.

There are two books by Isabella Bird available on MR: Among the Tibetans and A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. Very recommended!

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- Lake Tahoe - Bird_ Isabella.prc

Birmingham, George A.: Priscilla's Spies v1 20 mar 2009

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Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham James Owen Hannay (1865-1950) was first published in 1912.

Reverend James Owen Hannay (1865-1950) was born in Belfast and educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Dublin. He wrote some of his books under the pseudonym George A. Birmingham. His most famous works include: The Spirit and Origin of Christian Monasticism (1903), The Seething Plot (1905), Hyacinth (1906), Benedict Cavanagh (1907), The Northern Iron (1907), The Bad Times (1908), Spanish Gold (1908), The Search Party (1909), Lalage's Lovers (1911), The Major's Niece (1911), The Red Hand of Ulster (1912), The Simpkins Plot (1912), The Adventures of Dr. Whitty (1913), General John Regan (1913), Gossamer (1915), Inisheeny (1920), Send for Dr O'Grady (1923), Found Money (1923), The Great Grandmother (1923), King Tommy (1924), Goodly Pearls (1926), Fidgets (1927), The Hymn Tune Mystery (1930), Wild Justice (1930), and Elizabeth and the Archdeacon (1932).

This book is a mixture of travel, adventure and mystery.

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- Priscilla's Spies - George A. Birmingham.prc

Biss, Gerald: The Door of the Unreal, v.1, 25 Nov 2007

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Originally published in 1919, The Door of the Unreal is one of the first true werewolf classics, and helped to pave the way for the 'golden age' of the genre, which flourished in the two decades following the publication of Gerald Biss's novel. At the time he wrote the novel—his one foray into supernatural fiction—Biss was largely covering uncharted territory: most of the now-familiar conventions of the werewolf tale had yet to be set in stone, and the author was not working to the type of narrow pattern which constrained many writers of vampire tales in the years following the publication of Dracula. As Stefan Dziemianowicz writes in his introduction: 'The Door of the Unreal . . . reminds us of a time when one of horror's classic themes had not yet been forced into a rigid mould shaped by genre expectations, and when the plot of a horror tale was limited by nothing more than the imagination of writers like Gerald Biss.'

H. P. Lovecraft called this novel one of the children of Dracula, a novel that did for werewolves what Dracula did for vampires.

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Bjornson, Bjørnstjerne : A Happy Boy. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson (December 8, 1832–April 26, 1910) was a Norwegian writer and a 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is generally considered as one of "The Great Four" Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland

From the Preface:

"A Happy Boy" was written in 1859 and 1860. It is, in my estimation, Bjornson's best story of peasant life. In it the author has succeeded in drawing the characters with remarkable distinctness, while his profound psychological insight, his perfectly artless simplicity of style, and his thorough sympathy with the hero and his surroundings are nowhere more apparent. This view is sustained by the great popularity of "A Happy Boy" throughout Scandinavia.
It is proper to add, that in the present edition of Bjornson's stories, previous translations have been consulted, and that in this manner a few happy words and phrases have been found and adopted.

RASMUS B. ANDERSON.

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Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone (Illustrated). v1, 24 Mar 2008

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R.D. Blackmore's famous 1869 novel, [Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor[/, is an historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a moving love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.

This 1893 edition is lavishly illustrated with notes, maps, an introduction, and lots more. I've split the book into two volumes on account of its size.

Enjoy!

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- Lorna Doone Vol 1.prc

- Lorna Doone Vol 2.prc

Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone. v1, 27 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones, where he is discovered by the beautiful Lorna. In time their childish fantasies blossom into mature love—a bond that will inspire John to rescue his beloved from the ravages of a stormy winter, rekindling a conflict with his archrival, Carver Doone, that climaxes in heartrending violence. Beloved for its portrait of star-crossed lovers and its surpassing descriptions of the English countryside, Lorna Doone is R. D. Blackmore’s enduring masterpiece.

With many illustrations.

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Blackwood, Algernon. The Willows. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Stanart

Just in time for Halloween, another Algernon Blackwood story. I couldn't find it in the collections posted by Dr. Drib.

From Wikipedia, regarding The Willows: "Perhaps his most celebrated story, was influenced heavily by Blackwood's own trips down the Danube River. It tells the story of two campers who pick the wrong place to sleep for the night, a place where another dimension impinges on our own. H.P. Lovecraft considered this the finest supernatural tale in English literature."

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Blackwood, Algernon: The Wendigo. v1. 22 Oct 07

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Stanart

From Wikipedia: Another camper tale, this time set in the Canadian wilderness. A hunting party separates to track moose, and one member is abducted by the Wendigo of legend.

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Blaikie, William Garden: The Personal Life of David Livingstone. 26 Oct 07

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RWood

Some people want to write a book in the worst way, Blaikie seems to have been one of those people and he achieved his goal.

Drawn from letters and journals of Livingstone, Blaikie paints a more complete picture of Livingstone than Livingstone's journals alone provide.

This book is a hard slug but worth it.

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Blake, William: Songs of Innocence and of Experience. v1. 12 April 2011

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William Blake (1757-1827) was an engraver, printer and painter as well as a poet. Most of his books were produced using a technique known as relief etching, which involved writing the text of the poems on copper plates. The pages printed from these plates were hand-coloured and stiched together to make up the book. As a result, every book was unique - not only in the colouring, but sometimes in the choice and placing of the poems. This version is based on an edition in the British Museum. Details of other editions can be found in the William Blake Archive http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/

This (rather large) file contains the engravings that make up the book, each one followed by a transcription of the text. The engravings work remarkably well in greyscale, but if you use one of the Kindle apps you can see them in colour.

The transcriptions of the poems follow the engravings in spelling, capitalization and punctuation (although it is often difficult to distinguish between a punctuation mark and a mark in the engraving).

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Bleibtreu, Karl: Bismarck. V1. [German] 2.5.2011

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Karl Bleibtreu (1859 – 1928) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Filmkritiker und Kriegshistoriker, Sohn des bekannten Schlachtenmalers Georg Bleibtreu. Nach Abbruch seines Philisophiestudiums übernahm er die Leitung einer kleinen Berliner Zeitung, ab 1885 lebte er als freier Schriftsteller in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Mit seiner 1886 erschienen Schrift "Revolution der Literatur", die sich an seinem großen Vorbild Zola orientierte, erlangte er Berühmtheit.
1908 siedelte Bleibtreu mit seiner Frau, einer Schweizerin, nach Zürich über. Hier schrieb er 1913/14 die erste regelmäßige Filmkritik in einer deutschsprachigen Kulturzeitschrift: Für das Organ des "Schutzverbandes schweizerischer Schriftsteller", dessen Vorsitzender er war.
Karl Bleibtreu galt seinerzeit als wichtiger Vertreter des Naturalismus der deutschen Literatur. Er propagierte einen esoterischen Buddhismus, war aber auch ein "extremer Vertreter eines deutschen Nationalismus, Kolonialismus und Militarismus" und eines "kruden Antisemitismus", so der Literaturwissenschaftler Hartmut Baseler. (GutenbergDE, das sich auf das BIOGRAPHISCH-BIBLIOGRAPHISCHE KIRCHENLEXIKON beruft)

Bleibtreus "Bismarck" , mit dem pompösen Untertitel ["Ein Weltroman"[/, erschien in der ersten Ausgabe (1915) in 4 Bänden und umfasste zunächst als Romanbiographie nur die Teile der späteren Bände 1 und 2. Die Neuausgabe in der dritten Auflage (o.J., nach 1928) fasst diese ursprünglichen 4 Bände in den neuen Bänden 1 und 2 zusammen und fügt als Bände 3 und 4 Bleibtreus Geschichte des ersten Weltkriegs aus dem Nachlass hinzu. (Seitenzahlen in dieser Ausgabe: 500, 496, 494, 562 S.)
Der Bismarck-Roman erinnert von der Machart stark an die zeitgeschichtlichen Romane Gregor Samarows (=Oskar Meding), an dem sich Bleibtreu geschult haben könnte. Zugegeben hätte er dies nie, denn er war sichtlich von demselben Krankheitsbild befallen, von er in seinem weitgehend ungenießbaren epischen Hauptwerk „Größenwahn. Ein pathologischer Roman“ (1888) den Titel ableitete. Auch das Bismarck-Werk ist nicht frei von Überspanntheiten, und erst recht recht empfindet der moderne Leser Form und Inhalt seiner (als posthumes Werk freilich nicht überarbeiteten) Kriegsgeschichte als Schlag vor den Kopf. Den ersten Weltkrieg dürfte niemand sich heute erlauben in einer solchen Sicht, mit einem solchen Vokabular zu veröffentlichen. Der größte Teil davon ergeht sich allerdings in militärtechnischen Details, die nur mehr militärhistorisches Interesse haben; aufschlussreich sind dagegen diejenigen Passagen, in denen der Autor "Sinnstiftung" betreibt – im Wesentlichen der Beginn des dritten und der Schluss des vierten Bandes. Bleibtreu, der seinerzeit der Moderne mit zum Durchbruch verhalf, sah sich selbst nicht als rückschrittlich. Seine Sicht auf den ersten Weltkrieg ist auch nicht die des durchschnittlichen Bildungsbürgertums, das seine Monarchie zurückhaben wollte. Er verkörpert vielmehr den rechtsradikalen Intellektuellen, und es wär spannend gewesen zu sehen, wie er sich, wenn er es noch erlebt hätte, zum Nationalsozialismus gestellt hätte.

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Blicher, Steen Steensen: Twelve Stories. V1. 23 Mar 2011

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Steen Steensen Blicher (11 October 1782 — 26 March 1848 in Spentrup) was an author and poet born in Vium near Viborg, Denmark.

THE JOURNAL OF A PARISH CLERK
THE ROBBERS' DEN
TARDY AWAKENING
ALAS, HOW CHANGED!
THE PARSON AT VEJLBYE
GYPSY LIFE
THE HOSIER AND HIS DAUGHTER
MARIE
THE GAMEKEEPER AT AUNSBJERG
AN ONLY CHILD
THREE HOLIDAY EVES
BRASS-JENS

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Blissett, Luther: Q. (Italian) v2 06 Apr 2009

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Luther Blissett is the collective pseudonym used by four Italian authors: Roberto Bui, Giovanni Cattabriga, Federico Guglielmi and Luca Di Meo. The four were part of the so-called "Luther Blissett Project", which ended in 1999. Now they write under the "Wu Ming" name.

Q is a novel by these authors, first published in Italian in 1999. The novel is set in Europe during the 16th century, and deals with Protestant reformation movements. It is published under a Creative Commons license, and it's available at http://www.wumingfoundation.com/ital...ownloads.shtml

This is the original Italian version, created from the TXT file, but with formatting added (TOC, titles, pagebreaks, dashes...). It's not proofread because I haven't yet read it and because my knowledge of Italian is limited, so I'd thank any help here.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): I've now read the book and made some minor formatting corrections. I think it's in quite a good state now (not that it wasn't before).

(Previous download count: 35)

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Bloch, Jean Richard: —& Co. V1. 24 Mar 2011

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Jean-Richard Bloch (May 25, 1884 - March 15, 1947) was a French writer (critic, novel, playwright).
He was a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) and worked with Louis Aragon in the evening daily Ce soir.

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His subject is a complex one. Two or three fundamental problems are interwoven. There is the problem of the Company swallowing the Man. There is the racial problem of the Jew implanted in an alien soil.

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Blunt, Wilfred Scawen: The Future of Islam, v1, 2 December 2009.

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Patricia

Wilfred Scawen Blunt (1840–1922)
The Future of Islam (1882)

A survey of Islam, together with observations and some predictions. Parts are still surprisingly relevant.

Contents:
Preface
Chapter I. Census of the Mohammedan World
Chapter II. The Modern Question of the Caliphate
Chapter III. The True Metropolis—Mecca
Chapter IV. A Mohammedan Reformation
Chapter V. England’s Interest in Islam

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Bly, Nellie: Ten Days in a Mad-House. v1, 14 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Ten Days in a Mad-House is a book written by newspaper reporter Nellie Bly and published by Norman L. Munro in New York, NY in 1887. The book comprised Bly's reportage for the New York World while on an undercover assignment in which she feigned insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island.

The book's graphic depiction of conditions at the asylum caused a sensation, brought Bly lasting fame and prompted a grand jury to launch its own investigation, with Bly assisting. The jury's report resulted in an $850,000 increase in the budget of the Department of Public Charities and Corrections.

The book itself is no longer in print on paper, but is available in some public libraries and at several locations online as an e-book.

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Blythe, Samuel G: The Fun of Getting Thin, v.1, 6 March 2009.

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Patricia

The Fun of Getting Thin: How To Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line
By Samuel G. Blythe
Author of “Cutting It Out”
Chicago: Forbes & Company
1912

A short book on dieting, in which a man loses 50lb by eating small portions and avoiding alcohol.
The source was PG.

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Boccaccio, Giovanni: The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio . v1, 31 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Decameron is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Many notable writers such as Shakespeare and Chaucer are said to have borrowed from The Decameron.

Decameron is structured in a frame narrative, or frame tale. Boccaccio begins with a description of the Black Death and leads a group of seven women and three men who flee from plague-ridden Florence to a villa in the (then) countryside of Fiesole for two weeks. To pass the time, each member of the party tells one story for each one of the nights spent at the villa. Although fourteen days pass, two days each week are set aside: one day for chores and one holy day during which no work is done. In this manner, 100 stories are told by the end of the ten days.

Each of the ten characters is charged as King or Queen of the company for one of the ten days in turn. This charge extends to choosing the theme of the stories for that day, and all but two days have topics assigned: examples of the power of fortune; examples of the power of human will; love tales that end tragically; love tales that end happily; clever replies that save the speaker; tricks that women play on men; tricks that people play on each other in general; examples of virtue. Only Dioneo, who usually tells the tenth tale each day, has the right to tell a tale on any topic he wishes, due to his wit. Each day also includes a short introduction and conclusion to continue the frame of the tales by describing other daily activities besides story-telling. These frame tale interludes frequently include transcriptions of Italian folk songs. The interactions among tales in a day, or across days, as Boccaccio spins variations and reversals of previous material, forms a whole and not just a collection of stories. The title is a combination of two Greek words meaning "ten" (´º± déka) and "day" (!¼Á± hméra).

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Boccaccio: The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love, v1, 22 Jan 2010

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Patricia

Giovanni Boccaccio [1313–1375]
The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love [Il Libro di Difinizion [1340]
Illustrated Editions Co. New York1931

A group of ladies and gentlemen discuss issues of courtly love.

This is a translation of Boccaccio`s “Il libro di Difinizioni”, first translated into English by “H.G.” (London, 1566). This version is based on Thomas Bell`s 1927 reprint of the 1587 third edition of the H.G. translation with slight modernizations of language and punctuation.

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Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr. Sedgefield], v1, 22 January 2010.

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Patricia

Boethius [Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthiu[480–c524]
The Consolation of Philosophy [c.524]
Translated by Walter John Sedgefield [1866–1945]
King Alfred’s Version of the Consolations of Boethius. Done into Modern English, by Walter John Sedgefield Litt.D.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900

Boethius was a Christian philosopher who achieved high office in the late Roman Empire, only to be imprisoned and eventually executed by the Ostrogoth usurper, Theoderic. This work was written during his imprisonment. Boethius has a vision of Philosophy, personified as a queen-like woman. She puts him straight when he complains about his lot.
Incidentally, Boethius was the first person to use the wheel of fortune as a metaphor.

I’m uploading three different translations today (by James, Cooper and Sedgefield) which vary widely in style.

King Alfred the Great translated Boethius into the English of his day. This is a version of that translation.
Should anyone want the notes and other critical apparatus, a complete html version may be found here:
http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=c...html&Itemid=27

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Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.Cooper], v1, 22 January 2010.

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Patricia

Boethius [Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthiu [480–c524]
The Consolation of Philosophy [c524AD]
Translated by W. V. Cooper
1902
The text of this edition is taken from the translation by W.V. Cooper, published by J.M. Dent and Co. Aldine House, London 1902. The “Editorial Note”, actually an introduction, has been moved from the end of the book to the beginning. I have linked the 77 notes.

Boethius was a Christian philosopher who achieved high office in the late Roman Empire, only to be imprisoned and eventually executed by the Ostrogoth usurper, Theoderic. This work was written during his imprisonment. Boethius has a vision of Philosophy, personified as a queen-like woman. She puts him straight when he complains about his lot.
Incidentally, Boethius was the first person to use the wheel of fortune as a metaphor.

I’m uploading three different translations today (by James, Cooper and Sedgefield) which vary widely in style.

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Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.James], v1, 22 January 2010.

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Patricia

Boethius [Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthiu [480–c524]
The Consolation of Philosophy [c.524AD]
Translated into English Prose and Verse by H. R. James M.A. [1862–1931]
1897

Boethius was a Christian philosopher who achieved high office in the late Roman Empire, only to be imprisoned and eventually executed by the Ostrogoth usurper, Theoderic. This work was written during his imprisonment. Boethius has a vision of Philosophy, personified as a queen-like woman. She puts him straight when he complains about his lot.
Incidentally, Boethius was the first person to use the wheel of fortune as a metaphor.

I’m uploading three different translations today (by James, Cooper and Sedgefield) which vary widely in style.

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- The Consolation of Philosophy tr James.prc

Boethius: The Theological Tractates, v1, 24 January 2010.

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Patricia

Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius) ca.480-524 A.D.
The Theological Tractates
Translated by H. F. Stewart, D.D. (1863-1948) Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and E.K. Rand, Ph.D. (1871-1945) Professor of Latin in Harvard University.
1918

This contains five treatises:

1. The Trinity Is One God Not Three Gods
2. Whether Father, Son, and Holy Spirit May Be Substantially Predicated of the Divinity
3. How Substances Can Be Good In Virtue Of Their Existence without Being Absolute Goods
4. On the Catholic Faith
5. A Treatise against Eutyches and Nestorius

The cover image (from Wikipedia) is an initial letter from an illuminated manuscript, and shows Boethius teaching while wearing a Santa hat.

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Bogdanow, Alexander Alexandrowitsch: Der rote Planet. german. v1. 18 mar 2009

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netseeker

Der Arzt und Philosoph Alexander A. Bogdanow, eigentlich Alexander Malinowski, wurde 1873 geboren und starb 1928 in Moskau bei einem wissenschaftlichen Selbstversuch in dem von ihm gegründeten, weltweit ersten, Institut für Blutübertragung. Sein utopischer Roman "Der rote Planet" erschien 1908 zum erstenmal in Rußland. Seitdem erlebte er zahlreiche Nachauflagen in der Sowjetunion und im Ausland. 1923 wurde die erste Ausgabe in deutscher Sprache im Verlag der Jugendinternationale veröffentlicht.

Als der unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen von "einer anderen Menschheit" zum Mars beförderte Berufsrevolutionär und Naturwissentschaftler Leonid den "roten Planeten" betritt, wird er mit einer vollkommen neuen Welt konfrontiert: rote Flora, Menschen ohne Bart und ohne Falten im Gesicht, Sternschiffe mit Kristallwänden, Städte in denen nur Kinder leben, vollmechanisierte Fabriken ohne Rauch und Ruß und elektronisch gelenkter Arbeitskräfteeinsatz. Die Marsgesellschaft unterhält sogar komfortable Sterbezimmer für Selbstmörder in Krankenhäusern. Von Leonid wird erwartet als Bindglied zwischen Mars- und Erdenmenschen zu fungieren. Leonid verbringt mehrere Monate auf dem Mars bis ein Mord seinem Schicksal eine neue Wende gibt und er erkennt, was die "Marsmenschen" mit der irdischen Menschheit im Schilde führen...

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Bogott, Fritz: Boggle & Sneak, v1 25 Mar 2011

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Hoyt Clagwell

This book was originally uploaded by Madam Broshkina.

[QUOTTiny inventors Alvy and Alby break into homes and play Rube Goldberg practical jokes. When Alvy suddenly disappears, Alby enlists the help of two of his young victims-- but they find they are dealing with forces of an unexpected scale.[/QUOT

CC-BY-NC 2008 by Fritz Bogott
Some Rights Reserved
Creative Commons License Deed
Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Boisgobey, Fortuné de: La main froide (french) v1 4 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Castille, dit Fortuné du Boisgobey, né à Granville le 11 septembre 1821 et mort le 26 février 1891, est un auteur français de romans policiers et de romans historiques

Fortuné du Boisgobey a servi dans la section des soldes de l’armée d’Algérie de 1844 à 1848 et a poursuivi ses voyages en Orient.

Il a fait son entrée en littérature en 1868, en publiant une histoire intitulée Deux comédiens, dans Le Petit Journal. Il est devenu, avec le Forçat colonel (1872), un des feuilletonistes les plus populaires.

Bien que moins convaincants que ceux d’Émile Gaboriau, avec lequel son nom est généralement associé, ses romans policiers ont néanmoins connu une grande diffusion et bon nombre d’eux ont fait l’objet de traductions.

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Bok, Edward: The Americanization of Edward Bok. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Edward William Bok, American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born on October 9, 1863, in Den Helder, The Netherlands. At the age of six, he immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, USA, and became an office boy with the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1876. In 1882, he began work with Henry Holt and Company, and then, in 1884, he became involved with Charles Scribner's Sons, where he eventually became advertising manager. From 1884 until 1887, Bok was the editor of The Brooklyn Magazine, and in 1886, he founded The Bok Syndicate Press. He obtained the editorship of Ladies Home Journal, published by his father-in-law Cyrus Curtis, in 1889. During his editorship, the journal became the first magazine in the world to have 1 million subscribers. In 1919, after 30 years at the journal, he retired.

His autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok, won the Gold Medal of the Academy of Political and Social Science and the Pulitzer Prize for best autobiography. Bok died in 1930.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: A Romance of Canvas Town And Other Stories. V1. 28 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

A Romance Of Canvas Town
The Fencing Of Wandaroona: A Riverina Reminiscence
The Governess Of The Poets
Our New Cook: A Tale Of The Times
Angels Unawares

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Boldrewood, Rolf: A Sydney-Side Saxon. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

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ABOUT the first thing I can call to mind rightly, I was living with father and mother in a bit of a cottage in the village of Applegate, near Westerham, in Kent, not far from the Sussex border, where the river Darent rises. Sister Jane was there too. There had been ten of us, but only me and she were left.
We were well scattered, sure enough. Bob, he was the eldest, had 'listed for a soldier and got killed in the Indies. Jack went to sea, and was never heard of after. Bill was smothered in a coal mine, and Joe was hurt that bad in a fight with the keepers—he being given to poaching—that he never got rightly shut of it, and died within the year. Bessie married and went to America, and Sally was in service in Rochester. Two of 'em, a boy and a girl, died young; all the better for 'em, the folks said. So Jenny and I were the only ones left with the old folks, and quite enough too, considering what there was to keep house on.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: Robbery Under Arms. V1. 27 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

Robbery Under Arms is a classic Australian novel by Rolf Boldrewood (a pseudonym for Thomas Alexander Browne). It was first published in serialised form by The Sydney Mail between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes in London in 1888. It was edited into a single volume in 1889 as part of Macmillan's Colonial Library series and has not been out of print since. It is considered to be one of the greatest Australian colonial novels, along with Marcus Clarke's For the Term of his Natural Life.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: Shearing In The Riverina, New South Wales. V1. 28 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

Excerpt
"Shearing commences to-morrow!" These apparently simple words were spoken by Hugh Gordon, the manager of Anabanco station, in the district of Riverina, in the colony of New South Wales, one Monday morning in the month of August. The utterance had its importance to every member of a rather extensive "corps dramatique" awaiting the industrial drama about to be performed.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: The Miner's Right, A Tale of the Australian Goldfields: V1. 28 Mar

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

Excerpt
I AM in Australia at last—actually in Botany Bay, as we called the colony of New South Wales when Joe Bulder and I first thought of leaving that dear quiet old Dibblestowe Leys in Mid-Kent. More than that, I am a real gold digger—very real, indeed—and the holder of a Miner's Right, a wonderful document, printed and written on parchment, precisely as follows. I ought to know it by heart, good reason have I therefor, I and mine. Here it is, life size, in full. Shall I ever take it out and look at it by stealth in happy days to come, I wonder?

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Bonanno Margaret Wander: Star Trek - TOS - Music of the Spheres v2.5 2007-10-16

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JSWolf

Yes folks we do indeed have a Star Trek book.

Margaret Wander Bonanno is the author credited with the Star trek book Probe. What happened was her book Music of the Spheres was taken and re-written and only 7% of the original book remains. On Margaret is giving away the original copy of the book. And yes it is OK to post it on MobileRead. This is a one of a kind posting. So get it while you can for all you TREKKIES!

Music of the Spheres is the sequel the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Version 2.0 is direct from the author's Word document. I've cleaned up the formatting, added in the cover image and made the ToC. The author has seen the new version and loves it.

Version 2.0 viewed 53 times.
Version 2.1 viewed 12 times

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Bone, Jesse F.: Jesse F. Bone Science Fiction Collection. v1. 24 Dec 2008

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Stanart

This is a collection containing the following:

A Question of Courage
A Prize..For Edie
Pandemic
The Lani People

The first three are short stories and the last is a novel. I wasn't able to find any biographical information about the author but he is apparently the same Jesse F. Bone who wrote a book called Animal Anatomy & Physiology and also appears as a veterinarian character in two Robert Heinlein stories - To Sail Beyond the Sunset and The Number Of The Beast.

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Bonner, Richard: The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone. v1, 18 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Juvenile fiction from the early 20th century. Very much in the style of the original "Tom Swift" series, this is a part of a series of books (of which this one appears to be the only one currently available as an eBook) describing the adventures of two young inventors, Jack Chadwick and Tom Jesson. In this book they work to perfect their invention of a "radio telephone". The book is illustrated.

Enjoy!

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Bonsels, Waldemar: Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (german) v 1, 11 Nov 2008

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mtravellerh

Dies ist die deutsche Originalversion des überaus beliebten Kinderbuches, das durchaus auch als gesellschaftskritisches, emanzipatorisches Werk gelesen werden darf.

Bei Wikipedia steht ein ausführlicher Artikel über Waldemar Bonsels, den ich mir hier dann wohl sparen darf.

Viel Spass.

PS: Das Cover stammt von mir, da ich das Cover von Manybooks noch hässlicher als meines finde.

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Bonsels, Waldemar: Himmelsvolk german v2 18 nov 2008

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Buchmedia schreibt über dieses Buch:

[QUOT»Himmelsvolk« – im Untertitel »Ein Märchen von Blumen, Tieren und Gott« – entstand als Fortsetzung des Bandes »Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer«, mit dem Waldemar Bonsels Weltruhm erlangte. Aus der Sicht des Blumenelf, der es versäumt hat, sein eigenes Reich rechtzeitig vor Sonnenaufgang zu erreichen, schildert Bonsels den Mikrokosmos der Natur, die Welt der Tiere und Blumen, deren Gewohnheiten und Eigenarten. Die Erlösung – so der Bericht der tausendjährigen Linde – liegt im Geschenk der Liebe Christi. Und während die Lerche ein letztes Jubilieren anstimmt, erreicht der Blumenelf wieder seine eigene Welt: »Wir sind alle aus der Freude geboren und kehren zu ihr zurück.«[/QUOT
Ich sage: Dieses Buch ist mit wunderschönen Scherenschnitten illustriert. Es geht, im besten Sinne des Wortes, zu Herzen. Auch "Erwachsene" sollten "Himmelsvolk" lesen.

Ich bin sehr stolz auf dieses Buch, da mir hier sicher die beste und schönste Umsetzung gelungen ist, die ich bis jetzt gestaltet habe. Bitte herunterladen und lesen oder einfach nur anschauen!

Der Text stammt von PG, Cover, Formatierung usw. von mir.

Have fun!

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Bonsels, Waldemar: Indienfahrt (german) v1, 11 Nov 2008

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Eigentlich ist dies ja mehr eine Reisebeschreibung als eine Humoreske, doch ist Bonsels Beschreibung seines Indienaufenthalts wirklich witzig, wenn manchmal auch schmerzlich witzig.

Sollte man gelesen haben

PS: Diesmal hab ich Manybook's Cover behalten, ein Elefant auf dem Cover wär dann doch des Guten zu viel gewesen

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Bonsels, Waldemar: The Adventures of Mya the Bee (illustrated) v1.0 2007-08-21

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Another brand new book from PG...

[THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA THE BEE[/
BY
WALDEMAR BONSELS

ILLUSTRATED
BY
Homer Boss

The Translation of this book was made by
Adele Szold Seltzer
The Poems were done into English by
Arthur Guiterman

[quotIn this story, Maya and her friends (Willy the bee and Flip the grasshopper) and many other insects have a colourful life. There was Mrs. Cassandra, Maya's teacher who teaches Maya the virtues of the bee nation. The book depicts Maya's development from an adventurous, thoughtless youngster to a responsible adult of bee society.[/quot

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Boothby, Guy Newell: A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's Vendetta. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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"I am not going to tell you very much about it. But from what I do tell you, you will be able to gather a great deal and imagine the rest. To begin with, there is a man living in this world today who has done me a great and lasting injury. What that injury is is no concern of yours. You would not understand if I told you. So we'll leave that out of the question. He is immensely rich. His cheque for £300,000 would be honoured by his bank at any minute. Obviously he is a power. He has had reason to know that I am pitting my wits against his, and he flatters himself that so far he has got the better of me. That is because I am drawing him on. I am maturing a plan which will make him a poor and a very miserable man at one and the same time. If that scheme succeeds, and I am satisfied with the way you three men have performed the parts I shall call on you to play in it, I shall pay to each of you the sum of £10,000. If it doesn't succeed, then you will each receive a thousand and your expenses.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: A Professor of Egyptology. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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The individual in question was a certain Professor Constanides—reputed one of the most advanced Egyptologists, and the author of several well-known works. Mrs Westmoreland was not of an exacting nature, and so long as she dined in agreeable company did not trouble herself very much whether it was with an English earl or a distinguished foreign savant.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: A Strange Goldfield. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
Of course nine out of every ten intelligent persons will refuse to believe that there could be a grain of truth in the story I am now going to tell you. The tenth may have some small faith in my veracity, but what I think of his intelligence I am going to keep to myself.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola Returns. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
One last entreaty. Having read this book, do not attempt to find me, or to set my position right with the world. Take my word for it, it is better as it is.
And now, without further preamble, let us come to the story itself. God bless you, and give you every happiness. Speak kindly of me to your wife, and believe me until death finishes my career, if it does such a thing, which Dr. Nikola would have me doubt,

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola's Experiment. V2. 30 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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I had entered the medical profession with everything in my favour. My father had built up a considerable reputation for himself, and, what he prized still more, a competency as a country practitioner of the old-fashioned sort in the west of England. I was his only child, and, as he was in the habit of saying, he looked to me to carry the family name up to those dizzy heights at which he had often gazed, but upon which he had never quite been able to set his foot. A surgeon I was to be, willy-nilly, and it may have been a throw-back to the parental instinct alluded to above, that led me at once to picture myself flying at express speed across Europe in obedience to the summons of some potentate whose life and throne depended upon my dexterity and knowledge.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Farewell, Nikola!. V1. 30 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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"Look," she answered, "can you see the table to the right of that at which those officers are seated?" I was about to reply in the affirmative, but the shock I received deprived me of speech. The person to whom my wife had referred had risen from his chair, and was in the act of walking towards us. I looked at him, looked away, and then looked again. No! there was no room for doubt; the likeness was unmistakable. I should have known him anywhere. He was Doctor Nikola; the man who had played such an important part in our life's drama.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: In Strange Company. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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"Now, Cousin Luke, I'll have to trouble you for the loan of your best attention," he says, "for here is the mysterious letter of which I told you last night; here is the bit of paper which has caused four people to play hide-and-seek all round the world, occasioned the death of two, and done its best to kill half-a-dozen others. Oh! my dear departed grandmother, just fancy that innocent little slip of cream- laid having once been worth a couple of hundred thousand pounds!"

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Pharos the Egyptian. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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I Never in my life have I been placed in such an awkward, not to say invidious, position. I am, as you know, a plain man, fond of a plain life and plain speaking, and yet I am about to imperil that reputation by communicating to you what I fancy you will consider the most extraordinary and unbelievable intelligence you have ever received in your life.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds. V1. 30 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
An Imperial Finale

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Boothby, Guy Newell: The Lust of Hate. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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LET me begin by explaining that I have set myself the task of telling this story for two sufficient reasons. The first, because I consider that it presents as good a warning to a young fellow as he could anywhere find, against allowing himself to be deluded by a false hatred into committing a sin that at any other time he would consider in every way contemptible and cowardly; and the second, because I think it just possible that it may serve to set others on their guard against one of the most unscrupulous men, if man he is—of which I begin to have my doubts—who ever wore shoe leather.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: The Race of Life. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

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"No, my boy, I'm not ill," she answered. "No! not ill. Though, were it not for you, I could wish that I might die. Oh, God, why could You not have taken my life instead of his?" Then drawing me to her, she pressed me to her heart and kissed me again and again. Later she found relief in tears, and between her sobs I learnt all there was to know. My father was dead; his horse that morning had put his foot in a hole and had thrown his rider—breaking his neck and killing him upon the spot

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Boothby, Guy: Dr Nicola Omnibus. v2. 9 Sep 07

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Here's a series that I can practically guarantee that you'll have never heard of, unless, like me, you're a trawler of the darkest depths of the PG archives :grin:.

Guy Boothby (1867-1905) was an Australian author who moved to England in 1894 and wrote over 50 novels in the next decade, before catching pneumonia in the wonderful British climate and dieing. He is most noted for writing novels which cater for that great fascination of later Victorian times, the occult and the supernatural.

He is best known (so the references say!) for this series of 5 novels, featuring the "anti-hero" Dr Nikola, a master of "occult powers", seeking immortality and world domination.

Anyway, here's the series:

1. A Bid for Fortune (aka "Enter, Dr Nikola", aka "Dr Nikola's Vendetta")
2. Dr Nikola Returns (aka "Dr Nikola")
3. The Lust of Hate
4. Dr Nikola's Experiment (Some great "period" illustrations in this one!)
5. Farewell, Nikola!

I've not read these, so I don't know if they are good or dreadful, but they sound quite fun. If you do read them, please do let us know what they're like.

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Boothby, Guy: The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds etc, v.1, 21 March 2009.

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Guy Boothby (1867–1905)
The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds (1897)
And
An Imperial Finale

Two stories featuring an intelligent and resourceful jewel-thief. The source was PG Australia.

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Bote, Hermann: Till Eulenspiegel german v1 7 feb 2009

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[Ein kurzweiliges Buch von Till Eulenspiegel aus dem Lande Braunschweig[/ (Originaltitel: ["Ein kurtzweilig Lesen von Dyl Ulenspiegel, geboren uß dem Land zu Brunßwick wie er sein leben volbracht hat"[/) wurde anonym als Volksbuch veröffentlicht. Die älteste erhaltene Fassung stammt aus dem Jahr 1510/1511. Es gilt als sehr wahrscheinlich, dass Hermann Bote der Verfasser des Buches war.

Der Titelheld, Till Eulenspiegel, ist nur äußerlich ein Schalksnarr. Tatsächlich ist er seinen Mitmenschen an Geisteskraft und Witz überlegen. Eulenspiegels Streiche ergeben sich zumeist daraus, daß er eine bildliche Redewendung wörtlich nimmt. Es gelingt ihm immer wieder seine Mitmenschen durch die wortgetreue Ausführung ihrer Anweisungen bloßzustellen.

Das Buch von Till Eulenspiegel gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Werke des niedersächsischen Raumes und wurde bereits im 16. Jahrhundert in viele europäische Sprachen übersetzt. Bis heute ist nicht gesichert, ob es sich bei Till Eulenspiegel um eine rein fiktive oder eine historische Figur handelt.

Die hier vorliegende Fassung beinhaltet 96 Historien über Eulenspiegel und hält sich größtenteils an den Inhalt der ältesten bekannten Fassung von 1510/1511.

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Bounds, E.M.: Power Through Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Power through Prayer has been called "one of the truly great masterpieces on the theme of prayer." The term classic can appropriately be applied to this outstanding book.
In twenty provocative and inspiring chapters, each prefaced with quotations from spiritual giants, Edward M. Bounds stresses the imperative of vital prayer in the life of a pastor. He says, ". . . every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God's work and is powerless to project God's cause in this world."

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Bounds, E.M.: Prayer and Praying Men V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Prayer and Praying Men has a unique approach as a book on prayer. Many books on prayer focus mostly on simply features of prayer. Edward Bounds takes a different approach in Prayer and Praying Men by focusing on persons of prayer. Bounds examines the lives of nine different biblical figures: Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Hezekiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Samuel, Daniel, and Paul. In his examination, Bounds explores how important prayer was to the spiritual lives of these men. He provides concrete examples of the importance and nature of prayer, grounded in biblical narratives. Prayer and Praying Men is thus recommended for those who crave a book on prayer which is not abstract or airy, but direct and concrete.

Tim Perrine
CCEL Staff Writer

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Bounds, E.M.: Purpose in Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Purpose in Prayer is another treasure from Edward Bounds on prayer. Bounds, an admired spiritual guide, describes the purpose behind prayer and not simply the purpose of prayer. He focuses on an individual's purpose in prayer; for one can understand the purpose of prayer, but not see the purpose in one's own prayers. Thus, Bounds attempts to encourage believers to not simply see the purpose of prayer, but to see that purpose in their own personal, private prayers. Throughout, Bounds frequently quotes other Christian thinkers, adding support and insight into his points about prayer. Composed of twelve short chapters, Purpose in Prayer is a rewarding book on prayer.
Tim Perrine
CCEL Staff Writer
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Bounds, E.M.: The Essentials of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Edward Bounds, an American lawyer and pastor, wrote nine books in his lifetime, seven of which were about prayer. Known as a veritable powerhouse of spiritual maturity, Bounds has affected the prayer lives of thousands of people. This volume, Essentials of Prayer, focuses on the proper mindset believers must attain in order to have the best prayer life. He reminds readers that one must have a humble heart and undivided allegiance to God in order to pray effectively. He also believes strongly that prayer is available to all people -- even those who only come in times of trouble. His advice is intended for both personal and corporate prayer, and is a great help for serious meditation.

etext and infotext are from www.ccel.org

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Bounds, E.M.: The Necessity of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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From the foreword:
EDWARD McKENDREE BOUNDS did not merely pray well that he might write well about prayer. He prayed because the needs of the world were upon him. He prayed, for long years, upon subjects which the easy-going Christian rarely gives a thought, and for objects which men of less thought and faith are always ready to call impossible. From his solitary prayer-vigils, year by year, there arose teaching equaled by few men in modern Christian history. He wrote transcendently about prayer, because he was himself, transcendent in its practice.

Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and author of eleven books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer.
Only two of Bounds' books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer of Bounds, worked on preserving and preparing Bounds' collection of manuscripts for publication. By 1921 more editorial work was being done by Rev. Homer W. Hodge.
Chilton said of his books:
“ These books are unfailing wells for a lifetime of spiritual water-drawing.They are hidden treasures, wrought in the darkness of dawn and the heat of the noon, on the anvil of experience,and beaten into wondrous form by the mighty stroke of the divine. They are living voices whereby he, being dead, yet speaketh!
Source: wikipedia

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Bounds, E.M.: The Possibilities of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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From the Preface:
“The story of prayer is the story of great achievements. Prayer is a wonderful power placed by Almighty God in the hands of His saints, which may be used to accomplish great purposes and to achieve unusual results. Prayer reaches to everything, takes in all things great and small which are promised by God to the children of men. The only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises.”
Discover for yourself the infinite possibilities of prayer. Chapters like “Answered Prayer,” “Prayer Miracles,” and “Wonders of God Through Prayer” will help you understand what can be accomplished if we will only pray. A practical, challenging look at prayer and its power.
Edward McKendree Bounds (1835-1913) practiced law for three years until he was called to preach the gospel. While serving as chaplain during the Civil War, he was captured and held prisoner in Nashville, Tennessee. After his release, he held several pastorates. His books on prayer have been continual best-sellers for over fifty years.

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Bounds, E.M.: The Reality of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Some people believe that prayer is simply a human invention, with no true substance. Not so, argues Edward Bounds in his powerful book The Reality of Prayer. There is a spiritual reality to prayer, he urges. Prayer brings us closer to God--both through God's answering of our prayers, and through our own character being changed by prayer. Bounds reinforces these points in the second half of his book, where he discusses Christ as both a teacher of prayer and as an example of prayer. Finally, Bounds ends his encouraging and enlightening discussion by explaining the role of the Holy Spirit in prayer. This interesting treatise attests to the true reality and power of prayer--another classic from Edward Bounds.

Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and author of eleven books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer.
Only two of Bounds' books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer of Bounds, worked on preserving and preparing Bounds' collection of manuscripts for publication. By 1921 more editorial work was being done by Rev. Homer W. Hodge.
Chilton said of his books:
“ These books are unfailing wells for a lifetime of spiritual water-drawing.They are hidden treasures, wrought in the darkness of dawn and the heat of the noon, on the anvil of experience,and beaten into wondrous form by the mighty stroke of the divine. They are living voices whereby he, being dead, yet speaketh!

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Bounds, E.M.: The Weapon of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Why Pray? In his book, The Weapon of Prayer, Edward ounds states:
"The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer." As a chaplain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, Bounds initiated weekly prayer sessions to strengthen the spiritual state of his local area. His wisdom has impacted Christ-seekers for decades, and his words are as powerful now as they were in the 1800's. Bounds reminds us that throughout Biblical history, many of God's greatest movements were incited by the prayers of God's people. According to Bounds, prayer must be a priority. Other Christian duties, such as sacred works, communion, and church activities, cannot and should not take the place of prayer. To eliminate prayer from our daily lives is to abandon communication with God. It is through prayer that we have the opportunity to share our deepest sorrows, joys, and desires with the only one who can truly comfort us. To remind readers that God's presence steadfastly endures, Bounds concludes his piece by providing modern examples of the
power of prayer.
Emmalon Davis
CCEL Staff Writer

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Bova, Ben: The Next Logical Step, v1, February 25, 2009

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A short story by Ben Bova from Analog Science Fact & Fiction May 1962. A cold War story in the near imagined future.

[QUOTOrdinarily the military least wants to have the others
know the final details of their war plans.
But, logically, there would be times—[/QUOT

Ben Bova is one of my favorite writers, and this is an interesting glimpse into his early writings.

Text and illustrations from Project Gutenberg, finely handcrafted by me.

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Bowen, Marjorie: A Knight of Spain. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

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It was towards this window that the three young men looked, for it belonged to the apartment of the lady, DoÃ‘a AÃ‘a Santofimia y Munatones, who was decided to be the most beautiful in AlcalÃ , and who was the object of the interest of every youth in the University, though none of them had ever spoken to her or seen her nearer than across the space of her father's courtyard.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Because of These Things. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

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Vittoria Odaleschi had a history as scandalous and romantic as any lady in the scandalous and romantic Italian States. She was the most admired, most criticized, most envied, and most powerful woman in Bologna; nothing honourable was ever said of her, neither during her childhood, when her father, the English Duke, made her, at fourteen, the hostess at his Roman feasts—nor during her brief married life, nor during her gorgeous widowhood; but she had a reputation for wit and shrewdness and daring not to be eclipsed by any reputation in the Papal See.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic. V1. 29 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A Story of The Rise and Fall of the Antichrist

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Bowen, Marjorie: Collected Twilight Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

SCOURED SILK
THE BREAKDOWN
ONE REMAINED BEHIND - A ROMANCE A LA MODE GOTHIQUE
THE HOUSE BY THE POPPY FIELD
HALF-PAST TWO
ELSIE'S LONELY AFTERNOON
THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE OF MR JOHN PROUDIE
ANN MELLOR'S LOVER

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Bowen, Marjorie: Dark Rosaleen. V1. 3 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
DARK ROSALEEN is one of the many names symbolical of Ireland, in use among the patriots and forbidden by Law. The use of it was attended by severe penalties.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Dickon. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
The reign of King Richard III has been described as 'the darkest, the most complex and the worst authenticated of our English annals'; such material as is available, and such modern disquisitions on it as various historians have made, are easily accessible, and therefore it is needless for any list of them to be given here; it is sufficient to state that the author of the following romance has studied them all, has violated no known fact, nor presented any character or action in any light that is not probable, as well as possible.

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Bowen, Marjorie: God and the King. V1. 3 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
"There is no managing an unreasonable people. By Heaven, my lord, they do not deserve my care."

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Bowen, Marjorie: I Will Maintain. V1. 3 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
"The Prince is your pupil—forgive me, but, as I said, the situation is curious. You, sir, a republican—for seventeen years the head of a Republic which has been a fine nation, and a wealthy, and a lesson to all of us—you undertake the education of a Prince who is the heir of the House on whose ruin you founded your Republic; you bring this young man up in your ideas, you teach him this, that, as you will; you are not his master but his friend—he is to regard himself as a mere citizen of the country that is his heritage—well, it is a curious experiment. Mynheer de Witt."

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Bowen, Marjorie: Patriotic Lady. V1. 29 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A Study of Emma, Lady Hamilton, and the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799

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Bowen, Marjorie: Prince and Heretic. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
Magister Gustave Vanderlinden, astrologer and alchemist to that great Protestant Prince, His Highness Augustus, Elector of Saxony, sat somewhat gloomily in the laboratory of his house at Leipsic.

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

FLORENCE FLANNERY
KECKSIES
THE AVENGING OF ANN LEETE
THE BISHOP OF HELL
THE CROWN DERBY PLATE
THE FAIR HAIR OF AMBROSINE
THE GREY CHAMBER
THE HOUSEKEEPER

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Crown Derby Plate. V1. 30 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A very short ghost story.

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Folding Door. V1. 30 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A Story of Horror

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Master of Stair. V1. 1 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
Some fifty men were making slow progress through the pass of Glenorchy, which lies in the heart of Invernesshire and so in the very depths of the wild Highlands. A thick white mist hung over the landscape; it was the end of October and a raw and chilly day; the dull purple heather, disclosed now and then by the lifting vapor, the gaunt firs and faded bracken that grew along the pass, were shivering under the weight of dripping moisture. The men strained their eyes to pierce the drifting mist, and drew closer the damp tartans that showed they were of the Clan of Macdonald; they were all on foot: some led shaggy ponies on whose rough backs were strapped packages and what appeared to be the plunder of some great house, for the objects included silver and gilt cups and goblets tied together by the handles; and, slung across the saddle, handsome garments such as the Saxons wore, and guns of a make not often seen in a Highlander's hands.

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Queen's Caprice. V1. 28 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

The foregoing novel contains what the author believes to be the essenceof the truth of the reign and character of Mary, Queen of Scotland. It is, however, to be read as a work of fiction, since it is an imaginaryreconstruction of events and characters which must always remainperplexing, debated, and obscure. There is no invented person in the
tale, and the sequence of historical events is strictly followed.
The Author

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Quest of Glory. V1. 1 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
The Austrian guns had ceased with the early sunset, and the desolate city of Prague was silent, encompassed by the enemy and the hard, continuous cold of a Bohemian December: in the hall of Vladislav in the Hradcany, that ancient palace of ancient kings that rose above the town, several French officers wrapped in heavy cloaks were walking up and down, as they had done night after night since the dragging siege began. In the vast spaces of the huge pillarless hall with the high arched Gothic roof, bare walls and floor, imperfectly lit by a few low-placed lamps, their figures looked slight to insignificance, and the sound of their lowered voices was a mere murmur in the great frozen stillness.

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Viper of Milan. V1. 28 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Set in fourteenth century Italy, the story is about the enmity between two princes, Visconti, the evil Duke of Milan and Mastino della Scala, the dispossessed Duke of Verona. The hatred of these two men is the haut basis of the plot, but the lyrical descriptions of Milan and the countryside and the almost unbelievable cruelty and black heartedness of the unscrupulous Visconti, help to make the impact of this story a really tremendous one.

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Bower, B. M.: Cabin Fever v 1 12 nov. 2008

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A somewhat atypical western

This quote from Fantastic Fiction about sums it up:

[QUOTThere is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing. Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls cabin fever. True it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste. You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadilloes and indiscretions of various sorts. You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
[/QUOT
Have fun!

Got it from PG; cover from Fantastic Fiction; formatting, TOC, editing by MTH

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Bower, B. M.: The Trail of the White Mule v1 20 nov 2008

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Another western by the great B.M. Bower(1922)

[QUOTThe night was growing cold, and Casey had no coat. At least he could go down and tell Barney what he had discovered and had failed to discover, and get something to eat. Barney would probably be worrying about him, though there was a chance that a bullet had found Barney before dark. Casey was uneasy, and once he was down the fissure again, he hurried as much as possible.[/QUOT
Have fun! And take a warm coat on the long ride. You never know what might happen!

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Bower, B. M: Bower, B. M. V1. 25 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing. Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.” True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste. You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts. You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony. You may have it wherever you are shunted into a backwater of life, and lose the sense of being borne along in the full current of progress. Be sure that it will make you abnormally sensitive to little things; irritable where once you were amiable; glum where once you went whistling about your work and your play. It is the crystallizer of character, the acid test of friendship, the final seal set upon enmity. It will betray your little, hidden weaknesses, cut and polish your undiscovered virtues, reveal you in all your glory or your vileness to your companions in exile—if so be you have any.

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Bower, B. M: Casey Ryan. V1. 25 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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From Denver to Spokane, from El Paso to Fort Benton, men talk of Casey Ryan and smile when they speak his name. Old men with the flat tone of coming senility in their voices will suck at their pipes and cackle reminiscently while they tell you of Casey’s tumultuous youth—when he drove the six fastest horses in Colorado on the stage out from Cripple Creek, and whooped past would-be holdups with a grin of derision on his face and bullets whining after him and passengers praying disjointed prayers and clinging white-knuckled to the seats.

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Bower, B. M: Chip, of the Flying U. V1. 26 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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The weekly mail had just arrived at the Flying U ranch. Shorty, who had made the trip to Dry Lake on horseback that afternoon, tossed the bundle to the “Old Man” and was halfway to the stable when he was called back peremptorily.

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Bower, B. M: Cow-Country. V1. 26 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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In hot mid afternoon when the acrid, gray dust cloud kicked up by the listless plodding of eight thousand cloven hoofs formed the only blot on the hard blue above the Staked Plains, an ox stumbled and fell awkwardly under his yoke, and refused to scramble up when his negro driver shouted and prodded him with the end of a willow gad.
“Call your master, Ezra,” directed a quiet woman voice gone weary and toneless with the heat and two restless children. “Don’t beat the poor brute. He can’t go any farther and carry the yoke, much less pull the wagon.”

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Bower, B. M: Good Indian. V1. 27 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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It was somewhere in the seventies when old Peaceful Hart woke to a realization that gold-hunting and lumbago do not take kindly to one another, and the fact that his pipe and dim-eyed meditation appealed to him more keenly than did his prospector’s pick and shovel and pan seemed to imply that he was growing old. He was a silent man, by occupation and by nature, so he said nothing about it; but, like the wild things of prairie and wood, instinctively began preparing for the winter of his life. Where he had lately been washing tentatively the sand along Snake River, he built a ranch. His prospector’s tools he used in digging ditches to irrigate his new-made meadows, and his mining days he lived over again only in halting recital to his sons when they clamored for details of the old days when Indians were not mere untidy neighbors to be gossiped with and fed, but enemies to be fought, upon occasion.

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Bower, B. M: Her Prairie Knight. v1. 29 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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“By George, look behind us! I fancy we are going to have a storm.” Four heads turned as if governed by one brain; four pairs of eyes, of varied color and character, swept the wind-blown wilderness of tender green, and gazed questioningly at the high-piled thunderheads above. A small boy, with an abundance of yellow curls and white collar, almost precipitated himself into the prim lap of a lady on the rear seat.

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Bower, B. M: Jean of the Lazy A. V1. 29 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Without going into a deep, psychological discussion of the elements in men’s souls that breed events, we may say with truth that the Lazy A ranch was as other ranches in the smooth tenor of its life until one day in June, when the finger of fate wrote bold and black across the face of it the word that blotted out prosperity, content, warm family ties,—all those things that go to make life worth while.

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Bower, B. M: Lonesome Land. V1. 30 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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In northern Montana there lies a great, lonely stretch of prairie land, gashed deep where flows the Missouri. Indeed, there are many such—big, impassive, impressive in their very loneliness, in summer given over to the winds and the meadow larks and to the shadows fleeing always over the hilltops. Wild range cattle feed there and grow sleek and fat for the fall shipping of beef. At night the coyotes yap quaveringly and prowl abroad after the long-eared jack rabbits, which bounce away at their hunger-driven approach. In winter it is not good to be there; even the beasts shrink then from the bleak, level reaches, and shun the still bleaker heights.

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Bower, B. M: Rim o' the World. V1. 5 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different “makes” of cars than of bits and saddles. There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

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Bower, B. M: Rowdy of the Cross L. V1. 7 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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“Rowdy” Vaughan—he had been christened Rowland by his mother, and rechristened Rowdy by his cowboy friends, who are prone to treat with much irreverence the names bestowed by mothers—was not happy. He stood in the stirrups and shook off the thick layer of snow which clung, damp and close-packed, to his coat. The dull yellow folds were full of it; his gray hat, pulled low over his purple ears, was heaped with it. He reached up a gloved hand and scraped away as much as he could, wrapped the long-skirted, “sour-dough” coat around his numbed legs, then settled into the saddle with

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Bower, B. M: Sawtooth Ranch. V1. 7 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Quirt Creek flowed sluggishly between willows which sagged none too gracefully across its deeper pools, or languished beside the rocky stretches that were bone dry from July to October, with a narrow channel in the centre where what water there was hurried along to the pools below. For a mile or more, where the land lay fairly level in a platter-like valley set in the lower hills, the mud that rimmed the pools was scored deep with the tracks of the “TJ up-and-down” cattle, as the double monogram of Hunter and Johnson was called.

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Bower, B. M: Skyrider. V1. 9 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Mary V flipped the rough paper over with so little tenderness that a corner tore in her fingers, but the next page was blank. She made a sound suspiciously like a snort, and threw the tablet down on the littered table of the bunk house. After all, what did she care where they floated—Venus and Johnny Jewel? Riding the sky with Venus when he knew very well that his place was out in the big corral, riding some of those broom-tail bronks that he was being paid a salary—a good salary—for breaking! Mary V thought that her father ought to be told about the way Johnny was spending all his time—writing silly poetry about Venus. It was the first she had ever known about his being a poet.

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Bower, B. M: Starr, of the Desert. V1. 9 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Daffodils were selling at two bits a dozen in the flower stand beside the New Era Drug Store. Therefore Peter Stevenson knew that winter was over, and that the weather would probably “settle.” There would be the spring fogs, of course—and fog did not agree with Helen May since that last spell of grippe. Peter decided that he would stop and see the doctor again, and ask him what he thought of a bungalow out against the hills behind Hollywood; something cheap, of course—and within the five-cent limit on the street cars; something with a sleeping porch that opened upon a pleasanter outlook than your neighbor’s back yard. If Helen May would then form the habit of riding to and from town on the open end of the cars, that would help considerably; in fact, the longer the ride the better it would be for Helen May. The air was sweet and clean out there toward the hills. It would be better for Vic, too. It would break up that daily habit of going out to see “the boys” as soon as he had swallowed his dinner.

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Bower, B. M: The Happy Family. V1. 27 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Pink, because he knew well the country and because Irish, who also knew it well, refused pointblank to go into it again even as a rep, rode alone except for his horses down into the range of the Rocking R. General roundup was about to start, down that way, and there was stock bought by the Flying U which ranged north of the Bear Paws.

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Bower, B. M: The Heritage of the Sioux. V1. 28 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Old Applehead Furrman, jogging home across the mesa from Albuquerque, sniffed the soft breeze that came from opal-tinted distances and felt poignantly that spring was indeed here. The grass, thick and green in the sheltered places, was fast painting all the higher ridges and foot-hill slopes, and with the green grass came the lank-bodied, big-kneed calves; which meant that roundup time was at hand. Applehead did not own more than a thousand head of cattle, counting every hoof that walked under his brand. And with the incipient lethargy of old age creeping into his habits of life, roundup time was not with him the important season it once had been; for several years he had been content to hire a couple of men to represent him in the roundups of the larger outfits—men whom he could trust to watch fairly well his interests. By that method he avoided much trouble and hurry and hard work—and escaped also the cares which come with wealth.

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Bower, B. M: The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories. V1. 31 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

THE LONESOME TRAIL
FIRST AID TO CUPID
WHEN THE COOK FELL ILL
THE LAMB
THE SPIRIT OF THE RANGE
THE REVELER
THE UNHEAVENLY TWINS

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Bower, B. M: The Long Shadow. V1. 1 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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The wind, rising again as the sun went down, mourned lonesomely at the northwest corner of the cabin, as if it felt the desolateness of the barren, icy hills and the black hollows between, and of the angry red sky with its purple shadows lowering over the unhappy land—and would make fickle friendship with some human thing. Charming Billy, hearing the crooning wail of it, knew well the portent and sighed. Perhaps he, too, felt something of the desolateness without and perhaps he, too, longed for some human companionship.

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Bower, B. M: The Lookout Man. V1. 2 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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From the obscurity of vast, unquiet distance the surf came booming in with the heavy impetus of high tide, flinging long streamers of kelp and bits of driftwood over the narrowing stretch of sand where garishly costumed bathers had lately shrieked hilariously at their gambols. Before the chill wind that had risen with the turn of the tide the bathers retreated in dripping, shivering groups, to appear later in fluffs and furs and woollen sweaters; still inclined to hilarity, still undeniably both to leave off their pleasuring at Venice, dedicated to cheap pleasures.

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Bower, B. M: The Lure of the Dim Trails. V1. 3 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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“What do you care, anyway?” asked Reeve-Howard philosophically. “It isn’t as if you depended on the work for a living. Why worry over the fact that a mere pastime fails to be financially a success. You don’t need to write—”
“Neither do you need to slave over those dry-point things,” Thurston retorted, in none the best humor with his comforter “You’ve an income bigger than mine; yet you toil over Grecian-nosed women with untidy hair as if each one meant a meal and a bed.”

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Bower, B. M: The Phantom Herd. V1. 3 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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For the accuracy of certain parts of this story which deal most intimately with the business of making motion pictures, I am indebted to Buck Connor. whose name is a sufficient guarantee that all technical points are correct. His criticism, advice and other assistance have been invaluable, and I take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation and thanks for the help he has given me.

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Bower, B. M: The Quirt. V1. 3 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Quirt Creek flowed sluggishly between willows which sagged none too gracefully across its deeper pools, or languished beside the rocky stretches that were bone dry from July to October, with a narrow channel in the center where what water there was hurried along to the pools below. For a mile or more, where the land lay fairly level in a platter-like valley set in the lower hills, the mud that rimmed the pools was scored deep with the tracks of the “TJ up-and-down” cattle, as the double monogram of Hunter and Johnson was called.

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Bower, B. M: The Ranch at the Wolverine. V1. 4 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Four trail-worn oxen, their necks bowed to the yoke of patient servitude, should really begin this story. But to follow the trail they made would take several chapters which you certainly would skip—unless you like to hear the tale of how the wilderness was tamed and can thrill at the stern history of those who did the taming while they fought to keep their stomachs fairly well filled with food and their hard-muscled bodies fit for the fray.
There was a woman, low-browed, uncombed, harsh of voice and speech and nature, who drove the four oxen forward over lava rock and rough prairie and the scanty sage. I might tell you a great deal about Marthy, who plodded stolidly across the desert and the low-lying hills along the Blackfoot; and of her weak-souled, shiftless husband whom she called Jase, when she did not call him worse.

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Bower, B. M: The Range Dwellers. V1. 5 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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I’m something like the old maid you read about—the one who always knows all about babies and just how to bring them up to righteous maturity; I’ve got a mighty strong conviction that I know heaps that my dad never thought of about the proper training for a healthy male human. I don’t suppose I’ll ever have a chance to demonstrate my wisdom, but, if I do, there are a few things that won’t happen to my boy.

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Bower, B. M: The Thunder Bird. V1. 10 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Since Life is no more than a series of achievements and failures, this story is going to begin exactly where the teller of tales usually stops. It is going to begin with Johnny Jewel an accepted lover and with one of his dearest ambitions realized. It is going to begin there because Johnny himself was just beginning to climb, and the top of his desires was still a long way off, and the higher you go the harder is the climbing. Even love does not rest at peace with the slipping on of the engagement ring. I leave it to Life, the supreme judge, to bear me out in the statement that Love must straightway gird himself for a life struggle when he has passed the flowered gateway of a woman’s tremulous yes.
B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Since Life is no more than a series of achievements and failures, this story is going to begin exactly where the teller of tales usually stops. It is going to begin with Johnny Jewel an accepted lover and with one of his dearest ambitions realized. It is going to begin there because Johnny himself was just beginning to climb, and the top of his desires was still a long way off, and the higher you go the harder is the climbing. Even love does not rest at peace with the slipping on of the engagement ring. I leave it to Life, the supreme judge, to bear me out in the statement that Love must straightway gird himself for a life struggle when he has passed the flowered gateway of a woman’s tremulous yes.

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Bower, B. M: The Uphill Climb. V1. 11 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Ford lifted his arms above his head to yawn as does a man who has slept too heavily, found his biceps stiffened and sore, and massaged them gingerly with his finger-tips. His eyes took on the vacancy of memory straining at the leash of forgetfulness. He sighed largely, swung his head slowly from left to right in mute admission of failure to grasp what lay just behind his slumber, and thereby discovered other muscles that protested against sudden movement. He felt his neck with a careful, rubbing gesture. One hand strayed to his left cheekbone, hovered there tentatively, wandered to the bridge of his nose, and from there dropped inertly to the bed.

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Bower, B.M.: Chip of the Flying U v1 30nov 2008

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All of the boys at the Flying U grumbled -- among themselves -- when they heard that the Old Man's sister was coming to spend the summer. They didn't want a woman at the ranch, and certainly not one who had just received a medical degree! But if they'd had an inkling of what was really going to happen, they would have done more than grumble... (Feedbooks)

Here is the wikipedia page on B.M. Bower

Took this from PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added original cover.

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Bower, B.M.: The Flying U Ranch v1 17 nov 2008

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels and fictional short stories about the American Old West.

This is part of a series of books. I plan to upload more of the Flying U Ranch if there is any interest. This books do not have the darker, grittier tone that most westerns feature today, but are still a very good read.

Taken from PG, streamlined, added TOC and cover.

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Boyle, Jack: Boston Blackie. 5 May 08

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Written in 1919, this is the first and only [Boston Blackie[/ book written by Jack Boyle. A gentleman thief (where have we heard that one before Arsene Luprin.)

Since the original book there have been many films, a radio series, a TV series, comic books, and even references in Jimmy Buffet songs.

A quick read, not unlike a lot of Dr Don's postings. The source for this came from Blackmask Online reformatted for MR.

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Braby, Maud: Die moderne Ehe [German]. v1. 31 Mar 2011

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Maud Churton Braby (1875-1932):
Die moderne Ehe und wie man sie ertragen soll
(dt. 1911, engl. Original: Modern Marriage and How to Bear It, 1908)

100 Jahre alter Ehe-Ratgeber, der immer noch amüsant zu lesen ist.

Ein Ausschnitt:
Der beste Rat, den man einem Paare auf den langen, geraden und staubigen Weg der Ehe mitgeben kann, ist: Gesegnet sind die, die wenig erwarten. Der zweitbeste ist: Trachtet euer Ideal zu verwirklichen, aber nehmt die Niederlage philosophisch hin. Es ist schwer, mit jemandem zu leben, der eine ideale Vorstellung von uns hat; es ruft in uns den ruchlosen Wunsch wach, so schlecht als möglich zu sein. Miranda sagt mir oft: Die Ursache, warum Lysander und ich so vollkommen glücklich sind, ist, weil wir uns nie etwas daraus machen, einander unsere schlechtesten Seiten zu zeigen, und auch nie die Notwendigkeit fühlen, uns besser zu machen, als wir sind. Merkt euch das, Braut und Bräutigam! Bedenkt, daß ein Piedestal ein sehr ungemütlicher Aufenthaltsort ist, und weiset eurem Lebensgefährten diesen unbequemen, erhöhten Platz nicht an. Es sind mehr Ehen daran gescheitert, daß man zuviel voneinander erwartet hat, als durch irgend welche Laster oder Verirrungen.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Birds of Prey. V1. 26 Oct 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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“What about?” There are some houses whereof the outward aspect is sealed with the seal of respectability—houses which inspire confidence in the minds of the most sceptical of butchers and bakers—houses at whose area-gates the tradesman delivers his goods undoubtingly, and from whose spotless door-steps the vagabond children of the neighbourhood recoil as from a shrine too sacred for their gambols.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Charlotte's Inheritance. V1. 29 Oct 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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In the days when the Bourbon reigned over Gaul, before the “simple, sensuous, passionate” verse of Alfred de Musset had succeeded the débonnaire Muse of Beranger in the affections of young France,—in days when the site of the Trocadero was a remote and undiscovered country, and the word “exposition” unknown in the Academic dictionary, and the Gallic Augustus destined to rebuild the city yet an exile,—a young law-student boarded, in common with other students, in a big dreary-looking house at the corner of the Rue Grande-Mademoiselle, abutting on the Place Lauzun, and within some ten minutes walk of the Luxembourg. It was a very dingy quarter, though noble gentlemen and lovely ladies had once occupied the great ghastly mansions, and disported themselves in the gruesome gardens. But the young students were in nowise oppressed by the ghastliness of their abode.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Eveline’s Visitant, v1, 3 March 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1835–1915]
Eveline’s Visitant [1862]

A vengeful ghost hits on a particularly hurtful way of haunting his enemies in this short story, set in Regency France.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Fenton's Quest. V1. 28 Oct 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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A warm summer evening, with a sultry haze brooding over the level landscape, and a Sabbath stillness upon all things in the village of Lidford, Midlandshire. In the remoter corners of the old gothic church the shadows are beginning to gather, as the sermon draws near its close; but in the centre aisle and about the pulpit there is broad daylight still shining-in from the wide western window, across the lower half of which there are tall figures of the Evangelists in old stained glass.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Good Lady Ducayne, v1, 11 December 2009.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915)
Good Lady Ducayne (1896)

A young woman takes a job as a companion to old Lady Ducayne, whose previous companions have died. On a trip to Italy, the young woman notices curious bites on her body…

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Henry Dunbar. V1. 12 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837  4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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If anything can console me for the loss of my dear grandfather, it is the thought that you will come back at last, and that I shall see you once more. You can never know, dearest father, what a bitter sorrow this cruel separation has been to me. It has seemed so hard that we who are so rich should have been parted as we have been, while poor children have their fathers with them. Money seems such a small thing when it cannot bring us the presence of those we love. And I do love you, dear papa, truly and devotedly, though I cannot even remember your face, and have not so much as a picture of you to recall you to my recollection.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: London Pride. V1. 12 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837  4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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Could she go back to such a life as that? Go back! Leave all she loved? At the mere suggestion her trembling hand was stretched out involuntarily to clasp her niece Henriette, kneeling beside her. Leave them--leave those with whom and for whom she lived? Leave this loving child--her sister--her brother? Fareham had told her to call him "Brother." He had been to her as a brother, with all a brother's kindness, counselling her, confiding in her.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell, v1, 3 March 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1835–1915]
Milly Darrell [1871]

A young woman acquires a cruel stepmother when her father remarries. To what lengths will she go, after the girl’s father dies?

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell. V1. 13 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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I was just nineteen years of age when I began my career as articled pupil with the Miss Bagshots of Albury Lodge, Fendale, Yorkshire. My father was a country curate, with a delicate wife and four children, of whom I was the eldest; and I had known from my childhood that the day must come in which I should have to get my own living in almost the only vocation open to a poor gentleman’s daughter. I had been fairly educated near home, and the first opportunity that arose for placing me out in the world had been gladly seized upon by my poor father, who consented to pay the modest premium required by the Miss Bagshots, in order that I might be taught the duties of a governess, and essay my powers of tuition upon the younger pupils at Albury Lodge.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Phantom Fortune. V1. 13 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837  4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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It was known that I was of East Indian birth, but little more was known about me. It was only when years had gone by and I was a merchant on my own account and could afford to go to India on a voyage of discovery--yes, as much a voyage of discovery as that of Vasco de Gama or of Drake--that I got from the Madras agent the clue which enabled me, at the cost of infinite patience and infinite labour, to unravel the mystery of my birth. There is no need to enter now upon the details of that story. I have overwhelming documentary evidence--a cloud of witnesses--to convince the most sceptical as to who and what I am.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Run to Earth. V1. 14 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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Seven-and-twenty years ago, and a bleak evening in March. There are gas-lamps flaring down in Ratcliff Highway, and the sound of squeaking fiddles and trampling feet in many public-houses tell of festivity provided for Jack-along-shore. The emporiums of slop-sellers are illuminated for the better display of tarpaulin coats and hats, so stiff of build that they look like so many sea-faring suicides, pendent from the low ceilings. These emporiums are here and there enlivened by festoons of many-coloured bandana handkerchief’s; and on every pane of glass in shop or tavern window is painted the glowing representation of Britannia’s pride, the immortal Union Jack.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Cold Embrace, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1839–1915]
The Cold Embrace [1860]

A short story about a faithless artist. Will he get his comeuppance?
The cover image is Millais’s “Ophelia.”

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Lovels of Arden. V1. 13 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837  4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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The lamps of the Great Northern Terminus at Kings Cross had not long been lighted, when a cab deposited a young lady and her luggage at the departure platform. It was an October twilight, cold and gray, and the place had a cheerless and dismal aspect to that solitary young traveller, to whom English life and an English atmosphere were somewhat strange.
She had been seven years abroad, in a school near Paris; rather an expensive seminary, where the number of pupils was limited, the masters and mistresses, learned in divers modern accomplishments, numerous, and the dietary of foreign slops and messes without stint.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Shadow in the Corner, v1, 27 February 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1837–1915]
The Shadow in the Corner [1879]

What is the secret of the mysterious room in Wildheath Grange? And why is the new housemaid looking pale and wan?

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume I. V1. 14 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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The moon had newly risen, a late October moon, a pale almost imperceptible crescent, above the dark pine spires in the thicket through which Roderick Vawdrey came, gun in hand, after a long day’s rabbit-shooting. It was not his nearest way home, but he liked the broad clearing in the pine wood, which had a ghostly look at dusk, and was so still and lonely that the dart of a squirrel through the fallen leaves was a startling event.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume II. V1. 15 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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For the rest of the way Violet walked with Mrs. Scobel, and at the garden-gate of the Vicarage Roderick Vawdrey wished them both good-night, and tramped off, with his basket on his back and his rod on his shoulder, for the long walk to Briarwood.
Here the children separated, and ran off to their scattered homes, dropping grateful bob-curtsies to the last—“louting,” as they called it in their Forest dialect.
“You must come in and have some tea, Violet,” said Mrs. Scobel. “You must be very tired.”

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume III. V1. 15 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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After a long sleepless night of tossing to and fro, Vixen rose with the first stir of life in the old house, and made herself ready to face the bleak hard world. Her meditations of the night had brought no new light to her mind. It was very clear to her that she must go away—as far as possible—from her old home. Her banishment was necessary for everybody’s sake. For the sake of Rorie, who must behave like a man of honour, and keep his engagement with Lady Mabel, and shut his old playfellow out of his heart. For the sake of Mrs. Winstanley, who could never be happy while there was discord in her home; and last of all, for Violet herself, who felt that joy and peace had fled from the Abbey House for ever, and that it would be better to be anywhere, in the coldest strangest region of this wide earth, verily friendless and alone among strange faces, than here among friends who were but friends in name, and among scenes that were haunted with the ghosts of dead joys.

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Bradley, A.C.: Shakespearean Tragedy. v1, 24 Jan 2009

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This book, originally published in 1904, is based on lectures originally given at Glasgow and Oxford Universities on the subject of Shakespeare's four great tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. The author, A.C. Bradley, was formerly professor of poetry at Oxford University. The book has very extensive footnotes, and a series of longer notes covering topics of interest arising from the main lecture material.

A fascinating read for anyone interested in the subject matter.

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Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Colors of Space, v1, 15 March 2010.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley [1930–1999]
The Colors of Space [1963]

A young man attempts to discover the secret of travelling through space at warp speed from the alien civilisation which has a monopoly on this technology.

The Project Gutenberg transcriber reports that the US copyright has not been renewed.

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Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Door Through Space v1 18 jan 2009

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It is interesting just how much of The Door Through Space Bradley cribbed for her Darkover series: The Terran Empire colonizing the universe, a world bound by compact rather than charter to the Terrans, culture clash, Dry Towns, The Ghost Wind, a hint of ESP, chains binding women, the red sun, catmen, and the exclamation of the word "Sharra". These are both superficial as well as deeply thematic similarities to Darkover. In truth, if The Door Through Space was only given minor edits, it could pass as a Darkover novel. This was Bradley's first published novel and Darkover was obviously a work in progress throughout her entire career, but it is interesting to note how much of this novel she used to create an entire series of novels completely unrelated to this one. The world of Wolf could easily be Cottman IV. Had the word "matrix" shown up anywhere in TDTS I would have cried foul.

Race Cargill is a Terran intelligence agent who has been stuck behind a desk because of a bitter dispute with another agent who has "gone native". When Cargill's sister comes to Race because her husband, the former friend and agent who maimed Cargill, has apparently threatened her and her daughter, Cargill goes back into the field instead of leaving the planet for good. Adventure ensues.

This has been taken from PG and is only in US Public Domain.

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Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Door through Space, v1, 15 March 2010.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley [1930–1999]
The Door through Space [1961]

According to Wikipedia, this novel concerns an intelligence agent and a blood feud in the Dry Towns in the north of a world called Wolf.

The Project Gutenberg transcriber reports that the US copyright has not been renewed.

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Bradley, Marion Zimmer: The Planet Savers, v1, 14 March 2010.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley [1930–1999]
The Planet Savers: A Short Novel [1958]
Illustrated by Novick

A planet needs saving from a disease. But the only man who can do it absolutely loathes the indigenous population. Can he, and they, find healing?

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Amazing Stories, November, 1958. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Bradley, Marion Zimmer: Year of the Big Thaw, v1, 14 March 2010.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley [1930–1999]
Year of the Big Thaw [1954]

“Mr. Emmett did his duty by the visitor from another world—never doubting the right of it.”
A short story about compassion and hospitality.

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note: This etext was produced from “Fantastic Universe” May 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Bramah, Ernest: Kai Lung’s Golden Hours. v1, 28 Aug 2007.

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Ernest Bramah
KAI LUNG’S GOLDEN HOURS
First Published 1922.
With a Preface by Hilaire Belloc

A sequel to ‘The Wallet of Kai Lung’.
Contains chinoiserie and aphorisms. The origin of the willow pattern is explained; a scholar studies by the light of glow-worms; Kai Lung is condemned to death, but finds a beautiful and resourceful maiden.

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Bramah, Ernest: Max Carrados Omnibus. v2, 11 Jan 2008

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An omnibus collection of stories featuring Max Carrados, the blind detective.

From Wikipedia:

It was not until 1914 the eponymous Max Carrados, the blind detective, appeared. Crime literature up to that time had its share of detectives with a variety of disabilities – paraplegic, amputees, deafness, facial disfigurement, asthma as well as bumblers, alcoholics and outright certifiable idiots. Carrados was not a tawdry attempt just to be different. It was a serious contribution to show that the blind did not live in total darkness and are as capable in many respects as of seeing as well as the sighted. Given the somewhat outlandish idea that a blind man could be a detective, albeit an amateur one, Bramah was forced to justify Carrados’s uncanny powers as a response to the criticism the first book received.

In the second Carrados book [The Eyes of Max Carrados[/, in a long introduction, Bramah compared his hero’s achievements with the equally incredible achievements of real life blind people such as Nicholas Saunderson, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, Blind Jack of Knaresborough the road builder, John Fielding the Bow Street Magistrate of whom it was said he could identify 3,000 thieves by their voices and Helen Keller. Bramah’s sympathy for and understanding of the blind was both sincere and practical.

The Max Carrados stories appeared alongside Sherlock Holmes in the [Strand Magazine[/, indeed they had top billing and frequently outsold his eminent contemporary even if they never achieved the longevity of Holmes.

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NB: I believe that this is now a complete collection of Max Carrados stories. If I come across any more, I'll add them to this omnibus.

EDIT: 11 Jan 08

My previous comment about the collection being complete was far from accurate! Added 8 more stories to the omnibus; I'm aware of about half a dozen more which are still missing. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 36

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Bramah, Ernest: The Mirror of Kong Ho, v.1, 3 Nov 2007.

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Ernest Bramah: ‘The Mirror of Kong Ho,’ (1905)

Tonight I am posting two books which use reverse anthropology as a device. The plot summary at the beginning of this work says:

‘A lively and amusing collection of letters on western living written by Kong Ho, a Chinese gentleman. These addressed to his homeland, refer to the Westerners in London as barbarians and many of the aids to life in our society give Kong Ho endless food for thought. These are things such as the motor car and the piano; unknown in China at this time.’

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Bramah, Ernest: The Wallet of Kai Lung, v1, 27 Aug 2007.

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THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG
By
Ernest Bramah

First Published 1900 by Mr Grant Richards.

“Ho, illustrious passers-by!” says Kai Lung as he spreads out his embroidered mat under the mulberry-tree. “It is indeed unlikely that you could condescend to stop and listen to the foolish words of such an insignificant and altogether deformed person as myself. Nevertheless, if you will but retard your elegant footsteps for a few moments, this exceedingly unprepossessing individual will endeavour to entertain you.” This is a collection of Kai Lung’s entertaining tales, told professionally in the market places as he travelled about; told sometimes to occupy and divert the minds of his enemies when they were intent on torturing him.

Wikipedia informs us that Bramah spent some time as Jerome K Jerome’s secretary; later became a recluse; also that:

With Kai Lung, Bramah invented a form of Mandarin English that has never been successfully copied although many have tried. It is impossible to write about the glories of Kai Lung without quoting from some of the six books that comprise the Kai Lung canon.

'‘Kai Lung rose guardedly to his feet, with many gestures of polite assurance and having bowed several times to indicate his pacific nature, he stood in an attitude of deferential admiration. At this display the elder and less attractive of the maidens fled, uttering loud and continuous cries of apprehension in order to conceal the direction of her flight.’
and
'In particular, there is among this august crowd of Mandarins one Wang Yu, who has departed on three previous occasions without bestowing the reward of a single cash. If the feeble and covetous Wang Yu will place in his very ordinary bowl the price of one of his exceedingly ill-made pipes, this unworthy person will proceed.’
and
‘After secretly observing the unstudied grace of her movements, the most celebrated picture-maker of the province burned the implements of his craft, and began life anew as a trainer of performing elephants.’
The Kai Lung stories are studded with proverbs and aphorisms that delight.
• “He who lacks a single tael sees many bargains.”
• “It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one’s time in looking for the sacred Emperor in low-class teashops.”
• “It has been said there are few situations in life that cannot be honourably settled, and without loss of time, either by suicide, a bag of gold or by thrusting a despised antagonist over the edge of a precipice on a dark night.”

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Brame, Charlotte M: A Mad Love. V1. 23 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
"Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you? Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."
The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man. Farmer Noel people called him all over the country-side. He stood in the farmyard, looking all the warmer this warm day for his exertions in finding his niece

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Brame, Charlotte M: Coralie. V1. 22 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

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"Eighty pounds a year!" My reader can imagine that this was no great fortune. I had little or nothing to spend in kid gloves or cigars; indeed, to speak plain, prosaic English, I went without a good dinner far oftener than I had one. Yet, withal, I was passing rich on eighty pounds a year

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Brame, Charlotte M: Dora Thorne . V1. 23 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

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"The consequences of folly seldom end with its originator," said Lord Earle to his son. "Rely upon it, Ronald, if you were to take this most foolish and unadvisable step, you would bring misery upon yourself and every one connected with you. Listen to reason."
"There is no reason in prejudice," replied the young man haughtily. "You can not bring forward one valid reason against my marriage."

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Brame, Charlotte M: Love Works Wonders. V1. 23 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

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It was a strange place for an intelligence office, yet Madame Selini evidently knew what she was doing when she established her office in an aristocratic neighborhood, and actually next door to the family mansion of the Countess Dowager of Barewood. The worthy countess was shocked, and, taking counsel of her hopes, predicted that Madame Selini's institution would soon prove a failure. Notwithstanding this prediction, the agency prospered, and among its patrons were many of the nobility.

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Brame, Charlotte M: Marion Arleigh's Penance. V1. 24 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

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Three o'clock, and the express leaves Euston Square for Scotland at a quarter past. The heat in the station is very great, the noise almost deafening; huge engines are pouring out volumes of steam, the shrill whistle sounds, porters are hurrying to and fro. The quarter-past three train is a great favorite—more people travel by that than by any other—and the platform is crowded by ladies, children, tourists, commercial gentlemen.

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Brame, Charlotte M: The Coquette's Victim. V1. 22 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

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Mr. Kent was a very able magistrate. He had sat on the bench for many years and was considered a man of great legal attainments and skill. He very seldom erred in his judgment, and being gifted with a natural shrewdness, he saw the difference at once between a guilty and an innocent man.

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Brame, Charlotte M: The Tragedy of the Chain Pier. V1. 24 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
Most visitors to Brighton prefer the new pier; it is altogether a more magnificent affair. It is in the fashionable town, for fashion will go westward; it is larger, more commodious, more frequented. Go to the West Pier when you will, there is always something to see; beautiful women, pretty girls, fashionable belles promenade incessantly.

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Brame, Charlotte M: Wife in Name Only. V1. 25 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
It was the close Of an autumn day, and Dr. Stephen Letsom had been standing for some time at his window watching the sun go down. It faded slowly out of the western sky. There had been a golden flush with the sunset which changed into crimson, then into purple, and finally into dull gray tints that were forerunners of the shades of night. Dr. Stephen Letsom had watched it with sad, watchful eyes. The leaves on the trees had seemed to be dyed first in red, then in purple. The chrysanthemums changed color with every phase of the sunset; there was a wail in the autumn wind as though the trees and flowers were mourning over their coming fate. There was something of sadness in the whole aspect of nature.

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Brand, Max: Alcatraz v2 14 may 2009

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Max Brand:

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale "slick" magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations.

Alcatraz:

[QUOTThe west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things. Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure. For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.[/QUOT

A splendid LRF version of this book has been made by the fabulous Dr.Drib

Here are the ePub and Mobi versions of one of the greatest westerns of all time.

PS: The great cover comes right from the Manybooks version of this book. You did a good job there, dear Manybooks crew!

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Brand, Max: Black Jack v1 13 aug 2009

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29,1892 –May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost.

Faust managed a massive outpouring of fiction, rivaling Edgar Wallace and Isaac Asimov as one of the most prolific authors of all time. He wrote more than 500 novels for magazines and almost as many stories of shorter length. His total literary output is estimated to have been between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 words. Most of his books and stories were turned out at breakneck rate, sometimes as quickly as 12,000 words in the course of a weekend. New books based on magazine serials or were previously unpublished continue to appear, so that Faust has averaged a new book every four months for seventy-five years. Beyond this, some work by him is newly reprinted every week of every year, in one format or another, somewhere in the world.(wikipedia)

Black Jack:(1926) For 25 years, Terry Colby has lived a sheltered life. Raised and cared for by Elizabeth Cornish, Terry has been educated as a gentleman and led to believe that he is the last of the Colbys a fine old Virginia family. But, in truth, Terry is the son of the outlaw Black Jack Hollis. When Hollis was murdered, Elizabeth bet her brother, Vance, that she could raise Hollis's son to be an honest man, that it was the environment and not the blood that determined a man's character. Before the evening of Terry's 25th birthday, Vance sets a series of events in motion that will put Elizabeth's belief in Terry to the test. As usual, Brand's West is peopled with characters from mythology grander and much more eloquent than average dime-novel heroes.(Fantastic fiction)

Original Cover (slightly altered) Source: Project Gutenberg. ePub was made with Sigil.

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Brand, Max: Bull Hunter v1 13 azg 2009

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29,1892 –May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost.

Faust managed a massive outpouring of fiction, rivaling Edgar Wallace and Isaac Asimov as one of the most prolific authors of all time. He wrote more than 500 novels for magazines and almost as many stories of shorter length. His total literary output is estimated to have been between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 words. Most of his books and stories were turned out at breakneck rate, sometimes as quickly as 12,000 words in the course of a weekend. New books based on magazine serials or were previously unpublished continue to appear, so that Faust has averaged a new book every four months for seventy-five years. Beyond this, some work by him is newly reprinted every week of every year, in one format or another, somewhere in the world.(wikipedia)

Bull Hunter:Hunter was a man who could rip a tree trunk from the ground with his bare hands or tame the wildest stallion with his kind manner. Nobody west of the Pecos would have dared run afoul of the mighty frontiersman. But Pete Reeve didn't have the reputation of a dead shot because he relied on his common sense. Then Bull and Pete crossed paths, and townsfolk from Cheyenne to San Antonio braced for the battle.

Original cover, Text from Project Gutenberg!

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Brand, Max: The Untamed v1 25 aug 2009

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Max Brand:

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale "slick" magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations.

The Untamed:

Brand's career as an author of Westerns began with this tale set in an otherworldly Wild West, which first appeared as a serial in All-Story magazine and was soon transformed into a film starring Tom Mix.

Published first in 1919.
Sourced from Project Gutenberg
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Braybrooke, Patrick: Gilbert Keith Chesterton, v.1, 23 March 2009

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Patrick Braybrooke (1894-?)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1922)
With an Introduction by Arthur F. Thorn

A study of the man and his work.

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Brazil, Angela: School Stories For Girls Vol 1. v1, 26 Feb 2008

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Angela Brazil, (pronounced "brazzle"), 1868–1947, was the first of the British writers of "modern" School Girls' Stories genre - written from the characters' point of view. This twentieth century genre aimed to write entertaining stories for girls, rather than the much more overtly moralizing, instructional style which had been popular earlier in the 19th century.

Exceptionally, she did not write any books in a series - each stood on its own with different characters every time. These were considered to deal accurately and sympathetically with the highs and lows in the lives of middle-class schoolgirls, including the tangle of emotional friendships. The realism is particularly shown in her frequent use of slang expressions; a factor leading some teachers of the time to ban her books.

This volume contains five of Angela Brazil's books, as follows:

1. The New Girl at St. Chad's (1911)

2. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth (1913)

3. For the Sake of the School (1915)

4. The Luckiest Girl in the School (1916)

5. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl (1919)

Hugely enjoyable stories for all lovers of juvenile fiction, even those of us who never were "schoolgirls" :).

More to follow.

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Brebner, Percy James: Princess Maritza. V1. 26 N0v 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
A breezy morning after a night of rain. Fleecy clouds, some in massive folds and fantastic shape, some in small half-transparent wisps like sunlit ghosts, were driven rapidly across the blue. Hurrying shadows flecked the swelling bosom of the downs, and where the grass was long it rippled like a green sea, making rustling music. Overhead the larks fluttering upward, ever-diminishing specks to the empyrean, carolled their joyous song, and a thousand perfumes filled the air. It was a morning to live in, to enjoy, to take into one's lungs in deep, intoxicating draughts, until the sorrows of life and its cares were forgotten; a morning that lent strong wings to ambition, filling the future with hope and the promise of realized desires.

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Brebner, Percy James: The Brown Mask. V1. 25 Nov 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
Dismal in appearance, the painted sign over the mean doorway almost obliterated by time and weather, there was nothing attractive about the "Punch-Bowl" tavern in Clerkenwell. It was hidden away at the end of a narrow alley, making no effort to vaunt its existence to the world at large, and to many persons, even in the near neighbourhood, it was entirely unknown

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Brebner, Percy James: The Light That Lures. V1. 25 Nov 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
Seated on a green hummock, his knees drawn up, his elbows resting on his knees and his head supported in his open hands, a boy sat very still and preoccupied, gazing straight into the world before him, yet conscious of little beyond the visions conjured up by his young mind. His were dim visions begot of the strenuous times in which he lived, and which were the staple subject of conversation of all those with whom he came in contact, yet his shadowy dreams had something of the past in them, and more, far more, of that future which to youth must ever be all important.

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Brebner, Percy James: The Master Detective. V1. 26 Nov 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
Sir Grenville Rusholm, Baronet, was dead. The blinds were down at the Lodge, Queen's Square. For the last few days lengthy obituary notices had appeared in all the papers, innumerable wreaths and crosses had arrived at the house, and letters of sympathy and condolence had poured in upon Lady Rusholm. The dead man had filled a considerable space in the social world, although politically he had counted for little. Politics were not his metier, he had said. He had consistently refused to stand for parliament, his wealth had supported neither party, and perhaps his social success was due more to his wife's charm than to his own importance.

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Catastrophe's Spell v1.0 2007-09-07

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Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Starting with this first book [Castrophe's Spell[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.[/quot

I'll be posting book #2 soon. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

ENJOY!

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Apocalypse v1.5 2007-12-02

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JSWolf

Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Ending with this first book [Spell of Apocalypse[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.[/quot

This is the last book of the series. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

ENJOY!

Version 1.0 viewed 9 times.

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Fate v1.0 2007-10-27

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JSWolf

Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Continuing with this third book [Spell of Fate[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.

As Maximilian the Vaguely Disreputable comes close to solving the laws of conserving magic and tapping the gods' power base, the Creeping Sword is drawn more deeply into the fight between warring gods.[/quot

I'll be posting book #4 of 4 when it is released. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

ENJOY!

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Intrigue v1.0 2007-09-09

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JSWolf

Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Continuing with this secondt book [Spell of Intrigue[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.[/quot

I'll be posting book #3 of 4 when it is released. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

ENJOY!

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Brentano, Clemens: Die drei Nüsse, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009

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"Unica nux prodest, nocet altera, tertia mors est". oder: Eine Nuss nützt, die zweite schadet, der Tod ist die dritte. So beginnt Brentanos Novelle von 1817, in der es um Liebe, Schuld, ein folgenschweres Missverständnis, das Schicksal selbst - und natürlich um Nüsse geht.

Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano de La Roche (* 9. September 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein (heute Koblenz); † 28. Juli 1842 in Aschaffenburg) war deutscher Schriftsteller und einer der Hauptvertreter der Heidelberger Romantik. Der große Teil seiner Werke blieb zu seinen Lebzeiten unveröffentlicht und wurde erst nach seinem Tod publiziert.

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Brentano, Clemens: Italienische Märchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010

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Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano de La Roche (* 9. September 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein (heute Koblenz); † 28. Juli 1842 in Aschaffenburg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Inhalt:

- Das Märchen von den Märchen oder Liebseelchen

- Das Märchen von dem Myrtenfräulein

- Das Märchen von dem Witzenspitzel

- Das Märchen von Rosenblättchen

- Das Märchen von dem Baron von Hüpfenstich

- Das Märchen von dem Dilldapp oder Kinder und Toren haben das Glück bei den Ohren

- Das Märchen von Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen

- Das Märchen von dem Schulmeister Klopfstock und seinen fünf Söhnen

- Das Märchen von Gockel und Hinkel

- Das Märchen von Komanditchen

- Das Märchen von Schnürlieschen

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Brentano, Clemens: Rheinmärchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010

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Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano de La Roche (* 9. September 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein (heute Koblenz); † 28. Juli 1842 in Aschaffenburg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

- Das Märchen von dem Rhein und dem Müller Radlauf

- Das Märchen von dem Hause Starenberg und den Ahnen des Müllers Radlauf

- Das Märchen vom Murmeltier

- Das Märchen vom Schneider Siebentot auf einen Schlag

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Brereton, F. S: A Gallant Grenadier. V1. 26 Nov 2010

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crutledge

Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir), 1872-

Excerpt
“You positively annoy me, Joseph, and make me feel more angry than I care to admit. The matter is a serious one, and I am deeply distressed. After thirteen years of the most careful bringing-up there is complete and absolute failure. It is a miserable reward. And then, to make matters worse, you laugh at me, and egg the lad on to even greater crimes!”

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Brereton, F. S: With Joffre at Verdun. V1. 27 Nov 2010

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Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir), 1872-

Excerpt
You'd have said, if you had glanced casually at Henri de Farquissaire, that he was British—British from the well-trimmed head of hair beneath his light-grey Homberg hat to the most elegant socks and tan shoes which adorned his feet. His walk was British, his stride the active, elastic, athletic stride of one of our young fellows; and the poise of his head, the erectness of his lithe figure, a symbol of what one is accustomed to in Britons wherever they are met. That one gathered from a mere casual glance; though a second glance—a more penetrating one, we will say, one with a trifle more curiosity thrown into it—would have discovered other points still bearing out the same assumption as to Henri's nationality, and leaving hardly a suspicion that in point of fact he was French—as French as they make them.

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Brereton, F. S: With Rifle and Bayonet. V1. 27 Nov 2010

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Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir), 1872-

Excerpt
“My dear,” the captain was saying, somewhat nervously, “you really must be more kind to the poor little chap. Scold him if you wish to, for I have no doubt that, like all boys, he is constantly up to some kind of mischief; but if you have occasion to correct him, do so in a more gentle manner. He is quite a young lad, you must remember, and I am sure that his worst deeds cannot merit such punishment. You frighten him out of his life, and you do what I consider an extremely unkind thing—you constantly hurt his feelings, well knowing him to be a thin-skinned boy. Poor little chap! If you are not more careful he will detest you. You say that he and Frank together smashed a piece of valuable china in your boudoir? How then is it that Frank is forgiven, while Jack, who is the younger by more than a year, has his ears boxed and is spoken to so harshly?”

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Brereton, F. S: With Wolseley to Kumasi. V1. 28 Nov 2010

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Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir), 1872-

Excerpt
Dick Stapleton tossed restlessly on his bamboo bed, till the rickety legs creaked ominously and the mosquito net waved to and fro, threatening to descend upon his head. The heat was stifling. Inside his room the thermometer stood at an unusual height, even for this Gold Coast country, where high readings are a common occurrence, and where hot nights are the rule rather than the exception

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Brewster, David.: THE MARTYRS OF SCIENCE, v1 9 July 2008

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Biographies of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler.

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British Parliament: The Riot Act, v1, 17 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Just in case you get an urge to read the Riot Act.

‘An act for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies, and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters.’

Passed in 1714, taking effect in 1715 and not repealed until the 1960s.

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Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey, v.1, 2 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1847, this is from the least well-known of the three Brontë sisters.

It is about the horrors of life as a governess. Fortunately, the heroine manages to marry an earnest young clergyman before the succession of unpleasant or thoughtless families begins to pall too much.

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Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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HarryT

The novel tells the story of Agnes Grey, the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn the money to care for herself, she takes one of the few jobs allowed to respectable women in the early Victorian era--the role of governess to the children of the wealthy. In working with two different families (the Bloomfields and the Murrays), she comes to learn about the troubles that face a young woman who must try to rein in unruly, spoiled children for a living, and about the ability of wealth and status to destroy social values.

This was Anne Brontë's first novel, and was based on her own experiences, working as a governess.

First published in 1847.

Enjoy!

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Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, v.1, 14 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1848, this is a novel that was roundly condemned. The author’s sister, Charlotte Brontë called it ‘an entire mistake’. Several circulating libraries refused it on the grounds of the ‘coarseness’ of some of its themes. Today it is seen as an early feminist work.

The heroine has made an imprudent marriage, incorrectly believing that she could reform her alcoholic and dissipated husband. When things go wrong she closes the bedroom door against him (-- the mention of this shocked contemporary readers) but she does not leave him until he installs a mistress in the house, claiming that she is a governess.

By the end of the novel most readers will feel that the heroine has suffered enough; yet the author insists on marrying her to an impulsive, yet priggish young man.

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Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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HarryT

[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall[/, Anne Brontë's second (and last) novel, was published in June 1848, less than a year before her death. It is the sombre account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. Writing with a power not usually associated with the youngest of the Brontë sisters, Anne portrays the decline of an aristocratic husband whose drunken excesses and domestic violence force his loving wife into a reluctant rebellion.

Enjoy!

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Brontë, Charlotte: Emma, v1, 6 October 2009.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
Emma: A fragment.

“Emma” was the last work of Charlotte Brontë, and remained unfinished at her death. Its two chapters tell of a mysterious and unhappy child at a boarding school.

The book was later continued and finished by Clare Boylan and released in 2003 under the title “Emma Brown.”

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Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre (Illustrated). v3, 24 Mar 2008

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".

This is a lovely and somewhat autobiographical tale of Jane Eyre, orphaned and raised by self-centered and uncaring relatives until they send her off to an orphanage. Eventually she is hired as a governess to a young girl and meets the girl's guardian Mr. Rochester, and of course they fall in love and plan to marry. But, there is a mystery about the house that once it is discovered destroys the wedding plans...

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Mar 08

Corrected a number of scanning errors found by MR user "dynabook". Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 38

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Brontë, Charlotte: Napoleon and the Spectre, v.1, 31 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë: ‘Napoleon and the Spectre.’

A short ghost story (about a thousand words).

Unfortunately, I have been unable to find more of Charlotte Brontë’s short stories online, otherwise I would have collected them in a single volume.

[From the manuscript of the “Green Dwarf” dated July 10, 1833 - September 2, 1833, and republished in ‘The Twelve Adventurers and other stories’, London, 1925. Found in PG Australia.]

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Brontë, Charlotte: The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, v1. 12 October 2009.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
The Adventures of Ernest Alembert: A Fairy Tale (1830)
Extracted from:
Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century: Contributions towards a Literary History of the Period, Volume II. Edited by W. Robertson Nicoll, M.A., LL.D., (1851–1923) and Thomas J. Wise (1859–1937). London: Hodder & Stoughton, Paternoster Row, MDCCCXCVI (Pages 49–80).

A fairy tale, written when Miss Brontë was 14 years old.
The source was scans at The Internet Archive and I have included their illustrations.

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Brontë, Charlotte: The Professor. v1, 9 Mar 2008

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HarryT

[The Professor[/ is Charlotte Brontë’s first novel, and in it can be seen the roots of much of her subsequent writing like "Jane Eyre" or "Vilette". The novel is based on the author’s own experiences in Brussels. The central character, William Crimsworth, an orphan, leaves his dreary clerking post in a Yorkshire mill to start a career as a teacher of English in the Belgian capital. He falls in love with a Protestant pupil, Frances Henri, teacher and lace mender. However William’s relationship is complicated by the manipulative and beguiling Catholic headmistress, Zoraide Reuter, and her cunning attempts to divert him from his destiny.

Enjoy!

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Brontë, Charlotte: The Story of Willie Ellin, v1, 4 October 2009.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
The Story of Willie Ellin (1853)

This unfinished fragment contains the poignant story of an abused child.
The cover image is Haworth Parsonage, Charlotte Brontë’s childhood home.

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Brontë, Charlotte: Villette. v1, 10 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

This novel is based on the author's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels. It is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude. It is also the story of a woman's right to love and be loved.

Enjoy

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Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights. v2, 10 Mar 2008

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"Wuthering Heights" is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte.

Description from Amazon:

In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere ...As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange, grim house Wuthering Heights. It is a place he will never forget. There he will come to learn the story of Cathy: how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young. How her choice led to betrayal and terrible revenge - and continues to torment those in the present. How love can transgress authority, convention, even death. And how desire can kill.

A masterpiece. Enjoy!

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Brooks, David Marshall: The Necessity of Atheism, v.1, 19 March 2008.

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Patricia

Dr D M Brooks, The Necessity of Atheism (1933).

A proselytizing work, from a predecessor of Dawkins.

The source was PG. I have reformatted, added curly quotes, a TOC and found a cover.

Edited to add that this book is now located on the US server.

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Brotherton, Mike: Diamonds in the Sky. v1.0. March 3 2009

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Nate the great

This is a collection of factually based SF edited by Mike Brotherton. Authors include Jerry Oltion, Wil McCarthy, Geoff Landis, Jerry Weinberg, Mike Brotherton, and many more. You can find the source here.

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Brotherton, Mike: Star Dragon. v1, 05. March 2008

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IceHand

Science-Fiction novel from 2003 released under a Creative Commons License.

Reformatted the text, added curly quotes, added a table of contents, added the cover (not sure if this is allowed, I will reupload the book with a self made cover if not).

EDIT: v2 – made some minor corrections (<br /> instead of <p>&nbsp;</p>, non-breaking spaces before en dash and ellipsis)

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Brown, Charles Brokden: Arthur Mervyn. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

When Dr. Stevens finds a young man sitting alone in Phildelphia, he takes pity on him and invites him into his home. The young man's name is Arthur Mervyn and he is suffering from yellow fever, an illness that has swept through the city. In Dr. Stevens' care, Arthur becomes well again. Arthur is a pleasant man and they spend many hours discussing the future. However, when Mr. Whortley visits Dr. Stevens and recognizes Arthur, the serene life that was so hoped for by Arthur is brought into turmoil. For Arthur's past is not one of innocence, but one involving swindlers and lost monies. And Dr. Stevens must decide if Arthur deserves another chance at improving a wretched life.

Charles Brockden Brown is considered the man who brought Gothic literature to America. Before him, Gothic novels were set in European ruined castles and moors. Brown brought them to the towns and villages of America, but retained the Gothic feel that people of the time enjoyed so much. Arthur Mervyn was one of his most popular novels.

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Brown, Florence Verbell: Bride of the Dark One, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Patricia

Florence Verbell Brown
Bride of the Dark One [1952]

A tale of love and betrayal in space.

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note: “This etext was produced from Planet Stories July 1952. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”

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Brown, Fredric: The Fabulous Clipjoint v1 22 jul 2009

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mtravellerh

Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906, Cincinnati – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer.

The Fabulous Clipjoint, first published in 1947, is the first full-length novel by writer Fredric Brown, who had honed his craft by publishing hundreds of short stories in the pulp magazines of the day. The Fabulous Clipjoint is also the first of seven detective novels featuring the nephew/uncle team of Ed and Am Hunter. The subsequent novels in the series are The Dead Ringer, The Bloody Moonlight, Compliments of a Fiend, Death Has Many Doors, The Late Lamented, and Mrs Murphy's Underpants.

When teenaged Ed Hunter's alcoholic father is murdered, Ed is for all intents and purposes orphaned, as he feels no affection whatsoever for his mean-spirited stepmother and hypersexual stepsister. The police dismiss the case as nothing more than the random murder of a back-alley drunk, and so Ed decides to investigate the crime on his own.

Ed enlists the help of his father's brother, Ambrose Hunter, an itinerant carny, who he has not seen in many years, and the two of them set out to solve the crime. Together they wade through a swamp of unseemly characters of the Chicago underworld to expose the real murderer of their father and brother. Along the way, with Am's guidance, Ed comes to realize that his father was not the hapless, pathetic man he had always believed him to be.

The Fabulous Clipjoint, like most of Brown's works, is notable for its solid craftsmanship, atmosphere, and suspense. In 1948 it received the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, which marks the only occasion Brown won or was nominated for the award.

An LRF version has been uploaded by Dr. Drib! My text is taken from Manybooks and a bit embellished (mdashes and new TOC)

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Brown, Robert: The Complete Book of Cheese, v.1, 4 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

It’s a book. It’s about cheese.

I dedicate it to Nate the Great.
(See the thread on Time snubs e-book readers for Invention of the Year in the ‘Elsewhere on the net section’.)

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- Brown_ Complete Cheese.prc

Browne, Howard: Mars Confidential. V1. 28 Nov 2010

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crutledge

Howard Browne (April 15, 1908–October 28, 1999) was a science fiction editor and mystery writer. He also wrote for several television series and films. Some of his work appeared over the pseudonyms John Evans, Alexander Blade, Lawrence Chandler, Ivar Jorgensen, and Lee Francis.

Excerpt
Here is history's biggest news scoop! Those intrepid reporters Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, whose best-selling exposes of life's seamy side from New York to Medicine Hat have made them famous, here strip away the veil of millions of miles to bring you the lowdown on our sister planet. It is an amazing account of vice and violence, of virtues and victims, told in vivid, jet-speed style.

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Browne, Howard: The Return of Tharn. V1. 28 Nov 2010

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crutledge

Howard Browne (April 15, 1908–October 28, 1999) was a science fiction editor and mystery writer. He also wrote for several television series and films. Some of his work appeared over the pseudonyms John Evans, Alexander Blade, Lawrence Chandler, Ivar Jorgensen, and Lee Francis.

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When Tharn set out to rescue his beloved Dylara, he did not dream the whole Cro-Magnon world opposed him

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Browne, Howard: Twelve Times Zero. V1. 29 Nov 2010

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Howard Browne (April 15, 1908–October 28, 1999) was a science fiction editor and mystery writer. He also wrote for several television series and films. Some of his work appeared over the pseudonyms John Evans, Alexander Blade, Lawrence Chandler, Ivar Jorgensen, and Lee Francis.

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It was a love-triangle murder that made today's headlines but the answer lay hundreds of thousands of light years away!

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Browne, Howard: Warrior of the Dawn. V1. 29 Nov 2010

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Howard Browne (April 15, 1908–October 28, 1999) was a science fiction editor and mystery writer. He also wrote for several television series and films. Some of his work appeared over the pseudonyms John Evans, Alexander Blade, Lawrence Chandler, Ivar Jorgensen, and Lee Francis.

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From the forest deeps came brutal killers, and Tharn, the Cro-Magnon, vowed that vengeance would be his....

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Browning, H Ellen: Beauty Culture, v1, 15 Oct 2007.

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H Ellen Browning, Beauty Culture, (1898)

Continuing our occasional series of debatably useful instructional works.

Apparently, all you need is fresh air, a good diet and the prodigal use of soap and water.

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Brust, Steven: My Own Kind of Freedom, v.1, 18 July 2008

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Science-Fiction novel from 2007 based on the Firefly TV series, released under a Creative Commons License.

Chronologically it's between the end of the series and the movie "Serenity". I'd highly recommend watching the series before reading this book, it reads very much like an extra episode.

Reformatted the text, added curly quotes, added a table of contents, added a quick and dirty self-made cover.

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Bryant, Walter W.: Kepler, v.1, 25 Oct 2008

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A 1920 biography of the astronomer Johannes Kepler.

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Bryce, Mrs. Charles: The Ashiel Mystery, v1, 8 April 2010.

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Mrs. Charles Bryce [Marion Bryc [1839-1920]
The Ashiel Mystery [1915]

As the adopted daughter of Sir Charles Byrne, young Pauline suffers when he marries again. Then she gets a chance to meet her natural father. This is followed by murders, missing wills and deception in a Scottish castle. It’s enough to make a girl faint. Fortunately the detective, Mr. Gimblet is on hand to solve the mystery.

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Buchan, John: Collected Supernatural Stories. V1. 8 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

The Keeper of Cademuir (Glasgow University Magazine, 1894)
A Journey of Little Profit (The Yellow Book, 1898)
The Outgoing of the Tide (Atlantic Monthly, 1902)
No-man's-land (Blackwood's Magazine, 1899)
The Watcher by the Threshold (Atlantic Magazine, 1900)
The Grove of Ashtaroth (Blackwood's Magazine, 1910)
Space (Blackwood's Magazine, 1911)
Basilissa (Blackwood's Magazine, 1914)
Fullcircle (Atlantic Magazine, 1920)
The Magic Walking Stick (Sails of Gold, 1927)
The Strange Adventure of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn (The Silver Ship, 1932)

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Buchan, John: John Macnab. V1. 4 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Three high-flying men who suffer from boredom concoct a plan to cure it. They inform 3 Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon. They sign collectively as 'John McNab' and await the responses.

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Buchan, John: Midwinter. V1. 7 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

A classic tale of intrigue, treachery and adventure, set in 1745 as the Jacobite Rebels march south into England, telling the story of Alastair Maclean, a close confidant of Prince Charles Edward Stewart, who sets out on a secret mission to raise support for the Jacobite cause in the west of England.

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Buchan, John: Prester John. v1. 20 Dec 07

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I hope I'm not stepping on any toes by posting this Buchan book. I noticed that there are other John Buchan books being posted, but I really couldn't wait to read this one. And since I formatted it for myself, I figured I would post it and save others the trouble.

This author is new to me. After this I finish this book, I am going to rapidly devour the other ones that have been posted on here.:)

[From description at Amazon:[/
Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to seek his fortune as a store-keeper. He encounters John Laputa, a celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories. In his remote store, David finds himself with the key to a massive uprising led by the minister, who has taken the title of the mythical priest-king, Prester John. David's courage and his understanding of this man take him to the heart of the uprising, a secret cave in the Rooirand.

This is a story of lost civilizations, hidden treasures, friendship and betrayal, lions and tigers, witch doctors, and just good old-fashioned adventure.

John Buchan wrote [Prester John[/, his sixth novel, in 1910, seven years after he returned from South Africa. It was his first to reach a wide readership across the world, and it established him as the writer of the fast-paced adventures for which he is famous.

[Note: Modern readers should know that Buchan used some racist sentiments completely common at the time.[/

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Buchan, John: Richard Hannay Omnibus. v5. 4 Feb 2011

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This is an omnibus edition of all John Buchan's books featuring the British secret agent "Richard Hannay". The first of these, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" will, doubtless, be familiar to many people through the famous Hitchcock movie adaptation, but I suspect that the remaining books in the series may be less familiar to some.

The books are:

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan wrote "The Thirty-Nine Steps" while he was seriously ill at the beginning of World War I. In it, he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an "ordinary fellow", is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and a pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious 39 steps. The best-known of Buchan's thrillers, this novel has been continuously in print since first publication and has been filmed three times.

Greenmantle

This novel continues the story of Richard Hannay, taking him from convalescence following the Battle of Loos, back to London for a vital meeting at the Foreign Office, and thence on a top-secret mission across war-torn German-occupied Europe.

Mr. Standfast

In Mr Standfast (1919), the third of the novels featuring Richard Hannay, we meet again Pieter Pienaar and John S. Blenkiron. It is 1917 and Hannay is brought out of the battlefield to perform the desperate task of tracking down and destroying a network of German spies. Hannay's opponent is Morton Ivery, the bland master of disguise, who seeks to outwit Hannay as he and his agents are pursued through England, Scotland, France, and Switzerland.

For its pace and suspense, its changes of scene, and thrilling descriptions of the last great battles against the Germans, Mr Standfast offers everything that has made its author so enduringly popular.

The Three Hostages

At the end of World War I, Richard Hannay has retired to the Cotswolds. There, news comes to him of three kidnappings and a plot of political and financial magnitude. Hannay abandons his idyll to counter the threat and his adventures lead to an encounter with his most formidable enemy.

The Courts of the Morning

Although not a Richard Hannay story as such (he narrates the introduction to the story), this is a wonderful story of revolution in a (fictitious) South American country, and features the cast of characters from the earlier Richard Hannay books - Archie, Sandy, Blenkiron, and the rest. It also forms an important "back story" for the final book in the omnibus, "The Island of Sheep".

The Island of Sheep

The Island of Sheep (1936) is John Buchan's last thriller, featuring the return of Richard Hannay, the hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast and The Three Hostages, from a comfortable retirement. Hannay redeems his promise to protect the son of an old acquaintance from a sinister conspiracy, and the action moves rapidly from England through the Scottish Borders to the Island of Sheep in the remote Norlands, where Hannay and his friends turn at last to confront their enemy. Memorable for its vivid evocations of place, the novel constitutes a complex reflection upon its own position at the end of Buchan's career and at the end of a modern Scottish tradition of adventure romances.

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EDIT: 15 Jan 08

Improved the formatting and recreated the book. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 30 Dec 08

Added "The Courts of the Morning" to the omnibus. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 1 Jan 09

Thoroughly proofed and corrected "The Thirty-Nine Steps", which was in a very poor state. Reformatted "Greenmantle" and "Mr. Standfast" to correct a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 4 Feb 11

Thoroughly proofed all the books in the omnibus against printed editions. Most were in a reasonable state, but "The Courts of the Morning" required extensive work to correct it. I'd now regard this as pretty much a finished product - if you find any remaining errors, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

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Buchan, John: Runagates Club. V1. 6 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Mixed collection of twelve short stories, mostly of horror, espionage, or the supernatural, including Buchan's popular "The Green Wildebeest." "Among Buchan's best work."- Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction

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Buchan, John: Salute to Adventurers. V1. 9 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

My arm was too short to make a fighter of me, and I could only strive to close, that I might get the use of my weight and my great strength of neck and shoulder. Ringan danced round me, tapping me lightly on nose and cheek, but hard enough to make the blood flow, I defended myself as best I could, while my temper rose rapidly and made me forget my penitence. Time and again I looked for a chance to slip in, but he was as wary as a fox, and was a yard off before I could get my arm round him.

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Buchan, John: Sick Heart River. V1. 7 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Sir Edward Leithen travels deep into the Canadian Arctic to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a man. Leithen confronts his fears during this dangerous mission as he draws closer to the deadly secret of the Sick Heart River.

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Buchan, John: The Blanket of the Dark. V1. 6 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

It is 1536, and the Reformation has yet to disrupt the life of the great medieval Abbey of Oseney near Oxford, where a young man known as Peter Pentecost is completing his education. But Peter's life is about to be changed forever when he uncovers the astonishing secret of his true identity, a secret that has been kept from him all his life: that he is the son and heir of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, and by rights he, not Henry Tudor, should be King of England. His anonymous life at Oseney has been carefully arranged to keep him from harm--until the day arrives when those who have been watching over him are ready to challenge Henry VIII.

From the moment Peter discovers the truth, he descends into a dangerous world of conspiracy and treason, as powerful men seek to persuade him to leave behind the security and tranquility of his life at Oseney and risk everything in a rebellion that could put him on the throne of England.

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Buchan, John: The Courts of the Morning. V1. 10 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

When Richard Hannay is approached by the American military attach in London to carry out a delicate undercover mission, he immediately seeks out his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot. They meet at Sandy's country house in the Scottish Borders, but soon afterwards Sandy disappears in mysterious circumstances. As it turns out, these events are only the prelude to a dramatic series of adventures which take place against the backdrop of a small South American Republic that has fallen under the spell of a ruthless Dictator.

The Dictator is a powerful and charismatic leader, but he is also the mastermind behind a sinister international conspiracy that threatens the peace and security of the entire world. He has to be stopped, and Sandy Arbuthnot, master of disguise and born adventurer, is the man to do it, though revolution and war may be the price that has to be paid.

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Buchan, John: The Dancing Floor. V1. 5 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Sir Edward Leithen gained the confidence of a young Englishman, haunted all his life by a dream, and of a girl, the heiress to a Greek island, whose quixotic sense of humour made her face alone a great peril. The inseverable connection between the destinies of the two, with the high test to which the courage of each was put, makes a great love story and a stirring original adventure.

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Buchan, John: The Far Islands. V1. 8 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

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When Bran the Blessed, as the story goes, followed the White bird on the Last Questing, knowing that return was not for him, he gave gifts to his followers. To Heliodorus he gave the gift of winning speech, and straightway the man went south to the Italian seas, and, becoming a scholar, left many descendants who sat in the high places of the Church. To Raymond he gave his steel battle-axe, and bade him go out to the warrior's path and, hew his way to a throne; which the man forthwith accomplished, and became an ancestor in the fourth degree of the first king of Scots. But to Colin, the youngest and the dearest, he gave no gift, whispering only a word in his ear and laying a finger on his eyelids. Yet Colin was satisfied, and he alone of the three, after their master's going, remained on that coast of rock and heather.

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Buchan, John: The Free Fishers. V1. 7 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Set in the bleak Yorkshire hamlet of Hungrygrain, this is a stirring tale of treason and romance. Anthony Lammas, minister and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue that threatens the country. His boyhood allegiance to a brotherhood of deep-sea fishermen involves him and his handsome ex-pupil with a beautiful but dangerous woman.

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Buchan, John: The Gap in the Curtain. V1. 5 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

The most unusual and thought- provoking of Buchan's supernatural works is the novel The Gap in the Curtain (1932), which deals with fate and free will. Building on Dunne's theory of serial time, Professor Moe works out a technique for visualizing the future-in this case a newspaper of a year hence. The characters, who are types of our civilization, scramble about trying either to fulfill or to ward off what has been seen. a capable suspense story.- Sullivan, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural

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Buchan, John: The Half-Hearted. V1. 8 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Set in the closing years of the nineteenth century, The Half-Hearted tells the story of Lewis Haystoun, a dilettante and coward. At a Scottish country house party hosted by Lady Manorwater, Lewis falls for Alice Wishart, one of the guests. Lewis answers the call to adventure finally and sets off to Kashmir in search of 'success, enterprise, new lands and faces'.

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Buchan, John: The Moon Endureth. V1. 9 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Poetry and ten short stories by the British author known for adventure stories.

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Buchan, John: The Path of the King v1 18. nov 2008

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This is coming from PG and was written by the ever popular John Buchan. This review is coming from The John Buchan society:

[QUOTThis is a book for young and old and especially for the historically minded to dwell on and even drool over. (G M Trevelyan the historian was a case in point!) The First World War had reinforced Buchan's knowledge of France and interest in the New World, and especially in Abraham Lincoln. Buchan had been fascinated from early days with 'The road the King of Errin goes' in foklore, and used the idea of the 'King's path' in an earlier work on Sir Walter Raleigh. In this post- First World War novel Buchan presents Lincoln's courageous Presidency in the American Civil War (he was a minority Republican President in his first term and was assassinated in his second) as nothing less than kingly, at first sight a paradox in a non-monarchical country like the USA.

The Path of the King offers a tapestry of historical episodes, from the Vikings through centuries of Norman and French, Flemish, English, Scottish and American social, economic and political life. Famous events such as the massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, the adventures of Daniel Boone and much else provide the backcloth for the men and women who successively have, however diluted, the blood of kingliness in them (we might now say they had the right genes). The subtly-linked individual stories are used to suggest that kingliness may be dormant or fitful over several generations, but will finally reappear in someone, like Lincoln.

All the leading characters are presented as descended from a young Viking prince whose death among the Franks as a defeated Northman is implied in the first episode. That princeling's golden torque is the symbol of his royal status, but we find it remodelled as a ring, ultimately resurfacing in America only to be lost by young Abe Lincoln when he uses it to catch a fish in a 'crick' (creek or stream). But its loss is of no account, for when kingliness in fact reappears in Lincoln the man there is no need for it.

The fascination of this unusual book grows on the reader gradually. Little clues should be looked for constantly, in order to grasp the consistency of the tale. And the choice of Lincoln, very much the offspring of ordinary folks, proclaims for those with eyes to see that kingliness is not dependent on outward trappings but on inward riches. 'Though nature is wasteful of material things, there is no waste of spirit, as the Prologue suggests.[/QUOT
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Buchan, John: The Power-House. V1. 5 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

When his friend Charles Pitt-Heron vanishes mysteriously, Sir Edward Leithen is at first only mildly concerned. But a series of strange events that follow Pitt-Heron's disappearance convince Leithen that he is dealing with a sinister secret society. Their codename is 'The Power-House'. The authorities are unable to act without evidence. As he gets deeper involved with the underworld, Leithen finds himself facing the enemy alone and in terrible danger.

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Buchan, John: The Thirty-Nine Steps. v1, 4 June 2010

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This version is based on the text in HarryT's John Buchan Omnibus. The main difference is that I like curly quotes, so this version has curly quotes!

Uploaded as a nicely formatted version of the Book Club's June 2010 book.

This file has been prepared using KindleGen from the same source as the ePub I'm just about to upload.

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Buchan, John: Witch Wood. V1. 6 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Set amidst the religious struggles of the 17th century, this is the story of a young minister's return to the town of his birth. There he finds a coven of Satan worshippers and falls deeply in love with one of their victims in a struggle for right and wrong.

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Buchanan, James: State of the Union. v1.1 13 October 2007

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18th President of the USA, 1857-1861.

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Buchanan, Robert: Camlan and The Shadow of the Sword. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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Robert Williams Buchanan (18 August 1841 – 10 June 1901) was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist. He was the son of Robert Buchanan (1813-1866), Owenite lecturer and journalist, and was born at Caverswall, Staffordshire, England. Buchanan senior, a native of Ayr, Scotland, lived for some years in Manchester, then moved to Glasgow, where Buchanan junior was educated, at the high school and the university, one of his fellow-students being the poet David Gray. His essay on Gray, originally published in the Cornhill Magazine, tells the story of their close friendship, and of their journey to London in 1860 in search of fame.

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"The Shadow of the Sword" is a polemic against War, against the institution which, above all others, is the disgrace and scourge of modern civilization. But what am I saying? I write this preface in the near neighbourhood of Shoeburyness, where our English artillerymen have been recently experimenting, at the expense of the public pocket and of the town windows, with the new 80-ton gun. I forget exactly how many pounds sterling every discharge of this cheerful invention costs the people of England, or how much they are mulcted for the experimental cannonade which takes place daily at Shoeburyness and other havens of unrest, made hideous for us by a quasi-military government.

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Buchanan, Robert: God and the Man. V1. 10 Apr 2011

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Robert Williams Buchanan (18 August 1841 – 10 June 1901) was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist. He was the son of Robert Buchanan (1813-1866), Owenite lecturer and journalist, and was born at Caverswall, Staffordshire, England. Buchanan senior, a native of Ayr, Scotland, lived for some years in Manchester, then moved to Glasgow, where Buchanan junior was educated, at the high school and the university, one of his fellow-students being the poet David Gray. His essay on Gray, originally published in the Cornhill Magazine, tells the story of their close friendship, and of their journey to London in 1860 in search of fame.

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As far back as he could remember,—when, though his body was a useless log, and his eyes dim with dust of age, his memory was still green,—the Christiansons had hated the Orchardsons, and the Orchardsons had returned the hate with interest. The two families were heat and frost, fire and water, peace and war; their spirits could never cross each other without pain. Physically, even, they were as unlike as tall stalwart trees of the forest and creeping shrubs of the common: the male Christiansons, tall, stalwart yeomen of six foot upwards; the Orchardsons narrow-chested, stooping figures, below the middle height.

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Buck, Charles Neville. The Call of the Cumberlands. V1. 29 Nov 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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Suddenly the leafage was thrust aside from above by a cautious hand, and a shy, half-wild girl appeared in the opening. For an instant she halted, with her brown fingers holding back the brushwood, and raised her face as though listening. Across the slope drifted the call of the partridge, and with perfect imitation she whistled back an answer. It would have seemed appropriate to anyone who had seen her that she should talk bird language to the birds. She was herself as much a wood creature as they, and very young.

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Buck, Charles Neville: A Pagan of the Hills . V1. 1 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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"It's plum amazin' ter heer ye norate thet ye've done been tradin' and hagglin' with old man McGivins long enough ter buy his logs offen him and yit ye hain't never met up with Alexander. I kain't hardly fathom hit noways."
The shambling mountaineer stretched himself to his lean length of six feet two, and wagged an incredulous head. Out of pale eyes he studied the man before him until the newcomer from "down-below" felt that, in the attitude, lay almost the force of rebuke. It was as though he stood self-convicted of having visited Naples without seeing Vesuvius.

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Buck, Charles Neville: Destiny. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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OUTSIDE the subtle clarion of autumn's dying glory flamed in the torches of the maples and smoldered in the burgundy of the oaks. It trailed a veil of rose-ash and mystery along the slopes of the White Mountains, and inside the crumbling school-house the children droned sleepily over their books like prisoners in a lethargic mutiny.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Key to Yesterday. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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The palings of the grandstand inclosure creaked in protest under the pressure. The shadows of forward-surging men wavered far out across the track. A smother of ondriving dust broke, hurricane-like, around the last turn, sweeping before it into the straightaway a struggling mass of horse-flesh and a confusion of stable-colors. Back to the right, the grandstand came to its feet, bellowing in a madman’s chorus.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Lighted Match. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

Excerpt
"When a feller an' a gal washes their hands in the same basin at the same time, it's a tol'able good sign they won't git married this year."
The oracle spoke through the bearded lips of a farmer perched on the top step of his cabin porch. The while he construed omens, a setter pup industriously gnawed at his boot-heels.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Portal of Dreams. V1. 1 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

Excerpt
The doctor was so small and frail that his narrow face was rescued from inconsequence only by a trimly cropped Van-Dyck with a dignified sprinkling of gray. I always felt that, should I ever see him in a bathing suit, I would have to seek a new physician. I could never again think of him as sufficiently grown-up to practise an adult vocation. Yet when the doctor spoke his mentality issued out of its small habitation of flesh and expanded to commanding proportion.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Roof Tree. V1. 2 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

Excerpt
Between the smoke-darkened walls of the mountain cabin still murmured the last echoes of the pistol's bellowing, and it seemed a voice of everlasting duration to the shock-sickened nerves of those within.
First it had thundered with the deafening exaggeration of confined space, then its echo had beaten against the clay-chink wall timbers and rolled upward to the rafters. Now, dwindled to a ghostly whisper, it lingered and persisted.
But the house stood isolated, and outside the laurelled forests and porous cliffs soaked up the dissonance as a blotter soaks ink.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Tempering. V1. 2 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

Excerpt
"Nothin' don't nuver come ter pass hyarabouts!"
The boy perched disconsolately on the rotting fence threw forth his lament aloud to the laurelled silences of the mountain sides and the emptiness of space.
"Every doggone day's jest identical with all ther balance—save only thet hit's wuss!"

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Tyranny of Weakness. V1. 3 Dec 2010

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crutledge

Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

Excerpt
They were types in embryo, but of course they did not know it. No more would a grain of wheat and a poppy seed dropping side-by-side in a fallow place reflect upon their destinies, though one might typify a working world's dependence for bread; the other a dreaming world's reliance for opium.
They were a boy and a girl stepping artlessly into the wide chances of a brand-new and vastly interesting adolescence.

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Buck, Charles Neville: When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry. V1. 3 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

Excerpt
A creaking complaint of loose and rattling boards rose under the old mountaineer's brogans as he stepped from the threshold to the porch. His eyes, searching the wooded mountain-side, held at first only that penetration which born woodsmen share with the hawk and ferret, but presently they kindled into irascibility as well.

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Buckner, Bradner: The Day Time Stopped Moving, v1 14, March 2009

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[QUOT[All Dave Miller wanted to do was commit suicide in peace. He tried, but the things that happened after he'd pulled the trigger were all wrong. Like everyone standing around like statues. No St. Peter, no pearly gate, no pitchforks or halos. He might just as well have saved the bullet![/ [/QUOT

A classic SF short story first published in Amazing Stories October 1940

Text from Project Gutenberg, and handcrafted by me for MobileRead.

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Buddha, Gautama: The Dhammapada, v.1, 21 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Translated from the Pali by Friedrich Max Müller.

A Collection of Verses
Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists.

From [The Sacred Books of the East. Translated by Various Oriental Scholars.[/
Edited by F. Max Müller. Volume X: Part I.

From [Wikipedia[/:

The [Dhammapada [/(Pli, sometimes translated as [Path of the Dharma.[/ Also [Prakrit Dhamapada, Sanskrit Dharmapada[/) is a Buddhist scripture, containing 423 verses in 26 categories. According to tradition, these are verses spoken by the Buddha on various occasions, most of which deal with ethics. A fourth or fifth century commentary attributed to Buddhaghosa includes 305 stories which give context to the verses.
The [Dhammapada [/is a popular section of the Pli Tipitaka and is considered one of the most important pieces of Theravada literature.
Although the Pli edition is the most well known, a Gandhari edition written in Kharosthi and a seemingly related text in Sanskrit known as the Udanavarga have also been discovered.
Despite being a primarily Theravada text, the [Dhammapada [/is read by many Mahayana Buddhists and remains a very popular text across all schools of Buddhism.

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Budrys, Algis: Citadel. V1. 4 Dec 2010

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crutledge

Algis Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names "Frank Mason", "Alger Rome", "John A. Sentry", "William Scarff", and "Paul Janvier."

Excerpt
He was looking for a privacy his strange personality needed. And—never quite seemed to achieve it. All his efforts were, somehow—great triumphs of the race, and great failures for him!

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Budrys, Algis: Riya's Foundling. V1. 4 Dec 2010

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crutledge

Algis Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names "Frank Mason", "Alger Rome", "John A. Sentry", "William Scarff", and "Paul Janvier."

Excerpt
Now, if the animal we know as a cow were to evolve into a creature with near-human intelligence, so that she thought of herself as a "person" ...

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Budrys, Algis: The Barbarians. V1. 3 Dec 2010

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crutledge

Algis Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names "Frank Mason", "Alger Rome", "John A. Sentry", "William Scarff", and "Paul Janvier."

Excerpt
History was repeating itself; there were moats and nobles in Pennsylvania and vassals in Manhattan and the barbarian hordes were overrunning the land.

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Budrys, Algis: The Stoker and the Stars . V1. 4 Dec 2010

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crutledge

Algis Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names "Frank Mason", "Alger Rome", "John A. Sentry", "William Scarff", and "Paul Janvier."

Excerpt
When you've had your ears pinned back in a bowknot, it's sometimes hard to remember that an intelligent people has no respect for a whipped enemy ... but does for a fairly beaten enemy.

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Bulfinch, Thomas: Legends of Charlemagne, v.1, 8 December 2008.

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Patricia

Thomas Bulfinch (1764–1867)
Legends of Charlemagne
Or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863)
(This has also been published as the second volume of Bulfinch’s Mythology.)

A collection of tales and legends about the paladins of Charlemagne.

Contents:
The Peers, or Paladins
Orlando
Roland and Ferragus
A Roland for an Oliver
Rinaldo
The Tournament
The Siege of Albracca
Adventures of Rinaldo and Orlando
The Invasion of France
Bradamante and Rogero
Astolpho and the Enchantress
The Orc
Astolpho’s Adventures Continued, and Isabella’s Begun
Medoro
Orlando Mad
Zerbino and Isabella
Astolpho in Abyssinia
The War in Africa
Rogero and Bradamante
The Battle of Roncesvalles
Rinaldo and Bayard
Death of Rinaldo
Huon of Bordeaux
Ogier, the Dane

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Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Chivalry, v.1, 11 Dec 2008.

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Patricia

Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867)
The Age of Chivalry (1858)

A compendium of tales about chivalry, including information about knights, tales of King Arthur, Arthurian and other legends from the Mabinogion, plus the stories of Beowulf, Cuchulain, Hereward and Robin Hood.

I have already uploaded the companion volumes, “The Age of Fable” [also known as “Bulfinch’s Mythogy”] and “Legends of Charlemagne.”

NB The author’s spelling is, at times, idiosyncratic.

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Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Fable [“Bullfinch’s Mythology”] v.1, 9 Dec 2008.

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Patricia

Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867)
The Age of Fable: Stories of Gods and Heroes
Also known as “Bulfinch’s Mythology.”
(First published, 1855, but this is a later edition, from PG.)

This book retells Greek, Roman, and Teutonic myths and legends. There are shorter sections on Indian and Egyptian myths. It also has a chapter on the nature of mythology.

I have already uploaded the companion volume “Legends of Charlemagne.”

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Bullock, Tom: The Ideal Bartender, v.1, 25 August 2008.

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Patricia

Tom Bullock (1873–1964)
The Ideal Bartender (1917)

From Project Gutenberg, an American collection of cocktail recipes, dating from 1917.

Oddly,
1. None of the recipes contains vodka.
2. There is no martini recipe.
3. There is a recipe for beef tea.

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Bulwer, Edward: Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings. 17 Sept 07

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RWood

Before he delved into the strange arts with the Atlantis inspired [The Coming Race[/ Bulwer wrote many well regarded histories, among them [Harold, The Last of the Anglo Saxon Kings.[/

There are good writers, there are bad writers, and then there are writers so bad that awards are named for them. Such is the case of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton. Known for such lines as “the pen is mightier than the sword” and “It was a dark and stormy night” (sorry Snoopy),

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTAlthough he was popular in his day, Bulwer-Lytton’s prose strikes many contemporary readers as anachronistic and overly embellished, though at least one of his works (The Last Days of Pompeii) is still regularly read.
His name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants have to supply the openings of terrible (imaginary) novels, inspired by his novel Paul Clifford, which opens with the famous words:
“It was a dark and stormy night”
or to give the sentence in its full glory:
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”
Entrants in the contest seek to capture the rapid changes in point of view, the florid language, and the atmosphere of the full sentence.[/QUOT

You have been warned.

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Bulwer, Edward: The Coming Race. v1. 24 July 07

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RWood

There are good writers, there are bad writers, and then there are writers so bad that awards are named for them. Such is the case of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton. Known for such lines as “the pen is mightier than the sword” and “It was a dark and stormy night” (sorry Snoopy),

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTAlthough he was popular in his day, Bulwer-Lytton’s prose strikes many contemporary readers as anachronistic and overly embellished, though at least one of his works (The Last Days of Pompeii) is still regularly read.
His name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants have to supply the openings of terrible (imaginary) novels, inspired by his novel Paul Clifford, which opens with the famous words:
“It was a dark and stormy night”
or to give the sentence in its full glory:
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”
Entrants in the contest seek to capture the rapid changes in point of view, the florid language, and the atmosphere of the full sentence.[/QUOT

So here is one of his last pieces of writing, a story about Atlantis. Given the 1871 date it is one of the earliest examples of Science Fiction writing. You have been warned.

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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Das Geschlecht der Zukunft german v1 24 feb 2009

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netseeker

Ein junger Engländer, der durch ein Bergwerksunglück in eine unterirdische Welt gerät, lernt tief im Inneren der Erde einen verschollenen Zweig der Menschheit kennen. Die engelsgleichen [Vril-ya[/ leben dort seit der biblischen Sintflut und haben gelernt die mysteriöse Naturkraft [Vril[/ zu beherrschen und einzusetzen. Dadurch ist blühender Wohlstand und eine vollkommene, friedliche Gesellschaft entstanden. Menschliche Leidenschaften wie Ehrgeiz, Eifersucht, Agression gehören der tierhaften Vergangenheit an. Während seiner spannenden und kuriosen Abenteuer kommen dem Held jedoch Zweifel an der vermeintlichen Idylle im Reich dieser Übermenschen: Was wird die Zukunft des eigenen Geschlechts sein?

Bulwer-Lytton beschreibt in [Das Geschlecht der Zukunft[/ eine unterirdisch lebende Gesellschaft, die eine geheime Kraft beherrscht. Der 1871 erstmals veröffentlichte Roman gilt heute als eine der ersten Science Fiction-Geschichten. Der von Bulwer-Lytton beschriebene Mythos lebte später in der (fiktiven) geheimen Vril-Gesellschaft fort und wurde nationalsozialistisch entfremdet.

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Bunce, John Thackray: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning. 17 May 2008

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RWood

Another volume of folklore and fairy tales. An interesting analysis of western European folk tales. A wonderful companion volume to all of the fairy tale books posted here.

The chapters are as follows:

- Origin of fairy tales — the Aryan race: its characteristics, its traditions, and its migrations

- Kindred tales from divers lands

- Dwellers in fairyland: stories from the east

- Dwellers in fairyland: teutonic, scandinavian, etc.

- Dwellers in fairyland: celtic, the west highlands

- Conclusion-some popular tales explained.

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Bunyan, John: Pilgrim's Progress. Alt Version 23 June 07

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Complete with in-line [Bible[/ references.

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Burgess, Gelett : The Master of Mysteries, v.1, 8 December 2008

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Patricia

The Master of Mysteries
Being an Account of the Problems Solved by Astro, Seer of Secrets, and His Love Affair with Valeska Wynne, His Assistant
Author Gelett Burgess 1866-1951
Published 1912

This collection of short mysteries follows Astro, a man posing as a psychic detective who is, in fact, just a keen observer and student of human nature. Originally published anonymously, you can combine the first letter in each of the 24 short stories to get the following message: "The Author is Gelett Burgess"

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Burgess, Thornton W.: The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat v1 20 apr 2009

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Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965). Born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.

Beloved children's classic concerns the problems faced by Jerry Muskrat and the other creatures of the Green Forest when the water stops flowing in the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool. Children will love finding out how Jerry, Little Joe Otter, Billy Mink, and others team up to solve the dilemma. 6 new illustrations.

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Burgess, Thornton W: Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer. V1. 2 Aug 2009

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crutledge

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965). Born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.

Excerpt
Peter Rabbit was on his way back from the pond of Paddy the Beaver deep in the Green Forest. He had just seen Mr. and Mrs. Quack start toward the Big River for a brief visit before leaving on their long, difficult journey to the far-away Southland. Farewells are always rather sad, and this particular farewell had left Peter with a lump in his throat,—a queer, choky feeling.

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Burgess, Thornton W: Mother West Wind How Stories. V1. 3 Aug 2009

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Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965). Born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.

Excerpt
Peter Rabbit sat on the edge of the dear Old Briar-patch, staring up into the sky with his head tipped back until it made his neck ache. Way, way up in the sky was a black speck sailing across the snowy white face of a cloud. It didn’t seem possible that it could be alive way up there. But it was. Peter knew that it was, and he knew who it was. It was King Eagle. By and by it disappeared over towards the Great Mountain. Peter rubbed the back of his neck, which ached because he had tipped his head back so long. Then he gave a little sigh.
“I wonder what it seems like to be able to fly like that,” said he out loud, a

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Burgess, Thornton W: The Adventures of Buster Bear. V1. 1 Aug 2009

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Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965). Born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.

Excerpt
Buster Bear yawned as he lay on his comfortable bed of leaves and watched the first early morning sunbeams creeping through the Green Forest to chase out the Black Shadows. Once more he yawned, and slowly got to his feet and shook himself. Then he walked over to a big pine-tree, stood up on his hind legs, reached as high up on the trunk of the tree as he could, and scratched the bark with his great claws. After that he yawned until it seemed as if his jaws would crack, and then sat down to think what he wanted for breakfast.

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Burgess, Thornton W: The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse. V1. 2 Aug 2009

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Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965). Born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.

Excerpt
Danny Meadow Mouse sat on his door-step with his chin in his hands, and it was very plain to see that Danny had something on his mind. He had only a nod for Jimmy Skunk, and even Peter Rabbit could get no more than a grumpy “Good morning.” It wasn’t that he had been caught napping the day before by Reddy Fox and nearly made an end of. No, it wasn’t that. Danny had learned his lesson, and Reddy would never catch him again. It wasn’t that he was all alone with no one to play with. Danny was rather glad that he was alone. The fact is, Danny Meadow Mouse was worried.

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Burkett, Charles William: Agriculture For Beginners, v.1, 25 Dec 2008

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This 1914 edition was used as a textbook for teaching agricultural techniques to school students in the U.S. It contains over 300 illustrations. Here is the table of contents:

CHAPTER I - THE SOIL

ORIGIN OF THE SOIL
TILLAGE OF THE SOIL
THE MOISTURE OF THE SOIL
HOW THE WATER RISES IN THE SOIL
DRAINING THE SOIL
IMPROVING THE SOIL
MANURING THE SOIL

CHAPTER II - THE SOIL AND THE PLANT

ROOTS
HOW THE PLANT FEEDS FROM THE SOIL
ROOT-TUBERCLES
THE ROTATION OF CROPS

CHAPTER III - THE PLANT

HOW THE PLANT FEEDS FROM THE AIR
THE SAP CURRENT
THE FLOWER AND THE SEED
POLLINATION
CROSSES, HYBRIDS, AND CROSS-POLLINATION
PROPAGATION BY BUDS
PLANT SEEDING
SELECTING SEED CORN
WEEDS
SEED PURITY AND VITALITY

CHAPTER IV - HOW TO RAISE A FRUIT TREE

GRAFTING
BUDDING
PLANTING AND PRUNING

CHAPTER V - HORTICULTURE

MARKET-GARDENING
FLOWER-GARDENING

CHAPTER VI - THE DISEASES OF PLANTS

THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF PLANT DISEASE
YEAST AND BACTERIA
PREVENTION OF PLANT DISEASE
SOME SPECIAL PLANT DISEASES

CHAPTER VII - ORCHARD, GARDEN, AND FIELD INSECTS

INSECTS IN GENERAL
ORCHARD INSECTS
GARDEN AND FIELD INSECTS
THE COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL

CHAPTER VIII - FARM CROPS

COTTON
TOBACCO
WHEAT
CORN
PEANUTS
SWEET POTATOES
WHITE, OR IRISH, POTATOES
OATS
RYE
BARLEY
SUGAR PLANTS
HEMP AND FLAX
BUCKWHEAT
RICE
THE TIMBER CROP
THE FARM GARDEN

CHAPTER IX - FEED STUFFS

GRASSES
LEGUMES

CHAPTER X - DOMESTIC ANIMALS

HORSES
CATTLE
SHEEP
SWINE
FARM POULTRY
BEE CULTURE
WHY WE FEED ANIMALS

CHAPTER XI - FARM DAIRYING

THE DAIRY COW
MILK, CREAM, CHURNING, AND BUTTER
HOW MILK SOURS
THE BABCOCK MILK-TESTER

CHAPTER XII - MISCELLANEOUS

GROWING FEED STUFFS ON THE FARM
FARM TOOLS AND MACHINES
LIMING THE LAND
BIRDS
FARMING ON DRY LAND
IRRIGATION
LIFE IN THE COUNTRY

APPENDIX

GLOSSARY

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Lady of Quality. 20 Jun 2010

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Frances Hodgson Burnett (November 24, 1849 – October 29, 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

But she did not just write books for children. This book tells the story of a woman who lived during the time of queen Anne's reign.

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Little Princess. v1. 11 Jan 08

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cathyWeeks

[A Little Princess[/ by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Another of my favorite children's classics. (The doll on the cover image is my antique doll that I inherited from my grandmother).

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Der kleine Lord. german. v1. 14 mar 2009

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netseeker

[Der kleine Lord[/ (englischer Originaltitel: Little Lord Fauntleroy) ist ein Roman der Autorin Frances Hodgson Burnett. Er wurde nach seinem Ersterscheinen 1886 als Kinderbuch in vielen Sprachen sehr erfolgreich und ist mehrfach verfilmt worden. Burnett schrieb mit dem Werk Rechtsgeschichte, als sie 1888 die Aufführungsrechte für dieses Werk einklagte.

Cedric Errol, ein kleiner Junge aus New York, dessen Umfeld die Monarchie strikt ablehnt, wird von seinem kaltherzigen englischen Großvater, dem Earl of Dorincourt, trotz der standeswidrigen Ehe seines verstorbenen Vaters, des jüngsten Sohnes des Earls, als einziger Nachfolger für den Grafentitel bei sich aufgenommen und aufgezogen. Seine Mutter, eine bürgerliche Näherin, darf das Anwesen aufgrund von Voreingenommenheit und Standesdünkel des Earl nicht betreten.
Bereits nach kurzer Zeit veranlasst Cedric seinen Großvater, der durch den offenherzigen und liebenswerten Jungen nach und nach zugänglicher wird, das Armenviertel (in dem seine Pächter wohnen) instand zu setzen. Doch gerade als Cedric sich als "(Little) Lord Fauntleroy" etabliert zu haben scheint, werden plötzlich Erbansprüche von anderer Seite an den Earl gestellt...

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Emily Fox-Seton. 20 Jun 2010

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weatherwax

EMILY FOX-SETON

BEING "THE MAKING OF A MARCHIONESS"
AND "THE METHODS OF LADY WALDERHURST"

Burnett's two-part rags-to-riches tale, Emily Fox-Seton (1901), presents the story of a well-mannered but impoverished lady who is distantly related to the aristocracy. As she gets a job as a servant to her wealthy relatives, she is joyous beyond words, and the attentions she receives from a wealthy Marquis go a long way in appeasing for the harrowing past. The work follows her post-nuptial life and the troubles brought on by Alec Osborn.

I prepared the book with Sigil in epub format and converted it with Calibre.

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- Emily Fox-Seton - Frances Hodgson Burnett.mobi

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Lord Fauntleroy. v1, 13 Jan 2008

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Another children's classic novel. This is the final Burnett classic that I will be working on.

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Robin. 20 Jun 2010

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weatherwax

This sequel to the Head of the House of Coombe completes the story of Coombe, Robin, Donal and Feather.

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- Robin - Frances Hodgson Burnett.mobi

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Head of the House of Coombe. 20 Jun 2010

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weatherwax

The Head of the House of Coombe is a 1922 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story follows the relationships between a group of pre-World War One English nobles and commoners. It also offers both some interesting editorial commentary on the political system in prewar Europe that Burnett feels bears some responsibility for the war and some surprisingly pointed social commentary-

Lord Coombe is considered to be the best-dressed man in London. He is also a man whose public reputation, despite his formidable intellect and observant eye, is one of unmitigated wickedness. During one of his social forays, he meets a selfish young woman named 'Feather' with the face of an angel. Fascinated by her, he slowly drifts into her circle. When her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her alone and desolate in London, he ends up taking her under his wing.
Feather has a daughter named Robin, of whom she takes little notice. She treats Robin with shocking neglect and once Coombe takes over responsibility for the household's finances, Feather readily abandons poor Robin to the less-than-kindly ministrations of her nurse. In fact, Robin doesn't even know Feather is her mother for her first six years, calling her 'The Lady Downstairs'. Robin also hates Coombe, having heard a conversation that blamed him for the loss of her first friend. This was a little boy named Donal who was in fact Coombe's heir. Donal's mother disapproves both of Coombe and Feather and when she discovers that her son has been playing with Robin, she whisks him away, leaving Robin heartbroken. However, Coombe does not return this dislike and in fact makes a point of serving as her guardian, albeit without Robin's knowledge. As Robin grows, he builds her a set of rooms, engages a loving nurse for her, and eventually secures a reputable governess for her. While her mother continues to behave with the selfish freedom of a wanton child.
As Robin grows, she becomes a lovely and intelligent though innocent, girl. Feather's circle includes some unsavory characters, one of whom, a German nobleman, tries to make Robin into his plaything. This caricature of Imperial German stereotypes uses Robin's desire to support herself to trap her in a house of ill repute. His plan fails mainly through the actions of Coombe, but the after-effects leave Robin crushed.
One of Coombe's few true confidants is a dowager Duchess - a woman of both great intellect and great understanding who has recently lost her long-time lady companion. After Robin's experiences with the German, Coombe suggests Robin as a suitable replacement. The Duchess is the one person who knows the secret of Coombe's determination to watch over Robin and why he is willing to tolerate the activities of her mother. This secret is finally communicated to the reader as well during one of Coombe's talks with the Duchess. The Duchess does indeed take in Robin and befriends her. Robin is introduced to the Duchess' children and their friends and finally sponsors a small dance for Robin. At the dance, Robin meets Donal again as Coombe and the Duchess learn that an Austrian Archduke has just been assassinated in Serbia.

(Source: Wikipedia).

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden, v1. 01-11-2008

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cathyWeeks

[The Secret Garden[/ by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

My favorite children's classic. Reformatted for the Kindle and anything else that reads .prc files.

Update: I fixed the title, plus the verse problem, as well as re-formatted the TOC (still not happy with it, but it's better than before).

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- The_Secret_Garden.prc

Burnett, Francis Hodgson.: The Lost Prince. v1, 24 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Five Hundred years ago Prince Ivor of Samavia disappeared. The little country has never been the same since.

Young Marco Loristan, himself an exiled Samavian and his friend, a crippled London street child known as 'the Rat' are dispatched on a secret mission by Marco's father, a strong Samavian Patriot. They travel across Europe delivering secret messages for the secret society devoted to returning the heirs of the lost Prince Ivor to the Samavian throne. They have several quite exciting adventures as they travel through Europe.

With four illustrations.

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Burnett, Francis Hodgson: Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories. 09 June 2008.

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mechteach

Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories is a collection that includes:

- Little Saint Elizabeth

- The Story of Prince Fairyfoot

- The Proud Little Grain of Wheat

- Behind the White Brick

This version includes illustrations from a variety of sources, including some of the original illustrations by Reginald Birch.

Burnett is the author of The Secret Garden and The Little Princess. Some of the stories in this collection are pretty maudlin, but my daughter loves them, so here they are.

Feel free to PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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- LittleSaintEliz.prc

Burney, Frances: Evelina. v1, 4 May 2008

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HarryT

Full title: "Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World".

First published in 1778, this is an "epistolary" novel (ie told in letters, rather than as a narrative), as was very common in early English novels. This novel was hugely influential for Jane Austen (the title of Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" comes from a scene in this book), and Austen adopted the same style of gentle satire on "high society" which is very much in evidence in [Evelina[/.

Description from Amazon:

Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an image-conscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasure-gardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelina's innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities of manners and social ambitions - as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville. Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of women's position in the late eighteenth century, and a love story.

A fabulous book; very funny and well worth reading.

Enjoy!

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Burns, William J. and Ostrander, Isabel: The Crevice. V1. 14 Mar 2010

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crutledge

Ostrander, Isabel, 1883-1924. She used the pen names Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox and Douglas Grant.

Excerpt
Had New Illington been part of an empire instead of one of the most important cities in the greatest republic in the world, the cry “The King is dead! Long live the King!” might well have resounded through its streets on that bleak November morning when Pennington Lawton was found dead, seated quietly in his arm-chair by the hearth in the library, where so many vast deals of national import had been first conceived, and the details arranged which had carried them on and on to brilliant consummation.

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Land that Time Forgot" Trilogy. v3. 29th June 2009

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HarryT

Here's Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Land that Time Forgot" Trilogy, conveniently packaged into a single MobiPocket book:

1. The Land that Time Forgot
2. The People that Time Forgot
3. Out of Time's Abyss

This is the old chestnut of "a group of heroic adventurers discover a lost continent where cave-men are happily fighting dinosaurs" type story, very much along the lines of Conan Doyle's "The Lost World". Cliched, but still an amusing read.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Jan 08

Recreated book to preserve dashes, etc. Now a proper MobiPocket book with full-sized images, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 29 June 09

Recreated the book to use improved PG sources. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 562

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Pellucidar" Series, v2, 9 Jan 2008

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HarryT

My final book creation effort for the weekend is an omnibus edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' complete "Pellucidar" series, comprising:

1. At the Earth's Core
2. Pellucidar
3. Tanar of Pellucidar
4. Tarzan at the Earth's Core
5. Back to the Stone Age
6. Land of Terror
7. Savage Pellucidar

(yes, I know the 4th one is a "Tarzan" book, but it really does belong in this series - honest!).

This series of stories is the standard Burroughs fare of "boys' own adventures", this time set in "Pellucidar", a world inside our own (the world IS hollow, you know!)

Enjoy!

EDIT: 9 Jan 08

Completely recreated with improved formatting. Now a proper MobiPocket book with full-sized pictures, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 73

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- Pellucidar Series.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Barsoom Omnibus, v3, 29th July 2009

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HarryT

A bit of light-hearted relief from the serious stuff, here's Edgar Rice Burroughs' complete "Barsoom" series, in one (very long!) book:

1. A Princess of Mars
2. The Gods of Mars
3. The Warlord of Mars
4. Thuvia, Maid of Mars
5. The Chessmen of Mars
6. The Master Mind of Mars
7. A Fighting Man of Mars
8. Swords of Mars
9. Synthetic Men of Mars
10. Llana of Gathol
11. John Carter of Mars

Just in case anyone isn't familiar with it, the "Barsoom" series is the architypal "boys' own adventure" type stories, set on (a fantasic) planet Mars, with muscle-bound heroes, princesses to be rescued from fates worse than death, wierd monsters, etc etc. It's true to say that "Star Wars" would never have existed without "Barsoom".

I've done this along the same lines as my previous "Complete Sherlock Holmes" book; there's a book index at the start, and selecting a book takes you to a contents page for that book.

I naively thought this would be quick to produce, but I've just finished it after a 12h "marathon". Many of the PG sources (especially for the later books in the series) are extremely poorly formatted, and needed a great deal of work to make them look reasonable.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 8 Jan 08

Completely recreated the book with improved formatting. Now a proper MobiPocket book with full-sized pictures, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 29 Jul 09

Replaced books 2-4 in the series with improved versions from PG. Added an improved cover. Changed the name from "Barsoom Collection" to "Barsoom Omnibus" to be consistent with my other omnibus editions. Uploaded v3.

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Moon Series. v2, 30th June 2009

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HarryT

A short series of three fantasy books by Edgar Rice Burroughs:

1. The Moon Maid

A manned spaceship headed for Mars is forced to crash land on the moon, and the stranded travelers discover a fantastic world beneath the craters where winged women soar among the decaying remnants of ancient civilizations.

2. The Moon Men

Through the treason of a handful of men, contact between Earth and the Moon had become a nightmare. The world became the tool of the Lunarians, whose plundering and cruelty reduced thriving nations to poverty-stricken wastelands. THE MOON MEN is the astounding story of that tragedy, and of the exploits of Julian, the human who dared fight for freedom.

3. The Red Hawk

The story of Red Hawk, Julian's descendant, the nomad who attempted to bring the struggle to its final desperate conclusion.

Enjoy!

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 1. v3, 28 May 2008

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HarryT

The first five books in the "Tarzan" series, in a single volume:

1. Tarzan of the Apes
2. The Return of Tarzan
3. The Beasts of Tarzan
4. The Son of Tarzan
5. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Enjoy!

EDIT: 28 May 08

Recreated to fix a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 77

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- Tarzan Vol 1.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 2. v3, 18 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Books 6-10 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" series, as follows:

6: Jungle Tales of Tarzan
7: Tarzan the Untamed
8: Tarzan the Terrible
9: Tarzan and the Golden Lion
10: Tarzan and the Ant-Men

More in the series to follow - enjoy!

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- Tarzan Vol 2.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 3. v2, 19 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Books 11-15 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" series, as follows:

11: Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
12: The Tarzan Twins
13: Tarzan and the Lost Empire
14: Tarzan at the Earth's Core
15: Tarzan the Invincible

I previously included "Tarzan at the Earth's Core" in my "Pellucidar" omnibus, but it belongs here too, so I've duplicated it.

More to come - enjoy!

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- Tarzan Vol 3.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 4. v2, 20 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Books 16-20 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" series, as follows:

16: Tarzan Triumphant
17: Tarzan and the City of Gold
18: Tarzan and the Lion-Man
19: Tarzan and the Leopard Men
20: Tarzan's Quest

As always, enjoy!

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 5. v2, 21 Feb 2008

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HarryT

This 5th and final volume in my collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" stories contains the final four books in the series written by Burroughs himself (there were some additional books written later by other authors).

The books are:

21: Tarzan and the Forbidden City
22: Tarzan the Magnificent
23: Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
24: Tarzan and the Castaways

This now completes the series. Enjoy!

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- Tarzan Vol 5.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Efficiency Expert. 04 Sep 2007

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HarryT

Jimmy Torrance graduated from college without a hope -- he'd spent his hours at the university learning how to box, how to swim, how to hit a baseball and lead a football team. He set out for Chicago with all the enthusiastic eagerness of a man who knows in his heart of hearts that he's on the winning team. But Chicago wasn't Ivy-league college football, and there was no team to captain: What Jimmy found in Chicago was a tough life in a tough place at a miserable wage. He found the decency of folks any ordinary fellow would have branded criminals, and he found the criminality of upstanding citizens who surrounded him. He found a whore with a heart of gold, and a safe-cracker who was also a man a body could rely on. And most important of all, in that freakish, frightful burg, Jimmy found a thing called love. . . .

Enjoy!

PS: This is, by the way, the 1000th book we've created for the "Book Uploads" area here on MobileRead. An achievement we can all be proud of.

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Lost Continent. v1, 1st July 2009

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HarryT

1915 short SF novel from the popular American author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, also published under the title [Beyond Thirty[/.

Set in the year 2137, Europe has descended into barbarism, with an isolationist America avoiding the destruction. The alternative title, [Beyond Thirty[/, refers to the line of 30° longitude, which it is forbidden for Americans to cross.

A fun read!

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- The Lost Continent.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Venus Omnibus. v3. 27 Dec 2009

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HarryT

Here is an omnibus edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' complete "Venus" series, comprising:

1. Pirates of Venus
2. Lost on Venus
3. Carson of Venus
4. Escape on Venus

The Venus series was Burroughs' last series, and is much less well known than his "Barsoom" or "Tarzan" books, but if you enjoy those you'll certainly enjoy these too!

EDIT: 11 Jan 08

Recreated the book with improved formatted, preserved dashes, etc. Created a proper MobiPocket version with full-sized images, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 27 Dec 09

Thanks to MR user "John F" for proof-reading the book and providing me with details of numerous errors. Created new v3 which corrects all these, and also adds a new cover.

Previous download count: 443

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- Venus Omnibus.prc

Burton, Richard F.: The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî, v.1, 4 July 2008

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vivaldirules

[The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî[/ or [The Law of the Higher Law[/ is a unique poem written in English by Sir Richard F. Burton. From Wikipedia:

The Sufi writer Idries Shah, in his book The Sufis, states that The Kasîdah was a distillation of Sufi thought, and that "there seems little doubt that Burton was trying to project Sufi teaching in the West... In Sufism he finds a system of application to misguided faiths 'which will prove them all right, and all wrong; which will reconcile their differences; will unite past creeds; will account for the present and will anticipate the future with a continuous and uninterrupted development.'" (251-2)

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Busch, Wilhelm: Max und Moritz german v1 9 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (* 15. April 1832 in Wiedensahl (bei Stadthagen); † 9. Januar 1908 in Mechtshausen, jetzt Stadtteil von Seesen am Harz) war einer der bedeutendsten humoristischen Dichter Deutschlands und gilt wegen seiner satirischen Bildergeschichten in Versen als einer der Pioniere des modernen Comic.

Jeder kennt dieses Buch. Ich habe es so gut es mir möglich ist, als Ebook umgesetzt.

Mein Geburtstagsgeschenk an den deutschsprachigen Teil der Community.

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Busson, Paul: Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte. german. v1. 18 mar 2009

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netseeker

Paul Busson (* 9.7. 1873 Innsbruck (Tirol), 5.7. 1924 Wien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller. Er war ein Vertreter des österreichischen Geschichtsromans, in den er phantastisch-mystische Elemente einband. Der historisch-mystische Roman [Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte[/ erschien erstmalig 1921 und ist das international bekannteste Werk von Busson.

Von seltsamen Träumen heimgesucht, begreift der Protagonist Sennon Vorauf: Ich habe schon einmal einmal gelebt. Ich war Melchior Dronte.
Retrospektiv beginnt Vorauf die Geschichte seines Lebens, beginnend mit dem fünften Lebensjahr, zu erzählen. Die Geschichte vollzieht sich zur Zeit der Französischen Revolution, einer Zeit, die gezeichnet ist von Krieg, Gewalt und Zerfall der Aristokratie. Melchior selbst verweilt in verschiedenen Milieus, ist Student, Soldat, Bürger und Adeliger, entwickelt sich vom Rohling zum Ewli, einem, der 'wiederkommt'. Auch der Tod begegnet dem Leser in verschiedenen Formen. Vom sanften 'Entschlafen' über den grausamen Tod auf dem Schlachtfeld bis zum personifizierten Tod mit dem bezeichnenden Namen 'Fangerle'.

Eine spannende, unterschwellig mystische Erzählung mit dichter Atmosphäre. Meiner Meinung nach wird [Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte[/ zu Unrecht meistens im "Esoterik-Regal" ausgestellt.

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Bute, Lord.: The Alleged Haunting of B_____House:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Ballechin House was considered the most haunted house in Scotland with its sightings and sounds. Lord Bute was deeply interested in the paranormal and rented Ballechin. He invited 35 guests to stay overnight, some of whom were members of the Society for Psychical Research.

A report (The Alleged Haunting of B________House) was duly published which revealed a list of apparently paranormal events: voices, footsteps, banging, thumps and knocking sounds. Other events reported included coherent messages during Ouija board sessions and one of the paranormal investigators reported seeing a nun on seven occasions.

The Steuarts (owners of the house), reaction against the book was so strong that all real names were excluded, so the hauntings were recorded as “alleged” which damaged the credibility of the witnesses and the events.

With illustrations of the layout of the house.

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Butler, Ellis Parker: The Cheerful Smugglers v1 24 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869September 13, 1937) was an American author.

Butler was born in Muscatine, Iowa. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, and is most famous for his short story "Pigs is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating geometrically.

Working from his home in Flushing (Queens) New York, Butler wasby every measure and by many timesthe most published author of the pulp fiction era. Amongst others he wrote twenty-five stories to Woman's Home Companion between 1906 and 1935. The stories in the Companion were illustrated by artists including May Wilson Preston, Frederic Dorr Steele, Herbert Paus and Rico Le Brun.

His career spanned more than forty years and his stories, poems and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Author's League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene.

He died in Williamsville, Massachusetts and was interred in Flushing Cemetery.

"The Fenelby Smugglers" was first published as a serial (Good Housekeeping (May, 1907)). This story was later published in book form as The Cheerful Smugglers.
SYNOPSIS -- The Fenelbys were facing the problem of saving an education fund which should be ample to put Bobberts, age nine months, through college when the time should come. Penny contributions were discouraging. Mr. Fenelby hit on the happy scheme of organizing the Commonwealth of Bobberts calling a family congress and adopting a tariff, ten per cent on all necessities and thirty per cent on all luxuries brought into the house. This would be an indirect tax for the benefit of Bobberts which they would not feel, argued Mr. Fenelby.

Oh yeah, illustrated quite nicely, too.

It still is great to read and lots of fun.

Got it from PG and gave it the MTH treatment (cover from PG, too)

Have fun!

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Butler, Ellis Parker: The Great American Pie Company, v.1, 27 April 2008.

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Patricia

A short story, which I dedicate to Marc and all pie lovers everywhere.

A summary from the source site:
“ The Great American Pie Company (1907) A short story about the daydreams of Ephraim Deacon and his friend Phineas Doolittle who plan to corner the pie market. Three illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. This story originally appeared in the Century Magazine, September 1904. New York: McClure, Phillips and Company. “

The source was:
http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ep...io.asp?id=2060

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Butler, H.C.: Slay, Fiddle, Slay v1.1 19 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

This title was released under a Creative Commons License with a link to the original text here. Text was acquired directly from Pulpgen PDF, but streamlined, reformatted and converted by MTH.

This is one of pulpgens glorious pulp stories, containing the original graphs, but formatted for Mobi. Big thanks to pulpgen for the work that they are doing.

This short story is by an author called H. C. Butler and was published in "Thrilling Detective" in October 1946. This was the tag line:

[When reporter Jimmy Keith heard the sonata of death played to the tune of smoky murder, he plunged into some rapid action![/

I added a cover (ok, I know that I am no graphical artist, so sorry. But I do my very best)

Have fun!

v1.1: Forgot CC link in book 6 views till now

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- Slay, Fiddle, Slay.prc

Butler, Samuel: Erewhon Revisited, v1, 25 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

Another ironic dystopia.

A sequel to ‘Erewhon’ (--already uploaded). The narrator returns to the place, only to discover that he has inadvertently founded a new religion.

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- Butler_Erewhon Revisited.prc

Butler, Samuel: Erewhon, v1, 25 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

A satirical utopia/dystopia. Criminals are coddled but sick people are punished.

From Wikipedia:
Erewhon, or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel, it is not revealed in which part of the world Erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country. Butler meant the title to be read as the word Nowhere backwards, even though the letters "h" and "w" are transposed. It is likely that he did this to protect himself from accusations of being unpatriotic, although
Erewhon satirizes various aspects of Victorian society, including criminal punishment, religion and anthropocentrism. For example, according to Erewhonian law, offenders are treated as if they were ill whilst ill people are looked upon as criminals. Another feature of Erewhon is the absence of machines; this is due to the widely shared perception by the Erewhonians that they are potentially dangerous. This last aspect of Erewhon reveals the influence of Charles Darwin's evolution theory; Butler had read The Origin of Species soon after it was published in 1859.

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Butler, Samuel: God the Known and God the Unknown, v.1 15 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

Samuel Butler: God the Known and God the Unknown (1879).

In which Butler argues for a variant of pantheism: for panzoism. God is the sum of all living things.

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Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh, v1. 25 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

A posthumous novel. How cold and self-centred parents can really mess up one’s life.The author argues that you are allowed to hate them. George Bernard Shaw thought that this novel was one of the best ever written.

From Wikipedia:
The [Way of All Flesh [/(1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. It represents the diminishment of religious outlook from a Calvinistic approach, which is presented as harsh. Butler dared not publish it during his lifetime, but when it was published it was accepted as part of the general revulsion against Victorianism.
This novel ranks number 12 of the 100 Great Novels of the 20th Century as chosen by the Modern Library Board of Editors.

20th December 2007.
I'm posting a new version which corrects a few typos.

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Butler, Smedley D.: War is a Racket. v1. 22 Jul 2009

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AlexBell

Major General Smedley Darlington Butler USMC was one of the most highly decorated military men from the pre-World War II era, and won two Congressional Medals of Honor. He served from 1898 to 1931 and saw action all over the world. He wrote in 1935

'WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.'

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Büchner, Georg: Dantons Tod german v1.0 11 Sep 2009

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Josch91

Karl Georg Büchner (* 17. Oktober 1813 in Goddelau, Großherzogtum Hessen; † 19. Februar 1837 in Zürich) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Naturwissenschaftler und Revolutionär.

Dantons Tod ist ein Drama in vier Akten von Georg Büchner. Es wurde von Mitte Januar bis Mitte Februar 1835 geschrieben. Im gleichen Jahr erschien eine von Karl Gutzkow herausgegebene Fassung im Literatur-Blatt von Eduard Dullers Phönix. Das Stück ist damit das einzige noch zu Lebzeiten Büchners veröffentlichte Drama – wenn auch in stark zensierter Fassung. Die Uraufführung fand erst am 5. Januar 1902 im Berliner Belle-Alliance-Theater als Produktion des Vereins Neue Freie Volksbühne statt, da das Stück lange Zeit als unspielbar galt.
Den historischen Hintergrund des Stückes bildet die Französische Revolution, so dass zumindest eine grobe Übersicht über den Verlauf der Revolution und ein Verständnis der darin handelnden politischen Gruppierungen und der zwischen ihnen auftretenden Konflikte für das Verständnis des Dramas entscheidend sind. Der eigentliche Handlungsrahmen des Dramas umfasst allerdings nur eine kurze Zeitspanne vom 24. März bis zum 5. April 1794, mithin einen Höhepunkt der so genannten Schreckensherrschaft (Terreur), in welche die Revolution gemündet war.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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- Dantons Tod - Georg Buchner.mobi

Byrd, Robert: Ka-Zar Book One - King of Claw and Fang - 1 Dec 07

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Ok, I have to agree with Dr. Drib--I think we need a little more pulp to read on our high-tech reading machines! All of the great posted classics are making me feel too smart--I'm in the mood for some material that has a little less class.

This is Ka-Zar (pronounced kay-zar) of the Congo in the heart of darkest Africa. He's basically a Tarzan imitation, but a [very good[/ Tarzan imitation. Born David Rand, his parents were flying over the Congo when their plane crashed. His parents are killed and he gets adopted and raised by a lion named Zar and takes up the name of "Ka-Zar," i.e. Son of Zar.

Growing up in the jungles of the Congo, he learns the languages of the beasts and the ways of the jungle. Ka-Zar uses these skills to help find the man that was ultimately responsible for the death of his father.

This is one of the better Tarzan clones--the writing is top-notch and it was later adapted into several Marvel comics.

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Byron, Lord: Oeuvres complètes Tome Premier, v1., 15/08/08

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Tiré de : ftp://cis.uniroma2.it/gutenberg/2/6/...-h/26092-h.htm
Généré avec MobyPocket Creator v4.2
(ce fichier est un 1er essai)

Pour en savoir plus sur Lord Byron : wikipédia

Freak, le 15 aout 2008.

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Cabell, Branch: The Nightmare Had Triplets, v1, 8 February 2010.

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The Nightmare Had Triplets
A trilogy by (James) Branch Cabell (1879-1958) consisting of the novels: Smirt (1934), Smith (1935), Smire (1937).

There are several novels by Cabell in which a person becomes a god. In this one, the central character—a writer—becomes a trinity of gods and gets involved with a number of characters from history and mythology, including the Virgin Mary.

I am grateful to forum member, Ralph Sir Edward, who provided the source files and did a great deal of proofreading.

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Cabell, James Branch: Chivalry, v1, 20 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
Chivalry (1921)

A set of linked stories about medieval queens and chivalry.
From Project Gutenberg.

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Cabell, James Branch: Figures of Earth [Illustrated], v1, 17 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances (1921)
Illustrated by Frank C. Papé (1878-1972)

About the life of Manuel the swineherd, who is subsequently remembered in legend as Dom Manuel the Redeemer.
There’s a Wikipedia article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figures_of_Earth

From Project Gutenberg. The file is on the US server because of the illustrations. Their US copyright was not renewed.

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Cabell, James Branch: Figures of Earth, v.1, 12 Jan 2008

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[QUOTRichmond author James Branch Cabell is best known for his controversial Jurgen (1919), one of several ironic fantasies he wrote that took place in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pwa-tem). Jurgen, laced with erotic overtones, was considered pornographic by some and a trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell was highly regarded by his literary peers -- H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, and others praised his works. His medieval romanticism and fantasy were in fact thinly disguised commentary on the manners of those times....
His work has been admired by a diverse group of writers, including Carl Van Vechten, Margaret Mitchell, Edmund Wilson, Robert Heinlein, and Neil Gaiman.[/QUOT
Figures of Earth tells the story of Manuel the swineherd, a scoundrel who rises to conquer a realm by playing on others' expectations - his motto is Mundus Vult Decipi, meaning "the world wishes to be deceived".

Cabell's The Cream of the Jest and Jurgen are also available on Mobileread.

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Cabell, James Branch: It Happened In Florida, v1, 11 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
It Happened In Florida: A Trilogy of Works Written About the Saint Augustine Area.
Consisting Of
1. The St. Johns River (with A. J. Hanna), (Omitted from this volume due to copyright considerations)
2. There Were Two Pirates (1946)
3. The Devil’s Own Dear Son (1949)

Short novels featuring pirates, the surprising behaviour of the devil’s son, told with irony and detachment. The first novel features a pirate king who becomes detached from his shadow which assumes a life of its own. The second story has a man discovering and visiting his demonic dad.

Thanks are due to Ralph Sir Edward who found the text and did a lot of proof-reading.

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Cabell, James Branch: Jurgen, v1, 10 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell [1879–1958]
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice

From Wikipedia:
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a 1919 fantasy book by James Branch Cabell – the eighth among some fifty-two books written by this author – which gained fame (or notoriety) shortly after its publication.
The eponymous hero, who considers himself a "monstrous clever fellow", embarks on a journey through ever more fantastic realms, even to hell and heaven. Everywhere he goes, he winds up seducing the local women, even the Devil's wife.
The novel was denounced by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice; they attempted to bring a prosecution for obscenity. The case went on for two years before Cabell and his publisher, Robert M. McBride, won: the "indecencies" were double entendres that also had a perfectly decent interpretation, though it appeared that what had actually offended the prosecution most was a joke about papal infallibility.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurgen,...edy_of_Justice

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Cabell, James Branch: Jurgen, v1.0, 9 Nov, 2007

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Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a 1919 fantasy book by James Branch Cabell - the eighth among some fifty-two books written by this author - which gained fame (or notoriety, in the view of some) shortly after its publication.

The eponymous hero, who considers himself a "monstrous clever fellow", embarks on a journey through ever more fantastic realms, even to hell and heaven. Everywhere he goes, he winds up seducing the local women, even the Devil's wife.

The novel was denounced by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice; they attempted to bring a prosecution for obscenity. The case went on for two years before Cabell and his publishers won: the "indecencies" were double entendres that also had a perfectly decent interpretation, though it appeared that what had actually offended the prosecution most was a joke about papal infallibility.

Robert A. Heinlein self-consciously patterned his best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, after Jurgen, and the title and themes of his 1984 novel Job: A Comedy of Justice also show Cabell's influence.

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Cabell, James Branch: Something About Eve, v1, 11 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-Leaves (1927)

A southern gentleman exchanges bodies with a deity.

An extract:
“Therefore, I repeat, I will take over your natural body, just as that first Glaum once took over my body; and I will take over all your body’s imbroglios, even with your mistress,—who can hardly be more tasking to get along with than are the seven official wives and the three hundred and fifty-odd concubines I am getting rid of.”
“You,” Gerald said, morosely, “do not know Evelyn Townsend.”
“I trust,” the Sylan stated, more gallantly, “to have that privilege to-morrow.”
It was in this way the bargain was struck.

Thanks are due to Ralph Sir Edward who found the text and did a lot of proof-reading.

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Cabell, James Branch: Taboo, v1, 17 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
Taboo
A Legend Retold from the Dirghic of Sævius Nicanor, with Prolegomena, Notes, and a Preliminary Memoir (1921)

After the publication of “Jurgen” the author was prosecuted by John Sumner of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, who did not appreciate its double-entendres. Cabell dedicates this short work to Sumner, in gratitude for his help in increasing sales.
It is a little satire, set in a society where all mention of eating is strictly forbidden.

From Project Gutenberg.

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Cabell, James Branch: The Certain Hour, v1, 11 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes) 1916

A collection of short stories inspired by the poets of various historical epochs.
In the author’s Biography of Manuel the poets are “spiritual descendants” of Dom Manuel. But the stories can be read independently.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Cabell, James Branch: The Cords of Vanity, v1, 11 March 2010.

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James Branch Cabell [1879–1958]
The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking
Revised and Expanded Edition with an Introduction by Wilson Follett [1887–1963]

The narrator is a Casanova, who leaves a trail of young women in his wake. He is a writer who uses his mistresses for his own advancement, while wondering why he feels dissatisfied. Then events take an unexpected turn when he meets a literary lady…

The source was a Project Gutenberg text file. The book is on the US server because, while the text is out of copyright in Canada, the Introduction is not. However, Follett failed to renew the US copyright.

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Cabell, James Branch: The Eagle’s Shadow, v1, 17 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
The Eagle’s Shadow (1904)

A romance. When a headstrong and beautiful girl inherits a lot of money it proves an obstacle to the young man who loves her. The story is told with a certain amount of ironic gusto.
From Project Gutenberg.

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Cabell, James Branch: The High Place, v1, 19 March 2010.

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James Branch Cabell [1879–1958]
The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment [1923]

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy says:
"In the sulphurous The High Place, the amoral hero Florian enters the sleeping-beauty story and (unlike Jurgen with Helen) does not draw back at the sight of excessive beauty. Complications ensue: Beauty is realistically diminished during pregnancy, the first-born child is forfeit to Satan under the pact that guaranteed Florian's success, and an irascible saint is eager to call down holy fire on transgressors. Florian treads close to damnation…"

Incidentally, there is a prize-winning essay by Stephen Wetta on “The High Place” here:
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/specc...ll/wetta1.html

We should be grateful to Ralph Sir Edward, who found the text and did a great deal of the proof-reading.

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Cabell, James Branch: The Jewel Merchants, v1, 11 March 2010.

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James Branch Cabell [1879–1958]
The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act [1921]

A play, set in renaissance Italy. In Florence, the young Lady Giocosa finds that it is not merely gems that are on sale…

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Cabell, James Branch: The Line of Love, v1, 20 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
The Line of Love (1921)

A series of linked stories designed to illustrate love throughout the ages.
From Project Gutenberg.

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Cabell, James Branch: The Silver Stallion, v1, 10 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell [1879-1958]
The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption [1926]

The adventures of the descendants of Manuel.

Thanks are due to forum member Ralph Sir Edward who found the text and did a lot of proofreading.

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Cabell, James Branch: The Witch-Woman Trilogy, v1, 10 January 2010.

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James Branch Cabell [1879–1958]
The Witch-Woman Trilogy
From the Biography of Manuel. Being the three stories of Ettare, the daughter of Manuel the Redeemer, Consisting of: The Music Behind The Moon (1926), The White Robe (1928), and The Way Of Ebcen (1929) together with the original Colophon.
(The text conforms with the 1948 revisions by the author.)

Thanks are due to forum member Ralph Sir Edward who found the text and did a lot of proofreading.

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Cable, Boyd: Action Front. v1, 10 Jan 2008

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World War I Adventure.

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The last conscious thought in the mind of Private Jock Macalister as he reached the German trench was to get down into it; his next conscious thought to get out of it. Up there on the level there were uncomfortably many bullets, and even as he leaped on the low parapet one of these struck the top of his forehead, ran deflecting over the crown of his head, and away. He dropped limp as a pole-axed bullock, slid and rolled helplessly down into the trench.

Boyd Cable is also known as Ernest Andrew Ewart

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Cable, George Washington, Ed.: Famous Adventures ... . V1. 8 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

War Diary of a Union Woman in the South
The Locomotive Chase in Georgia
Mosby's" Partizan Rangers"
A Romance of Morgan's Rough-riders
Colonel Rose's Tunnel at Libby Prison
A Hard Road to Travel out of Dixie
Escape of General Breckinridge

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Cable, George Washington: Bonaventure. V1. 6 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

CARANCRO
GRANDE POINTE
AU LARGE

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Cable, George Washington: Dr. Sevier. V1. 6 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
The main road to wealth in New Orleans has long been Carondelet street. There you see the most alert faces; noses—it seems to one—with more and sharper edge, and eyes smaller and brighter and with less distance between them than one notices in other streets. It is there that the stock and bond brokers hurry to and fro and run together promiscuously—the cunning and the simple, the headlong and the wary—at the four clanging strokes of the Stock Exchange gong

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Cable, George Washington: Gideon's Band. V1. 9 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
Her first up-river trip! The crowd waiting on the wharf's apron to see her go was larger and included better types of the people than usual, for the Votaress was the latest of the Courteney fleet, hence a rival of the Hayle boats, the most interesting fact that could be stated of anything afloat on Western waters

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Cable, George Washington: Kincaid's Battery . V1. 10 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
For the scene of this narrative please take into mind a wide quarter-circle of country, such as any of the pretty women we are to know in it might have covered on the map with her half-opened fan.
Let its northernmost corner be Vicksburg, the famous, on the Mississippi. Let the easternmost be Mobile, and let the most southerly and by far the most important, that pivotal corner of the fan from which all its folds radiate and where the whole pictured thing opens and shuts, be New Orleans. Then let the grave moment that gently ushers us in be a long-ago afternoon in the Louisiana Delta.
Throughout that land of water and sky the willow clumps dotting the bosom of every sea-marsh and fringing every rush-rimmed lake were yellow and green in the full flush of a new year, the war year, 'Sixty-one.

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Cable, George Washington: Old Creole Days. V1. 10 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

MADAME DELPHINE.
CAFÉ DES EXILÉS.
BELLES DEMOISELLES PLANTATION.
"POSSON JONE'."
JEAN-AH POQUELIN.
TITE POULETTE.
'SIEUR GEORGE.
MADAME DÉLICIEUSE

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Cable, George Washington: The Cavalier. V1. 5 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
Our camp was in the heart of Copiah County, Mississippi, a mile or so west of Gallatin and about six miles east of that once robber-haunted road, the Natchez Trace. Austin's brigade, we were, a detached body of mixed Louisiana and Mississippi cavalry, getting our breath again after two weeks' hard fighting of Grant. Grierson's raid had lately gone the entire length of the State, and we had had a hard, vain chase after him, also.

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Cable, George Washington: The Flower of the Chapdelaines . V1. 8 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
Next morning he saw her again.
He had left his very new law office, just around in Bienville Street, and had come but a few steps down Royal, when, at the next corner below, she turned into Royal, toward him, out of Conti, coming from Bourbon.

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Cable, George Washington: The Grandissimes. V1. 9 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
It was in the Théatre St. Philippe (they had laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803. Under the twinkle of numberless candles, and in a perfumed air thrilled with the wailing ecstasy of violins, the little Creole capital's proudest and best were offering up the first cool night of the languidly departing summer to the divine Terpsichore. For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go. It was like hustling her out, it is true, to give a select bal masqué at such a very early--such an amusingly early date; but it was fitting that something should be done for the sick and the destitute; and why not this? Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

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Cable, George Washington; Bylow Hill. V1. 5 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
In civilian's dress, and with only his sea-bronzed face and the polished air of a pivot gun to tell that he was of the navy, Lieutenant Godfrey Winslow was slowly crossing the rural way with Ruth Byington at his side. He had the look of, say, twenty-eight, and she was some four years his junior. From her father's front gate they were passing toward the large grove garden of the young man's own home, on the side next the hill and the sunset. On the front porch, where the two had just left him, sat the war-crippled father of the girl, taking pride in the placidity of the face she once or twice turned to him in profile, and in the buoyancy of her movements and pose.

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Cain, Paul: Seven Slayers. V1. 21 Dec 2008

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This collection, holding some of Cain's finest work ever to appear in Black Mask, was first published in 1950. It opens, fittingly, with Black, an account of a mysterious stranger who winds up playing both sides following his macabre discovery in a nameless time. Also in the book is Parlor Trick, about beautiful Bella's fast-talking following the discovery of a corpse in her kitchen. Additional: Little is known about the life of writer George Carrol Sims, who used the pseudoynms Paul Cain for his pulp career, and Peter Ruric for his tasks as a screenwriter. Sims was that rarest of creatures-a succesful novelist and Hollywood scribe. He also dated the actress Gertrude Michael, and the character of Granquist in Fast One was based on her.
ALIBRIS

Seven Slayers acquired from http://www.munseys.com/detail/mode/title/seven_slayers and available for noncommercial use under CC 3.0.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon. V1. 3 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

Excerpt
“My money, ma’am—my money, not me.”
“So you say, sir.”
“It’s my money you’ve been marrying, ma’am.”
“Maybe so, sir.”
“Deny it, deny it!”
“Why should I? You say it is so, and so be it.”

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Christian. V1. 4 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

Excerpt
On the morning of the 9th of May, 18—, three persons important to this story stood among the passengers on the deck of the Isle of Man steamship Tynwald as she lay by the pier at Douglas getting up steam for the passage to Liverpool. One of these was an old clergyman of seventy, with a sweet, mellow, childlike face; another was a young man of thirty, also a clergyman; the third was a girl of twenty. The older clergyman wore a white neckcloth about his throat, and was dressed in rather threadbare black of a cut that had been more common twenty years before; the younger clergyman wore a Roman collar, a long clerical coat, and a stiff, broad-brimmed hat with a cord and tassel. They stood amidships, and the captain, coming out of his room to mount the bridge, saluted them as he passed.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Drama Of Three Hundred ... .V1. 4 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

Excerpt
Mr. Maeterlinck has lately propounded the theory that what we call the war is neither more nor less than the visible expression of a vast invisible conflict. The unseen forces of good and evil in the universe are using man as a means of contention. On the result of the struggle the destiny of humanity on this planet depends. Is the Angel to prevail? Or is the Beast to prolong his malignant existence? The issue hangs on Fate, which does not, however, deny the exercise of the will of man. Mystical and even fantastic as the theory may seem to be, there is no resisting its appeal. A glance back over the events of the past year leaves us again and again without clue to cause and effect. It is impossible to account for so many things that have happened. We cannot always say, “We did this because of that,” or “Our enemies did that because of the other.” Time after time we can find no reason why things happened as they have—so unaccountable and so contradictory have they seemed to be. The dark work wrought by Death during the past year has been done in the blackness of a night in which none can read. Hence some of us are forced to yield to Mr. Maeterlinck’s theory, which is, I think, the theory of the ancients—the theory on which the Greeks built their plays—that invisible powers of good and evil, operating in regions that are above and beyond man’s control, are working out his destiny in this monstrous drama of the war..

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Eternal City. V1. 6 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

Excerpt
Has a novelist a right to alter his novel after its publication, to condense it, to add to it, to modify or to heighten its situations, and otherwise so to change it that to all outward appearance it is practically a new book? I leave this point in literary ethics to the consideration of those whose business it is to discuss such questions, and content myself with telling the reader the history of the present story.
About ten years ago I went to Russia with some idea (afterwards abandoned) of writing a book that should deal with the racial struggle which culminated in the eviction of the Jews from the holy cities of that country, and the scenes of tyrannical administration which I witnessed there made a painful and lasting impression on my mind.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Little Manx Nation. V1. 8 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

Excerpt
There are just two ideas which are associated in the popular imagination with the first thought of the Isle of Man. The one is that Manxmen have three legs, and the other that Manx cats have no tails. But whatever the popular conception, or misconception, of Man and its people, I shall assume that what you ask from me is that simple knowledge of simple things which has come to me by the accident of my parentage. I must confess to you at the outset that I am not much of a hand at grave history. Facts and figures I cannot expound with authority. But I know the history of the Isle of Man, can see it clear, can see it whole, and perhaps it will content you if I can show you the soul of it and make it to live before you. In attempting to traverse the history I feel like one who carries a dark lantern through ten dark centuries.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Manxman. V1. 8 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

Excerpt
Old Deemster Christian of Ballawhaine was a hard man—hard on the outside, at all events. They called him Iron Christian, and people said, “Don’t turn that iron hand against you.” Yet his character was stamped with nobleness as well as strength. He was not a man of icy nature, but he loved to gather icicles about him. There was fire enough underneath, at which he warmed his old heart when alone, but he liked the air to be congealed about his face. He was a man of a closed soul. One had to wrench open the dark chamber where he kept his feelings; but the man who had done that had uncovered his nakedness, and he cut him off for ever. That was how it happened with his son, the father of Philip.

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Calhoon, A.R.: How to Get on in the World. 17 Sept 07

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RWood

Our efforts to bring you more and better self-help books knows no bounds (or shame.) Here from 1985 is Major Calhoon's [How to Get on in the World.[/ Described as "A Ladder to Practical Success", the book takes you trough all aspects required to select a proper profession, a suitable mate, and all things important.

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Cambridge, Ada: At Midnight and Other Stories. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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crutledge

Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

AT MIDNIGHT
A BREATH OF THE SEA
TWO OLD FOGIES
"ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES"
A SWEET DAY
THE WIND OF DESTINY

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Cambridge, Ada: Sisters. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

Excerpt
Guthrie Carey began life young. He was not a week over twenty-one when, between two voyages, he married Lily Harrison, simply because she was a poor, pretty, homeless little girl, who had to earn her living as a nondescript lady-help in hard situations, and never had a holiday. He saw her in a Sandridge boarding-house, slaving beyond her powers, and made up his mind that she should rest. With sailor zeal and promptitude, he got the consent of her father, who was glad to be rid of her out of the way of a new wife; took the trembling, clinging child to the nearest parson, and made her a pensioner on his small wages in a tiny lodging of her own. They honeymooned for a fortnight, off and on, as his ship could spare him—the happiest pair of mortals in the wide world—and then parted in tears and anguish unspeakable for the best part of a twelvemonth.

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Cambridge, Ada: The Perversity of Human Nature. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

Excerpt
Like many another woman, Lexie dearly loved a grievance, though she would never have forgiven the frank friend who dared to tell her so. And now she had one of sufficient importance to satisfy her.
Robert had told her he wished she was gone—had called her abusive names, sworn at her—treated her, in short, as no woman who respected herself could submit to be treated. Therefore, she determined not to speak to him again until he had suitably apologised, and nursed vague but desperate plans for the vindication of her honor and dignity.
Robert, for his part, thought it was high time for a husband of spirit to put his foot down. He had borne with her tantrums, because she was delicate and "only a woman," until he had completely spoilt her.

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Camp, Charles Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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BenG

A nice mystery by Charles Wadsworth Camp.
Camp served in World War I, and afterwards suffered from respiratory problems due to exposure to mustard gas. He wrote mystery and horror fiction, and was a drama critic and journalist.
I was surprised to learn that he was the father of author Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time).

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Camp, Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v1, 9 December 2009.

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Patricia

Wadsworth Camp (1879–1936)
The Abandoned Room: A Mystery Story (1917)

A locked room mystery. Bobby’s grandfather is murdered in his sinister old house. Bobby has been out drinking and cannot remember a thing. Can he be a murderer?

We already have a serviceable version by BenG. Mine has curly quotes and a cover; also it is available in more formats.

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Campbell, John W.: Invaders from the Infinite. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From the book opening:

GALAXIES IN THE BALANCE

The famous scientific trio of Arcot, Wade and Morey, challenged by the most ruthless aliens in all the universes, blasted off on an intergalactic search for defenses against the invaders of Earth and all her allies.
World after world was visited, secret after secret unleashed, and turned to mighty weapons of intense force-and still the Thessian enemy seemed to grow in power and ferocity.
Mighty battles between huge space armadas were but skirmishes in the galactic war, as the invincible aliens savagely advanced and the Earth team hurled bolt after bolt of pure ravening energy-until it appeared that the universe itself might end in one final flare of furious torrential power....

JOHN W. CAMPBELL first started writing in 1930 when his first short story, "When the Atoms Failed", was accepted by a science-fiction magazine. At that time he was twenty years old and still a student at college. As the title of the story indicates, he was even at that time occupied with the significance of atomic energy and nuclear physics.
For the next seven years, Campbell, bolstered by a scientific background that ran from childhood experiments, to study at Duke University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote and sold science-fiction, achieving for himself an enviable reputation in the field.
In 1937 he became the editor of "Astounding Stories" magazine and applied himself at once to the task of bettering the magazine and the field of s-f writing in general. His influence on science-fiction since then has been great.

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Campbell, John W.: Islands of Space. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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From the book opening:

As Earth's faster-than-light spaceship hung in the void between galaxies, Arcot, Wade, Morey and Fuller could see below them, like a vast shining horizon, the mass of stars that formed their own island universe. Morey worked a moment with his slide rule, then said, "We made good time! Twenty-nine light years in ten seconds! Yet you had it on at only half power...."
Arcot pushed the control lever all the way to full power. The ship filled with the strain of flowing energy, and sparks snapped in the air of the control room as they raced at an inconceivable speed through the darkness of intergalactic space.
But suddenly, far off to their left and far to their right, they saw two shining ships paralleling their course! They held grimly to the course of the Earth ship, bracketing it like an official guard.
The Earth scientists stared at them in wonder. "Lord," muttered Morey, "where can they have come from?"

JOHN W. CAMPBELL first started writing in 1930 when his first short story, "When the Atoms Failed", was accepted by a science-fiction magazine. At that time he was twenty years old and still a student at college. As the title of the story indicates, he was even at that time occupied with the significance of atomic energy and nuclear physics.
For the next seven years, Campbell, bolstered by a scientific background that ran from childhood experiments, to study at Duke University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote and sold science-fiction, achieving for himself an enviable reputation in the field.
In 1937 he became the editor of "Astounding Stories" magazine and applied himself at once to the task of bettering the magazine and the field of s-f writing in general. His influence on science-fiction since then has been great. Today he still remains as the editor of that magazine's evolved and redesigned successor, "Analog".

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Campbell, John W.: THE BLACK STAR PASSES. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From the book opening:

THREE AGAINST THE STARS

A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own
invention....
First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to
threaten the safety of two planets....
The arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant
marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this
Solar System....

These were the three challenges that tested the skill and minds of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey. Their initial adventures are a classic of science-fiction which first brought the name of their author, John W. Campbell, into prominence as a master of the inventive imagination.

JOHN W. CAMPBELL first started writing in 1930 when his first short story, When the Atoms Failed , was accepted by a science-fiction magazine. At that time he was twenty years old and still a student at college. As the title of the story indicates, he was even at that time occupied with the significance of atomic energy and nuclear physics. For the next seven years, Campbell, bolstered by a scientific background that ran from childhood experiments, to study at Duke University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote and sold science-fiction, achieving for himself an enviable reputation in the field. In 1937 he became the editor of Astounding Stories magazine and applied himself at once to the task of bettering the magazine and the field of s-f writing in general. His influence on science-fiction since then cannot be underestimated.

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Campbell, John W.: The Ultimate Weapon. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From the Book opening:

RED SUN RISING

The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his "people" could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol.
With hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Terrestrial spaceports, and traveling faster than the speed of light, the Mirans set out to move in to Solar regions and take over.
And on Earth there was nothing which would be capable of beating off this incredible armada-until Buck Kendall stumbled upon THE ULTIMATE WEAPON.

JOHN W. CAMPBELL first started writing in 1930 when his first short story, "When the Atoms Failed", was accepted by a science-fiction magazine. At that time he was twenty years old and still a student at college. As the title of the story indicates, he was even at that time occupied with the significance of atomic energy and nuclear physics.
For the next seven years, Campbell, bolstered by a scientific background that ran from childhood experiments, to study at Duke University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote and sold science-fiction, achieving for himself an enviable reputation in the field.
In 1937 he became the editor of "Astounding Stories" magazine and applied himself at once to the task of bettering the magazine and the field of s-f writing in general. His influence on science-fiction since then has been great.

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Canfield, Dorothy: The Squirrel-Cage, v.1, 30 November 2008.

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Patricia

The Squirrel-Cage (1912)
By Dorothy Canfield [Dorothy Canfield Fisher] (1879–1958)

This novel does not appear to feature any actual squirrels.
It seems to have similarities to Ibsen’s “The Doll’s House,” and shows how a woman is trapped by her family’s aspirations and by the expectations of a consumer society.

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Capek, Karel: War with the Newts. v1. 02 Feb 2007

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BenG

"War with the Newts" is an sci-fi novel written by Czech author Karel apek. An intelligent species of salamander is discovered in Indonesia, and is quickly exploited. First, as pearl divers and eventually practically replacing the human workforce.
The book is an amusing satire of the society and politics of the 1930s.

A good read, if a bit unusual.

apek also coined the word "robot" in his play "R.U.R."(Rossum's Universal Robots) to mean automaton. In the original Czech, "robota" means drudgery or servitude.

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Carleton, Susan: The La Chance Mine Mystery v 1 10 November 2008

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mtravellerh

This mystery western that could be described as an adventure romance, too, bites hard. Listen how it begins:

[QUOTHungry, dog-tired, cross with the crossness of a man in authority whose orders have been forgotten or disregarded, I drove Billy Jones's old canoe across Lac Tremblant on my way home to Dudley Wilbraham's gold mine at La Chance, after an absence of months. It was halfway to dark, and the bitter November wind blew dead in my teeth. Slaps of spray from flying wave-crests blinded me with gouts of lake water, that was oddly warm till the cutting wind froze it to a coating of solid ice on my bare hands and stinging face, that I had to keep dabbing on my paddling shoulder to get my eyes clear in order that I might stare in front of my leaky, borrowed canoe.[/QUOT
Doesn't that entice you to continue reading?

About the author:
Susan Carleton Jones
1864 - 1926

Canadian writer, best known for her novels depicting the emotional travails of women struggling to achieve self-understanding and autonomy. Her works often feature Canadian settings.

html source comes from PG, cover from manybooks

I can't recommend this enough. I read it in two days and it's quite a biggie.

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Carleton, Susan: The Lame Priest v1 12 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

This is a shortie but a smashing good read that keeps you on the tips of your toes while it lasts. Not much to say about it, as it speaks for itself.

Got it from PG, streamlined and added a cover.

Oh, almost forgot: She is signing as Susan Morrow Jones on this one.

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Carlyle, Thomas: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. 19 Dec 07

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RWood

Written in 1841, [Hero Worship[/ is very modern. Even though written 166 years ago, it brings forth issues that we read about everyday in the newspapers and see on the television.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTThese ideas were influential on the development of Socialism, but aspects of Carlyle's thinking in his later years also helped to form Fascism. Carlyle moved towards his later thinking during the 1840s, leading to a break with many old friends and allies such as Mill and, to a lesser extent, Emerson. His belief in the importance of heroic leadership found form in his book "On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History", in which he compared different types of heroes. As one of the very few philosophers who witnessed the industrial revolution but still kept a transcendental non-materialistic view of the world, Thomas Carlyle made an attempt to draw a picture of the development of human intellect by using historical people as coordinates and accorded Prophet Muhammad a special place in the book under the chapter title "Hero as a Prophet". In his work, Carlyle declares his admiration with a passionate championship of Prophet Muhammad as a Hegelian agent of reform, insisting on his sincerety and commenting ‘how one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades.’ Observing Carlyle having such an open mind to the "other" puts him in a category of his own for trying to build bridges between the peoples of the West and the East as an early historical western representative of that dialogue. For Carlyle the hero was somewhat similar to Aristotle's "Magnanimous" man — a person who flourished in the fullest sense. However, for Carlyle, unlike Aristotle, the world was filled with contradictions with which the hero had to deal. All heroes will be flawed. Their heroism lay in their creative energy in the face of these difficulties, not in their moral perfection. To sneer at such a person for their failings is the philosophy of those who seek comfort in the conventional. Carlyle called this 'valetism', from the expression 'no man is a hero to his valet'.[/QUOT

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Carlyle, Thomas: The French Revolution, A History. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Carlyle (December 4, 1795 – February 5, 1881) was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.

Carlyle's success was assured by the publication of his three-volume work The French Revolution, A History in 1837. After the completed manuscript of the first volume was accidentally burned by the philosopher John Stuart Mill's maid, Carlyle wrote the second and third volumes before rewriting the first from scratch. The resulting work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. In a politically charged Europe, filled with fears and hopes of revolution, Carlyle's account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France seemed powerfully relevant. Carlyle's style of writing emphasised this, continually stressing the immediacy of the action – often using the present tense. For Carlyle, chaotic events demanded what he called 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within society. While not denying the importance of economic and practical explanations for events, he saw these forces as essentially 'spiritual' in character – the hopes and aspirations of people that took the form of ideas, and were often ossified into ideologies ('formulas' or 'isms', as he called them). In Carlyle's view only dynamic individuals could master events and direct these spiritual energies effectively. As soon as ideological 'formulas' replaced heroic human action society became dehumanised.

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Carp, Augustus (H Bashford): Augustus Carp Esq.: By Himself, v.1, 12 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

[Augustus Carp, Esq: by Himself, Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man.[/
(Illustrated.)

This is a spoof autobiography in the same tradition as the Grossmith’s ‘Diary of a Nobody’.

Augustus Carp is a pious young Christian gentleman (or ‘Xtian’, as he always abbreviates it). I hope that you profit from his edifying account of a young man in the full flower of his southern Metropolitan Xtian manhood.

Here is the opening:

“It is customary, I have noticed, in publishing an autobiography to preface it with some sort of apology. But there are times, and surely the present is one of them, when to do so is manifestly unnecessary. In an age when every standard of decent conduct has either been torn down or is threatened with destruction; when every newspaper is daily reporting scenes of violence, divorce, and arson; when quite young girls smoke cigarettes and even, I am assured, sometimes cigars; when mature women, the mothers of unhappy children, enter the sea in one-piece bathing-costumes; and when married men, the heads of households, prefer the flicker of the cinematograph to the Athanasian Creed - then it is obviously a task, not to be justifiably avoided, to place some higher example before the world.”

History
First published in the UK in May 1924, and published later that year by Houghton Mifflin in the US, the book was written under the pseudonym of the title. The real author was Sir Henry Bashford (1880-1961), a well-respected doctor.
The illustrations were by ‘Robin’, real name Marjorie Blood, who often drew for Punch.

Copyright
The source text was found at www.Eldritchpress.org. This is a site dedicated to free PD and Creative Commons books.
Here is the relevant copyright information:
“We are pleased to present the book, Augustus Carp, Esq: by Himself, Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man, as scanned and presented in HTML by Stewart C. Russell. Since copyright was not renewed in the U.S., it has fallen into the public domain here.”

18 Dec 2007. I'm uploading a new version which corrects some ocr errors spotted by Sparrow. (Thank you, Sparrow.) The original version was downloaded 13 times.

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Carr, Terry: Warlord of Kor v1 3 feb 2009

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mtravellerh

Backward world -- or secret outpost of another galaxy? ...Now they would attempt further to discover the forbidden directives of Kor. Horng remembered, somewhere far back in the fossil layers of his thoughts, a warning. They must be stopped! If he had to, he would stamp out these creatures who were called 'humans.'

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Carroll, Charles: Concerning Cheapness, v1, 30 November 2009.

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Patricia

Charles Carroll
Concerning Cheapness (1877)
Scribner’s Monthly,
Volume 13, pp. 314–317

An article which argues that cheap things are generally bad.

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Carroll, Lewis: A Lewis Carroll Omnibus, V1., 7/4/2011

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crich70

This omnibus contains the following:

1. A Tangled tale
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Rhyme and Reason
4. Sylvia and Bruno
5. Through the Looking Glass

Rhyme and Reason contains some illustrations, which is why it is so large a file.

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- A Lewis Carroll Omnibus - Lewis Carroll.mobi

Carroll, Lewis: Alice im Wunderland german v1 8 feb 2009

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netseeker

Die Titelheldin Alice wird während eines langweiligen Picknicks auf ein sprechendes weißes Kaninchen mit einer Uhr aufmerksam. Sie folgt dem merkwürdigen Tier in dessen Bau und fällt dabei in einen tiefen Schacht. Am Ende des Schachtes angekommen landet sie schließlich in einer traumartigen Unterwelt, die vor Paradoxa und Absurditäten nur so strotzt. Umgeben von Fabelwesen erlebt Alice ein fantastisches Abenteuer.

Das Buch wurde erstmals 1865 veröffentlicht und fand gleich nach seinem Erscheinen großen Anklang und viele begeisterte Leser - einschließlich Königin Victoria.

Diese Fassung enthält einige der weltbekannten und wunderschönen Illustrationen des britischen Zeichners Sir John Tenniel.

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Carroll, Lewis: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 09 June 2008.

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mechteach

Illustrated by John Tenniel (fyi: some of the illustrations came out a little grainy-looking on my Kindle).

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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Carroll, Lewis: The Game of Logic. v1. 18 Nov 2010

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rdmiller3

"The Game of Logic" by Lewis Carroll is one of his lesser-known works. Despite the popularity of this author and multiple attempts at digitizing this work, this book has gotten a poor reputation in electronic form due to formatting errors which completely obfuscate the illustrations. This edition seeks to remedy this situation with the addition of more than 80 unique illustrations and many corrections to the formatting problems which make other versions incomprehensible. I hope you enjoy this edition and I welcome your comments and corrections. -Rick

(This time with the attachment.)

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Carroll, Lewis: The Wonderland Books (illustrated), V1, 8/4/2011

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crich70

This book combines both an illustrated "Alice in Wonderland" and an illustrated "Through the Looking Glass" in one volume. Several people expressed an interest in such a collection. I hope you will all enjoy it. :)

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- The Wonderland Books - Lewis Carroll.mobi

Carroll, Lewis: Through the Looking Glass, v.1, 8 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

Lewis Carroll: ‘Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There’
(1872)

A sequel to ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ Alice finds herself negotiating a landscape which is a giant game of chess.

I have added three of the original Tenniel illustrations, plus a ToC etc.

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Carter, James. State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

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Nate the great

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate, and was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_carter

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Carter, Jesse Benedict: The Religion of Numa, v1, 13 August 2009.

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Patricia

Jesse Benedict Carter (1872–1917)
The Religion of Numa and Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome (1906)

A study of Roman religion.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Carter, Nick: Nick Carter at Headquarters. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

More pulp for a healthy constitution. You can never have too much pulp in your diet.

Another classic pulp from the period of the "nickel weeklies." This one first appeared on October 9, 1897.

My thanks to our friends at PulpGen.com for the eText source.

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Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Cafe & Other Stories. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

Have you had you minimum daily quota of pulp? Here are three Nick Carter stories straight from the public domain to your reader.

Included are:

- The Crime of the French Cafe

- Nick Carter’s Ghost Story

- The Mystery of St. Agnes’ Hospital

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Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories. V1. 8 Aug 2009

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crutledge

Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a pulp fiction private detective and appeared in a variety of formats through the years.
Nick Carter first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square on September 18, 1886. This novel was written by John R. Coryell from a story by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith.
In 1915, Nick Carter Weekly became Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. In the 1930s, due to the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage, Street & Smith revised Nick Carter as a hero pulp that ran from 1933 to 1936. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System network from 1943 to 1955

Excerpt
There is a well-known French restaurant in the “Tenderloin” district which provides its patrons with small but elegantly appointed private dining-rooms.
The restaurant occupies a corner house; and, though its reputation is not strictly first-class in some respects, its cook is an artist, and its wine cellar as good as the best.
It has two entrances, and the one on the side street is not well lighted at night.

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Carter, Nick: The Great Spy System. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

More pulp for a healthy constitution.

This is the story of how Nick Carter, Master Detective, broke a foreign spy ring in Washington, DC in one night to keep his promise to the President.

My thanks to our friends at Munseys.com for the eText source.

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Carter, Nick: The Solution of a Remarkable Case. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

More pulp for a healthy constitution.

Another classic pulp from the period of the "nickel weeklies."

My thanks to our friends at Munseys.com for the eText source.

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Carter, Nick: With Links of Steel. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

Have you had you minimum daily quota of pulp? Here is a Nick Carter story straight from the public domain to your reader.

We all have been a bit low in pulp lately since Dr. Drib has posted so little lately.

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Carter, Nicolas: A Woman at Bay. V1. 10 August 2009

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crutledge

Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a pulp fiction private detective and appeared in a variety of formats through the years.
Nick Carter first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square on September 18, 1886. This novel was written by John R. Coryell from a story by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith.
In 1915, Nick Carter Weekly became Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. In the 1930s, due to the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage, Street & Smith revised Nick Carter as a hero pulp that ran from 1933 to 1936. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System network from 1943 to 1955

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Four men were seated around a camp fire made of old railroad ties, over which a kettle was boiling merrily, where it hung from an improvised crane above the blaze.
Around, on the ground, were scattered a various assortment of tin cans, some of which had been hammered more or less straight to serve for plates, and it was evident from the general appearance of things around the camp that a meal had just been disposed of, and that the four men who had consumed it were now determined to make themselves as comfortable as possible. The kettle that boiled over the fire contained nothing but water—water with which one of the four men had jocularly said he intended to bathe.

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Carter, Nicolas: With Links of Steel. V1. 9 Aug 2009

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Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a pulp fiction private detective and appeared in a variety of formats through the years.
Nick Carter first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square on September 18, 1886. This novel was written by John R. Coryell from a story by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith.
In 1915, Nick Carter Weekly became Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. In the 1930s, due to the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage, Street & Smith revised Nick Carter as a hero pulp that ran from 1933 to 1936. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System network from 1943 to 1955

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“Mr. Venner, sir?”
“Mr. Venner—yes, certainly. You will find him in his private office—that way, sir. The door to the right. Venner is in his private office, Joseph, is he not?”
“I don’t think so, Mr. Garside, unless he has just returned. I saw him go out some time ago.”
“Is that so? Wait a moment, young man.”
The young man halted, and then turned back to face Mr. Garside, with an inquiring look in his frank, brown eyes.

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Carus, Paul (Ed.): The Gospel of Buddha, v.1, 8 May 2008.

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‘The Gospel of Buddha’ Compiled from ancient records by Paul Carus (1894).
This has also been published under the title, ‘Buddha: The Gospel.’

Carus has selected and translated passages from the Buddhist scriptures in order to form a narrative of the Buddha’s life and teachings. He has also included a number of Buddhist parables, many of which have similarities with later Christian parables.

This is the first edition – later versions differ slightly, particularly in the translations of verse passages.

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Carver, Jeffrey A.: Neptune Crossing, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009

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I am the author, uploading Neptune Crossing, Volume 1 of The Chaos Chronicles, as a limited free download. Please feel free to share with your friends and family, but observe limitations on use as noted on the copyright page of the book. Please do not repost without permission. Neptune Crossing is copyright (c) 1994 by Jeffrey A. Carver, and was published by Tor Books. This ebook is a reproduction of that edition, including cover art (by permission of the Tor art director).

Many thanks to DMcCunney for his excellent help in converting and formatting the book for Mobipocket readers.

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Carver, Jeffrey A.: Strange Attractors, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009

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I am the author, uploading Strange Attractors, Volume 2 of The Chaos Chronicles, as a limited free download. Please feel free to share with your friends and family, but observe limitations on use as noted on the copyright page of the book. Please do not repost without permission. Strange Attractors is copyright (c) 1995 by Jeffrey A. Carver, and was published by Tor Books. This ebook is a reproduction of that edition, including cover art (by permission of the Tor art director).

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Carver, Jeffrey A.: The Infinite Sea, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009

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I am the author, uploading The Infinite Sea, Volume 3 of The Chaos Chronicles, as a limited free download. Please feel free to share with your friends and family, but observe limitations on use as noted on the copyright page of the book. Please do not repost without permission. The Infinite Sea is copyright (c) 1996 by Jeffrey A. Carver, and was published by Tor Books. This ebook is a reproduction of that edition, including cover art (by permission of the Tor art director).

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Casanova, Giacomo: Eduard und Elisabeth bei den Megamikren. german. v1. 27 mar 2009

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Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (* 2. April 1725 in Venedig; † 4. Juni 1798 in Dux), venezianischer Schriftsteller, Abenteurer und Libertin des 18. Jahrhunderts, bekannt durch die Schilderungen zahlreicher Liebschaften. Eher unbekannt ist, dass er auch eine der inhalts- und abwechselungsreichsten Utopien seiner Zeit verfasste: [Icosameron[/ von 1788, in der dt. Übersetzung 1923 als [Eduard und Elisabeth bei den Megamikren[/ veröffentlicht.

Wenn Casanovas Werk nichts anderes wäre, als eine von den vielen Utopien, die nach der Utopia des Thomas Morus entstanden oder eine der vielen Liliputiaden nach Swift, so brauchte man sich nicht darum zu mühen, es der Vergessenheit zu entreißen. Aber es ist mehr: es ist das Werk eines tiefen und vor allem auch freien Denkers und es ist vor allem eine sehr unterhaltsame Abenteuergeschichte, die zwar einen Leser verlangt, der gerne denkt, die aber auch ganz abgesehen von ihrem Gedankengehalt durch die bewußte Fülle der Ereignisse interessiert.
Eduard und Elisabeth sind ein junges englisches Geschwisterpaar, das im Maelstrom Schiffbruch leidet, aber auf eine sehr merkwürdige Art gerettet wird, indem es in einer Bleikiste durch die Rinde unseres Erdballs hinabsaust und so in den hohlen Innenraum der Erde gelangt, dessen Grundfläche von dem nach Milliarden zählenden Volk der Megamikren bewohnt wird.
Eduard ist vierzehn, Elisabeth zwölf Jahre alt. Der Trieb der Natur führt sie zusammen: die Geschwister werden Mann und Frau, sie werden die Eltern von vierzig Zwillingspaaren, die stets aus einem Knaben und einem Mädchen bestehen. Im Laufe ihres Aufenthalts, der 324 Megamikrenjahre oder 81 Jahre unserer Zeitrechnung währt, vermehrt diese Nachkommenschaft sich auf mehr als sechs Millionen Menschen, die sich zu Herren der Megamikrenwelt machen. Eduard und Elisabeth, die sich während dieser ganzen Zeit in der Megamikrenwelt in ihrer Jugendblüte erhalten haben, gelangen auf eine höchst merkwürdige Weise wieder an die Oberfläche der Erde empor und begeben sich zu ihren noch lebenden Eltern in England. Dort erzählt nun Eduard, ab und zu von Elisabeth ergänzt, einer Gesellschaft von Lords und Ladies die ganze Geschichte ihrer erstaunlichen Abenteuer und gibt eine genaue Beschreibung aller Einrichtungen und Gebräuche des nicht minder erstaunlichen Megamikrenlandes.

(Heinrich Conrad, Übersetzer)

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Cather, Willa: A Lost Lady. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Willa Cather's A Lost Lady was first published in 1923.
It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband,
Captain Daniel Forrester who live in the Western town of
Sweet Water, along the Transcontinental Railroad.

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Cather, Willa: Death Comes for the Archbishop. V 1, 13 Nov 2008

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The primary character is Bishop Jean Marie Latour, who travels alone from Cincinnati to New Mexico to take charge of the newly established diocese of New Mexico, which has only just become a territory of the United States. He is later assisted by his childhood friend Father Joseph Vaillant. The names given to the main proponents reflect their characters. Vaillant, valiant, is fearless in his promulgation of the faith, whereas Latour, the tower is more intellectual and reserved than his comrade.

At the time of his departure, Cincinnati is the end of the railway line west, so Latour must travel by riverboat to the Gulf of Mexico, and thence overland to New Mexico, a journey which takes an entire year. He spends the rest of his life establishing the Roman Catholic church in New Mexico, where he dies in old age.

The novel is notable for its portrayal of two well-meaning and devout French priests who encounter a well-entrenched Spanish-Mexican clergy they are sent to supplant when the United States acquired New Mexico and the Vatican, in turn, remapped its dioceses.

Several of these entrenched priests are depicted in classic manner as examples of greed, avarice and gluttony, while others live simple, abstemious lives among the Indians. Cather portrays the Hopi and Navajo sympathetically, and her characters express the near futility of overlaying their religion on a millennia-old native culture. Cather's vivid landscape descriptions are also memorable. A scene where a priest and his Indian guide take cover in an ancient cave during a blizzard is especially memorable for its superb portrayal of the combined forces of nature and culture.

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Cather, Willa: Lucy Gayheart. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Lucy Gayheart is Willa Cather's eleventh novel. It was published in 1935.
The novel revolves round the eponymous character, Lucy Gayheart, a young girl from Haverford, by the Platte River

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Cather, Willa: My Antonia. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

My Ántonia (first published 1918) is considered the greatest novel by
American writer Willa Cather. My Ántonia — pronounced with the accent on the first syllable of "Ántonia" — is the final book of the "prairie trilogy"
of novels by Cather, a list that also includes O Pioneers! and
The Song of the Lark.

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Cather, Willa: My Mortal Enemy. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

My Mortal Enemy is the eighth novel (actually, a novella)
by American author Willa Cather. It was first published in 1926.

The novella is about the love story of two youths from
Illinois, Myra and Oswald Henshawe. Myra calls her husband
her 'mortal enemy'.

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Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. v1, 19 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged masterpiece. No other work of fiction so faithfully conveys both the sharp physical realities and the mythic sweep of the transformation of the American frontier -- and the transformation of the people who settled it. Cather's heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make it a prosperous farm. But this archetypal success story is darkened by loss, and Alexandra's devotion to the land may come at the cost of love itself.

At once a sophisticated pastoral and a prototype for later feminist novels, O Pioneers! is a work in which triumph is inextricably enmeshed with tragedy, a story of people who do not claim a land so much as they submit to it and, in the process, become greater than they were.

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Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. V1. 20 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants
in the farm country near the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska, at the turn
of the 20th century. The main character, Alexandra Bergson, inherits the family
farmland when her father dies, and she devotes her life to making the farm a
viable enterprise at a time when other immigrant families are giving up and
leaving the prairie. The novel is also concerned with two romantic
relationships - one between Alexandra and family friend Carl Linstrum,
and another between Alexandra's brother Emil and the married Marie Shabata.

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Cather, Willa: Obscure Destinies. V1. 20 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

The jacket of the first edition of Obscure Destinies announced
“Three New Stories of the West,” heralding Willa Cather’s return to what
many thought of as “her” territory—the Great Plains. These three stories,
“Neighbour Rosicky,” “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “Two Friends,” reflected her
return to the well of memory that had inspired the books that made her
reputation.

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Cather, Willa: Sapphira and the Slave Girl. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Sapphira was a fashionable young woman in Winchester when she married
Henry Colbert, a man beneath her station, and moved to a rugged backwoods
village, where they have lived for more than 30 years. Twenty of Sapphira's
slaves came with them. This caused somewhat of a sensation among the poor, non-slave owning population of the region, where even to this day the
Colberts are admired but not well-liked. Henry successfully took over the
village grinding mill, while Sapphira assumed the role of local granddame.
They had three daughters, all of whom married and moved away. However, Rachel's husband died, and she returned to Back Creek with her two young children.

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Cather, Willa: Shadows on the Rock. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Shadows on the Rock is a novel by the American writer Willa Cather.
The novel is set in 17th century Quebec describing the quiet, isolated
life of Cecile Auclair and her father, the town apothecary.

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Cather, Willa: Song of the Lark. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873  April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Set in the 1890s in Moonstone, a fictional place supposedly located in Colorado, The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. The story revolves around an ambitious young heroine, Thea Kronborg, who leaves her hometown to go to the big city to fulfill her dream of becoming a famous opera star. The novel captures Thea's independent-mindedness, her strong work ethic, and her ascent to her highest achievement. At each step along the way, her realization of the mediocrity of her peers propels her to greater levels of accomplishment, but in the course of her ascent she must discard those relationships which no longer serve her.

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Cather, Willa: The Burglar’s Christmas, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Willa Cather (1873–1947)
The Burglar’s Christmas (1896)

A tale of love and redemption at Christmas.

This short story appeared above the signature of “Elizabeth L. Seymour” in the magazine Home Monthly, (December, 1896), VI, pp. 8–10.

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Cather, Willa: The Professor's House. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873  April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986, Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, the University of NebraskaLincoln, named residence halls after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound. Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the university and was the first woman president of the Modern Language Association.

Wikipedia

When Professor Godfrey St. Peter and wife move to a new house, he becomes uncomfortable with the route his life is taking. He keeps on his dusty study in the old house in an attempt to hang on to his old life. Also the marriages of his two daughters have removed them from the home and added two new sons-in-law. The novel is in three parts, the central one deals with an exploration of an ancient cliff city in New Mexico by a former student who died in World War I, whose life and death are pivotal to the narrative.

In the final section, the professor, left alone while his family takes an expensive European tour, narrowly escapes death due to a gas leak in his study; and finds himself strangely willing to die. He is rescued, by the old family seamstress, Augusta, who hasbeen his staunch friend throughout his trials. He resolves to go on with his life and make the best of things.

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Cather, Willa: The Troll Garden and Selected Stories. V1. 22 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873  April 24, 1947)was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound. Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

First short-story collection by Willa Cather, published in 1905. Publication of the collection, which contains some of her best-known work, led to Cather's appointment as managing editor of McClure's Magazine, a New York monthly. The stories are linked thematically by their depiction of characters who seek the realm of beauty and imagination but are constantly assaulted by the vulgar and brutal outside world. The story "The Sculptor's Funeral," originally published in McClure's in 1905, concerns the reactions of the townspeople in a prairie village when the body of a famous sculptor is brought back to be buried there. The book's climactic story, now considered an American classic, is PAUL'S CASE.
-- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

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Cather,Willa: Not Under Forty. V1. 20 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

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Cather,Willa:Youth and the Bright Medusa. V1. 22 Nov2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873  April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions offrontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986, Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound. Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Black Feather. V1. 10 Aug 2009

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Mary Hartwell was born in Luray, Ohio, and at the age of nine her family moved to Milford, Illinois. Within a year of this move her father died of pneumonia. Her mother passed away just a few months later, orphaning Mary and her two younger siblings, Roxana and Marcus. The children’s maternal grandfather was appointed their guardian. They moved to Hebron, Ohio, to live with him, and attended the local public school. When Mary was thirteen, she received her teaching certificate, and she started teaching the following year.
Hoosier Connection: Mary Catherwood moved to Oakford, Indiana, in 1877 with her new husband, James Steele Catherwood. A few months later they moved to Indianapolis, where they lived until 1882. She wrote several novels and short stories about life in Indiana.

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Over a hundred voyageurs were sorting furs in the American Fur Company’s yard, under the supervision of the clerks. And though it was hard labor, lasting from five in the morning until sunset, they thought lightly of it as fatigue duty after their eleven months of toil and privation in the wilderness. Fort Mackinac was glittering white on the heights above them, and half-way up a paved ascent leading to the sally-port sauntered ’Tite Laboise. All the voyageurs saw her; and strict as was the discipline of the yard, they directly expected trouble.

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Chase Of Saint-Castin. V1. 10 Aug 2009

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Mary Hartwell was born in Luray, Ohio, and at the age of nine her family moved to Milford, Illinois. Within a year of this move her father died of pneumonia. Her mother passed away just a few months later, orphaning Mary and her two younger siblings, Roxana and Marcus. The children’s maternal grandfather was appointed their guardian. They moved to Hebron, Ohio, to live with him, and attended the local public school. When Mary was thirteen, she received her teaching certificate, and she started teaching the following year.
Hoosier Connection: Mary Catherwood moved to Oakford, Indiana, in 1877 with her new husband, James Steele Catherwood. A few months later they moved to Indianapolis, where they lived until 1882. She wrote several novels and short stories about life in Indiana.

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The waiting April woods, sensitive in every leafless twig to spring, stood in silence and dim nightfall around a lodge. Wherever a human dwelling is set in the wilderness, it becomes, by the very humility of its proportions, a prominent and aggressive point. But this lodge of bark and poles was the color of the woods, and nearly escaped intruding as man’s work. A glow lighted the top, revealing the faint azure of smoke which rose straight upward in the cool, clear air.
Such a habitation usually resounded at nightfall with Indian noises, especially if the day’s hunting had been good. The mossy rocks lying around, were not more silent than the inmates of this lodge. You could hear the Penobscot River foaming along its uneasy bed half a mile eastward. The poles showed freshly cut disks of yellow at the top; and though the bark coverings were such movables as any Indian household carried, they were newly fastened to their present support. This was plainly the night encampment of a traveling party, and two French hunters and their attendant Abenaquis recognized that, as it barred their trail to the river. An odor of roasted meat was wafted out like an invitation to them.

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CDU/CSU; Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 11th 2009

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CDU und CSU sind deutsche Parteien, die gemeinsam als Union zur Bundestagswahl antreten. Die CSU tritt nur in Bayern an, während die Schwesterpartei CDU in den anderen Bundesländern antritt.

In ihrem Bundestagswahlprogramm legen die beiden Parteien die Ziele ihrer Fraktion für die Legislaturperiode 2009-2013 vor.

Verbesserte Version: Ein paar fehlerhafte Bindestriche, doppelte Punkte, fehlende Absätze u.Ä. korregiert.

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote de la Mancha (Illustrated, Spanish). v1 6 June 2009

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) is considered one of the most important writers of Spanish literature and World literature, with a prestige comparable to Shakespeare's (and interestingly they both died on April 23th, 1616). He greatly contributed to the creation of the modern novel

Cervantes's most famous work is undoubtedly "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha), which has become a classic of western literature and the second most sold book after the Bible (or so they said). Ten years after the first part was published in 1605, and one year before his death, Cervantes published a second volume of Don Quixote's adventures, mainly as a response to the publication of and apocryphal "second part" by someone else, which gives some idea of the success of the book at the time. Modern editions generaly include both volumes of Don Quixote.

Despite being today a "classic", with that aura of seriousness and scholarly importance particular to classics, Don Quixote was, and still is, basically a comical adventures novel, a parody of the books of chivalry. The plot weaves around and old gentleman who loses his wits from reading all those books about knights, princesses, giants, dragons and sorcerers and decides to become one of them and wander about seeking adventures, offenses to undo and troubles to straighten. Of course, the world around him is just the plain peasant Spanish society of the 17th century, who don't know about castles or princes and just want their horses back and their services paid... and they often mock and laugh at don Quixote and his simple-minded (but not so much as it seems at first) squire Sancho Panza.

Interestingly, we can see in the frontmatter content that exclussive right for printing and distributing the book was granted for 10 years (copyright) and the affair of the apocryphal second part is directly addressed in the second volume (derivative works), where the characters are fully aware of the publication of the first book about themselves.

I created this version from the annotated edition available at the Cervantes Virtual Library, although the notes are not included (they are not public domain, after all), but I advise the interested reader to read the prefaces and notes there. A note of warning: although the punctuation and orthography are somewhat adapted to modern uses, the language is still old-fashioned and many words and syntax would be considered incorrect today; the text is not difficult to understand for Spanish speakers, but those learning Spanish should be careful not to consider this as the "right way" of writing Spanish today.

The illustrations are the famous engravings by Gustave Doré, extracted from the Internet Archive scans, and are the main reason for the huge size of this ebook. I also added two maps at the end, marking the location of most places mentioned in the text. The .mobi file is split in two .rar parts

For systems not supporting large images, there's also a version with more compressed (lower quality) images, that's the "*SmIm.mobi" file.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote german v1 19.mar 2009

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Don Quijote: (Don Quixote in alter Schreibweise; Don Quichotte in französischer Orthografie, teilweise auch im deutschen Sprachraum üblich) ist die allgemeinsprachliche Bezeichnung für den Roman El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha von Miguel de Cervantes, übersetzt Der sinnreiche Junker Don Quijote von der Mancha, und gleichzeitig der Name des Protagonisten.

Der erste Teil wurde 1605, der zweite 1615 veröffentlicht. Beide Romane erschienen in spanischer Sprache. Die erste deutsche Übersetzung wurde 1621 (Don Kichote de la Mantzscha) von Pahsch Basteln von der Sohle angefertigt; allerdings ist die 1799–1801 herausgegebene Übersetzung von Ludwig Tieck heute die bekannteste deutsche Übersetzung (Wikipedia)

Ich habe eine bekannte Illustration von Doré als Cover verwendet. Das Buch selbst ist ebenfalls reich illustriert.

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote, Vol. I, v1. 26 June 07

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The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Warning: there is no TOC in this volume

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Novelas ejemplares (Spanish). v1 14 July 2009

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) is considered one of the most important writers of Spanish literature and World literature, with a prestige comparable to Shakespeare's (and interestingly they both died on April 23th, 1616). He greatly contributed to the creation of the modern novel.

The "Novelas ejemplares" (Exemplary Novels) are a series of twelve short stories written between 1590 and 1612, and published in 1613 (between the two parts of Don Quixote). They are called "novels" by Cervantes, following the style of Italian novels of the time (more what today would be called "novella" in English).

The theme of the stories is often romantic, but sometimes a clear social satire can be detected. Most of the stories combine some "fantastical" elements (not really dragons and wizards, but some unbelievable events and coincidences) and description of the plain society of the period.

The same warning as for Don Quixote applies for non-native Spanish readers: the language and orthography is not obscure, but it's clearly outdated.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

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Cervantes, Miguel: Don Quijote (Quixote) de la Mancha[Español/Spanish] v.1, 4/4/09

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About the eBook
This version is the Spanish version of Don Quixote de la Mancha, containing and contains both Volume 1 and Volume 2 ---written 10 years later.

Editor's Comments
Wow, this book is huge, and was by far the most difficult book to format, it posed many challenges, such as this word wrap was so big singos macros did not work so I had to re-write a whole new word wrap macro for BookCreator. Many hours where spent writing macros and editing text.
So why did I do it, well I felt there was a hole, while Don Quixote exists in MR it is in English and is only the first book. Also I has a bit of faux logic. Don Quixote is an acclaimed masterpiece the best work ever written in the Spanish language, some say in the world&. According to some Spaniards ;). Anyhow Ive heard the same claim with Shakespeare of course substitute the word Spanish/Spaniard with English/English men. Well I love Shakespeare and to do Cervantes justice I decided to read his book in Spanish, now after listening to an audio CD of Don Qixote, Im in for an even bigger challenge than I anticipated.

Anyhow I hope you enjoy this book, and downloaded even if you have no intention of reading it. You will now have a classic in its original language.

Credits
Id like to thank Project Gutenberg for providing the original source, and for doing such a fantastic job in their proofing..

From the WIKI
Don Quixote (Spanish: Don Quijote, /dRnÈkihoŠte/,) fully titled "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moorish historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli.

The novel's structure is in episodic form. It is a humorous novel in the picaresco style of the late sixteenth century. The full title is indicative of the tale's object, as ingenioso (Spain.) means "to be quick with inventiveness".[2] Although the novel is farcical, the second half is more serious and philosophical about the theme of deception. Quixote has served as an important thematic source not only in literature but in much of art and music, inspiring works by Pablo Picasso and Richard Strauss. The contrasts between the tall, thin, fancy-struck, and idealistic Quixote and the fat, squat, world-weary Panza is a motif echoed ever since the books publication, and Don Quixote's imaginings are the butt of outrageous and cruel practical jokes in the novel. Even faithful and simple Sancho is unintentionally forced to deceive him at certain points. The novel is considered a satire of orthodoxy, truth, veracity, and even nationalism. In going beyond mere storytelling to exploring the individualism of his characters, Cervantes helped move beyond the narrow literary conventions of the chivalric romance literature that he spoofed, which consists of straightforward retelling of a series of acts that redound to the knightly virtues of the (....)

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Chambers, Robert W: The Tracer of Lost Persons, v.1 10 March 2008.

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A novel of 1906.
(Illustrated.)

By Robert W Chambers (1865-1933). I haven’t come across this author before, but was browsing PG and liked the title. The novel seems to be a humorous episodic set of linked stories about a professional tracer of missing people.

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Chandler, Raymond, Farewell My Lovely, v1, 17 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
Farewell My Lovely [1940]

From Wikipedia:
“A chance encounter (we are in late March, 1939) with hulking ex-con Moose Malloy on Los Angeles' Central Avenue, the part that is "not yet all negro", gets Marlowe into all kinds of trouble. Just released from prison, Malloy is looking for his one-time girlfriend, red-haired Velma, whom he last saw eight years ago. The nightclub where she used to sing, Florian's, is now a black "dine and dice emporium", and no one there has ever heard of her. Malloy flees after casually killing the black boss of the club, and Marlowe, the only white witness to Malloy's mayhem, is asked by a detective on the case, Nulty, to look for Velma…”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell,_My_Lovely

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Chandler, Raymond, The Little Sister, v1, 19 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
The Little Sister [1949]

From Wikipedia:
The story opens when mousy Orfamay Quest walks into Philip Marlowe's office in search of a detective. Orfamay is a "small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses" who has recently moved to Bay City from Manhattan, Kansas to search for her older brother Orrin. Orrin had recently come out to Bay City to work as an engineer for the Cal-Western Aircraft Company, but has since then stopped writing to Orfamay and their mother. Orfamay describes her concern to Marlowe and asks that he find the whereabouts of her brother, despite giving Marlowe few leads with which to work…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Sister

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Chandler, Raymond: Farewell, My Lovely. V1. 3 Jan 2010

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Chicago born novelist / screenwriter Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) wrote only seven novels, all of them concerning private detective Philip Marlowe. [Farewell, My Lovely[/, published in 1940, was his second, following on the strong success [The Big Sleep[/. But initial sales were disappointing at 2,900 copies; his publisher, Knopf, cancelled plans for a second printing. (By 1945 his fortunes had shifted and his first two titles had sold already 750,000 in paperback.)

In a number of ways [Farewell, My Lovely[/ is a stronger story, and offers a number of deeply etched and highly entertaining characters. It doesn't have as much snappy dialogue -- but that's only measured by Chandler standards. There's an extended sequence where Marlowe is on a bender -- which was nicely captured in a film version -- and in print is something of a tour de force. Many pages after the effects have ostensibly worn off, Marlowe lapses into the fog leaving the reader slightly off-balance. Most extraordinary is the matter-of-fact way in which gay characters crop up and play critical roles -- something entirely lost in the film versions. The tenderness Chandler lavishes on these portrayals and interactions with Marlowe is a surprise including his observation: "[Red] smiled a slow tired smile. His voice was soft, dreamy, so delicate for a big man that it was startling. It made me think of another soft-voiced big man I had strangely liked."

And in one brief aside, Chandler takes a direct swipe by name at movie censor moralist Will Hays whom Chandler (and much of Hollywood) despised.

In 1944, [Farewell, My Lovely[/ -- in a much bastardized form -- was turned into an RKO picture starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor, directed by the later celebrated noir emigré Edward Dmytryk.

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Chandler, Raymond: Playback, v1, 17 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
Playback [1958]

From Wikipedia:
This novel puts Marlowe in the position of turning against his client. We are at the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda Loring in The Long Goodbye).
An unknown client hires Marlowe (via intermediaries) to follow a woman traveling under the name Eleanor King (whose real name is Betty Mayfield). Marlowe traces Mayfield to the small coastal resort town of Esmeralda in California, where he is given the runaround by practically everyone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playback_%28novel%29

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Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep ... V1. 2 Jan 2010

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Chicago born novelist / screenwriter Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) wrote only seven novels, all of them concerning private detective Philip Marlowe. The Big Sleep, published in 1939, was his first, when Chandler was already 50. He had started selling short stories a few years earlier. From age 12 to 30, he lived in the UK and participated in the WWI war effort, eventually enlisting with the Canaidan Expeditionary Force and saw combat duty in France. After the war, he settled in Los Angeles and turned to writing for The Black Mask in 1933. The sensation of The Big Sleep led to opportunities as a Hollywood screenwirter. He collaborated with Billy Wilder on adapting James M Cain's Double Indemnity.

In 1946, The Big Sleep was also turned into a memorable film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, directed by Howard Hawks.

[[Updated: minor reformatting errors fixed -- sorry, first e-book][/

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Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep, v1, 17 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
The Big Sleep [1939]

From Wikipedia:
The Big Sleep (1939) is a crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978.
The story is noted for its complexity and is heavily influenced by classic Greek tragedy, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the book about "sleeping the big sleep", and is not descriptive of the plot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep

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Chandler, Raymond: The High Window, v1, 20 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
The High Window [1942]

From Wikipedia:
The story begins (in the pre-war summer of 1941) when Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Mrs. Murdock insists that her son's wife has stolen the coin. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Window

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Chandler, Raymond: The High Window. V1. 4 Jan 2010

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Chicago born novelist / screenwriter Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888  March 26, 1959) wrote only seven novels, all of them concerning private detective Philip Marlowe. [The High Window[/, published in Aug 1942, was his third, following on two literary successes. By the time of writing this, Chandler was becoming disillusioned with the royalty process which gave back much of his paperback earnings to his publisher Knopf which sold only a few thousand of his books in hard cover. Shortly after it arrived in print, [The High Window[/ was adapted as the film "Time To Kill" featuring detective Mickey Shayne, a vehicle for light-weight actor Lloyd Nolan. Hollywood had called also and he was almost immediately in the thick of preparation for his first screenplay collaboration -- "Double Indemnity" with Billy Wilder.

It's no wonder, then, that Chandler later regarded [The High Window[/ as his weakest novel. Some have noted the plot is his most logical, with everything tied up with a nice bow at the end (vs [The Big Sleep[/ where one murder remains unsolved and more-or-less forgotten). The style is more refined, even more self-conscious: it lacks the sheer, raw effervescence of his first two books. There's even a passage in chapter 15 where Chandler gets up on a soap box and moralises about police and social corruption -- this is not the laissez-faire Chandler (or Marlowe) we know. It's also the first time we learn Marlowe studies chess manuals to relax. Nonetheless, it's an entertaining, breezy read and, if you like Chandler, you'll enjoy this outing featuring a more smart-ass Marlowe than usual.

In 1947, [The High Window[/ -- in a somewhat mangled form -- was turned into a 20th Century FOX picture titled "The Brasher Doubloon" starring George Montgomery and Florence Bates, directed by the under-rated John Brahm.

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Chandler, Raymond: The Lady in the Lake, v1, 21 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
The Lady in the Lake [1943]

From Wikipedia:
Derace Kingsley, a wealthy businessman, hires Marlowe to find his estranged wife Crystal. Although separated from his wife, Kingsley fears that Crystal - rich, pretty, spoiled and reckless - may have gotten herself into a scandal that could jeopardize his own position with the shareholders of the company he runs. The last definite place Crystal was known to have been was at a resort called Little Fawn Lake. And Kingsley had received a telegram from Crystal about two weeks before, (dateline El Paso, Texas), stating that she was divorcing him and marrying her gigolo boyfriend, Chris Lavery. But when Kingsley ran into Lavery in L.A., and asked him "where's Crystal", Lavery tells him that he hasn't seen her, wasn't with her in El Paso, doesn't know where she is, and never agreed, or wanted, to marry her…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_in_the_Lake

This is the novel of “The Lady in the Lake.” There is also a short story with the same title, which can be found in the collection, “Trouble Is My Business” (already uploaded).

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Chandler, Raymond: The Lady in the Lake. V1. 5 Jan 2010

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Chicago born novelist / screenwriter Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) wrote only seven novels, all of them concerning private detective Philip Marlowe. [The Lady in the Lake[/, published in Nov 1943, was his fourth, completed as he was about to embark on new phase of his career as a Hollywood script writer. Chandler didn't care much for Hollywood as is evident from two pieces he wrote for The Atlantic Monthly, one in Nov 1945 "Writers in Hollywood" and another in Mar 1948 "Oscar Night in Hollywood" (both online at theatlantic.com).

In [Lady in the Lake[/, Detective Philip Marlowe is looking for a missing wife, who is not really missed much by her husband -- nor by her boy friend who didn't go missing with her. Unlike most of his other stories, the main action does not take place in Los Angeles or Bay City but, not surprisingly given the title, near a lake (with a side trip to Mexico). But rest assured dead bodies do turn up, as well as corruption by those in authority and who hold power over others' lives. There's plenty of action and plot twists and, best of all, some of Chandler's most sophisticated and atmospheric writing.

In Jan 1947, [The Lady in the Lake[/ was released by MGM starring Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter, and also directed by Robert Montgomery. It used the technique (some would say bizarre gimmick) of shooting the entire film "through the eyes" of Marlowe; we only see Montgomery's face once, in a mirror.

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Chandler, Raymond: The Long Goodbye, v1, 20 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
The Long Goodbye [1954]

From Wikipedia:
The novel opens outside a club called The Dancers (well known from Chandler's The Little Sister). We are in late October or early November 1949. Marlowe, whom we presumably know from previous novels, meets a drunk named Terry Lennox, a man with scars on one side of his face. They forge an uneasy friendship over the next few months. Everything changes when Lennox shows up late one night (in June 1950) at Marlowe's place, asking for a ride to the Tijuana airport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lon...ye_%28novel%29

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Chandler, Raymond: The Simple Art of Murder [long version] v1, 21 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
The Simple Art of Murder [1950]

I’ve already uploaded the essay entitled “The Simple Art of Murder.” This collection includes the essay plus eight short stories.

CONTENTS
The Simple Art of Murder (An Essay)
Spanish Blood
I’ll Be Waiting
The King in Yellow
Pearls Are a Nuisance
Pickup on Noon Street
Smart-Aleck Kill
Guns at Cyrano’s
Nevada Gas

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Chandler, Raymond: The Simple Art of Murder, v1, 17 February 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888-1959]
The Simple Art of Murder [1950]

An essay on detective fiction.

From Wikipedia:
"The Simple Art of Murder" refers to both a critical essay and a collection of short stories written by hard-boiled detective fiction author Raymond Chandler. The essay was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in December 1944. It was reprinted in 1950 by Houghton Mifflin along with eight of Chandler's early stories pre-dating his first novel, The Big Sleep.
The essay is considered a seminal piece of literary criticism. Although Chandler's primary topic is the art (and failings) of detective fiction, he touches on general literature and modern society as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simple_Art_of_Murder

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Chandler, Raymond: Trouble Is My Business, v1, 17 March 2010.

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Raymond Chandler [1888–1959]
Trouble Is My Business [1939]

This is a substantial collection of Chandler’s fiction, weighing in at more than 220,000 words.

CONTENTS
Killer in the Rain
The Man Who Liked Dogs
The Curtain
Try the Girl
Mandarin's Jade
Bay City Blues
The Lady in the Lake
No Crime in the Mountains
Trouble Is My Business
Finger Man
Goldfish
Red Wind

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Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys' First Wireless. v1, 18 Feb 2008

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Juvenile fiction from 1922. The type of boys' fiction that was popular at the time, combining an exciting adventure with practical instruction in how to do something (in this case, building a crystal radio set).

This was the first in a series of 13 books, but appears to be the only one currently available as an eBook. The series was taking advantage of a sudden explosion of interest in radio broadcasting which occurred in the US from 1922 onwards.

Each book features a foreword from "noted radio expert Jack Binns" who achieved fame as the "wireless operator" on the sinking "S.S. Republic" by sending the first ever radio distress signal which triggered a rescue operation.

Enjoy!

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Chapman, Jason K.: The Heretic v2.1 2008-02-20

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MobileRead's own jasonkchapman has graciaously allow me to convert his novel [The Heretic[/ into PRC for MobiPocket. Thank you very much Jason. I look forward to reading it.

[quotTHE HERETIC
by Jason K. Chapman
ISBN 1-929925-38-7

Reviewed by Danielle Thorne

"I can be anywhere in the blink of an eye. I can be in two places at once. Or, when I wish, I can be nowhere at all." --The Heretic

Such are the words of a man without an identity. Without revealing his true name, the Heretic takes his readers on a perilous journey in to the online underworld of virtual reality. In this realm people prosper with fictional bank accounts, and can disappear without a trace. For when there's no record of you to be found, you don't exist. And that is exactly what keeps the Heretic alive.

Imagine a world controlled by one unifying government; an organization that has the power to create and destroy lives. Flowing along wires and bouncing from one satellite to the next, this powerful union does exist, and people IRL (in real life) call it: The Guild. These computer Gods control the world as we know it. Secret identities protect members from corruption, but also harbor the occasional member without a conscience. Corporations turn to them for security, banks turn to them for transactions—but what happens when the monopoly, controlled by the very technicians that created the computer, goes bad?

In THE HERETIC, an ex-FBI agent comes out of his secret existence to finish the computer hacking case that once cost him his job. As the virtual world wide controlling government of The Guild turns against itself, the Heretic must find out who is behind the robbery and blackmail of major corporations all over the country. Leaving his reclusive Montana ranch, he follows the signals to Atlanta where his old Bureau partner is hot on the electronic path. With a hit man behind every corner and his online persona falling apart, it is up to the once scorned computer genius and a FBI wildcard to crack the case online; without being terminally erased in the flesh.

Jason Chapman has put together a phenomenal proposition that crosses every genre from crime to romance. Mixing a little Clancy style with cyber adventure, it's truly a blast for anyone. And yet beyond the fast paced story line, the quality of Chapman's writing is most impressive. It is a pleasure to read, original and creative with prose that jeers at the modern trappings of the ever present, repetitive cliché. With in-depth thought in to the possibilities beyond the computer terminal, and an extensive knowledge of government networking, this novel successfully provides "good eats" for the action-starved reader.

THE HERETIC is an exciting example of what can be accomplished with electronic publishing. It promises to blow away the current underlying notion that e-books will never meet the quality or standards of print. Even if you're not convinced, you won't put this story away until the Heretic finds his way home. After that, plan on joining the rest of his readers in speculating: What does Mr. Chapman really do for a living?

---Reviewed by Danielle Thorne
A Grain of Salt
www.webnow.com/DThoCha[/quot

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Chapman, S.E.: Doctor Jones' Picnic v1 10 dec 2008

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This is a tale of adventure a little bit in the style of Jules Verne. From the introduction:
[QUOTThe author is ready to substantiate the marvelous cures performed by Dr. Jones, for they are cases from practice. One of the objects of this work is to stimulate scientific investigation of the law of cure which guided the worthy Doctor in his selection of the remedy in a given case.

As to whether Silver Cloud and her achievements be possible or not, I am not specially concerned. And whether there are air currents in the "upper deep," as described within these pages, is a matter of little or no consequence. We are desirous of being fair and magnanimous, and will let the burden of proof rest upon the "other fellow."[/QUOT
Good read, a few illustrations

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CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS, Ed.: Adventures and Letters . V1. 17 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
On the 21st of March, 1916, Richard and his wife and daughter moved from the Scribner cottage to Crossroads, and a few days later he was attacked by the illness that ended in his death on April 11. He had dined with his wife and afterward had worked on an article on preparedness, written some letters and telegrams concerning the same subject and, while repeating one of the latter over the telephone, was stricken. Within a week of his fifty-third year, just one year from the day he had first brought his baby daughter to her real home, doing the best and finest work of his career in the cause of the Allies and preparedness, quite unconscious that the end was near, he left us. In those fifty-two years he had crowded the work, the pleasures, the kind, chivalrous deeds of many men, and he died just as I am sure he would have wished to die, working into the night for a great cause, and although ill and tired, still fretful for the morning that he might again take up the fight.

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- Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis .mobi

Charnwood, Lord: Tracks in the Snow, v.1, 2 March 2009.

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Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron Charnwood (1864–1945)
Tracks in the Snow (1906)

A mystery by a lord. Here is the opening:

“On the morning of the 29th of January, 1896, Eustace Peters was found murdered in his bed at his house, Grenvile Combe, in the parish of Long Wilton, of which I was then rector.
“Much mystery attached to the circumstances of his death. It was into my hands that chance threw the clue to this mystery, and it is for me, if for any one, to relate the facts.”

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Chase, Mary Ellen: Victoria of Elk Creek Valley v1 21 dec 2008

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Mary Ellen Chase (February 24, 1887 in Blue Hill, Maine, USA - July 28, 1973 in Northampton, Massachusetts) was a teacher, scholar, and writer.

Chase received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota where she served as an assistant professor from 1922 to 1926. She taught at Smith College starting in 1926 until her retirement in 1955.

She wrote more than 30 books, many using her cherished Maine heritage as the setting, capturing the unique spirit and chronicling a way of life for generations. Her most famous of these works include Mary Peters, Silas Crockett, Windswept, and Edge of Darkness.

Chase was one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century. She stood as one of the leading writers of her era.

This is a pioneer story from a woman's point of view. Very interesting.

Have fun!

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- Virginia of Elk Creek Valley - Chase_ Mary Ellen.prc (Note: this work is in the US public domain)

Chateaubriand: Mémoires d’Outre-tombe, Tome I (en français) v1, 27 Aug 2007

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François-René de Chateaubriand,
MÉMOIRES D'OUTRE-TOMBE
TOME PREMIER
Introduction, Notes et Appendices de M. Ed. Biré.
Annotées par Sainte-Beuve de l'Académie française.

La jeunesse Breton de ce grand écrivain romantique, ses réactions à la Révolution Française, et ses années d’exile en Angleterre et l’Amérique.

J’ai préparé une table des matières et quelques illustrations.

Notre premier livre en français, préparé par une anglophone galloise.

[There is no English translation of this text on the web, so I decided to have a go with the original French.)

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Chekhov, Anton: (01) The Darling & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this collection:

- THE DARLING

- ARIADNE

- POLINKA

- ANYUTA

- THE TWO VOLODYAS

- THE TROUSSEAU

- THE HELPMATE

- TALENT

- AN ARTIST'S STORY

- THREE YEARS

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Chekhov, Anton: (02) The Duel & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- THE DUEL

- EXCELLENT PEOPLE

- MIRE

- NEIGHBOURS

- AT HOME

- EXPENSIVE LESSONS

- THE PRINCESS

- THE CHEMIST'S WIFE

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Chekhov, Anton: (03) The Lady with the Dog & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- THE LADY WITH THE DOG

- A DOCTOR'S VISIT

- AN UPHEAVAL

- IONITCH

- THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY

- THE BLACK MONK

- VOLODYA

- AN ANONYMOUS STORY

- THE HUSBAND

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Chekhov, Anton: (04) The Party & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- THE PARTY

- TERROR

- A WOMAN'S KINGDOM

- A PROBLEM

- THE KISS

- 'ANNA ON THE NECK'

- THE TEACHER OF LITERATURE

- NOT WANTED

- TYPHUS

- A MISFORTUNE

- A TRIFLE FROM LIFE

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Chekhov, Anton: (05) The Wife & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- The Wife

- Difficult People

- The Grasshopper

- A Dreary Story

- The Privy Councillor

- The Man in Case

- Gooseberries

- About Love

- The Lottery Ticket

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- Chekhov 05 The Wife and.prc

Chekhov, Anton: (06) The Witch & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Includes the following stories:

- THE WITCH

- PEASANT WIVES

- THE POST

- THE NEW VILLA

- DREAMS

- THE PIPE

- AGAFYA

- AT CHRISTMAS TIME

- GUSEV

- THE STUDENT

- IN THE RAVINE

- THE HUNTSMAN

- HAPPINESS

- A MALEFACTOR

- PEASANTS

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Chekhov, Anton: (07) The Bishop & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Includes the following stories:

- THE BISHOP

- THE LETTER

- EASTER EVE

- A NIGHTMARE

- THE MURDER

- UPROOTED

- THE STEPPE

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- Chekhov 07 The Bishop and.prc

Chekhov, Anton: (08) The Chorus Girl & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Includes:

- THE CHORUS GIRL

- VEROTCHKA

- MY LIFE

- AT A COUNTRY HOUSE

- A FATHER

- ON THE ROAD

- ROTHSCHILD'S FIDDLE

- IVAN MATVEYITCH

- ZINOTCHKA

- BAD WEATHER

- A GENTLEMAN FRIEND

- A TRIVIAL INCIDENT

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Chekhov, Anton: (09) The Schoolmistress & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this collection:

- THE SCHOOLMISTRESS

- A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

- MISERY

- CHAMPAGNE

- AFTER THE THEATRE

- A LADY'S STORY

- IN EXILE

- THE CATTLE-DEALERS

- SORROW

- ON OFFICIAL DUTY

- THE FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER

- A TRAGIC ACTOR

- A TRANSGRESSION

- SMALL FRY

- THE REQUIEM

- IN THE COACH-HOUSE

- PANIC FEARS

- THE BET

- THE HEAD-GARDENER'S STORY

- THE BEAUTIES

- THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL

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Chekhov, Anton: (10) The Horse Stealers & Other Stories. 18 Sept 07

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A wonderful collection of stories including:

- The Horse Stealers

- Ward No. 6

- The Petchenyeg

- A Dead Body

- A Happy Ending

- The Looking-Glass

- Old Age

- Darkness

- The Beggar

- A Story Without A Title

- In Trouble

- Frost

- A Slander

- Minds in Ferment

- Gone Astray

- An Avenger

- The Jeune Premier

- A Defenceless Creature

- An Enigmatic Nature

- A Happy Man

- A Troublesome Visitor

- An Actor's End

This is identified as collection #10, the rest will be posted as they are finished.

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Chekhov, Anton: (11) The Schoolmaster & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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This collection of stories includes:

- THE SCHOOLMASTER

- ENEMIES

- THE EXAMINING MAGISTRATE

- BETROTHED

- FROM THE DIARY OF A VIOLENT-TEMPERED MAN

- IN THE DARK

- A PLAY

- A MYSTERY

- STRONG IMPRESSIONS

- DRUNK

- THE MARSHAL'S WIDOW

- A BAD BUSINESS

- IN THE COURT

- BOOTS

- JOY

- LADIES

- A PECULIAR MAN

- AT THE BARBER'S

- AN INADVERTENCE

- THE ALBUM

- OH! THE PUBLIC

- A TRIPPING TONGUE

- OVERDOING IT

- THE ORATOR

- MALINGERERS

- IN THE GRAVEYARD

- HUSH!

- IN AN HOTEL

- IN A STRANGE LAND

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Chekhov, Anton: (12) The Cook's Wedding & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Stories included are:

- THE COOK'S WEDDING

- SLEEPY

- CHILDREN

- THE RUNAWAY

- GRISHA

- OYSTERS

- HOME

- A CLASSICAL STUDENT

- VANKA

- AN INCIDENT

- A DAY IN THE COUNTRY

- BOYS

- SHROVE TUESDAY

- THE OLD HOUSE

- IN PASSION WEEK

- WHITEBROW

- KASHTANKA

- A CHAMELEON

- THE DEPENDENTS

- WHO WAS TO BLAME?

- THE BIRD MARKET

- AN ADVENTURE

- THE FISH

- ART

- THE SWEDISH MATCH

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Chekhov, Anton: (13) The Love & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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The final volume of Chekhov short stories includes the following:

- LOVE

- LIGHTS

- A STORY WITHOUT AN END

- MARI D'ELLE

- A LIVING CHATTEL

- THE DOCTOR

- TOO EARLY!

- THE COSSACK

- ABORIGINES

- AN INQUIRY

- MARTYRS

- THE LION AND THE SUN

- A DAUGHTER OF ALBION

- CHORISTERS

- NERVES

- A WORK OF ART

- A JOKE

- A COUNTRY COTTAGE

- A BLUNDER

- FAT AND THIN

- THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK

- A PINK STOCKING

- AT A SUMMER VILLA

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Cherry-Garrard, Apsley: THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD. v1, 26 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

As Apsley Cherry-Garrard states in his introduction to the harrowing story of the Scott expedition to the South Pole, "Polar Exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised." Cherry-Garrard's [The Worst Journey in the World[/ is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. The youngest member of Scott's team, the author was later part of the rescue party that eventually found the frozen bodies of Scott and three men who had accompanied Scott on the final push to the Pole. These deaths would haunt Cherry-Garrard for the rest of his life as he questioned the decisions he had made and the actions he had taken in the days leading up to the Polar Party's demise.

Prior to this sad denouement, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment. Each participant in the Scott expedition is brought fully to life. Cherry-Garrard's recollections are supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other teammates. Despite the sad fate of Scott, the reader will grudgingly agree with the closing words of The Worst Journey in the World: "Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion. And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.... If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg.

With Panoramas, Maps, And Illustrations By The Late Doctor Edward A. Wilson And Other Members Of The Expedition.

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- The Worst Journey In The World Vol 1.prc

- THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD Vol 2.prc

Chesnutt, Charles W.: The Marrow of Tradition. v1, 18 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African American author and political activist best known for novels and short stories exploring racism and other social themes.

The Marrow of Tradition is an historical novel and sometimes called a Melodrama first published in 1901.

Plot introduction:

A fictional retelling of the rise of the white supremacist movement,specifically as it aided the fomentation of what was originally referred to as the “race riots” that took place in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.(Critics argue over what would be a more proper term, with some favoring the blunt and descriptive “massacre” while others prefer coup d'etat, in referenceto the fact that the incident marked the first and only time in the history of the United States that a local government was successfully overthrown by force.)

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Chesterton, G K, et al: Leo Tolstoy, v1, 20 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
G H Perris [1866-1920]
Edward Garnett [1868-1937]
LEO TOLSTOY [1903]

A set of three short essays on the great Russian writer.

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Chesterton, G K: A Miscellany of Men, v1, 6 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
A Miscellany of Men (1912)

A collection of essays. I particularly recomment “The Poet and the Cheese,” and the final essay which covers elements of writing style.
Contents:
THE SUFFRAGIST; THE POET AND THE CHEESE; THE THING; THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS; THE NAMELESS MAN; THE GARDENER AND THE GUINEA; THE VOTER AND THE TWO VOICES; THE MAD OFFICIAL; THE ENCHANTED MAN; THE SUN WORSHIPPER; THE WRONG INCENDIARY; THE FREE MAN; THE HYPOTHETICAL HOUSEHOLDER; THE PRIEST OF SPRING; THE REAL JOURNALIST; THE SENTIMENTAL SCOT; THE SECTARIAN OF SOCIETY; THE FOOL; THE CONSCRIPT AND THE CRISIS; THE MISER AND HIS FRIENDS; THE MYSTAGOGUE; THE RED REACTIONARY; THE SEPARATIST AND SACRED THINGS; THE MUMMER; THE ARISTOCRATIC ’ARRY; THE NEW THEOLOGIAN; THE ROMANTIC IN THE RAIN; THE FALSE PHOTOGRAPHER; THE SULTAN; THE ARCHITECT OF SPEARS; THE MAN ON TOP; THE OTHER KIND OF MAN; THE MEDIAEVAL VILLAIN; THE DIVINE DETECTIVE; THE ELF OF JAPAN; THE CHARTERED LIBERTINE; THE CONTENTED MAN; THE ANGRY AUTHOR: HIS FAREWELL

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Chesterton, G K: A Short History of England, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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A Short History of England (1917)
By G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)

A fairly opinionated short history of England.

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Chesterton, G K: Alarms and Discursions, v.1, 30 June 3009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Alarms and Discursions (1910)

A collection of 39 essays, sourced from Project Gutenberg. I have added a picture of some stilton cheese on the cover because there is an essay on cheese.

Table of Contents
Introductory: On Gargoyles, The Surrender of a Cockney, The Nightmare, The Telegraph Poles, A Drama of Dolls, The Man and His Newspaper, The Appetite of Earth, Simmons and the Social Tie, Cheese, The Red Town, The Furrows, The Philosophy of Sight-seeing, A Criminal Head, The Wrath of the Roses, The Gold of Glastonbury, The Futurists, Dukes, The Glory of Grey, The Anarchist, How I found the Superman, The New House, The Wings of Stone, The Three Kinds of Men, The Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, The Field of Blood, The Strangeness of Luxury, The Triumph of the Donkey, The Wheel, Five Hundred and Fifty-five, Ethandune, The Flat Freak, The Garden of the Sea, The Sentimentalist, The White Horses, The Long Bow, The Modern Scrooge, The High Plains, The Chorus, A Romance of the Marshes

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Chesterton, G K: All I Survey, v1, 2 December 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton(1874–1936)
All I Survey: A Book of Essays (1933)

A collection of 44 essays on diverse topics.

Table of Contents
I. On the Child; II. On the Standardization of Stevenson; III. On Turnpikes and Mediaevalism; IV. On Mammoth Portraiture; V. On War Memorials; VI. On Old Men Who Make Wars; VII. On Vachel Lindsay; VIII. On the Staleness of Revolt; IX. On Dependence and Independence; X. On the Teutonic Theory; XI. On Phases of Eccentricity; XII. On Bad Poetry; XIII. On Negative Morality; XIV. On Jonathan Swift; XV. On the Creative and the Critical; XVI. On a New Tax; XVII. On Sense and Sound; XVIII. On Literary Cliques; XIX. On the Simplicity of Asia; XX. On Fate and a Communist; XXI. On St. George Revivified; XXII. On Journalistic Philosophy; XXIII. On Industrialism; XXIV. On Mr. Thomas Gray; XXV. On Evolutionary Educators; XXVI. On the Contiguous Past; XXVII. On the Merry Monarch; XXVIII. On Suicide: North and South; XXIX. On Modern “Paganism”; XXX. On Brevity and Wit; XXXI. On Education; XXXII. On Romanticism and Youth; XXXIII. On Mr. Geoffrey Chaucer; XXXIV. On Monsters; XXXV. On Love; XXXVI. On Fictional Conventions; XXXVII. On Sweepstakes and Gambling; XXXVIII. On Making Good—I; XXXIX. On Making Good—II; XL. On Eyebrows; XLI. On Eating and Sleeping; XLII. On Sir Walter Scott; XLIII. On the Solar System; XLIV. On Thoughtless Remarks.

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Chesterton, G K: All Things Considered, v1, 8 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
All Things Considered
First Published 1908
Ninth Edition November 1915

A collection of essays first printed as columns in the London Illustrated News.

Dale Ahlquist writes:
“Both in its title and content, it is quintessential Chesterton. Here, the master essayist considers all things from poetry to patriotism, from anonymity to impartiality, from demagogues to mystagogues, from science to religion, from phonetic spelling to running after one’s hat.
“As he does elsewhere, in his introduction Chesterton expresses astonishment that his ephemeral journalism should be reprinted in something so permanent as a book. After all, the main thrust of these writings is to take aim at modern ideas which flee as fashions flee. He cannot imagine that the book would last twenty minutes longer than the philosophies which it attacks. But the reason these essays still hold up so well, is because the bad ideas which they counter keep returning as do wide lapels and baggy pants.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...allthings.html

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Chesterton, G K: As I Was Saying, v1, 2 October 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
As I Was Saying (1936)

A collection of essays, found at Project Gutenberg Australia.

Contents:
I. About Mad Metaphors; II. About Loving Germans; III. About Impenitence; IV. About Traffic; V. About the Censor; VI. About Shamelessness; VII. About Puritanism; VIII. About Sir James Jeans; IX. About Voltaire; X. About Beliefs; XI. About Modern Girls; XII. About Poetry; XIII. About Blondes; XIV. About S.T.C.; XV. About the Past; XVI. About Meredith; XVII. About Political Creeds; XVIII. About Shirts; XIX. About White Fronts; XX. About Impermanence; XXI. About Morris; XXII. About Widows; XXIII. About Relativity; XXIV. About Changing Human Nature; XXV. About Historians; XXVI. About Bad Comparisons; XXVII. About Change; XXVIII. About the Workers; XXIX. About Education; XXX. About the Telephone; XXXI. About the Films; XXXII. About Darwinism; XXXIII. About Shockers; XXXIV. About Beggars and Soldiers; XXXV. About Sacrifice; XXXVI. About Royal Weddings

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Chesterton, G K: Autobiography, v1, 25 October 2009.

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G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Autobiography (1936)

Contents
I. Hearsay Evidence; II. The Man with the Golden Key; III. How to Be a Dunce; IV. How to Be a Lunatic; V. Nationalism and Notting Hill; VI. The Fantastic Suburb; VII. The Crime of Orthodoxy; VIII. Figures in Fleet Street; IX. The Case against Corruption; X. Friendship and Foolery; XI. The Shadow of the Sword; XII. Some Political Celebrities; XIII. Some Literary Celebrities; XIV. Portrait of a Friend; XV. The Incomplete Traveller; XVI. The God With the Golden Key

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- Chesterton Autobiography.prc

Chesterton, G K: Divorce versus Democracy, v1, 10 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
Divorce versus Democracy [1916]

A pamphlet, in which Chesterton shows little understanding of domestic violence.

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Chesterton, G K: Do We Agree? v1, 19 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
George Bernard Shaw [1856-1950]
Hilaire Belloc [1870-1953]

Do We Agree?
A Debate between G. K. Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw with Hilaire Belloc in the chair [1928]

The debate is largely about socialism versus distributism.

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Chesterton, G K: Eugenics and Other Evils, v1, 14 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton
(1874–1936)
Eugenics and Other Evils
(1922)

A work arguing against eugenics and encroaching “Prussianism.”
Found at Project Gutenberg.

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- Eugenics and Other Evils.prc

Chesterton, G K: Fancies Versus Fads, v1, 5 September 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton(1874–1936)
Fancies versus Fads (1923)

A collection of essays.
From the Introduction:
“I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may manage to hang together. These notes range over very variegated topics and in many cases were made at very different times. They concern all sorts of things from lady barristers to cave-men, and from psycho-analysis to free verse. Yet they have this amount of unity in their wandering, that they all imply that it is only a more traditional spirit that is truly able to wander.”

Contents
Introduction; The Romance of Rhyme; Hamlet and the Psycho-Analyst; The Meaning of Mock Turkey; Shakespeare and the Legal Lady; On Being an Old Bean; The Fear of the Film; Wings and the Housemaid; The Slavery of Free Verse; Prohibition and the Press; The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett; A Defence of Dramatic Unities; The Boredom of Butterflies; The Terror of a Toy; False Theory and the Theatre; The Secret Society of Mankind; The Sentimentalism of Divorce; Street Cries and Stretching the Law; Why Reforms Go Wrong; The Innocence of the Criminal; The Prudery of the Feminists; How Mad Laws Are Made; The Pagoda of Progress; The Myth of the “Mayflower”; Much Too Modern History; The Evolution of Slaves; Is Darwin Dead?; Turning Inside Out; Strikes and The Spirit of Wonder; A Note On Old Nonsense; Milton and Merry England

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Chesterton, G K: Four Faultless Felons, v.1, 16 December 2008.

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Four Faultless Felons (1930)
By G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)

Four novellas about four felons. Or not.

From Dale Alquist’s lecture on the book:
‘The tales are lovely little mysteries with a twist in their very set up: the purpose of the puzzle is not to try to figure out who the criminal is, but to figure out why the criminal is not a criminal, and why in fact, there has not even been a crime committed. One man is caught shooting and wounding a government official. Another is caught openly abusing his trust as a doctor. Another is caught with his hands in other people's pockets. And another is caught conspiring against the king.
To add to the drama, in each story there is a woman involved. The element of romance always increases the sense of urgency. The stories are told quickly, and each one plays out perfectly. But as usual, Chesterton has done more than spin some light detective yarns, he has sewn an intricate tapestry with the minimum number of stitches. There is a profound point to these tales. It is revealed in a striking passage from “The Ecstatic Thief.” Millicent Milton has a profound revelation that sums up the whole message of these four unusual gospels. While her hero is on trial for thievery, she realizes that he is not only innocent but unbelievably good. It is the deep dilemma of something that is too good to be true, too good to be believed: “Can't you feel there is something so frightfully and frantically good that it must seem bad?” We are bound to misunderstand such goodness. “A blaze in the sky makes a blot on the eyesight. And after all” the sun was blotted out, because one man was too good to live.”’
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...faultless.html

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Chesterton, G K: Gloria in Profundis, v1, 20 January 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1836]
Gloria in Profundis
Illustrated with two woodcuts by Eric Gill [1882–1940]
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1927 (first edition) [The Ariel Poems, No. 5]

An illustrated Christmas poem.
From Project Gutenberg Canada.

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Chesterton, G K: Heretics, v1, 18 October 2009.

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G K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Heretics (1905)

A set of connected essays. The source was Project Gutenberg.

Contents
I. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy; II. On the Negative Spirit; III. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small; IV. Mr. Bernard Shaw; V. Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants; VI. Christmas and the Aesthetes; VII. Omar and the Sacred Vine; VIII. The Mildness of the Yellow Press; IX. The Moods of Mr. George Moore; X. On Sandals and Simplicity; XI Science and the Savages; XII Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson; XIII. Celts and Celtophiles; XIV On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family; XV On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set; XVI On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity; XVII On the Wit of Whistler; XVIII The Fallacy of the Young Nation; XIX Slum Novelists and the Slums; XX. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

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Chesterton, G K: Introduction to the Book of Job, v1, 1 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
Introduction to the Book of Job [1916]

A short piece which outlines Chesterton’s views on one of the most difficult books in the Old Testament.

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Chesterton, G K: Lepanto, v1, 17 January 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Lepanto (1915)

A poem about the naval battle of Lepanto, where a catholic coalition fought the forces of the Ottoman Empire to prevent their incursions into Europe. It was the last big sea battle involving rowing galleys.

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Chesterton, G K: Lord Kitchener, v1, 28 August 2009

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G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936)
Lord Kitchener (1917)

A short study of the General, now most remembered for the First World War recruitment poster (which I have added as a cover image). It was written while the war was at its height. The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Chesterton, G K: Manalive, v.1, 19 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Manalive (1912)

Innocent Smith is an innocent: a child of nature, or a holy fool. In consequence, he finds himself accused of murder, burglary, desertion and bigamy, in short order. Can he be guilty? Will it be possible for him to clear his name?

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Chesterton, G K: Orthodoxy, v1, 24 September 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Orthodoxy (1908)

A work of Christian apologetics. The source was Project Gutenberg. I have added curly quotes, smart italics, a TOC and cover.

Contents
Chapter I. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
Chapter II. The Maniac
Chapter III. The Suicide of Thought
Chapter IV. The Ethics of Elfland
Chapter V. The Flag of the World
Chapter VI. The Paradoxes of Christianity
Chapter VII. The Eternal Revolution
Chapter VIII. The Romance of Orthodoxy
Chapter IX. Authority and the Adventurer

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Chesterton, G K: St Francis of Assisi, v.1, 20 June 2008.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936)
Saint Francis of Assisi (1923)

A study of Saint Francis.

The cover image is a portrait of St Francis by El Greco.

Cross-Reference
Brother Ugolino’s ‘The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi’. has already been uploaded.

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Chesterton, G K: Tales of the Long Bow, v.1, 20 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Tales of the Long Bow (1925)

From Dale Ahlquist’s lecture:
“These tales concern the doing of things recognised as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, impossible to read about.”
So begins Tales of the Long Bow, in which a man eats his hat, another sets the Thames on fire, silk purses are made out of sow’s ears, and pigs fly. Who says Distributism is boring? These tales certainly suggest the opposite. Yet some critics have dismissed this book as a mere “Distributist” novel, complaining that Chesterton has needlessly restricted his creativity in favor of his political agenda. As with all of Chesterton’s writings, it would be useful if those who criticized them actually sat down and read the book before dismissing it. They would look less stupid to the increasing number of people who have read the book...and reveled in it.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectures/43longbow.html

Also contains a paean in praise of bacon.

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Chesterton, G K: The Apostle and the Wild Ducks etc, v1, 15 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Apostle and the Wild Ducks and Other Essays [1975]
Edited by Dorothy E. Collins

A collection of Chesterton’s journalism. The pieces were originally published in various journals between 1900 and the 1930s. The source was Wikisource and elsewhere.

CONTENTS
A Sermon on Cheapness (The Speaker, 29 March 1902)
On Manners (Daily News, 18 July 1902)
For Persons of the Name of Smith (Daily News, 28 November 1902)
The True Vanity of Vanities (Daily News, 27 February 1904)
Written in the Sand (Daily News, 19 August 1905)
A Case of Comrades (Daily News, 14 March 1908)
Something (Daily News, 9 July 1910)
Asparagus (New Witness, 18 June 1914.)
The English Spirit and the Flea (Illustrated London News, 25 September 1915)
The Hobby and the Head Waiter (New Witness, composite essay, 17 and 24 March 1922)
In Praise of Pie(G.K.'s Weekly, 1 October 1927)
Culture versus Civilisation(Illustrated London News, 24 March 1934)
The Winter Feast (probably written for an American magazine)
They Tell a Story (Introduction to a book on art, source and date unknown)
Walking Tours (Daily News, 23 September 1901)
The Blindness of the Sightseer (Daily News, 24 July 1902)
The Aesthetes in the Kitchen Garden (Daily News, composite essay, 13 and 20 August 1904)
The Need of Personalities in Politics (Daily News, 22 July 1905)
The Largest Window in the World (contributed to King Albert's Book, 1914)
The Apostle and the Wild Ducksm(New Witness, 27 October 1922)
Travellers' Joys (Illustrated London News, 2 October 1926)
Understanding France (Illustrated London News, 5 September 1931)
Salute to New York (New York American, 19 September 1931)
The British Beech (G.K.'s Weekly, 17 December 1932)
Public Monuments (Illustrated London News, 21 April 1934)
Statues (Illustrated London News, 1 June 1907)
A Theory of Tyrants (Daily News, 13 June 1908)
On Anecdote of Persecution (Daily News, 1 August 1908)
The Return of Pageantry Eye-Witness, 29 June 1911
Rational History (Illustrated London News, 10 May 1913)
The Unknown Warrior (Illustrated London News, 20 November 1920)
William Penn and his Royalist Friends (Illustrated London News, 24 January 1931)
Ruskin: The Humorist (The Speaker, 28 April 1900)
Literature of Information (The Speaker, 3 August 1901)
Eulogy of Robin Hood (Daily News, 6 June 1903)
A Plea for Hasty Journalism (The World, 13 September 1904)
The Voice of Shelley (Daily News, 10 June 1905)
The Great Translation (Daily News, 25 March 1911)
Jane Austen's Juvenilia (Preface to Love and Friendship and Other Early Works,
Chatto & Windus, 1923)
The Countrymen of Mary Webb and Thomas Hardy (Illustrated London News, 12 May 1928)
The Words of Strong Poetry (Illustrated London News, 1 April 1933)
The Refrain of the Rover (New York American, 15 December 1934)
What is Right with the World? (T.P.'s Weekly, 1910)

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Chesterton, G K: The Ball and the Cross, v.1, 17 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Ball and the Cross (1909)

“A novel that acts out the debate between Christianity and atheism, as embodied by two characters who propose to fight a duel but can never manage carry it out. Filled with humor, rich dialogue and striking allegorical imagery.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/bibliography.html

Roy White has already uploaded a serviceable LRF version of this novel. I have made some different formatting decisions and designed a cover.

Warning: The author uses the N word (non-pejoratively, though) to describe a person with black skin, in one episode in the book.

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Chesterton, G K: The Catholic Church and Conversion, v1, 24 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Catholic Church and Conversion (1926)

An essay on the conversion experience, plus reasons for conversion to Catholicism.

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Chesterton, G K: The Club of Queer Trades. V.1. 17 Mar 2011.

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From the Google Books EPub version, with a few small scan errors manually corrected, manually corrected chapter breaks and table of contents. For non-commercial use only!

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Chesterton, G K: The Common Man, v1, 9 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Common Man [1950]

Another collection of essays.

Contents:
The Common Man; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; On Reading; Monsters And The Middle Ages; What Novelists Are For; The Song of Roland; The Superstition of School; The Romance of a Rascal; Paying For Patriotism; The Pantomime; Reading The Riddle; A Tale of Two Cities; God And Goods; From Meredith To Rupert Brooke; The Dangers of Necromancy; Giotto And St. Francis; The New Groove; The Real Dr. Johnson; Rabelaisian Regrets; The Hound of Heaven; The Frivolous Man; Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron; Henry James; The Strange Talk of Two Victorians; Laughter; Tales From Tolstoi; The New Case For Catholic Schools; Vulgarity; The Revival of Philosophy—Why?; Vandalism; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; The Erastian On The Establishment; The End of The Moderns; Walter De La Mare; The Meaning of Metre; Concerning a Strange City; The Epitaph of Pierpont Morgan; The New Bigotry; Books For Boys; The Outline of Liberty; A Note On Nudism; Consulting The Encyclopaedia; If I Had Only One Sermon To Preach; If Don John of Austria Had Married Mary Queen of Scots.

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Chesterton, G K: The Crimes of England, v.1, 16 December 2008.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Crimes of England (1916)

Nine extremely opinionated essays on where the English have erred. (The Scots and Irish are not included in the criticism.)

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Chesterton, G K: The Defendant, v.1, 23 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Defendant, (Second Edition, MDCCCCII)

Chesterton sets out to defend a number of possibly debatable theses in this set of essays.

Contents:
A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls
A Defence of Rash Vows
A Defence of Skeletons
A Defence of Publicity
A Defence of Nonsense
A Defence of Planets
A Defence of China Shepherdesses
A Defence of Useful Information
A Defence of Heraldry
A Defence of Ugly Things
A Defence of Farce
A Defence of Humility
A Defence of Slang
A Defence of Baby-Worship
A Defence of Detective Stories
A Defence of Patriotism

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Chesterton, G K: The Everlasting Man, v1, 12 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Everlasting Man (1925)

Chesterton writes about the emergence of Christianity and its relationship with Paganism, saying, “its thesis is that those who say that Christ stands side by side with similar myths, and his religion side by side with similar religions, are only repeating a very stale formula contradicted by a very striking fact.”
To some extent he is also contradicting H G Wells’s view of history, to which he alludes from time to time.

The source was Project Gutenberg Australia, and the quality was not particularly good.

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Chesterton, G K: The Flying Inn, v1, 1 November 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Flying Inn (1914)

First published in 1914, this surreal comic novel is set in the near future. The themes that Chesterton satirizes are still likely to touch a nerve today. He envisages an England where the upper classes have converted to Islam, and are attempting to ban the consumption of alcohol. The lead characters set up a peripatetic public house and exploit various legal loopholes in order to get a drink.
There is a particularly delightful excoriation of cocoa; discussions on the merits of cannabis, criticism of Islamic extremists, corrupt politicians, journalists, vegetarians and exponents of “Higher Thought” (i.e. new-age weirdoes). This means that it is surprisingly topical in places.

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Chesterton, G K: The New Jerusalem, v1, 23 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The New Jerusalem (1920)

Found at Project Gutenberg, this account of a pilgrimage to the holy land also gives Chesterton’s views of the situation in Palestine, and on Zionism.

Contents
Preface
Chapter I. The Way of the Cities
Chapter II. The Way of the Desert
Chapter III. The Gates of The City
Chapter IV. The Philosophy of Sight-Seeing
Chapter V. The Streets of the City
Chapter VI. The Groups of the City
Chapter VII. The Shadow of the Problem
Chapter VIII. The Other Side of the Desert
Chapter IX. The Battle with the Dragon
Chapter X. The Endless Empire
Chapter XI. The Meaning of the Crusade
Chapter XII. The Fall of Chivalry
Chapter XIII. The Problem of Zionism
Conclusion

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Chesterton, G K: The Outline of Sanity, v1, 26 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Outline of Sanity (1927)

Essays arguing for Distributism.

From Dale Alquist’s summary:
“It was Pope Leo XIII who first articulated the connection between property and justice for the modern world in his 1893 encyclical Rerum Novarum. This idea is carried forward a few decades later by G. K. Chesterton in ‘The Outline of Sanity’ (which is a collection of essays that originally appeared in his newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly in 1925). He shows how neither socialism nor capitalism promote justice because neither promote small property.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...eofsanity.html

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Chesterton, G K: The Paradoxes of Mr Pond, v.1, 18 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Paradoxes of Mr Pond (1937)

Eight good-humoured mysteries.

From Wikipedia:
“The Paradoxes of Mr Pond is G. K. Chesterton's final collection of detective stories published after his death in 1936. Of the eight mysteries, seven were first printed in the Storyteller magazine. The Unmentionable Man was unique to the book.
The stories centre around a civil servant named Mr Pond (we are not told his first name). He is described as a very ordinary and fish-like man who has a habit of startling those who meet him with outrageous paradoxes of thought; otherwise he is a thoroughly unremarkable and even boring person.
For various reasons he comes to know of, or finds himself in the middle of, a dramatic, usually criminal, paradox…”

The collection contains some memorable lines, e.g.
“Love never needs time. But friendship always needs time. More and more time, until up past midnight.”

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Chesterton, G K: The Poet and the Lunatics, v.1, 20 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale (1929)

A collection of eight short stories, featuring Gabriel Gale, a poet. Sometimes a poet is ideally placed to solve mysteries, because of his special way of looking at the world.

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Chesterton, G K: The Return of Don Quixote, v1, 24 August 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Return of Don Quixote (1925)

From Dale Ahlquist’s lecture on this novel:
‘Chesterton’s last novel is a reflection of his first novel. One contemporary reviewer called it “a new kind of Napoleon coming to a new kind of Notting Hill.”
Michael Herne is a librarian at Seawood Abbey, an estate owned by Lord Seawood. When Lord Seawood’s daughter and some of her friends want to put on a play called “Blondel the Troubadour,” the librarian is asked to play the part of a medieval king. Herne not only takes his role seriously by thoroughly researching the Middle Ages, when the play is concluded, he refuses to take off the costume. He remains in character, much to the befuddlement and consternation of the other players. With this device, Chesterton achieves a wonderful effect in contrast to the typical snide modern commentary on the past: he creates an opportunity for the past to offer a commentary on the present. Herne looks at his old clothes, that is, the modern clothes he once wore, with embarrassment. The modern world is embarrassing. It takes a previous age to see that.’
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...onquixote.html

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Chesterton, G K: The Superstition of Divorce, v1, 28 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Superstition of Divorce (1920)

In which Chesterton argues that divorce is a bad thing.

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Chesterton, G K: The Sword of Wood, v1, 24 August 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Sword of Wood (1928)

A short story set in the England of Charles II. As usual, there are traces of Chesterton’s dislike of modernity.
What is the secret of the mysterious swordsman who defeats all comers? The village schoolmaster finds the truth.

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Chesterton, G K: The Thing: Why I am a Catholic, v1, 10 February 2010.

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G.K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Thing: Why I am a Catholic [1929]

A collection of essays, in which Chesterton compares “The Thing” (the Catholic Church) with other ideologies, philosophies and belief systems. They are all found wanting.

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Chesterton, G K: The Trees of Pride, v.1, 14 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Trees of Pride (1922)

A detective novella.
A man goes missing. Time passes. Bones are found in a well.
And the locals in this English village are full of superstition. But is everything as it seems?

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Chesterton, G K: The Uses of Diversity, v1, 22 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Uses of Diversity: A Book of Essays [1920]

A collection of thirty-five short essays on diverse subjects. Made from a scan at the Internet Archive.

CONTENTS
On Seriousness; Lamp-Posts; The Spirits; Tennyson; The Domesticity of Detectives; George Meredith; The Irishman; Ireland and the Domestic Drama; The Japanese; Christian Science; The Lawlessness of Lawyers; Our Latin Relations; On Pigs as Pets; The Romance of Rostand; Wishes; The Futurists; The Evolution of Emma; The Pseudo-Scientific Books; The Humour of King Herod; The Silver Goblets; The Duty of the Historian; Questions of Divorce; Mormonism; Pageants and Dress; On Stage Costume; The Yule Log and the Democrat; More Thoughts on Christmas; Dickens Again; Taffy; “Ego et Shavius Meus”; The Plan for a New Universe; George Wyndham; Four Stupidities; On Historical Novels; On Monsters.

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Chesterton, G K: The Victorian Age in Literature, v1, 24 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Victorian Age in Literature (1913)

“The Editors wish to explain that this book is not put forward as an authoritative history of Victorian literature. It is a free and personal statement of views and impressions about the significance of Victorian literature made by Mr. Chesterton at the Editors’ express invitation.”

From Project Gutenberg.

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Chesterton, G K: The Well and the Shallows, v1, 8 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Well and the Shallows [1935 ]

A collection of essays on diverse topics, including St Thomas More, evolution, Distributivism, birth-control, etc.

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Chesterton, G K: Tremendous Trifles, v1, 26 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Tremendous Trifles

A collection of sketches and columns.

From the Preface:

“These fleeting sketches are all republished by kind permission of the Editor of the Daily News, in which paper they appeared. They amount to no more than a sort of sporadic diary—a diary recording one day in twenty which happened to stick in the fancy—the only kind of diary the author has ever been able to keep. Even that diary he could only keep by keeping it in public, for bread and cheese. But trivial as are the topics they are not utterly without a connecting thread of motive. As the reader’s eye strays, with hearty relief, from these pages, it probably alights on something, a bed-post or a lamp-post, a window blind or a wall. It is a thousand to one that the reader is looking at something that he has never seen: that is, never realised. He could not write an essay on such a post or wall: he does not know what the post or wall mean. He could not even write the synopsis of an essay; as “The Bed-Post; Its Significance—Security Essential to Idea of Sleep—Night Felt as Infinite—Need of Monumental Architecture,” and so on.”

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Chesterton, G K: Twelve Types, v1.2, 5 September 2009.

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G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Twelve Types (1902)

A collection of essays on twelve people.

Contents
Charlotte Brontë
William Morris and His School
The Optimism of Byron
Pope and the Art of Satire
Francis [of Assis
Rostand
Charles II
Stevenson
Thomas Carlyle
Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity
Savonarola
The Position of Sir Walter Scott

10 September 2009. v1.2 now uploaded, with corrected metadata.

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Chesterton, G K: Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays, v1, 28 September 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Utopia of Usurers and other Essays (1917)

Another collection of essays, with a few poems. The source was Project Gutenberg.

CONTENTS
A Song of Swords
Utopia of Usurers; I. Art and Advertisement; II. Letters and the New Laureates; III. Unbusinesslike Business; IV. The War on Holidays; V. The Church of the Servile State; VI. Science and the Eugenists; VII. The Evolution of the Prison; VIII. The Lash for Labour; IX. The Mask of Socialism
The Escape; The New Raid; The New Name; A Workman’s History of England; The French Revolution and the Irish; Liberalism: A Sample; The Fatigue of Fleet Street; The Amnesty for Aggression; Revive the Court Jester; The Art of Missing the Point; The Servile State Again; The Empire of the Ignorant; The Symbolism of Krupp; The Tower of Bebel [sic]; A Real Dancer; The Dregs of Puritanism; The Tyranny of Bad Journalism; The Poetry of the Revolution.

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Chesterton, G K: Varied Types, v.1, 4 March 2009.

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G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Varied Types (1905)

A collection of essays on various people.

Contents:
Charlotte Brontë, William Morris and His School, Optimism of Byron, Pope and the Art of Satire, Francis, Rostand, Charles II, Stevenson, Thomas Carlyle, Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity, Savonarola, The Position of Sir Walter Scott, Bret Harte, Alfred the Great, Maeterlinck, Ruskin, Queen Victoria, The German Emperor, Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

The source was PG.

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Chesterton, G K: What’s Wrong with the World, v1, 9 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
What’s Wrong with the World [1910]

A collection of essays.

Contents:
PART ONE. THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN
I. The Medical Mistake; II Wanted, An Unpractical Man; III. The New Hypocrite; IV. The Fear of The Past; V. The Unfinished Temple; VI. The Enemies of Property; VII. The Free Family; VIII. The Wildness of Domesticity; IX. History of Hudge And Gudge; X. Oppression By Optimism; XI. The Homelessness of Jones.
PART TWO. IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN
I. The Charm of Jingoism; II. Wisdom And The Weather; III. The Common Vision; IV. The Insane Necessity.
PART THREE. FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN
I. The Unmilitary Suffragette; II. The Universal Stick; III. The Emancipation of Domesticity; IV. The Romance of Thrift; V. The Coldness of Chloe; VI. The Pedant And The Savage; VII. The Modern Surrender of Woman; VIII. The Brand of The Fleur-De-Lis; IX. Sincerity And The Gallows; X. The Higher Anarchy; XI. The Queen And The Suffragettes; XII. The Modern Slave.
PART FOUR. EDUCATION: OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE CHILD
I. The Calvinism of To-Day; II. The Tribal Terror; III. The Tricks of Environment; IV. The Truth About Education; V. An Evil Cry; VI. Authority The Unavoidable; VII. The Humility of Mrs. Grundy; VIII. The Broken Rainbow; IX. The Need For Narrowness; X. The Case For The Public Schools; XI. The School For Hypocrites; XII. The Staleness of The New Schools; XIII. The Outlawed Parent; XIV. Folly And Female Education.
PART FIVE. THE HOME OF MAN
I. The Empire of The Insect; II. The Fallacy of The Umbrella Stand; III. The Dreadful Duty of Gudge; IV. A Last Instance; V. Conclusion.
THREE NOTES
I. On Female Suffrage; II. On Cleanliness In Education; III. On Peasant Proprietorship.

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Chesterton, G K: William Cobbett, v1, 19 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
William Cobbett [1925]

A study of the life and work of the English radical thinker, William Cobbett.

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Chesterton, G.K.: Father Brown Omnibus. v6. 21st Feb 2010

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The complete "Father Brown" stories of G.K.Chesterton. This omnibus contains the following books:

1. The Innocence of Father Brown
2. The Wisdom of Father Brown
3. The Incredulity of Father Brown
4. The Secret of Father Brown
5. The Scandal of Father Brown

More information (from "Wikipedia"): No real spoilers here, so feel free to read it!

Father Brown is a short, stumpy Catholic priest, "formerly of Cobhole in Essex, and now working in London", with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, but an uncanny insight into human evil.

He makes his first appearance in the famous story "The Blue Cross" and continues through the five volumes of short stories, often assisted by the reformed criminal Flambeau.

Unlike his more famous co-detective Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown's methods tend to be intuitive rather than deductive. He explains his method in "The Secret of Father Brown": "You see, I had murdered them all myself... I had planned out each of the crimes very carefully. I had thought out exactly how a thing like that could be done, and in what style or state of mind a man could really do it. And when I was quite sure that I felt exactly like the murderer myself, of course I knew who he was."

Father Brown's abilities are also considerably shaped by his experience as a priest and confessor. In "The Blue Cross", when asked by Flambeau, who has been masquerading as a priest, how he knew of all sorts of criminal "horrors", he responds: "Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil?". He also states a reason why he knew Flambeau was not a priest: "You attacked reason. It's bad theology." And indeed, the stories normally contain a rational explanation of who the murderer was and how Brown worked it out.

Despite his devotion, or perhaps, because of it, Father Brown always emphasises rationality: some stories, such as "The Miracle of Moon Crescent" and "The Blast of the Book", poke fun at initially sceptical characters who become convinced of a supernatural explanation for some strange occurrence, while Father Brown, despite, or rather because of, his religion and his belief in God and miracles, easily sees the perfectly ordinary, natural explanation. In fact, he seems to represent an ideal of a devout, yet considerably educated and "civilised" clergyman.

Enjoy!

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Edit: 31 DEC 07

Created a proper MobiPocket version with library information, etc. Uploaded v3.

Edit: 23 MAR 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 9 Jul 09

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the Penguin edition of "The Complete Father Brown". Fixed several thousand errors as a result, and restored all the missing italics, accented letters, and other formatting which had been lost in the text-only source files. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 21 Feb 10

Corrected some coding problems which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 826

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Chesterton, G.K.: St Thomas Aquinas, v.1. 18 Jan 2008.

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G K Chesterton: St Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox’ (1933).

A populist study of the Angelic Doctor, which I found on PG Australia. After Deputy Dawg’s uploads of Aquinas’s ‘Summa Theologica’, I thought that a study of the saint might be interesting.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Flying Inn. Nov 17 2007

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Hilarious book.

Another one of Chesterton's great fantasies set in an age in which a fundamental Islam leader has been elected to Parliament and through the help of a mad prophet and a weak Government passes legislation resulting in prohibitions against everything. So our hero named Humphrey Hump. (Great name) starts his own “flying inn”—a donkey-cart at first, and later a motor car—laden with rum, a huge round of cheese, and a pub signpost, willfully and wonderfully undermining the new world order, all “politically correct” claptrap, oppressive nitpicking legalisms, and Ivywood’s teetotalitarianism in one uproarious episode after another. Along the way, the two acquire fellow travelers, disturb the damnable “peace,” and make up and boisterously sing songs to amuse themselves (the book is filled to overflowing with some of GKC’s most delightful poetry). The novel eventually concludes with a decisive war between the West—England—and Islam at “the end of the world” (this last phrase is used as a wordplay more than once in the novel).

Enjoy

Roy

P.S. Harry was kind enough to tell me how to post this as a Mobi file. I usually only do Sony reader files so I have no way of knowing if this looks good or even works on the Mobi reader.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Innocence of Father Brown. 09 June 2008.

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This is Chesterton's first collection of Father Brown stories. Although they are listed as "chapters," each is really a standalone story. HarryT has done an excellent job with his Father Brown Omnibus, which also contains these stories, but this a shorter introduction for a new Father Brown reader.

The collection includes:

- Chapter 1: The Blue Cross

- Chapter 2: The Secret Garden

- Chapter 3: The Queer Feet

- Chapter 4: The Flying Stars

- Chapter 5: The Invisible Man

- Chapter 6: The Honour of Israel Gow

- Chapter 7: The Wrong Shape

- Chapter 8: The Sins of Prince Saradine

- Chapter 9: The Hammer of God

- Chapter 10: The Eye of Apollo

- Chapter 11: The Sign of the Broken Sword

- Chapter 12: The Three Tools of Death

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

(This is the last book in my orgy of posting today! Obviously, I needed to prepare some reading material for my time away from e-mail.)

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who Knew Too Much. v1, 18 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Horne Fisher is the man who knew too much. He has a brilliant mind and powers of deduction -but he always faces a moral dilemma . These eight adventures will amaze and delight as we follow Horne and his friend, Harold March in the world of crime among eminent people.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Man Who Knew Too Much. v1, 22 July 2009

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A collection of eight detective stories by the English novelist and philosopher, G.K. Chesterton, originally published in 1922.

Horne Fisher is "the man who knows too much", a character who is generally thought to be based on Chestertons good friend, Maurice Baring. Fisher is a respected member of the upper class, and he seems to know everybody and everything. He would be much happier knowing less than he does. He is weighed down with the burden of knowing the seamy side of things, the stinking corruption in the high places of wealth and power. He drags himself languidly from one amazing, appalling event to another, pulling corpses out of cars and wells and summing up the situation with a cool disdain. But he can never report the crimes he solves because governments may fall, reputations may be ruined, aristocrats may squirm. We can get the truth out of Horne Fisher, but not justice. It is because he has a problem: he is himself a complicit member in the criminal governing class.

The overall impression cast by this book may strike some as unpleasant. However, it was reprinted many times after Chestertons death while most of his other books languished out-of-print for decades. Why? The answer is simple. The stories are still great detective stories, each of which stands on its own.

There is already a version of this book on MR, but this new version has been thoroughly proof-read against page scans, errors corrected, accented letters restored, and italics and other formatting re-added as required.

Note that there is no connection between this book and the Hitchcock movie of the same name. Other than the name, of course.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who was Thursday, v.1, 6 Nov 2007.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton: ‘The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare.’

First published in 1908, this surreal novel has detectives infiltrating a cell of anarchists. But it is not clear who is who...

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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Der Mann, der Donnerstag war. german. v1. 14 mar 2009

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (* 29. Mai 1874; † 14. Juni 1936) war ein englischer Buchautor, Journalist und Denker. Sein Roman [Der Mann, der Donnerstag war[/ ist eine politische Satire, die der Phantastischen Literatur zugerechnet werden kann: Ein Komplott anarchistischer Terroristen am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entwickelt sich darin, unter zunehmender Verfremdung der Wirklichkeit, in ein verrückt-göttliches Spektakel. Wie in anderen seiner Schriften wendet sich Chesterton auch in diesem Roman theologisch-philosophischen Fragen zu.

Unter mysteriösen Umständen wird Gabriel Syme von der Londoner Kriminalpolizei als Detektiv für die Antianarchistenabteilung angeworben, deren führende Mitglieder nach Wochentagen benannt und vorzüglich damit beschäftigt sind, miteinander Verstecken zu spielen. Syme macht sogleich als "Donnerstag" Karriere, da er sich in den Zentralen Anarchistenrat wählen läßt und hinter das Geheimnis der anderen Wochentage kommt. Nicht zu klären scheint allein die Identität des bedrohlichen Anführers "Sonntag".

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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Menschenskind. german. v1. 15 mar 2009

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (* 29. Mai 1874; † 14. Juni 1936) war ein englischer Buchautor, Journalist und Denker. In seinen Romanen, Essays und Kurzgeschichten setzte er sich intensiv mit modernen Philosophien und Denkrichtungen auseinander. Bekannt sind seine oft gewagten, aber selten misslungenen Gedankensprünge und sein Zusammenbringen scheinbar unvereinbarer Ideen, oft mit überraschenden Ergebnissen. Seine typische Argumentationsweise ist plakativ als "geistiger Husarenritt" bezeichnet worden.

[Menschenskind[/ erzählt die phantastische und turbulente Geschichte von Innozenz Smith, einem exzentrischen Sonderling, der an einem stürmischen Tag über die Gartenmauer der friedlichen Londoner Pension "Leuchtfeuer" wirbelt und in kürzester Zeit alles auf den Kopf stellt. Die Bewohner des Hauses, in deren Leben er so unvermittelt eingedrungen ist, nehmen ihn mit gemischten Gefühlen auf: Die einen halten Smith trotz seiner seltsamen Art und der Kunde von seinem bedenklichen Vorleben für einen übermütigen, aber ehrlichen Menschen; die anderen betrachten ihn als Genie des Bösen, der sich hinter der Maske kindlicher Skurrilität raffiniert verbirgt. Nach abenteuerlichen Verwicklungen sitzen die Pensionsgäste über ihn zu Gericht. Die Anklage lautet auf Mord, Einbruch, böswilliges Verlassen seiner Frau und Polygamie. Daß die "Ermittlungen" der Neunmalklugen schließlich ein höchst unerwartetes Ergebnis zutage fördern, ist bei einem so humorvollen und phantasiereichen Erzähler wie Chesterton nicht anders zu erwarten.

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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Priester und Detektiv. german. v1. 18 mar 2009

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (* 29. Mai 1874; † 14. Juni 1936) war ein englischer Buchautor, Journalist und Denker. In seinen Romanen, Essays und Kurzgeschichten setzte er sich intensiv mit modernen Philosophien und Denkrichtungen auseinander. Bekannt sind seine oft gewagten, aber selten misslungenen Gedankensprünge und sein Zusammenbringen scheinbar unvereinbarer Ideen, oft mit überraschenden Ergebnissen. Seine typische Argumentationsweise ist plakativ als "geistiger Husarenritt" bezeichnet worden.

Der Kriminalroman [Priester und Detektiv[/ mit dem ungewöhnlichen Protagonisten "Father Brown" erschien estmalig 1911 unter dem Titel "The Innocence of Father Brown", die erste dt. Übersetzung wurde 1920 veröffentlicht.

Kurt Tucholsky schrieb folgende Rezension zu Chesterton und [Priester und Detektiv[/:

[..] Der lustige Fall, daß einer einen kleinen Religionstraktat schreibt und Detektivgeschichten und nachdenklich-unterhaltsame Betrachtungen über den europäischen Gesellschaftskörper, und das alles in einem hin –: dieser Fall ist wirklich eingetreten. Wer anders kann das getan haben als unser guter dicker alter Chesterton? Habt ihr einmal ein Bild von ihm gesehen? Ihr solltet das nicht versäumen. (Dick sein ist keine physiologische Eigenschaft – das ist eine Weltanschauung.) Der Dicke also, dem der Krieg viel von seiner schönen antiken Ruhe raubte, also daß es geschah, daß er statt guter Erkenntnisse mit giftigen Invektiven aufwartete – im Gegensatz zu Wells, im Gegensatz zu Shaw, die beide mehr nachgedacht hatten – der Dicke also hat vor Jahren ein Buch vom Vater Brown geschrieben, das nun übersetzt vorliegt.

In den Geschichten geht es so her: ein ganz verwickelter und böser Kriminalfall harrt seiner Lösung – niemand weiß aus noch ein. Da kommt ganz zufällig, gerufen oder ungerufen, der bescheidene, unauffällige und kleine Vater Brown dazu, ein Priester, ein Sohn der katholischen Kirche, kommt, sieht, schweigt und siegt. Dieser Sherlock Holmes ist katholisch – ich hätte nie geglaubt, daß Sellerie und Spargel nebeneinander möglich wären. Es schmeckt. Es schmeckt sogar sehr gut. [..]

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Child, Lydia M.: The American Frugal Housewife, v1, 20 Sept 2007.

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A surprisingly useful book, even though it was published in 1832. There are essays on frugality, household hints and recipes.
I have successfully made the fricasséed chicken and several pies and cakes.

Note: in the baking section, for pearlash, substitute baking powder.
UK readers should note that the American pint is 16 fluid ounces (unlike the imperial pint of 20 fluid ounces).

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Chodsko, Alexander: Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen. 07 June 2008

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RWood

More great tales many of us have never heard before:

- THE ABODE OF THE GODS

- THE SUN OR THE THREE GOLDEN HAIRS OF THE OLD MAN VSÉVÈDE

- KOVLAD

- THE MAID WITH HAIR OF GOLD

- THE JOURNEY TO THE SUN AND THE MOON

- THE DWARF WITH THE LONG BEARD

- THE FLYING CARPET, THE INVISIBLE CAP, THE GOLD-GIVING RING, AND THE SMITING CLUB

- THE BROAD MAN, THE TALL MAN, AND THE MAN WITH EYES OF FLAME

- THE HISTORY OF PRINCE SLUGOBYL OR THE INVISIBLE KNIGHT

- THE SPIRIT OF THE STEPPES

- THE PRINCE WITH THE GOLDEN HAND

- IMPERISHABLE

- OHNIVAK

- TEARS OF PEARLS

- THE SLUGGARD

- KINKACH MARTINKO

- THE STORY OF THE PLENTIFUL TABLECLOTH, THE AVENGING WAND, THE SASH THAT BECOMES A LAKE, AND THE TERRIBLE HELMET

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Cholmondeley, Mary: Red Pottage. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Stanart

A social satire.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Christen, Ada: Jungfer Mutter, german V1 18.12.2009

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Ada Christen, eigentlich Christi(a)na von Breden, geborene Fr(i)ederik (* 6. März 1839 in Wien; † 19. Mai 1901 in Inzersdorf)[1] war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin.
Ada Christen wurde geboren als Christiane Rosalia Friederik, Tochter des Wiener Großkaufmanns Johann Friederik und seiner Frau Christine. Sie wuchs zunächst in Wohlstand und gesicherten Verhältnissen auf. Die Familie wohnte auf dem Alsergrund, einer Vorstadt von Wien.
Wegen seiner Beteiligung an der Revolution von 1848 wurde der Vater zu einer mehrjährigen Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt, an deren Folgen er später starb. Die Familie geriet dadurch ins Elend und Christen musste ihren Unterhalt selbständig verdienen, zunächst als Blumenmädchen und Näherin, dann als Angehörige eines Wandertheaters, mit dem sie einige Jahre lang durch die österreichisch-ungarische Provinz tingelte. Sie spielte von 1855 bis 1858 am Meidlinger Theater.
1864 heiratete sie den ungarischen Adeligen Siegmund von Neupauer, Großgrundbesitzer und Stuhlrichter[2] von St. Gotthardt bei Ödenburg.
Doch nach dem frühen Tod ihres Mannes, der 1868 in geistiger Umnachtung starb, geriet Christen erneut ins Elend. Nach dem Tod ihres Kindes kehrte sie nach Wien zurück, wo sie wieder als Schauspielerin arbeitete (unter anderem auf der Strampferschen und auf der Josefstädter Bühne). Aber sie versuchte auch, als Schriftstellerin ein Einkommen zu finden.
Durch die Vermittlung von Ferdinand von Saar erschien 1868 ihr erster Gedichtband Lieder einer Verlorenen, der durch seine Kombination von erotischem Freimut und sozialer Anklage zur Provokation des Bürgertums wurde und entsprechend hohe Auflagen erreichte. Saar hatte ihr auch zu dem Pseudonym Ada Christen geraten, das sie für alle weiteren Veröffentlichungen beibehielt. Weitere Gedichtbände folgten, aber auch Erzählungen, Romane und Dramen. Ab 1874 lieferte sie auch Beiträge für Zeitschriften (Illustrierter Österreichischen Volkskalender) und Zeitungen.

Zum Buch:
Der junge Soldat Leopold Weis kehrt zu seiner Pflegemutter Johanna Walter in ein ärmliches Mietshaus am Stadtrand von Wien zurück. Anläßlich seines 25. Geburtstages gibt ihm seine Pflegemutter eine "Chronik" über das Haus und seine Bewohner, in der auch ihre Geschichte und die von Leopolds wirklichen Eltern enthalten ist. Durch die Lektüre erfährt Leopold von der heimlichen Liebe Johannas zu seinem Vater, der jedoch ihre schöne, egozentrische Freundin Magdalena heiratet. Magdalena will sich nach der Geburt des Sohnes mit den ärmlichen Verhältnissen und der Rolle der Hausfrau zufrieden geben und verläßt die Familie. Johanna zieht nun in den Haushalt, um für beide zu sorgen - was in der Hausgemeinschaft zu falschen Gerüchten über eine angebliche "wilde Ehe" der beiden führt. Als Leopolds Vater klar wird, daß Magdalena nicht mehr zurückkehren wird, ersticht er sich - sterbend nimmt der Magdalena das Versprechen ab, den Sohn von Johanna erziehen zu lassen. Nach der Lektüre der "Chronik" gibt Leopold seiner leiblichen Mutter die Schuld am Selbstmord des Vaters und will keinerlei Kontakt mehr mit ihr haben.
Die menschlichen Konflikte dieser naturalistisch gefärbten Erzählung werden vor dem Hintergrund der sozialen Sphäre der Wiener Vorstadt abgehandelt. Die Binnenhandlung ("Chronik") wird durch eine schmale Rahmenhandlung eingerahmt, die Hauptfiguren (Johanna und Magdalena) werden in krassem Gegensatz gezeichnet: in der nach Autonomie strebenden Figur Magdalenas wird die zeitgenössische Problematik der Emanzipationsbestrebungen angedeutet, währen Johanna als "Jungfer Mutter" im Spannungsfeld unerfüllter Sexualität, selbstloser Liebe und sozialer Verantwortung steht.

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Christie, Agatha: The Mysterious Affair at Styles v3.0 2007-12-19

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Here is one of the best loved literary detectives. This is the first appearence of the great Hercule Poirot.

[quotAgatha Christie launches the legendary career of Hercule Poirot with this classic tale of intrigue. Did one of the Cavendish brothers poison their stepmother, Mrs. Iglethorp, or was it her new husband?[/quot

I hope everyone enjoys this classic mystery. Again like always, if you find any mistakes that I made or were made in the original file, please let me know so I can fix it.

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Christie, Agatha: The Secret Adversary V1.1 2008-06-16

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[The Secret Adversary[/ by Agatha Christie is the first of five Tommy and Tuppence mystery adventures.

[quotTommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme — Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined![/quot

This edition is more completely formatted then the edition on Project Gutenberg. This one has curly quotes/apostrophes, em dashes, and italics. The PG edition did not have italics.

Version 1.0 had 20 views

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Christie, Agatha: The Secret Adversary. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Amazon.com:

The grand dame of the cozy English murder mystery, Agatha Christie introduced Tommy and Tuppence, her duo of likeable upper-class detectives, in this 1922 novel, her second book. International intrigue, secret treaties, disguises, and blackmail follow this roguishly charming 1920s couple in their globetrotting quest to unravel the riddle of their disappearing client, disappearing diplomatic papers, and a devious plot that goes back to the sinking of the Lusitania. Beloved by Christie fans for their innocence and pluck, Tommy and Tuppence are a delight to spend quality crime-fighting time with.

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Christie, Mrs. Archibald H.: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, v.1, 29 June 2008

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A tome from 1912 with over 200 illustrations:

PART I - EMBROIDERY

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II - TOOLS, APPLIANCES, AND MATERIALS
CHAPTER III - PATTERN DESIGNING
CHAPTER IV - STITCHES
CHAPTER V - STITCHES (continued)
CHAPTER VI - STITCHES (continued)
CHAPTER VII - CANVAS WORK AND STITCHES
CHAPTER VIII - METHODS OF WORK
CHAPTER IX - METHODS OF WORK (continued)
CHAPTER X - METHODS OF WORK (continued)
CHAPTER XI - EMBROIDERY WITH GOLD AND SILVER THREADS
CHAPTER XII - LETTERING, HERALDRY, AND EMBLEMS
CHAPTER XIII - THE GARNITURE OF WORK
CHAPTER XIV - PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS

PART II - TAPESTRY WEAVING

CHAPTER XV - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER XVI - NECESSARY APPLIANCES AND MATERIALS
CHAPTER XVII - PREPARATIONS FOR WORK
CHAPTER XVIII - THE TECHNIQUE OF WEAVING

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Church, R. W.: Bacon, v.1, 6 Sept 2008

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This 1884 biography of Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626; English statesman and philosopher) was written at the peak of a period during which it was common to make particular note of Bacon's faults with distress and moral indignation. Church begins this work with:

"The life of Francis Bacon is one which it is a pain to write or to read. It is the life of a man endowed with as rare a combination of noble gifts as ever was bestowed on a human intellect; the life of one with whom the whole purpose of living and of every day's work was to do great things to enlighten and elevate his race, to enrich it with new powers, to lay up in store for all ages to come a source of blessings which should never fail or dry up; it was the life of a man who had high thoughts of the ends and methods of law and government, and with whom the general and public good was regarded as the standard by which the use of public power was to be measured; the life of a man who had struggled hard and successfully for the material prosperity and opulence which makes work easy and gives a man room and force for carrying out his purposes. All his life long his first and never-sleeping passion was the romantic and splendid ambition after knowledge, for the conquest of nature and for the service of man; gathering up in himself the spirit and longings and efforts of all discoverers and inventors of the arts, as they are symbolised in the mythical Prometheus. He rose to the highest place and honour; and yet that place and honour were but the fringe and adornment of all that made him great. It is difficult to imagine a grander and more magnificent career; and his name ranks among the few chosen examples of human achievement. And yet it was not only an unhappy life; it was a poor life. We expect that such an overwhelming weight of glory should be borne up by a character corresponding to it in strength and nobleness. But that is not what we find. No one ever had a greater idea of what he was made for, or was fired with a greater desire to devote himself to it. He was all this. And yet being all this, seeing deep into man's worth, his capacities, his greatness, his weakness, his sins, he was not true to what he knew. He cringed to such a man as Buckingham. He sold himself to the corrupt and ignominious Government of James I. He was willing to be employed to hunt to death a friend like Essex, guilty, deeply guilty, to the State, but to Bacon the most loving and generous of benefactors. With his eyes open he gave himself up without resistance to a system unworthy of him; he would not see what was evil in it, and chose to call its evil good; and he was its first and most signal victim."

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Churchill, Edward: 42 Keys to Murder v1 7 feb 2009

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Straight from the pages of Popular Detective (March 1948) comes this pulpy mystery novelette!

[QUOTNewspaper correspondent Nick Burney and his wife Sue become a pair of high-powered sleuths when they take the trail after the killing of Homer Hansel, the snooping society editor. [/QUOT

With a nice illustration

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Churchill, Edward: Edward Churchill Omnibus. V1. 6 May 2011

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crutledge

Edward Churchill; No biographical data located. He was obviously a prolific writer.

42 Keys to Murder

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Newspaper correspondent Nick Burney and his wife Sue become a pair of high-powered sleuths when they take the trail after the killing of Homer Hansel, the snooping society editor.
[/

Diamonds Across The Atlantic

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The ace of the F.B.I. sets out on a trail of gem thieves that spans two continents and leads to peril at every turn!
[/

Escape From Alcatraz

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With a dangerous killer from the Rock on the loose, Dan Fowler and his aides battle against odds to stem a grim tide of violent crime that sweeps over the West Coast!
[/

Washout

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Speed Hardigan Hurtles Through Storm-Swept Skies to Blast the Myth That a Man of Forty-Five Is Through!
[/

You Can Always Catch Fish

[
Easy-going Ephraim Pratt, Chief of the two-man police force of Corn County, finds plenty of bait in his "evidence" file!
[/

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Churchill, Winston. Richard Carvel. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Stanart

This Winston Churchill is not the great British statesman, but instead an American novelist. [Richard Carvel[/ is set in the Revolutionary War and includes a description of the battle between the [Bon Homme Richard[/ and the [Serapis[/. According to Wikipedia, the novel "was a phenomenon, literally selling by the box-car as many as two million copies in a nation of only seventy-six million, and that book made Churchill rich."

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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CIA: 2008 World Fact Book v0.7.6 7 June 2009

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Nate the great

This is latest release of my version of the World Fact Book.

The first file has the flag section but not the country section. It also leaves a lot to be desired in the formatting department.

The second file is version 0.6. It is considerably prettier than before. I'm leaving it up in case the later versions don't work for you.

The last file is version 0.7.6. This is the one that will work as a dictionary.

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CIA: The World Factbook 2005. v1. 5 Mar 2008

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nrapallo

This is a mobipocket conversion from my source used to create the REB 1200 .IMP ebook several years ago. It contains many facts and figures collected by the CIA for 'reference purposes'.

Although newer versions are available online, I believe most of the information contained herein is still relevant.

According to the FAQs located at https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...docs/faqs.html

[SIZE="1"]Can I use some or all of The World Factbook for my Web site (book, research project, homework, etc.)?

The World Factbook is in the public domain and may be used freely by anyone at anytime without seeking permission. However, US Code prohibits use of the CIA seal in a manner which implies that the CIA approved, endorsed, or authorized such use. If you have any questions about your intended use, you should consult with legal counsel. Further information on The World Factbook's use is described on the Contributors and Copyright Information page. As a courtesy, please cite The World Factbook when used.[/SIZ
As this is my first .prc offering, just let me know if there are any issues with this ebook. [I don't have any appropriate hardware reader to test this out myself.[/

EDIT: added a 'High Compression' version (ends with '_high.prc')

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Vom höchsten Gut und Übel (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Marcus Tullius Cicero (* 3. Januar 106 v. Chr. in Arpinum; † 7. Dezember 43 v. Chr. bei Formiae) war ein römischer Politiker, Anwalt, Schriftsteller und Philosoph, der berühmteste Redner Roms und Konsul im Jahr 63 v. Chr.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Vom höchsten Gut und vom größten Übel ist ein philosophisches Werk des römischen Redners, Politikers und Philosophen Marcus Tullius Cicero. Es besteht aus fünf Büchern, in denen sich Cicero mit den Philosophierichtungen des epikureischen Hedonismus, der Stoa und des Peripatos auseinandersetzt und diese dadurch dem römischen Leser vorstellt. Das Leitthema des Werkes ist die Frage nach dem anzustrebenden höchsten Gut. Es entstand im Sommer des Jahres 45 v. Chr. innerhalb von etwa eineinhalb Monaten. Zusammen mit den kurz danach geschriebenen Tusculanae disputationes („Gespräche in Tusculum“) ist De finibus das umfangreichste philosophische Werk Ciceros. Gewidmet ist das Werk Marcus Iunius Brutus.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Clark, Abu Mahmoud Luther: Is Dying Like Waking? v1. Mar 11 2009

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A collection of poems I have authored. Some have previously been published, some are appearing here for the first time. It is being released under a Creative Commons Attribution No Deriv No Commercial license. Feel free to spread it around. Uploaded in honour of Read an Ebook Week.

The poems cover numerous topics, including history, war, philosophy, religion, and relationships. Most are short and in free verse, though there are some Ghazals.

This work is in the Canadian public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. It may still be under copyright in some countries. If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.

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Clarke, Marcus: For the Term of His Natural Life. V1.

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Marcus Clarke was born in London on 24 April 1846 and was educated at Highgate School. He was the only son of William Hislop Clarke. He emigrated to Australia, where his uncle, James Langton Clarke, was a county court judge. He was at first a clerk in the Bank of Australasia, but showed no business ability, and soon proceeded to learn farming at a station on the Wimmera river, Victoria.

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For the Term of his Natural Life is a "ripping yarn", which at times relies on unrealistic coincidences. The story follows the fortunes of Rufus Dawes, a young man transported for a murder which he did not commit. The harsh and inhumane treatment meted out to the convicts, some of whom were transported for relatively minor crimes, is clearly conveyed. The conditions experienced by the convicts are graphically described. The novel was based on research by the author as well as a visit to the penal settlement of Port Arthur.

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Clason, George S.:The Richest Man in Babylon v1.0 20 Nov 2009

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Copyright 1926 Uses the Biblical English

[QUOT"The Richest Man in Babylon" is one of the bestselling financial self-help books ever published. Written by George Samuel Clason and first published in 1927, it has sold more than 2 million copies. The book dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. The story is uses parables in ancient times involving situations that modern people can understand and identify with. The author presents these lessons as timeless wisdom that is as relevant today as it was back then. This book holds the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money. It offers an understanding of and a solution to your personal financial problems which will guide you successfully through a lifetime. "The Richest Man in Babylon" is a book you will want to read yourself, recommend to friends, and give to young people just starting out in life.[/QUOT

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Cleland, John: Fanny Hill, v1, 18 Oct 2007.

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John Cleland, ‘Fanny Hill or The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure’.
(c 1749)

An erotic novel of the 18th century; - arguably the first modern erotic novel. It is both graphic and very flowery. (Also the heroine’s name developed a secondary meaning.)
It was banned in the UK until 1963, and in the US till 1966. I transcribed it because I disapprove of censorship.

I have added a ToC and a picture.

From Wikipedia:
The novel was published in two instalments, in November of 1748 and February of 1749. Initially, there was no governmental reaction to the novel, and it was only in November 1749, a year after the first installment was published, that Cleland and his publisher were arrested and charged with "corrupting the King's subjects." In court, Cleland renounced the novel and it was officially withdrawn. However, as the book became popular, pirate editions appeared. In particular, an episode was interpolated into the book depicting homosexuality between men, which Fanny observes through a chink in the wall. Cleland published an expurgated version of the book in March 1750, but was nevertheless prosecuted for that, too, although the charges were subsequently dropped. Some historians, such as J. H. Plumb, have hypothesised that the prosecution was actually caused by the pirate edition containing the "sodomy" scene.
In the 19th century, copies of the book were sold "underground," and the book eventually made its way to the United States where, in 1821, it was banned for obscenity.
In 1963, G. B. Putnam published the book under the title John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure which also was immediately banned for obscenity. The publisher challenged the ban in court.
In a landmark decision in 1966, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Memoirs v. Massachusetts that the banned novel did not meet the Roth standard for obscenity.”

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Clement, Clara Erskine: A History of Art for Beginners and Students,v.1, 29 June 2008

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Clara Erskine Clement was an American author who was educated principally at home and wrote several books about art. This illustrated volume from 1887 is devoted to the history of painting through the mid-19th century.

CHAPTER I - ANCIENT PAINTING, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE CHRISTIAN ERA
CHAPTER II - MEDIÆVAL PAINTING, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER III - PAINTING IN ITALY, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT CENTURY
CHAPTER IV - PAINTING IN FLANDERS, HOLLAND, AND GERMANY
CHAPTER V - PAINTING IN SPAIN
CHAPTER VI - PAINTING IN FRANCE
CHAPTER VII - PAINTING IN ENGLAND

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Cleveland, Grover: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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22nd and 24th President of the USA. 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Clifton, Mark: Eight Keys To Eden. v1. 26 Jan 09

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From FantasticFiction:

["Not long after the colonists landed on the uninhabited planet every human made artifact - ship communicators, tools - disappeared! Even their clothes! Here is an enthralling science alien planet puzzle from the man writer, critic and Nebula award winner Barry Maltzberg calls "One of the twelve most influential science fiction writers." When, Eden - the Earth colony eleven light years goes silent and fails to answer any communications from the mother planet, Earth's government goes into a panic. Has something tragic happened on a world already proven to have no intelligent, dangerous lifeforms? Or, are the colonists purposely disregarding the messages for some reason of their own? What could be the real explanation for the mysterious silence of a disciplined, scientific colony? To learn the answer, Earth's leaders turn to the Extrapolators - the honored group of men and women with an almost superhuman ability to see to the core of any problem. Soon the Es assign a probationary Extrapolator, Calvin Gray, to the hazardous journey to Eden, where he will win full admission into the ranks to the Extrapolators if he solves whatever problems he finds there. But, even with his special Extrapolator training, Grey is not prepared for the extent ort nature of the disaster that has struck the colony Eden - thrown back to an almost subhuman state of existence without houses, tools, equipment, or clothing. Here is a suspenseful science fiction from Mark Clifton, who, with his collaborator, Frank Riley, won the 1955 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel of the year for, They'd Rather Be Right. Galaxy magazine's editors called Clifton's work: 'Full of excitement. Richly rewarding. Genuinely mature philosophy tinged with gentle irony.'"[/

And from Amazon, one reader writes:

["'Eight Keys to Eden' is a wonderful science fiction novel dealing with the limits of human perception and perspective, and the effect that these limits have had on human advancement. In the future, the author postulates, a group of highly-trained and exceptional persons known as "Extrapolators" exist, specifically exempted from all restrictions and laws for the purpose of solving problems. Extrapolators (or "Es" as they are called) are trained to think "outside the box" and not be bound by preexisting and unproven notions. Mark Clifton proposes the intriguing concept that mankind's beliefs about the universe are distorted by mankind's anthrocentric viewpoint. From the time of the first sentient human beings, he notes, the universe appeared to be centered on the individual human being, the sun revolved around the earth, etc. Slowly, Clifton notes, mankind has managed to correct this erroneous thinking. In the novel, that is the job of the "E" when dealing with problems.

"The basic storyline here deals with a specific problem. An Earth colony on a distant planet loses communication with the Earth. A junior E is dispatched to deal with the problem. Earth Government factions want him to fail, as their first assault on the authority of the Es, who they resent for the fact that the Es are not under the authority of the Government. This all combines to make for a very interesting story with an imaginative ending.

"Despite its intellectually-oriented theme, this is a well-written novel that is not at all heavy going for the reader. Clifton writes with clarity and simplicity. There is a solid plot and storyline here, and no shortage of both imagination and humor. I first read this book as a teenager. I recently picked it up again, and found that there was more here than I had appreciated at the younger age. This is a truly fine novel, with something to say, and does a superb job saying it.

"This is one to keep in your personal library."[/

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Clifton, Mark: Sense From though Divide. v1. 27 Jan 09

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novelette by Mark Clifton, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, in 1955 with They'd Rather Be Right.

I have no synopsis of this novelette. You can remedy that with your written comments.

If you like Mark Clifton, you may wish to look at the novel, Eight Keys To Eden, which I also assembled.

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Clifton, Mark: Sense From Thought Divide. v1 08 June 2008

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Mark Clifton won the Hugo Award in 1955 for his novel [They Would Rather Be Right[/. This is a novella by Clifton from the March 1955 Astounding Science Fiction magazine.

Clifton worked as a personnel manager, and many of his shorts were the adventures of the fictional personnel manager Ralph Kennedy, who discovered and encouraged employees who had psi abilities. This is one of those stories and is centered around the thought:

[[QUOT
What is a "phony"? Someone who believes he can do X, when
he can't, however sincerely he believes it? Or someone who can
do X, believes he can't, and believes he is pretending he can?[/QUOT[/

Text is from PG

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Clouston, W.A.: The Book of Noodles:. v1, 8 Feb 2008

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Since Patricia has posted [The Complete Book of Cheese[/ it is now time for the [The Book of Noodles[/. This is not a story of pasta however, instead it is the stories of Simpletons, Fools and their follies.

From the Preface:

Like popular tales in general, the original sources of stories of simpletons are for the most part not traceable. The old Greek jests of this class had doubtless been floating about among different peoples long before they were reduced to writing. The only tales and apologues of noodles or stupid folk to which an approximate date can be assigned are those found in the early Buddhist books, especially in the “Jatakas,” or Birth-stories, which are said to have been related to his disciples by Gautama, the illustrious founder of Buddhism, as incidents which occurred to himself and others in former births, and were afterwards put into a literary form by his followers. Many of the “Jatakas” relate to silly men and women, and also to stupid animals, the latter being, of course, men re-born as beasts, birds, or reptiles. But it is not to be supposed that all are of Buddhist invention; some had doubtless been current for ages among the Hindus before Gautama promulgated his mild doctrines. Scholars are, however, agreed that these fictions date at latest from a century prior to the Christian era.
Of European noodle-stories, as of other folk-tales, it may be said that, while they are numerous, yet the elements of which they are composed are comparatively very few. The versions domiciled in different countries exhibit little originality, farther than occasional modifications in accordance with local manners and customs. Thus for the stupid Brahman of Indian stories the blundering, silly son is often substituted in European variants; for the brose in Norse and Highland tales we find polenta or macaroni in Italian and Sicilian versions. The identity of incidents in the noodle-stories of Europe with those in what are for us their oldest forms, the Buddhist and Indian books, is very remarkable, particularly so in the case of Norse popular fictions, which, there is every reason to believe, were largely introduced through the Mongolians; and the similarity of Italian and West Highland stories to those of Iceland and Norway would seem to indicate the influence of the Norsemen in the Western Islands of Scotland and in the south of Europe.

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Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Anatomy. V1. 27 Nov 2009

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories.

Excerpt
Dr. Woods Hutchinson says that fat people are happier than other people. How does Dr. Woods Hutchinson know? Did he ever have to leave the two top buttons of his vest unfastened on account of his extra chins? Has the pressure from within against the waistband where the watchfob is located ever been so great in his case that he had partially to undress himself to find out what time it was? Does he have to take the tailor's word for it that his trousers need pressing?

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Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Bill-of-Fare. V1. 28 Nov 2009

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories.

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Upon a certain gladsome occasion a certain man went into a certain restaurant in a certain large city, being imbued with the idea that he desired a certain kind of food. Expense was with him no object. The coming of the holidays had turned his thoughts backward to the care-free days of boyhood and he longed for the holidaying provender of his youth with a longing that was as wide as a river and as deep as a well.

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Cobb, Irvin S: Eating in Two or Three Languages. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories.

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On my way home from overseas I spent many happy hours mapping out a campaign. To myself I said: "The day I land is going to be a great day for some of the waiters and a hard day on some of the cooks. Persons who happen to be near by when I am wrestling with my first ear of green corn will think I am playing on a mouth organ. My behaviour in regard to hothouse asparagus will be reminiscent of the best work of the late Bosco. In the matter of cantaloupes I rather fancy I shall consume the first two on the half shell, or au naturel, as we veteran correspondents say; but the third one will contain about as much vanilla ice cream as you could put in a derby hat.

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Cobb, Irwin S.: One Third Off:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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From Conservative Book Club:

Have you ever tried to lose weight? More than a few pounds? It takes more than a special diet as Irvin Cobb discovered. Cobb thought that he was just “big boned” and that his size was genetic. His family always filled out in their thirties….

Cobb recounts the true and humorous story of his attempts to reign in his weight. Cobb wasn’t a lazy glutton. He just had a sedentary lifestyle and a special relationship with his food. He and his food had a special bond he told himself. (The bond was more obvious to everyone else.) Interestingly, Cobb describes the various self-delusions that he went through to convince himself that he wasn’t overweight.

* The suit didn’t fit anymore cause it was cheap and shrunk.
* The weight gain was a family trait.
* He wasn’t fat, just well developed.

With illustrations.

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Cobbett, William: Advice to young Men, v.1, 20 Dec 2007

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One of Rochefoucauld's Maxims is that, 'There is nothing that we give so freely as advice'.

Here's a free load of advice from an English radical thinker of 1830.
It should complement other recent uploads on how not to waste time or money.

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Cody Wetmore, Helen: Last of the Great Scouts. 8 November 2007

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Cody Wetmore, Helen: Last of the great scouts. IMP. 1 October 2007
The real title is 'Last of the great scouts: The life story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill")' as written by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore. This is an interesting biography providing key insights to the Medal of Honor recipient, Buffalo hunter, Army Scout, Pony express rider, theatrical entertainer, etc. etc.

Linked TOC, curly quotes and other improvements.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Glen of the High North. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest.

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It all happened in less than two minutes, and yet in that brief space of time his entire outlook upon life was changed. He saw her across the street standing upon the edge of the sidewalk facing the throng of teams and motors that were surging by. She had evidently attempted to cross, but had hurriedly retreated owing to the tremendous crush of traffic. The gleam of the large electric light nearby brought into clear relief a face of more than ordinary charm and beauty. But that which appealed so strongly to the young man was the mingled expression of surprise, fear and defiance depicted upon her countenance. It strangely affected him, and he was on the point of springing forward to offer his assistance when she suddenly disappeared, swallowed up in the great tide of humanity.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Jess of the Rebel Trail. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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The glowing coals in the spacious grate seemed to fascinate the woman as she sat huddled in a big luxurious chair. The book she had been reading was lying open and unheeded on her lap. Her surroundings were by no means in keeping with her dejected manner. The room was cosy and lavishly furnished, while the shaded electric reading-lamp cast its gentle radiance upon the woman’s white hair and soft evening-gown. It was a rough night, and the wind howling outside beat furiously against the closely-blinded windows.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Rod of the Lone Patrol. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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Parson Dan chuckled several times as he sipped his hot cocoa before the fire. It was an open fire, and the flames licked around an old dry root which had been brought with other driftwood up from the shore. This brightly-lighted room was a pleasing contrast to the roughness of the night outside, for a strong late October wind was careening over the land. It swirled about the snug Hillcrest rectory, rattling any window which happened to be a little loose, and drawing the forked-tongued flames writhing up the large commodious chimney.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Fourth Watch. V1. 28 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest.born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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The boy plied his hoe in a listless manner, for his thoughts were elsewhere. Several hundred yards to the right stood the forest, glorious in its brilliant autumn hues. There among those trees the wary partridges were feeding or perching temptingly upon bough, fallen log or ragged stump. To the left the waters of the noble River St. John rippled and sparkled beneath the glowing sun. Over there amidst that long stretch of marshland, in many a cove and reedy creek, the wild ducks were securely hidden. What connection had a rugged, stirring lad with a brown sombre potato patch when the strong insistent voice of the wild was calling him to fields afar? There was no inspiration here—among these straggling rows. Nothing to thrill a boy's heart, or to send the blood surging and tingling through his body. But there—! He sighed as he leaned upon his hoe and looked yearningly around. Down on the shore; in a sheltered cove among the trees, the Scud, a small boat, was idly flapping her dirty patched sail.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Unknown Wrestler. V1. 1 Dec 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

Excerpt
There was no room for him on the sidewalk, so he took up his position beyond the curbstone. The light from the large arc-lamp overhead, exposed the old man’s thin white hair, withered face and threadbare clothes. His sightless eyes were turned toward the passing throng, and his head was slightly bent in an expectant attitude. But the hand that drew the wheezy bow across the strings of the violin often faltered, and the broken music, instead of attracting, repelled the crowds. The player was tired and longed for rest. But the fire of an overmastering purpose burned in his soul and kept him steadfast to his post.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Under Sealed Orders. V1. 30 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

Excerpt
It was evening and a late April wind was whipping down the valley. It swayed the tops of the tall pine and spruce trees as they shouldered up from the swift brook below. It tossed into driving spray the water of Break Neck Falls where it leaped one hundred feet below with a thundering roar and swirl. It tossed as well the thin grey hair, long beard, and thread-bare clothes of an old man standing upon a large rock which towered high above the stream.

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Cohen, Octavius Roy: Midnight. V1. 2 Jan 2009

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Octavus Roy Cohen (1891-1959) was an American author, born in South Carolina where he received his secondary education at the Porter Military Academy, now the exclusive Porter-Gaud School. He went on to receive a college education at the Clemson University. Between 1910 and 1912 he worked in the editorial departments of the Birmingham Ledger, the Charleston News and Courier, the Bayonne Times, and the Newark Morning Star. He became popular as a result of his stories printed in the Saturday Evening Post which concerned themselves with the adventures of the Southern Negro. If his people seemed to possess the usual mythical Negro qualities of drollery and miscomprehensions, his tales at any rate were spirited. In 1913, he was admitted to the South Carolina bar and practiced law in Charleston for two years. Between 1917 and his death he published 56 books, works that included humorous and detective novels, plays, and collections of short stories. He also composed successful Broadway plays and radio, film, and television scripts. He wrote:
Polished Ebony (1919)
Gray Dusk (1920)
Come Seven (1920)
Highly Colored (1921)
Midnight (1922)
He pronounced his first name oc-tav'us, a as in have. (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)
Wikipedia

'Taxicab No. 92,381 skidded crazily on the icy pavement of Atlantic Avenue. Spike Walters, its driver, cursed roundly as he applied the brakes and with difficulty obtained control of the little closed car. Depressing the clutch pedal, he negotiated the frozen thoroughfare and parked his car in the lee of the enormous Union Station, which bulked forbiddingly in the December midnight'.

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Cole, Everett B.: Everett B. Cole Collection(Illustrated). v1, 28 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from Everett B. Cole. Some were originally published in [Astounding Science Fiction[/ Magazine.

Includes:

The Player

Opening lines:

[A Playboy is someone with power, too much time on his hands, and too little sense of a goal worth achieving. And if the Playboy happens to belong to a highly advanced culture…[/

THE BEST MADE PLANS

Opening lines:

[There are some people that it is extremely unwise to cross… and the fireworks start when two such people cross each other![/

NDIRECTION

Opening lines:
[
The best way to keep a secret is to publish it in a quite unbelievable form—and insist that it is the truth.
[/

ALARM CLOCK

Opening lines:

[Most useful high explosives, like ammonium nitrate, are enormously violent… once they're triggered. But they will remain seemingly inert when beaten, burned, variously punished—until the particular shock required comes along…[/

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: Rime of the Ancient Mariner. V2. 27 Feb 2009

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge first written in 1797–98. This is the later revised version printed in 1817 that featured a "gloss." In addition to Dore's 37 illustrations, others (Birket, Foster, et al) from the University of Virginia's ebook version are used totaling some 77 illustrations. A TOC is also added. Similar to HarryT's version based on Gustave Dore's illustrations.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Illust.). v1, 15 Aug 08

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's most famous poem, originally written between 1797 and 1799. Lavishly illustrated with woodblock illustrations by Gustave Doré
.

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Colette: Chéri [en Français], v.1, 30 June 2008.

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Patricia

Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colett (18731954).
[Chéri[/

There is no English translation in the public domain, so here is the original French.

Une citation tirée de [Wikipedia[/:
« Léa de Lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de Fred Peloux, appelé Chéri. À mesure qu'elle éprouve le manque de conviction croissant de son jeune amant, Léa ressent, avec un émerveillement désenchanté et la lucidité de l'amertume, les moindres effets d'une passion qui sera la dernière. Pourtant il suffira à Chéri d'épouser la jeune et tendre Edmée pour comprendre que la rupture avec Léa ne va pas sans regrets. »

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Colette: La chatte (en Français), v.1, 4 Novembre 2008.

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Patricia

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
(1873–1954).
LA CHATTE (1933)

Un drame de la jalousie :

« [Ce roman] relate la passion d'un jeune homme pour son animal de compagnie, une fascinante chatte angora. Jeune marié, il reste impénétrable aux yeux de sa femme, qui se prend de jalousie pour la chatte, la favorite insurpassable. »
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chatte_(roman)

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Colette: La Maison de Claudine [en Français], v.1, 2 July 2008.

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Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colett
(1873–1954)
[La Maison de Claudine[/
Publication en 1922

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_de_Claudine:
« Publié en 1922, ce livre raconte, par une suite de courtes scènes, la jeunesse de l’auteur à la campagne, dépeignant sa mère, son père et quelques-uns de ses animaux de compagnie.
Le titre La Maison de Claudine n’est nullement un retour à « l’époque des Claudine », mais seulement un clin d’œil au lecteur. En effet, dans une précédente série de livres, le personnage principal était Claudine. Ici, le fait de reprendre le nom "Claudine", alors qu’elle n’apparaît pas, est donc un geste commercial. »

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Colette: Mitsou (French/ Français), v1, 6 October 2009.

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Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette) (1873–1954)
Mitsou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles (1919)

Un mélange entre theatre et correspondance épistolaire.
Les amours contrariées d'un lieutenant et d'une danseuse de music-hall et des questions de classes sociales et d'éducation.

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Collingwood, Harry: A Pirate of the Caribbees v1 10 jan 2009

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A very well-written book about the efforts of a young officer, Courtenay, to bring to book a wicked pirate, Morillo. It all seems very likely and believable, despite the usual ration of shipwrecks, captures, hurricanes, founderings, and so forth.(Athelstane)

Nice illustrations and a great cover by ravenne

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Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main v1 30 jan 2009

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Aaand another one by Harry Colingwood:

Across the Spanish Main
A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster)
published in 1906

The heroes of the story are two boys from Devon, a county in the south-west of England. They set off with a view to repairing the fortunes of the family of one of them, by chasing and capturing Spanish treasure ships.

So, to be quite clear about it, the good guys are pirates out to rob a Spanish treasure (for personal gain, of course!) Highly entertaining, lots of action, lots of illustrations and a happy end!

Original cover enclosed.

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Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main. V1. 19 Apr 2010

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

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“Now now, Roger, my lad; what are you thinking of?” These words were addressed to a tall, fair young man of about eighteen or nineteen years of age, who was standing on Plymouth Hoe, gazing earnestly at the Sound and the evolutions of certain vessels which had just entered it round Penlee Point.
The speaker was a lad of about the same age, but shorter in height, sturdier in build, and altogether more robust and healthy-looking than his companion, who belonged rather to the class of dreamers than that of workers.

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Collingwood, Harry: Dick Leslie's Luck v1 30 jan 2009

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Subtitled: A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure
by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster)
published in 1906

Nautical adventure with a pulpy edge. Lots of shipwrecking, damsels in distress and lonely islands. Highly entertaining read, illustrated and with original cover.

Enjoy!

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Collingwood, Harry: Overdue v1 8 jan 2009

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Another very well-written book by Collingwood. As he was a naval architect you can rely upon his descriptions of the deck and sails of a vessel of the mid nineteenth century, the period of which he writes.

Our hero, the 17-year-old midshipman of the Salamis, is suddenly given the job of going aboard and taking command of the Mercury, an emigrant ship that they find drifting in mid-ocean, all her officers having died in various accidents, and the illiterate bosun and the ship’s carpenter knowing full well that they had no idea how to navigate. He takes charge and all appears to be going well, when-- But I will not spoil a good story for you.

Source Athelstane, only one illustration, but very enjoyable read. I like Collingwood's light, lively style!

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Collingwood, Harry: The Adventures of Dick Maitland v1 26 dec 2008

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

Dick Maitland is working as a doctor’s apprentice in the East End of London, at that time a place of great poverty. The doctor with whom he is studying is rather a philanthropist for, instead of setting up trade for the wealthy, in Harley Street, he is curing the poor for practically nothing.

Dick’s family circumstances take a turn for the worse, and he goes down to the docks to work his passage to South Africa. He has no idea how he will proceed when he gets there, having no money, but he meets a rich young man called Grosvenor on the ship, and, striking up a friendship, they decide upon going together on a voyage of exploration.

After meeting a tribe whom this author, Collingwood, had written about in a previous book, and sorting out various problems there, they proceed on their way. They had heard rumours of a mysterious white race living not too far away, and they decide to investigate. These turn out to be one of the lost tribes of Israel. They are eventually accepted there as friends, after initially being taken prisoners. Here again they are able to sort out various problems. Grosvenor marries the Queen, and Dick, who in the course of these travels has managed to find some very valuable jewels, eventually returns home with them. He converts them to cash, and is able to provide his poor old mother, whom he had left in abject poverty, with a luxurious style of life. He also puts lots of money in the account of the doctor with whom he had been working before these adventures began.

This is a very nice read, although sometimes very "british", but has a lot of suspense and style. Lightly illustrated.

Have fun!

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Collingwood, Harry: The Log of a Privateersman. V1. 21 Apr 2010

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

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The French probably never did a more audacious thing than when, on the night of October 26th, 1804, a party of forty odd of them left the lugger Belle Marie hove-to in Weymouth Roads and pulled, with muffled oars, in three boats, into the harbour; from whence they succeeded in carrying out to sea the newly-arrived West Indian trader Weymouth, loaded with a full cargo of rum, sugar, and tobacco.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Log of the Flying Fish, v1 28 Jun 2008

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From: http://www.athelstane.co.uk/collngwd/index.htm

The first edition of this book is dated 1887.

This book has a firm place in British literature, for it was one of the very first in the genre of science-fiction.

A German professor, living for some reason in London, takes on some adventurous and rich Englishmen, and sets off with them in an airship that is made of a material so light that it can rise vertically into the air if you pump out some of the air in its ballast tanks. It can also plunge into the depths of the ocean, because this special material, aetherium, is so strong that it can withstand water pressure to a great depth.

In this vehicle they visit the North Pole, having several adventures on the way, including finding the remains of a Viking ship. They visit a region in Africa where they depose the existing King and install a King who is more to their taste. Then they head off for Mount Everest, where they become the first persons to sit on the summit. Here again they have more adventures of a perilous kind.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Island v1 6 jan 2009

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

A very exciting story. It starts with a severe gale on the Essex coast of England. A rescue is effected, as a result of which one of the local fishermen generously adopts an orphan boy they find on the sinking ship.

Years later a number of young people set out on a return voyage by sea to Australia. On the return voyage there is a disastrous fire on board their ship, the Galatea, as a result of which they and the crew take to the boats.

They are rescued by a vessel that turns out to be a pirate ship, the captain of which takes them to his island, where he has a number of ships of various kinds that he has captured. Discovering that one of his prisoners has designed and built his own fast-sailing yacht, the pirate commands the people to build him a new fast ship, which they set about doing, and succeed in doing so.

Just as the ship is completed two of the party find, in a well-written episode, that there is a major reef of gold on the island. However they press on with plans to escape, which involves making off with the new fast ship they have just completed.

Just as they are departing there is an earthquake, leading to a volcanic eruption in the island. This results in the death of their pursuers.

Putting two and two together it is realised that one of the people in this story, who had originally been the boy adopted at the very start of the book, is the lost child of the uncle of another of the passengers. The uncle has been miserable ever since the loss of his wife and child, though he did not know from what ship, and where, they had been lost. There is a perfectly good reason for this. Needless to say, it all ends happily, with various marriages, and with the intention of getting back to the Pirate Island, to see if it has survived the eruption, and if so, if the gold can be mined.

Great cover by ravenne, entertaining illustrated book. Source Athelstane.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Slaver v1 15 jan 2009

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Another pirate novel by the one and only Harry Collingwood. A lot of action as usual.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1 20 mar 2009

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This book has already been uploaded by tsgreer here. As this is a major upgrade: (TOC, illustrations, pagebreaks, etc.), I will post this in the Mobi format also..

This is a nice example of early trivial literature:
"The first edition of this book is dated 1922. The edition used is dated 1922. The publisher was Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow, Bombay. The number of pages is 309.

General information

We found the original publisher’s blurb for this book:

In Chapter I the reader is introduced to Eric Blackburn, fourth officer of the ill-fated “Saturn”, and hero of this story. The s.s. “Saturn” is overtaken in mid-ocean by a sudden and irreparable disaster, Blackburn being the sole survivor. Picked up by a sailing ship, the castaway finds himself elevated to the position of skipper, and joins in a search for hidden treasure. The search is successful, but on its way to port the ship is wrecked on an uncharted island.

Blackburn and the dead captain’s son reach land safely, and while exploring have many adventures and experiences. They become acquainted with a savage king, to whom they render aid in repelling attacks by huge apes which are a continual menace." (www.athelstane.co.uk)

This book was first published in 1922.

Great read!

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Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1, 27 Mar 2008

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There's nothing quite like going out for a nice relaxing cruise, having a meteor crash through your boat and finding yourself shipwrecked on an uncharted isle. As luck would have it, the island happens to be full of war-mongering apes and deadly frog-like creatures that happen to be the size of donkeys.

Everyone knows that pesky killer frogs always end up ruining a good day on uncharted islands. Don't forget to stay away from the watermelon-sized spiders that happen to be everywhere--they have webs strong enough to snare a grown man-child like myself.

Oh yeah, throw in a savage king, some mean pirates and even hidden treasure.

These are the adventures of Eric Blackburn, fourth officer of the ill-fated sailing ship, "U.S.S. Saturn."

I'm always on the look out for a nice "lost world/uncharted land" kinda adventure story and this fits the bill. It's a well-written, fast-paced adventure tale and it makes for some great saturday afternoon reading. :2thumbsup

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Collingwood, Harry: The Voyage of the Aurora v1 11 feb 2009

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The Aurora rides straight into adventure, not always pleasurable, mind, but always very interesting.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Wreck of the Andromeda v1 17 jan 2009

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This book has a good story, well told. It is full of suspense and excitement—and what more can you want.

A passenger-carrying ship has just struck a submerged wreck. It is just after the start of the 14-18 war, but we are in the Pacific and far from the scene of the war. The ship, the Andromeda, sinks, and some of the survivors make their way to an island, where they get ashore and stay for some time. During this time they come upon the evidence of a lost and great civilisation. They are also attacked by a tribe of savages, whom at first they assume to have had nothing to do with the lost civilisation. Betting that the savages are indeed the descendants of the lost people, they put up a deception which does indeed bring about the end of the savages’ attack.

Needless to say, rescue of a sort comes in the end, and they all get back to their homes.

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Collingwood, Harry: Under the Chilian Flag v1 5 feb 2009

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First published in 1909

There was a state of war between Chili and Peru in the 1870s. It was all to do with a desert area that lay between Chili, Peru and Bolivia. At first this desert was not particularly claimed by any of these countries, but when it was discovered that it held rich reserves of nitrates, the three of them fell out.

Two young Englishmen, with sea-going experience, were aboard a British vessel trading in nitrates and other ores. The captain was a very disagreeable character, and they determined to leave him, and sign up with the Chilian authorities for employment in the Chilian Navy, which was short of officers. They were taken on, and the rest of the book details some of the adventures they had, and the trials and tribulations they endured.

This is a very exciting and enjoyable book. There are a few Spanish words, and of course the ships have Spanish names, but you soon get used to that.(Athelstane)

Great cover by ravenne, some illustrations, allaround good read.

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Collingwood, Harry: Under the ensign of the Rising Sun v1 12 feb 2009

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Collingwood, in this novel, treats the naval war between Japan and Russia (The Russo-Japanese War or the Manchurian Campaign in some English sources, was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea.)

[QUOTTen minutes later we were within hail of the destroyer, which, flying the Russian naval ensign, was lying motionless right athwart our hawse, broadside-on to us. Our engines were still running at full speed, and our safety valves were lifting, allowing a “feather” of steam to show at the head of our waste-pipe, while our quartermaster grimly kept our stem pointed fair and square between the second and third funnels of the Russian.

Then skipper Kusumoto raised his megaphone and hailed the destroyer, in Russian, with:

“Ho! the destroyer ahoy! Why are you lying athwart my hawse? Do you wish me to run you down?”

There were two officers on the destroyer’s bridge, one of whom sprang to the engine-room telegraph and thrust it over to “Full speed ahead,” while the other seized a megaphone and hailed back:

“Stop your engines instantly, sir! Did you not understand my signal that I wished to speak you? Starboard your helm, you confounded fool; hard a-starboard, or you’ll be over us.”

“Then get out of my way,” retorted Kusumoto. “Starboard a little,” (to the quartermaster), “and just shave his stern. I’ll teach him to lay his tin kettle athwart a Japanese ship’s bows.”

The destroyer leaped from under our bows like a frightened thing, though not so quickly but that we caught her quarter with the rounding of our bows and gave her a pretty severe shaking up. Her skipper shook his fist at us and stamped on the bridge with fury. Then he raised his megaphone again and hailed:

“You infernal scoundrel, I’ll make you suffer for that outrage! Heave-to at once, or I’ll fire into you.”[/QUOT

So it's quite clear on whose side Collingwood's sympathies are. I have doubts about the historical accuracy of this book, but it is still quite interesting as an naval adventure.

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Collingwood, Harry: With Airship and Submarine , v1 28 Jun 2008

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From: http://www.athelstane.co.uk/collngwd/index.htm

The first edition of this book is dated 1908.

This is the second book about the strange vessel, the “Flying Fish”, that can travel on the surface of the waters, or below them, and that can rise in the air to a great height, and travel to great distances. All this is achieved by the fact that the vessel is made of the novel metal aethereum, which is lighter than air, and that the power is produced by another novel source. These two books place Collingwood among the very first authors to explore the science-fiction genre, which makes this book very important in the history of literature.

The other book about this vessel, “The Log of the Flying Fish”, has several characters in common with this one, and some of their deeds, in particular the relations with various African chieftains, are continuations of the same adventures. However there are plenty of new episodes in this book.

The book dates from slightly after the Victorian era, though many of the episodes have a strongly Victorian flavour.

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Collins, Wilkie: A Fair Penitent, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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An 18th-century French actress undergoes a religious conversion.

This story first appeared in Charles Dickens’ magazine, “Household Words,” volume 16, number 382, July 18, 1857. Published anonymously, as all contributions to the magazine were, it was attributed definitely to Wilkie Collins by Anne Lohrli in her analysis of the magazine’s financial accounts.

The text of this short story is from PG.

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Collins, Wilkie: A Rogue’s Life, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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A tale of love, art-forgery and worse.

First published as a serial in Dickens’s ‘Household Words’ then in 1879 in book form.

A short-ish novel, found on PG.

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Collins, Wilkie: Blind Love, v.1, 27 Jan 2008.

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Collins’s final novel of sensation.

A woman of high moral principles marries a weak scoundrel. Gradually, her moral values become corrupted and eroded by the influence of her husband and his pernicious friends. How far will blind love go? Will it turn a blind eye to murder and fraud?

Wilkie Collins’s last work, finished by another.
(Serial publication 1889; first book publication 1890)
Collins had written the first 48 chapters before taking to his deathbed and asking Walter Besant to complete the novel, from extensive notes supplied by Collins.

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Collins, Wilkie: Heart and Science, v.1, 27 Jan 2008.

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Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time (1883).

Will the young heiress get poisoned by her cruel guardian? Is the use of live animal experimentation necessary to science? This novel is a strange combination of sensational and polemical elements.

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books...nd_science.htm

“Didactic novel attacking vivisection. Collins always liked animals and during his research corresponded with the Surgeon-General, C. T. Gordon, writing in July 1882 ‘I am endeavouring to add my small contribution in aid of the good cause, by such means as Fiction will permit - and I am especially obliged to you for valuable “facts” which I could not have discovered for myself.’ In 1884 he wrote to Frances Power Cobbe, discussing cheap reissues and translation of the story, ‘What little I have been able to do towards helping this good cause is in a fair way, I hope, of appealing to a large audience.’ The assistance of both is acknowledged in the preface where Collins is at pains to point out details of his research. Chapter thirty-two presents many of the arguments still valid today against what the author calls ‘the hateful secrets of Vivisection.’ Heart and Science received generally favourable reviews although the Athenaeum considered it had a weak ending and the Academy deemed it an ‘anti-vivisection manifesto’. Swinburne later called it ‘a childish and harmless onslaught on scientific research’ but thought it the best, after Man and Wife, of Collins’ didactic tales. He particularly liked the characters of Zo and her father. A portion of the opening chapter bears a strong resemblance to Collins’s unpublished short story, ‘A Little Fable’.”

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Collins, Wilkie: Hide and Seek, v.1, 10 Jan 2008.

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First published in 1854, this was Wilkie Collin’s third novel.

The artist, Valentine Blyth and his disabled wife have adopted the beautiful deaf and dumb Mary – an abused foundling. They try to hide her from her abusers. But who is the mysterious man who is trying to find her? And who were Mary’s parents? Will she get to marry young Zack, who eventually falls for her?
Whilst less sensational than his later novels, this novel has a small sting in the tail.

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Collins, Wilkie: I Say No, v.1, 25 Dec 2007.

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Wilkie Collins: [‘I Say No’ or The Love-Letter Answered.[/
(1884)

A young girl, barely out of the school-room, turns detective in order to investigate her father’s suspicious death, four years earlier.
What is the significance of the mysterious note, reading ‘I say no’?

This novel relies a bit too much on coincidence but has a strong narrative drive and an engaging lead character.

The PG source had a number of errors. If I’ve missed anything then pm me and I will make corrections.

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Collins, Wilkie: Jezebel’s Daughter, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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A sensational novel of 1880. The Borgia poisons re-emerge in 19th century Frankfurt as the interests of two strong-minded women collide.

The novel is also interesting for its advocacy of female employment, and the humane treatment of the mentally ill (featuring an early version of a start-chart for good behaviour). The treatment of the dead in the German mortuary is apparently accurate. The same treatments are noted in Tebb’s ‘Premature Burial’ (--already uploaded).

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Collins, Wilkie: Little Novels, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/index.htm

“Wilkie Collins's collection of fourteen short stories published, after revision, in 1887. All had previously been issued with different titles in various American or English periodicals. Unlike Collins's earlier collections, After Dark (1856) and The Queen of Hearts (1859), there is no connecting narrative but most of the stories revolve around the theme of love and marriage, frequently across the social barriers of class and money. Some also include supernatural or detective elements.”

Contents:

Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
Miss Morris and the Stranger
Mr. Cosway and the Landlady
Mr. Medhurst and the Princess
Mr. Lismore and the Widow
Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman
Miss Mina and the Groom
Mr. Lepel and the Housekeeper
Mr. Captain and the Nymph
Mr. Marmaduke and the Minister
Mr. Percy and the Prophet
Miss Bertha and the Yankee
Miss Dulane and My Lord
Mr. Policeman and the Cook

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Collins, Wilkie: Man and Wife, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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A novel of 1870.

A sensational novel which explores British marriage laws.

A man wants to rid himself of an ageing and unsuitable wife (-- she’s only 42!) and tries to find a loop-hole in the law. A woman tries to exploit the differences between Scottish and English laws on marrage. Another woman is desparate to secure her own property when it legally belongs to her brutal husband and hits on a desparate remedy (-- the novel is set before the Married Women’s Property Act). Needless to say, complications abound.

Also contains criticism of over-indulgence in physical exercise and an early version of the locked-room mystery.

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Collins, Wilkie: Miss or Mrs?, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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A tale of suspense. A young woman has two suitors and an enormous number of complications to surmount if she is to marry the right man for her. Will she succeed?

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Collins, Wilkie: Mr Wray’s Cash-Box, v.1, 27 Dec 2007.

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Mr Wray’s Cash-Box or The Mask and The Mystery: A Story for a Christmas Fireside.
(1852)

A novella with a mystery suitable for the Christmas season.

In 1864 a pirated version appeared in the USA entitled: The Stolen Mask or The Mysterious Cash-Box: A Story for a Christmas Fireside.

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Collins, Wilkie: My Lady’s Money, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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Five hundred pounds is stolen from Lady Lidiard and the main suspect is her adopted daughter. Is there any way for the girl to clear her name?

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Collins, Wilkie: My Miscellanies, v.1, 6 March 2008.

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(1863)

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books...scellanies.htm

'Collection of twenty-four essays and stories, dedicated to Henry Bullar. Consisting of light-hearted pieces, serious social comment and historical narratives, all had previously been published in [Household Words [/or All [The Year Round.[/ '

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Collins, Wilkie: No Name, v.1, 18 Dec 2007.

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A long novel from 1862.

Magdalen Vanstone and her sister are very unfortunate. Their parents only married very late in life. And she only discovers her illegitimacy after her father’s death, when his fortune passes to a bitter enemy.Will she succeed in scheming to recover her inheritance?

From Andrew Gasson’s commentary at www.wilkie-collins.info/
“An early didactic novel, it addresses the theme of illegitimacy. In spite of its popular success many of the critics were scathing about the topic and disapproved of the heroine’s near-criminal career. H. L. Mansel of The Quarterly Review wrote, ‘We have often heard an illegal connexion and its result euphemistically designated a ‘misfortune;’ but this is the first time as far as we are aware in which a lawful marriage has been denominated an “accident.”’ The novel features one of Collins’s most dynamic heroines, and one of his most engaging rogues, Captain Wragge.”

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Collins, Wilkie: Poor Miss Finch, v.1, 16 Dec 2007.

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A splendid melodrama from 1872.

Lucilla is blind. She loves Oscar and has frissons every time he is near. What will happen when she regains her sight and discovers Oscar’s secret? Will Oscar’s evil twin get to marry the girl? (--even though she doesn’t have frissons near him.)

The side-effects of the silver nitrate treatment are as Collins describes. However, he tactfully does not mention that the same side-effect (Argyria) was also a feature of contemporary gonorrhea remedies.

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Collins, Wilkie: Rambles Beyond Railways, v.1, 30 Jan 2008.

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First published in 1851. This is the 1852 edition of Wilkie Collins’s account of a walking tour in Cornwall.

Here’s what http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books_rambles.htm says:
Collins found the locals hospitable, though inquisitive, and Rambles became an amiable mixture of travelogue, vivid descriptive writing, Cornish history and legend, and social observation. The route of 234 miles took them along the south coast to the Lizard and Penzance, returning through northern Cornwall to Tintagel and Launceston. An appendix gives precise details of the itinerary, the miles walked and the inns at which they stayed. Some of these, such as the Ship at Looe, still exist.
Collins's notebook was filled with stories about the wreckers; the plague of rats in Looe, solved by eating the rodents cooked with onions; royalist supporters of Charles I at St Michael's Mount; the destruction and re-assembly of the Loggan stone; and the graves of fishermen either drowned or frozen to death. The legend of a supernatural storm sinking a ship in an instant re-appears in 'Mad Monkton' (1855). At Kynance Cove, Collins was exhilarated by the Devil's Throat which inspired the description of Mannion's death in Basil (1852). Inland, he saw the prehistoric remains known as the Cheese-Wring and the Hurlers. A highlight of the book is a long description of a visit to the Botallack copper mine, where the workings extended beneath the sea and the ghostly sound of the surf could be heard as 'a long, low, mysterious moaning.'

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Collins, Wilkie: Short Stories, v.1, 6 March 2008.

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Ten short stories from various magazines, which Collins did not collect into books form.

Contents:
The Twin Sisters: A True Story
A Passage in the Life of Mr. Perugino Potts
Nine O’clock
The Devil’s Spectacles
Fie! Fie! or the Fair Physician
Love’s Random Shot
The Poetry Did It
A Sad Death and a Brave Life
Farmer Fairweather
The First Officer’s Confession

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Collins, Wilkie: The Black Robe, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

Another melodrama.

Romayne has inherited a former abbey. The Jesuits want to reclaim church property expropriated during the English reformation. They will go to any lengths. Can Mrs Romayne stop them and save her marriage?

Warning: contains stereotypical depictions of members of the Society of Jesus.

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- Collins_The Black Robe.prc

Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Alive, v.1, 11 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

A novella from 1873, set in the USA. A man goes missing. Some of his things are found in a lime-kiln. Has the body been destroyed in the quicklime?

The plot is based on a true story: the trial of Jesse and Stephen Boorne in Manchester, Vermont, as explained in an endnote by Collins.

The missing body theme suggests parallels with Dickens’s ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ (1870).

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Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Secret, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

A novel of 1853.

A dying woman dictates a terrible family secret to her maid, intending it to be revealed to her husband. But the maid cannot bring herself to do this.

A generation later a young woman and her blind husband find out that the secret has potentially disastrous repercussions.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Fallen Leaves, v.1 18 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1879.

Amelius Goldenheart is a naïve young American, who has been expelled from a utopian Christian socialist community in the States. Arriving in Britain, he meets a lot of people who are ‘fallen leaves’: those who strive after happiness and reap only disappointment.
Naturally this innocent but well-meaning young man gets into a series of complications while trying to help the ‘fallen leaves’; thus allowing Collins to build up suspense ( --will anyone end up happy?) and develop a social commentary.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Cradle, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

The Fatal Cradle
Otherwise,
The Heart-Rending Story of Mr. Heavysides
(1861)

A short story on the problem of two new-born infants getting mixed up. Or have they?

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- Collins_ Fatal Cradle.prc

Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Fortune, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

The Fatal Fortune; A Story in Two Parts (1874).

A short novella.

Be careful if you inherit a large fortune. Your relatives may imprison you in a private madhouse, so as to get contol of it. Will anyone care enough to rescue you?

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Collins, Wilkie: The Frozen Deep, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

First published in 1874, this melodramatic novella is based on a stage play of the same name, written in 1857.

Two love-rivals join an expedition to find the North-West Passage. What will happen when they are stranded in the ice, alone together? Will Clara ever get to marry either of them?

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Collins, Wilkie: The Guilty River, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

A sensational tale of obsession, abduction, poisoning and deafness.

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info

“Short novel originally published as the 1886 Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual. Written late in Collins's career, it incorporates two of the themes often featured in his work: the psychological effects of physical handicap, in this case deafness, and the love of a middle-class man for an intelligent and independent woman from a lower social stratum.”

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Collins, Wilkie: The Law and the Lady. v1, 13 Dec 2007

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Sparrow

Although not as well known as some of his other work, Wilkie Collins' "The Law and the Lady" is one of my favourite Victorian novels.
It's an early detective novel, with a gothic romance setting, featuring a newly married wife trying to unravel her husband's dark secret.
It has its weaknesses, but it's an easy read and features some of the most memorable characters in English Victorian literature - notably, the unforgettable Missmerimus Dexter.

I've tried to correct the errors in the current PG version (missing punctuation, unpaired brackets, the odd missing word), I'd be grateful if any further errors were reported - it deserves to be distributed in as good a shape as possible.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Legacy of Cain, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Collin’s last complete novel, first published in 1888.

The daughter of a condemned and executed murderess is taken into a clergyman’s family. Will bad blood emerge when she competes with her adopted sister for the same man?

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- Collins_Legacy Cain.prc

Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. 09 June 2008

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mechteach

From wikipedia:

"The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century, British, epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone was originally serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are considered Wilkie Collins' best novels. Besides creating many of the ground rules for the detective novel, The Moonstone also reflected Collins' enlightened social views in his treatment of the Indians and the servants in the novel."

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. v3, 25 Aug 2008

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HarryT

"The Moonstone", published in 1868, is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels". The story concerns the theft of a large Indian diamond; it contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre: a large number of suspects, red herrings, a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the "local bungler" and the skilled, professional, Scotland Yard detective. The story is told through a series of first person narratives by the various people involved - before, during, and after the theft.

Wilkie Collins was the master of what were called at the time "sensation novels" - the precursor to modern "thrillers". These were the books that had refined young Victorian ladies "swooning", and requiring frequent recourse to the "smelling salts" :grin:. This novel was famed for its vivid depiction of the effects of opium addiction (Collins himself was addicted to opium, and wrote from personal experience).

A fabulous story. Both a classic and fun to read - what more could you ask for?

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Collins, Wilkie: The New Magdalen, v.1, 26 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1873, this is a novel about identity theft.

Can a fallen woman ever become repectable? Her attempts at an apparently harmless subterfuge lead to complications...

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Collins, Wilkie: The Queen of Hearts, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

(1859)
A collection of 10 short stories.

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/collected_editions.htm
“Collection of ten short stories set within the connecting narrative of 'The Queen of Hearts'. Dedicated to Emile Forgues. 'The Queen of Hearts' is the school nickname of Jessie Yelverton who arranges to stay for six weeks with her elderly guardian, Griffith, a retired lawyer. Griffith lives with his two brothers, Owen the clergyman and Morgan the doctor, in an isolated house in South Wales. Griffith's son, George, is in love with Jessie and the three brothers set out to delay her departure for ten days so that George can propose on his return from the Crimean war. In a kind of Arabian Nights story-telling, the three brothers draw on their professional experiences to entertain their young guest with a different story each evening:

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Collins, Wilkie: The Two Destinies, v.1, 26 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

The Two Destinies: A Romance (1876).

A sensational novel with supernatural elements.
Two childhood sweethearts are cruelly parted. In adulthood they both have different names and their appearances have changed dramatically. Will they ever meet again, or will they repeatedly pass each other like ships in the night? If they do meet, will they recognise each other?

How things have changed. Today, if you want to meet a childhood sweetheart you need only go the Friends Reunited website to find hordes of long-lost loves. But they too will probably have altered beyond recognition.

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- Collins_The Two Destinies.prc

Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White. v2, 16 Sep 2008

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HarryT

"The Woman in White" is one of the first "mystery" novels ever written, and is a masterpiece of the genre of Victorian literature known as the "sensation novel".

Art teacher Walter Hartright encounters a mysterious woman, dressed in white, on a lonely moonlit road. She is in a state of confusion, and Walter assists her.

He goes to Cumberland to take up a position as art tutor at Limmeridge House to two young women: Marian Halcombe and her wealthy half-sister, Laura Fairlie. He finds to his amazement that the story of the woman in white may be entangled with the lives of the two sisters. Walter and Laura fall rapidly in love, but she is already engaged, by her father's wish, to a man named Sir Percival Glyde.

Walter and Marian together delve deeper into the mystery of the strange woman and engage in a battle of wits with Glyde's enigmatic Italian friend Count Fosco.

The story is told as a series of overlapping and interlocking narratives by the different characters involved, the reader never sure whose account can and cannot be trusted (Collins used the same technique in other novels, such as "The Moonstone").

A great read.

Enjoy!

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- The Woman In White.prc

Collins, Wilkie:The Evil Genius, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story.

Excerpts from Wilkie Collins - An Illustrated Guide by Andrew Gasson

Novel by Wilkie Collins published in 1886, dedicated to William Holman Hunt, treating the related themes of divorce and child-custody. The story was ahead of its time in presenting both the wife and the mistress of an adulterous husband in a sympathetic light and concentrating the reader's attention on the plight of the child involved in the break-up of a marriage. The 'evil genius' of the title is an interfering mother-in-law. Collins unexpectedly upholds double standards in a passage added shortly before publication, claiming that a husband's adultery should not, by itself, be sufficient grounds for divorce, and ends the novel with a reconciliation and remarriage. Collins also used the plot for a dramatic version with the same title. He wrote the book and play simultaneously and traces of his method can be detected in the novel which has an unusually high proportion of dialogue. The play, tauter and in some ways more effective than the book, was never performed, though it was given a single reading for the purpose of establishing dramatic copyright.

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Colum, Padraic: The Children of Odin v,1, 13 March 2008.

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Patricia

Padraic Colum: The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths.
Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
(!920, copyright renewed 1948).

This collection of Norse myths and legends recently appeared on PG.
The stories will be familiar to anyone who’s fond of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, and are classics in their own right.

The spelling is American English.

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- Colum_The Children of Odin.prc

Compton, W. David (NASA): Where No Man Has Gone Before, v1, 11 June 2008

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mrmikel

This was uploaded in the LRF section as it was originally in LRF form. PRC version uploaded here as requested by JSWolf.

This is a history of the Apollo Space Program by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Government.

This is the first cut. Footnotes were left in place in the text and although the jumps to them work, they work to the footnote, but not back. As this document is heavily footnoted both for information and sources, it may be a while before they are all converted.

This is a public domain document from the NASA website.

Now with a mobi version. The mobi conversion program is VERY picky about links and fussy about images. Since this is a combination of 144 separate html documents, there was a little flotsam and jetsam left over that the mobi program caught.

There may be a footnote or two that does not work now, but will catch it next time when I civilize the footnotes.

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Conan Doyle, Arthur: My Friend the Murderer, v1, 18 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

This story appeared on PG yesterday, and I thought that it might interest people here.

It seems to be a story about rough justice in the Antipodes.

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- Conan Doyle_My Friend Murderer.prc

Conan Doyle, Arthur: The New Revelation, v1, 4 March 2010.

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Patricia

Arthur Conan Doyle [1859-1930]
The New Revelation [1918]

A defence of spiritualism from the author of the Sherlock Holmes books.

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes. 09 Oct 07

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RWood

[An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes[/ was written by Conan Doyle for the January 15, 1918 issue of [Detective Story Magazine.[/ It is an interesting, although short, insight into Conan Doyle's thinking and his reactions to the fame that Sherlock Holmes gained.

If you have not already done so, download a copy of Harry's excellent [Sherlock Holmes Omnibus.[/

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Complete Sherlock Holmes. v8, 1 Jan 2009

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HarryT

"Sherlock Holmes Omnibus", containing the complete "Sherlock Holmes" stories (4 novels and 56 short stories) of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The contents are:

Novels:

- A Study In Scarlet

- The Sign of the Four

- The Hound of the Baskervilles

- The Valley of Fear

Short story collections:

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

- The Return of Sherlock Holmes

- His Last Bow

- The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Edit: 28th March 07

Uploaded v2 of the book. Improvements:

1. Shortened titles so they show up properly in the TOC.
2. Replaced the "global" contents list at the start of the file by an initial "Book Index", with each book name linking to a "Contents" page at the start of that book. This makes navigation a lot simpler. If you're not sure which story is in which book, use the TOC.
3. Added a cover picture.

Edit: 9th April 07

Uploaded an additional file, "Sherlock_Holmes_Smaller_Fonts.zip" with smaller fonts than the original, for those who found the original font size too small. I've left the original file there, so you can have whichever you prefer.

Edit: 8 Nov 07

Uploaded v3. This is a complete re-issue of the book with dramatically improved formatting, better layout, and new and improved sources for some of the material. This was the very first eBook I created, and I've learned a lot about how to do it "right" since the original version was issued.

Edit: 19 Nov 07

As stated elsewhere, I've started a careful proofreading against a good printed edition. This version has "A Study in Scarlet" proofread, with literally dozens of errors corrected. Some are significant (spelling mistakes); most are errors in punctuation or capitalization - questions without question marks, missing or suplus hyphens, etc. Uploaded v4.

Edit: 27 Nov 07

Proofed and corrected "The Sign of the Four". Uploaded v5.

Edit: 14 Dec 07

Proofed and corrected "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Uploaded v6.

Edit: 13 Mar 08

Proofed and corrected "The Valley of Fear". Now a "proper" MobiPocket book with metadata, table of contents links, etc. Uploaded v7.

Edit: 1 Jan 09

Fully proof-read and corrected "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Uploaded v8.

Previous download count: 1326

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Danger! and Other Stories. v1. 20 Aug 07

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HarryT

A short story collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A collection of adventure and supernatural stories:

- Danger

- One Crowded Hour

- A Point of View

- The Fall of Lord Barrymore

- The Horror of the Heights

- Borrowed Scenes

- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell

- How It Happened

- The Prisoner's Defence

- Three of Them

Some of these stories have appeared in the other Conan Doyle short story collections previously posted here.

Enjoy!

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- Danger and Other Stories.prc

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. v1, 1 Jan 09

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HarryT

In this thread I'll upload, as I create them, fully illustrated versions of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Due to the size of illustrated books, I'll split it into the original books, rather than creating an "omnibus" edition, as I've done with the non-illustrated stories.

For the short stories, the illustrations are the original Sidney Paget illustrations, as published in the [Strand Magazine[/ for the original publication of the stories. These wonderful illustrations are "iconic" and form everyone's idea of what Sherlock Holmes "should" look like, as well as providing a superb illustration of Victorian life and dress, which is now lost to us.

This project will take me a while to complete, so please be patient!

The books are:

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget (1892)

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- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.prc

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Mysteries and Adventures. v1. 12 Aug 07

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HarryT

A collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, all with a theme of mystery or adventure.

Enjoy!

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- Mysteries and Adventures.prc

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Professor Challenger Omnibus. v4, 27 Sep 2008

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HarryT

"Professor Challenger" is, of course, a much less well-known literary creation of Doyle's than Sherlock Holmes, but is still a worthy figure whose books deserve to be read. Challenger is the original bad-tempered professor, brilliant but completely lacking in "social skills". This omnibus contains all the novels and short stories Doyle wrote which feature Professor Challenger, as follows:

The Lost World

This is the one that everyone's heard of through its innumerable movie adaptations, but probably relatively few have read the book. The architypal story of heroic explorers discovering a lost land where dinosaurs still exist, etc etc. Much cliched, but this is the "original".

The Poison Belt

A novella featuring the same characters who appear in "The Lost World". Astronomers discover that the Earth is about to pass through a region of poisonous gas in space. Is this the end of the world? Professor Challenger to the rescue...

The Land of Mist

"Spiritualism" was hugely popular in Victorian times, and Doyle was very much influenced by it in many of his later works. This novel, again featuring Professor Challenger, has spiritualism as its basis. Lots of spooky goings on.

The Disintegration Machine

A short story, the title of which says it all!

When the World Screamed

Another long short story or short novella (take your pick). The final Professor Challenger story. I won't describe the plot, because it would be a "spoiler".

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Apr 08

Completely recreated the book with greatly improved layout and formatting. Added an illustration. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 20 Sep 08

MR user Jellby has very kindly supplied me with numerous corrections to both "The Lost World" and "The Land of Mist". Applied these and created a new version 3.

EDIT: 27 Sep 08

Wonderful new cover added thanks to Paul Durrant. Many thanks for this! Uploaded new v4.

Previous download count: 270

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Adventure and Medical Life. v1. 12 Aug 07

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HarryT

A collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as described in the title.

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- Tales of Adventure and Medical Life.prc

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Long Ago. v1. 12 Aug 07

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HarryT

A collection of stories of ancient history (mainly ancient Rome) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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- Tales of Long Ago.prc

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Pirates and Blue Water. v1. 14 Oct 07

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HarryT

Short story collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, containing the following stories:

TALES OF PIRATES

Captain Sharkey: How the Governer of Saint Kitt's Came home
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
The Blighting of Sharkey
How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey
The "Slapping Sal"
A Pirate of the Land - One Crowded Hour

TALES OF BLUE WATER

The Striped Chest
The Captain of the "Polestar"
The Fiend of the Cooperage
Jelland's Voyage
J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement
That Little Square Box

Enjoy!

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Terror and Mystery. v1. 12 Aug 07

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HarryT

Another short story collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as described in the title.

Enjoy!

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- Tales of Terror and Mystery.prc

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: The White Company & Sir Nigel. v1. 21 Dec 07

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Flogiston

With all the somewhat more obscure stuff we have from Arthur Conan Doyle, I've been pretty surprised that this pair hadn't been posted by now. He considered The White Company to be his best work, and when it was first published (1891), it quickly became Britain's best selling book since Ivanhoe (1819).

Wonderful stories of chivalry and romance in the Hundred Years War.

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- Doyle_The White Company.prc

Confucius: Doctrine of The Mean, v.1, 30 April 2008.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Written circa 500BCE.

A short piece on how to achieve equilibrium.

The Master said, I know how it is that the path of the Mean is not walked in:The knowing go beyond it, and the stupid do not come up to it. I know how it is that the path of the Mean is not understood:The men of talents and virtue go beyond it, and the worthless do not come up to it.

The translation is by James Legge (1891).

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Confucius: The Analects, v.1. 6 May 2008.

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Patricia

Confucius (551-479 BCE)
Translated by James Legge (1815-1897)

This is the central Confucian text.

“Tsze-kung asked, saying, ‘Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life?’ The Master said, ‘Is not [reciprocity [/such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.’”

The source was PG and the text file needed extensive restoration.

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Confucius: The Great Learning, v.1. 5 May 2008.

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Patricia

Translated by James Legge (1891)

This is a short Confucian text, together with an ancient commentary by Tsang.

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Confucius: The Sayings of Confucius, v.1, 14 May 2008.

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Patricia

Confucius (551-479 BCE)
Translated by Leonard Arthur Lyall (1867-?)
Date of translation: 1909.

There is a perfectly serviceable version of this text in RWood’s Harvard Classics series (Vol. 44). However, this version moves all the notes to the end and has curly quotes, which some people may prefer.

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- Confucius_The Sayings.prc

Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot (a Tale of the Foothills). 13 Aug 2008

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RWood

From [Wikipedia[/
[QUOTRev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 – October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College. He sold more than five million copies of his works in his lifetime,[1] and some of his works are still in print.

Gordon was born in Glengarry County, Ontario, the son of Rev. Daniel Gordon (1822–1910) and Mary Robertson Gordon (d. 1890). His father was a Free Church of Scotland Missionary in Upper Canada. The family moved from Glengarry to Harrington, Oxford County, Ontario when he was a youth. Like many other young men in the area, Gordon went to Toronto to study at University of Toronto. He then attended Knox College and graduated with distinction in 1886.

...

Gordon became interested in writing during his student days at the University of Toronto. He published his first novel, Black Rock, in 1898. While the book was moderately successful in Canada, his second novel, The Sky Pilot, gained him international attention in 1899 and sold more than 1,000,000 copies. The Sky Pilot, like many of his works, was a frontier adventure with strong themes of morality and justice. He continued to write until his death in 1937. His autobiography, Postscript to Adventure was penned in his final year and published posthumously in 1938.[/QUOT

Gordon/Connor wrote from a distinctive Canadian point of view, quite apart from US or UK writers of the period. He is an interesting author to read and I plan on posting several more of his works in the near future.

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Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land. 13 Aug 2008

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RWood

From [Wikipedia[/
[QUOTRev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 – October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College. He sold more than five million copies of his works in his lifetime,[1] and some of his works are still in print.

Gordon was born in Glengarry County, Ontario, the son of Rev. Daniel Gordon (1822–1910) and Mary Robertson Gordon (d. 1890). His father was a Free Church of Scotland Missionary in Upper Canada. The family moved from Glengarry to Harrington, Oxford County, Ontario when he was a youth. Like many other young men in the area, Gordon went to Toronto to study at University of Toronto. He then attended Knox College and graduated with distinction in 1886.

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Gordon became interested in writing during his student days at the University of Toronto. He published his first novel, Black Rock, in 1898. While the book was moderately successful in Canada, his second novel, The Sky Pilot, gained him international attention in 1899 and sold more than 1,000,000 copies. The Sky Pilot, like many of his works, was a frontier adventure with strong themes of morality and justice. He continued to write until his death in 1937. His autobiography, Postscript to Adventure was penned in his final year and published posthumously in 1938.[/QUOT

He is an interesting author to read and I plan on posting several more of his works in the near future.

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- Connor_The Sky Pilot in No.prc

Conrad, Joesph: The Mirror Of The Sea. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Amazon.com:

In 1878, Joseph Conrad signed aboard a British freighter and began a 17-year odyssey. MIRROR OF THE SEA is his factual account of this period.

He describes the ocean's moods, her anger and charm, how men deal with her. Conrad had no illusions about the sea or the men who worked its commerce. He saw the ocean as metaphor against which men could measure themselves.

"For MIRROR OF THE SEA we would make bold to predict a very long life. We see it being discovered and re-discovered as the years roll on." (The Times, London)

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CONRAD, JOSEPH & HUEFFER, FORD M. : Romance. V1. 16 Aug 2009

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crutledge

Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born English-language novelist who in 1886 became a British subject. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English[1] though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor.

Excerpt
To yesterday and to to-day I say my polite "vaya usted con Dios." What are these days to me? But that far-off day of my romance, when from between the blue and white bales in Don Ramon's darkened storeroom, at Kingston, I saw the door open before the figure of an old man with the tired, long, white face, that day I am not likely to forget. I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store, the indescribable smell of damp gloom, of locos, of pimento, of olive oil, of new sugar, of new rum; the glassy double sheen of Ramon's great spectacles, the piercing eyes in the mahogany face, while the tap, tap, tap of a cane on the flags went on behind the inner door; the click of the latch; the stream of light. The door, petulantly thrust inwards, struck against some barrels. I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door, and the tall figure that appeared there, snuffbox in hand. In that land of white clothes, that precise, ancient, Castilian in black was something to remember. The black cane that had made the tap, tap, tap dangled by a silken cord from the hand whose delicate blue-veined, wrinkled wrist ran back into a foam of lawn ruffles. The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of the hooked nose that had, on the skin stretched tight over the bridge, the polish of old ivory; the elbow pressing the black cocked-hat against the side; the legs, one bent, the other bowing a little back—this was the attitude of Seraphina's father.

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CONRAD, JOSEPH & HUEFFER, FORD M. : The Inheritors. V1. 15 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born English-language novelist who in 1886 became a British subject. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English[1] though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor.

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“Ideas,” she said. “Oh, as for ideas—”
“Well?” I hazarded, “as for ideas—?”
We went through the old gateway and I cast a glance over my shoulder. The noon sun was shining over the masonry, over the little saints’ effigies, over the little fretted canopies, the grime and the white streaks of bird-dropping.
“There,” I said, pointing toward it, “doesn’t that suggest something to you?”
She made a motion with her head—half negative, half contemptuous.
“But,” I stuttered, “the associations—the ideas—the historical ideas—”
She said nothing.

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Conrad, Joseph: Chance. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913 following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication.

Chance is narrated by Conrad's regular narrator, Marlow, but is characterized by a complex, nested narrative in which different narrators take up the story at different points. The novel is also unusual among its author's works for its focus on a female character: the heroine, Flora de Barral.

The narrators describe and attempt to interpret various episodes in the life of Miss de Barral, the daughter of a convicted swindler named Smith de Barral (though this character is famous in the world of the novel as a criminal, he may, at least at first, have been merely incompetent). Miss de Barral leads a sheltered life while her father is prosperous, then must rely on the generosity of others, who resent her or have agendas for her, before she escapes by marrying one Captain Anthony. Much of the book involves the musing of the various narrators over what she and the Captain expected from this union, and what they actually got from it. When her father is released from prison, he joins them on ship, and the book heads towards its denouement.

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Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness, v.1, 18 Dec 2007.

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A classic from 1902.

From Wikipedia:
“Arguably Conrad’s most influential work remains [Heart of Darkness[/, to which many have been introduced by Francis Ford Coppola’s film, [Apocalypse Now[/, inspired by Conrad’s novella and set during the Vietnam War. The themes of [Heart of Darkness[/, and the depiction of a journey into the darkness of the human psyche, still resonate with modern readers.”

However, the work has been criticised for de-humanising Africans. Although set in the Congo, there are no named African characters. (Incidentally, there are several uses of the N-word).

It has also been criticised for an unrealistic depiction of women. The narrator, Marlow, says, “It’s queer how out of touch with truth women are.” He goes on to claim that women need to be protected from the truth, to keep their little world from “shattering before the first sunset.” The only female character is also un-named, and is referred to as ‘My Intended’.

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Conrad, Joseph: Jugend [german]. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Jugend, von 1902, ist eine der schönsten Erzählungen Conrads, vor allem seine komischste.

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Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Agent, v.1, 19 Dec 2007.

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From Wikipedia:
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a 1907 novel by Joseph Conrad, relating a bleak and darkly comic story of spies, terrorists, anarchists and agents provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th century. It is considered one of the first modern novels to deal with the subjects of terrorism and espionage.

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Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Sharer, v.1, 18 Dec 2007.

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A novella written in 1909, and first published in book form in 1912.

The title could also be read as ‘ Secret-Sharer’ as well as ‘Secret Sharer.’

This is the story of a young ship’s captain, early in his career, with an unfamiliar ship and crew, feeling the responsibilities of his command. Then he unexpectedly finds a Doppelganger to share his quarters and his secrets.

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Conrad, Joseph: Victory, v.1, 19 Dec 2007.

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From Wikipedia:

Victory: An Island Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915.
“Once regarded as comparatively minor amongst Conrad's works, Victory has grown in reputation. Its depiction of the central character, Axel Heyst, and his renunciation of the world, is influenced by Conrad's reading of Schopenhauer. Heyst's alienation stems in large part from a somewhat ascetic upbringing. During the course of the novel, however, Heyst is drawn to commit to life when he falls in love with Lena, a girl in a ladies' touring orchestra. Although the climax of the novel is tragic, it is this commitment that provides the title's ironic victory.”

Neither the PG source, nor the version at the University of Adelaide ebook site have any italics indicated for this novel. I don’t have a paper copy at the moment (it went to the charity shop in the last clear-out) so can’t say whether there were meant to be italics. If you find a better version online, let me know and I will re-do this.

I have added a ToC, restored some accents and included a cover picture.

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Constant, Barbara: The Sound of Silence, v1, 22 October 2009.

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Barbara Constant: The Sound of Silence
Illustrated by George Luther Schelling (b. 1938)

A young woman consults a psychiatrist about some worrying symptoms..

“Most people, when asked to define the ultimate in loneliness, say it’s being alone in a crowd. And it takes only one slight difference to make one forever alone in the crowd....”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note: “This etext was produced from ‘Analog Science Fact & Fiction’ June 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”

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Conway, Father Placid: Saint Thomas Aquinas, v1, 14 September 2009.

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Saint Thomas Aquinas of the Order of Preachers (1225–1274): A Biographical Study of the Angelic Doctor (1911)
By Father Placid Conway, O.P. (1855–1913)

A life of Saint Thomas Aquinas by a fellow Dominican friar.
With five illustrations.

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Cooke, Marjorie Benton: Bambi. V1. 18 Oct 2009

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Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1876-1920

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“Professor James Parkhurst, I consider you a colossal failure as an educator,” said Francesca, his daughter, known to friend and family as Bambina, or Bambi for short.
Professor Parkhurst lifted a startled face from his newspaper and surveyed his only child across the breakfast table.
“My dear, what causes this sweeping assertion of my incompetence?”
“I do! I do! Just what did you expect me to do when I grew up?”
“Why, to be happy.”

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Cooke,Marjorie Benton: The Cricket. V1. 19 Oct 2009

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Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1876-1920

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“I won’t have it! I won’t have it! If they come, I’ll run away and hide!” shouted the child, wildly.
“That will be very rude. No one acts like that—no one except a barbarian,” said Miss Wilder, calmly.
“I want to be a bar——one of those things you said.”
“You act like one most of the time.”
The child brain caught at a new idea.
“What is that—that what you said?”

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Coolidge, Calvin: State of the Union. v1.1, 13 October 2007

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30th President of the USA. 1923-1929

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Coolidge, Dane: Hidden Water. V1. 31 July 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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After many long, brooding days of sunshine, when the clean-cut mountains gleamed brilliantly against the sky and the grama grass curled slowly on its stem, the rain wind rose up suddenly out of Papaguería and swooped down upon the desolate town of Bender, whirling a cloud of dust before it; and the inhabitants, man and horse, took to cover.

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Coolidge, Dane: Rimrock Jones. V1. 1 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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The peace of midday lay upon Gunsight, broken only by the distant chang, chang of bells as a ten-mule ore-team came toiling in from the mines. In the cool depths of the umbrella tree in front of the Company's office a Mexican ground-dove crooned endlessly his ancient song of love, but Gunsight took no notice. Its thoughts were not of love but of money.

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Coolidge, Dane: Shadow Mountain. V1. 1 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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Under the rim of Shadow Mountain, embraced like a pearl of great price by the curve of Bonanza Point and the mined-out slope of Gold Hill, the deserted city of Keno lay brooding and silent in the sun. A dry, gusty wind, swooping down through the northern pass, slammed the great iron fire-doors that hung creaking from the stone bank building, caught up a cloud of sand and dirt and, whirling it down past empty stores and assay offices, deposited it in the doorways of gambling houses and dance halls, long since abandoned to the rats. An old man, pottering about among the ruins, gathered up some broken boards and hobbled off; and once more Keno, the greatest gold camp the West has ever seen, sank back to silence and dreams.

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Coolidge, Dane: Silver and Gold. V1. 1 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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[“You will make a long journey to the West and there, within the shadow of a Place of Death, you will find two treasures, one of Silver and the other of Gold. Choose well between them and both shall be Yours, but if you choose unwisely you will lose them Both and suffer a great disgrace.[/

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Coolidge, Dane: Wunpost. V1. 2 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides. They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink. For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats. Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor–thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons–and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.

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Cooper, James Fenimore.: The Spy. v1, 31 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Cooper’s first major success, The Spy is also his first book set in the period of the American War of Independence. The story starts in 1870, with the household of Mr. Wharton and his daughters visited by the three men: the mysterious Mr. Harper, an American loyalist; Captain Henry Wharton, the son of the house and an officer in the British Army; and Mr. Harvey Birch, suspected of being a British spy. The differing loyalties of these men are reflected in the differing loyalties of the household they visit, with the father trying to remain neutral, his daughter Sarah a supporter of the British and his other daughter Frances supporting the American rebels. The futures of these characters become inextricably linked as they face not only the perils of war, but also the sufferings of the human heart.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer v1 12 dec 2008

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many consider to be his masterpiece.

This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as "Deerslayer", a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York. He is contrasted to other frontiersmen and settlers in the novel who have no compunctions in taking scalps in that his natural philosophy is that every living thing should follow "the gifts" of its nature--which would keep European Americans from taking scalps. Two such characters in the work who actually seek to take scalps are Henry March ("Hurry Harry") and floating Tom Hutter.

In the dead of night Hutter and March sneak into the camp of the besieging members of the Huron tribe in order to kill and scalp as many as they can. Their plan fails, and Tom Hutter and March are captured. They are later ransomed by Bumppo, his lifelong friend Chingachgook, and Hutter's daughters, Judith and Hetty. Bumppo and Chingachgook come up with a plan to rescue Chingachgook's kidnapped betrothed Wah-ta!-Wah from the Hurons; but, in rescuing her, Bumppo is captured. In his absence, the Hurons invade Hutter's home, and Hutter is mortally wounded and scalped. After the death of Hutter his supposed daughters find out that they were not his natural daughters and he had been a notorious pirate. Bumppo's remaining allies and friends plan how to aid his escape from his Huron captors.

This has been uploaded before, but I plan to upload Coopers book in a coherent way and in three formats. Harry T and Madame Broshkina have already uploaded some of Coopers novels, but there are lots more available.

So I extend a big thank you to those two and do hope that they do not mind my plans concerning Gooper. And Mark Twain: I think for once you were not right: Cooper is a great writer indeed.

Okay, I added nice copyright free cover from Wikipedia.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer. v1, 25 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com

“Live by your own council. Be brave in the face of the unknown. Be always fair.”
-Natty Bumppo, The Deerslayer

One of the greatest heroes in American literature, Natty Bumppo is the rugged frontiersman of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Although the final volume to be written, The Deerslayer is the first in the chronology of Natty Bumppo’s life, depicting the character as a young man testing himself in the wilderness, and against enemies, for the first time.

Set in the 1740’s just as the French and Indian wars have begun, the novel opens as Natty Bumppo—known as Deerslayer—and his friend Hurry Harry travel to Tom Hutter’s house in upstate New York. Hurry plans to marry Tom’s beautiful daughter Judith, while Deerslayer has come to help his close friend Chingachgook save his bride-to-be, Wah-ta-Wah, from the Huron Indians. When war breaks out, and Hurry and Tom are captured by Indians, Deerslayer must go on his first warpath to rescue them.

One of the earliest novels to be considered truly “American," The Deerslayer is a masterpiece of suspense, adventure, and romance.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans v1 17 dec 2008

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many consider to be his masterpiece.

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.

It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time. Its narrative flaws were criticized from the start, and its length and elaborately formal prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers. Regardless, The Last of the Mohicans is widely read in American literature courses. This second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy is the best known. The Pathfinder, written 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel.

Cooper named a principal character Uncas after a real person. Uncas was a Mohegan, not a Mohican, and Cooper's usage has helped to confuse the names of two tribes to the present day. When John Uncas, his last surviving male descendant died in 1842, the Newark Daily Advertiser wrote "Last of the Mohegans Gone" lamenting the extinction of the tribe. The writer was not aware that Mohegans still existed then and to the present day.

The story takes place in 1757 during the Seven Years' War (known in America as the French and Indian War), when France and the United Kingdom battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results.

With this I continue my ongoing Leatherstocking upload.

I added a cover made from a copyright-free painting that I love

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pathfinder v1 8 dec 2008

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many consider to be his masterpiece.

The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and is considered as forming the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pioneers v1 13 dec 2008

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The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, one of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The Pioneers was first of these books to be published (1823), but the period of time covered by the book (principally 1793) makes it the fourth chronologically.

The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features a middle-aged Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo), Judge Marmaduke Temple of Templeton, whose life parallels that of the author's father Judge William Cooper, and Elizabeth Temple (the author's sister Susan Cooper), of Cooperstown. The story begins with an argument between the Judge and the Leatherstocking over who killed a buck, and as Cooper reviews many of the changes to New York's Lake Otsego, questions of environmental stewardship, conservation, and use prevail. The plot develops as the Leatherstocking and Chingachgook begin to compete with the Temples for the loyalties of a mysterious young visitor, "Oliver Edwards," the "young hunter," who eventually marries Elizabeth. Chingachgook dies, exemplifying the vexed figure of the "dying Indian," and Natty vanishes into the sunset. For all its strange twists and turns, 'The Pioneers' may be considered one of the first ecological novels in the United States.

Added copyright free cover from Wikipedia

PS: I am just reding those myself the first time in the original and I love them!

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Cooper, James Fenimore:The Last of the Mohicans. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.

It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers. Its narrative flaws were criticized from the start, and its length and elaborately formal prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers. But The Last of the Mohicans remains on the syllabi of most American literature courses. It is the best known of the Leatherstocking Tales, and Cooper wrote his novel The Prairie as a sequel to it.

The story takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results.

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Corelli, Marie.: Ardath. v1, 2 July 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Marie Corelli was born in England. She was the illegitimate daughter of the Scottish poet Charles Mackey and his servant. Marie was sent to a Parisian convent for her education.

[Ardath [/was one of Corelli's weirdest stories. The hero is in love with a supernatural angel. Since he is not yet worthy of a union with her, he travels back 7000 years to a fantastic world where his transformations allow him to experience numerous adventures. Ardath like most of Corelli's writings has been criticized for being melodramatic and over written. For other readers this over dramatic writing style gives the work character and makes it an enjoyable book to read.

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Corelli, Marie.: Vendetta!. v1, 2 July 2008

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Marie Corelli (May 1, 1855 - April 21, 1924) was a British novelist.

In [Vendetta![/ young Fabio, apparently dies of a deadly plague. But Fabio is merely in a state of suspended animation, and not long after his funeral he breaks out of his tomb and escapes the family crypt. Upon arriving home, he finds that his best friend has already married his grieving "widow." Vowing to get even with both friend and wife, Fabio assumes a new identity for that purpose then sets the wheels in motion for a bizarre revenge.....

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Corelli, Marie: A Romance of Two Worlds. V1. 14 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

Contents: An artist's studio; Mysterious potion; Three visions; A dance & a promise; Cellini s story; Hotel Mars and its owner; Zara & Prince Ivan; A symphony in the air; An electric shock; My strange departure; A miniature creation; Secrets of the sun & moon; Sociable converse; Electric creed; Death by lightning; A struggle for the mastery.

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Corelli, Marie: Ardath. V1. 12 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

Mystical Romance from Corelli. Partial Contents: Saint and Skeptic; The Monastery; A Mystic Tryst; God s Maiden Edrsis; The Marvelous City; A Poet s Palace; The Prophet of Doom; A Virgin Unshrined; The Love that Kills; The Passage of the Tombs; The Crimson River; The Fall of the Obelisk; The Priest of Zel; The Temple of Nagaya; The Sacrifice; The Cup of Wrath; Sunrise; Fresh Laurels; One Against Many; The Wizard of the Bow; In the Cathedral.

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Corelli, Marie: Innocent. V1. 13 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

This tragic melodrama follows the life of Innocent, a good woman outcast due to her own bastardy. No one knew at the time of issue that Marie was herself a bastard child and the heartfelt, heart-rendering life she imagines happening to someone whose secret becomes known was indeed reflective of Marie's own fears.

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Corelli, Marie: Temporal Power. V1. 15 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

1902. Partial Contents: The King's Pleasance; A Nation or a Church? Sealed Orders; The Idealists; The King's double; A Sea Princess; Secret Service; The Professor Advises; An Honorable Statesman; Royal Loves; Of the Corruption of the State; The Scorn of Kings; The King's Defender; A Woman of Reason; The Song of Freedom; King and Socialist; Between Two Passions; Sailing to the Infinite.

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Corelli, Marie: The Life Everlasting. V1. 13 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

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In studying the psychic side of life it should be well and distinctly understood that THERE IS AN EVER LIVING SPIRIT WITHIN EACH ONE OF US;—a Spirit for which there is no limited capacity and no unfavourable surroundings. Its capacity is infinite as God,—and its surroundings are always made by Itself. It is its own Heaven,—and once established within that everlasting centre, it radiates from the Inward to the Outward, thus making its own environment, not only now but for ever. It is its own Life,—and in the active work of perpetually re-generating and re-creating itself, knows nothing of Death.

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Corelli, Marie: The Master-Christian. V1. 13 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

An inspiring fictional work dedicated to "All those churches who quarrel in the name of Christ."

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Corelli, Marie: The Secret Power. V1. 14 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

A romance takes place in a hidden city of immortals discovered by an intrepid heroine in the Egyptian desert.

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Corelli, Marie: The Soul of Lilith. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

The following story is simply the account of a strange and daring experiment once actually attempted, and is offered to those who are interested in the unseen possibilities of the hereafter, merely for what it is-a single episode in the life of a man who voluntarily sacrificed his whole worldly career in a supreme effort to prove the apparently unprovable.

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Corelli, Marie: The Treasure of Heaven. V1. 15 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

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"People talk foolishly of a 'declining birth-rate,'" he went on; "yet if, according to the modern scientist, all civilisations are only so much output of wasted human energy, doomed to pass into utter oblivion, and human beings only live but to die and there an end, of what avail is it to be born at all? Surely it is but wanton cruelty to take upon ourselves the responsibility of continuing a race whose only consummation is rottenness in unremembered graves!"

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Corelli, Marie: Thelma. V1. 15 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

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Midnight,—without darkness, without stars! Midnight—and the unwearied sun stood, yet visible in the heavens, like a victorious king throned on a dais of royal purple bordered with gold.

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Corelli, Marie: Ziska. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

The Problem of a Wicked Soul.

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Cortright, Edgar. Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. PRC v1.0. 15 July 2009

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This is a collection of essays that were written by some of the most important people involved with the Apollo program, including Edwin Aldrin, Wernher von Braun, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, and many more. It's a good read.

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Cousins, Adrienne: Kindle Bookmarks v0.12, Sep 5,2008

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This ebook is actually a collection of links to mobile web sites, blogs & RSS feeds, displayed in a concise format for the Kindle screen (using Skweezer).

The links are organized by topic with links to return to the table of contents at the end of every section.

Clicking on a link will open the site in the Kindle browser. Pressing the BACK button will return you to the Bookmarks file at the same point you left.

I welcome any feedback or links to add to the list.
These files are also available at the KindleKorner Yahoo group, with other state and personal files available as well.

Adrienne
scsigirl@verizon.net

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Cox, Erle: Fools' Harvest. V1. 17 Apr 2011

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Erle Cox (15 August 1873 – 20 November 1950) was an Australian journalist and science fiction writer.

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In presenting this transcript of the Walter Burton manuscript for publication, the editors desire to remind the reader that its main value lies in its being the longest of the fourteen authentic personal narratives extant descriptive of the Australian debacle of 1939. It should be regarded as supplementary, only, to Major General Marsden's "Australian Tragedy," in which the military story of the invasion is dealt with, and to "The Struggle for the Pacific," by Peel and Everard, who treat the subject from the viewpoint of international historians. It must be remembered that, at the time he wrote, Burton was almost entirely ignorant of the great events that were taking place outside of Australia. His conjectures were governed largely by local conditions, and coloured by an appalling environment. His assumptions were, therefore, at times either partially or totally inaccurate.

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Cox, Erle: Out of the Silence. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Erle Cox (15 August 1873 – 20 November 1950) was an Australian journalist and science fiction writer.

The story of a station owner who, while digging a waterhole, uncovers a complex full of the works of art and technology of an advanced civilisation. The occupant has been in suspended animation for 27,000,000 years.

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Cox, Erle: The Missing Angel. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Erle Cox (15 August 1873 – 20 November 1950) was an Australian journalist and science fiction writer.

A satire on the desires and dangers of changing a conventional life.

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Craddock, Charles Egbert: The Moonshiners at Hoho-Hebee Falls. 04 Jan 2008

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Writing under the name Mary Noailles Murfree, Craddock tells the tale of mountain folk that plays into the popular beliefs of the era (1895.)

In late 19th century America, the mountain people were below the bottom rung of society.

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Crane, Stephen and Barr, Robert: The O'Ruddy. V1. 6 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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My chieftain ancestors had lived at Glandore for many centuries and were very well known. Hardly a ship could pass the Old Head of Kinsale without some boats putting off to exchange the time of day with her, and our family name was on men's tongues in half the seaports of Europe, I dare say. My ancestors lived in castles which were like churches stuck on end, and they drank the best of everything amid the joyous cries of a devoted peasantry.

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Crane, Stephen: Active Service. V1. 18 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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Go away! " he cried in a rage. " Go away. Go away. Get out " " He seemed on the point of arising to eject the visitor. It was plain to her that he had been interrupted in the writing of one of his sentences, ponderous, solemn and endless, in which wandered multitudes of homeless and friendless prepositions, adjectives looking for a parent, and quarrelling nouns, sentences which no longer symbolised the languageform of thought but which had about them a quaint aroma from the dens of long-dead scholars. " Get out," snarled the professor.

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Crane, Stephen: Last Words. V1. 19 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS
SPITZBERGEN TALES
WYOMING VALLEY TALES
LONDON IMPRESSIONS.
NEW YORK SKETCHES
THE ASSASSIN IN MODERN BATTLES.
IRISH NOTES
SULLIVAN COUNTY SKETCHES
MISCELLANEOUS

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Crane, Stephen: Maggie A Girl of the Streets. V1. 20 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil's Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him.
His infantile countenance was livid with fury. His small body was writhing in the delivery of great, crimson oaths.
"Run, Jimmie, run! Dey'll get yehs," screamed a retreating Rum Alley child.
"Naw," responded Jimmie with a valiant roar, "dese micks can't make me run."

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Crane, Stephen: Men, Women, and Boats. V1. 22 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

THE OPEN BOAT
THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS
THE END OF THE BATTLE
UPTURNED FACE
AN EPISODE OF WAR
AN EXPERIMENT IN MISERY
THE DUEL THAT WAS NOT FOUGHT
A DESERTION
A DARK-BROWN DOG
THE PACE OF YOUTH
A TENT IN AGONY
FOUR MEN IN A CAVE
THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN
THE SNAKE
LONDON IMPRESSIONS
THE SCOTCH EXPRESS

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Crane, Stephen: The Blue Hotel. V1. 18 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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The Palace Hotel at Fort Romper was painted a light blue, a shade that is on the legs of a kind of heron, causing the bird to declare its position against any background. The Palace Hotel, then, was always screaming and howling in a way that made the dazzling winter landscape of Nebraska seem only a gray swampish hush. It stood alone on the prairie, and when the snow was falling the town two hundred yards away was not visible. But when the traveller alighted at the railway station he was obliged to pass the Palace Hotel before he could come upon the company of low clap-board houses which composed Fort Romper, and it was not to be thought that any traveller could pass the Palace Hotel without looking at it. Pat Scully, the proprietor, had proved himself a master of strategy when he chose his paints. It is true that on clear days, when the great trans-continental expresses, long lines of swaying Pullmans, swept through Fort Romper, passengers were overcome at the sight, and the cult that knows the brown-reds and the subdivisions of the dark greens of the East expressed shame, pity, horror, in a laugh. But to the citizens of this prairie town, and to the people who would naturally stop there, Pat Scully had performed a feat. With this opulence and splendour, these creeds, classes, egotisms, that streamed through Romper on the rails day after day, they had no color in common.

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Crane, Stephen: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky. V1. 17 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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The bride was not pretty, nor was she very young. She wore a dress of blue cashmere, with small reservations of velvet here and there and with steel buttons abounding. She continually twisted her head to regard her puff sleeves, very stiff, straight, and high. They embarrassed her. It was quite apparent that she had cooked, and that she expected to cook, dutifully. The blushes caused by the careless scrutiny of some passengers as she had entered the car were strange to see upon this plain, under-class countenance, which was drawn in placid, almost emotionless lines.

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Crane, Stephen: The Little Regiment. V1. 19 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

THE LITTLE REGIMENT.
THREE MIRACULOUS SOLDIERS.
A MYSTERY OF HEROISM.
AN INDIANA CAMPAIGN.
A GRAY SLEEVE.
THE VETERAN.

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Crane, Stephen: The Monster and more. V1. 17 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

The Monster
An Illusion in Red and White
Manacled

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Crane, Stephen: The Open Boat. V1. 18 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

Four men struggle for survival after escaping from a sinking ship and into a small open boat.

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Crane, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage. v1, 4 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is an impressionistic novel by American author Stephen Crane. Narrated by the fictional Henry Fleming, a recruit in the American Civil War, it is about the meaning of courage. Although Crane was born after the war and had never seen battle himself, the novel is one of the most influential American war stories ever written. Crane met and spoke with a number of veterans as a student and he created what is widely regarded as an unusually realistic depiction of a young man in battle.

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Crane, Walter: Line & Form, v.1, 19 July 2008

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From 1900 with 167 illustrations.

CHAPTER I

· Origin and Function of Outline-Silhouette-Definition of Boundaries by-Power of Characterization by-Formation of Letters-Methods of Drawing in Line-The Progressive Method-The Calligraphic Method-The Tentative Method-The Japanese Direct Brush Method-The Oval Method-The Rectangular Method-Quality of Line-Linear Expression of Movement-Textures-Emotion-Scale of Linear Expression

CHAPTER II

· The Language of Line-Dialects-Comparison of the Style of Various Artists in Line-Scale of Degrees in Line-Picture Writing-Relation of Line to Form-Two Paths-The Graphic Purpose-Aspect-The Ornamental Purpose-Typical Treatment or Convention-Rhythm-Linear Plans in Pattern Designing-Wall-paper Design-Controlling Forms-Memory-Evolution in Design-Variety in Unity-Counterbalance-Linear Logic-Recurring Line and Form-Principle of Radiation-Range and Use of Line

CHAPTER III

· Of the Choice and Use of Line-Degree and Emphasis-Influence of the Photograph-The Value of Emphasis-The Technical Influence-The Artistic Purpose-Influence of Material and Tools-Brushwork-Charcoal- Pencil-Pen

CHAPTER IV

· Of the Choice of Form-Elementary Forms-Space-filling-Grouping- Analogies of Form-Typical Forms of Ornament-Ornamental Units- Equivalents in Form-Quantities in Design-Contrast-Value of Variations of Similar or Allied Forms-Use of the Human Figure and Animal Forms in Ornamental Design

CHAPTER V

· Of the Influence of Controlling Lines, Boundaries Spaces, and Plans in Designing-Origin of Geometric Decorative Spaces and Panels in Architecture-Value of Recurring Line-Tradition-Extension- Adaptability-Geometric Structural Plans-Frieze and Field-Ceiling Decoration-Co-operative Relation

CHAPTER VI

· Of the Fundamental Essentials of Design: Line, Form, Space-Principles of Structural and Ornamental Line in Organic Forms-Form and Mass in Foliage-Roofs-The Medi6val City-Organic and Accidental Beauty- Composition: Formal and Informal-Power of Linear Expression-Relation of Masses and Lines-Principles of Harmonious Composition

CHAPTER VII

· Of the Relief of Form-Three Methods-Contrast-Light and Shade, and Modelling-The Use of Contrast and Planes in Pattern Designing- Decorative Relief-Simple Linear Contrast-Relief by Linear Shading- Different Emphasis in relieving Form by Shading Lines-Relief by means of Light and Shade alone without Outline-Photographic Projection-Relief by different Planes and Contrasts of Concave and Convex Surfaces in Architectural Mouldings-Modelled Relief- Decorative Use of Light and Shade, and different Planes in Modelling and Carving-Egyptian System of Relief Sculpture-Greek and Gothic Architectural Sculpture, influenced by Structural and Ornamental Feeling-Sculptural Tombs, Medals, Coins, Gems-Florentine Fifteenth-century Reliefs-Desiderio di Settignano

CHAPTER VIII

· Of the Expression of Relief in Line-drawing-Graphic Aim and Ornamental Aim-Superficial Appearance and Constructive Reality- Accidents and Essentials-Representation and Suggestion of Natural Form in Design-The Outward Vision and the Inner Vision

CHAPTER IX

· Of the Adaptation of Line and Form in Design, in various materials and methods-Mural Decoration-Fresco-work of the Italian Painters-Modern Mural Work-Mural Spacing and Pattern Plans- Scale-The Skirting-The Dado-Field of the Wall-The Frieze- Panelling-Tapestry-Textile Design-Persian Carpets-Effect of Texture on Colour-Prints-Wall-paper-Stained Glass

CHAPTER X

· Of the Expression and Relief of Line and Form by Colour-Effect of same Colour upon different Grounds-Radiation of Colour-White Outline to clear Colours-Quality of Tints relieved upon other Tints-Complementaries-Harmony-The Colour Sense-Colour Proportions-Importance of Pure Tints-Tones and Planes-The Tone of Time-Pattern and Picture-A Pattern not necessarily a Picture, but a Picture in principle a Pattern-Chiaroscuro-Examples of Pattern-work and Picture-work-Picture-patterns and Pattern-pictures

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Crawford, F. Marion: Don Orsino. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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Don Orsino is the third in the Saracinesca trilogy of novels by F. Marion Crawford. For more information on the trilogy click the link.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19750

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Crawford, F. Marion: Sant' Ilario. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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Sant' Ilario is the second in the Saracinesca trilogy of novels by F. Marion Crawford. For more information on the trilogy click the link.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Saracinesca. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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Saracinesca is a novel by F. Marion Crawford, first published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine and then as a book in New York (Macmillan) and Edinburgh (Blackwood) in 1887. Set chiefly in Rome of twenty years earlier, the novel paints a rich picture of the period, detailing the spiritual and economic problems of the aristocracy at a time when its influence and status were under attack from the emerging forces of modernity. This romance tells the tale of Giovanni Saracinesca and his courting of Corona d'Astradente, complete with intrigue and sword fights (Crawford was an expert fencer). It can be categorized as a work of historical fiction in that it relates a time when the author was only a child, and also in the sense that the particulars of that time and place are carefully delineated. In a sense, Crawford had been researching for this book all his life: his parents had witnessed the brief 1848 revolution, and his cousin, in her memoirs of Crawford, insisted that "[t]here is little doubt that Crawford as a boy had heard first-hand descriptions of [th exciting events" of the 1860s.

Saracinesca proved to be both an immediate hit and Crawford's greatest critical success. It was also a commercial triumph: he negotiated separate contracts for the serial printing and the simultaneous American and British publication, as well as future royalties. He followed it with two brilliant sequels, Sant' Ilario and Don Orsino, the three of which are usually considered a trilogy. Subsequent sequels, such as Corleone, continue the saga of Saracinesca family, but with a diversion from the previous focus on the drama and status of family members into heavily plotted, incident-heavy melodrama. Characters from Saracinesca and its sequels also appear in A Lady of Rome (1906) and The White Sister (1909).

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Crawford, F. Marion: The Witch of Prague. v1, 7 Feb 2008

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Subtitled: [A Fantastic Tale
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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

This is a book about a witch who is not old and ugly as you would normally think a witch would be. She uses her powers for herself and makes slaves by hypnotizing them with her multi-colored eyes. She is not an evil person, but she does use her powers unethically. Her need for love pushes her to have dealings with a wizard that she comes to regret. This is not unlike the play "the Phantom of the Opera".

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Crawford; F. Marion: The Screaming Skull v1 12 dec 2008

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 - April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels.

He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy, the son of the American sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Cutler Ward, and the nephew of Julia Ward Howe, the American poet. He studied successively at St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire; Cambridge University; University of Heidelberg; and Rome.

In 1879 he went to India, where he studied Sanskrit and edited the Allahabad Indian Herald. Returning to America he continued to study Sanskrit at Harvard University for a year, contributed to various periodicals, and in 1882 produced his first novel, Mr Isaacs, a brilliant sketch of modern Anglo-Indian life mingled with a touch of Oriental mystery. This book had an immediate success, and its author's promise was confirmed by the publication of Dr Claudius (1883). After a brief residence in New York and Boston, in 1883 he returned to Italy, where he made his permanent home. This accounts perhaps for the fact that, in spite of his nationality, Marion Crawford's books stand apart from any distinctively American current in literature. More details in Wikipedia.

This is a short horror story:
[QUOTYes, it was on a night like this, when I was at home for a spell, waiting to take the Olympia out on her first trip—it was on the next voyage that she broke the record, you remember—but that dates it. Ninety-two was the year, early in November.

The weather was dirty, Pratt was out of temper, and the dinner was bad, very bad indeed, which didn't improve matters, and cold, which made it worse. The poor little lady was very unhappy about it, and insisted on making a Welsh rarebit on the table to counteract the raw turnips and the half-boiled mutton. Pratt must have had a hard day. Perhaps he had lost a patient. At all events, he was in a nasty temper.

"My wife is trying to poison me, you see!" he said. "She'll succeed some day." I saw that she was hurt, and I made believe to laugh, and said that Mrs. Pratt was much too clever to get rid of her husband in such a simple way; and then I began to tell them about Japanese tricks with spun glass and chopped horsehair and the like. [/QUOT
Great read for a cold night!

Got this from Gaslight, added a cover.

Have fun!

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Croce, Benedetto: The Conduct of Life, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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The Conduct of Life (1924)
By Benedetto Croce (1866–1952)
Translated by Arthur Livingston (1883–1944)

A collection of forty-two short essays on life from the Italian Idealist philosopher.

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Crofts, Freeman Wills: THE PIT PROP SYNDICATE. V1. 2 Jan 2009

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Freeman Wills Crofts (June 1, 1879 Dublin - April 11, 1957 Worthing) was an Irish-English mystery author, one of the 'Big Four' of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin and worked in railway engineering. He wrote detective fiction in his spare time until his move to England. Thereafter he wrote full time. To his plots he brought a mind trained in mathematics, specialising in the seemingly unbreakable alibi and transport timetables. His best-known character is Inspector Joseph French. French achieves his results through dogged persistence. Raymond Chandler praised Crofts' plots, calling him 'the soundest builder of them all'.

At all events he was not going to do any spying if that was what Hilliard wanted for he did not for a moment accept that smuggling theory.

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Cromie, Robert: The Crack of Doom. v1, 10 Sep 2008

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1895 science fiction. The end of the world, spritualism, etc. Typical late 19th century SF - a fun read!

Enjoy!

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Crompton, Richmal: More William (Illustrated). v1, 15 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The William Brown series, also known as the Just William series is a series of thirty nine books written by Richmal Crompton about the mischievous schoolboy William Brown. They were published over a period of almost fifty years, between 1921 and 1970. The first book was Just William, and often the entire series is named after this book. The series has spawned various television, film, theatre and radio adaptations. It also has a large fan following, with such groups as the 'Just William Society'.

Synopsis of the Series:

William Brown is an 11 year old mischievous middle class school boy who lives somewhere near Bromley in what was Kent, England. He often gets into trouble and is the leader of his band of friends, known as The Outlaws, with his best friend Ginger, and his other friends Henry and Douglas. His scruffy mongrel is called Jumble.

A William story often starts when William or the Outlaws set out to do something — put on a play, collect scrap metal for the war effort, look after Violet for example. William always manages to get into trouble with his parents, although he can never see why. Often his well meaning efforts result in broken windows and hysterics among Mrs. Brown's friends.

Sometimes William can be very moral — he is inspired to tell the truth for the duration of Christmas day in William's Truthful Christmas (Still William, 1925) with terrible results:

[William has just received a geometry set and a book on church history for Christmas.]

"Did you like the book and instruments that Uncle and I gave you?" said Aunt Emma brightly.
"No," said William gloomily and truthfully. "I'm not int'rested in Church History an' I've got something like those at school. Not that I'd want 'em," he added hastily, "if I hadn't em."
"William!" screamed Mrs. Brown in horror. "How can you be so ungrateful!"
"I'm not ungrateful," explained William wearily.
"I'm only being truthful...

Note: More William is the only one of the 39 books available on Project Gutenberg.

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Crosse, Andrew F.: Round About the Carpathians, v.1, 26 April 2008

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Andrew F. Crosse describes his travels through and about the Carpathians, touching on Wallachia, Hungary, and Transylvania starting in the summer of 1875.

Background
This is a re-conversion of Project Gutenberg's text 17972: [Round About the Carpathians[/ by Andrew F. Crosse. I wasn't happy with the version provided by Mobipocket (curse of having a design background) and as well I wanted to teach myself the process of creating an ebook for my Kindle from scratch. In the meantime, enjoy!

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Crownfield, Gertrude: Shadow Witch v1 28 nov 2008

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I was not too sure how to categorize this wonderful book. I never was really sure where to draw the line between fantasy and fairy tale. This is surely a fairy tale, but so detailed and full of picturesque characters that I deemed it fantasy. Here is a short excerpt:

[QUOTCreeping Shadow stood timidly at the gate for a moment, longing yet fearing to enter. How could she dare to hope that the Prince would turn from a place*so bright and joyous to come to the aid of her mistress in a drear and dangerous land?
But the need of the Shadow Witch was too great to be set aside. Her servant cast off her fears and stole silently through the garden and up to the radiant door. Pausing on its threshold, her dark eyes traveled straight down the palace hall to the vast room that opened beyond, and there, upon a tall golden throne, King Red Flame sat. At his right hand stood he whom she had come to seek.
She remembered him well, that brave and handsome Prince, whom her mistress had for a time deluded by her magic in the Land of Shadows. His yellow locks fell as softly over his shoulders, his noble countenance wore the same high look of courage and good cheer as on that day. His scarlet velvet cloak and cap,*his waving feather, were the very same. Close beside him was the Princess, in shining robes, with floating hair of the palest gold.
Never before had the Shadow seen her, but from her charming face, so tender and beautiful, she knew that it could be none else, knew, also, that no cry for help and pity could come to her in vain.[/QUOT
You shouldn't miss this one under any pretext. If I ever saw a pleasurable read, this is one. This is a classic in it's own right.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Night Riders v1 22 jul 2009

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Ridgwell Cullum (1867-1943) was a prolific writer of western and adventure novels.

The Night Riders is subtitled "A Romance of early Montana" and draws a very romanticised, but enjoyable picture of life in the early West. This novel is lightly illustrated and features the original cover. Source: PG

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Cummings, Ray: Beyond the Vanishing Point . v1, 9 Jan 2008

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From the book opening:

THEY OPENED THE PANDORA'S BOX OF ATOMIC TRAVEL

When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and streams, glowing with the light of the most precious of metals. And, more astonishing than that, it was a world of miniature perfection-an infinitely tiny universe within a golden atom!
But for Randolph it was also a world aglow with danger. Somewhere in its tiny vastness were the friends he had to rescue. Captives of a madman, they had been reduced to native Orena size; to return to Earth they needed the growth capsules Randolph was bringing them. It was up to Randolph to find them-and quickly-for the longer they stayed tiny, the closer they came to passing BEYOND THE VANISHING POINT!

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Cummings, Ray:Brigands of the Moon. v1. 18 Dec 2007

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From the publisher's blurb:

"TWO PLANETS CLASH FOR LUNAR TREASURE

Gregg Haljan was aware that there was a certain danger in having the giant spaceship [Planetara[/ stop off at the moon to pick up Grantline's special cargo of moon ore. For that rare metal - invaluable in keeping Earth's technology running - was the target of many greedy eyes.

But nevertheless he hadn't figured on the special twist the clever Martian brigands would use. So when he found both the ship and himself suddenly in their hands, he knew that there was only one way in which he could hope to save that cargo and his own secret - that would be by turning space-pirate himself and paying the BRIGANDS OF THE MOON back in their own interplanetary coin.

Here is a science-fiction classic, as exciting and ingenious as only a master of super-science could write."

This is a 1931 vintage science fiction.

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Cummins, Maria S: The Lamplighter, v1, 26 March 2010.

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Maria S. Cummins [1827–1866]
The Lamplighter [1854]

A Bildungsroman, telling how an abused orphan is adopted by a lamplighter, and learns Christian principles from a blind woman, and then spreads goodness and light to others. The novel uses a lot of metaphors about light.

From Wikipedia:
The Lamplighter is a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins published on March 1, 1854. The Lamplighter was Cummins's first novel and was an immediate best-seller, selling 20,000 copies in twenty days. The work sold 40,000 in eight weeks, and within five months it had sold 65,000. At the time it was second in sales only to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. It sold over 100,000 copies in Britain and was translated into multiple different languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lamplighter

This was converted at the request of a member. I have preserved the original typography, so “haven’t” appears as “have n’t”. I’ve also added a few pictures, as well as a cover, TOC etc..

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Cuppy, Will: How to be a Hermit, v.1, 30 Oct 2007.

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How to be a Hermit, or A Bachelor keeps House.
First published in 1929.

I couldn’t resist a title like that.It seems to be a humorous book of domestic management for bachelors.

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Curry, S S: How to Add Ten Years to Your Life, v1, 18 Sept 2007.

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S. S. CURRY, Ph.D., Litt.D.
‘HOW TO ADD TEN YEARS TO YOUR LIFE, AND TO DOUBLE ITS SATISFACTIONS’ [sic]
(1915)

Another in our ongoing series of debatably useful self-help books.

This one has a memorable chapter 6, with sections on ‘How to Stand’, ‘How to Walk’, ‘How to Sit’ and even ‘How to Lie Down’ – all activities I believe that I have successfully managed without instruction.

There is a lot of information on ‘How to Breathe’. When I stop doing this, I don’t suppose it will be for want of advice.

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Curtis, George William: From the Easy Chair, vol 1. v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 - August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of old New England stock.

In 1863 he became the political editor of Harper's Weekly, which was highly influential in shaping public opinion. Curtis's writing was always clear and direct, displaying fairness of mind and good temper. He had high moral standards. From month to month he contributed to Harper's Monthly, under the title of "The Easy Chair," brief essays on topics of social and literary interest, charming in style, touched with delicate humour and instinct with generous spirit.

The August 27, 1893 edition of the New York Times had this to say about the book:

Easily slips this little book into the fluent literature of the hour. Convenient in size, delightful in form, ready on a moment's notice to give a half day or a half hour of pleasure, appealing to the most fastidious and difficult of refined tastes, yet with food for the multitude of average readers, it will fill its place gracefully and meet with its welcome from the West and East, from the North and South.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Baree, Son of Kazan. V1. 13 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

The thrilling story of a half-tame, half-wild wolf pup, who must survive alone in the wild, encountering other creatures and eventually humans, including a sinister trapper and a young girl from whom he learns love, compassion, and loyalty.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Flower of the North. V1. 13 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

The boy's white teeth gleamed in a laugh as he waved his hand and leaped farther away. From Philip his eyes shifted in a quick, searching glance to the top of the cliff. In a flash Philip followed its direction. He understood the meaning of the look. From the cliff Jeanne and Pierre had seen his approach, and their meeting with the Indian boy had made it possible for them to intercept him in this manner.

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Curwood, James Oliver: God's Country—And the Woman. V1. 13 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

The Movie Plot
Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Jeff cuts off his allowance and puts him to work, but on his first day, he is tricked into signing a contract allowing arch-rivals Barton Logging to use Russett railways. Jeff hauls Steve up to the logging camp, but he steals a plane. It runs out of gas in Barton territory, where spitfire Jo is running the camp. Naturally, this shrew must be tamed, so Steve, calling himself Steve Martin, sets out to do just that as he's trapped in the camp for two months until the next boat anyhow. Written by Jon Reeves {jreeves@imdb.com}

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Curwood, James Oliver: Isobel. V2. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
At Point Fullerton, one thousand miles straight north of civilization, Sergeant William MacVeigh wrote with the stub end of a pencil between his fingers the last words of his semi-annual report to the Commissioner of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police at Regina.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Kazan. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
On that clear and stormless night following the days of plague and famine, a hundred thousand hungry creatures came out from their retreats to hunt for food. For eighteen hundred miles east and west and a thousand miles north and south, slim gaunt-bellied creatures hunted under the moon and the stars. Something told Kazan and Gray Wolf that this hunt was on, and never for an instant did they cease their vigilance. At last they lay down at the edge of the spruce thicket, and waited. Gray Wolf muzzled Kazan gently with her blind face.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Nomads of the North. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
It was late in the month of March, at the dying-out of the Eagle Moon, that Neewa the black bear cub got his first real look at the world. Noozak, his mother, was an old bear, and like an old person she was filled with rheumatics and the desire to sleep late. So instead of taking a short and ordinary nap of three months this particular winter of little Neewa's birth she slept four, which, made Neewa, who was born while ms mother was sound asleep, a little over two months old instead of six weeks when they came out of den.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Philip Steele. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Short excerpt:
And no one, not even the girl of the hyacinth letter, would have dreamed that the man who was officially listed as Private Phil Steele, of the N.W.M.P., was Philip Steele, millionaire and gentleman adventurer.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Alaskan. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
Captain Rifle, gray and old in the Alaskan Steamship service, had not lost the spirit of his youth along with his years. Romance was not dead in him, and the fire which is built up of clean adventure and the association of strong men and a mighty country had not died out of his veins. He could still see the picturesque, feel the thrill of the unusual, and--at times--warm memories crowded upon him so closely that yesterday seemed today, and Alaska was young again, thrilling the world with her wild call to those who had courage to come and fight for her treasures, and live--or die.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V. 2. 29 July 2009

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Replaced previous cover.
James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.
Excerpt
A glass of wine once lost a kingdom, a nail turned the tide of a mighty battle, and a woman's smile once upon a time destroyed the homes of a million people. Thus have trivial things played their potent parts in the history of human lives; yet these things Peter did not know.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V1. 15 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
A glass of wine once lost a kingdom, a nail turned the tide of a mighty battle, and a woman's smile once upon a time destroyed the homes of a million people. Thus have trivial things played their potent parts in the history of human lives; yet these things Peter did not know.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V1. 15 July 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.
Excerpt
A glass of wine once lost a kingdom, a nail turned the tide of a mighty battle, and a woman's smile once upon a time destroyed the homes of a million people. Thus have trivial things played their potent parts in the history of human lives; yet these things Peter did not know.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Courage of Captain Plum. V1. 15 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
On an afternoon in the early summer of 1856 Captain Nathaniel Plum, master and owner of the sloop Typhoon was engaged in nothing more important than the smoking of an enormous pipe. Clouds of strongly odored smoke, tinted with the lights of the setting sun, had risen above his head in unremitting volumes for the last half hour. There was infinite contentment in his face, notwithstanding the fact that he had been meditating on a subject that was not altogether pleasant. But Captain Plum was, in a way, a philosopher, though one would not have guessed this fact from his appearance. He was, in the first place, a young man, not more than eight or nine and twenty, and his strong, rather thin face, tanned by exposure to the sea, was just now lighted up by eyes that shone with an unbounded good humor which any instant might take the form of laughter.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Danger Trail. V1. 16 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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For perhaps the first time in his life Howland felt the spirit of romance, of adventure, of sympathy for the picturesque and the unknown surging through his veins. A billion stars glowed like yellow, passionless eyes in the polar cold of the skies. Behind him, white in its sinuous twisting through the snow-smothered wilderness, lay the icy Saskatchewan, with a few scattered lights visible where Prince Albert, the last outpost of civilization, came down to the river half a mile away. But it was into the North that Howland looked. From the top of the great ridge which he had climbed he gazed steadily into the white gloom which reached for a thousand miles from where he stood to the Arctic Sea. Faintly in the grim silence of the winter night there came to his ears the soft hissing sound of the aurora borealis as it played in its age-old song over the dome of the earth, and as he watched the cold flashes shooting like pale arrows through the distant sky and listened to its whispering music of unending loneliness and mystery, there came on him a strange feeling that it was beckoning to him and calling to him - telling him that up there very near to the end of the earth lay all that he had dreamed of and hoped for since he had grown old enough to begin the shaping of a destiny of his own.That's what I'm doing, M'seur--helping Meleese. I would have done her a greater service if I had killed you back there on the trail and stripped your body for those things that would be foul enough to eat it. I have told you a dozen times that it is God's justice that you die. And you are going to die--very soon, M'seur.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Flaming Forest. V1. 16 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

David Carrigan of The Northwest Mounted Police is torn between duty and love in this northern romance in the grandest tradition -- a land of mystery and myth, a place where the Mountie still gets his man and the French Canadian rivermen (with their scarlet headscarves) are forever singing, and where the French Canadian daughter of a river baron is too lovely for words, and where bad guys have names like "Black Roger Audemard."

The Flaming Forest was an MGM silent movie in 1926, directed by Reginald Barker; starring Antonio Moreno, Renee Adoree, Gardner James, and William Austin.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Gold Hunters. V1. 16 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Bay Wilds.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Golden Snare. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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Bram Johnson was an unusual man, even for the northland. He was a creature of environment --and necessity, and of that something else which made of him at times a man with a soul, and at others a brute with the heart of a devil. In this story of Bram and the girl, and the other man, Bram himself should not be blamed too much. He was pathetic, and yet he was terrible. It is doubtful if he really had what is generally regarded as a soul. If he did, it was hidden --hidden to the forests and the wild things that had made him.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Golden Snare. V2. 29 July 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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Bram Johnson was an unusual man, even for the northland. He was a creature of environment --and necessity, and of that something else which made of him at times a man with a soul, and at others a brute with the heart of a devil. In this story of Bram and the girl, and the other man, Bram himself should not be blamed too much. He was pathetic, and yet he was terrible. It is doubtful if he really had what is generally regarded as a soul. If he did, it was hidden --hidden to the forests and the wild things that had made him.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Grizzly King. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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One has to hunt and kill and hunt and kill for years before he discovers the real pleasure in big game stalking," he said slowly, looking into the fire. "And when he comes down to that real pleasure, the part of it that absorbs him heart and soul, he finds that after all the big thrill isn't in killing, but in letting live. I want this grizzly, and I'm going to have him. I won't leave the mountains until I kill him. But, on the other hand, we could have killed two other bears to-day, and I didn't take a shot. I'm learning the game, Bruce--I'm beginning to taste the real pleasure of hunting. And when one hunts in the right way one learns facts. You needn't worry. I'm going to put only facts in what I write.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Honor of the Big Snows. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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Listen, John - I hear music - The words came in a gentle whisper from the woman's lips. One white, thin hand lifted itself weakly to the rough face of the man who was kneeling beside her bed, and the great dark eyes from which he had hidden his own grew luminously bright for a moment, as she whispered again: "John - I hear - music -" A sigh fluttered from her lips. The man's head drooped until it rested very near to her bosom. He felt the quiver of her hand against his cheek, and in its touch there was something which told John Cummins that the end of all life had come for him and for her. His heart beat fiercely, and his great shoulders shook with the agony that was eating at his soul.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Hunted Woman. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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It was all new—most of it singularly dramatic and even appalling to the woman who sat with the pearl-gray veil drawn closely about her face. For eighteen hours she had been a keenly attentive, wide-eyed, and partly frightened bit of humanity in this onrush of "the horde." She had heard a voice behind her speak of it as "the horde"—a deep, thick, gruff voice which she knew without looking had filtered its way through a beard. She agreed with the voice. It was the Horde—that horde which has always beaten the trails ahead for civilization and made of its own flesh and blood the foundation of nations. For months it had been pouring steadily into the mountains—always in and never out, a laughing, shouting, singing, blaspheming Horde, every ounce of it toughened sinew and red brawn, except the Straying Angels.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The River's End. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Most of Curwood's stories were adventure tales set in the Canadian North, where the author spent much of his time. During the 1920s his books were among the most popular in North America, and many were made into movies. The River's End was the first book to sell more than 100,000 copies in its first edition. The book begins: Between Conniston, of His Majesty's Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and Keith, the outlaw, there was a striking physical and facial resemblance. Both had observed it, of course. It gave them a sort of confidence in each other. Between them it hovered in a subtle and unanalyzed presence that was constantly suggesting to Conniston a line of action that would have made him a traitor to his oath of duty. For nearly a month he had crushed down the whispered temptings of this thing between them.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Valley of Silent Men. V1. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

When he thought he was dying, Sergeant Kent, the best man-trapper in the Royal Mounted, told a story that branded him as a murderer and set another man free. But the doctor's diagnosis was wrong; death by hanging grinned in the trooper's face. Love of life and a beautiful mystery girl, who had laughed at him and called him a liar, now made him a fugitive - a hunter becomes the hunted. With him, down those fabled rivers flowing north to the frozen Arctic, sped the girl, whose own secret winds like a thread of wild magic to the hidden Valley of Silent Men.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Wolf Hunters. V1. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Cold winter lay deep in the Canadian wilderness. Over it the moon was rising, like a red pulsating ball, lighting up the vast white silence of the night in a shimmering glow. Not a sound broke the stillness of the desolation. It was too late for the life of day, too early for the nocturnal roamings and voices of the creatures of the night. Like the basin of a great amphitheater the frozen lake lay revealed in the light of the moon and a billion stars.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Thomas Jefferson Brown. V1. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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There are not many who will remember him as Thomas Jefferson Brown. For ten years he had been mildly ashamed of himself, and out of respect for people who were dead, and for a dozen or so who were living, he had the good taste to drop his last name. The fact that it was only Brown didn't matter.

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Cushing, Frank Hamilton: A Study Of Pueblo Pottery, v.1, 28 Dec 2008

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The full title of this 1886 Smithsonian Institute report is [A Study Of Pueblo Pottery As Illustrative Of Zuñi Culture Growth[/.

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Cutcliffe Hyne, C J: Atoms of Empire v 1 Nov 7 2008

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These stories are written in so fresh a style that you think that they have been written yesterday, but stem from 1904:

[QUOTThe wandering Englishman, the atom of empire, at sundry ends of the earth is not always good company in the flesh, but in Mr. Cutcliffe Hyne's stories he is good company. For the reader is not in the position of the "native"; he is, on the contrary, elected of the company of proper Britons and talked to as an equal.[/QUOT
This is a bloody great read!

Taken from manybooks, btw, did the usual cosmetics :)

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Cutcliffe Hyne, C J: The Tragedy of a Third Smoker, v.1, 16 August 2008.

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C J Cutcliffe Hyne (1866–1944)
The Tragedy of a Third Smoker: A Story of the Metropolitan Railway

A short story. Two men fight in a railway carriage. One faints. The other is dead. What happened? A defence lawyer is determined to find out.

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Cutcliffe Hyne, CJ: The New Eden v1 20 nov 2008

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Hyne's second speculative novel, in which a scientist isolates a boy and girl on two remote tropical islands for experimental purposes, first published in 1892.

Have fun!

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D'Anvers, N.: Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit, v.1, 21 Dec 2008

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This is a collection of nine stories translated and published in 1918. From the Introductory Note:

Thanks to Mr. S. M. Mitra, the well-known Hindu psychologist and politician, who has done so much to draw more closely together the land of his birth and that of his adoption, I am able to bring within reach of English children a number of typical Hindu Tales, translated by him from the Sanskrit, some of them culled from the ancient classics of India, others from widely separated sources. The latter have hitherto been quite inaccessible to western students, as they are not yet embodied in literature, but have been transmitted orally from generation to generation for many centuries.

These tales are not only of a kind to enchain the attention of children. They also illustrate well the close affinity between the two chief branches of the great Aryan race, and are of considerable ethical value, reflecting, as they do, the philosophy of self-realisation which lies at the root of Hindu culture. They have been used from time immemorial by the best teachers of India as a means of building up the personalities of the young and maintaining the efficiency of the adult. They serve in fact as text-books of the unique system of Mind-Training which has been in use in India from remote Vedic times, the root principle of which is as simple as it is effective.

Hindu children become familiar at their mothers' knees with these stories, and are trained to answer questions on them, subtly chosen to suit their ages and call into action their mental faculties. Appealing to them as an amusing game, in which they vie with each other in trying to solve the problems presented for their consideration, the boys and girls, who are educated together till they are ten or twelve years old, early learn to concentrate their attention; whilst the simultaneous development of all their powers is encouraged and they are, imperceptibly to themselves led to control their thoughts and emotions from within, instead of having to obey orders which they do not understand from without. They realize indeed, whilst still in the nursery, the ideal suggested by the sage Vidura in the Mahabharata: "Seek to know thyself by means of thyself, keeping thy mind, intellect and senses, under control; for self is thy friend as it is also thy foe."

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D'Holbach, baron Paul-Henri Thiery: Good Sense, v.1, 17 Feb 2008

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Paul-Henri Thiery, baron d'Holbach (Dec., 1723 - Jan., 1789) is generally accepted as the first modern writer of openly atheistic works in Europe and was among the more radical philosophers of the Enlightenment. His most famous book [The System of Nature [/published in 1770 is often called [The Atheist's Bible[/. In 1772 he published [Good Sense Without God, or Freethoughts Opposed to Supernatural Ideas [/as a summary of his principal ideas from [The System of Nature[/. D'Holbach's works were published anonymously or under pseudonyms to avoid persecution.

I haven't the energy or time at the moment to create a fully linkable TOC to all 206 sections - perhaps later.

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Dacan, Rick: Geek Mafia. v1, 14 Jan 2008

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Copyright Rick Dakan, 2006

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons atribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

From the Authors web site www.rickdacan.com

A novel of comics, games, and crime

Fired from a job he hated at a company he loved, videogame designer Paul Reynolds is drowning his sorrows in late-morning margaritas when he meets an alluring, pink-haired conwoman named Chloe. With her gang of techno-pirate friends, Chloe helps Paul not only take revenge on his former employers, but also extort a small fortune from them in the process. What more could a recently unemployed, over-worked videogame designer in Silicon Valley ask for?

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Dahn, Felix: Ein Kampf um Rom. german. v2. 24 mar 2009

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Felix Dahn (auch: Ludwig Sophus) (* 9. Februar 1834 in Hamburg; † 3. Januar 1912 in Breslau) war ein deutscher Professor für Rechtswissenschaften, Schriftsteller und Historiker. Neben einschlägigen wissenschaftlichen Werken verfasste er viele Romane, Erzählungen und Gedichte, mit denen er große Anerkennung im Publikum wie in den literarischen Zirkeln seiner Zeit fand. Sein populärstes Werk [Ein Kampf um Rom[/ erschien 1876. Als er im Jahre 1912 in Breslau starb, lag sein Bestseller bereits in der 126. Auflage vor.

Liebe und Haß, Treue und Verrat, Aufrichtigkeit und Rachsucht begleiten und lenken in diesem monumentalen Historiengemälde die Bedrängnis, den letzten Triumph und den Untergang der Ostgoten sowie die Rettung der letzten Reste des Volkes in den Jahren vom Tode des Königs Theoderich bis zur letzten Schlacht am Vesuv im Jahre 553...

PS: Das eBook ist nicht illustriert. Nein, das Buch ist einzig und allein aufgrund seines Umfangs so groß geraten. Mal sehen, ob das jemand mit einer Akkuladung schafft... ;)

Vielen Dank an [insider[/ für die Beschaffung und Zusammenstellung der Quelle.

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Dahn, Felix: Geschichte der Völkerwanderung. 1880/81. V2 [German] 23.2.2011

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Felix Dahn (1834-1912) ist mit seinem Bestseller "Ein Kampf um Rom" auch hier gut bekannt. Dass er in Wirklichkeit Professor für Rechtswissenschaften und Historiker war, sollte nicht unerwähnt bleiben, um nicht unerfüllbare Erwartungen zu enttäuschen.
Mit Dahns „Geschichte der Völkerwandung“ hat man nämlich eine hoch- (nicht etwa populär-) wissenschaftliche Darstellung aus allerdings deutschnationaler Sicht auf der Basis des Forschungsstandes von 1880/81 vor sich. Hinzuzufügen ist:
Dahns zweibändiges Werk stellt in Wirklichkeit die zweite Auflage einer vierbändigen Darstellung von [Wietersheim [/aus den Jahren 1859-64 dar; Dahn hat diese erste Auflage bearbeitet, viel gestrichen, was nicht nicht die eigentliche Völkerwanderungsgeschichte angeht, manches hinzugefügt und vieles in Frage gestellt. Letzteres wirkt sich für die Lesbarkeit nicht förderlich aus; man muss wissen, dass es im Text 4 Ebenen von Zusätzen gibt: einerseits die Endnoten, zum zweiten Fußnoten zum Text, ferner Fußnoten zu den Endnoten, und schließlich hat Dahn noch in den Text selbst sowie in die Endnoten in Klammern gesetzte und mit „D.“ bezeichnete Bemerkungen eingefügt, in denen er sich von Wietersheim distanziert, ihn kritisiert, korrigiert usw. (wobei dies alles auch noch inkonsequent gehandhabt wird) – ein insgesamt eher unproduktives Verfahren, das wohl von einer gewissen Pietät Dahns dem ihm persönlich bekannten Wietersheim auch über dessen Tod hinaus gespeist ist. Besser wäre es gewesen, eine wirkliche Umarbeitung, wie der Untertitel ja auch erwarten lässt, vorzulegen. (Dass Dahn auch anders konnte, beweist seine großartige „Urgeschichte der germanischen und romanischen Völker“, 4 Bde. 1881-89, die [in der zweiten Auflage 1899 zumindest zum größten Teil] bei Vollmer erschienen ist und noch eines Scanners harrt...)
Die in GutenbergDE von gerd.bouillon@t-online.de eingestellte Fassung des Textes [Dank ihm an dieser Stelle für diese [großartige [/Leistung!] beruht nun nicht auf der Originalausgabe von 1880/81, sondern auf der im Vollmer-Verlag erschienen Neuausgabe. Diese verfährt mit den Anmerkungen so, dass alle hintereinander als Endnoten erscheinen. Damit ist nicht immer auf einen Blick zu erkennen, was Wietersheim oder was Dahn zugehört. Außerdem sind die in Text und Anmerkungen vorhandenen Querverweise nur zum Teil wiedergegeben, da es wohl zu aufwendig war, die alten Seitenzahlen auf die neuen umzusetzen; aus z.B. „s. oben S. 112“ wurde dann nur noch „s. oben“, oder die Verweise wurden einfach getilgt, wie das Gegenlesen des Originals erwies. Den Aufwand, dies alles zu rekonstruieren, hielt ich nicht für angebracht (bei einem Teil ist es dennoch geschehen); grundsätzlich es ist auch bei der Abfolge der Noten wie in gerd.bouillons Vorlage geblieben (das Original zählt kapitelweise; hier werden alle durchgezählt). Dagegen habe ich einige Fehler von Dahn selbst sowie vom Vollmer-Verlag in den Seitenverweisen korrigiert und die von gerd.bouillon gesetzten Verlinkungen um etliche ergänzt. (Dass grundsätzlich alle bestehenden Links neu zu setzen waren, versteht sich.) Ferner wurden die "Errata", die Dahn am Ende des 2. Bandes aufführt, eingearbeitet. - Als Problem stellten sich die Fußnoten zu den Endnoten dar (umgesetzt auf die neue Arbeitsgrundlage: die Fußnoten zu den Fußnoten), weil dies grundsätzlich mit OpenOffice.org Writer nicht funktioniert; in Einzelfällen habe ich zur einer Ersatzlösung mit Verlinkung auf der Fußnotenebene durch "*" gegriffen, in der Regel reichte es, die Zusätze Dahns, die ohnehin meist durch ein „D.“ gekennzeichnet waren, einfach in Klammern an- bzw. einzufügen, was auch die Lesefreundlichkeit fördert.
Dass Fußnoten ein Problem darstellen (vor allem, wenn sie – 1200 existierenden zum Trotz – nicht vorhanden sind), beweist uns gegenwärtig ja auch gerade eine berühmte „»Doktor«arbeit“ aus dem Jahre 2006. Die als ebook mit Verlinkung zu den Stellen, von denen abgeschrieben wurde, - wäre das keine Herausforderung? ...

Die V2 betrifft nur die Mobi-Version!

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Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years Before the Mast. v1 31Dec2009

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Attachment 42256This is the original version of this American sailing classic. It seems worthwhile making this available, if only because it has a concluding chapter in which the author sets down thoughts and reflections on his voyage. In later versions, he deleted this chapter.

This version also includes the chapter "24 Years Later."

In the original version, Dana referred to some of his shipmates and others only by the first initial of their last name, but identified them in subsequent versions. I've spelled out the names in this ebook version.

Italics have been added using a printed copy of the book as a source.

Jim

2/11/11-The latest version is able to provide waypoints without having italicized paragraphs with different indentation than the other paragraphs. It also supports page numbering for Kindle 3 readers.

The first two versions had 362 downloads.

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Darlington, Edgar B.P.: Circus Boys Omnibus. v3, 20 May 2008

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More juvenile fiction. An omnibus edition of the 5-book "Circus Boys" series, originally published between 1910 and 1920. The books tell the exciting adventures of Phil and Teddy, two teenage boys who run away to join the circus (a popular activity of the time, seemingly!).

As described by the publisher:

["No call to the heart of the youth of America finds a readier response than the call of the billowing canvas, the big red wagons, the crash of the circus band and the trill of the ringmaster's whistle. It is a call that captures the imagination of old and young alike, and so do the books of this series capture and enthrall the reader, for they were written by one who, besides weilding a master pen, has followed the sawdust trail from coast to coast, who knows the circus people and the sturdy manliness of those who do and dare for the entertainment of millions of circus-goers when the grass is green. Mr. Darlington paints a true picture of circus life."[/

Er, "sturdy manliness"? ...

["Phil Forrest, proud and happy, bounded out into the paddock, resplendent in pink tights, a black girdle about his loins, sparkling with silver spangles....Mr. Sparling, hardened showman that he was, brushed a suspicious hand across his eyes and sat down suddenly. "Such grit, Such grit!" he muttered..."[/

However, moving swiftly on...

The books in the series are:

1. "The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings" or "Making the Start in the Sawdust Life"

2. "The Circus Boys Across The Continent" or "Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark"

3. "The Circus Boys In Dixie Land" or "Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South"

4. "The Circus Boys On the Mississippi" or "Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River"

5. "The Circus Boys on the Plains" or "The Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show"

Note that the 5th book mentions, at the end, a further volume in the series. This is a "phantom title" which was never written.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 20 May 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

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Darrow, Clarence: The Story of My Life. v1. 12 July 07

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One of the greatest US lawyers of all time, Darrow is perhaps best remembered today for his part in the Scopes Monkey Trial that pitted the [Bible[/ against evolution. A debate that is still going on today in many parts of the US.

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Darwin, Charles: Die Entstehung der Arten v1 german 10 Jan 2010

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Über den Author:
Charles Robert Darwin (* 12. Februar 1809 in Shrewsbury; † 19. April 1882 in Downe) war ein britischer Naturforscher. Er gilt wegen seiner wesentlichen Beiträge zur Evolutionstheorie als einer der bedeutendsten Naturwissenschaftler.

Die Ende 1831 begonnene und fast fünf Jahre andauernde Reise mit der HMS Beagle, die den jungen Darwin einmal um die Welt führte, war zugleich Schlüsselerlebnis und Grundlage für sein späteres Werk. Der breiten Öffentlichkeit wurde Darwin erstmals durch seinen 1839 herausgegebenen Reisebericht bekannt. Mit seiner Theorie über die Entstehung der Korallenriffe und weiteren geologischen Schriften erlangte er in wissenschaftlichen Kreisen die Anerkennung als Geologe. Seine Untersuchungen an den Rankenfußkrebsen verschafften ihm Mitte der 1850er Jahre zusätzlich einen angesehenen Ruf als Zoologe und Taxonom.

Bereits 1838 entwarf Darwin seine Theorie der Anpassung an den Lebensraum durch Variation und natürliche Selektion und erklärte so die evolutive Entwicklung aller Organismen und ihre Aufspaltung in verschiedene Arten. Über 20 Jahre lang trug er Belege für diese Theorie zusammen. 1842 und 1844 verfasste Darwin kurze Abrisse seiner Theorie, die er jedoch nicht veröffentlichte. Ab 1856 arbeitete er an einem umfangreichen Manuskript mit dem Titel Natural Selection. Durch einen Brief von Alfred Russel Wallace, der dessen Ternate-Manuskript mit ähnlichen Gedanken zur Evolution enthielt, kam es im Sommer 1858 schließlich zu einer Veröffentlichung der Theorien über die Evolution der beiden Männer. Ein Jahr später folgte Darwins Hauptwerk On the Origin of Species (Die Entstehung der Arten), das als streng naturwissenschaftliche Erklärung für die Diversität des Lebens die Grundlage der modernen Evolutionsbiologie bildet und einen entscheidenden Wendepunkt in der Geschichte der modernen Biologie darstellt.
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Über dieses Buch:
Die Entstehung der Arten (englisch: The Origin of Species) ist ein am 24. November 1859 erstmals veröffentlichtes Werk von Charles Darwin, das ein zentrales Werk in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte ist und als grundlegende Arbeit im Bereich der Evolutionstheorien gilt.
[SIZE="1"]Quelle: Wikipedia.de[/SIZ

Über diese Ausgabe:
Erstdruck: London 1859. Erste deutsche Übersetzung von Heinrich Georg Bronn unter dem Titel »Über die Entstehung der Arten im Thier- und Pflanzenreich durch natürliche Züchtung, oder Erhaltung der vervollkommneten Rassen im Kampf ums Daseyn«, Stuttgart 1860. Der Text folgt der Übersetzung der sechsten Auflage, London 1872, durch Julius Victor Carus von 1884.
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Darwin, Charles: The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects

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Dass, Petter: Nordlands Trompet. [Norwegian]. v2. 8 Nov 2010

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Dikterpresten Petter Dass (c. 1646-1707) er Norges mest kjente dikter fra barokken, og "Nordlands Trompet", en beskrivelse av Nordland og Troms er kanskje hans mest kjente verk. Teksten her er hentet fra dokumentasjonsprosjektet ved Universitetet i Oslo, http://www.dokpro.uio.no/

This is a poem by the 17th century vicar of Alstahaug, describing northern Norway, The source text is from the Norwegian literature documentation project at the University of Oslo, http://www.dokpro.uio.no/

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Daudet, Alphonse: Letters from my Windmill, v1, 19 November 2009.

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Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Letters from my Windmill (Lettres de mon moulin) (1869)
Translated for Project Gutenberg by Mireille Harmelin & Keith Adams
©2009

From Wikipedia:
Letters from My Windmill (French: Lettres de mon moulin) is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet first published in its entirety in 1869. Some of the stories had been published earlier in newspapers or journals such as Le Figaro and L'Evénement as early as 1865.
The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Paris, recounts short bucolic tales about his new life in Provence as well as his trips to Corsica and French Algeria. Considered to be light-hearted, and often a bit tongue-in-cheek, the stories vary from day-to-day events in southern France to Provençal folk-tales, and often feature professions and faunal references characteristic of Provence.
Letters From My Windmill is sometimes considered to be Daudet's most important work. It is cherished by many French, particularly in the South, for the picture it paints of the local culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

COPYRIGHT NOTE: This is a Project Gutenberg-tm book. Please see the license at the end of this book for more information. The source file and PG license may also be found here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30442

The cover image is a photograph of Daudet’s mill, found at Wikipedia.

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Daudet, Alphonse: Lettres de mon moulin, (French/Français) v1, 19 November 2009.

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Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Lettres de mon moulin (1869)

Un extrait de Wikipedia:
Les Lettres de mon moulin est un recueil de nouvelles d'Alphonse Daudet. Plusieurs furent originellement publiées dans des journaux parisiens.
Le titre a été habituellement orthographié et typographié « Lettres de mon Moulin », mais on rencontre diverses éditions sous les titres alternatifs « Lettres de mon moulin », « Les Lettres de mon Moulin » et « Les Lettres de mon moulin ».
À partir de leur publication sous ce titre, elles ont toutes été attribuées à Alphonse Daudet. On sait pourtant que Paul Arène, entre autres, a été le co-auteur de plusieurs nouvelles, comme l'a notamment révélé Octave Mirbeau en 18832. Celles qui ont été écrites en collaboration avec lui, voire par lui, ont un charme, une légèreté d'écriture qui leur vaut une place dans les livres scolaires et dans le cœur de nombreux lecteurs : La Chèvre de monsieur Seguin, Les Vieux, La Mule du pape, La Légende de l'homme à la cervelle d'or...
Les histoires situées en Corse ou en Algérie (où Daudet a séjourné) sont dures, parfois racistes (ce qui n'a rien d'exceptionnel chez les intellectuels français du XIXe siècle).
Une curiosité : Le Curé de Cucugnan ; très honnêtement, Daudet prévient que cette histoire n'est pas de lui.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

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Daudet, Alphonse: Tartarin of Tarascon, v1, 26 November 2009.

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Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897)
Tartarin of Tarascon (Tartarin de Tarascon) (1872)
No translator named.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

From Wikipedia:
“It tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions. Instead of finding a romantic, mysterious Oriental fantasy land, he finds a sordid world suspended between Europe and the Middle East. And worst of all, there are no lions left.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarin_de_Tarascon

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Andrew the Glad. V1. 12 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major to himself as he filled his pipe and settled himself before his high-piled, violet-flamed logs.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Blue-grass and Broadway. V1. 12 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia
The need of a large sum of money in a great hurry is the root of many noble ambitions, in whose branches roost strange companies of birds, pecking away for dollars that grow—or do not—on bushes. And it was in such a quest that Miss Patricia Adair of Adairville, Kentucky, lit upon a limb of life beside Mr. Godfrey Vandeford of Broadway, New York. Their joint endeavors made a great adventure.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Over Paradise Ridge. V1. 14 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
Nobody knows what starts the sap along the twigs of a very young, tender, and green woman's nature. In my case it was Samuel Foster Crittenden, though how could he have counted on the amount of Grandmother Nelson that was planted deep in my disposition, ready to spring up and bear fruit as soon as I was brought in direct acquaintance with a seed-basket and a garden hoe? Also why should Sam's return to a primitive state have forced my ancestry up to the point of flowering on the surface? I do hope Sam will not have to suffer consequences, but I can't help it if he does. What's born in us is not our fault.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Phyllis. V1. 15 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

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The country is so much larger than the city and so empty that you rattle around in it until you wonder if you are ever going to get stuck to any place, especially if there isn't a house numbered anywhere. Our street is named Providence Road and the house Byrd Mansion and I am afraid I'll never be at home there as long as I live. But the doctor says Mother has to live in the country for always, and I'm only glad it isn't any countrier than Byrdsville.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Rose of Old Harpeth. V1. 16 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
"Why, don't you know nothing in the world compliments a loaf of bread like the asking for a fourth slice," laughed Rose Mary as she reached up on the stone shelf above her head and took down a large crusty loaf and a long knife. "Thick or thin?" she asked as she raised her lashes from her blue eyes for a second of hospitable inquiry.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Daredevil. V1. 13 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
Was there ever a woman who did not very greatly desire for herself, at long moments, the doublet and hose of a man, perhaps also his sword, as well as his attitude in the viewing of life? I think not. To a very small number of those ladies of great curiosity it has been granted that they climb to those ramparts of the life of a man; but it was needful that they be stout of limb and sturdy of heart to sustain themselves upon that eminence and not be dashed below upon the rocks of a strange land. I, Roberta, Marquise de Grez and Bye, have obtained glimpses into a far country and this is what I bring on returning, not as a spy, but, shall I say, laden with spices and forbidden fruit?

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Golden Bird. V1. 13 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

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The primary need of a woman's nature is always supposed to be love, but very suddenly I discovered that in my case it was money, a lot of it and quick. That is, I thought I needed a lot and in a very great hurry; but if I had known what I know now, I might have been contented feeding upon the bread of some kind of charity, for instance, like being married to Matthew Berry the very next day after I discovered my poverty. But at that period of my life I was a very ignorant girl, and in the most noble spirit of a desperate adventure I embarked upon the quest of the Golden Bird, which in one short year has landed me—I am now the richest woman in the world.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Heart's Kingdom. V1. 13 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

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"A beautiful woman is intended to create a heaven on earth and she has no business wasting herself making imaginary excursions into any future paradise. The present is her time for action; and again, Charlotte, I ask you to name the day upon which you intend to marry me," said Nickols Powers, as he stood lounging in the broad window of Aunt Clara's music room and gazing down into the subdued traffic of upper Madison Avenue.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Melting of Molly. V1. 14 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

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Yes, I truly think that in all the world there is nothing so dead as a young widow's deceased husband, and God ought to give His wisest man-angel special charge concerning looking after her and the devil at the same time. They both need it! I don't know how all this is going to end and I wish my mind wasn't in a kind of tingle. However, I'll do the best I can and not hold myself at all responsible for myself, and then who will there be to blame?

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Road to Providence. V1. 15 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

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"Now, child, be sure and don't mix 'em with a heavy hand! Lightness is expected of riz biscuits and had oughter be dealt out to 'em by the mixer from the start. Just this way—"
"Mother, oh, Mother," came a perturbed hail in Doctor Mayberry's voice from the barn door, "Spangles is off the nest again—better come quick!"

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Tinder-Box. V1. 16 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

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All love is a gas, and it takes either loneliness, strength of character, or religion to liquefy it into a condition to be ladled out of us, one to another. There is a certain dangerously volatile state of it; and occasionally people, especially of opposite sexes, try to administer it to each other in that form, with asphyxiation resulting to both hearts. And I'm willing to confess that it is generally a woman's fault when such an accident occurs. That is, it is a mistake of her nature, not one of intent. But she is learning!

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Davis, Norbert: Holocaust House. v1 23 Dec 2007

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Dr. Drib previously posted Oh, Murder Mine in Sony format, so I thought I would continue with other Norbert Davis pulps. Davis created a series incorporating a detective named Doan and his dog, a giant Great Dane named Carstairs. The series in chronological order is:

Holocaust House 1940 - a long short story or a short novel
The Mouse in the Mountain 1943 - novel
Sally's in the Alley 1943 - novel
Cry Murder! 1944 - short story
Oh, Murder Mine 1946 - novel

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Davis, Norbert: Red Goose and Something for the Sweeper. v1 23 Dec 2007

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More pulp fiction from Norbert Davis, this time two short stories called Red Goose and Something for the Sweeper. There's a lot of information and analysis on the internet about this writer who seems to have attracted quite a following, including the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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Davis, Norbert: Sally's in the Alley. v1 23 Dec 2007

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Dr. Drib previously posted Oh, Murder Mine in Sony format, so I thought I would continue with other Norbert Davis pulps. Davis created a series incorporating a detective named Doan and his dog, a giant Great Dane named Carstairs. The series in chronological order is:

Holocaust House 1940 - a long short story or a short novel
The Mouse in the Mountain 1943 - novel
Sally's in the Alley 1943 - novel
Cry Murder! 1944 - short story
Oh, Murder Mine 1946 - novel

I couldn't find an etext for Cry Murder!, but will upload the first three in the series.

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Davis, Norbert: The Mouse in the Mountain. v1 23 Dec 2007

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Dr. Drib previously posted Oh, Murder Mine in Sony format, so I thought I would continue with other Norbert Davis pulps. Davis created a series incorporating a detective named Doan and his dog, a giant Great Dane named Carstairs. The series in chronological order is:

Holocaust House 1940 - a long short story or a short novel
The Mouse in the Mountain 1943 - novel
Sally's in the Alley 1943 - novel
Cry Murder! 1944 - short story
Oh, Murder Mine 1946 - novel

I couldn't find an etext for Cry Murder!, but will upload the first three in the series.

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Davis, Richard Harding: In the Fog. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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The Grill is the club most difficult of access in the world. To be placed on its rolls distinguishes the new member as greatly as though he had received a vacant Garter or had been caricatured in "Vanity Fair."
Men who belong to the Grill Club never mention that fact. If you were to ask one of them which clubs he frequents, he will name all save that particular one. He is afraid if he told you he belonged to the Grill, that it would sound like boasting.

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Davis, Richard Harding: A Charmed Life. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
She loved him so, that when he went away to a little war in which his country was interested she could not understand, nor quite forgive.
As the correspondent of a newspaper, Chesterton had looked on at other wars; when the yellow races met, when the infidel Turk spanked the Christian Greek; and one he had watched from inside a British square, where he was greatly alarmed lest he should be trampled upon by terrified camels. This had happened before he and she had met. After they met, she told him that what chances he had chosen to take before he came into her life fell outside of her jurisdiction. But now that his life belonged to her, this talk of his standing up to be shot at was wicked. It was worse than wicked; it was absurd.

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Davis, Richard Harding: A Question of Latitude. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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Of the school of earnest young writers at whom the word muckraker had been thrown in opprobrium, and by whom it had been caught up as a title of honor, Everett was among the younger and less conspicuous. But, if in his skirmishes with graft and corruption he had failed to correct the evils he attacked, from the contests he himself had always emerged with credit. His sincerity and his methods were above suspicion. No one had caught him in misstatement, or exaggeration.

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Davis, Richard Harding: A Wasted Day. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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When its turn came, the private secretary, somewhat apologetically, laid the letter in front of the Wisest Man in Wall Street.
"From Mrs. Austin, probation officer, Court of General Sessions," he explained. "Wants a letter about Spear. He's been convicted of theft. Comes up for sentence Tuesday."

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Davis, Richard Harding: Billy and the Big Stick. V1. 18 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, they need not have left Hayti.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Captain Macklin. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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It may seem presumptuous that so young a man as myself should propose to write his life and memoirs, for, as a rule, one waits until he has accomplished something in the world, or until he has reached old age, before he ventures to tell of the times in which he has lived, and of his part in them. But the profession to which I belong, which is that of a soldier, and which is the noblest profession a man can follow, is a hazardous one, and were I to delay until to-morrow to write down what I have seen and done, these memoirs might never be written, for, such being the fortune of war, to-morrow might not come.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Cinderella. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

CINDERELLA
MISS DELAMAR'S UNDERSTUDY
THE EDITOR'S STORY
AN ASSISTED EMIGRANT
THE REPORTER WHO MADE HIMSELF KING

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Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. 21 Oct 07

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Written in 1897 (before the Spanish-American War) parts of this book were originally letters from Davis to the [New York Journal.[/ Run by William Randolph Hearst, the [New York Journal[/ represented the apex of American "yellow journalism." Famous for his "you get me the pictures, I'll supply the war" quote, Hearst is credited with pushing the US into the Spanish-American War. Much of that push was supplied by the Davis letters.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
After my return from Cuba many people asked me questions concerning the situation there, and I noticed that they generally asked the same questions. This book has been published with the idea of answering those questions as fully as is possible for me to do after a journey through the island, during which I traveled in four of the six provinces, visiting towns, seaports, plantations and military camps, and stopping for several days in all of the chief cities of Cuba, with the exception of Santiago and Pinar del Rio.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Episodes in Van Bibber's Life. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
It was at the end of the first act of the first night of "The Sultana," and every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down to the wardrobe woman's son, who would have had to work if his mother lost her place, was sick with anxiety.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Gallegher and Other Stories. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

GALLEGHER
A WALK UP THE AVENUE
MY DISREPUTABLE FRIEND, MR. RAEGEN
THE OTHER WOMAN
THE TRAILER FOR ROOM NO. 8
"THERE WERE NINETY AND NINE"
THE CYNICAL MISS CATHERWAIGHT
VAN BIBBER AND THE SWAN-BOATS
VAN BIBBER'S BURGLAR
VAN BIBBER AS BEST MAN

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Davis, Richard Harding: Miss Civilization. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
"Miss Civilization" is founded on a story by the late James Harvey Smith. All professional rights in this play belong to Richard Harding Davis. Amateurs who desire to produce "Miss Civilization" may do so, providing they apply for permission to the editor of Collier's Weekly, in which publication this play was first printed.

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Davis, Richard Harding: My Buried Treasure. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

MY BURIED TREASURE
THE CONSUL

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Davis, Richard Harding: Notes of a War Correspondent. 21 Oct 07

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Richard Harding Davis (18 April 1864—11 April 1916) wrote [Notes of a War Correspondent[/ in 1910. In it he describes several recent wars that he has covered including the US war against Spain in Cuba and the war in South Africa.

It has often been said that history is written by the winners and then by a person hiding behind a rock well away from the action. A war correspondent does not have the perspective of time to reflect the importance of the events he or she is reporting, they bring their own bias with them and see things through that lens.

This book offers a rare insight into that world of reporting a hundred years ago.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Once Upon A Time. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

A QUESTION OF LATITUDE
THE SPY
THE MESSENGERS
A WASTED DAY
A CHARMED LIFE
THE AMATEUR
THE MAKE-BELIEVE MAN
PEACE MANOEUVRES

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Davis, Richard Harding: Peace Manoeuvres. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
The scout stood where three roads cut three green tunnels in the pine woods, and met at his feet. Above his head an aged sign-post pointed impartially to East Carver, South Carver, and Carver Centre, and left the choice to him.
The scout scowled and bit nervously at his gauntlet. The choice was difficult, and there was no one with whom he could take counsel.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Ranson's Folly. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

RANSON'S FOLLY
THE BAR SINISTER
A DERELICT
LA LETTRE D'AMOUR
IN THE FOG

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Davis, Richard Harding: Real Soldiers of Fortune. 21 Oct 07

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Written in 1906, [Real Soldiers of Fortune[/ contains one of the first biographies of Sir Winston Churchill from his days in the Boar War.

The total cast includes:

- Major-General Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver

- Baron James Harden-Hickey

- Winston Spencer Churchill

- Captain Philo Norton McGiffin

- General William Walker, The King of the Filibusters

- Major Burnham, Chief of Scouts

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Davis, Richard Harding: Soldiers of Fortune. 22 Oct 07

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Unlike [Real Soldiers of Fortune, Soldiers of Fortune[/ is a fictional work. Although all of Davis' reporting had a bit of fiction in them as all of his fiction had a bit of non-fiction in them.

Written in 1897, before [Real Soldiers of Fortune[/, it provides a composite of several people that Davis had known in his life as a war correspondent.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Amateur.V1. 17 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
It was February off the Banks, and so thick was the weather that, on the upper decks, one could have driven a sleigh. Inside the smoking-room Austin Ford, as securely sheltered from the blizzard as though he had been sitting in front of a wood fire at his club, ordered hot gin for himself and the ship's doctor. The ship's doctor had gone below on another "hurry call" from the widow.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys. V1. 18 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE BOY SCOUT
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
GALLEGHER
BLOOD WILL TELL
THE BAR SINISTER

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout. V1. 18 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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A rule of the Boy Scouts is every day to do some one a good turn. Not because the copy-books tell you it deserves another, but in spite of that pleasing possibility. If you are a true scout, until you have performed your act of kindness your day is dark. You are as unhappy as is the grown-up who has begun his day without shaving or reading the New York Sun. But as soon as you have proved yourself you may, with a clear conscience, look the world in the face and untie the knot in your kerchief.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Consul. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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For over forty years, in one part of the world or another, old man Marshall had, served his country as a United States consul. He had been appointed by Lincoln. For a quarter of a century that fact was his distinction. It was now his epitaph.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Deserter.20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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When Mr. Davis wrote the story of "The Deserter," he could not possibly have foreseen that it was to be his last story—the last of those short stories which gave him such eminence as a short-story writer.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Exiles and Other Stories. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

The Exiles
The Boy Orator Of Zepata City
The Other Woman
On The Fever Ship
The Lion And The Unicorn
The Last Ride Together
Miss Delamar's Understudy
The Reporter Who Made Himself King

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Frame Up. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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When the voice over the telephone promised to name the man who killed Hermann Banf, District Attorney Wharton was up-town lunching at Delmonico's. This was contrary to his custom and a concession to Hamilton Cutler, his distinguished brother-in-law. That gentleman was interested in a State constabulary bill and had asked State Senator Bissell to father it. He had suggested to the senator that, in the legal points involved in the bill, his brother-in-law would undoubtedly be charmed to advise him. So that morning, to talk it over, Bissell had come from Albany and, as he was forced to return the same afternoon, had asked Wharton to lunch with him up-town near the station.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Lion and the Unicorn. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE LION AND THE UNICORN
ON THE FEVER SHIP
THE MAN WITH ONE TALENT
THE VAGRANT
THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Log of the Jolly Polly. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
Temptation came to me when I was in the worst possible position to resist it.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost House. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
It was a dull day at the chancellery. His Excellency the American Ambassador was absent in Scotland, unveiling a bust to Bobby Burns, paid for by the numerous lovers of that poet in Pittsburg; the First Secretary was absent at Aldershot, observing a sham battle; the Military Attache was absent at the Crystal Palace, watching a foot-ball match; the Naval Attache was absent at the Duke of Deptford's, shooting pheasants; and at the Embassy, the Second Secretary, having lunched leisurely at the Artz, was now alone, but prepared with his life to protect American interests. Accordingly, on the condition that the story should not be traced back to him, he had just confided a State secret to his young friend, Austin Ford, the London correspondent of the New York REPUBLIC.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost Road. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE LOST ROAD
THE MIRACLE OF LAS PALMAS
EVIL TO HIM WHO EVIL THINKS
THE MEN OF ZANZIBAR
THE LONG ARM
THE GOD OF COINCIDENCE
THE BURIED TREASURE OF COBRE
THE BOY SCOUT
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
THE DESERTER

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Make-Believe Man. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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I had made up my mind that when my vacation came I would spend it seeking adventures. I have always wished for adventures, but, though I am old enough—I was twenty-five last October—and have always gone half-way to meet them, adventures avoid me. Kinney says it is my fault. He holds that if you want adventures you must go after them.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Man Who Could Not Lose. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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With an income so uncertain that the only thing that could be said of it with certainty was that it was too small to support even himself, Carter should not have thought of matrimony. Nor, must it be said to his credit, did he think of it until the girl came along that he wanted to marry.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Messengers. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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When Ainsley first moved to Lone Lake Farm all of his friends asked him the same question. They wanted to know, if the farmer who sold it to him had abandoned it as worthless, how one of the idle rich, who could not distinguish a plough from a harrow, hoped to make it pay? His answer was that he had not purchased the farm as a means of getting richer by honest toil, but as a retreat from the world and as a test of true friendship. He argued that the people he knew accepted his hospitality at Sherry's because, in any event, they themselves would be dining within a taxicab fare of the same place. But if to see him they travelled all the way to Lone Lake Farm, he might feel assured that they were friends indeed.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Nature Faker. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
Richard Herrick was a young man with a gentle disposition, much money, and no sense of humor. His object in life was to marry Miss Catherweight. For three years she had tried to persuade him this could not be, and finally, in order to convince him, married some one else.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Princess Aline. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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H. R. H. the Princess Aline of Hohenwald came into the life of Morton Carlton--or "Morney" Carlton, as men called him--of New York city, when that young gentleman's affairs and affections were best suited to receive her. Had she made her appearance three years sooner or three years later, it is quite probable that she would have passed on out of his life with no more recognition from him than would have been expressed in a look of admiring curiosity.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Red Cross Girl. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE RED CROSS GIRL
THE GRAND CROSS OF THE CRESCENT
THE INVASION OF ENGLAND
BLOOD WILL TELL
THE SAILORMAN
THE MIND READER
THE NAKED MAN
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
THE CARD-SHARP

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Reporter Who Made Himself King. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
The Old Time Journalist will tell you that the best reporter is the one who works his way up. He holds that the only way to start is as a printer's devil or as an office boy, to learn in time to set type, to graduate from a compositor into a stenographer, and as a stenographer take down speeches at public meetings, and so finally grow into a real reporter, with a fire badge on your left suspender, and a speaking acquaintance with all the greatest men in the city, not even excepting Police Captains.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Scarlet Car. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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For a long time it had been arranged they all should go to the Harvard and Yale game in Winthrop's car. It was perfectly well understood. Even Peabody, who pictured himself and Miss Forbes in the back of the car, with her brother and Winthrop in front, condescended to approve. It was necessary to invite Peabody because it was his great good fortune to be engaged to Miss Forbes. Her brother Sam had been invited, not only because he could act as chaperon for his sister, but because since they were at St. Paul's, Winthrop and he, either as participants or spectators, had never missed going together to the Yale-Harvard game. And Beatrice Forbes herself had been invited because she was herself.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Spy. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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My going to Valencia was entirely an accident. But the more often I stated that fact, the more satisfied was everyone at the capital that I had come on some secret mission. Even the venerable politician who acted as our minister, the night of my arrival, after dinner, said confidentially, "Now, Mr. Crosby, between ourselves, what's the game?"

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Davis, Richard Harding: The White Mice. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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People who are stay-at-home bodies come to believe the whole world is the village in which they live. People who are rolling-stones claim that if you travel far enough and long enough the whole world becomes as one village; that sooner or later you make friends with every one in it; that the only difference between the stay-at-homes and the gadabouts is that while the former answer local telephone calls, the others receive picture postal-cards. There is a story that seems to illustrate how small this world is. In fact, this is the story.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Vera, the Medium, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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A short novel. (1908)

Is Vera a true medium or a fake? A lot of people want to find out…

This continues our Vera-related series of books. We already have Oscar Wilde’s Vera and Villier de l’Isle Adam’s Vera, so here’s another.

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Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. 22 Oct 07

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Sometimes the war correspondent gets involved in the story. From 1914 in Europe.

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Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
I have not seen the letter addressed by President Wilson to the American people calling upon them to preserve toward this war the mental attitude of neutrals. But I have seen the war. And I feel sure had President Wilson seen my war he would not have written his letter.
This is not a war against Germans, as we know Germans in America, where they are among our sanest, most industrious, and most responsible fellow countrymen. It is a war, as Winston Churchill has pointed out, against the military aristocracy of Germany, men who are six hundred years behind the times; who, to preserve their class against democracy, have perverted to the uses of warfare, to the destruction of life, every invention of modern times. These men are military mad. To our ideal of representative government their own idea is as far opposed as is martial law to the free speech of our town meetings.

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Davis, Richard Harding: With the French in France and Salonika. V1. 29 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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This book was written during the three last months of 1915 and the first month of this year in the form of letters from France, Greece, Serbia, and England. The writer visited ten of the twelve sectors of the French front, seeing most of them from the first trench, and was also on the French-British front in the Balkans. Outside of Paris the French cities visited were Verdun, Amiens, St. Die, Arras, Chalons, Nancy, and Rheims. What he saw served to strengthen his admiration for the French army and, as individuals and as a nation, for the French people, and to increase his confidence in the ultimate success of their arms.

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Davis, Richard Harding; The King's Jackal. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
The Sultan of Morocco had given orders from Fez that the King of Messina, in spite of his incognito, should be treated during his stay in Tangier with the consideration due to his rank, so one-half of the Hotel Grand Bretagne had been set aside for him and his suite, and two soldiers of the Bashaw's Guard sat outside of his door with drawn swords. They were answerable with their heads for the life and safety of the Sultan's guest, and as they could speak no language but their own, they made a visit to his Majesty more a matter of adventure than of etiquette.

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Davis, Richard Harding; The Congo and Coasts of Africa. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
No matter how often one sets out, "for to admire, and for to see, for to behold this world so wide," he never quite gets over being surprised at the erratic manner in which "civilization" distributes itself; at the way it ignores one spot upon the earth's surface, and upon another, several thousand miles away, heaps its blessings and its tyrannies. Having settled in a place one might suppose the "influences of civilization" would first be felt by the people nearest that place. Instead of which, a number of men go forth in a ship and carry civilization as far away from that spot as the winds will bear them.

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Dawson, A.J.: Jan A Dog and a Romance v1 12feb 2009

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Well, the title says it all.

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Jean saw that Jan made an exceptionally fine leader. There was no sort of doubt about it. He set a tremendously high working standard, and hustled the team into accepting it by the exercise of an almost uncannily far-seeing severity. Nothing escaped him, least of all a hint of any kind of shirking. He was quicker than Jean's whip, more sure, and more compelling. But while Jean saw all this, and more, with genuine admiration for Jan, and for his own astuteness in foretelling this exceptional capacity and acquiring ownership of the hound, he also saw, with angry puzzlement, that his team was falling off in condition and in efficiency as a unit.

It was not that the leader lacked either justice or discretion in his fiery severity. Jan displayed both to a miracle. But the team had to live between his severity while at work, and Bill's bitter and tireless persecution and crafty incendiarism outside the traces. Over all, for their consolation, were the whips of the masters. But so infernally crafty was Bill, that he never once allowed the masters to detect the real wickedness of the part he played. They could see poor Blackfoot's bleeding hocks: "We got to call heem Redleg soon. Damn that Beel!"—but they could not see Bill's continuous crafty incitements to mutiny, or the hundred and one ways in which he strove, when out of harness, to work up hatred of Jan among his mates, or when in harness to play subtle tricks which should produce an effect discreditable to the new leader.

Intuitively Jan became aware of most of these things. But even where he detected Bill at fault, he could not trounce the ex-leader as he trounced the other dogs, because he and Bill knew very well that there could be no sparring, no such lightsome thing as mere chastisement, between them. There was war to the death in Bill's snarl when Jan so much as looked at him. He was perfectly certain he could, and would, kill Jan directly a suitable opportunity offered. Jan was not so sure about that; but he did know very well that he was not capable of just thrashing Bill and letting it go at that; for over and above Bill's unbeaten prowess as a fighter and master dog there was a mortal hatred in him where Jan was concerned—a hatred which, weighed as a fighting asset, was almost equivalent to a second set of fangs.

And then came the memorable evening upon which Jean killed a bull-moose and all the team fed full—except Bill.
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A very fine novel about a dog and a romance

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Day, Holman: All-Wool Morrison. V1. 30 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
On this crowded twenty-four-hour cross-section of contemporary American life the curtain goes up at nine-thirty o'clock of a January forenoon.
Locality, the city of Marion—the capital of a state.
Time, that politically throbbing, project-crowded, anxious, and expectant season of plot and counterplot—the birth of a legislative session.
Disclosed, the office of St. Ronan's Mill of the city of Marion.

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Day, Holman: Blow The Man Down. V1. 30 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
Without preface of word or look he whirled and faced her, swept her into his arms and kissed her. He did not attempt to absolve himself or mitigate his offense by telling her that he loved her. He was voiceless—he could not control his speech. He did not dare to show such presumption as talk of love must seem to be to her. He knew he must not speak of love; such proffer to her would be lunacy. But this greater presumption, this blind capture of her in his arms—this was something which he had not intended any more than a sane man considers flight to the moon.

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Day, Holman: Joan of Arc of the North Woods. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
THE timber situation in the Tomah country was surcharged.
When Ward Latisan came upon Rufus Craig, one afternoon in autumn, steel struck flint and trouble’s fuse was lighted.

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Day, Holman: The Landloper. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
The man who called himself Walker Farr plodded down the dusty stretches of a country road.
He moved leisurely. He neither slouched like a vagabond nor did he swing with a stride which indicated that he had aim in life or destination in mind. When he came under arching elms he plucked his worn cap from his head and stuffed it into a coat pocket which already bulged bulkily against his flank. He gazed to right and left upon the glories of a sun-bathed June morning and strolled bareheaded along the aisle of a temple of the great Out-of-Doors.

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Day, Holman: The Rainy Day Railroad War. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
All at once the stump-dotted, rocky hillside became clamorous and animated. From the little shacks sheathed with tarred paper, from the sodded huts, from burrows sunk into the hillside men suddenly came popping out with shrill cries.
Three men, shouldering surveying instruments, stopped in their tracks on the freshly-heaped soil of a new railroad embankment, and gazed up at the hillside. The railroad skirted its foot and the sudden activity on the slope was in full view. "Your lambs seem to be blatting around the fodder-rack once more, Parker," observed the man who lugged the transit. He was a thin, elderly man and his tone was somewhat satirical.

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Day, Holman: The Ramrodders. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

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War and Peace had swapped corners that morning in the village of Fort Canibas. War was muttering at the end where two meeting-houses placidly faced each other across the street. Peace brooded over the ancient blockhouse, relic of the "Bloodless War," and upon the structure that Thelismer Thornton had converted from officers' barracks to his own uses as a dwelling.

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Day, Holman: The Skipper and the Skipped. V1. 1 Jan 2011

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

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Cap'n Aaron Sproul, late skipper of the Jefferson P. Benn, sat by the bedside of his uncle, "One-arm" Jerry, and gazed into the latter's dimming eyes.
"It ain't bein' a crowned head, but it's honer'ble," pleaded the sick man, continuing the conversation.
His eager gaze found only gloominess in his nephew's countenance.
"One way you look at it, Uncle Jed," said the Cap'n, "it's a come-down swifter'n a slide from the foretop the whole length of the boomstay. I've been master since I was twenty-four, and I'm goin' onto fifty-six now. I've licked every kind in the sailorman line, from a nigger up to Six-fingered Jack the Portugee. If it wa'n't for—ow, Josephus Henry!—for this rheumatiz, I'd be aboard the Benn this minute with a marlinespike in my hand, and op'nin' a fresh package of language."

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Day, Holman: When Egypt Went Broke. V1. 1 Jan 2011

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
Some fishermen, seeking bait, stay up late and "jack" angleworms with a bull's-eye light. The big worms are abroad on the soil under cover of the darkness. Other fishermen get up early and dig while the dew is holding the smaller worms near the surface of the ground; in going after worms the shrewd operator makes the job easy for himself.

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De Gourmont, Remy: Mr. Antiphilos, Satyr & Colors, v1, 28 March 2010.

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Remy de Gourmont [1858–1915]
Mr. Antiphilos, Satyr [Lettres d’un satyr 1922
Translated From the French by John Howard
With An Introduction by Jack Lewis

Three Stories from Colors [Blue, Zinzoline and Whit 1922
Translated by Louis Lozowick [1892–1973]

Mr. Antiphilos is a satyr who comes to live in Italy, then in France. As a child of nature and one of the old gods, he finds modern civilisation rather confusing.

I made this from a scan at The Internet Archive. I have silently corrected some obvious typos and have added a picture by Antonio Allegri da Correggio, because it is mentioned in the text.
I’m putting this onto the U.S. server because at least one of the translators is not yet PD in Canada.

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de la Mare, Walter: The Return. v1. 2 Dec 07

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Written in 1910, this poignant tale of psychic possession concerns a Mr. Arthur Lawford, who appears to have been possessed by the spirit of a long-dead 18th-century pirate.

One of de la Mare's finest occult stories, the novel also deals with domestic trauma, unrequited love and philosophical reflection--all blended into a seamless whole.

I haven't read it yet, but I was drawn in by the first chapter and decided that I would post it.

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de Laclos, Pierre Choderlos: Gefährliche Liebschaften. [German]. V1. 4 Jan 2011

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Gefährliche Liebschaften (franz.: Les Liaisons dangereuses), ein Briefroman von Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos, gilt als ein Hauptwerk der französischen Literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts (1782) und Sittengemälde des ausgehenden Ancien régime. (Wiki)

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de Massa, Philippe: Zibeline. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Alexandre-Philippe-Regnier de Massa (1831-1911), a soldier, composer and French dramatist and novelist who was born in Paris. He selected the military career and received a commission in the cavalry. He served in the Imperial Guards and took part in the Italian and Franco-German Wars. His Royal-Cravate was represented at the Opera Comique in 1861. He further wrote [Zibeline[/, a most brilliant romance (1892) with an introduction by Jules Claretie; crowned by the Academie Francaise. It is an interesting study of a brilliant and unconventional American girl as seen by the eyes of a clever Frenchman. This odd and dainty little story has a heroine of striking originality, in character and exploits. Her real name is Valentine de Vermont, and she is the daughter of a fabulously wealthy French-American dealer in furs. Amongst his famous works are: Le Service en Campagne (1882), La Cicatrice (1885), Au Mont Ida (1887), Fronsac a La Bastille (1887), La Coeur de Paris (1887), La Czarine and Brouille Depuis Magenta (1888), and La Bonne Aventure (1889).

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De Mille, James: A Castle in Spain. V1. 3 Jan 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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The train for the North was about to start from Madrid, and the station was filled with the usual varied and bustling crowd. Throngs of soldiers were there; throngs of priests; throngs of civilians; throngs of peasants; all moving to and fro, intermingled with the railway employés, and showing the power of steam to stir up even the lazy Spaniard to unwonted punctuality and portentous activity. In the midst of this busy scene two men stood apart, each by himself, with eyes fixed upon the entrance, as though expecting some one whose advent was of no ordinary importance.

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De Mille, James: Among the Brigands. V1. 3 Jna 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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Mr. Moses V. Sprole had passed the greater part of his life in his native village, and being anxious to see the world, resolved upon a tour in Europe. As he did not care to go alone, he offered to take with him his four nephews, who were great favorites with their bachelor uncle, and his chief associates. This offer met with an eager response from the boys, and a willing assent from their parents, who fully believed that a tour of this description would be of immense benefit to them. This brief explanation will serve to account for the appearance of Uncle Moses in Naples, where he landed on a mellow day in February, en route for Switzerland, bowed down with the responsibility of several heavy trunks, and the still heavier responsibility of four fine lumps of boys, of whose troubles, trials, tribulations, and manifold adventures, he seemed, on the present occasion, to have a mournful presentiment.

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De Mille, James: Cord and Creese. V1. 4 Jan 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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On the morning of July 21, 1840, the Daily News announced the arrival of the ship Rival at Sydney, New South Wales. As ocean steam navigation had not yet extended so far, the advent of this ship with the English mail created the usual excitement. An eager crowd beset the post-office, waiting for the delivery of the mail; and little knots at the street corners were busily discussing the latest hints at news which had been gathered from papers brought ashore by the officers or passengers.

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De Mille, James: The American Baron. V1. 2 Jan 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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Somewhat less than a hundred years ago a party of travelers might have been seen crossing over the Simplon Road, en route for Italy. They had been detained at Brieg by reports that the road was impassable; and, as it was the month of March, the prospect of snow and storms and avalanches was sufficient to make them hesitate. At length the road had been reopened, and they were informed that the journey might be made on sleds.

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De Quincey, Thomas: On Murder Considered As One of the Fine Arts, v1, 1 Dec 2009

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Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859)
On Murder, Considered As One of the Fine Arts (1827)
Second Paper on Murder, Considered As One of the Fine Arts (1839)

Two essays which argue that the artistic and aesthetic elements of murder ought to be considered, rather than merely the ethical dimension.

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de Unamuno, Miguel.: Tragic Sense of Life. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) was a prolific writer of essays, novels, poetry, and the stage plays. His books include Peace in War (1895), The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho (1905), and Abel Sánchez (1917).

This is the masterpiece of Miguel de Unamuno, a member of the group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers known as the "Generation of '98," and a writer whose work dramatically influenced a wide range of 20th-century literature. His down-to-earth demeanor and no-nonsense outlook makes this 1921 book a favorite of intellectuals to this day, a practical, sensible discussion of the war between faith and reason that consumed the twentieth century and continues to rage in the twenty-first century. de Unamuno's philosophy is not the stuff of a rarefied realm but an integral part of fleshly, sensual life, metaphysics that speaks to daily living and the real world.

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Debord, Guy: The Society of the Spectacle, v.1, 11 December 2008

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Guy Debord (1931–1994)
The Society of the Spectacle
(La Société du spectacle)
(Paris, 1967)
Translated from the French by Ken Knabb, 2002.
No Copyright.

The Situationist text.

From Wikipedia:
“Alienation, Debord postulated, could be accounted for by the invasive forces of the 'spectacle' - "a social relation between people that is mediated by images". Debord's analysis developed the notions of "reification" and "fetishism of the commodity" pioneered by Karl Marx and Georg Lukács. This analysis probed the historical, economic and psychological roots of 'the media'. Central to this school of thought was the claim that alienation is more than an emotive description or an aspect of individual psychology: rather, it is a consequence of the mercantile form of social organization which has reached its climax in capitalism.”

Guy Debord published his works with an anti-copyright notice, which the translator, Ken Knabb has preserved. I found the book on Ken Knabb’s website http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord/
which also contains a number of other Situationist texts. The same translation is also available at Wikisource.

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DeBord, J.M: Something Coming, a New Age Thriller V1 1 July 2010

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This is the first book of the Something Coming series, offered here to give readers a taste for the writing of J.M. DeBord, and perhaps entice them to shell out 3.99 for the ebook sequel: The Second Coming of Antiochus. If for some reason Mobileread takes down the file, please follow this link. As of today, the file is 'pay what you want' at Smashwords.com. I am the copyright holder, and thank Mobileread for the opportunity to give readers the novel that took ten years to create (including the sequel). Here's the short description:

Meet King Antiochus, coming very soon to an Apocalypse near you. When he died 21 centuries ago he never passed on; instead his spirit waited for resurrection. He's been preparing for his return, watching humanity until its fruit ripened ready to be harvested for the New Age. That time is now. But to Christians and Jews he can only be the Antichrist. It's a recipe for Armageddon.

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Dee, Roger: Control Group, v.1, 13 April 2008

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Roger Dee was the pseudonym used by Roger D. Aycock (1914-2004). This story is from the January, 1960 issue of [Amazing Science Fiction Stories[/. The Gutenberg transcriber states that "extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright of this publication was renewed." Other scifi works by the author include [The Star Dice[/ and [An Earth Gone Mad[/.

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Deeping, Warwick: Doomsday. V1. 23 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Warwick, a best-selling novelist in both Europe and America in the 1920s and 1930s, became a household name in the years following the publication of Sorrell and Son. His bestseller Doomsday begins: Someone had asked Mary Viner as a child why she so disliked going to school, and had received the pregnant reply: 'Cos one does the same thing every day; and at the age of three-and-twenty Mary was still resenting repetition. Only more so, because life had become more busily full of it, a circus of dreary tidyings and cleanlinesses, of washings up and washings down, of moments that smelt of yellow soap, and tea leaves and paraffin.

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Deeping, Warwick: Kitty. V1. 25 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
"Mater—Kitty did it. She fell out of the punt, and I just found myself on my legs. That's how it happened. Just like that."

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Deeping, Warwick: Mr Gurney and Mr Slade. V1. 29 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
James Slade was tired, and legitimately so, for London was sweating in the embrace of a heat wave, and Mr. Slade had been doing business with his wholesalers, so, at Fenchurch Street Station he entered a first-class compartment and, placing his hat in the rack, snuggled down into a corner seat and waited for some official person to arrive, to whom he could tender the additional tribute. Mr. Slade was—for the moment—alone in the carriage, and both windows were down, but this London station seemed airless. Mr. Slade sat and thought of a chair in the garden, and sea-breezes, and a glass of Eliza's home-made lemonade. Moreover, as one of Southfleet's most singular and successful citizens, he could claim, even with humility, the prestige of first-class travel. And in August the Southfleet trains became packed like cattle-trucks, with London's East End pouring forth for its yearly sousing in the sea.

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Deeping, Warwick: Old Pybus. V1. 23 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

In this novel two generations, both misunderstood by the generation that stands between, find a rare sympathy and a mutual understanding in each other's outlook; and in it Deeping has wrought a story for which its deep humanity is not second even to his great triumph, Sorrel and Son.

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Deeping, Warwick: Roper's Row. V1. 24 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
The girl was tempted by the open door. It was unusual for Hazzard to leave his door open. His habit was to shut it quietly and carefully, for like many other doors in Roper's Row it had seen better days, and was suffering from decrepitude, strained hinges and a stammering lock. Hazzard knew the habits of that door. Unless you were firm with it and made sure that the catch had caught, the door would swing slowly back into the room, uttering a little creaking moan. It was a faithless, treasonable door. It was ready to betray you and your secrets, and Hazzard had many reasons for wishing to keep the door closed.

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Deeping, Warwick: Smith. V1. 28 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
The names of the four men were Tower, Smith, Woodward, and Scudder. Tower and Smith were busy at the benches. Woodward, a sallow man, baldish and with a sneering nose, was honing a chisel. Young Scudder, the shop's lout, had got hold of a broom and was preparing to sweep up the shavings. Both he and Woodward, while ostensibly at work, were waiting for the hooter of Royal's Carriage Works to set them free.

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Deeping, Warwick: Sorrell and Son. V1. 23 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
For Sorrell still kept his trousers creased, nor had he reached that state of mind when a man can contemplate with unaffected naturalness the handling of his own luggage. There were still things he did and did not do. He was a gentleman. True, society had come near to pushing him off the shelf of his class- consciousness into the welter of the casual and the unemployed, but, though hanging by his hands, he had refused to drop. Hence Mr. Sawkins and Mr. Sawkins' coster's barrow, transport for the Sorrell baggage.

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Deeping, Warwick: The Impudence of Youth. V1. 29 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
They had climbed one of the deep trackways under the beech trees, a track that was as old as time. The trees were in spring leaf, and green with that strange and luminous greenness that is like light caught and transformed into one of the garments of God. The grey trunks rose out of the chalky soil in which flints lay amid the bronze of last years leaves. The sky was invisible above the massed canopies, but there was the other blueness of bluebells pouring down the slopes. There was a great stillness here, supreme peace.

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Deeping, Warwick: The Road. V1. 26 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
"Yes, I'm thinking of retiring. Remember the Ten Commandments? Fact is, you know, Mrs. B., you and I ought to have settled down together. I could have turned my old bus into a trade van, and fetched your eggs and your bread and your groceries. But then, after all, I've only been a little old pirate on wheels, and pirates are out of date. You've got to be G.P.O. or L.G.O., or something. But don't forget I've made you the offer."

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Deeping, Warwick: The Secret Sanctuary. V1. 24 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
"I'm yours; I must be yours, every bit of me. You will always think of me as yours, utterly and only yours. John, I'm your sanctuary. I'm between you—and that. It's dead."

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Deeping, Warwick: Uther and Igraine, v.1, 15 August 2008.

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Warwick Deeping (1877–1950)
Uther and Igraine (1903)

A historical romance about the parents of King Arthur (though of dubious historical accuracy).
Warwick Deeping was an incredibly prolific and popular author in his time. This was his first novel.

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Defoe, Daniel: Dickory Cronke. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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A faithful and very surprising Account how Dickory Cronke, a Tinner’s son, in the County of Cornwall, was born Dumb, and continued so for Fifty-eight years; and how, some days before he died, he came to his Speech; with Memoirs of his Life, and the Manner of his Death.

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Defoe, Daniel: Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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Daniel Defoe
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Being the Second and Last Part of His Life
(1719)

A sequel to Robinson Crusoe.

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Defoe, Daniel: Moll Flanders, v1, 15 Oct 2007.

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The original blurb reads:

‘The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c.
Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu’d Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv’d Honest, and dies a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums
by Daniel Defoe.’

I have added a picture. I didn’t add a ToC because there are no chapters – there is an author’s preface followed by a continuous narrative.

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Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe german v1 01 feb 2009

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Der junge Kaufmannssohn Robinson Crusoe setzt trotz der Ermahnungen seines Vaters die gesicherte Existenz in England aufs Spiel und versucht sein Glück im Überseehandel. Diese Ermahnungen missachtend wird Robinson Crusoe auf einer seiner ersten Fahrten vor der Küste Nordafrikas von maurischen Piraten überfallen und versklavt.

Nach zweijähriger Gefangenschaft gelingt ihm die Flucht und es verschlägt ihn nach Brasilien. Dort angekommen kommt Robinson durch geschicktes Handeln schnell zu Geld. Er erwirbt eine eigene Plantage und bewirtschaftet diese so gut er es vermag. Doch bald treibt es ihn erneut zur See, um schwarze Sklaven für seine und andere Plantagen aus Guinea in Afrika zu holen. Auf dieser Fahrt erleidet er bei einem Sturm in der Karibik Schiffbruch und strandet an einer abgelegenen Insel, kein anderes Mitglied der Schiffsbesatzung überlebt.
Für Crusoe beginnt ein jahrelanger, abenteuerreicher Kampf ums Überleben.

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Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe, v1, 15 Oct 2007.

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Daniel Defoe
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
(1719)
The original blurb reads:

‘The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherin all the Men perished but himself. With an Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself.’

ToC and picture added.

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del Rey, Lester: Badge of Infamy. 21 Aug 07

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Another from a master of the golden age of SciFi. The original cover from the paperback has been used for the ebook cover.

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del Rey, Lester: Dead Ringer, v1 15 October 2009.

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Lester del Rey Dead Ringer
(1915–1993)
Cover illustrated by Dick Francis

“There was nothing, especially on Earth, which could set him free—the truth least of all!”
A reporter becomes convinced that zombies exist… But has he gone mad? There is a sting in the tail of this short story.

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Galaxy Science Fiction November 1956. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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del Rey, Lester: The Sky is Falling. 21 Aug 07

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Another from a master of the golden age of SciFi. The original cover from the paperback has been used for the ebook cover.

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del Rey, Lester: Victory, v1 28 June 2009

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A novella by Lester del Rey from the pages of Astounding Science Fiction August 1955.

[QUOTIt seemed Earth was a rich, and undefended planet in a warring, hating galaxy. Things can be deceptive though; children playing can be quite rough—but that ain't war, friend![/QUOT

From Wikipedia
[QUOTLester del Rey (June 2, 1915–May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.[/QUOT

Lester and Judy-Lynn del Rey

Fully illustrated.

Source: Project Gutenberg

Reformatted for my enjoyment, and hopefully yours!

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Delafield, E M: Diary of a Provincial Lady, v.1, 23 July 2008.

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E M Delafield (1890–1943)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
With Illustrations by Arthur Watts
First published 1930

A novel in the form of a diary. The upper-middle class lady takes wry look at the problems of domestic life in the countryside.

The original had no chapter breaks. I have added a TOC, inserting the titles of each month, so as to make navigation easier. The source (PG Australia) contained a number of OCR errors. I’ve made a number of corrections but, if you find any remaining then please PM me so that I can issue a revised version.

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Delafield, E M: The Provincial Lady Goes Further, v.1, 24 July 2008.

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E M Delafield (1890–1943)
The Provincial Lady Goes Further
With Illustrations by Arthur Watts
First published 1932

A sequel to ‘The Diary of a Provincial Lady.’ After achieving literary success, the lady describes another year’s events in her diary.

The original had no chapter breaks. I have added a TOC, inserting the titles of each month, so as to make navigation easier. The source (PG Australia) contained a few OCR errors. I’ve made corrections but, if you find any remaining then please PM me so that I can issue a revised version.

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Deland, Margaret: John Ward, Preacher. V1. 28 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920. She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

In 1888 she published her first novel, John Ward, Preacher, which deals with religious and social questions after the manner of the British writer Mrs. Humphry Ward. The book stirred public opinion against its supposed irreligion, portraying the irreconcilable and destructive conflict between a Calvinist minister and his wife, who cannot accept the doctrine of eternal damnation.

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Deland, Margaret: The Awakening of Helena Richie. V1.

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

The Awakening of Helena Richie is a novel set in the 19th century fictional locale of Old Chester, a Western Pennsylvania rural village near Pittsburgh.The novel tells the story of a new resident of Old Chester, Helena Richie, and examines American society's double standard of morality for women.It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from January through July 1906.

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Deland, Margaret: The Iron Woman. V1. 29 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

The Iron Woman is a novel of manners set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The novel tells the story of Mrs. Maitland, a leathery old widow who owns and operates an iron mill. Her devotion to a Puritanical work ethic alienates her son Blair, who though he stands to inherit the business, is headstrong and in love with Elizabeth Ferguson, a match Mrs. Maitland disapproves of.
It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from November 1910 through October 1911.

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Deland, Margaret: The Vehement Flame. V1. 29 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

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There is nothing in the world nobler, and lovelier, and more absurd, than a boy’s lovemaking. And the joyousness of it!...

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Deland, Margaret: The Way To Peace. V1. 30 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

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In her slim prettiness Athalia Hall looked like a girl, but she was thirty-four. Part of the girlishness lay in the smoothness of her white forehead and in the sincere intensity of her gaze. She wore a blue linen dress, and there was a little, soft, blue scarf under her chin; her white hat, with pink roses and loops of gray-blue ribbon, shadowed eager, unhumorous eyes, the color of forget-me-nots. Her husband was her senior by several years-a large, loose-limbed man, with a scholarly face and mild, calm eyes-eyes that were full of a singular tenacity of purpose. Just now his face showed the fatigue of the long climb up-hill; and when his wife, stopping to look back over the glistening tops of the birches, said, “I believe it’s half a mile to the top yet!” he agreed, breathlessly. “Hard work!” he said.

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Dell, Ethel M: Charles Rex. V1. 25 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

Raffish Charles and always perservering Antoinette search for lasting love.

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Dell, Ethel M: Greatheart. V1. 25 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.
A popular romance. The bestselling novel in the United States in 1918. A contemporary classic. Full of passion and love.

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Dell, Ethel M: Rosa Mundi and Other Stories. V1. 26 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

It was a day in late September, but the warmth of it was as a dream of summer returned. The season was nearly over, or he had not betaken himself thither, but the spell of heat had prolonged it unduly. It had been something of a shock to him to find the place still occupied by a buzzing crowd of visitors.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Bars of Iron. V1. 26 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

She recalled old Mrs. Marshall's dour remarks concerning him;--"brought up by men from his cradle," brought up, moreover, by that terrible old Sir Beverley on the one hand and an irresponsible French valet on the other. She caught herself wishing that she had had the upbringing of him, and smiled again. There was a great deal of sweetness in his nature; of that she was sure, and because of it she found she could forgive his waywardness, reflecting that he had probably been mismanaged from his earliest infancy.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Keeper of the Door. V1. 27 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

She made a face at him and gave the hammock a vicious twitch which caused him to rock with some violence for several seconds. As he was wont pathetically to remark everyone bullied him because he was small and possessed only one arm having shed the other by inadvertence somewhere on the borders of the Indian Empire.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Knave of Diamonds. V1. 27 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

There came a sudden blare of music from the great ballroom below, and the woman who stood alone at an open window on the first floor shrugged her shoulders and shivered a little. The night air blew in brisk and cold upon her uncovered neck, but except for that slight, involuntary shiver she scarcely seemed aware of it. The room behind her was brilliantly lighted but empty. Some tables had been set for cards, but the cards were untouched. Either the attractions of the ballroom had remained omnipotent, or no one had penetrated to this refuge of the bored-no one save this tall and stately woman robed in shimmering, iridescent green, who stood with her face to the night, breathing the chill air as one who had been on the verge of suffocation. It was evidently she who had flung up the window. Her gloved hands leaned upon the woodwork on each side of it. There was a certain constraint in her whole attitude, a tension that was subtly evident in every graceful line. Her head was slightly bent as though she intently watched or listened for something.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Lamp in the Desert. V1. 27 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

A great roar of British voices pierced the jeweled curtain of the Indian night. A toast with musical honors was being drunk in the sweltering dining-room of the officers' mess. The enthusiastic hubbub spread far, for every door and window was flung wide. Though the season was yet in its infancy, the heat was intense. Markestan had the reputation in the Indian Army for being one of the hottest corners in the Empire in more senses than one, and Kurrumpore, the military center, had not been chosen for any especial advantages of climate.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Obstacle Race. V1. 28 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

A long, green wave ran up, gleaming like curved glass in the sunlight, and broke in a million sparkles against a shelf of shingle. Above the shingle rose the soft cliffs, clothed with scrubby grass and crowned with gorse. Columbus, said the stranger, this is just the place for us.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Odds and Other Stories. V1. 28 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy

"If he comes my way I'll shoot him!" said Dot Burton- her blue eyes gleaming in her boyish tanned face. "I'm not such a bad shot am I Jack?"

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Dell, Ethel M: The Rocks of Valpre. V1. 28 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

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When Cinders began to dig a hole no power on earth, except brute force, could ever stop him till he sank exhausted. Not even the sight of a crab could divert his thoughts from this entrancing occupation, much less his mistress’s shrill whistle; and this was strange, for on all other occasions it was his custom to display the most exemplary obedience.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

A great shout of applause went through the crowded hall as the Dragon-Fly Dance came to an end- and the Dragon-Fly with quivering iridescent wings- flashed away.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Swindler and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

The vessel was rolling somewhat heavily and the splash of the drifting foam reached them occasionally where they stood.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Tidal Wave and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

Rufus the Red sat on the edge of his boat with his hands clasped between his knees, staring at nothing. His nets were spread to dry in the sun; the morning's work was done. Most of the other men had lounged into their cottages for the midday meal, but the massive red giant sitting on the shore in the merciless heat of noon did not seem to be thinking of physical needs.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Top of the World. V1. 2 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

Old Jeffcott surveyed her with loving admiration. There was no one in the world to compare with Miss Sylvia in his opinion. He loved the open English courage of her, the high, inborn pride of race. Yet at the end of the survey he shook his head.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Way of an Eagle. V1. 2 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

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The long clatter of an irregular volley of musketry rattled warningly from the naked mountain ridges; over a great grey shoulder of rock the sun sank in a splendid opal glow; from very near at hand came the clatter of tin cups and the sound of a subdued British laugh. And in the room of the Brigadier-General a man lifted his head from his hands and stared upwards with unseeing, fixed eyes.

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Der Rote Kampfflieger (Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen)

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Found the English Version in the forum, so here's the German Edition:

Die Memoiren von Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, besser bekannt als "Roter Baron" - The Memoirs of Manfred von Richthofen, better known as The Red Baron

The Red Baron was an Airfighter for the German Army during WW I
You can read more on Wikipedia (German - English)

I found it on the net, cleaned the HTML code up a little, and made a mobi of it.
AFAIK the book (first published in 1917) is public domain now, but in case this is a violation of copyright law, feel free to notify me and I'll delete it, or just delete it.

Enjoy!

PS: with Cover Page and TOC

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Descartes, René; Prinzipien der Philosophie german v1; December 19th 2009

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Cogito ergo sum – Ich denke, also bin ich. Diesen vielleicht bekanntesten Satz der Philosophie formulierte René Descartes, ein französischer Philosoph und Begründer des Rationalismus gilt heute als einer der wichtigsten Philosophen und konnte auch im naturwissenschaftlichen Bereich brillieren.

[q_index]Das 1644 veröffentlichte Werk ist die Summe von Descartes metaphysischem und vor allem naturphilosophischen Denken. Es gilt als ein Topos der Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung, dass er seinen Rang als Begründer der neuzeitlichen Philosophie der Veröffentlichung der Principia Philosophiae verdankt. Dies hängt zum einen damit zusammen, wie Descartes die metaphysisch begründete Philosophie in neuartiger Weise zu fundieren suchte, indem er zur Formulierung der ersten Prinzipien der Philosophie im Ausgang von der Frage gelangte, mit welchem Recht sowohl im Alltag als auch in der Wissenschaft der Anspruch objektiver Gültigkeit von Urteilen erhoben wird. Mit dieser Art der Fragestellung entwickelte er einen Ansatz, der von nachfolgenden Philosophen von Kant bis Husserl aufgegriffen und zur Transzendentalphilosophie weiterentwickelt wurde.

Zum anderen lieferte Descartes in diesem Werk erstmals das Modell einer von mathematischen Grundsätzen ausgehenden und hypothetisch vorgehenden Erklärung aller Naturerscheinungen. In vier Teilen präsentiert Descartes zunächst seine Erkenntnistheorie, die vom unbezweifelbaren Fundament des Prinzips Ich denke also bin ich ausgeht, um von dort aus in den drei weiteren Teilen (über die Prinzipien der körperlichen Dinge, die sichtbare Welt und die Erde) die Naturphilosophie als Basis der Naturwissenschaften darzustellen. Besondere Bedeutung für die Wissenschaft des 17. Jahrhunderts kommt dabei der Kosmologie zu, in der die antike Idee fortlebt, dass die Himmelskörper als Zentren von Materiewirbeln aufzufassen seien.

Unabhängig von speziellen Lehren, von denen in der Folgezeit ohnehin kaum eine ohne Widerspruch geblieben ist, wirkt Descartes' Denken jedoch vor allem aufgrund des rationalistischen Ideals allgemeiner Vernünftigkeit fort, das bis in die Gegenwartsphilosophie ein am Ideal der Wissenschaftlichkeit orientiertes Denken bestimmt.[/QUOT

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Dick, Philip K: Beyond Lies The Wub V1, 16 April 2009

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Donnageddon

Here is a short story by Philip K. Dick.

From Wikipedia:

[QUOTPhilip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in mysticism and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature of drug use, paranoia and schizophrenia, and mystical experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS.
The novel The Man in the High Castle bridged the genres of alternate history and science fiction, earning Dick a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, a novel about a celebrity who awakens in a parallel universe where he is unknown, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in 1975. "I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards," Dick wrote of these stories. "In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real."
In addition to thirty-six novels, Dick wrote approximately 121 short stories, many of which appeared in science fiction magazines. Although Dick spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, nine of his stories have been adapted into popular films since his death, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly and Minority Report. In 2005, Time Magazine named Ubik one of the one hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library of America series.
[/QUOT
This story was from Planet Stories July 1952. I used the text and illustration from Project Gutenberg in creating this ebook, for your enjoyment.

[QUOT"The wub, sir," Peterson said. "It spoke!"
The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men
talk like philosophers and live like fools. [/QUOT

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Dick, Philip K: Beyond the Door, v1, 19 October 2009.

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Patricia

Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
Beyond the Door (1954)

The original blurb:
“Did you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead—that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Philip Dick used that idea for this brief fantasy tale. We’re sure that after reading it you’ll give cuckoo clocks more respect.”

Transcriber’s Note:
“This etext was produced from ‘Fantastic Universe’ January 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.”

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Dick, Philip K: The Crystal Crypt, v1, 19 October 2009.

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Patricia

Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
The Crystal Crypt (1954)

“Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl ... and the grim red planet was not far behind.”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Planet Stories January 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.

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Dick, Philip K: The Defenders, v1, 19 October 2009.

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Patricia

Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
The Defenders (1953)
Illustrated by EMSH (Ed Emshwiller) (1925–1990)

“No weapon has ever been frightful enough to put a stop to war—perhaps because we never before had any that thought for themselves!” A short story.

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note
“This etext was produced from ‘Galaxy Science Fiction’ January 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.”

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Dick, Philip K: The Eyes Have It, v1, 7 March 2010.

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Patricia

Philip K. Dick [1928–1982]
The Eyes Have It [1953]

A literal-minded man finds unusual evidence for a clandestine alien invasion of Earth…

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s note: This etext was produced from Science Fiction Stories 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Dick, Philip K: The Gun, v1, 19 October 2009.

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Patricia

Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
The Gun (1952)
Cover Image by Herman Vestal

“Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled.”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Planet Stories September 1952. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.

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Dick, Philip K: The Skull, v1, 18 October 2009.

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Patricia

Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
The Skull (1952)

“Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger’s skull under his arm.”

A short story from Project Gutenberg, which includes the following transcriber’s Note:
“This etext was produced from “If Worlds of Science Fiction” September 1952. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.”

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Dickens, Charles: A Child's History of England (Illustrated). v4, 15 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Dickens wrote "A Child's History of England" between 1850 and 1853. It really doesn't have a great deal to recommend it as "history" as the term is currently understood - Dickens' view seems to have been somewhat "black and white", with kings either being "saviours of England" or "monstrous villains". Still, it's a fun piece of writing and contains lots of good anecdotes - true and otherwise - about the history of England, from Roman times up to the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688.

As always, enjoy!

EDIT: 23 Dec 07

Created a proper MobiPocket version with full-sized images, table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Recreated the book with improved formatting. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 105

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Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated). v5. 17th Oct 2009

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HarryT

Dickens' great historical novel of the French Revolution.

Set between 1757 and 1793, [A Tale of Two Cities[/ views the causes and effects of the Revolution from an essentially private point of view, showing how private experience relates to public history. Dickens' characters are fictional, and their political activity is minimal, yet all are drawn towards the Paris of the Terror, and all become caught up in its web of human suffering and human sacrifice. Dickens described this book as "the best story I have written".

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Dec 07

Created a proper MobiPocket version will large images, working table of contents link, author's name showing up in library, etc. etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Recreated the book to correct a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 3 Sep 09

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Corrected about 200 errors, restored missing accents, and fixed up the formatting. As a result, the book is now in an excellent state. Please let me know if you find any additional errors in it. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 17 Oct 09

Corrected some minor issues with the HTML code of the book. This does [not[/ make any visible change to the previous v4, and there is no need to re-download if you have that version.

Previous download count: 1015

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Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities, v1, 23 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

I know that Harry T has uploaded a lot of Dickens, but I wanted this one now.

From Wikipedia:
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is an historical novel by Charles Dickens. The plot centres on the years leading up to the French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It starts with Dr Alexandre Manette's 1759 imprisonment and concludes 36 years later with the trial of Charles Darnay.
The book tells, first and foremost, the story of Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in their personalities: Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat; Carton is a cynical English barrister. Both are deeply in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette.
Other major characters include Dr Manette (Lucie's father), who was unjustly imprisoned in the infamous Bastille for many years under a lettre de cachet, and Madame Defarge, a female revolutionary with an implacable grudge against the aristocratic Evrémonde dynasty.
The opening -- "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." -- and closing -- "It is a far, far better thing that I do..." -- of the book are among the most famous lines in English literature.
The story oscillates between London and Paris. Two of the 45 chapters are set in both countries, nineteen in England and 24 in France. They tell of the shameless corruption, abuse and inhumanity of the French nobles towards the peasantry. The masses, oppressed for centuries, rise up at last and destroy their masters, becoming themselves just as evil and corrupt.

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Dickens, Charles: American Notes. v4. 17th Feb 2010

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"American Notes" is Dickens' account of his travels through America in 1842. This book was much vilified in the USA after its publication, on account of Dickens' fervent condemnation of the institution of slavery which was, of course, still practised in the US at that time. This is only a short book, but gives a fascinating snapshot of a world that's now disappeared - for example, his account of Broadway, in New York, swarming with pigs, eating all the garbage, and journeys by steamboat. There are some extremely funny passages in the book, such the following description of Dickens' first experience of travel on an American train:

[quotIt was a fine evening when we were passengers in the train: and watching the bright sunset from a little window near the door by which we sat, my attention was attracted to a remarkable appearance issuing from the windows of the gentleman's car immediately in front of us, which I supposed for some time was occasioned by a number of industrious persons inside, ripping open feather-beds, and giving the feathers to the wind. At length it occurred to me that they were only spitting, which was indeed the case; though how any number of passengers which it was possible for that car to contain, could have maintained such a playful and incessant shower of expectoration, I am still at a loss to understand: notwithstanding the experience in all salivatory phenomena which I afterwards acquired.[/quot

Well worth reading.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 9th Dec 2007.

Reformatted and improved layout. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Significantly improved the book, preserving the original paragraph breaks and adding the two original illustrations. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 17 Feb 10

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". Added a missing illustration; fixed numerous minor errors, and made a number of small formatting changes. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 281

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Dickens, Charles: Barnaby Rudge (Illustrated). v5. 24 Mar 2010

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HarryT

Set in London at the time of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge interweaves a murder mystery with the story of Lord George Gordon's dangerous appeal to old religious prejudices against Roman Catholics. The brilliant descriptions of the destruction of Newgate prison by the rioters contain some of Dickens's most vivid writing.

This was Dickens' fifth published novel, published in 1841.

Fully illustrated with the 76 original black and white illustrations by George Cattermole and Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 6 Jan 08

Replace words in capitals with italics, as appropriate, to match the printed book. Scanned and added the 76 original illustrations by George Cattermole and Phiz. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Layout improvements specific to the MobiPocket version of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 24 Mar 2010

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Hundreds of errors corrected, and missing italics and other formatting restored. Added a cover image. The book is now is good shape; if you find any remaining errors, please let me know so that they can be corrected. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 398

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Dickens, Charles: Bleak House (Illustrated). v7. 21 Apr 2011

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

[As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.[/

Speaking on a personal level, I have to say that this is my favorite novel, by my favourite author. The first chapter's description of a foggy London has come to epitomise Victorian London for many. The characterisation is magnificent; the plots and sub-plots fascinating and complex. This is no easy read, but a novel which can be read and re-read for a lifetime, with each re-reading revealing new depths to it (which I guess is as good a definition of "great literature" as any).

This is a new version of the book, with the 40 original illustrations by "Phiz" and much better formatting than the previous versions, with dashes preserved.

Enjoy!

EDIT: v6, 22 Dec 07

Replaced words in capitals with italics, where appropriate, to match printed book. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: v7, 21 Apr 11

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Many errors fixed, and a huge amount of missing punctuation (in the order of 20,000 items) added and corrected. All the illustrations have been re-scanned and are now of much better quality than before. Various things such as letters have been replaced with graphical versions, which look much better. I would now regard this as a "finished" version; if you find any remaining errors, now matter how small, please let me know. Uploaded v7.

Previous download count: 1221

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Dickens, Charles: Christmas Books (Illustrated). v6. 1 Apr 2010

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HarryT

Between the years 1843 and 1848, every Christmas (with the exception of 1847), Dickens released what he called a "Christmas Book". These five books are all short works with a "Christmasy" theme and (with the exception of one) a "supernatural" element. The only one well-known today is "A Christmas Carol", but it may surprise people to learn that, until the start of the 20th century "The Cricket on the Hearth" was at least as popular as "A Christmas Carol", if not more so.

The five books are:

A Christmas Carol (1843)
The Chimes (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man (1848)

As is standard in printed editions of Dickens, I have collected these together in a single volume called "Christmas Books".

If you think Dickens is heavy going, give these a try. They are all wonderful stories, each can be read in an hour or so, and they are very different fare to his "heavy" novels.

They have all been carefully compared to a printed edition (that of the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens") and manually formatted accordingly. All the books are fully illustrated/

Enjoy, and comments are, as always, very welcome.

EDIT: 24 Dec 07
Created a properly formatted MobiPocket version of the book with large images, a working "Table of Contents" link, etc. Looks much better. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Reformatted "The Battle of Life" to correct a problem with paragraph breaks". Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 25 Oct 09

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". Added 60 missing illustrations to the four later books in the volume ("A Christmas Carol" was already illustrated). Some of the illustrations are of fairly poor quality - I will attempt to obtain better ones in the future. The book is now in a pretty good state - please let me know if you find any remaining errors. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 1 Apr 10

Several more small errors corrected. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 551

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Dickens, Charles: Christmas Stories (Illustrated). v4. 11 July 2010

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HarryT

Dickens' "Christmas Stories" (not to be confused with "Christmas Books", which is a separate upload) is a collection of short stories, published in the Christmas edition of his weekly magazine [Household Words[/ and its successor, [All the Year Round[/, between the years 1850 and 1867. As such, they belong to Dickens' maturity and middle age, and are very different to his youthful "Sketches by Boz".

The stories differ enormously in style, from lighthearted ghost stories to biting social commentary. A number of them were written in collaboration with Wilkie Collins (author of "The Moonstone", "The Woman in White", etc etc), an arrangement which Dickens found practical, but difficult to work with - his writing style did not fit naturally with the elaborate plots of which Collins was a master.

This is a book it's best to "dip into" rather than read from start to finish.

The stories contained herein are:

- A Christmas Tree
- What Christmas Is As We Grow Older
- The Poor Relation's Story
- The Child's Story
- The Schoolboy's Story
- Nobody's Story
- The Seven Poor Travellers
- The Holly-Tree
- The Wreck of the Golden Mary
- The Perils of Certain English Prisoners
- Going Into Society
- The Haunted House
- A Message From the Sea
- Tom Tiddle's Ground
- Somebody's Luggage
- Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
- Doctor Marigold
- Mugby Junction
- No Thoroughfare

Note that these are the original forms of the stories; one often finds excerpts from them published as "standalone" stories. Eg, "Mugby Junction" contains a [very[/ famous ghost story called "The Signal-Man" which is often published on its own. and "Doctor Marigold" contains a similar story often published as "The Murder Trial".

The earlier stories in this volume are standalone short stories, but a word of explanation is required for the later ones, "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" onwards. In these, Dickens would establish a story "framework", write part of the story himself, and then invite other authors to contribute. Earlier editions of this book only contained the contributions made by Dickens himself; in this edition, however, I've tracked down the original publications (not at all easy to find, on occasions!) and included [all[/ the contributions. You are thus now reading them as they would have been seen by the original readers, rather than just reading Dickens' contributions in isolation. In these cases, I've stated the names of the authors of each part of the story. The result of this is that the book has considerably increased in size from its earlier versions. These additions by other authors are well worth reading, including, as they do, some very notable authors, such as Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell. I have also added the original illustrations, and removed the story "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices"; this is [not[/ a Christmas story, and will now be included in "Miscellaneous Papers".

As always, enjoy, and comments are welcome!

EDIT: 12 Dec 07

Reformatted to preserve dashes, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Corrected a problem with paragraph breaks in the first six stories in the collection. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 11 Jul 10

Total revision. Greatly expanded to include contributions by other authors to the later stories. Added all the original illustrations. Moved "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices" to the volume "Miscellaneous Papers".

Previous download count: 412

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Dickens, Charles: David Copperfield (Illustrated). v5. 4 Oct 2009

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HarryT

"David Copperfield", by Charles Dickens, with 38 original illustrations by "Phiz".

Synopsis from Amazon:

[This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the 'umble Uriah Heep, along with Mr Micawber, a portrait of Dickens's own father which evokes the mixture of love, nostalgia and guilt. [/

As well as adding the illustrations to the PG text, I've spent a great deal of time with this book, going through it and restoring the formatting to that of a printed version (the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" version). The results are, I think, quite pleasing.

EDIT: 12 Dec 2007

Improved the formatted, restored dashes, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 24 Dec 2007

Converted words in capitals to italics, as appropriate, to match the printed version. Created a proper MobiPocket version with large images, working table of contents, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 16 Mar 08

Created a completely new version to solve a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 4 Oct 09

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". Many hundreds of errors corrected - textual errors, incorrect paragraph breaks, missing italics and accents, etc. The book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 672

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Dickens, Charles: Dombey and Son (Illustrated). v5. 29 Apr 2010

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HarryT

Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. "Girls" said Mr Dombey, "have nothing to do with Dombey and Son". When Walter Gay, a young clerk in her father's office, rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London, his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage and inheriting the company. However, things work out very differently...

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

This text is the posthumously-published version, which is some 5000 words longer than that published during Dickens' lifetime. He discovered that he had written too much to fit in the available space in the magazine, and was forced to edit it accordingly. The majority of the additional text occurs in the first few chapters (and over half of it in the first three chapters), but there are additional lines and paragraphs throughout the book that may not be there if you are comparing the text with a different edition.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 13 Dec 2007

Improved the formatting to preserve dashes, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 28 Dec 07

Added all the original illustrations. Cleaned up the formatting. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 16 Mar 08

New version to resolve an issue with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 29 Apr 10

Thoroughly proofed against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". The text was in a very, very poor state, and had obviously been scanned and then very indifferently proof-read. The most common error was missing quotation marks, or commas incorrectly displayed as quotation marks (or vice versa). I've also restored all the missing formatting (italics, capitals, etc). In addition, several of the illustrations were of poor quality, and I've re-scanned these. All in, several thousand errors have been corrected, and the text is now in good shape. If you find any remaining errors that I've overlooked, please let me know.

Previous download count: 406

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Dickens, Charles: Drei Weihnachtsgeschichten [German]. V1. 28-Nov-2010

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weatherwax

Zum ersten Advent ein paar Weihnachtsgeschichten von Charles Dickens:

- Der Behexte und der Pakt mit dem Geiste. Eine phantastische Weihnachtsgeschichte

- Die Silvesterglocken. Ein Geisterreigen

- Auf der Walstatt des Lebens. Eine Liebesgeschichte

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- Drei Weihnachtsgeschichten - Charles Dickens.mobi

Dickens, Charles: Ein Weihnachtslied (Illustriert) german v1 22 May 2009

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Josch91

Charles John Huffam Dickens (als Pseudonym auch Boz; * 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth, England; † 9. Juni 1870 auf Gads Hill Place bei Rochester, England) war ein englischer Schriftsteller.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Die Erzählung handelt von Ebenezer Scrooge, einem alten grantigen Geizhals, der in einer einzigen Nacht zunächst Besuch von seinemverstorbenen Teilhaber Jacob Marley und dann von drei weiteren Geisterner hält, die ihm schließlich dazu verhelfen, sein Leben zu ändern. DasBuch enthält stark sozialkritische Töne, mit denen Dickens die Missstände im England des 19. Jahrhunderts anprangern wollte.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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- Ein Weihnachtslied - Charles Dickens.mobi

Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations (Illustrated). v9. 17th Oct 2009

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HarryT

"Great Expectations" opens unforgettably in a twilit and overgrown churchyard on the eerie Kent marshes. There, the orphan Pip is disturbed to meet an escaped convict, Magwitch, but gives him food, in an encounter that is to haunt both their lives. How Pip receives riches from a mysterious benefactor, snobbishly abandons his friends for London society and "great expectations", and grows through misfortune and suffering to maturity is the theme of one of Dicken's best-loved novels.

In "Great Expectations", Dickens blends gripping drama with penetrating satire to give a compelling story rich in comedy and pathos: he has also created two of his finest, most haunting characters in Pip and Miss Havisham.

On a personal note I must add that this is one of my favourite of Dickens' novels and, indeed, one of my "all time" favourite books.

Contains the original black and white illustrations by Charles Green.

NB: I now regard this as a "finished" eBook. If you find any errors, [please[/ let me know, either by posting to this thread, or by sending a PM to "Harry T".

Enjoy!

EDIT: 27 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Charles Green. Converted capitals to italics as appropriate to match the printed version. Added the original ending as an appendix to the book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-size pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 22 Jan 08

Thoroughly proof-read against a printed version; many minor errors corrected. Added a list of characters. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 23 Jan 08

I suppose it was inevitable that after saying it had been "thoroughly" proof-read that I should immediately spot four additional errors (two instances of missing commas, hyphens used in place of dashes, "again" spelled as "a gain". Now fixed. Uploaded v5. Hopefully this one will last a little longer than the last version!

EDIT: 18 Feb 08

Corrected about a dozen minor errors, largely found by MR user "dynabook" (for which many thanks!). Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 17 Mar 08

Had to recreate the book due to paragraph end problems. I've re-applied most of the corrections found in earlier releases, but it's possible that I've missed a few. I need to re-proof-read the book. I didn't like having to re-create it from scratch but unfortunately it was only practical way to sort out the problems. Uploaded v7.

EDIT: 6 Apr 08

MR user "Jellby" has done an absolutely wonderful job of proofing the book against a scanned 1st edition that's available online at Stanford University, and has found several errors, and literally dozens of words which should have been either capitalised or in italics, and weren't. (The PG text I originally used to create the book had no italics marked). I've applied all these changes, and the book is now hugely better as a result. Many, many thanks to Jellby for doing this! Uploaded v8.

EDIT: 17 Oct 09

Replaced the cover for consistency with the rest of the MR Dickens series. Tidied up the HTML source of the book to remove some minor errors - this has no visible effect for the reader. Uploaded v9.

Previous download count: 909

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Dickens, Charles: Hard Times (Illustrated). v6. 11 Oct 2009

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

For a description of "Hard Times" I can do no better than quote an excellent review from "Amazon", written by Mary Whipple:

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Always concerned with issues of class, social injustice, and employment, Dickens shows in "Hard Times", written in 1854, a broader concern with the philosophies and economic movements which underlie those issues. Three parallel story lines reflect a broad cross-section of society and its thinking.
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind runs a school founded upon the principles of rationalism, a belief in the importance of facts, the antithesis of romantic "fancy" and imagination. Basically a good man, he denies the importance of emotion--for himself, his children, and his students. Only Student #20, Sissy Jupe, the daughter of a circus clown, fails to conform to his notions, and in a hilarious, satiric scene at the beginning of the novel, Dickens shows the absurdity of Gradgrind's teachings.

Gradgrind's friend, Mr. Bounderby, is a banker and factory owner, aged fifty, who claims to have risen from the gutter to his present lofty position through hard work. Bounderby treats the employees of his Coketown factory as machines, rather than as humans, and his eventual marriage to the teenaged Louisa Gradgrind is seen by both as a marriage of "tangible fact," having nothing to do with affection.

The third story line involves Stephen Blackpool, a worker in Bounderby's factory, trapped in a marriage to an alcoholic who periodically appears and extorts money from him. Stephen is in love with Rachael, an adoring factory worker, but his appeal to Bounderby for help in ending his marriage is met with cold, rational pronouncements. Shortly after, Bounderby fires Stephen "for a novelty," forcing him to leave Rachael and seek employment elsewhere.

As the story lines overlap and intersect, often with consummate irony, Dickens keeps a light enough hand to prevent the story from becoming a polemic, though his criticism of hypocrisy, corruption, and "progress" at the expense of humanity is clear. His humor, often dark, keeps the plot moving, and several of his characters, which are often caricatures, do grow and change. Characteristically, Dickens uses names symbolically-Gradgrind grinds the emotions from his graduates, hires Mr. M'Choakumchild as a teacher, and lives at Stone Lodge. Mr. Bounderby proves to be a bounder. Some of the circus performers, like Sissy, live at Pegasus Arms.

The dramatic conclusion, which involves the pursuit of an innocent character widely believed to have committed a robbery, draws all the themes together, showing the parallels, contrasts, and ironies which connect these characters, regardless of their social level. Less epic in plot than some of Dickens's other novels, Hard Times provides an intimate look at a changing economy and an important commentary on the philosophies of the times.

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Contains the original black and white illustrations by Harry French.

"Hard Times" is Dickens' shortest novel - only about a quarter the length of "David Copperfield" and it's probably also the least read one, too, having the reputation of being rather grim and heavy going. Give it a go, though- you might be surprised!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 31 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Harry French. Converted words in capitals into italics, as appropriate, to match the printed book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-sized images, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 18 Mar 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 11 Oct 09

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Numerous errors corrected. Added back all the formatting (italics, etc) missing from the PG original. Uploaded v6. The book is now in a pretty good state - if you find any remaining errors, please let me know.

Previous download count: 342

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Dickens, Charles: Little Dorrit (Illustrated). v6, 16 Nov 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"Little Dorrit" is, along with "Bleak House" and "Our Mutual Friend", one of Dickens' last three great novels, and is one of his most important works. It is an attack on the institution of "debtors prisons" (The Marshalsea prison, which features heavily in the book, is where Dickens' own father was imprisoned for debt when Dickens was a child) and a biting satire of the over-bureaucratic institutions of government, and the injustices of the class system. The fact that most of the issues that Dickens highlights in the novel have long since passed into history does not negate the important of the work.

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 5 Jan 08

Converted words in capitals to italics, where appropriate, to match the printed book. Added the original illustrations. Created a proper MobiPocket format book with full-sized pictures, library information, table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 6 Jan 08

A couple of the illustrations accidentally got missed out of the previous version; apologies. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 18 Mar 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Rescanned a couple of the illustrations which weren't previously very clear. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 16 Nov 08

Thoroughly proof-read against a printed edition. Many [hundreds[/ of errors corrected as a result; the book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 218

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Dickens, Charles: Martin Chuzzlewit (Illustrated). v5. 11th Oct 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"Martin Chuzzlewit" is (to my mind) one of Dickens' best novels, and is both funny and serious at the same time. It tells the story of the different members of the Chuzzlewit family. Some of Dickens's best characters are in this book - drunken Mrs Gamp and her imaginary friend, and Mr Pecksniff, the epitome of the free-loading hypocrite.

But what is most notable in the book is its picture of a self-mythologising America, a country where "they're so fond of Liberty that they buy her and sell her and carry her to market with 'em. They've such a passion for Liberty, that they can't help taking liberties with her," a country which holds itself up as an example to the rest of the world, and where any criticism of an individual American is held to be a criticism of its "institutions" and defended as such. It's a picture that has many echoes more than 150 years on.

Fully illustrated with the 39 original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

An excellent read!

EDIT: 27 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Phiz. Converted words in capitals to italics, as appropriate, to match the printed book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-size illustrations, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 19 Mar 08

Improved the layout and formatting of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 11 Oct 10

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. A number of errors corrected, and much formatting added (accented letters, italics, etc). Replaced the cover image to be consistent with the rest of my Dickens series. I now regard this book as "complete"; if you find even the smallest error remaining within it, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 479

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Dickens, Charles: Master Humphrey's Clock [Illustrated]. v4. 28 Mar 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

After the publication of "Nicholas Nickleby" in 1839, Dickens resigned his editorship of "Bentley's Miscellany" (in which "Oliver Twist" had appeared) to produce a weekly periodical, "Master Humphrey's Clock" (1840) consisting entirely of short stories and essays.

The early numbers adhered faithfully to this idea, and we are introduced to a kindly old gentleman, whose most cherished possession is his clock, and to a group of friends who gather round to read manuscripts, previously deposited in the clock-case.

While "Master Humphrey's Clock" is known chiefly as the original setting for two great novels, "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge", it can be judged happily on its own merit, for the sketches and tales contain much that is characteristic of Dickens' work.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 17 Mar 08

Created a new version to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 28 Mar 10

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition; a number of errors and much missing formatting has been corrected as a result. Previous versions were missing the illustrations; scanned and added all 20 of these. Uploaded v4. The book is now in a good shape; if you find any errors, please let me know so that they can be corrected.

Previous download count: 261

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- Master Humphreys Clock.prc

Dickens, Charles: Miscellaneous Papers. v2, 22 Mar 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

Miscellaneous "odds and ends" written by Dickens which don't fit into any other volume conveniently. Here we have letters he wrote to newpapers about social issues, articles he wrote for his magazines [Household Words[/ and [All The Year Round[/, a few short stories, and more besides.

There's quite a lot of Dickens' journalism which does not appear to be currently available in electronic form. If and when I manage to obtain more, I'll add to this volume.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Recreated with improved layout and formatting. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 55

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- Miscellaneous Papers.prc

Dickens, Charles: Nicholas Nickleby (Illustrated). v7. 16th Oct 2009

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

On his comical and satirical adventures up and down the country, the eponymous here of Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby" confronts a large and varied cast of characters, including Wackford Squeers, the fantastic ogre of a schoolmaster, and Vincent Crummles, the grandiloquent ham actor. Punishing wickedness, befriending the helpless, strutting the stage, and falling in love, Nicholas shares some of his creator's energy and earnestness as he faces the pressing issues of early Victorian society.

Contains the 39 original black and white illustrations by "Phiz".

Enjoy!

EDIT: 26 Dec 07

Replaced words in capitals with italics to match the printed version, as appropriate. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with large pictures, library data correctly shown, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 6 Jan 08

Added a list of characters. Changed the formatting of the table of contents to make it less cluttered. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 19 Mar 08

Improved the layout of the book. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 22 Nov 08

Thoroughly proof-read the book and compared it against a printed edition. Hundreds of minor corrections made. The book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 16 Oct 09

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series. Removed some errors in the HTML coding of the book - this has no impact on the reader. Uploaded v7.

Previous download count: 403

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Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist (Illustrated). v9. 6 Apr 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by George Cruikshank.

NB: I would now regard this as a "finished" version of this eBook. If you find any errors, [please[/ either post on this thread, or send a PM to "Harry T" to let me know about them.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 3 Jan 08

Thoroughly proof-read and hundreds of errors corrected. Created proper MobiPocket book with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 28 Jan 08

Proof-read against a printed edition. Many lines of text missing from the PG original restored. Hundreds of paragraph breaks corrected, plus miscellaneous other errors. Added character list and a new cover picture. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 20 Mar 08

More proofing. Quite a few extra minor errors corrected, and paragraph breaks brought into line with the printed edition. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 26 Dec 08

A line-by-line comparison against a printed edition (the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition) has revealed many dozens of previously-unnoticed errors, and several words (and even lines) of omitted text. All now corrected - this is probably now pretty much as good as it's going to get. Uploaded v7.

EDIT: 16 Oct 09

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series. Corrected some issues with the HTML - these have no visual impact. Uploaded v8.

EDIT: 6 Apr 10

MR user Fledchen kindly reported a number of errors in the text. Corrected these and uploaded v9.

Previous download count: 786

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Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist german v1 03 feb 2009

edited and uploaded by
netseeker

Dies ist die Geschichte des Findelkindes und Waisenjungen Oliver Twist, der ohne Kenntnisse über seine Herkunft im Armenhaus einer englischen Kleinstadt aufwächst. Als dem Jungen eine Anstellung beim ansässigen Sargtischler vermittelt wird, kann er den katastrophalen Zuständen im Waisenhaus entfliehen.

Bald darauf flieht er nach einer Prügelei mit einem anderen Lehrling nach London. In London angekommen gerät er in die Fänge des Hehlers Fagin, der ihn vor dem sicheren Tod auf der Straße bewahrt, indem er ihn verköstigt und gleichzeitig mit dem Diebeshandwerk vertraut machen möchte. Fagin ist Anführer einer Diebesbande, die hauptsächlich aus Straßenjungen besteht.

Auf seinem ersten richtigen Beutezug wird Oliver verhaftet und gelangt in die Hände eines gutmütigen Geschäftsmannes, der sich seiner annimmt. Es vergeht jedoch nur kurze Zeit, bis die Vergangenheit den ehemaligen Waisenjungen einholt...

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- Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens.prc

Dickens, Charles: Our Mutual Friend (Illustrated). v4, 22 Mar 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"Our Mutual Friend" (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" (which is, incidentally, a quote from Our Mutual Friend, spoken by Bella at the end of book III, chapter iv.). In the opening chapter, a young man is on his way to receive his inheritance, which, according to his father's will, he can only claim if he marries Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he has never met. However, before he can arrive, a body is found in the Thames and identified as him. The money passes on, instead, to the working-class Boffins, and the effects spread throughout various corners of London society.

Fully illustrated with the 40 original black and white illustrations by Marcus Stone.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 29 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Marcus Stone. Created a proper Mobipocket version, with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Re-scanned a number of the illustrations which weren't very clear. Improved the layout and formatting of the book. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 74

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- Our Mutual Friend.prc

Dickens, Charles: Pictures From Italy. v4. 21st Feb 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"Pictures From Italy" is an account of a year Dickens spent travelling to Italy in 1844 and is, like the journey two years earlier described in "American Notes", a fascinating glimse of a long-gone world; an Italy before the age of mass tourism.

A short work but, like "American Notes", one that's well worth reading.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Significantly improved the book to preserve the original paragraph breaks. Added the three original illustrations. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 21 Feb 2010

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Corrected a number of errors, and restored all the accented letters that were missing from the previous versions. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 241

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- Pictures from Italy.prc

Dickens, Charles: Reprinted Pieces (Illustrated). v2, 22 Mar 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

The stories and articles in this volume are reprinted from Dickens' weekly magazine [Household Words[/, published between 1850 and 1859. The pieces collected here cover the full range of Dickens' journalism - stories, reminiscences, descriptions, and criticism. Great writers are rarely great journalists, but Dickens is an exception, and his occasional pieces can be read with pleasure some 150 years after they were written.

This volume also contains two additional stories, [The Lamplighter[/ and [To Be Read at Dusk[/, and also [Sunday Under Three Heads[/, an early piece written against the Sunday Observance Act Bill of 1836, in which Dickens points out that that all the restrictions imposed by the Bill affected only the lower classes; the rich retained their servants, and carriages even on Sunday and could continue to amuse themselves as they wished; only the poor would suffer.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Fixed a problem with paragraph breaks. Improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 57

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- Reprinted Pieces.prc

Dickens, Charles: Silvesterglocken (german) v1 30 dec 2008

edited and uploaded by
mtravellerh

Charles John Huffam Dickens (als Pseudonym auch Boz; * 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth, England; † 9. Juni 1870 auf Gad's Hill Place in Rochester, England) war ein englischer Schriftsteller.

Dickens mal deutsch und illustriert und mal wieder mit deutlicher sozialer Botschaft. Dickens zeichnet sich durch seinen ureignen Schreib- und Erzählstil aus. Diese Novelle (The Chimes im Original) ist nicht nur ausgezeichnet übersetzt, sondern auch noch vorbildlich illustriert. Nebenbei auch noch ein vergnügliches Leseabenteuer. Unbedingt empfehlenswert!

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- Silvesterglocken - Dickens_ Charles.prc

Dickens, Charles: Sketches By Boz (Illustrated). v3, 23 Mar 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

Charles Dickens's first published book, [Sketches by Boz[/ (1836) heralded an exciting new voice in English literature. This richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people. Through pen portraits that often anticipate characters from his great novels, we see the condemned man in his prison cell, garrulous matrons, vulgar young clerks and Scrooge-like bachelors, while Dickens's powers for social critique are never far from the surface, in unflinching depictions of the vast metropolis's forgotten citizens, from child workers to prostitutes. A startling mixture of humour and pathos, these Sketches reveal London as wonderful terrain for an extraordinary young writer. "Sketches" is a remarkable achievement, and looks towards Dickens's giant novels in its profusion of characters, its glimpses of surreal modernity and its limitless fund of pathos and comic invention.

Fully illustrated with 43 original black and white illustrations by George Cruikshank and Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 30 Dec 07

Created a proper MobiPocket format book with full-sized images, working table of contents link, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 23 Mar 08

Formatting improvements. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 66

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- Sketches by Boz.prc

Dickens, Charles: Speeches - Literary and Social. v1. 12 Apr 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

A fascinating collection of Charles Dickens' speeches, on both literary and social themes. Dickens, like the celebraties of today, was a "hot ticket" on the after-dinner speaking circuit, and his presence was a guarantee to pull in the crowds.

This book contains more than 50 of Dickens' speeches, given between 1841 and his death in 1870, at events ranging from a dinner organised by the "Gardeners' Benevolant Institution" to the "Metropolitan Sanitary Association" to an international boat race between Oxford and Harvard Universities (which Oxford won).

A fascinating book, giving a much more intimate look at "Dickens the man" than do his novels.

Enjoy!

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- Speeches - Literary and Social.prc

Dickens, Charles: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Illustrated). v4, 16 Mar 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was Dickens' final novel, and he died in 1870 with it only half finished, unfortunately leaving no "plot outline" to indicate how he intended to finish it. However, don't let that put you off reading it; enough of it was completed to make it well worth reading and, having read it, you'll be able to engage in the very enjoyable activity of speculating how it might have finished, as countless others have been doing for well over a century.

With the original black and white illustrations by S.L. Fildes.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 28 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by S.L. Fildes. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 16 Mar 08

Formatting improvements specific to the MobiPocket version of the book. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 70

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- The Mystery of Edwin Drood.prc

Dickens, Charles: The Old Curiosity Shop (Illustrated). v7. 25 Mar 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

From Amazon:

A bestseller that gripped the nation when it was first published, "The Old Curiosity Shop" is a novel of sharp contrasts: of life and death, youth and age, desire and innocence, humour and villainy. For the character of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, Dickens drew on a tragedy in his own life, the death at the age of 17 of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth. Five years later he wrote, "the desire to be buried next her is as strong upon me now ... and I know (for I don't think there ever was love like that I bear her) that it will never diminish."

The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters--the eloquent ne-er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness"; the mannish lawyer Sally Brass; Quilp's brow-beaten mother-in-law, and Quilp himself, the lustful, vengeful dwarf, whose demonic energy makes a vivid counterpoint to Nell's purity.

Contains all the original black and white illustrations.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Dec 07

Replaced words in capitals by italics as appropriate, to match the printed book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with large images, working table of contents link, author information displayed in the library, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 20 Mar 08

Recreated the book to sort out a problem with incorrect paragraph graph. Comparing against the printed book I noticed that two illustrations were missing, so I've scanned these and added them to the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 12 Mar 09

Spent the last two months painstakingly proof-reading the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Two entire double-pages of text were missing from the book, as well as literally thousands of other minor errors and omissions. I would say that the book is probably now pretty much as good as it's going to get, although I would obviously welcome being informed of any remaining errors. Added a new cover image, too, and uploaded v5.

EDIT: 11 Jun 09

MR user "dynabook" has kindly sent me details of several dozen errors (primarily in punctuation) which I'd overlooked. Corrected all these, and uploaded a new v6.

EDIT: 25 Mar 10

Replaced the cover image for consistency with the rest of my Dickens series. No change to the text. Uploaded v7.

Previous download count: 505

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- The Old Curiosity Shop.prc

Dickens, Charles: The Pickwick Papers (Illustrated). v6. 16th Oct 2009

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

Undoubtedly, the adventures of benevolent Mr Pickwick, sensitive Mr Tupman, literary Mr Snodgrass and sportive Mr Winkle will continue to delight readers of all ages for a couple of hundreds of years more from now. Unlike the rest of Dickens's novels, this book is just the extremely enjoyable story of the four above-named gentlemen who decide to create a club of which Mr Pickwick is the main member. We follow them all around London, into the countryside and even inside a debtors' prison. On their way, they meet several memorable characters, including Mr Jingle, Job Trotter, Messrs Dodson and Fogg and even a couple of ladies two of them fall in love with. The novel has no main plot, resulting in a thoroughly enjoyable story that's read in a light, lively way. Moreover, "Pickwick Papers" is a wonderful insight into Victorian society, written in the way only Dickens can write.

Full illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Seymour and Phiz.

This one was a real pain to do, by the way. It's full of songs, verses, letters, etc, all of which needed extensive re-formatting from the PG original. Took hours and hours to produce.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Dec 07

Created a proper Mobipocket version with large images, working table of contents link, author name in library, etc. etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 21 Mar 07

Recreated the book to sort out problems with paragraph endings. Improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 11 Dec 08

Thoroughly proofed against several different printed editions. Hundreds of minor corrections made as a result; the book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 16 Oct 09

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series; made internal changes to the HTML code to improve it (these have no visible impact for the reader). Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 501

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- The Pickwick Papers.prc

Dickens, Charles: The Uncommercial Traveller (Illustrated). v2, 22 Mar 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

[The Uncommercial Traveller[/ was originally published as a series of essays in Dickens' weekly magazine [All the Year Round[/, between 1860 and 1869.

The title is explained in the opening chapter. Dickens was always on the road, either up or down the country giving public readings, or snatching holidays abroad. "Human interest" is the keynote of the essays, which represent the reflections of a great mind always shrewdly observing every facet of human activity as possible material for his fiction.

Much of the material in these essays is taken from Dickens' own life, and is hence of great interest to his biographers.

This is a fascinating book. Hope you enjoy reading it.

EDIT: 22 Mar 2008

I'd overlooked the fact that this book was not a "real" MobiPocket book. Created a new version to correct that oversight. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 55

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- The Uncommercial Traveller.prc

Dickens, Charles: Weihnachtserzählungen [German]. V1. 28-Nov-2010

edited and uploaded by
weatherwax

Und noch ein paar Geschichten von Herrn Dickens:

Inhalt:
Doktor Marigold
Mrs. Lirripers Fremdenpension
Die Geschichte des Schuljungen
Die Geschichte des armen Verwandten

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- Weinachtserzahlungen - Charles Dickens.mobi

Dickens, Charles: Weihnachtslied (german). v1. 11 Jan 2009

edited and uploaded by
Flinx

Charles John Huffam Dickens (* 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth, England; † 9. Juni 1870 auf Gad's Hill Place in Rochester, England) war ein englischer Schriftsteller.

Die Erzählung "A Christmas Carol" über die Erlebnisse des Geizhalses Ebenezer Scrooge in der Weihnachtsnacht dürfte eine der bekanntesten von Charles Dickens sein. Sie wurde im Dezember 1843 erstmals veröffentlicht, mehrfach ins Deutsche übersetzt und oft verfilmt.

In der vorliegenden Übersetzung von Richard Zoozmann wurde (unter Zuhilfenahme der älteren Übersetzung von Julius Seybt) ein kleiner Fehler korrigiert.

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- Charles Dickens - Weihnachtslied.prc

Dickinson, Emily: Poems - Three Series. Oct 22 2007.

edited and uploaded by
carchase

Three series in one volume, with an Index of First Lines.

From Wikipedia:

"Dickinson's poetry was collected after her death by Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, with Todd initially collecting and organizing the material and Higginson editing. They edited the poems extensively in order to regularize the manuscripts' punctuation and capitalization to late nineteenth-century standards, occasionally rewording poems to reduce Dickinson's obliquity. A volume of Dickinson's Poems was published in Boston in 1890, and became quite popular; by the end of 1892 eleven editions had sold. Poems: Second Series was published in 1891 and ran to five editions by 1893; a third series was published in 1896."

Version 1_1 fixes a few bad links in the Index.

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- Dickinson_Poems Three Series.prc

- Dickinson_Poems Three Series_v1_1.zip (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Dickinson, G Lowes: The Greek View of Life, v.1, 5 October 2008.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

The author was a noted classical scholar, a member of the Bloomsbury group and a founder of the League of Nations. This book tells you about the classical Greek view of life, with chapters on the Greek view of religion, the Greek view of the state, the Greek view of the Individual, and the Greek view of Art. There are extensive quotations from translated Greek texts.

I have numbered and linked the footnotes, and added a TOC and cover.

The Wikipedia entry on G Lowes Dickinson:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldswo...owes_Dickinson
and another very short biography:
http://www.circa-club.com/gallery/ga..._dickinson.php

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- Greek View of Life.prc

Dictionary, Webster's: Webster's Dictionary 1913, v1, 22 Nov 07

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jbenny

[strikWell, I was going to upload this dictionary, but it is over 13MB and the forum software won't let me upload anything over 10MB. If someone will make the necessary changes and let me know, I'll upload the file. I tried using Mobipocket's proprietary high-compression, but after two hours and only half-done, I gave up and used regular compression.[/strik

The dictionary is based on the 1913 edition of Webster's (with minor edits). I have reformatted and converted it to a Mobipocket dictionary. I don't have any devices on which to test this dictionary, so I am interested in knowing if it works for you. I am particularly interested in knowing how well it works on the Cybook, as that is what I will probably buy when I have the funds.

BTW, there is a more modern, much larger free dictionary that I can post later, after finding out how well this one works.

[strikEdit: The forum software apparently looks at the file extension and not the actual MIME type, so I had to rename the two parts of the Zip file. The original names were Webster1913.zip.001 and Webster1913.zip.002. This is using 7Zip. Other Zip software may be different.[/strik

EDIT: 20 Feb 08 by HarryT - Added dictionary as a single file attachment for ease of use; thanks to DMcCunney for providing this.

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Diderot, Denis: Rameau’s Nephew, v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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Denis Diderot: Rameau’s Nephew
(Le Neveu de Rameau) 1762
Translated from the French by Ian Johnston

From Wikipedia:
“Le Neveu de Rameau ou La Satire seconde ("Rameau's Nephew, or the Second Satire") is an imaginary philosophical conversation written by Denis Diderot. The conversation takes place between Lui ("Him"), meaning Jean-François Rameau, nephew of the famous composer, and Moi ("Me"), meaning Diderot himself.
Recurring themes in the discussion include the education of children, the nature of genius, and money. The often rambling conversation pokes fun at numerous prominent figures of the time.
…Though the two characters actually existed, the characters of the novel are meant as allegory figures, and the dialogue is in fact Diderot's own ruminations on life and morality.”
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameau%27s_Nephew"

Copyright Information
This translation by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, has certain copyright restrictions.
All e-texts on johnstonia web pages are available for personal use by anyone, without permission and without charge. They may be downloaded, printed, and distributed freely, in whole or in part, provided the source is acknowledged.
Teachers who wish to prepare copies of a text for their students are free to do so, provided the source is acknowledged.
Performing artists can use the material free of charge for dramatic productions, public readings, and adaptations, provided the source is acknowledged and provided they inform Ian Johnston of the event.
Commercial publication of any of the material in book form is prohibited, without the written permission of the author or translator

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Dilnot, George: Scotland Yard, v1, 15 March 2010.

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George Dilnot [1883-
Scotland Yard: The Methods and Organisation of the Metropolitan Police [1915]

The author is a police officer who describes the workings of Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police in the early 20th century.
He can’t resist including a couple of anecdotes illustrating occasions when his colleague, Frank Froest, gets things wrong. (We have a couple of Mr Froest’s detective novels in the MR library.)

I don’t have a death date for the author, so I’m putting this on the US server.

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Disraeli, Benjamin: Sybil or The Two Nations, v.1, 10 Jan 2008.

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Sybil, or The Two Nations
(1845)

A novel from a man who became a conservative prime minister, then went to the House of Lords as Lord Beaconsfield.

“Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws.”

Set in 1837-1844. After a slightly slow start, we see a panoramic picture of the life of the rich, contrasted with that of the Midlands poor. Can love survive this class division? Will the Chartist protesters get their rights?

Note:
Disraeli has a habit of capitalising names and concepts. (He meant it –it wasn’t me forgetting to italicise the PG source.) Fortunately, he seems to stop doing this about halfway through the book. At times his spelling is unorthodox. I have used my paper copy to proof the text and have occasionally made corrections, using the paper copy as a guide.

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Ditchfield, P.H.: Books Fatal to Their Author. 04 May 2008

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We all know that words can be used as weapons. In this 1894 book Ditchfield examines not only authors that have dies but publishers and other too. An interesting read that sometimes seems to drop into the "yellow journalism" of the day.

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Doctorow, Cory: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom v2.1 2008-01-31

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[Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom[/ 2003-01-09 A novel by Cory Doctorow

[quotJules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies…and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World. Disney World! The greatest artistic achievement of the longago twentieth century. Now in the care of a network of volunteer "adhocs" who keep the classic attractions running as they always have, enhanced with only the smallest hightech touches. Now, though, it seems the "ad hocs" are under attack. A new group has taken over the Hall of the Presidents and is replacing its venerable audioanimatronics with new, immersive directtobrain interfaces that give guests the illusion of being Washington, Lincoln, and all the others. For Jules, this is an attack on the artistic purity of Disney World itself. Worse: it appears this new group has had Jules killed. This upsets him. (It's only his fourth death and revival, after all.) Now it's war: war for the soul of the Magic Kingdom, a war of evershifting reputations, technical wizardry, and entirely unpredictable outcomes. Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, [Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom[/ reads like Neal Stephenson meets Nick Hornby: a comingofage romantic comedy and a kickbutt cybernetic tour de force.[/quot

This was posted online via the creative commons license.

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Doctorow, Cory: Eastern Standard Tribe v2.0 2008-08-06

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[Eastern Standard Tribe[/ is the latest book posted under the Creative Commons license by [b]Cory Doctorow[b].

[quot[b]Cory Doctorow[b]’s [Eastern Standard Tribe[/ is a soothsaying jaunt into the not-so-distant future, where 24/7 communication and chatroom alliances have evolved into tribal networks that secretly work against each other in shadowy online realms. The novel opens with its protagonist, the peevish Art Berry, on the roof of an asylum. He wonders if it's better to be smart or happy. His crucible is a pencil up the nose for a possible "homebrew lobotomy." To explain Art's predicament, Doctorow flashes backward and slowly fills in the blanks. As a member of the Eastern Standard Tribe, Art is one of many in the now truly global village who have banded together out of like-minded affinity for a particular time zone and its circadian cycles. Art may have grown up in Toronto but his real homeland is an online grouping that prefers bagels and hot dogs to the fish and chips of their rivals who live on Greenwich Mean Time. As he rises through the ranks of the tribe, he is sent abroad to sabotage the traffic patterns and communication networks in the GMT tribe. Along the way, he comes across a humdinger of an idea that will solve a music piracy problem on the highways of his own beloved timezone, raise his status in the tribe and make him rich. If only he could have trusted his tightly wound girlfriend and fellow tribal saboteur, he probably wouldn't be on the booby hatch roof with that pencil up his nose.

As a musing on the future, Doctorow's extrapolation seems entirely plausible. And, not only is EST a fascinating mental leap it's a witty and savvy tale that will appeal to anyone who's lived another life, however briefly, online.[/quot

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Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked Stories of the Future Present v3.0 2008-02-12

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Here is the science fiction book [Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present[/ by Cory Doctorow. It replaces [I Robot[/ as [I Robot[/ is one of the stories in the collection.

[quotHave you ever wondered what it’s like to get bitten by a zombie? To live through a bioweapon attack? To have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology — and its various uses — run amok. "Anda's Game" is a spin on the bizarre new phenomenon of “cyber sweatshops,” in which people are paid very low wages to play online games all day in order to generate in-game wealth, which can be converted into actual money. Another tale tells of the heroic exploits of “sysadmins” — systems administrators — as they defend the cyber-world, and hence the world at large, from worms and bioweapons. And yes, there is a story about zombies, too.[/quot

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Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. 1.0. 2/12/2008

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Cory Doctorow has written an excellent sci-fi short story anthology titled Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. All of the stories are available free of charge from the
Overclocked site under the Creative Commons license.

The book includes the following stories:

I. Printcrime
II. When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth
III. Anda's Game
IV. I, Robot
V. I, Row-Boat
VI. After the Siege

Noticing that there was no way to download the entire book as one file, I decided to merge the HTML versions together into one document. Then, I cleaned up the formatting, added a table of contents and some polish, and turned it into a Mobipocket/Amazon Kindle compatible file. It should be a little easier to manage than six separate stories.

I initially had emailed Cory about getting my conversion up on the Overclocked download page, and here's what he had to say:

[QUOT
Hey, Kyle! Many thanks for this -- really glad you enjoyed it!

Avalon -- who published Overclocked -- are more conservative that Tor, who do my novels, and the only way I could get them to agree to a CC release was to promise that I wouldn't distribute the whole book as one file. There's nothing that prevents YOU from doing so, natch, but I can't. Yes, this is INCREDIBLY dumb. Welcome to publishing!

Thanks for this -- hope lots of people d/l it from you!

Cory
[/QUOT

I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I did!

-Kyle

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Doctorow, Cory: Printcrime, v.1, 21 January 2009.

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Cory Doctorow: Printcrime
(originally published in Nature Magazine, January 2006)

A short story.
“Printing” becomes a crime.

The text recently appeared in Project Gutenberg.

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Doctorow, Cory: Scroogled (illustrated) v.0 2008-09-02

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[Scroogled[/
Google controls your e-mail, your videos, your calendar, your searches… What if it controlled your life?
By Cory Doctorow

Another Creative Commons release by Cory Doctorow.

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Doctorow, Cory: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town v1.0 2007-11-29

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[Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town[/ is another Creative Commons release from author Cory Doctorow.

[quotAlan is a middle-aged entrepreneur in contemporary Toronto who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in the bohemian neighborhood of Kensington. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman, who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings wings, moreover, that grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain, his mother is a washing machine, and among his brothers is a set of Russian nesting dolls. Now two of the three nesting dolls, Edward and Frederick, are on his doorstep well on their way to starvation because their innermost member, George, has vanished. It appears that yet another brother, Davey, whom Alan and his other siblings killed years ago, may have returned....bent on revenge. Under such circumstances it seems only reasonable for Alan to involve himself with a visionary scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet connectivity, a conspiracy spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who build miracles of hardware scavenged from the city's Dumpsters. But Alan's past won't leave him alone and Davey is only one of the powers gunning for him and all his friends.[/quot

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Dodge, Mary Mapes: Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. 17 Aug 07

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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates, I remember this so well from my childhood. I hope you enjoy it as well. If it brings back good memories for you, so much the better.

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Dohm, Hedwig: Christa Ruland, german V1, 27.12.2009

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Hedwig Dohm (Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm, geborene Schlesinger; * 20. September 1831 in Berlin; 1. Juni 1919 ebenda) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. Sie war eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen, die geschlechtsspezifische Verhaltensweisen auf die kulturelle Prägung zurückführte statt auf biologische Determination. Ihre Enkelin Katia heiratete 1905 Thomas Mann.
Hedwig Dohm war das dritte von insgesamt 18 Kindern des Tabakfabrikanten Gustav Adolph Gotthold Schlesinger und dessen Frau Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich. Sie wurde wie neun ihrer Geschwister unehelich geboren, denn ihren Eltern war es erst 1838 nach dem Tod des Großvaters väterlicherseits möglich zu heiraten. Dieser hatte seinem Sohn die Enterbung angedroht, falls er die ebenfalls uneheliche Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich heiraten sollte. Hedwig Dohms Vater war jüdischer Abstammung, konvertierte aber bereits 1817 vom jüdischen zum evangelischen Glauben. Ab 1851 war ihrem Vater die Führung des Familiennamens Schleh zugestanden worden.

Den Töchtern der Familie wurde nur eine eingeschränkte Schulausbildung zugestanden, während die Söhne das Gymnasium besuchen durften. Als Mädchen gierte Hedwig nach Bildung, und so las sie heimlich alles, was ihr in die Finger geriet und ließ sich auch durch Schläge nicht davon abhalten.

In der ersten Hälfte der 1870er Jahre erschienen die ersten vier feministischen Bücher von Hedwig Dohm, in denen sie die völlige rechtliche, soziale und ökonomische Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern forderte. Auch das Stimmrecht für Frauen forderte sie bereits 1873, als eine der ersten in Deutschland. Diese vier Essays machten sie mit einem Schlag berühmt  und stießen auf heftige Kritik, nicht nur unter den Herrenrechtlern, sondern auch in den Reihen der damaligen bürgerlichen Frauenbewegung. Jenen gingen Dohms radikale Thesen zu weit, sie konzentrierten sich vornehmlich auf die Forderung einer verbesserten Schulbildung für Mädchen und die Versorgung ledig gebliebener Mütter. Ende der 70er Jahre veröffentlichte Dohm mehrere Lustspiele, die sämtlich mit großem Erfolg im Berliner Königlichen Schauspielhaus aufgeführt wurden.

1883 starb ihr Mann Ernst Dohm nach langer Krankheit. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes begann Hedwig Dohm, Novellen und Romane zu schreiben. Als der radikale Flügel der Frauenbewegung Ende der 1880er Jahre erstarkte, widmete sie sich auch wieder vermehrt politischen Publikationen in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften. Außerdem war sie Mitbegründerin mehrerer radikaler Vereine, u.a. des Frauenvereins Reform (später Verein Frauenbildung  Frauenstudium), der sich für eine umfassende Bildungsreform und das Frauenstudium einsetzte. Sie trat Minna Cauers radikalem Verein Frauenwohl bei und als 74-Jährige wurde sie Mitglied der Gründungsversammlung von Helene Stöckers Bund für Mutterschutz. Bis zu ihrem Tod 1919 veröffentlichte sie mehrere Essaybände und fast hundert Artikel in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, in denen sie sich mit aktuellen Debatten in Literatur und Politik äußerte und positionierte.
Im 1. Weltkrieg gehörte Dohm zu den wenigen Intellektuellen, die sich von Anfang an gegen den Krieg äußerten, dem Hurra-Patriotismus stand sie kritisch gegenüber. In ihren letzten Schriften, die sie zumeist in explizit pazifistischen Medien wie Pfemferts Die Aktion veröffentlichte, gab sie sich als kompromisslose Pazifistin zu erkennen. Die Einführung des Frauenwahlrechts 1918 in Deutschland erlebte sie noch. Sie starb am 1. Juni 1919.

Der Roman "Sibilla Dalmar" (1896) verursachte einen Skandal in der Münchener Gesellschaft , vermutete man doch in der Protagonistin ein Abbild von Hedwig Pringsheim, die nicht nur Dohms älteste Tochter, sondern auch Thomas Manns Schwiegermutter und zudem ein Star der Münchener Szene war.
1899 erschien der Roman "Schicksale einer Seele", der in der bisherigen Forschung fälschlicherweise als Autobiografie der Autorin gelesen wurde. 1902 wurde die Roman-Trilogie mit "Christa Ruland" vervollständigt.
(Wikipedia)

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Dohm, Hedwig: Schicksale einer Seele, german V1, 27.12.2009

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Hedwig Dohm (Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm, geborene Schlesinger; * 20. September 1831 in Berlin; 1. Juni 1919 ebenda) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. Sie war eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen, die geschlechtsspezifische Verhaltensweisen auf die kulturelle Prägung zurückführte statt auf biologische Determination. Ihre Enkelin Katia heiratete 1905 Thomas Mann.
Hedwig Dohm war das dritte von insgesamt 18 Kindern des Tabakfabrikanten Gustav Adolph Gotthold Schlesinger und dessen Frau Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich. Sie wurde wie neun ihrer Geschwister unehelich geboren, denn ihren Eltern war es erst 1838 nach dem Tod des Großvaters väterlicherseits möglich zu heiraten. Dieser hatte seinem Sohn die Enterbung angedroht, falls er die ebenfalls uneheliche Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich heiraten sollte. Hedwig Dohms Vater war jüdischer Abstammung, konvertierte aber bereits 1817 vom jüdischen zum evangelischen Glauben. Ab 1851 war ihrem Vater die Führung des Familiennamens Schleh zugestanden worden.

Den Töchtern der Familie wurde nur eine eingeschränkte Schulausbildung zugestanden, während die Söhne das Gymnasium besuchen durften. Als Mädchen gierte Hedwig nach Bildung, und so las sie heimlich alles, was ihr in die Finger geriet und ließ sich auch durch Schläge nicht davon abhalten.

In der ersten Hälfte der 1870er Jahre erschienen die ersten vier feministischen Bücher von Hedwig Dohm, in denen sie die völlige rechtliche, soziale und ökonomische Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern forderte. Auch das Stimmrecht für Frauen forderte sie bereits 1873, als eine der ersten in Deutschland. Diese vier Essays machten sie mit einem Schlag berühmt  und stießen auf heftige Kritik, nicht nur unter den Herrenrechtlern, sondern auch in den Reihen der damaligen bürgerlichen Frauenbewegung. Jenen gingen Dohms radikale Thesen zu weit, sie konzentrierten sich vornehmlich auf die Forderung einer verbesserten Schulbildung für Mädchen und die Versorgung ledig gebliebener Mütter. Ende der 70er Jahre veröffentlichte Dohm mehrere Lustspiele, die sämtlich mit großem Erfolg im Berliner Königlichen Schauspielhaus aufgeführt wurden.

1883 starb ihr Mann Ernst Dohm nach langer Krankheit. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes begann Hedwig Dohm, Novellen und Romane zu schreiben. Als der radikale Flügel der Frauenbewegung Ende der 1880er Jahre erstarkte, widmete sie sich auch wieder vermehrt politischen Publikationen in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften. Außerdem war sie Mitbegründerin mehrerer radikaler Vereine, u.a. des Frauenvereins Reform (später Verein Frauenbildung  Frauenstudium), der sich für eine umfassende Bildungsreform und das Frauenstudium einsetzte. Sie trat Minna Cauers radikalem Verein Frauenwohl bei und als 74-Jährige wurde sie Mitglied der Gründungsversammlung von Helene Stöckers Bund für Mutterschutz. Bis zu ihrem Tod 1919 veröffentlichte sie mehrere Essaybände und fast hundert Artikel in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, in denen sie sich mit aktuellen Debatten in Literatur und Politik äußerte und positionierte.
Im 1. Weltkrieg gehörte Dohm zu den wenigen Intellektuellen, die sich von Anfang an gegen den Krieg äußerten, dem Hurra-Patriotismus stand sie kritisch gegenüber. In ihren letzten Schriften, die sie zumeist in explizit pazifistischen Medien wie Pfemferts Die Aktion veröffentlichte, gab sie sich als kompromisslose Pazifistin zu erkennen. Die Einführung des Frauenwahlrechts 1918 in Deutschland erlebte sie noch. Sie starb am 1. Juni 1919.

Der Roman "Sibilla Dalmar" (1896) verursachte einen Skandal in der Münchener Gesellschaft , vermutete man doch in der Protagonistin ein Abbild von Hedwig Pringsheim, die nicht nur Dohms älteste Tochter, sondern auch Thomas Manns Schwiegermutter und zudem ein Star der Münchener Szene war.
1899 erschien der Roman "Schicksale einer Seele", der in der bisherigen Forschung fälschlicherweise als Autobiografie der Autorin gelesen wurde. 1902 wurde die Roman-Trilogie mit "Christa Ruland" vervollständigt.
(Wikipedia)

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Dohm, Hedwig: Sibilla Dalmar, german V1, 27.12.2009

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Hedwig Dohm (Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm, geborene Schlesinger; * 20. September 1831 in Berlin; 1. Juni 1919 ebenda) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. Sie war eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen, die geschlechtsspezifische Verhaltensweisen auf die kulturelle Prägung zurückführte statt auf biologische Determination. Ihre Enkelin Katia heiratete 1905 Thomas Mann.
Hedwig Dohm war das dritte von insgesamt 18 Kindern des Tabakfabrikanten Gustav Adolph Gotthold Schlesinger und dessen Frau Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich. Sie wurde wie neun ihrer Geschwister unehelich geboren, denn ihren Eltern war es erst 1838 nach dem Tod des Großvaters väterlicherseits möglich zu heiraten. Dieser hatte seinem Sohn die Enterbung angedroht, falls er die ebenfalls uneheliche Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich heiraten sollte. Hedwig Dohms Vater war jüdischer Abstammung, konvertierte aber bereits 1817 vom jüdischen zum evangelischen Glauben. Ab 1851 war ihrem Vater die Führung des Familiennamens Schleh zugestanden worden.

Den Töchtern der Familie wurde nur eine eingeschränkte Schulausbildung zugestanden, während die Söhne das Gymnasium besuchen durften. Als Mädchen gierte Hedwig nach Bildung, und so las sie heimlich alles, was ihr in die Finger geriet und ließ sich auch durch Schläge nicht davon abhalten.

In der ersten Hälfte der 1870er Jahre erschienen die ersten vier feministischen Bücher von Hedwig Dohm, in denen sie die völlige rechtliche, soziale und ökonomische Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern forderte. Auch das Stimmrecht für Frauen forderte sie bereits 1873, als eine der ersten in Deutschland. Diese vier Essays machten sie mit einem Schlag berühmt  und stießen auf heftige Kritik, nicht nur unter den Herrenrechtlern, sondern auch in den Reihen der damaligen bürgerlichen Frauenbewegung. Jenen gingen Dohms radikale Thesen zu weit, sie konzentrierten sich vornehmlich auf die Forderung einer verbesserten Schulbildung für Mädchen und die Versorgung ledig gebliebener Mütter. Ende der 70er Jahre veröffentlichte Dohm mehrere Lustspiele, die sämtlich mit großem Erfolg im Berliner Königlichen Schauspielhaus aufgeführt wurden.

1883 starb ihr Mann Ernst Dohm nach langer Krankheit. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes begann Hedwig Dohm, Novellen und Romane zu schreiben. Als der radikale Flügel der Frauenbewegung Ende der 1880er Jahre erstarkte, widmete sie sich auch wieder vermehrt politischen Publikationen in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften. Außerdem war sie Mitbegründerin mehrerer radikaler Vereine, u.a. des Frauenvereins Reform (später Verein Frauenbildung  Frauenstudium), der sich für eine umfassende Bildungsreform und das Frauenstudium einsetzte. Sie trat Minna Cauers radikalem Verein Frauenwohl bei und als 74-Jährige wurde sie Mitglied der Gründungsversammlung von Helene Stöckers Bund für Mutterschutz. Bis zu ihrem Tod 1919 veröffentlichte sie mehrere Essaybände und fast hundert Artikel in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, in denen sie sich mit aktuellen Debatten in Literatur und Politik äußerte und positionierte.
Im 1. Weltkrieg gehörte Dohm zu den wenigen Intellektuellen, die sich von Anfang an gegen den Krieg äußerten, dem Hurra-Patriotismus stand sie kritisch gegenüber. In ihren letzten Schriften, die sie zumeist in explizit pazifistischen Medien wie Pfemferts Die Aktion veröffentlichte, gab sie sich als kompromisslose Pazifistin zu erkennen. Die Einführung des Frauenwahlrechts 1918 in Deutschland erlebte sie noch. Sie starb am 1. Juni 1919.

Der Roman "Sibilla Dalmar" (1896) verursachte einen Skandal in der Münchener Gesellschaft , vermutete man doch in der Protagonistin ein Abbild von Hedwig Pringsheim, die nicht nur Dohms älteste Tochter, sondern auch Thomas Manns Schwiegermutter und zudem ein Star der Münchener Szene war.
1899 erschien der Roman "Schicksale einer Seele", der in der bisherigen Forschung fälschlicherweise als Autobiografie der Autorin gelesen wurde. 1902 wurde die Roman-Trilogie mit "Christa Ruland" vervollständigt.
(Wikipedia)

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Donne, John, Devotions and Death’s Duel, v.1, 10 Dec 2007.

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Contains:

1. Izaak Walton’s Life of John Donne.
2. Donne’s ‘Devotions on Emergent Occasions’ (--a set of Meditations and prayers on sickness and death).
3. Death’s Duel’ – Donne’s final sermon. (1630)

Includes a picture of Donne, a ToC and hyperlinked notes.

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Donnelly, Ignatius.: Caesar's Column. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Published in 1890, Caesar's Column is an account of a trip to New York City in 1988 by a visitor from the Swiss colony of Uganda. The great metropolis dazzles with its futuristic technology, but its ostentatious wealth and luxury mask the brutal repression of the laboring classes by their rich bosses. The workers, aided by international terrorists, stage a violent revolt and the narrator flees the devastated city by airship to found an agrarian utopia in Africa.

Fueled by outrage at social conditions, Caesar's Column was the first major dystopian novel in the English language. Its author, Ignatius Donnelly, was the most famous--and controversial--American populist politician of the day, and his book became a huge bestseller and was often compared to such utopian works as Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) and William Morris's News from Nowhere (1890).

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Dostoevsky, Feodor: Notes From the Underground. v1. 18 July 07

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Feodor Dostoevsky (or Fyodor), one of the two titans of Russian prose, first published [Notes From the Underground[/ in 1864. It is regarded as a founding work of existentialism.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTFor Dostoevsky, war is the rebellion of the people against the idea that reason guides everything. And thus, reason is the ultimate principle of guidance for neither history nor mankind. [/QUOT

For me this is the most approachable Dostoevsky work. I was hooked from the first page. I started reading it about 21:00 and stayed up until I finished it. By Russian standards it is a short novel.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich: The Brothers Karamosov. Nov 17 2007

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The Brothers Karamosov is one of the greatest Novels ever written. It's worth the time and energy needed to read it. (Since its as long as a bad girls dream)

Dostoevsky actually faced a firing squad in prison as a young man. To torment him his jailors led him out and blinfolded him. Then fired over his head. Imagine that experience!

He needless to say was changed forever by that singular event and devoted the rest of his life to seeking the meaning of life.

This Novel represents his highest thought in the form of the Holy man Father Zossima and Alyosha's attempt to emulate that holiness vs. the struggle he had with Personal holiness represented by all the Karamosov brothers and their inherited passions, their essentially twisted Karamosov curse!!! A great study of human nature in its highest and lowest impulses!

I wonder if I should identify more with Dmitri and his incorrigible impulses or Alyosha and his desires to escape the curse of sin...

Well .. Anyway, I'm no scholar and most of this book sails majestically out of reach over my head but its still a great read.

Enjoy!

Roy

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: Poor Folk V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Hi All,

I used the PG and Manybooks files, added a TOC according to the months--Dostoevsky didn't organize this by chapters, but the letters break down through a series of months chronologically. I also added useful page breaks before each month, and standardized the heading formats.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Double: A Petersburg Poem. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Double: A Petersburg Poem is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The novella was first published in 1846. The Double deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin. The motif of the novella is a doppelgänger, known throughout the world in various guises such as the fetch.

The Double is the most Gogolesque of Dostoevsky's works; its subtitle "The Poem" duplicates that of the Dead Souls. Vladimir Nabokov called it a parody of "The Overcoat". The story is told in great detail with a style intensely saturated by phonetic and rhythmical expressiveness. The novella centers on a government clerk who goes mad, obsessed by the idea that a fellow clerk has usurped his identity. D.S. Mirsky characterized the story as a "painful, almost intolerable reading".

The cruelty of the story is marked by Nikolay Mikhaylovsky and his madness. With convincing literary power, Dostoevsky depicts the sufferings of Mr. Golyadkin's humiliated human dignity.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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The Gambler is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline so he could pay off gambling debts.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people.” Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: White Nights

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Fyodor Dostoevsky: White Nights

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White Nights (Russian: 5;K5 =>G8) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, originally published in 1848, early in the writer's career.

Film adaptations have been made by Italian director Luchino Visconti (Le notti bianche), by French director Robert Bresson (as Four Nights of a Dreamer), by Iranian director Farzad Motamen (as Shabhaye Roshan) by Indian film directors Manmohan Desai (Chhalia (1960)), Shivam Nair (Ahista Ahista), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Saawariya), and Jananadhan (Iyarkai) and into the American film Two Lovers.

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Dostojewski, F. M.: Die Brüder Karamasow. [ [German] V1. 9 Feb 2011

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"Die Brüder Karamasow, in manchen Ausgaben auch Karamasoff, russisch @0BLO 0@007>2K (Brat'ja Karamazovy), ist der letzte Roman des russischen Schriftstellers Fjodor Dostojewski, geschrieben in den Jahren 1878–1880. Er zählt zu den größten Werken der Weltliteratur." Wiki

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Dostojewski, F. Michailowitsch: Erniedrigte und Beleidigte [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Erniedrigte und Beleidigte war der erste Roman, den der russische Schriftsteller Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski nach seiner achtjährigen Verbannung nach Sibirien 1861 in der St. Petersburger Monatsschrift „Wremja“ veröffentlichte. Der Roman handelt von den vergeblichen Liebesbeziehungen in einer gesellschaftlichen Hierarchie, die von differenzierten sozialen Interessen bestimmt ist.
Die Großstadtmisere von Sankt Petersburg ist Schauplatz der Handlung. Der Roman schildert die fiktive Geschichte des Schriftstellers Iwan Petrowitsch, der mit seinem Debüt großen Erfolg hatte, nun aber, vom Leben enttäuscht, erniedrigt und beleidigt, im Krankenhaus die Liebeserfahrungen seines letzten Lebensjahres erzählt, gelegentlich banal und ganz und gar sentimental, dennoch stilistisch exzellent. (Wiki)

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Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Der Idiot, german V1 14.12.2009

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Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski ; * 30. Oktoberjul./ 11. November 1821greg. in Moskau; † 28. Januarjul./ 9. Februar 1881greg. in Sankt Petersburg) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten russischen Schriftsteller.
Fjodor Dostojewski war das zweite Kind von Michail Andrejewitsch Dostojewski und Maria Fjodorowna Netschajewa. Er hatte zwei Brüder und drei Schwestern (eine vierte Schwester starb kurz nach der Geburt). Die Familie entstammte verarmtem Adel; der Vater war Arzt. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter 1837 ließ sich Dostojewski mit seinem Bruder Michail in St. Petersburg nieder, wo er von 1838 bis 1843 an der Militärakademie Bauingenieurwesen studierte. 1839 wurde sein Vater auf dem heimischen Landgut durch leibeigene Bauern ermordet.
Dostojewski war zweimal verheiratet. Seine erste Ehe mit der Witwe Maria Dmitrijewna Isajewa endete 1864 nach siebenjähriger Dauer mit dem Tod Marias und war kinderlos, jedoch hatte Maria aus erster Ehe einen Sohn (Pavel). Seine zweite Frau war Anna Grigorjewna Snitkina. Aus der am 15. Februar 1867 geschlossene Ehe, die bis zu Dostojewskis Tod hielt, gingen vier Kinder hervor, von denen jedoch nur zwei das Erwachsenenalter erreichten. Dostojewski begann 1844 mit den Arbeiten zu seinem 1846 veröffentlichten Erstlingswerk Arme Leute (54=K5 ;N48). Mit dessen Erscheinen wurde er schlagartig berühmt; die zeitgenössische Kritik feierte ihn als Genie.

Der Idiot (russ. 48>B) gehört zu den fünf bekanntesten Romanen Fjodor Dostojewskis, die zur Weltliteratur gezählt werden. Er wurde von Dostojewski in Genf 1867 begonnen und in Mailand 1868 beendet und erschien von Januar 1868 bis Februar 1869 in der Zeitschrift Russkij Vestnik.
Titelheld des Romans ist der junge Fürst Myschkin, der nach einem Aufenthalt in einem Schweizer Sanatorium von seiner Epilepsie nicht ganz geheilt nach Russland zurückkehrt und in der Sankt Petersburger Gesellschaft in den Brennpunkt von Intrigen, Begehrlichkeiten, Vorurteilen und gesellschaftlichen Konventionen gerät. Seine Naivität, Offenheit, Ehrlichkeit und vorurteilslose Tugendhaftigkeit wird dabei aufs äusserste ausgenutzt und strapaziert und er kann dem Treiben nur wehrlos sein Ideal der gelebten Menschenliebe entgegensetzen. Als er dann noch zwischen zwei Frauen gleichzeitig gerät und sich nicht zu einer für die Gesellschaft anscheinend positiven Entscheidung durchringen kann, gerät er in einen Strudel aus Gewalt und innerer Zerrissenheit, die zu seiner geistigen Umnachtung führen.
(Wikipedia)

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Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Die Dämonen, german V1 14.12.2009

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Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski ; * 30. Oktoberjul./ 11. November 1821greg. in Moskau; † 28. Januarjul./ 9. Februar 1881greg. in Sankt Petersburg) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten russischen Schriftsteller.
Fjodor Dostojewski war das zweite Kind von Michail Andrejewitsch Dostojewski und Maria Fjodorowna Netschajewa. Er hatte zwei Brüder und drei Schwestern (eine vierte Schwester starb kurz nach der Geburt). Die Familie entstammte verarmtem Adel; der Vater war Arzt. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter 1837 ließ sich Dostojewski mit seinem Bruder Michail in St. Petersburg nieder, wo er von 1838 bis 1843 an der Militärakademie Bauingenieurwesen studierte. 1839 wurde sein Vater auf dem heimischen Landgut durch leibeigene Bauern ermordet.
Dostojewski war zweimal verheiratet. Seine erste Ehe mit der Witwe Maria Dmitrijewna Isajewa endete 1864 nach siebenjähriger Dauer mit dem Tod Marias und war kinderlos, jedoch hatte Maria aus erster Ehe einen Sohn (Pavel). Seine zweite Frau war Anna Grigorjewna Snitkina. Aus der am 15. Februar 1867 geschlossene Ehe, die bis zu Dostojewskis Tod hielt, gingen vier Kinder hervor, von denen jedoch nur zwei das Erwachsenenalter erreichten. Dostojewski begann 1844 mit den Arbeiten zu seinem 1846 veröffentlichten Erstlingswerk Arme Leute (54=K5 ;N48). Mit dessen Erscheinen wurde er schlagartig berühmt; die zeitgenössische Kritik feierte ihn als Genie.

Die Dämonen (russ. 5AK/ Bessy) ist ein 1873 veröffentlichter Roman von Fjodor Dostojewski. Der Titel wird oft auch als Böse Geister, Die Teufel oder Die Besessenen übersetzt (siehe unten).
Das Buch beschreibt das politische und soziale Leben im vorrevolutionären Russland des späten 19. Jahrhunderts, als unter zunehmender Labilität der zaristischen Herrschaft und traditionellen Wertesysteme verschiedene Ideologien (Nihilismus, Sozialismus, Liberalismus, Konservatismus) aufeinanderprallten, die von Dostojewski jeweils in einem Protagonisten dargestellt werden.
(Wikipedia)

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Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Verbrechen und Strafe, german V1 14.12.2009

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Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski ; * 30. Oktoberjul./ 11. November 1821greg. in Moskau; † 28. Januarjul./ 9. Februar 1881greg. in Sankt Petersburg) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten russischen Schriftsteller.
Fjodor Dostojewski war das zweite Kind von Michail Andrejewitsch Dostojewski und Maria Fjodorowna Netschajewa. Er hatte zwei Brüder und drei Schwestern (eine vierte Schwester starb kurz nach der Geburt). Die Familie entstammte verarmtem Adel; der Vater war Arzt. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter 1837 ließ sich Dostojewski mit seinem Bruder Michail in St. Petersburg nieder, wo er von 1838 bis 1843 an der Militärakademie Bauingenieurwesen studierte. 1839 wurde sein Vater auf dem heimischen Landgut durch leibeigene Bauern ermordet.
Dostojewski war zweimal verheiratet. Seine erste Ehe mit der Witwe Maria Dmitrijewna Isajewa endete 1864 nach siebenjähriger Dauer mit dem Tod Marias und war kinderlos, jedoch hatte Maria aus erster Ehe einen Sohn (Pavel). Seine zweite Frau war Anna Grigorjewna Snitkina. Aus der am 15. Februar 1867 geschlossene Ehe, die bis zu Dostojewskis Tod hielt, gingen vier Kinder hervor, von denen jedoch nur zwei das Erwachsenenalter erreichten. Dostojewski begann 1844 mit den Arbeiten zu seinem 1846 veröffentlichten Erstlingswerk Arme Leute (54=K5 ;N48). Mit dessen Erscheinen wurde er schlagartig berühmt; die zeitgenössische Kritik feierte ihn als Genie.

Schuld und Sühne (russisch: @5ABC?;5=85 8 =0:070=85), in älteren Übersetzungen auch Raskolnikow, in neueren Verbrechen und Strafe, ist der 1866 erschienene erste große Roman von Fjodor Dostojewski. Der russische Originaltitel des Romans, @5ABC?;5=85 8 =0:070=85 (Prestuplenie i nakazanie), lässt sich nicht exakt ins Deutsche übertragen. Der geläufigste Übersetzungstitel ist Schuld und Sühne, trifft mit seiner stark moralischen Orientierung jedoch nicht die russischen Termini, die eher aus dem juristischen Sprachgebrauch stammen. Genauer ist die Übersetzung als Verbrechen und Strafe, die aber wiederum den durchaus vorhandenen ethischen Gehalt der russischen Begriffe nicht ganz erfasst. Dieser Titel wurde unter anderem von Swetlana Geier in ihrer viel beachteten Neuübersetzung von 1994 verwendet. In anderen Sprachen wie dem Englischen, Französischen und Polnischen wurde dieser Titel schon immer bevorzugt verwendet (Crime and punishment, Crime et châtiment bzw. Zbrodnia i kara). Der Roman wurde im Deutschen teilweise auch unter dem Namen seiner Hauptfigur, Rodion Raskolnikow, herausgegeben.
Schauplatz des Romans ist Sankt Petersburg um 1860. Es geht um die Geschichte des bitterarmen, aber überdurchschnittlich begabten Jura-Studenten Rodion Romanowitsch Raskolnikow. Die Mischung aus Armut und Überlegenheitsdünkel spaltet ihn zunehmend von der Gesellschaft ab. Unter dem starken Eindruck eines von ihm zufällig belauschten Wirtshausgesprächs entwickelt er die Idee eines „perfekten Mordes“, der seine Theorie der „außergewöhnlichen“ Menschen, die im Sinne des allgemein-menschlichen Fortschritts natürliche Vorrechte genießen sollten, untermauern soll. Er selbst, jung und talentiert, doch mit Armut geschlagen, sieht sich als solchermaßen Privilegierter, der auch in der Situation eines solchen Verbrechens Ruhe und Übersicht zu wahren weiß.
(Wikipedia)

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Dostojewski, Fjodr Michailowitsch: Weiße Nächte. [German] V1. 21 Dec 2.2010

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Eine Novelle von 1848 mit einer sehr schönen Liebesgeschichte.

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Brothers Karamazov , v1 Nov. 2008

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The final novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published as Bratya Karamazovy in 1879-80, and generally considered to be his masterpiece. It is the story of Fyodor Karamazov and his sons Alyosha, Dmitry, and Ivan. It is also a story of patricide, into the sordid unfolding of which Dostoyevsky introduces a love-hate struggle with profound psychological and spiritual implications. Throughout the whole novel there persists a search for faith, for God--the central idea of the work. The dramatization of Ivan's repudiation of God is concentrated in the famous "Legend of the Grand Inquisitor." A response to Ivan is contained in the preaching of the monk Zosima that the secret of universal harmony is not achieved by the mind but by the heart.
-- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. V1. 6 Jan 2011

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Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

A man of many passions, Dostoevsky revealed two of them in The Gambler--his lamentable love for Apollinaria Suslova and his obsession with gambling.

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The House of The Dead, v1.0 26 Aug 2008 (PRC)

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A Mobi version (with Table of Contents) of Timolean's HTML version of Dostoevsky's "House of the Dead."

[QUOTCleaned up copy of the late 19th Century translation by Edwards. The cover art is both Ancient and Safe, I believe.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot: V1. 7 Jan 2011

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Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

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Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows.
Some of the passengers by this particular train were returning from abroad; but the third-class carriages were the best filled, chiefly with insignificant persons of various occupations and degrees, picked up at the different stations nearer town. All of them seemed weary, and most of them had sleepy eyes and a shivering expression, while their complexions generally appeared to have taken on the colour of the fog outside.
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

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Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows.
Some of the passengers by this particular train were returning from abroad; but the third-class carriages were the best filled, chiefly with insignificant persons of various occupations and degrees, picked up at the different stations nearer town. All of them seemed weary, and most of them had sleepy eyes and a shivering expression, while their complexions generally appeared to have taken on the colour of the fog outside.

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Dougall, Lily: A Dozen Ways Of Love. V1. 7 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

YOUNG LOVE
A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN
THRIFT
A TAINT IN THE BLOOD
'HATH NOT A JEW EYES?'
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
THE SYNDICATE BABY
WITCHCRAFT
THE GIRL WHO BELIEVED IN THE SAINTS
THE PAUPERS' GOLDEN DAY
THE SOUL OF A MAN
A FREAK OF CUPID

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Dougall, Lily: The Mermaid. V1. 8 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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Caius Simpson was the only son of a farmer who lived on the north-west coast of Prince Edward's Island. The farmer was very well-to-do, for he was a hard-working man, and his land produced richly. The father was a man of good understanding, and the son had been born with brains; there were traditions of education in the family, hence the name Caius; it was no plan of the elder man that his son should also be a farmer. The boy was first sent to learn in what was called an "Academy," a school in the largest town of the island. Caius loved his books, and became a youthful scholar. In the summer he did light work on the farm; the work was of a quiet, monotonous sort, for his parents were no friends to frivolity or excitement.

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Dougall, Lily: The Mormon Prophet. V1. 8 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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In studying the rise of this curious sect I have discovered that certain misconceptions concerning it are deeply rooted in the minds of many of the more earnest of the well-wishers to society. Some otherwise well-informed people hold Mormonism to be synonymous with polygamy, believe that Brigham Young was its chief prophet, and are convinced that the miseries of oppressed women and tyrannies exercised over helpless subjects of both sexes are the only themes that the religion of more than two hundred thousand people can afford. When I have ventured in conversation to deny these somewhat fabulous notions, it has been earnestly suggested to me that to write on so false a religion in other than a polemic spirit would tend to the undermining of civilised life.

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Dougall, Lily: The Zeit-Geist. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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When travelling in Canada, in the region north of Lake Ontario, I came upon traces of the somewhat remarkable life which is the subject of the following sketch.

Having applied to the school-master in the town where Bartholomew Toyner lived, I received an account the graphic detail and imaginative insight of which attest the writer's personal affection. This account, with only such condensation as is necessary, I now give to the world. I do not believe that it belongs to the novel to teach theology; but I do believe that religious sentiments and opinions are a legitimate subject of its art, and that perhaps its highest function is to promote understanding by bringing into contact minds that habitually misinterpret one another.

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Dougall, Lily: What Necessity Knows. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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One episode of this story may need a word of explanation. It is reported that while the "Millerite" or Adventist excitement of 1843 was agitating certain parts of North America, in one place at least a little band of white-robed people ascended a hill in sure expectation of the Second Advent, and patiently returned to be the laughing stock of their neighbours.

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Douglas, Amanda M: A Modern Cinderella, v1, 2 April 2009

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Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916)
A Modern Cinderella (1913)

A modern re-telling of the Cinderella story. Marilla is a careworn and harassed nursemaid (even though she is only a child herself). With her sweet nature and her helpful ways, she is unlikely to escape a life of servitude. But the unexpected happens…

The source was PG Canada.

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Douglas, Jack: Test Rocket!. v1 23 Feb 2008

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A very short science fiction story from 1959. The original blurb for the story:

It's amazing how much you can learn about absolute strangers if you just stop to think about the kind of an animal they'll put in a ...
TEST ROCKET!

Included is the original cover from Amazing Science Fiction Stories.

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Douglas, Lloyd C.: The Robe, v1, 11 Nov 2007

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One of the best-selling novels of the 1940s.
It's the story of the Roman soldier who won Jesus' robe during the crucifixion and who seeks to learn more about the man it belonged to.
It was made into a movie with Richard Burton.

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Douglas, Norman: Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology, v.1, 26 February 2009.

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Norman Douglas (1868–1952)
Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology (1927)

A good-humoured study of the Ancient Greek view of animals. It takes as a starting point the way that poets mentioned animals in the Greek Anthology (a famous poetry collection).
There are fascinating snippets of information. Apparently the Greeks did not often keep domestic cats, preferring tame ferrets as mousers. And there’s a discussion of the bookworm, which seems to have been a problem even in those days.

The source was PG Australia. The file was in a fairly poor state and I have cautiously made a number of corrections (e.g. replacing ‘fettix’ with the correct ‘tettix’ when the Greek for ‘cicada’ is mentioned.)
NB Selections from the Greek Anthology have already been uploaded.

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Douglas, Norman: Good-bye to Western Culture, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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Norman Douglas (1868–1952)
Good-bye to Western Culture: Some Footnotes on East and West (1930)

Why Europe (and especially Britain) is in decline: there are persistent infringements on our freedoms, and we tolerate them. In many ways the Asians show much more sense. Doulas complains about our inconsistent treatment of sexual matters, blackmail, animals, petty regulations, the death penalty etc.

“Europe has lost her smile. Moreover, she is growing smaller than ever; small and explosive and hectic—balkanized. An air of parochial defiance broods over us, signalizing its presence by offensive aggressions upon liberty. Life in this continent must present considerable difficulties just now to a really conscientious person. They who make it their business to evade its laws and conventions whenever possible are on a different plane; they find their existence tolerable, and some of them—one, at all events—would not be sorry if it lasted for ever.”

The source was PG Australia.

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Dowden, Edward.: A History of French Literature. v1, 29 Feb 2008

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A History of French Literature covers the literature of these five periods; The Middle Ages, The Sixteenth Century, The Seventeenth Century, The Eighteenth Century and 1789-1850.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Desert Drama. V1. 12 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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The public may possibly wonder why it is that they have never heard in the papers of the fate of the passengers of the __Korosko__. In these days of universal press agencies, responsive to the slightest stimulus, it may well seem incredible that an international incident of such importance should remain so long unchronicled. Suffice it that there were very valid reasons, both of a personal and political nature, for holding it back

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus: V1. 13 Jan 2011

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TO MRS. MAUDE CROSSE
DEAR MAUDE, - All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course. Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way. So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm - such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats. If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy. May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil - and so, bon voyage!

Ever your friend,

THE AUTHOR.
Jan. 20, 1899.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Study in Scarlet. V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Visit to Three Fronts. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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In the course of May 1916, the Italian authorities expressed a desire that some independent observer from Great Britain should visit their lines and report his impressions. It was at the time when our brave and capable allies had sustained a set-back in the Trentino owing to a sudden concentration of the Austrians, supported by very heavy artillery. I was asked to undertake this mission.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Beyond the City. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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"If you please, mum," said the voice of a domestic from somewhere round the angle of the door, "number three is moving in."
Two little old ladies, who were sitting at either side of a table, sprang to their feet with ejaculations of interest, and rushed to the window of the sitting-room.
"Take care, Monica dear," said one, shrouding herself in the lace curtain; "don't let them see us.
"No, no, Bertha. We must not give them reason to say that their neighbors are inquisitive. But I think that we are safe if we stand like this."

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Das leere Haus german v1 3 feb 2009

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Deutsche Übersetzung von "The Adventure of the Empty House", eine der besten Sherlock Holmes- Geschichten.

Viel Spass damit

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: His Last Bow. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

The title refers to Holmes' emergence from retirement to help the government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Containing a fascinating variety of stories, from narratives by Holmes himself to a meeting with his brilliant brother and the climactic and seemingly fatal meeting between Holmes and the criminal mastermind Moriarity, this volume sealed Holmes' immortality as a literary figure.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Micah Clarke. V1. 17 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

This historical novel, first published in 1889, was Doyle's third book -- his first hardcover one, preceded only by the two paper-wrappered titles A Study in Scarlet and The Mystery of Cloomber. Micah Clarke was quite successful, running through several quick printings, though Doyle had to take it to numerous publishers before Andrew Lang at Longmans finally accepted it. Doyle brought together his knowledge of the seventeenth century and supplemented it with months of research on detail. Then, at intervals of tramping medical rounds or studying optics at the Portsmouth Eye Hospital, he wrote the book in three months.

Now the power of Micah Clarke, aside from its best action scenes -- the bloodhounds on Salisbury Plain, the brush with the King's Dragoons, the fight in Wells Cathedral, the blinding battle scene at Sedgemoor -- still lies in its characterization: that other imagination, the use of homely detail, by which each character grows into life before ever a shot is fired in war.

It was attempt by Conan Doyle to present the story of the Puritans in a more favorable light than generally thought of in England at the time the book was written - a historical romance about the Monmouth rebellion and 'Hanging Judge' Jeffries. told by a humble adherent of the Duke of Monmouth - the whole story of the rising in Somerset, the triumphant advance towards Bristol and Bath, and the tragic rout at Sedgemoor (1685).

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Rodney Stone. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Rodney Stone is a historical novel about boxing during the Regency period, that curiously brings together Lord Nelson and the sport of boxing. Doyle had always been fond of boxing, had reveled in the history of the prize-ring, and in Rodney Stone his enthusiasm and knowledge are apparent.. As usual the action-episodes are first-rate; and as usual the historical personages are not an integral part of the story, but Doyle wanted to reconstruct an age, and so Nelson, the Prince Regent, Sheridan, Fox, Beau Brummell, and others, pop in and out of the pages for the sole purpose of creating a "period piece." Arthur Conan Doyle believed that this book was an important factor in the surge of interest in boxing after the turn of the century.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Round the Red Lamp. V1. 2011

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Short stories about medicine in England with themes like the first operation observed by a student doctor or one in which a man learns he has venereal disease just before getting married make this an interesting collection.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Sir Nigel. V1. 19 Jan 2011

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Set in the middle of the 14th century, Sir Nigel is a swashbuckling story of the eponymous hero as he seeks his fortune & the hand of his lady-love in England & France in the early part of the Hundred Years War. It is full of high romance & chivalry, battles & brutality, humor & sheer rumbustiousness as the impoverished Nigel Loring & his attendant Aylward seek their fortunes. Edward III, the Black Prince, Sir John Chandos - one of the original Knights of the Garter - all make their appearances in one of the favorite books from the pen of the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs of Action. V1. 19 Jan 2011

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Poetry

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs Of The Road. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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POETRY

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930[1]) was a Scottish[2] physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

The monotony of pea-soup-fog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes’s brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans. Seven of the ten pages — three are still missing — were found with Arthur Cadogan West’s body. He was a young clerk in a government office at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, whose body was found next to the Underground tracks near the Aldgate tube station, his head crushed. He had little money with him (although there appears to have been no robbery), theatre tickets, and curiously, no Underground ticket. The three missing pages by themselves could enable one of Britain’s enemies to build a Bruce-Partington submarine.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Cardboard Box. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Quite a stir is caused in Croydon when a 50-year-old spinster, Miss Susan Cushing, receives a parcel in the post which turns out to contain two severed human ears packed in coarse salt.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Dying Detective. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Dr. Watson is called to 221B Baker Street to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare Asian disease contracted while he was on a case at Rotherhithe. Watson is shocked, having heard nothing about his friend’s illness. Mrs. Hudson says that he has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Red Circle. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed. Since then, neither Mrs. Warren, her husband, or their servant girl have seen him. The lodger insisted on having the Daily Gazette every morning, and sometimes requested other things. All requests were printed on a slip of paper left on a chair outside the room where meals were also left.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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"The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes".

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Gerard. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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I hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little tales of the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to the springs from which they flow. The age was rich in military material, some of it the most human and the most picturesque that I have ever read.
Arthur Conan Doyle

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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So, again - I've added TOC, 5-way nav between chapters, original illustrations from the Strand Magazine by Sidney Paget, and generally tidied up the presentation. Enjoy!

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Cabman's Story. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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We had to take a "growler," for the day looked rather threatening and we agreed that it would be a very bad way of beginning our holiday by getting wet, especially when Fanny was only just coming round from the whooping cough. Holidays were rather scarce with us, and when we took one we generally arranged some little treat, and went in for enjoying ourselves. On this occasion we were starting off from Hammersmith to the Alexandra Palace in all the dignity of a four-wheeler. What with the wife and her sister, and Tommy and Fanny and Jack, the inside was pretty well filled up, so I had to look out for myself. I didn't adopt the plan of John Gilpin under similar circumstances, but I took my waterproof and climbed up beside the driver.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Captain of the Polestar. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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THE CAPTAIN OF THE "POLE-STAR."
F. HABAKUK JEPHSON'S STATEMENT.
THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT.
THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL.
THAT LITTLE SQUARE BOX.
JOHN HUXFORD'S HIATUS.
CYPRIAN OVERBECK WELLS—A LITERARY MOSAIC.
JOHN BARRINGTON COWLES.
PART II.
ELIAS B. HOPKINS, THE PARSON OF JACKMAN'S GULCH.
THE RING OF THOTH.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Dealings of Captain Sharkey. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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TALES OF PIRATES
TALES OF BLUE WATER

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax: V1. 12 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax’s disappearance. Holmes is too busy in London. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her gender. She does, however, carry valuable jewels with her. It is also her habit to write to her old governess, Miss Dobney, every other week, but for the past five weeks, there has not been a word from her. She has left the Hôtel National for parts unknown. Her last two bank transactions were cheques, one to pay her hotel bill, and another for £50 to her maid, Miss Marie Devine.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Doings of Raffles Haw. V1. 12 Jan 2011

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A mysterious millionaire Raffles Haw comes to reside in Tamfield in Staffordshire. Even before he arrives, people start gossiping about him. As his house is being constructed, people wonder at the number of workers, their speed and the complete disregard for the amount of money spent which the unknown millionaire manifests. When he arrives, he strikes an acquaintance with the McIntyre family, which consists of Robert, his sister Laura, and their father. McIntyre senior had been a prosperous gun merchant but had gone bankrupt and lost his sanity. Laura is engaged to the vicar Mr.Spurling's son, Hector Spurling, who is a sailor and is summoned for duty in the navy at the start of the novel.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. V1. 13 Jan 2011

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HOW THE BRIGADIER CAME TO THE CASTLE OF GLOOM
HOW THE BRIGADIER SLEW THE BROTHERS OF AJACCIO
HOW THE BRIGADIER HELD THE KING
HOW THE KING HELD THE BRIGADIER
HOW THE BRIGADIER TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE MARSHAL MILLEFLEURS
HOW THE BRIGADIER PLAYED FOR A KINGDOM
HOW THE BRIGADIER WON HIS MEDAL
HOW THE BRIGADIER WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Firm of Girdlestone. V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Mr. John Harston keeps an appointment... The approach to the office of Girdlestone and Co. was not a very dignified one, nor would the uninitiated who traversed it from any conception of the commercial prosperity of the firm in question. Close to the corner of a broad and busy street, within a couple of a hundred yards of Fenchurch-street station, a narrow doorway opens into a long whitewashed passage.

On one side of this is a brass plate with the inscription "Girdlestone and Co., African Merchants," and above it a curious hieroglyphic supposed to represent a human hand in the act of pointing. Following the guidance of this somewhat ghostly emblem, the wayfarer finds himself in a small square yard surrounded by doors, upon one of which the name of the firm reappears in large white letters, with the word "push" printed beneath it. If he follows this laconic invitation, he will make his way into a long, low apartment, which is the counting house of the African Traders...

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Boer War. V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle witnessed the occurrence of the Boer War between Britain and the Boer Republics. He was greatly affected and lent his considerable writing skills to a depiction of the War and its political environment.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Keinplatz Experiment. V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE BROWN HAND
THE USHER OF LEA HOUSE SCHOOL
B. 24
THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT
CYPRIAN OVERBECK WELLS
PLAYING WITH FIRE
THE RING OF THOTH
THE LOS AMIGOS FIASCO
HOW IT HAPPENED
LOT NO. 249
"DE PROFUNDIS"
THE LIFT

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Shadow: V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

One of Doyle's more obscure non-Sherlock Holmes works in the era of Sherlockian inventions; a novel of Napoleonic soldiery, concerning war and its effects

THE GREAT SHADOW.
THE CRIME OF THE BRIGADIER.
THE "SLAPPING SAL."

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Green Flag. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE GREEN FLAG
CAPTAIN SHARKEY.
THE CROXLEY MASTER
THE LORD OF CHATEAU NOIR
THE STRIPED CHEST
A SHADOW BEFORE
THE KING OF THE FOXES
THE THREE CORRESPONDENTS
THE NEW CATACOMB
THE DEBUT OF BIMBASHI JOYCE
A FOREIGN OFFICE ROMANCE

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last Galley. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Originally published in 1908 and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with a Preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These 17 tales of suspense and adventure are meant to be read "round the fire" on a cold winter's night and include murder, madness, ghosts, unsolved crimes, mysterious disappearances, and more.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last of the Legions. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS
THE LAST GALLEY
THROUGH THE VEIL
THE COMING OF THE HUNS
THE CONTEST
THE FIRST CARGO
AN ICONOCLAST
GIANT MAXIMIN
THE RED STAR
THE SILVER MIRROR
THE HOME-COMING
A POINT OF CONTACT
THE CENTURION

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Lost World. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

In the sketch book are Maple White's drawings of the prehistoric beasts, birds and ape men which he has seen on his travels. Professor challenger is excited when he sees the drawings and decides to find out if there is a Lost World in the Amazon forest where dinosaurs, Pterodactyls and ape men still exist.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Man from Archangel. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

A book of adventure stories representing some of Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock-Holmes writings. As usual the action-episodes are first-rate.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Mystery of Cloomber. V1. 17 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Originally published in 1908 and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with a Preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These 17 tales of suspense and adventure are meant to be read "round the fire" on a cold winter's night and include murder, madness, ghosts, unsolved crimes, mysterious disappearances, and more.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Parasite. V1. 17 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Excerpt
Charles Sadler must know something of this! His vague words of warning take a meaning now. Oh, if I had only listened to him then, before I helped by these repeated sittings to forge the links of the chain which binds me! But I will see him to-day.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Poison Belt. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

"Nothing could be done. The thing was universal and beyond our human knowledge or control. It was death - painless but inevitable - death for young and old, for weak and strong, for rich and poor, without hope or possibility of escape." Just returned from his famous adventure in the Lost World, the resourceful Professor George Challenger faces his greatest danger yet: the planet will pass through a belt of poisonous ether, and mankind might not survive. Despite the professor's dire warnings about the coming catastrophe, no one listens. As the poison enters the atmosphere, terror and madness sweep the globe. Cities are wracked by riots, societies crumble, and soon all communication ceases. Professor Challenger and his friends, barricaded in a sealed room, can only watch their planet die. The Poison Belt stands as one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's finest stories. A first-rate sequel to The Lost World, this novel continues the adventures of one of the most memorable characters in speculative fiction. Brilliant, witty, insufferable, and blessed with a booming voice and a huge black beard, Professor George Challenger is an eccentric and able champion of the human race.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Refugees. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Of this work Conan Doyle wrote, "I take a New Englander, a Puritan, as one type of the seventeenth century, and a New Yorker, the woodman, as another, and I precipitate these two into the court of Louis XIV, and mix them up in the European history of that time - very much as Scott threw Quentin Durward, the young Scotchman, into the French court. I have taken a lot of pains to make these two types exact studies. Then I shift the scene back to America. It will be something new in the way of an American historical novel. You see it will be the story of the two continents. The woodman will use the phrases of the wood, and the New Englander is rather Biblical."

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Return of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Holmes did not lose his life at the Reichenback Falls. Nor has three years of absence taken away his power to startle Dr Watson. But it is the Park Lane mystery - the murder of the Honourable Ronald Adair - that brings Holmes back to life and the search for the second most dangerous man in London.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 19 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Yellow fog is swirling through the streets of London and Sherlock Holmes himself is sitting in a cocaine-induced haze until the arrival of a distressed and beautiful young lady forces the great detective into action. Each year following the strange disappearance of her father, Miss Morstan has received a present of a rare and lustrous pearl. Now, on the day of the summons to meet her anonymous benefactor, she consults Sherlock Holmes.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 24 Nov 2010

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Took the PG/Manybooks file, added 24 illustrations from a very early publication (found at http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/gallery/index.html), and set it up to work well on the Kindle w/ 5-way nav from chapter to chapter. Has a working TOC, nice cover, and pagebreaks between chapters.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Stark Munro Letters. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle began 'The Stark Munro Letters' in 1894 while he was in Switzerland. His idea 'was to draw that critical period which comes to so many clever inquiring men when they first see the fallacies of the sect in which they have been raised.. And then as a second aim I thought how seldom the struggle of a young man to find room for himself in the world has been done in fiction.' The semi-autobiographical account of the author's relationship with Dr Budd is of most interest. Some of the incidents recounted were imaginary but overall his relationship with Dr James Cullingworth who appears as Dr Budd in the 'Letters' is of immense biographical interest. In later editions, Conan Doyle removed the final note regarding the death of Stark Munro and his wife in a railway accident.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Tragedy of the Korosko. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Written in 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of high adventure portrays an alarmist era of imperial sovereignty, invasive foreign policy, and religious extremism, positing the naivety of a group of Anglo-American holiday-makers against the unbending convictions of Middle Eastern banditti.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Valley of Fear. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

A cypher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquires over an American mining valley.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Vital Message. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle was an enthusiastic proponent of Spiritualism.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The War in South Africa. V1. 22 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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There was never a war in history in which the right was absolutely on one side, or in which no incidents of the campaign were open to criticism. I do not pretend that it was so here. But I do not think that any unprejudiced man can read the facts without acknowledging that the British Government has done its best to avoid war, and the British Army to wage it with humanity.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Through the Magic Door. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Through the Magic Door is Conan Doyle's casually eloquent, heartfelt tour of some of the cherished books on his own shelves-"no volume there which is not a dear, personal friend"-and I can't recall reading anything which better conveys a sense of what it means to take books to heart. The battered old volumes purchased when to buy one meant going without a meal; the flawless stories which awakened an interest in becoming a writer; the classic biographies or histories which opened the past to an eager imagination: each book prompts an essay in appreciation, reflections both personal and literary. Thus as we gain insight into the mind of Holmes's creator, we also partake in bookish talk of the first order, reminded about works we've already read, guided enthusiastically to others that have eluded us.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Uncle Bernac. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

This murder mystery novel relates the story of a young Frenchman, who, grown up in England, returns to France during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte's "Prise de pouvoir" to offer him his services, and the adventures this causes him to be involved in.

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Draper, John W.: History of the Conflict Between Religion & Science. 22 April 2008

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John William Draper's 1878 examination of the historical conflict between religion and science. This is not light reading. Draper is solidly in the middle of the [Victorian Age[/. To help understand the breath of the book, I have included below the Table of Contents.

- CHAPTER I. The origin of science.

- CHAPTER II. The origin of Christianity.  Its transformation on attaining imperial power.  Its relations to science.

- CHAPTER III. Conflict respecting the doctrine of the unity of god.  The first or southern reformation.

- CHAPTER IV. The restoration of science in the south.

- CHAPTER V. Conflict respecting the nature of the soul.  Doctrine of emanation and absorption.

- CHAPTER VI. Conflict respecting the nature of the world.

- CHAPTER VII. Controversy respecting the age of the earth.

- CHAPTER VIII. Conflict respecting the criterion of truth.

- CHAPTER IX. Controversy respecting the government of the universe.

- CHAPTER X. Latin Christianity in relation to modern civilization.

- CHAPTER XI. Science in relation to modern civilization.

- CHAPTER XII. The impending crisis. Indications of the approach of a religious crisis.  The predominating Christian Church, the Roman, perceives this, and makes preparation for it.  Pius IX convokes an Oecumenical Council  Relations of the different European governments to the papacy.  Relations of the Church to Science, as indicated by the Encyclical Letter and the Syllabus.

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Draycott, Gladys M: Mahomet: Founder of Islam, v.1, 18 November 2008.

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Gladys. M. Draycott
Mahomet: Founder of Islam (1916)

A biography of the prophet who founded Islam.

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Dreiser, Theodore - An American Tragedy v.1.0 (December 12, 2009)

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I formatted this before I saw Dr. Drib's LRF version.

Anyway, this is in PRC format.

TOC, cover image and a page of reviews and pertinent information from various sources (copied below):

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Based on a thinly disguised true story, AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY is not only a biting portrait of the American dream gone sour but also a universal story about the stresses of urbanization, modernization, and alienation. Most critics considered it the seminal American novel of naturalism, the literary movement that believed an individual's life is determined by environment, heredity, and chance; survival of the fittest and natural selection govern an indifferent universe. Despite Theodore Dreiser's famously awkward style, the novel's precise details build up to an overwhelming sense of tragic inevitability, a hallmark of naturalism.The novel tells the story of Clyde Griffiths, a man of weak will and little self-awareness. He grows up poor in a family of wandering evangelists, but believes in the American dream. Clyde is lifted out of poverty when a rich uncle gives him employment in his factory. Now Clyde has the possibility of gaining his dream of wealth, success, and sensual gratification, but disaster strikes when he impregnates his girlfriend Roberta and she demands that he marry her. Now, to attain what he so desperately craves, Clyde must abandon the pieties of his religious background and abandon Roberta. Society assures him that his pursuit of riches and status are admirable, so breaking both moral and civil law seems a small price to pay.

Since this is a naturalistic novel, Clyde's fate is predetermined by his heredity and environment. Neither tragic nor heroic, Clyde's significance lies in the fact that he symbolizes humanity's smallness as well as our potential greatness. Thus, AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY functions as a parable of the American experience among the lower class in the early part of the 20th century.
--American Novel, by Educational Broadcasting Corporation.

Dreiser based the book on a notorious criminal case. On July 11, 1906, resort owners found an overturned boat and the body of 20-year-old Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. Chester Gillette was put on trial and convicted of killing Brown, though he claimed that her death was an accident. Gillette was executed by electric chair in 1908.[2] The murder trial drew international attention when Brown's love letters to Gillette were read in court. Dreiser saved newspaper clippings about the case for several years before writing his novel. Clyde Griffiths was based on Chester Gillette, down to having the same initials.
--Wikipedia

Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method. He is, on the evidence of this novel alone, a power.
--The New York Times Book Review, January 1926[/

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Dreiser, Theodore.: Twelve Men. v1, 31 Jan 2008

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From the University of Pennsylvania Press:

Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919, having recently accepted the publishing contract of a new publisher, Boni and Liveright, Dreiser proposed to publish a "book of characters" that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer. The resulting narratives combine the best attributes of the character sketch, the autobiography, and the short story into miniature masterpieces of prose.

The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous brother, the songwriter Paul Dresser ("My Brother Paul"), to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke ("The Mighty Rourke"), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed, but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and work. These factors elevate the significance of Twelve Men to a level consistent with other major works in the Dreiser canon.

"A very engaging book filled with a sense of time remembered accurately and of people remembered, for the most part, with affection."—Forum for Modern Languages.

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Drib, Dr. [Editor]: Dead Bodies Everywhere. v1. 22 Nov 08

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My first ever .PRC converted book, using a BD file earlier completed as a Sony (.lrf) file.

A number of individuals have given me advice and encouragement - RWood, Harry, JSWolf - but all mistakes and problems are of my own creation.

One thing I've already noticed is that the cover photo is small, but that may be because the original is rather small.

(Problem: I had to play around with this photo issue, as I had 3 or 4 copies of the photo appearing at odd places within the first 2 or 3 pages of the file, so I just deleted the two photos from BD and copied one into this .PRC file.)

Anyway, I hope that I'll get better at this. I've had quite a number of people PM me and send messages requesting that I do Mobi for the books I assemble in the Sony format.

Below is some boring material:

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These stories were released under a Creative Commons License with a link to the stories here. There is additional acknowledgment AND a link again placed at the end of the book. All stories acquired from Munsey's; however, THIS ENTIRE BOOK WAS CREATED AND FORMATTED BY ME TO MY SPECIFICATIONS.

Additionally, every story was taken by Munsey's from Pulpgen.

Body on the Beach:
http://www.munseys.com/diskfive/bodbedex.htm

The Case of the Squealing Duck
http://www.munseys.com/book/24287/Ca...ling_Duck,_The

Claw of the Kidnapped Idol
http://www.munseys.com/book/24265/Cl...Kidnapped_Idol

Clip-Joint Chisellers
http://www.munseys.com/book/19465/Clip-Joint_Chisellers

Close to a Corpse
http://www.munseys.com/book/26489/Close_To_A_Corpse

Coffin Custodian
http://www.munseys.com/book/28385/Coffin_Custodian

Deadline For Murder
http://www.munseys.com/book/26661/Deadline_for_Murder

Death on Pine Street
http://www.munseys.com/book/14397/DEATH_ON_PINE_STREET

Dealer In Human Parts
http://www.munseys.com/book/24598/Dealer_In_Human_Parts

Dibble Dabbles In Death
http://www.munseys.com/book/24554/Di...bbles_In_Death

[End of boring material.]
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Tired of the mundane? Tired of all the rants , ravings, and ramblings that fill some websites and our lives?

Then come with me and take a walk along those dark alleys where crime flourished..at least for a time.

I've assembled 10 stories of detection and mystery from the old days of the pulps, when entertainment meant something.

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it. I know I did!

Don

NOTE: This is my 400 book I've assembled (in the Sony format). Wait 'til I tell you about the next 400 !!!!

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Drib, Dr. [Editor]: Murder By Design. v2. 31 Dec 08

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Drib, Dr. [Editor]: Murder By Design. v2. 30 Dec 08
Version 2 released - fixes a few paragraph problems.

NOTE: This is not as well-formatted as my LRF files. BD doesn't do the job the way I would like and, frankly, at this time of the year I don't have the time to invest in MobiPocket Creator. That will be remedied, however, but after the New Year celebrations.
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These stories were released under a Creative Commons License with a link to the stories here. There is additional acknowledgment AND a link again placed at the end of the book. All stories acquired from Munsey's; However, THIS ENTIRE BOOK WAS ASSEMBLED, CREATED, AND FORMATTED BY ME TO MY SPECIFICATIONS.

Additionally, some stories were taken by Munsey's from Pulpgen.

http://www.munseys.com/detail/mode/title/baldy_and_the
http://www.munseys.com/book/14403/AS..._MURDERER,_THE
http://www.munseys.com/book/28655/Daughter_of_Murder
http://www.munseys.com/book/25417/Do...Castle_Novelet
http://www.munseys.com/book/25429/Mu..._Berke_Novelet
http://www.munseys.com/detail/mode/author/John_Benton
http://www.munseys.com/book/27030/Murder_Backstage
http://www.munseys.com/book/26522/Murder_by_Magic
http://www.munseys.com/book/25119/Murder_in_the_Fog
http://www.munseys.com/book/24910/Mu...n_t_Everything
http://www.munseys.com/book/26225/Murderer_s_Bait
http://www.munseys.com/book/24819/Mu...host_Novelette
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From my Introduction:

This anthology celebrates Murder in both story titles and in body count, thus doubling your pleasure.

Most of the writers here are “unknowns,” but that shouldn’t deter you. If you want some detective action and adventure, with bullets flying all over the page, then you should find a great deal of pleasure in reading these forgotten stories.

Here you’ll find wise-cracking detectives, bullet-faced criminals, and curvy molls. All these characters create a crazy mix of entertainment and sometimes unintentional zaniness. Look, as well, for the ever-present convertible.

Stylistically, the stories range all over the noir map; after all, we’re talking about the pulps here—not high literature. This is entertainment value that is rarely experienced in today’s super-heated action novels which rely mainly on a different and more sophisticated audience.

One of my favorite writers is Robert Leslie Bellem. I included two stories in this anthology, one featuring Dan Turner, a detective with an eye for the curvy dame and a command of the English language that you don’t encounter in any textbook. (ESL students are strongly advised to avoid reading Bellem.) Take a look at this paragraph and you’ll see what I mean:

[“Her bare gams were sleek, tapered, creamy; her hips had a gorgeous lilt in those skin-tight scanties. The moonlight kissed her perkily mounded tidbits through the gossamer brassiere; danced across her piquant puss and made glints in her wavy auburn coiffure. Even at that distance I could see she was something extra special in the way of youthful she-male yumph.”[/

Tidbits, indeed.

Not all is hilarity and gams [intentional pun] in this latest pulp remembrance. There’s room enough here for serious dead bodies and some very intense detective work.

One such example is Dashiell Hammett who needs no introduction. For superb plotting and realistic character development, Hammett defines the tough-detective genre.

Other writers are long-forgotten, but not their writings. One writer who continues to be read in the science fiction community today is Ray Cummings.

The twelve stories collected here create a world far different from today's world of high-tech, white-collar crime. Rather, these stories reflect a working-man's crime, in a time when beers were tossed back, spittle flew, and noggins were rarely meant for thinking but for bashing.

Sit back, grab your ebook Reader, and have some fun.
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One title - the Hammett title, The Assistant Murderer - was previously made available by mtravellerh and is available here:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32243

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Drib, Dr.[Editor]: Memorable First Sentences To Books That Don't Exist. v1. 15 Jan 08

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[SIZE="4"]Here it is: A book created by Mobileread's contributors. This is a book of actual First Sentences from books that don't exist.
[/SIZ
I wish to thank everyone who contributed to this project - without your passion and your sentence this book would not exist. [SIZE="4"]THANK YOU![/SIZ

Some chapter headings were short, so I purposefully kept those chapter titles from going to a new page. Any formatting problems are, of course, issues that I created.

If you enjoy this, you may wish to visit Final Sentences thread, located here:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35912

That thread above was started by Pshrynk.

AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. I hope you enjoy the read. All contributions revert back to the original creators.

My apologies at this time for this imperfect .prc version. I used BookDesigner on this. Give me some and it'll be 'perfect.' :)

Dr. Drib

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Bei uns zulande auf dem Lande, german V1 17.12.2009

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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff; * 10. Januar 1797 auf Burg Hülshoff bei Münster; † 24. Mai 1848 in Meersburg) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie gilt als eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichterinnen.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff stammte aus dem altwestfälischen, katholischen Adel. Sie wurde als Tochter von Clemens August von Droste-Hülshoff und Therese von Haxthausen am 10. Januar 1797[1] (nach anderen Quellen[2] auch 12. oder 14. Januar) auf der westfälischen Burg Hülshoff zwischen Havixbeck und Roxel bei Münster geboren. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff führte ein zurückgezogenes und eingeengtes Leben. In ihrer Kindheit und Jugend kränklich, bedingt durch ihre Frühgeburt, wurde sie in den Jahren 1812 bis 1819 von Professor Anton Matthias Sprickmann unterrichtet und gefördert. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters 1826 wurde der Familienbesitz von ihrem Bruder Werner übernommen, so dass sie sowie ihre ältere Schwester Jenny mit ihrer Mutter auf deren Witwensitz dem Haus Rüschhaus bei Nienberge übersiedelten.
Ab 1841 wohnte sie vorwiegend bei ihrem Schwager auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, sah ihr Zuhause aber weiterhin im Rüschhaus bei Nienberge, wo unter anderem ihre Amme, die sie bis zu deren Tode pflegte, und ihre Mutter wohnten. Mit Levin Schücking verband sie seit 1837 eine Dichterfreundschaft; er war der Sohn einer Freundin, die verstarb, als Schücking ca. 17 Jahre alt war. Durch ihre Vermittlung wurde er 1841 auf Schloss Meersburg Bibliothekar. Insbesondere unter dessen Inspiration entstand in Meersburg ein Großteil ihrer „weltlichen“ Gedichte. Annette erwarb am 17. November 1843 ein Haus, das Fürstenhäusle, am Stadtrand inmitten der Weinberge in Meersburg. Am Nachmittag des 24. Mai 1848 verstarb Annette von Droste-Hülshoff auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, vermutlich an einer schweren Lungenentzündung.

Bei uns zu Lande auf dem Lande
Ein Lausitzer Baron besucht seinen Vetter auf einem westfälischen Landgut. Er beschreibt seine Ankunft, die Beschaffenheit der Landschaft und geht auf die Charaktere der Gastfamilie ein; die Aufzeichnungen brechen im 3. Kapitel ab. Der Rentmeister eines Nachkommen des Gutsherrn fungiert als Herausgeber und berichtet eingangs über das weitere Schicksal der Familie.
(Wikipedia)

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Die Judenbuche. german. v1. 19 mar 2009

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Die 1842 im 'Morgenblatt' veröffentlichte Kriminalnovelle 'Die Judenbuche' schildert den auf Tatsachen beruhenden Fall eines Judenmords im Paderborner Land und seine schicksalhafte Sühne.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, 1797 - 1848, stilisierte die Novelle im Sinne der Schauerromantik.

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Gedichte, german V1 17.12.2009

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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff; * 10. Januar 1797 auf Burg Hülshoff bei Münster; † 24. Mai 1848 in Meersburg) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie gilt als eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichterinnen.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff stammte aus dem altwestfälischen, katholischen Adel. Sie wurde als Tochter von Clemens August von Droste-Hülshoff und Therese von Haxthausen am 10. Januar 1797[1] (nach anderen Quellen[2] auch 12. oder 14. Januar) auf der westfälischen Burg Hülshoff zwischen Havixbeck und Roxel bei Münster geboren. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff führte ein zurückgezogenes und eingeengtes Leben. In ihrer Kindheit und Jugend kränklich, bedingt durch ihre Frühgeburt, wurde sie in den Jahren 1812 bis 1819 von Professor Anton Matthias Sprickmann unterrichtet und gefördert. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters 1826 wurde der Familienbesitz von ihrem Bruder Werner übernommen, so dass sie sowie ihre ältere Schwester Jenny mit ihrer Mutter auf deren Witwensitz dem Haus Rüschhaus bei Nienberge übersiedelten.
Ab 1841 wohnte sie vorwiegend bei ihrem Schwager auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, sah ihr Zuhause aber weiterhin im Rüschhaus bei Nienberge, wo unter anderem ihre Amme, die sie bis zu deren Tode pflegte, und ihre Mutter wohnten. Mit Levin Schücking verband sie seit 1837 eine Dichterfreundschaft; er war der Sohn einer Freundin, die verstarb, als Schücking ca. 17 Jahre alt war. Durch ihre Vermittlung wurde er 1841 auf Schloss Meersburg Bibliothekar. Insbesondere unter dessen Inspiration entstand in Meersburg ein Großteil ihrer „weltlichen“ Gedichte. Annette erwarb am 17. November 1843 ein Haus, das Fürstenhäusle, am Stadtrand inmitten der Weinberge in Meersburg. Am Nachmittag des 24. Mai 1848 verstarb Annette von Droste-Hülshoff auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, vermutlich an einer schweren Lungenentzündung.
(Wikipedia)

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Westfälische Schilderungen, german V1 17.12.2009

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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff; * 10. Januar 1797 auf Burg Hülshoff bei Münster; † 24. Mai 1848 in Meersburg) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie gilt als eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichterinnen.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff stammte aus dem altwestfälischen, katholischen Adel. Sie wurde als Tochter von Clemens August von Droste-Hülshoff und Therese von Haxthausen am 10. Januar 1797[1] (nach anderen Quellen[2] auch 12. oder 14. Januar) auf der westfälischen Burg Hülshoff zwischen Havixbeck und Roxel bei Münster geboren. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff führte ein zurückgezogenes und eingeengtes Leben. In ihrer Kindheit und Jugend kränklich, bedingt durch ihre Frühgeburt, wurde sie in den Jahren 1812 bis 1819 von Professor Anton Matthias Sprickmann unterrichtet und gefördert. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters 1826 wurde der Familienbesitz von ihrem Bruder Werner übernommen, so dass sie sowie ihre ältere Schwester Jenny mit ihrer Mutter auf deren Witwensitz dem Haus Rüschhaus bei Nienberge übersiedelten.
Ab 1841 wohnte sie vorwiegend bei ihrem Schwager auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, sah ihr Zuhause aber weiterhin im Rüschhaus bei Nienberge, wo unter anderem ihre Amme, die sie bis zu deren Tode pflegte, und ihre Mutter wohnten. Mit Levin Schücking verband sie seit 1837 eine Dichterfreundschaft; er war der Sohn einer Freundin, die verstarb, als Schücking ca. 17 Jahre alt war. Durch ihre Vermittlung wurde er 1841 auf Schloss Meersburg Bibliothekar. Insbesondere unter dessen Inspiration entstand in Meersburg ein Großteil ihrer „weltlichen“ Gedichte. Annette erwarb am 17. November 1843 ein Haus, das Fürstenhäusle, am Stadtrand inmitten der Weinberge in Meersburg. Am Nachmittag des 24. Mai 1848 verstarb Annette von Droste-Hülshoff auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, vermutlich an einer schweren Lungenentzündung.

Die Westfälischen Schilderungen (1845) in den „Historisch-
politischen Blättern“; die stilistisch ausgefeilten Aufzeichnungen gelten noch heute als wertvolle volkskundliche Quellensammlung. Sie riefen eine „fatale Sensation“ (D.) hervor; Gegendarstellungen behaupteten, einzelne Landstriche und deren Bewohner seien zu negativ charakterisiert. In ihrer Prosa suchte die Autorin die wirklichkeitsnahe Abspiegelung und sprach auch Schattenseiten an (Alkoholmissbrauch, Pauperismus, Kriminaldelikte), weshalb sie als Vorläuferin des bürgerlichen Realismus angesehen wird.
(Wikipedia)

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Du Bois, W. E. B.: The Souls of Black Folk, v.1, 3 Feb 2008

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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. He became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95.

David Levering Lewis, a biographer, wrote, "In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism—scholarship, propaganda, integration, national self-determination, human rights, cultural and economic separatism, politics, international communism, expatriation, third world solidarity."
This book, written in 1903, was described by du Bois' biographer:

"Few books make history and fewer still become foundational texts for the movements and struggles of an entire people. [The Souls of Black Folk [/occupies this rare position. It helped to create the intellectual argument for the black freedom struggle in the twentieth century. [Souls[/ justified the pursuit of higher education for Negroes and thus contributed to the rise of the black middle class. By describing a global color-line, Du Bois anticipated pan-Africanism and colonial revolutions in the Third World. Moreover, this stunning critique of how 'race' is lived through the normal aspects of daily life is central to what would become known as 'whiteness studies' a century later."

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Du Maurier, George: Trilby, v1.2, 10 Sept 2007.

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George Du Maurier
Trilby
(1894)

The famous ‘Punch’ cartoonist eventually turned to novel-writing as his eyesight failed.

Wikipedia notes:
His second novel Trilby, published in 1894 fits into the gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the fin de siecle. The story of the poor artist's model Trilby O'Ferrall, transformed into a diva under the spell of the evil musical genius Svengali, created a sensation. Soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and a town in Florida were all named for the heroine, and a variety of soft felt hat with an indented crown (worn in the London stage production of a dramatization of the novel) came to be called a trilby. The plot inspired Gaston Leroux's 1910 potboiler Phantom of the Opera and the innumerable works derived from it. Although initially bemused by Trilby's success, du Maurier eventually came to despise the persistent attention given to his novel.

I have used one of du Maurier’s own illustrations as a title image.
The source text omitted all the accents and contained a lot of scanning errors, so I have restored accents and reformatted as necessary. Please let me know if I have missed anything.

I have incorporated Anais9000's corrections, plus some others, so have taken down the original version (which had 4 views) and am up loading a revised one.

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Duane, Diane: Raetian Tales Book One: A Wind from the South v1.0 2007-10-06

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[Raetian Tales Book One: A Wind from the South[/ by Diane Duane

Released for free by the author and permission given to convert and post here.

[quotIn the remote mountain village where she was born, Mariarta dil Alicg lives the untroubled life of a peasant girl...until, soon after a mysterious stranger's arrival, she starts to hear voices in the wind. The voices whisper strange secrets in Mariarta’s ears -- promising her the power to command the stormwind, hinting at an unknown, magical heritage, and prophesying a fate marvelous past all Mariarta’s imaginings.

Then a curse falls on Mariarta's village, shattering the lives of her family and friends. Mariarta must set out across the mountain realm of Raetia in search of a way to break the curse -- while also hunting for the truth about the beautiful and terrible being who Mariarta discovers is trying to possess her soul.

Mariarta’s search will lead her into hidden domains of sorcery both dreadful and wondrous, and will finally embroil the young woman in the growing rebellion against her land's cruel Austriac oppressors -- but not before Mariarta comes face to face at last with the immortal Lady of the Storms, and challenges her to one final battle for control of her life, her soul, and her destiny... [/quot

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Dudeney, Henry Ernest: Amusements in Mathematics (Illustrated). v1. 26 June 2008

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Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry Ernest Dudeney
1917

One of the largest puzzle collections — 430 brainteasers based on algebra, arithmetic, permutations, probability, plane figure dissection, properties of numbers, etc. Intriguing, witty, paradoxical productions of one of the world's foremost creators of puzzles. Full solutions. More than 450 illustrations.

Please note: A century's old Britsh monetary system is used throughout, but is conveniently explained, for the unfamiliar, at the start of the ebook.

Source: PG EText-No. 16713

BTW, I converted the images used in the ebook from .png to .gif so as to reduce the ebook's size to the current 6MB. Mobipocket Creator had originally (internally) converted the 4-bit .png to a larger size that had resulted in a 17MB ebook! :eek:

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Dudeney, Henry Ernest: The Canterbury Puzzles (Illustrated). v1. 28 March 2010

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The Canterbury Puzzles
And Other Curious Problems
by Henry Ernest Dudeney
1907

This unique book presents 110 of his puzzles—not as individual problems but as incidents in connected stories. The first 31 problems are posed by the pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; additional puzzles are presented using different characters in other venues. Full solutions. More than 150 illustrations.

[quot1907 PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES."

"The Puzzles ... reach the limit of ingenuity and intricacy; and it is
well for the sanity of his readers that the author gives a list of
solutions at the end of the book."—[Observer.[/

"Mr. Dudeney, whose reputation is world-wide as the puzzle and problem
maker of the age ... sure to find a wide circulation ... as attractive in
appearance as its contents are fascinating."—[English Mechanic and World
of Science.[/

"It is matter for delight that Mr. Henry E. Dudeney has collected into a
volume those mysterious puzzles of his which have appeared in many
journals ... contains quite a number of ingenious new mental problems ...
a valuable introduction."—[The Lady.[/
[/quot

Source: PG EText-No. 27635 as retrieved by Gutebook and tweaked.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Ali Pacha. V1. 22 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The beginning of the nineteenth century was a time of audacious enterprises and strange vicissitudes of fortune. Whilst Western Europe in turn submitted and struggled against a sub-lieutenant who made himself an emperor, who at his pleasure made kings and destroyed kingdoms, the ancient eastern part of the Continent, like mummies which preserve but the semblance of life, was gradually tumbling to pieces, and getting parcelled out amongst bold adventurers who skirmished over its ruins.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Joan of Naples. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Suddenly the door of the room where Joan was so earnestly praying opened with a dull sound: two Hungarian barons in armour entered and signed to the queen to follow them. Joan arose silently and obeyed; but a cry of pain went up from her heart when she recognised the place where both Andre and Charles of Durazzo had died a violent death. But she collected her forces, and asked calmly why she was brought hither. For all answer, one of the men showed her a cord of silk and gold....
"May the will of a just God be done!" cried Joan, and fell upon her knees. Some minutes later she had ceased to suffer.
This was the third corpse that was thrown over the balcony at Aversa.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Karl Ludwig Sand. V1. 25 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Now, as we are about to set before our readers one of those terrible actions for the true appreciation of which the conscience is the sole judge, they must allow us to make them fully acquainted with him whom kings regarded as an assassin, judges as a fanatic, and the youth of Germany as a hero.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: La Constantin. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Before beginning our story, we must warn the reader that it will not be worth his while to make researches among contemporary or other records as to the personage whose name it bears. For in truth neither Marie Leroux, widow of Jacques Constantin, nor her accomplice, Claude Perregaud, was of sufficient importance to find a place on any list of great criminals, although it is certain that they were guilty of the crimes with which they were charged.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Louise de la Valliere. V1. 25 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. Over the next six years, readers would enjoy the adventures of this youth and his three famous friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, as their exploits unraveled behind the scenes of some of the most momentous events in French and even English history.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Man in the Iron Mask (an Essay). V1. 26 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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For nearly one hundred years this curious problem has exercised the imagination of writers of fiction—and of drama, and the patience of the learned in history. No subject is more obscure and elusive, and none more attractive to the general mind. It is a legend to the meaning of which none can find the key and yet in which everyone believes.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise Brinvillier. V1. 26 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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After this declaration, they were going to drive the tumbril nearer to the scaffold, but the crowd was so dense that the assistant could not force a way through, though he struck out on every side with his whip. So they had to stop a few paces short. The executioner had already got down, and was adjusting the ladder. In this terrible moment of waiting, the marquise looked calmly and gratefully at the doctor, and when she felt that the tumbril had stopped, said, "Sir, it is not here we part: you promised not to leave me till my head is cut off. I trust you will keep your word."

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise De Ganges. V1. 26 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The marquise turned once again to the abbe, and her forehead struck the muzzle of the pistol. Then she saw that she must die indeed, and choosing of the three forms of death that which seemed to her the least terrible, "Give me the poison, then," said she, "and may God forgive you my death!"

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Martin Guerre. V1. 27 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

Excerpt
All at once a loud noise was heard outside: the guilty man had just been executed in front of the house. When finally attached to the gallows, he uttered a terrible cry, which was answered by another from inside the house. The same evening, while the body of the malefactor was being consumed by fire, the remains of a mother and child were laid to rest in consecrated ground.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Mary Stuart. V1. 27 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Two hours after the execution, the body and the head were taken into the same hall in which Mary Stuart had appeared before the commissioners, set down on a table round which the judges had sat, and covered over with a black serge cloth; and there remained till three o'clock in the afternoon.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Massacres of the South. V1. 27 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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It is possible that our reader, whose recollections may perhaps go back as far as the Restoration, will be surprised at the size of the frame required for the picture we are about to bring before him, embracing as it does two centuries and a half; but as everything, has its precedent, every river its source, every volcano its central fire, so it is that the spot of earth on which we are going to fix our eyes has been the scene of action and reaction, revenge and retaliation, till the religious annals of the South resemble an account-book kept by double entry, in which fanaticism enters the profits of death, one side being written with the blood of Catholics, the other with that of Protestants.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Murat. V1. 28 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The soldiers had been ashamed to fire on their king, and had aimed over his head. That moment perhaps displayed most gloriously the lionlike courage which was Murat's special attribute. His face never changed, he did not move a muscle; only gazing at the soldiers with an expression of mingled bitterness and gratitude, he said:
"Thank you; my friends. Since sooner or later you will be obliged to aim true, do not prolong my death-agonies. All I ask you is to aim at the heart and spare the face. Now——"

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Nisida. V1. 28 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The priests had already begun to sing the death hymn; the executioner was ready, the procession had set out, when Solomon the fisherman appeared suddenly on the threshold of the prison, his eyes aflame and his brow radiant with the halo of the patriarchs. The old man drew himself up to his full height, and raising in one hand the reddened knife, said in a sublime voice, "The sacrifice is fulfilled. God did not send His angel to stay the hand of Abraham."

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Ten Years Later. V1. 29 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

D'Artagnan and his companions--Athos, Porthos, and Aramis--once again embark on a series of action-packed adventures, in a swashbuckling sequel to The Three Musketeers.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Borgias: V1. 23 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The man on the bed was Lorenzo the Magnificent, who at the beginning of the year had been attacked by a severe and deep-seated fever, to which was added the gout, a hereditary ailment in his family. He had found at last that the draughts containing dissolved pearls which the quack doctor, Leoni di Spoleto, prescribed for him (as if he desired to adapt his remedies rather to the riches of his patient than to his necessities) were useless and unavailing, and so he had come to understand that he must part from those gentle-tongued women of his, those sweet-voiced poets, his palaces and their rich hangings; therefore he had summoned to give him absolution for his sins—in a man of less high place they might perhaps have been called crimes—the Dominican, Giralamo Francesco Savonarola.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Cenci. V1. 23 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Whilst arrangements were being made for the decapitation of Beatrice, several stands, full of spectators, broke down; some people were killed by this accident, and still more lamed and injured.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Companions of Jehu. V1. 23 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Although the jailers had observed all possible precautions in entering the dungeon where these four unfortunate men were confined, and whom they had left the preceding day tightly pinioned and heavily loaded with chains, they were unable to offer them a prolonged resistance. The prisoners were free and armed to the teeth. They came forth without difficulty, leaving their guardians under bolts and bars, and, supplied with the keys, they quickly traversed the space that separated them from the prison yard. Their appearance must have been terrifying to the populace awaiting them before the iron gates.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Conspirators. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

The Cellamare Conspiracy, 1718

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On the 22d of March, in the year of our Lord 1718, a young cavalier of high bearing, about twenty-six or twenty-eight years of age, mounted on a pure-bred Spanish charger, was waiting, toward eight o'clock in the morning, at that end of the Pont Neuf which abuts on the Quai de l'Ecole.
He was so upright and firm in his saddle, that one might have imagined him to be placed there as a sentinel by the Lieutenant-General of Police, Messire Voyer d'Argenson. After waiting about half an hour, during which time he impatiently examined the clock of the Samaritaine, his glance, wandering till then, appeared to rest with satisfaction on an individual who, coming from the Place Dauphine, turned to the right, and advanced toward him.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Countess of Saint Geran. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The horsemen clustered round the young man: one held his stirrup, and the provost deferentially gave way to him to enter the inn first. No, more doubt could be entertained that he was a prisoner of importance, and all kinds of conjectures were made. The men maintained that he must be charged with a great crime, otherwise a young nobleman of his rank would never have been arrested; the women argued, on the contrary, that it was impossible for such a pretty youth not to be innocent.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Man in the Iron Mask. V1. 26 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. Over the next six years, readers would enjoy the adventures of this youth and his three famous friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, as their exploits unraveled behind the scenes of some of the most momentous events in French and even English history.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Queen's Necklace. V1. 28 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was a mysterious incident in the 1780s at the court of Louis XVI of France involving his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. The reputation of the Queen, which was already tarnished by gossip, was ruined by the implication that she had participated in a crime to defraud the crown jewellers of the cost of a very expensive diamond necklace. The Affair was historically significant as one of the events that led to the French populace's disillusionment with the monarchy, which, among other causes, eventually culminated in the French Revolution.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Regent's Daughter. V1. 29 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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"Yes, my mother, I forgive him. But it is because I go to rejoin him whom he killed."
At four o'clock in the afternoon she breathed her last.
She asked to be buried at the spot where Gaston used to untie the boat with which he came to visit her; and her last wishes were complied with.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Vicomte de Bragelonne. V1. 31 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

This version illustrated
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Of the four valiant men whose history we have related, there now no longer remained but one single body: God had resumed the souls.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Twenty Years After. V1. 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Originally published in 1845 as a sequel to The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the three musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Urbain Grandier. V1. 30 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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A Capuchin fearing that he would have time to say more, approached the pile from the side which had not yet caught fire, and dashed the remainder of the holy water in his face. This caused such smoke that Grandier was hidden for a moment from the eyes of the spectators; when it cleared away, it was seen that his clothes were now alight; his voice could still be heard from the midst of the flames raised in prayer; then three times, each time in a weaker voice, he pronounced the name of Jesus, and giving one cry, his head fell forward on his breast.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Vaninka. V1. 30 Jan 2010

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Vaninka went into a convent, where towards the end of the same year she died of shame and grief.
The general found the death he sought on the field of Austerlitz.

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Dumas père, Alexandre; Derues: V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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While the execution was proceeding the people applauded. On the morrow they bought up the fragments of bone, and hastened to buy lottery tickets, in the firm conviction that these precious relics would bring luck to the fortunate possessors!
In 1777, Madame Derues was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, and confined at the Salpetriere. She was one of the first victims who perished in the prison massacres.

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Dumas, Alexandre (fils): The Lady of the Camellias, v1, 2 Oct 2007.

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Alexandre Dumas, fils
The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias)
(1848)
Translated by Edmund Gosse.

Based loosely on the life of Marie Duplessis, a friend of the author, this novel tells a story that you probably already know.

The consumptive courtesan, Marguerite Gautier, falls for an innocent young man. When his father tries to separate them, she agrees to sacrifice herself, only to die in poverty of tuberculosis a short time later.

Where do the camellias come in? They are Marguerite’s favourite flower:
“For twenty-five days of the month the camellias were white, and for five they were red; no one ever knew the reason of this change of colour.”

The novel has been dramatised for the stage, there are several films (where the heroine is oddly renamed ‘Camille’ – a man’s name in France); also a ballet and Verdi’s opera ‘La Traviata’ (where she is renamed ‘Violetta’).

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Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Black Tulip, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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(La tulipe noire, 1850.) Unknown translator.

From the Fantastic Fiction site:
‘Alexandre Dumas's novels are notable for their suspense and excitement, their foul deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, and glorious victories. In "The Black Tulip", the shortest of Dumas's most famous tales, the real hero is no Musketeer, but a flower. The novel - a deceptively simple story - is set in Holland in 1672, and weaves the historical events surrounding the brutal murder of John de Witte and his brother Cornelius into a tale of romantic love. The novel is also a timeless political allegory in which Dumas, drawing on the violence and crimes of history, makes his case against tyranny and puts all his energies into creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra.’

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Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Corsican Brothers, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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A short novel of 1844, featuring twin Corsican brothers with a psychic bond, duels, vendettas and a strict code of honour.
This is not one of Dumas’s strongest novels and the translation is rather stilted.

‘Translated From The French By A Pupil Of Mons. G. J. Hubert Sanders, Professor of the French Language and Belles-Lettres in Philadelphia. 1845.’

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Dumas, Alexandre, fils: The Lady with the Camelias. V1, 2 March 2009

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Originally in French with the Title "La Dame aux camélias", the English translation is commonly titled "The Lady of the Camellias" or even just "Camille".

I have used "The Lady with the Camelias", as that's the title on the cover image I found.

Set in Paris during the 1840s, it is the tragic story of Marguerite Gautier, a young beautiful courtesan.

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Dumas, Alexandre: Chicot the Jester, v.1, 23 June 2008.

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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
Chicot the Jester (1846)
An anonymous, abridged translation of ‘La dame de Monsoreau.’ There doesn’t seem to be a complete English translation, but this is 138,500 words.

A tale of conspiracy, deception and abnormal jealousy at the court of Henri III of France, set at the time of the Holy League, which conspired to set the King’s brother on the throne. Meanwhile, Bussy d'Amboise falls in love with a fair unknown …

This is the second of Dumas’s three Valois Romances The others are ‘Marguerite de Valois’ (already uploaded) and ‘The Forty-Five Guardsmen’ which I shall be working on later this week.

NB The source text had a number of errors, which I have corrected. If you find any more, then please PM me so that I can upload a revised version.

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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Everyone is familiar with [The Three Musketeers[/, thanks to the many movies which have been made of this book, some of them sharing little more than the name in common with the actual book

What some people may be unaware of is that [The Three Musketeers[/ is merely the first (small) part of a set of three books called, as a whole, the [D'Artagnan Romances[/, which collectively tell the life story of D'Artagnan, who appears as a young man in [The Three Musketeers[/. The book is, like its main protagonist, of truly heroic proportions. If you think that [War and Peace[/ or [The Lord of the Rings[/ would be quite good if only they were longer, this is the series for you :grin:.

This gets a bit complicated, so pay attention (there will be a test at the end)...

The D'Artagnan Romances consists of three books:

1. [The Three Musketeers[/.
2. [Twenty Years After[/ (set 20 years after [The Three Musketeers[/).
3. [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/ (set 10 years after part 2 - ie 30 years after [The Three Musketeers[/).

OK, so far, so good. Where it gets complicated is that the final book in the series is a truly gargantuan work, and is generally published split into either 3, 4, or 5 separate volumes. This edition uses the four volume version, and these four volumes are called, respectively:

3a. [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/.
3b. [Ten Years Later[/.
3c. [Louise de la Valliere[/.
3d. [The Man in the Iron Mask[/.

Where things get complicated is that [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/ can refer to either the whole of this third book, or just to the first volume of it. Moreover, it is subtitled [Ten Years Later[/, so once again this title can refer to the whole book or just the second volume of it. Finally, just to confuse matters, [The Man in the Iron Mask[/ is often printed as a "self-contained" novel, and can be split up in quite a different manner from the 4-part split described above.

Phew...

Hope that's clear to everyone :grin:.

Anyway, back to the plot. What I'm going to do is issue the whole series in FOUR volumes, as follows:

Vol 1 - [The Three Musketeers[/ (this book).
Vol 2 - [Twenty Years After[/.
Vol 3 - The first two parts of the complete [Vicomte de Bragelonne[/; ie [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/ and [Ten Years Later[/.
Vol 4 - The final two parts of the complete [Vicomte de Bragelonne[/; ie [Louise de la Valliere[/ and [The Man in the Iron Mask[/.

That should be enough to keep even the keenest reader going for a while.

I should add, by the way, that this is a wonderful series. I've read it many times, and never tire of it. It's best to read it straight through, if you can.

The plot, for those not familiar with it:

The year is 1625. The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris at the tender age of 18, and almost immediately offends three musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Instead of dueling, the four are attacked by five of the Cardinal's guards, and the courage of the youth is made apparent during the battle. The four become fast friends, and, when asked by D'Artagnan's landlord to find his missing wife, embark upon an adventure that takes them across both France and England in order to thwart the plans of the Cardinal Richelieu. Along the way, they encounter a beautiful young spy, named simply Milady, who will stop at nothing to disgrace Queen Anne of Austria before her husband, Louis XIII, and take her revenge upon the four friends.

Enjoy - the other volumes to follow shortly.

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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Volume 2 of the "D'Artagnan Romances" contains the book [Twenty Years After[/ which, as its title suggests, is set 20 years after the events of [The Three Musketeers[/.

The year is now 1648. Louis XIII has died, as has Cardinal Richelieu, and while the crown of France may sit upon the head of Anne of Austria as Regent for the young Louis XIV, the real power resides with Cardinal Mazarin, her secret husband. D'Artagnan is now a lieutenant of musketeers, and his three friends have retired to private life. Athos turned out to be a nobleman, the Comte de la Fère, and has retired to his home with his son, Raoul de Bragelonne. Aramis, whose real name is D'Herblay, has followed his intention of shedding the musketeer's cassock for the priest's robes, and Porthos has married a wealthy woman, who left him her fortune upon her death. But trouble is stirring in both France and England. Cromwell menaces the institution of royalty itself while marching against Charles I, and at home the Fronde is threatening to tear France apart. D'Artagnan brings his friends out of retirement to try to save the threatened English monarch...

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about this series.

Enjoy! More to come...

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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The first half of the final volume of the "D'Artagnan Romances".

It is the year 1660, and D'Artagnan, after thirty-five years of loyal service, has become disgusted with serving King Louis XIV while the real power resides with Cardinal Mazarin, and has tendered his resignation. He embarks on his own project, that of restoring Charles II to the throne of England...

I won't add any more, because it would spoil the story.

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 4. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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The concluding part of the D'Artagnan Romances. This volume contains the final half of the third book in the series, "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" - the two volumes originally published with the titles [Louise de la Valliere[/ and [The Man in the Iron Mask[/ (this latter is often read as a "standalone" novel, but is far, far better read as the concluding part of this fascinating series).

Unfortunately there's very little I can say about the plot of this without giving away major "spoilers". Suffice it to say that it wraps up the story of D'Artagnan and his old friends - Porthos, Athos, and Aramis (the original "Three Musketeers") - and brings this monumental work to a satisfying conclusion.

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about this series.

Hope that other people enjoy this series as much as I do.

Enjoy!

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Dumas, Alexandre: Der Graf von Monte Christo german v2 31 jan 2009

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Der Graf von Monte Christo (orig. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) ist ein Abenteuerroman von Alexandre Dumas. Das zwischen 1844 und 1846 mit großem Erfolg als Fortsetzungsroman veröffentlichte Werk wurde zu einem Klassiker der Weltliteratur.

Der junge Seemann Edmond Dantès kehrt mit der "Pharao", einem Schiff des Reeders Morrel, nach Marseille zurück. Dantès, der an Bord erster Offizier ist, genießt die Wertschätzung Morrels und soll zum Kapitän befördert werden. Auch sein privates Glück scheint perfekt: Er liebt die schöne Katalanin Mercedes, die Hochzeit des Paares ist beschlossene Sache.

Dantès merkt in seiner Unerfahrenheit und Naivität nicht, wie negativ seine glücklichen Lebensumstände von Neidern in seinem engerem Umfeld aufgenommen werden. Durch ein Komplott gerät er schuldlos in Verbannung und Kerkerhaft. Nach vielen Jahren Jahren der Gefangenschaft gelingt ihm endlich der heiß ersehnte Ausbruch aus der Haft. Nach seiner abenteuerlichen Flucht findet er auf einer einsamen Insel einen wertvollen Schatz, der ihn zu einem reichen Mann macht.

Als wohlhabender Graf von Monte Christo kehrt er Jahre später zurück, um in einem aufwendig inszenierten Rachefeldzug Vergeltung an seinen Gegnern zu üben.

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Dumas, Alexandre: Marguerite de Valois [La Reine Margot], v.1, 22 June 2008.

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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
Marguerite de Valois (La Reine Margot) 1845.
Translated by Sydney Fowler Wright.

From Wikipedia:
“Queen Margot (French La Reine Margot) … is set in Paris in August 1572 during the reign of Charles IX (a member of the Valois dynasty) and the French Wars of Religion. The novel's protagonist is Marguerite de Valois, the daughter of the infamous Catherine de' Medici and the deceased King Henry II, and it focuses on her story during the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre, especially her love affair with the Protestant La Mole and her marriage to Henry IV.”

This is the first of Dumas’s three Valois Romances The others are ‘Chicot the Jester and ‘The Forty-Five Guardsmen.’ I shall be working on these in the next week.

NB The source text had a number of errors, which I have corrected. If you find any more, then please PM me so that I can upload a revised version.

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Dumas, Alexandre: Marie Antoinette Romances v1 30 Aug 2009

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First, I have to say - Holy (please insert your favorite - non gender or bodily function specific - Robin-esque exclamation of awe) Batman! How do you people do this thousands of time? I'm exhausted and I'm not too sure of my sanity at the moment. I have been appreciative of all the books, notes and help I have received just bouncing around in the forum. Now I just figure you people are ultra-human and bow to the four winds in wonder.

Second - a special thanks to HarryT and Patricia. I have taken their books, I'm pretty confident that if they put the effort into them then I will also enjoy them, and I have used their Book Designer Guides and Hints and Tips. This is the result.

A word of caution: if you get agitated or ill by reading books with errors in punctuation, formatting or spelling you might want to wait for a couple more versions before reading this. I have done the best I could, and made many, many corrections, but I am sure I missed almost as many errors as I caught. And since I don't speak or read French I may have several names for the same character. There are also 2 or 3 sections (about 2 paragraphs each) in the 5 books that I can't find anywhere. I have them marked with ***

The Marie Antoinette Romances are a series of books by Dumas about the events leading up to the "Reign of Terror" in the last quarter of the 18th century. I was surprised to not see it here since it is one of my favorite Dumas stories. Like most of his stories the publication is all messed up - there are as many versions as there are publishers of his works.

There isn't as much action in these books, I prefer the D'Artangnan stories when I'm in the mood for sword fights and heroics. There isn't a hero in the entire series. But the characterizations of Dumas' people is Dumas and his finest, even if they are a bit slanted toward negative values. The villains don't think they are villains, they just think they are righting wrongs and should be considered heroes, or at least understood by their peers. Pretty much his most human characters.

Memoirs of a Physician - This is the first "book" in the series. I have combined3 versions that I have found in various places to get as complete a version as I can. In fact I found part of the book that I have never read before that clears up a lot questions I had about comments made later in the series. In this boo you have masonic rituals, telepathy, alchemy, intrigues, plots, and lots of fun. This has been published as Joseph Balsamo (sometimes as the first volume, sometimes as the second) with Memoirs of a Physician. It has also been published in 1, 2 and three volumes.

The Queen's Necklace - This story takes place several years after King Louis XV has died. King Louis XVI is shown as weak and jealous, Queen Marie is sweet, naive and just a bit too trusting. But the intrigues are detailed, the incidents are believable and you still have Joseph Balsamo working for the freedom of the French people. I was especially impressed with how Dumas portrayed Jeanne de Valois, another innocent who is just trying to protect herself and begins the decline of the monarchy.

Ange Pitou - This is Dumas' version of the events leading up to the taking of the Bastille. It shows the danger of "just following along". The fine Dumas characterizations of the leaders of the revolution are hardly complimentary.

La Comtesse de Charny - In this section you get some very detailed behind the scenes looks at both the revolutionists and the royals. All of my favorite villains are back, as well as some "heroes" from the first book. I can't say how factual the story is, Dumas has never been known for his fact finding skills, but if feels like it could have happened this way to me.

The Chevalier de Maison-Rouge - This story was actually written first. It was one of Alexandre Dumas' early plays, then it was serialized in the papers. So I guess that the rest of the Romances are prequels to this story. But Dumas got lost along the way and none of the characters I like (excepting the historical ones) show up here. It is based on the legend of an attempt to save Ex-Queen Marie Antoinette. It seems that Dumas heard about a communication to the queen via a carnation and he built this entire story around it.

I am only able to preview the .prc version of this book so I'm not sure about the usability of the other versions I have uploaded. But I did use BD for the .lrf and .prc versions and Calibre for the .epub and .lit version, so I am hoping that they work. I tried the .imp but the resulting file was over 52 megs. If anyone has an interest in them separately I still have the individual files.

Here's hoping you will enjoy them.

Dan

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Dumas, Alexandre: Napoleon Bonaparte. v1 30 july 2009 german

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Die Biografie von Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Dumas, Alexandre: Solange, v.1, 3 July 2008.

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Alexandre Dumas [Pèr (1802-1870)
‘Solange’ From ‘Les Mille-et-un fantômes: Une Journée à Fontenay-aux-Roses’
(1849)
Anonymous translator.

A horror story set in Paris during the Reign of Terror. A young doctor rescues a beautiful girl from the Jacobins. He is also dissecting the remains of guillotine victims.

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Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 20 Nov 2008

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One of my favorite books ever. I read it fiirst at about age 16 yrs and several times since.

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.[1]

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.

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Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 21 Aug 2008

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The classic adventure novel published by Alexandre Dumas in 1844.

Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor, is unjustly imprisoned on the eve of his wedding. Spending decades in solitary confinement at the infamous Chateau D'If prison, he eventually pulls off a daring escape and recovers a vast fortune whose location was entrusted to him by a fellow prisoner, shortly before his death.

Assuming the identity of the "Count of Monte Cristo", Dantes takes his place amongst the French aristocracy as a mysterious and fabulously wealthly nobleman. There, he plots a terrible revenge on the men responsible for his wrongful imprisonment...

[The Count of Monte Cristo[/ is one of the greatest adventure stories ever written, and is one of my personal favourite books.

Note that another version of this was posted for the Sony Reader in April 2007. Our knowledge of how to create nice eBooks has moved on immeasureably since then, and (with absolutely no disrespect to the original uploader) I felt that another version would be useful. Plus, I wanted a MobiPocket version and the original was posted only for the Sony Reader.

If you've never read this, you're in for a treat. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do myself.

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Completely re-created the book from a new HTML version uploaded to PG. Added a cover image, and significantly improved the book in many ways.

Previous download count: 150

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Dumas, Alexandre: The Forty-Five Guardsmen, v.1, 2 July 2008.

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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
[The Forty-five Guardsmen[/ (1847)

A sequel to ‘Chicot the Jester.’ Diane de Méridor makes various plans following the murder of her lover, Bussy D’Amboise. A band of the King’s guards also plan revenge. Meanwhile there are a number of plots at the court of the French King, Henri III and Chicot gets sent on a mission to Henri of Navarre.

This is the final novel in Dumas’s three Valois Romances. The others are ‘Marguerite de Valois’ and ‘Chicot the Jester’ (both already uploaded). The translator is anonymous. He/she seems to be different from the anonymous translator of ‘Chicot’ to judge by the style.
Approx. 152,000 words.

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Dumas, fils, Alexandre: Camille. V1. 6 Feb 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, fils (27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and dramatist. He was the son (fils) of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright.

This is the story of the ill-fated romance of Marguerite Gautier, a beautiful and brazen young courtesan of Paris, and Armand Duval, her passionate aristocratic lover. After becoming his mistress, Marguerite grows emotionally attached, returning Armand’s love and living with him in the country in order to recover her health.
Estranged from his family and deeply in debt, Armand is confronted by his father who demands an end to the illicit relationship. When Armand defies him, Monsieur Duval convinces Marguerite to release her beloved to secure his future and protect his reputation. Marguerite dies alone and in agony from consumption.
The Literature, Arts & Medicine Database

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Dumas, fils, Alexandre: The Son of Clemenceau. V1. 6 Feb 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, fils (27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and dramatist. He was the son (fils) of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright.

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The sunset-gun had been fired from the ramparts of the fortifications of Munich and the shadows were thickly descending on the famous old city of Southern Germany. The evening breeze in this truly March weather came chill over the plain of stones where Isar flowed darkly, and at the first puff of it, forcing him to wind his cloak round him, a lonely wanderer in the low quarter recognized why "the City of Monks" was also called "the Realm of Rheumatism."

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence.: The Sport of the Gods. v1, 2 Mar 2008

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In this extraordinary novel, Paul Laurence Dunbar tells the story of a displaced Southern family's struggle to survive and prosper in early Harlem. [The Sport of the Gods[/ was one of the first novels to depict the harsh realities of ghetto life, and the revolutionary truths it uncovered still resonate today.

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence: The Heart of Happy Hollow. v1, 29 Feb 2008

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First published in 1904, [The Heart of Happy Hollow[/ features sixteen short stories that provide rare glimpses into the lives of African Americans after the Civil War. Through characters ranging from schemers to preachers, Paul Laurence Dunbar crafted a rare snapshot of long-lost communities and their poignant sensibilities. An author who achieved remarkable versatility, he draws on language that is by turns folksy and formal, capturing vernacular dialects as easily as he delivers a hauntingly poetic scene.

In this collection, readers meet an influential entrepreneur who must navigate a treacherous political landscape; a Southern spiritual leader who must learn to accept the mores of his son, who was educated in the North; a reporter who restores hope in Santa Claus for a group of destitute siblings; and a host of other unique men and women giving voice to timeless themes.

Written by a visionary whose work has experienced a recent revival among commercial and scholarly audiences alike, [The Heart of Happy Hollow[/ will introduce more book lovers to this revered storyteller.

[About the Author
[/
Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872, PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR was one of the first African American poets to gain national recognition, completing six volumes before his death at age thirty-three. He also published numerous short stories and four novels, including The Sport of the Gods.

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Duncan, Norman: Billy Topsail & Company. V1. 1 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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Young Jimmie Grimm began life at Buccaneer Cove of the Labrador. It was a poor place to begin, of course; but Jimmie had had nothing to do with that. It was by Tog, with the eager help of two hungry gray wolves, that he was taught to take care of the life into which, much to his surprise, he had been ushered. Tog was a dog with a bad name; and everybody knows that a dog with a bad name should be hanged forthwith. It should have happened to Tog. At best he was a wolfish beast. His father was a wolf; and in the end Tog was as lean and savage and cunningly treacherous as any wolf of the gray forest packs. When he had done with Jimmie Grimm––and when Jimmie Grimm’s father had done with Tog––Jimmie Grimm had learned a lesson that he never could recall without a gasp and a quick little shudder.

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Duncan, Norman: Christmas Eve at Swamp's End. V1. 1 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

THE WISTFUL HEART
A GIFT NEGLECTED
THE MAKING OF A MAN
CHRISTMAS EVE AT SWAMP'S END

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Duncan, Norman: Doctor Luke of the Labrador. V1. 31 Jan 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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However bleak the Labrador—however naked and desolate that shore—flowers bloom upon it. However bitter the despoiling sea—however cold and rude and merciless—the gentler virtues flourish in the hearts of the folk.... And the glory of the coast—and the glory of the whole world—is mother-love: which began in the beginning and has continued unchanged to this present time—the conspicuous beauty of the fabric of life: the great constant of the problem.

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Duncan, Norman: Harbor Tales Down North. V1. 31 Jan 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

MADMAN'S LUCK
THE SIREN OF SCALAWAG RUN
THE ART OF TERRY LUTE
THE DOCTOR OF AFTERNOON ARM
A CRŒSUS OF GINGERBREAD COVE
A MADONNA OF TINKLE TICKLE
THE LITTLE NIPPER O' HIDE-AN'-SEEK HARBOR
SMALL SAM SMALL
AN IDYL OF RICKITY TICKLE

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Duncan, Norman: Higgins. V1. 2 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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What this book contains was learned by the writer in the course of two visits with Mr. Higgins in the Minnesota woods–one in the lumber-camps and lumber-towns at midwinter, and again at the time of the drive. Upon both occasions Mr. Higgins was accompanied by his devoted and admirable friend, the Rev. Thomas D. Whittles, to whose suggestions and leading he responded with many a tale of his experiences, some of which are here related. Mr. Whittles was at the same time good enough to permit the writer to draw whatever information might seem necessary from a more extended description of Mr. Higgins’s work, called The Lumber-jack’s Sky Pilot, which he had written.

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Duncan, Norman: The Cruise of the Shining Light. V1. 2 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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My uncle, Nicholas Top, of Twist Tickle, was of a cut so grotesque that folk forgot their manners when he stumped abroad. Bowling through the streets of St. John’s, which twice a year he tapped with staff and wooden leg, myself in leading––bowling cheerily, with his last rag spread, as he said, and be damned to the chart––he left a swirling wake of amazement: craning necks, open mouths, round eyes, grins so frank, the beholders being taken unaware, that ’twas simple to distinguish hearts of pity from savage ones.

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Duncan, Norman: The Mother. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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When Dick Slade died in the big red tenement of Box Street, he died as other men die, complaining of the necessity; and his son, in the way of all tender children, sorely wept: not because his father was now lost to him, which was beyond his comprehension, but because the man must be put in a grave—a cold place, dark and suffocating, being underground, as the child had been told.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Daughter of To-Day. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette, 1862?-1922
Elfrida Bell feels stifled in her small hometown of Sparta, Illinois. All the townspeople, except her dear mother, expect poor Elfrida to marry and live her life as a housewife. Elfrida, however, has other plans. She's too smart to waste her talent in the home the way her mother did. And so she runs away to Europe hoping to find a career as a journalist. She had read in many magazines and books that France was more intellectual and forward thinking. When she arrives there, she discovers that not everything in literature translates to everyday life. And being an independent career woman is not as easy as she had hoped. . . .

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Voyage of Consolation. V1. 5 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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It seems inexcusable to remind the public that one has written a book. Poppa says I ought not to feel that way about it—that he might just as well be shy about referring to the baking soda that he himself invented—but I do, and it is with every apology that I mention it. I once had such a good time in England that I printed my experiences, and at the very end of the volume it seemed necessary to admit that I was engaged to Mr. Arthur Greenleaf Page, of Yale College, Connecticut.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: Hilda. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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"I suppose I do look odd to you." Her voice took a curious soft, uplifted note. "I wear three garments only—the garments of my sisters who plant the young shoots in the rice-fields, and carry bricks for the building of rich men's houses, and gather the dung of the roadways to burn for fuel. If the Army is to conquer India it must march bare-footed and bare-headed all the way. All the way," Laura repeated, with a tremor of musical sadness. Her eyes were fixed in soft appeal upon the other woman's.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Imperialist. V1. 4 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

Duncan is best known today for her 1904 novel The Imperialist, which tells the story of Lorne Murchison, a young lawyer in the fictional town of Elgin, Ontario who becomes an advocate of imperial preferential trade and unsuccessfully runs for the Parliament of Canada for the Liberal Party. The book has been widely praised by scholars as a sensitive and perceptive portrait of small-town Ontario at the turn of the twentieth century, and at the social mores of the time and place. While it has been lauded for its subtle grasp of women's place in society, it has also been criticized for focusing on upper-class and middle-class people over workers and the poor, and for its brutally racist depiction of Aboriginal people.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Path of a Star. V1. 4 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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She pushed the portiere aside with a curved hand and gracefully separated fingers; it was a staccato movement and her body followed it after an instant's poise of hesitation, head thrust a little forward, eyes inquiring and a tentative smile, although she knew precisely who was there. You would have been aware at once that she was an actress. She entered the room with a little stride and then crossed it quickly, the train of her morning gown—it cried out of luxury with the cheapest voice—taking folds of great audacity as she bent her face in its loose mass of hair over Laura Filbert, sitting on the edge of a bamboo sofa, and said—
"You poor thing! Oh, you POOR thing!"

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Pool in the Desert. V1. 4 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

In The Pool in the Desert, first published in 1903, Sara Jeannette Duncan explores the impact of isolation on the small British communities of Victorian India. In the four stories collected here – “The Pool in the Desert,” “A Mother in India,” “An Impossible Ideal,” and “The Hesitation of Miss Anderson” – Duncan’s women have certain freedoms living amidst the reaches of Empire, but they also must negotiate their way through a landscape dominated by the constraints of small, military societies. The stories that result combine a delicacy of manners and movement that recalls Henry James, with a wit and sharp eye for small town foibles that bring Stephen Leacock to mind.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Story of Sonny Sahib. V1. 5 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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The ayah looked at him stupidly. She was terribly frightened; she had never been so frightened before. Her eyes wandered from the doctor's face to the ruined south wall of the hut, where the sun of July, when it happens to shine on the plains of India, was beating fiercely upon the mud floor. That ruin had happened only an hour ago, with a terrible noise just outside, such a near and terrible noise that she, Tooni, had scrambled under the bed the mistress was lying on, and had hidden there until the doctor-sahib came and pulled her forth by the foot, and called her a poor sort of person.

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Duncker, Dora,: Jugend, german V1 15.12.2009

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
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Jugend: Drei Novellen

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Duncker, Dora,: Mütter, german V1 15.12.2009

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
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Mütter: Drei tragische Novellen

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Duncker, Dora: Großstadt, german V1 20.12.2002

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
(http://ngiyaw-ebooks.org/ngiyaw/author/duncker.htm)

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Duncker, Dora: Meine Herren Kollegen!, german V1 20.12.2002

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
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Zum Buch:
Im Vorwort zu dem Buch schreibt D. Duncker:
....Inzwischen habe ich eingesehen, daß der Schriftsteller ein Mensch ist, der nicht sein innerstes Empfinden, in schöne Worte gekleidet, auf den litterarischen Markt bringen kann, sondern daß er – bis auf Wenige, – für Geld arbeiten muß und produziert, was eben Geld einbringt, so gut wie der Bäcker dunkle Semmeln bäckt, während er vielleicht nur die hellen liebt.
Meine nachstehenden »Moment-Aufnahmen« sollen keinem anderen Zweck dienen, als dem, den fernstehenden Kreisen diesen oder jenen Lieblingsschriftsteller vor Augen zu führen als Mensch, wie er sich mir auf kurze Augenblicke zeigte....

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Dunsany, Lord: A DREAMER'S TALES:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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Here are more tales of the exotic and the wonderful, by the greatest fantasist of the Twentieth Century. Lord Dunsany (rhymes with "rainy") ranged long distances beyond the fields we know, into the lands of Dream, returning with reports that are fantastic, sparkling, and very enjoyable. Here are jeweled cities and ruined ones, sailors and kings of Thebes, quiet rivers and the cold surface of the Moon. Herein are the stories of the tribe that invented first a weapon and then a god; of the city that, stone by stone, went mad; of the man who disovered the secret of the universe and remembered some of it...

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Dunsany, Lord: Fifty-one Tales, v1, 11 December 2009.

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Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany)
(1878–1957)
Fifty-one Tales (1915)

A collection of 51 very short stories ranging from horror to elegiac and classical themes.

There is already a version of this book in the MR library. Mine has a different cover, emdashes and curly quotes.

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Dunsany, Lord: Fifty-One Tales:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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From dunsany.net:

Lord Dunsany is cited as a major influence by many writers and artists and as an important figure in the development of fantastic literature by editors, academics and critics. His work formed part of the foundation of fantasy, along with that of Poe, Morris and Rider Haggard, and fed into later work such as that of Tolkien, Lewis and Lovecraft. The reference Dunsanian evokes a particular style and atmosphere which has, in the words of more than one commentator, been much imitated but never duplicated. Current editions of his work quote many well-known authors recognising his inspiration.

From Amazon.com:

"[Dunsany' rich language, his cosmic point of view, his remote dream-worlds, and his exquisite sense of the fantastic, all appeal to me more than anything else in modern literature."--H.P. Lovecraft

Although many of his most famous stories are longer in length, the miniature portraits of Fifty-One Tales (originally published in 1915 and sometimes reprinted under the title The Food of Death) are an ideal introduction to Dunsany. Nowhere is the jewel-like quality of his prose more evident than in the short tales, seminal works which runs the gamut from whimsy to fantasy to social satire.

Note: These tales are very short. Here is an example from the book.

[THE SONGLESS COUNTRY[/

The poet came unto a great country in which there were no songs. And he lamented gently for the nation that had not any little foolish songs to sing to itself at evening.
And at last he said: "I will make for them myself some little foolish songs so that they may be merry in the lanes and happy by the fireside." And for some days he made for them aimless songs such as maidens sing on the hills in the older happier countries.
Then he went to some of that nation as they sat weary with the work of the day and said to them: "I have made you some aimless songs out of the small unreasonable legends, that are somewhat akin to the wind in the vales of my childhood; and you may care to sing them in your disconsolate evenings."
And they said to him:
"If you think we have time for that sort of nonsense nowadays you cannot know much of the progress of modern commerce."
And the poet wept for he said: "Alas! They are damned."

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Dunsany, Lord: The Book of Wonder:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Most fantasy enthusiasts consider Lord Dunsany one of the most significant forces in modern fantasy; his influences have been observed in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, and many other modern writers. [The Book of Wonder[/ is Dunsany at his peak of his talent. The stories here are a lush tapestry of language, conjuring images of people, places, and things which cannot possibly exist, yet somehow ring true. They are, in short, full of wonder. Together with Dunsany's other major collections, A Dreamer's Tales and Tales of Three Hemispheres, they are a necessary part of any fantasy collection. "Not only does any tale which crosshatches between this world and Faerie owe a Founder's Debt to Lord Dunsany, but the secondary world created by J.R.R. Tolkien--from which almost all fantasylands have devolved--also took shape and flower from Dunsany's example." --The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

With illustrations by S.H. Sime.

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Dunsany, Lord: The Gods of Pegana, v1, 2 June 2008

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This is the first in a series of three fantasies that Lord Dunsany wrote about the pantheon of gods who dwell in Pegana. The books in the series are:

The Gods of Pegana (1905)
Time and the Gods (1906)
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908)

All three books were originally illustrated by Sidney Sime. The version being posted here includes some illustrations, but I'm not positive that these are all that were included in the original.

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Dunsany, Lord: The King Of Elfland's Daughter. v1. 18 Jan 09

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Come with me now for awhile, for we have worlds of magic to explore, and the Land of Dreams is close at hand.

If you’re tired of fat, cheesy fantasy novels that really do stink, and you want to experience what Fantasy writing once was and could have been, before a few lame-brained idiot writers took Fantasy down a dark alley and stabbed it in the back, then you should read Lord Dunsany’s beautiful prose.

This is writing that sings to the heart.

From http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9626.phtml

["A proper fantasy story would, of course, devote nine or so books to traveling very slowly through the elfish countryside, slowly accumulating plot tokens in order to complete the quest. Dunsany spends one chapter on this journey, then gets to the real point of his story, which is what happens when a girl from Elfland is forced to live in the mortal world, and what happens when the two worlds collide. It’s 1924, and already the good baron is overthrowing tired and worn out fantasy cliches. Lord Dunsany’s story has more in it of culture shock and the price of novelty than magic mcguffin hunting and evil overlord overthrowing.

"The prose itself is some of the finest and most magical in all of fantasy literature. It is like Tolkien without the idle sentiment, or like Lovecraft with a greater gift for language and more synonyms for “odd”. A brief sample should suffice:

"'Near the Castle of Erl there lived a lonely witch, on high land near the thunder, which used to roll in Summer along the hills. There she dwelt by herself in a narrow cottage of thatch and roamed the high fields alone to gather the thunderbolts. Of these thunderbolts, that had no earthly forging, were made, with suitable runes, such weapons as had to parry unearthly dangers.'

"Lord Dunsany’s prose can fairly be described as “oft-imitated”. It is the sound of fantasy. Rarely has it been surpassed."[/

This critic says this:

["Much of what we call modern fantasy is a pale, predictable mesh of cliches. It is a bookshelf filled with stories that bear far too much in common with one another. Sometimes indeed it feels that originality, which ought to be the cornerstone of fantasy seems to be all but evaporated. Lord Dunsay is - different. He is one of those illusive pre-Tolkien fantasy writers and you will be shocked at how much of modern fantasy derives from him. And then doubly shocked to find he still did it better. Lord Dunsay writes beautiful and elaborate prose. He weaves stories in which magic is not some work-a-day technology but rather a brooding, powerful and very nearly living force."[/

There is no better prose stylist who touched both the heart of Fantasy and the heart of the Reader.

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Dunsany, Lord: The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, v1, 2 June 2008

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This is the third in a series of three fantasies that Lord Dunsany wrote about the pantheon of gods who dwell in Pegana. The books in the series are:

The Gods of Pegana (1905)
Time and the Gods (1906)
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908)

The version posted here contains most, if not all, of the original illustrations by Sidney Sime.

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Dunsany, Lord: Time and the Gods, v1, 2 June 2008

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Stanart

This is the second in a series of three fantasies that Lord Dunsany wrote about the pantheon of gods who dwell in Pegana. The books in the series are:

The Gods of Pegana (1905)
Time and the Gods (1906)
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908)

This book was previously posted by Dr. Drib (thank you very much), but the version posted here contains a few of the original illustrations by Sidney Sime. I could not find all of the illustrations online.

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Dunsany, Lord:TALES OF THREE HEMISPHERES :. v1, 5 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Lord Dunsany had a weird, weird imagination, but unlike most folks who think weird thoughts, he had a powerful ability to write (as you can see if you look through the text). This peculiar collection is a very real treat: we envy you the reading of it. Among the treasures in this volume are "The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla," "How the Office of Postman Fell Vacant in Offord-Under-the-Wold," "The Prayer of Boob Aheera," "East and West," "A Pretty Quarrel," "How the Gods Avenged Meoul Ki Ning," "The Gift of the Gods," "The Sack of Emeralds," "The Old Brown Coat," "An Archive of the Older Mysteries," and "A City of Wonder," and a section he called Beyond the Fields We Know, which included "Publisher's Note," "Idle Days on the Yann," "A Shop in Go-By Street," and "The Avenger of Perdóndaris."

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Durham, Victor G.: Submarine Boys Omnibus. v1, 16 Feb 2008

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An omnibus edition of the "Submarine Boys" juvenile series, written by "Victor G. Durham" (a "house name", not a real person) between 1909 and 1912.

Described by the publisher as follows:

[Books for boys about life aboard submarine torpedo boats. The books are written by an expert and possess, in addition to the author's surpassing knack of story-telling, a great educational value for all young readers.[/

The eight books in the series are:

Book 1: The Submarine Boys On Duty, or, Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat (1909)

Book 2: The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip, or, "Making Good" as Young Experts (1909)

Book 3: The Submarine Boys and the Middies, or, The Prize Detail at Annapolis (1909)

Book 4: The Submarine Boys and the Spies, or, Dodging the Sharks of the Deep (1910)

Book 5: The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise, or, The Young Kings of the Deep (1910)

Book 6: The Submarine Boys For the Flag, or, Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam (1910)

[Book 7:[/ The Submarine Boys and the Smugglers, or, Breaking Up the New Jersey Customs Frauds (1912)

[Book 8:[/ The Submarine Boys' Secret Mission, or, Beating an Ambassador's Game (1912)

This omnibus contains the first six books in the series; the final two books are not currently available as e-Books - they will be added to the omnibus if they are subsequently released.

Enjoy!

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Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 1. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a german painter and printmaker. He is considered as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance and his works are exhibited in the main art museums, like the British Museum, El Prado, Le Louvre, the National Gallery, the Galleria degli Uffizi, etc.

With his woodcuts he revolutionized the potential of this medium. I'm showing uploading here his four woodcut series, of Biblical theme, in two volumes.

This first volume contains the "Revelation of St. John" or "Apocalypse", 15 plates, published in 1498 with a second edition in 1511, and "Life of the Virgin", 19 plates, published in 1511. The images are taken from the Web Gallery of Art. I've included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

All comments are welcome.

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Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 2. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a german painter and printmaker. He is considered as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance and his works are exhibited in the main art museums, like the British Museum, El Prado, Le Louvre, the National Gallery, the Galleria degli Uffizi, etc.

With his woodcuts he revolutionized the potential of this medium. I'm showing uploading here his four woodcut series, of Biblical theme, in two volumes.

This second volume contains the "Large Passion", 11 plates, and the "Small Passion", 36 plates, both published in 1511. Their names refer to the size of the woodcuts. The images are taken from the Web Gallery of Art and the Harvard
University Art Museums. I've included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

All comments are welcome.

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D’Alviella, Count Goblet: The Migration of Symbols, v.1, 22 Nov 2008

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From Sacred-Texts:

This is a study of the migration and mutation of symbols by a late 19th century Belgian lawyer and Masonic scholar, Count Goblet d'Alviella (b. 1846, d. 1925). Originally published in 1891 in French, this book covers a huge web of interchangeable symbols, which are found over a wide range of cultures through the Near East, India, Europe, and further abroad, notably in Mesoamerica. He attempts to explain the widespread use of symbols such as the Swastika, the Tree of Life, the Winged Globe, the Trident and the Caduceus. Despite the title, d'Alviella does not adhere to one theory; instead he has a whole toolkit, including diffusion, mutation, independent origins and appropriation, as well as psychological, historical and sociological explanations.

He demonstrates that the same symbol can have different interpretations in different cultures and at different times. Such is the case with the swastika, which today is obviously associated with absolute evil, but which has been used historically as a symbol of the Sun's yearly path, and regarded as a good-luck symbol, even to this day, in the far East. With over 150 line illustrations, this book is an invaluable source book for symbologists, and makes fascinating reading for readers interested in the development of religion.
The original publication included several hundred footnotes. Most of these were simply bibliographic citations but a few contained useful descriptive information that added to the main body text. I have taken the liberty of omitting from this ebook edition those footnotes that were purely reference citations and have retained the remaining 128 as endnotes. The complete original edition can be seen at http://www.sacred-texts.com.

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D’Holbach, Baron: Good Sense without God, v.1, 31 May 2008.

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Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d’Holbach (1723 – 1789)
Good Sense without God: or Free Thoughts Opposed To Supernatural Ideas (1772)
A Translation of Baron D’Holbach’s “Le Bon Sens” by an anonymous translator.
This is an abridged version of his Le système de la nature.

D’Holbach was one of the French Encyclopedists and one of the first people to describe himself as an atheist. This is a spirited defence of atheism.

It may appeal to those who liked the Voltaire uploads.

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Ebers, Georg: A Question. V1. 19 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
“Salt sea-water or oil, it’s all the same to you! Haven’t I put my lamp out long ago? Doesn’t the fire on the hearth give light enough? Are your eyes so drowsy that they don’t see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly? The olives are not yet pressed, and the old oil is getting toward the dregs. Besides, you know how much fruit those abominable thieves have stolen. But sparrows will carry grain into the barn before you’ll try to save your master’s property!”

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Ebers, Georg: A Thorny Path. V2. 19 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
The green screen slowly rose, covering the lower portion of the broad studio window where Heron, the gem-cutter, was at work. It was Melissa, the artist's daughter, who had pulled it up, with bended knees and outstretched arms, panting for breath.
"That is enough!" cried her father's impatient voice. He glanced up at the flood of light which the blinding sun of Alexandria was pouring into the room, as it did every autumn afternoon; but as soon as the shadow fell on his work-table the old man's busy fingers were at work again, and he heeded his daughter no more.

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Ebers, Georg: A Word, Only a Word. V1. 20 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
"A word, only a word!" cried a fresh, boyish voice, then two hands were loudly clapped and a gay laugh echoed through the forest. Hitherto silence had reigned under the boughs of the pines and tops of the beeches, but now a wood-pigeon joined in the lad's laugh, and a jay, startled by the clapping of hands, spread its brown wings, delicately flecked with blue, and soared from one pine to another.

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Ebers, Georg: An Egyptian Princess. V1. 30 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
The Nile had overflowed its bed. The luxuriant corn-fields and blooming gardens on its shores were lost beneath a boundless waste of waters; and only the gigantic temples and palaces of its cities, (protected from the force of the water by dikes), and the tops of the tall palm-trees and acacias could be seen above its surface.

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Ebers, Georg: Arachne. V1. 21 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
Deep silence brooded over the water and the green islands which rose like oases from its glittering surface. The palms, silver poplars, and sycamores on the largest one were already casting longer shadows as the slanting rays of the sun touched their dark crowns, while its glowing ball still poured a flood of golden radiance upon the bushes along the shore, and the light, feathery tufts at the tops of the papyrus reeds in the brackish water.

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Ebers, Georg: Barbara Blomberg. V1. 21 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
The sun sometimes shone brightly upon the little round panes of the ancient building, the Golden Cross, on the northern side of the square, which the people of Ratisbon call "on the moor"; sometimes it was veiled by gray clouds. A party of nobles, ecclesiastics, and knights belonging to the Emperor's train were just coming out. The spring breeze banged behind them the door of little entrance for pedestrians close beside the large main gateway.

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Ebers, Georg: Cleopatra. V1. 23 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
Gorgias, the architect, had learned to bear the scorching sunbeams of the Egyptian noonday. Though not yet thirty, he had directed—first as his late father's assistant and afterwards as his successor—the construction of the huge buildings erected by Cleopatra in Alexandria.

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Ebers, Georg: Die Nilbraut german v1 15 apr 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (* 1. März 1837 in Berlin; † 7. August 1898 in Tutzing) war ein deutscher Ägyptologe und Schriftsteller. Mit seinen historischen Romanen und populärwissenschaftlichen Büchern trug er zur großen Popularität der Ägyptologie im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert bei.

Die Nilbraut, ein historischer Roman, ist eines seiner bekannteren Werke. Hier ein kurzer Auszug:

[QUOTDie Hälfte eines Lustrums war vergangen, seitdem sich Aegypten der jungen, mit unerhörter Kraft und Schnelligkeit aufgewachsenen Macht der Araber unterworfen hatte. Leichten Kaufes war es einer wohl geführten kleinen Schar muslimischer Krieger in die Hände gefallen, und die schöne Provinz, welche noch vor kurzem eine Zier des byzantinischen Kaiserreiches und die treueste Pflegerin des Christentums gewesen, gehorchte jetzt dem Chalifen Omar und mußte es dulden, den Halbmond sich überall neben dem Kreuze erheben zu sehen.

Ein heißerer Sommer hatte das unglückliche Land nur selten gedrückt, und der Nil, dessen Wachstum man in der »Nacht des Tropfens« am 17. Juni wie immer mit festlichen Vorbereitungen erwartet, hatte bisher die Hoffnung der Aegypter betrogen und war, statt zu steigen, kleiner und kleiner geworden. – In dieser Zeit der Besorgnis – am 10. Juli des Jahres 643 – zog eine Karawane von Norden her in Memphis ein.

In der entvölkerten, verfallenden Pyramidenstadt, welche sich in Form eines mächtigen Schilfblattes nur in die Länge entwickelt hatte, da ihrem Wachstun. in die Breite durch den Nil und das libysche Gebirge Schranken gesetzt waren, zog schon diese kleine Karawane die Blicke der Vorübergehenden auf sich, während es die Memphiten in früheren Jahren kaum für der Mühe wert geachtet hatten, den Kopf aufzuheben, wenn unabsehbare, mit Handelsgütern befrachtete Wagenreihen, wenn stattliche Züge von Ochsenwagen, glänzende kaiserliche Reitermanipeln oder endlose Prozessionen die mehr als meilenlange Hauptstraße belebten.

[/QUOT

Ebers liest sich sehr gut und er war nicht nur als Wissenschaftler hervorragend, sondern auch ein stilsicherer, fantasievoller Schriftsteller. Unbedingt empfehlenswert!

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Ebers, Georg: Homo Sum. V1. 23 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
Rocks-naked, hard, red-brown rocks all round; not a bush, not a blade, not a clinging moss such as elsewhere nature has lightly flung on the rocky surface of the heights, as if a breath of her creative life had softly touched the barren stone. Nothing but smooth granite, and above it a sky as bare of cloud as the rocks are of shrubs and herbs.

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Ebers, Georg: In the Blue Pike. V1. 24 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

Excerpt
“May a thunderbolt strike you!” The imprecation suited the rough fellow who uttered it. He had pointed out of doors as he spoke, and scarcely lowered the strange tones of his voice, yet of all the rabble who surrounded him only two persons understood his meaning—*a fading, sickly girl, and the red-haired woman, only a few years her senior, who led the swearing man by a chain, like a tame bear.

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Ebers, Georg: In the Fire of the Forge. V1. 24 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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On the eve of St. Medard's Day in the year 1281, the moon, which had just risen, was shining brightly upon the imperial free city of Nuremberg; its rays found their way into the street leading from the strong Marienthurm to the Frauenthor, but entrance to the Ortlieb mansion was barred by a house, a watchtower, and—most successfully of all—by a tall linden tree. Yet there was something to be seen here which even now, when Nuremberg sheltered the Emperor Rudolph and so many secular and ecclesiastical princes, counts, and knights, awakened Luna's curiosity.

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Ebers, Georg: Joshua. V1. 26 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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"What of the story of the Exodus?"
After I had told him that in the midst of the desert, while following the traces of the departing Hebrews, the idea had occurred to me of treating their wanderings in the form of a romance, he expressed his approval in the eager, enthusiastic manner natural to him. When I finally entered farther into the details of the sketch outlined on the back of a camel, he never ceased to encourage me, though he thoroughly understood my scruples and fully appreciated the difficulties which attended the fulfilment of my task.

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Ebers, Georg: Margery. V1. 26 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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"PIETRO GIUSTINIANI, merchant, of Venice." This was the signature affixed to his receipt by the little antiquary in the city of St. Mark, from whom I purchased a few stitched sheets of manuscript. What a name and title!
As I remarked on the splendor of his ancestry he slapped his pocket, and exclaimed, half in pride and half in lamentation:
"Yes, they had plenty of money; but what has become of it?"

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Ebers, Georg: Serapis. V1. 26 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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The busy turmoil of the town had been hushed for some hours; the moon and stars were keeping silent watch over Alexandria, and many of the inhabitants were already in the land of dreams. It was deliciously fresh—a truly gracious night; but, though peace reigned in the streets and alleys, even now there was in this pause for rest a lack of the soothing calm which refreshes and renews the spirit of man.

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Ebers, Georg: The Bride of the Nile. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Half a lustrum had elapsed since Egypt had become subject to the youthful power of the Arabs, which had risen with such unexampled vigor and rapidity. It had fallen an easy prey, cheaply bought, into the hands of a small, well-captained troop of Moslem warriors; and the fair province, which so lately had been a jewel of the Byzantine Empire and the most faithful foster-mother to Christianity, now owned the sway of the Khalif Omar and saw the Crescent raised by the side of the Cross.

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Ebers, Georg: The Burgomaster's Wife. V1. 27 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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In the year 1574 A. D. spring made its joyous entry into the Netherlands at an unusually early date.
The sky was blue, gnats sported in the sunshine, white butterflies alighted on the newly-opened yellow flowers, and beside one of the numerous ditches intersecting the wide plain stood a stork, snapping at a fine frog; the poor fellow soon writhed in its enemy's red beak. One gulp—the merry jumper vanished, and its murderer, flapping its wings, soared high into the air.

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Ebers, Georg: The Complete Short Works. V2. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

IN THE BLUE PIKE

A QUESTION

THE ELIXIR.

THE GREYLOCK

THE NUTS

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Ebers, Georg: The Elixir. V1. 27 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Every Leipziger knows well the tall gabled house in the Katherinenstrasse which I have in mind. It stands not far from the Market Place, and is particularly dear to the writer of this true story because it has been in the possession of his family for a long time. Many curious things have happened there worthy of being rescued from oblivion, and though my relatives would now like to relieve me of this task, because I have found it necessary to point out to certain ingenuous ones among them the truth which they were endeavoring to conceal, I rejoice that I have sufficient leisure to chronicle for future generations of Ueberhells the wonderful life and doings of their progenitor as I learned them from my grandmother and other good people.

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Ebers, Georg: The Emperor. V1. 27 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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It is now fourteen years since I planned the story related in these volumes, the outcome of a series of lectures which I had occasion to deliver on the period of the Roman dominion in Egypt. But the pleasures of inventive composition were forced to give way to scientific labors, and when I was once more at leisure to try my wings with increase of power I felt more strongly urged to other flights. Thus it came to pass that I did I not take the time of Hadrian for the background of a tale till after I had dealt with the still later period of the early monastic move in "Homo Sum."

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Ebers, Georg: The Greylock. V1. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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A FAIRY TALE.
Once upon a time there was a country, more beautiful than all other lands and the castle of the Duke, its ruler, lay beside a lake that was bluer than the deepest indigo. A long time ago the Knight Wendelin and his squire George chanced upon this lake, but they found nothing save waste fields and bleak rocks around it, yet the shores must formerly have borne a different aspect, for there were shattered columns and broken-nosed statues lying on the ground. Against the hillside there were remains of ancient walls that once, undoubtedly, had supported terraces of vines, but the rains had long washed the soil from the rocks, and among the caves and crannies of the fallen stonework, and ruined cellars, foxes, bats, and other animals had found a home.

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Ebers, Georg: The Nuts. V1. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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The wounded colonel, whom we were nursing back to health in our house, was not allowed to walk long, and in the after noon, after he had pottered about a little, he was obliged to rest in the comfortable old easy-chair, which was known as grandfather’s chair.
When twilight fell, our dear guest lighted the last of the three pipes, which the doctor permitted him to smoke every day, and made a sign to the children, which the young people obeyed gladly, for they loved to listen to his stories.

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Ebers, Georg: The Sisters. V1. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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On the wide, desert plain of the Necropolis of Memphis stands the extensive and stately pile of masonry which constitutes the Greek temple of Serapis; by its side are the smaller sanctuaries of Asclepios, of Anubis and of Astarte, and a row of long, low houses, built of unburnt bricks, stretches away behind them as a troop of beggar children might follow in the train of some splendidly attired king.

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Ebers, Georg: The Story of My Life. V1. 29 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Though I was born in Berlin, it was also in the country. True, it was fifty-five years ago; for my birthday was March 1, 1837, and at that time the house—[No. 4 Thiergartenstrass—where I slept and played during the first years of my childhood possessed, besides a field and a meadow, an orchard and dense shrubbery, even a hill and a pond. Three big horses, the property of the owner of our residence, stood in the stable, and the lowing of a cow, usually an unfamiliar sound to Berlin children, blended with my earliest recollections.

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Ebers, Georg: Uarda a Romance of Ancient Egypt. V1. 29 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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By the walls of Thebes—the old city of a hundred gates—the Nile spreads to a broad river; the heights, which follow the stream on both sides, here take a more decided outline; solitary, almost cone-shaped peaks stand out sharply from the level background of the many-colored. limestone hills, on which no palm-tree flourishes and in which no humble desert-plant can strike root. Rocky crevasses and gorges cut more or less deeply into the mountain range, and up to its ridge extends the desert, destructive of all life, with sand and stones, with rocky cliffs and reef-like, desert hills.
Behind the eastern range the desert spreads to the Red Sea; behind the western it stretches without limit, into infinity. In the belief of the Egyptians beyond it lay the region of the dead.

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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Bozena, german V1, 06.01.2010

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von TYebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

Das Buch "BOZENA"
Die Erzählung, die den Umfang eines Romans hat, spielt vor dem Hintergrund der untergehenden Feudalgesellschaft und vor dem Aufstieg des Kapitals in der Habsburgermonarchie nach 1848. Es wird die Geschichte der reichen Weinhändlerfamilie Heißenstein erzählt, in deren Haus die Titelheldin Božena als Dienstmagd arbeitet. Ein Patriarch, für den nur ein männlicher Erbe zählt; eine Tochter aus gutem Haus, die mit einem armen, aber edlen Ulanen-Offizier durchbrennt; ein zu Dünkel und Ignoranz erzogenes Mädchen, bei dem sich die Heiratskandidaten wegen ihrer beträchtlichen Mitgift einfinden; ein alter, verarmter Graf, der jahrelang die nächste Umgebung seines Schlosses nicht verDie „Riesin“ Božena, die alles im Griff hat, die schön und stolz wie Libussa in ihrem Reich regiert, wird den Schwachen zu ihrem Recht verhelfen. Zwischendurch - in den Wirren der Revolution - verlieren wir sie zwar aus den Augen, aber man weiß, sie wird wiederkommen und wie der Fels in der Brandung die Turbulenzen überstehen. Und obwohl man sich gleich denken kann, wie das alles ausgeht, bleibt das Buch bis zum Schluss interessant. Denn Ebner-Eschenbach gibt keine ihrer Figuren ganz auf, auch für die unsympathischste bleibt immer noch ein bisschen Verständnis über, das die Leser teilen sollen.lässt aus Angst, einem Demokraten zu begegnen...
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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Das Gemeindekind, german V1, 06.01.2010

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von TYebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

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Es wird das Schicksal zweier Kinder erzählt, deren Vater wegen Mordes gehenkt worden ist und deren Mutter unschuldig eine zehnjährige Haft im Zuchthaus verbüßen muss. Während das hübsche Mädchen Milada das Mitleid einer Gutsbesitzerin erregt und auf deren Kosten in einer städtischen Klosterschule erzogen wird, fällt ihr Bruder Pavel der Gemeinde des mährischen Dorfes zur Last, die nur widerwillig ihrer Pflicht nachkommt. Er kommt zur Familie des Hirten Virgil, dessen Frau als Hexe verschrien ist und die ganze Familie zu den verachtetsten Menschen im Dorf zählt. So kommt es, dass Pavel stolz auf seinen schlechten Ruf und seine Diebstähle ist. Sein Hass und Trotz gegenüber den Leuten im Dorf, erzeugt durch Hunger, Prügel und Beschimpfungen wachsen von Tag zu Tag. Nur der hübschen Tochter des Hirten, Vinska, fühlt er sich ergeben, obwohl er fühlt, dass sie ihn nur ausnutzt und verspottet, da sie eigentlich Peter, den Sohn des Bürgermeisters, heiraten will. Als der Bürgermeister, der gegen diese Heirat ist, stirbt, ist Pavel als Giftmischer verschrien, da er dem Bürgermeister heimlich ein schmerzstillendes Mittel von der Frau des Hirten überbringen musste. Dieser Schimpfname und die Verachtung durch die Bewohner des Dorfes bleiben ihm, obwohl sich später seine Unschuld erweist. Nach jahrelanger Trennung darf Pavel seine Schwester im Kloster besuchen. Milada ist voll Entsetzen über Pavels Einstellung und redet auf ihn ein, ein braver Mensch zu werden. Pavel ist daraufhin der festen Überzeugung seinen Ruf verbessern zu wollen. Er versucht sich in der Gemeinde nützlich zu machen, weicht allen Prügeleien aus und bezwingt seinen Menschenhass, obwohl er auch weiterhin beschimpft und verspottet wird, geht zur Schule und findet im Lehrer Habrecht seine einzige Bezugs- und Vertrauensperson. Unbeirrbare Rechtschaffenheit, die einmal auch die Achtung seiner Mitmenschen finden wird, ist der Sinn seines Lebens geworden. Trotzdem zeigt die Dorfjugend, vor allem Peter, dem er sogar das Leben bei einem Unfall mit einem Lokomobil gerettet hat, keine Einsicht. Sie zerstören, was er sich mühevoll aufgebaut hat und Pavel muss sich sehr beherrschen, es ihnen nicht wieder mit Prügeln zu vergelten. Erst nach einer ungerechten Geldforderung des Gemeinderates kommt es zu einer Prügelei im Wirtshaus. Pavel behauptet sich zwar, aber die neuen Umstände machen ihn einsam, da der Lehrer in eine andere Stadt versetzt worden ist. Bald folgt ein neuer Schicksalsschlag. Milada stirbt, völlig geschwächt durch Buß- und Fastenübungen. Als Pavel von der Beerdigung zurückkehrt, findet er seine Mutter vor. Sie will eigentlich nur nach ihren Kindern sehen und gesteht Pavel, dass sie unschuldig war. Um ihn vor dem schlechten Gerede der Leute zu verschonen, will sie nicht bei ihm bleiben, sondern im Krankenhaus des Gefängnisses arbeiten. Pavels Charakter hat sich nun gefestigt und er hat seinen Platz im Dorfe und im Leben gefunden, an der Seite seiner Mutter, die er nach der Verbüßung ihrer Zuchthausstrafe trotz aller bösen Nachrede bei sich aufnimmt.
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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Ein kleiner Roman, german V1 23.12.2009

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von TYebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Lotti, die Uhrmacherin, german V1 23.12.2009

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von TYebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

Mit der Erzählung "Lotti, die Uhrmacherin" (1880) gelang der Schriftstellerin Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach der Durchbruch. Mit autobiographischen Elementen versehen - die Autorin begann ein Jahr vor der Erstveröffentlichung der Erzählung die damals für Frauen ungewöhnliche Ausbildung zur Uhrmacherin - erzählt Ebner-Eschenbach von der jungen Frau Lotti.

Mit großem Fleiß und Hingabe macht Lotti das Handwerk zum Kunstwerk und die Schriftstellerin zeigt mit der Protagonistin eine für die Jahrhundertwende fortschrittliche Frau. Ein früherer Ausspruch von Marie Ebner-Eschenbach bringt den Leitgedanken dieser Erzählung auf den Punkt:
(Quelle: Wikipedia )

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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Unsühnbar german V1

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von TYebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

In der Erzählung «Unsühnbar» (1890) wird die Verirrung der Leidenschaft bei einer Frau, die einen Fehltritt in der Ehe begeht, beschrieben.

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Eddison, E.R. - The Worm Ouroborous illustrated edition

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Eric Rucker Eddison was a British civil servant writing as E. R. Eddison. His principal work was the Zimiamvia cycle, including The Worm Ouroborous, and a trilogy composed of _Mistress of Mistresses_, _A Fish Dinner in Memison, and _The Mezentian Gate_. Eddison did not live to fully complete the work.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_R%C3%BCcker_Eddison for further information about Eddison.

Thus far, _The Worm Ouroborous_ is the only one that seems to have been converted to electronic format. Another version of Ouroboros was previously made available here for the Sony Reader, provided by Dr. Drib. See http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=ouroboros

This edition for Mobipocket includes the illustrations from the original book publication. The text I used, and the illustrations, are courtesy of The Internet Sacred Text Archive, and available here: http://www.sacred-texts.com/ring/two/index.htm

I have followed the placement of illustrations in my Ballantine paperback edition of The Worm Ouroboros_ when creating this version.

I'll happily supply my source files if someone else wants to create a Sony, ePub, or other editions, or you can grab what I started with from the link above.
______
Dennis

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Eden, Emily: the Semi-Attached Couple, v.1, 10 Feb 2008.

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Done in response to a request.

This seems to be a society novel.

From http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/ex_eden06.html

Emily Eden (1797-1869) was the 7th daughter of the 14 children of William Eden, 1st Baron of Auckland. Her eldest sibling was George Eden, better known to students of Indian History as the 1st Earl of Auckland, Governor-General of India (1836-1842). She was born into a blue-blooded family of achievers and in early life was inspired by her mother, who was an independent-minded woman, who travelled extensively with her highly placed husband and took an active interest in public affairs along with him.
Emily grew up to be a versatile and gifted woman and became a successful novelist, a painter and a writer of a book entitled "Up the Country" (pub. 1866) that described through her letters, her journey with her brother and his retinue, from Kolkata to Shimla. Besides "Up the Country" she wrote two novels "The Semi-Detached House" (1859) and "The Semi-Attached Couple" (1860). All of her books were received well by the reading public.

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Eden, Emily: The Semi-Detached House, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

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The Hon. Emily Eden (1797-1869):
The Semi-Detached House (1859).

Done in response to a request.

A society novel. The young Lady Chester is persuaded to take a semi-detached house near London, so as to benefit from the fresh air while awaiting ‘an interesting event’. Her husband is on a diplomatic mission to Berlin.
Meanwhile the newspaper ‘The Weekly Lyre’ [read as ‘liar’] announces a rumour of a separation in high society and that a certain lord’s ‘chère amie’ has been installed in a country villa.
The neighbours in the other half of the semi-detached house are horrified and begin to imagine the worst...

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Edgar, J.G.: The Boy Crusaders v1 7 jan 2009

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A little bonus book today (not little regarding the size, though). I simply was charmed by this gem of a book and had to assemble it. It's really a shame I can't tell you anything concrete of it's author except that he seems to have specialised in adventure books for young adults.

This book is fully illustrated and features the original (beautiful) cover. Also featured is the handwritten dedication that I have inserted in lieu of a frontispiece, All in all this book is very readable and has a lively, active tone with a lot of combat action thrown in.

I think it's one of PG's more hidden jewels, but still a radiant jewel! Recommended.

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Edgeworth, Maria: Castle Rackrent. v1. 27 Aug 2009

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My first upload, hope someone enjoys it.

From a PG text..added italics, moved footnotes and other notes to end.

from Wikipedia--

[Castle Rackrent[/, a short novel by Maria Edgeworth published in 1800, is often regarded as the first historical novel, the first regional novel in English, the first Anglo-Irish novel, the first Big House novel and the first saga novel.

It is also widely regarded as the first novel to use the device of a narrator who is both unreliable and an observer of, rather than a player in, the actions he chronicles. Kirkpatrick suggests that it "both borrows from and originates a variety of literary genres and subgenres without nearly fitting into any one of them".

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Edward, Ralph Sir: And the World Changed: Life in the Digital Reality, v1, 10 Feb 200

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Ralph Sir Edward
And the World Changed: Life in the Digital Reality (2009)

A book by MobileRead member, Ralph Sir Edward, who said,
“I am writing a serious book, of sorts, concerning digital reality versus analog reality and the effect on people and ethics.”

He first posted the book chapter by chapter here:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37330
where it is also discussed by several forum members.

And this thread contains the entire rtf version:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38305

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Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. v1. 8 Jul 2010

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Now, in all glory, a new cover by Zelda Queen of Pinwheel! (and there's a Red adventure tacked on, as well....)

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Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. V2. 10 Jul 2010

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Now with a new and improved Cover by the inimitable Zelda! And Metadata!

Attachment 54933

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Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case Of The Desert Pirates, v1, 5 June 2009

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Sorry I didn't get around to this sooner. Pervel is going to do the LRF upload...

Remember, this is a public domain work. So says the author, and he ought to know....

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Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case of the Golden Coprolite, v.1, 17 Dec 2008.

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A mystery by our own Sir Sir Ralph Sir Edward, issued first in serial form in the Lounge, and now in a single volume for your delectation.

The cover image is by sa majesté, Zelda, reine de Pinwheel herself.

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Eeden, Frederik van: Der kleine Johannes [German]. V1. 01 Aug 2010

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Frederik Willem van Eeden (* 3. April 1860 in Haarlem; † 16. Juni 1932 in Bussum) war ein niederländischer Psychologe, Sozialreformer und Schriftsteller.

Frederik van Eeden war der Sohn von Frederik Willem van Eeden und wuchs in einer Umgebung auf, in der Kunst und Wissenschaft eine wichtige Rolle spielten. 1878 begann er, Medizin in Amsterdam zu studieren. 1886 promovierte Van Eeden und ließ sich in Bussum als Hausarzt nieder. Er spezialisierte sich jedoch schnell auf Psychotherapie.
Beginn der 1880er Jahre spielte Van Eeden eine wichtige Rolle im Amsterdamer Studentenleben und veröffentlichte seine ersten Artikel. Er wurde Mitglied der niederländischen Schriftsteller-Vereinigung Flanor. 1885 gründete er mit Frank der Goes, Willem Kloos, Willem Paap und Albert Verwey die Zeitschrift De Nieuwe Gids, die das Sprachrohr der Beweging van Tachtig werden sollte. Die ersten Ausgaben des Nieuwe Gids beinhalteten Teile des von Van Eeden geschriebenen Märchens De Kleine Johannes. Das Märchen wurde 1887 als Buch veröffentlicht. 1894 verließ Van Eeden die Redaktion des Nieuwe Gids.
Am 15. April 1886 heiratete Frederik van Eeden Martha van Vloten. Sie wurden Eltern zweier Söhne. Am 29. Juni 1907 ließen sie sich scheiden. Am 21. August 1907 heiratete Van Eeden seine zweite Ehefrau Geertruida Woutrina Everts, mit der er ebenfalls zwei Söhne hatte.
1900 erschien Van Eedens psychologischer Roman Van de koele meren des doods. Das Werk wurde seitdem mehrmals neu aufgelegt und wird immer noch häufig gelesen. 1982 wurde der Roman von Nouchka van Brakel verfilmt.
Die Kolonie Walden in Bussum war ein Versuch, seinen gesellschaftlichen Auffassungen eine konkrete Gestalt zu geben. Das Experiment, das nur wenige Jahre Bestand hatte (1898 bis 1907), war für die Entwicklung des niederländischen Sozialismus von Bedeutung.
In der Klartraumforschung wird van Eeden die Einführung des Begriffes lucid dream zugesprochen.

Auszug:
Ich will euch etwas von dem kleinen Johannes erzählen. Meine Geschichte erinnert zwar sehr an ein Märchen, aber dennoch ist alles in Wirklichkeit so geschehen. Sobald ihr das nicht mehr glaubt, sollt ihr nicht weiter lesen, denn ich schreibe dann nicht für euch. Auch dürft ihr nie zu dem kleinen Johannes darüber sprechen, wenn ihr ihm jemals begegnen solltet, denn das würde ihm Kummer bereiten und ich würde es bereuen, euch dies alles erzählt zu haben.

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Eels, Elsie Spicer: Tales Of Giants From Brazil [illus]. v1. 27 Jan 09

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Folktales from Brazil. This book is fully illustrated.

Here's a short excerpt. As you can see, it's about a poor man who decides to put his cat in the microwave. (Wait a minute. I think I'm confusing this book with a recipe book. Hmmm.)

Well, you decide:

[Once upon a time there was a man who was very poor. He was so poor that he had to sell one thing after another to get food to keep from starving. After a while there was nothing left except the cat. He was very fond of his cat, and he said, “O, Cat, let come what will, I’ll never part with you. I would rather starve.”

The cat replied, “O good master Domingo, rest in peace. You will never starve as long as you have me. I am going out into the world to make a fortune for us both.”[/

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Ehrmann, Max: Desiderata and Other Poems, v.1, 6 December 2008.

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Desiderata and Other Poems
By Max Ehrmann (1872–1945)

Twelve poems, including the famous “Desiderata.” Some people find it inspirational. Others find it trite.
The poems were collected from various sources and I have added a history of the poem, “Desiderata” from Wikipedia.

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Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Ahnung und Gegenwart, V1, german, 28.12.2009

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Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (* 10. März 1788 Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor, Oberschlesien; † 26. November 1857 in Neiße, Oberschlesien) war ein bedeutender Lyriker und Schriftsteller der deutschen Romantik. Mit etwa 5000 Vertonungen zählt Eichendorff zu den meistvertonten deutschsprachigen Lyrikern und ist auch als Prosadichter (Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts) bis heute gegenwärtig. Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff wurde am 10. März 1788 auf Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor als Sohn eines preußischen Offiziers, des Freiherrn Adolf Theodor Rudolf (1756–1818) von Eichendorff und dessen Frau Karoline (1766–1822, geb. Freiin von Kloch) geboren. Seine Mutter stammte aus einer schlesischen Adelsfamilie, aus deren Besitz sie Schloss Lubowitz erbte. Das katholische Adelsgeschlecht der Freiherren von Eichendorff ist seit dem 17. Jahrhundert in Schlesien ansässig.

Joseph wurde von 1793 bis 1801 zusammen mit seinem zwei Jahre älteren Bruder Wilhelm von Pfarrer Bernhard Heinke zuhause unterrichtet. Es folgten neben umfangreicher Lektüre von Abenteuer- und Ritterromanen und antiken Sagen erste kindliche literarische Versuche. 1794 reiste er nach Prag, 1799 nach Karlsbad und wieder nach Prag, danach hielt er seine Eindrücke von der Fahrt in ersten Aufzeichnungen fest. Mit dem 12. November 1800 begannen seine Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und die Abfassung einer Naturgeschichte mit eigenen Illustrationen.

Im Oktober 1801 begann für Joseph und Wilhelm der Besuch des katholischen Gymnasiums in Breslau mit Internen-Wohnung im St.-Josephs-Konvikt (bis 1804). Häufige Theaterbesuche und frühe Gedichte sind aus dieser Zeit bekannt. Auch die Jugendfreundschaft mit seinem Mitschüler Joseph Christian von Zedlitz wurde hier begründet. Von 1805 bis 1806 studierte Eichendorff in Halle Jura und Geisteswissenschaft und besuchte dabei auch philologische Vorlesungen bei Friedrich August Wolf, Friedrich Schleiermacher und Henrich Steffens. Beim Besuch des Theaters in Bad Lauchstädt erlebte er ein Gastspiel von Goethes Weimarer Bühne. Eine Reise durch den Harz führte ihn nach Hamburg und Lübeck. Im August 1806 kehrte Eichendorff nach Schloß Lubowitz zurück, wo er das gesellige Leben mit Bällen und Jagden in der Umgebung genoss.
Eichendorff starb am 26. November 1857 in Neiße (Schlesien).
Eichendorff wird zu den bedeutendsten und noch heute bewunderten deutschen Lyrikern gezählt, zahlreiche seiner Gedichte wurden vertont (O Täler weit, o Höhen) und vielfach gesungen. Seine Novelle Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts gilt als Höhepunkt und zugleich Ausklang der Romantik.

Typisch für viele Werke Eichendorffs ist, dass sie aufgrund seiner eigenen starken Bindung zum Glauben häufig in einem religiösen Zusammenhang stehen.
(Wikipedia)

In seinem Jugendroman „Ahnung und Gegenwart“, der 1815 nach langem Hin und Her veröffentlicht wird, beschreibt Eichendorff das Leben eines jungen Mannes, Friedrich, der gerade sein Studium abgeschlossen hat und nun in die weite Welt hinauszieht. In ihm spiegelt sich Eichendorffs Idealbild, das Leben als poetischer Einsiedler, wieder.

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Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Erzählungen, V1, german, 28.12.2009

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Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (* 10. März 1788 Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor, Oberschlesien; † 26. November 1857 in Neiße, Oberschlesien) war ein bedeutender Lyriker und Schriftsteller der deutschen Romantik. Mit etwa 5000 Vertonungen zählt Eichendorff zu den meistvertonten deutschsprachigen Lyrikern und ist auch als Prosadichter (Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts) bis heute gegenwärtig.
oseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff wurde am 10. März 1788 auf Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor als Sohn eines preußischen Offiziers, des Freiherrn Adolf Theodor Rudolf (1756–1818) von Eichendorff und dessen Frau Karoline (1766–1822, geb. Freiin von Kloch) geboren. Seine Mutter stammte aus einer schlesischen Adelsfamilie, aus deren Besitz sie Schloss Lubowitz erbte. Das katholische Adelsgeschlecht der Freiherren von Eichendorff ist seit dem 17. Jahrhundert in Schlesien ansässig.
Joseph wurde von 1793 bis 1801 zusammen mit seinem zwei Jahre älteren Bruder Wilhelm von Pfarrer Bernhard Heinke zuhause unterrichtet. Es folgten neben umfangreicher Lektüre von Abenteuer- und Ritterromanen und antiken Sagen erste kindliche literarische Versuche. 1794 reiste er nach Prag, 1799 nach Karlsbad und wieder nach Prag, danach hielt er seine Eindrücke von der Fahrt in ersten Aufzeichnungen fest. Mit dem 12. November 1800 begannen seine Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und die Abfassung einer Naturgeschichte mit eigenen Illustrationen.Im Oktober 1801 begann für Joseph und Wilhelm der Besuch des katholischen Gymnasiums in Breslau mit Internen-Wohnung im St.-Josephs-Konvikt (bis 1804). Häufige Theaterbesuche und frühe Gedichte sind aus dieser Zeit bekannt. Auch die Jugendfreundschaft mit seinem Mitschüler Joseph Christian von Zedlitz wurde hier begründet. Von 1805 bis 1806 studierte Eichendorff in Halle Jura und Geisteswissenschaft und besuchte dabei auch philologische Vorlesungen bei Friedrich August Wolf, Friedrich Schleiermacher und Henrich Steffens. Beim Besuch des Theaters in Bad Lauchstädt erlebte er ein Gastspiel von Goethes Weimarer Bühne. Eine Reise durch den Harz führte ihn nach Hamburg und Lübeck. Im August 1806 kehrte Eichendorff nach Schloß Lubowitz zurück, wo er das gesellige Leben mit Bällen und Jagden in der Umgebung genoss.Im April 1815 hatte Eichendorff in Breslau Luise von Larisch geheiratet, noch im gleichen Jahr wurde sein erster Sohn Hermann geboren, 1817 die Tochter Therese, 1819 der zweite Sohn Rudolf. Nach dem Tod des Vaters 1818 wurden die meisten der hochverschuldeten Güter der Familie bis auf Schloss Lubowitz und das Gut Seldnitz verkauft. Eichendorff trauerte dem Verlust der Welt seiner Kindheit sein Leben lang nach:
Eichendorff starb am 26. November 1857 in Neiße (Schlesien).
Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts ist eine Novelle von Joseph von Eichendorff. Sie wurde 1822/1823 fertig gestellt, aber erst 1826 veröffentlicht. Das Werk gilt als Höhepunkt lyrisch-musikalischer Stimmungskunst und wird als beispielhafter Text für das Leben der Spätromantiker angesehen. Von Eichendorff verwendet bei diesem Werk, wie bei vielen seiner Werke, die offene Romanform und streut zahlreiche Gedichte ein.

zu der Novelle "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts":
Ein Vater schickt seinen Sohn, den er Taugenichts nennt, in die weite Welt hinaus, da ihm dieser zu Hause die ganze Arbeit allein überlässt. Der Sohn nimmt seine Geige und verlässt sein Dorf, ohne ein Ziel vor Augen zu haben. Schon bald hält neben ihm ein Reisewagen, in dem zwei Damen sitzen, die Gefallen an seiner Musik finden. Sie nehmen ihn mit auf ihr Schloss, nahe Wien, wo er sofort als Gärtnerbursche eingestellt wird. Bald verliebt er sich in die jüngere der beiden Damen. Von der Herrschaft wird er wegen seiner besonderen Verdienste und seines guten Auftretens als Zolleinnehmer eingesetzt. Den Garten des Zollhäuschens befreit er von Kartoffeln, um dort Blumen anzupflanzen, die er regelmäßig seiner Angebeteten hinterlegt. Er beschließt, das Reisen aufzugeben und Geld zu sparen, um es zu etwas Großem zu bringen, und freundet sich mit dem Portier des Schlosses an. Als er jedoch eines Tages seine "allerschönste Frau" mit einem Offizier auf einem Balkon sieht, packt er seine Sachen und verlässt das Schloss, da sie ihm jetzt völlig unerreichbar erscheint.
Der Taugenichts wandert nun nach Italien und macht auf dem Weg dorthin Station in einem kleinen Dorf. Als er vor dem Wirtshaus sitzt, tauchen plötzlich zwei Reiter auf, die er für Räuber hält. Die beiden verlangen von ihm, sie zum Dorf B. zu führen, und geben sich dann als zwei Maler aus: Herr Leonhard und Herr Guido. Die drei setzen ihre Reise nach Italien gemeinsam fort und sind Tag und Nacht unterwegs. Einmal übernachten sie in einem Wirtshaus. Als der Taugenichts seine Begleiter am nächsten Tag wecken will, findet er nur ein leeres Zimmer vor, in dem ein voller Geldbeutel liegt, der für ihn bestimmt ist. Als der Postillon zur Weiterfahrt drängt, springt der Taugenichts allein in den Wagen. Die Fahrt geht weiter, bis sie ein Schloss erreichen, wo eine alte Frau und ein hagerer Mann den Jüngling empfangen.
Dort wird er nach einem reichen Mahl in ein prächtiges Zimmer geführt und kann nun hier ein Leben führen, "wie sich's ein Mensch nur immer in der Welt wünschen kann". Eines Tages erhält er einen Brief von seiner "allerschönsten Frau" (Aurelie), die ihn bittet, wieder zu ihr zu kommen, da sie ohne ihn nicht mehr leben könne.
Der junge Mann ist überglücklich und will wieder zurückkehren. Fluchtartig und ohne den Weg zu kennen verlässt er das Schloss und gelangt schließlich nach Rom. Als er durch die Straßen schreitet, meint er auf einmal, die Stimme seiner "schönen Frau" zu hören, und sieht eine weiße Gestalt. Da sein Suchen jedoch erfolglos bleibt, schläft er im Freien ein. Am nächsten Morgen spricht ihn ein junger Landsmann an. Er stellt sich als Maler vor und nimmt den Taugenichts mit in sein Haus, wo dieser sich einige Bilder anschaut. Dabei entdeckt er zwei Gemälde, die ihm gefallen, und fragt den Maler, ob er sie gemalt habe. Doch dieser antwortet ihm, dass sie von Leonardo da Vinci und Guido Reni gemalt worden seien. Da verkündet ihm der Taugenichts, dass er diese beiden auch kenne, da er mit ihnen Tag und Nacht gereist sei. Der Jüngling erfährt von dem Maler, dass dieser die junge Frau schon gemalt habe, als sie nach Rom gekommen sei, um den Taugenichts, Leonard und Guido aufzusuchen. Voller Begeisterung rennt der Taugenichts hinaus, um das Haus zu suchen, in dem er die weiß gekleidete Gestalt gesehen hat, doch er findet es nicht wieder. Später nimmt der Maler ihn mit zu einem Garten, in dem plötzlich auch ein laut streitendes Paar auftaucht. Es ist die Kammerjungfrau des Schlosses, auf dem auch seine "allerschönste Frau" wohnt. Sie steckt ihm einen Zettel zu, der eine Einladung zu einem Treffen mit der schönen jungen Gräfin enthält. Der Taugenichts sucht sofort das Haus auf und erblickt dort eine Gestalt im Mantel des Malers, den er vor kurzem kennengelernt hat. Mit lautem Geschrei läuft er auf diese Person zu, doch dabei verwickelt er sich in Blumen und fällt zu Boden. Als er zu der Person im weißen Gewand aufblickt, sieht er, dass es die Kammerjungfrau ist. Die "schöne gnädige Frau", mit der er das Rendezvous haben sollte, gesellt sich zu den beiden, aber der Taugenichts erblickt statt seiner "Allerschönsten" eine mächtige, große und korpulente Dame, die ihn komisch anschaut, und macht sich daraufhin auf die Reise zurück nach Deutschland. Unterwegs begegnen ihm drei Prager Studenten, die sich, wie er, auf der Wanderschaft befinden. Ein Student erzählt ihm, dass sein Vetter Portier auf einem Schloss unweit von Wien sei, und sie beschließen, alle gemeinsam dorthin zu fahren. Aus den Gesprächen zwischen den Studenten erfährt der Taugenichts, dass es bei Hofe bald eine Hochzeit geben werde, was er auf seine "schöne Frau" bezieht. Als sie nun endlich ankommen, läuft der Taugenichts sofort zum herrschaftlichen Garten, wo er die Stimme des Herrn Guido hört. Dort erblickt er die "schöne Frau", die aufschreit, als sie ihn entdeckt.
Zu seinem Erstaunen sieht der Taugenichts auch den Herrn Leonard. Dieser fasst die "schöne Frau" bei der Hand, führt sie zu ihm und erklärt endlich die verworrene Geschichte: Er erzählt ihm, dass Herr Guido in Wirklichkeit Flora, seine Geliebte, sei. Deren Mutter habe die Liebe zwischen ihnen anfangs nicht gebilligt, weil es noch einen anderen Bewerber um ihre Hand gegeben habe. Deshalb seien sie als Maler verkleidet gemeinsam nach Italien geflüchtet. Unterwegs seien sie aber verfolgt worden, so dass sie den Taugenichts alleine weiterreisen ließen. Es folgt ein klärendes Gespräch der "schönen Frau" Aurelie mit dem Taugenichts, in dem sie ihm gesteht, dass sie keine Gräfin sei, sondern die Nichte des Portiers; bald darauf heiraten sie und bekommen vom Grafen ein Schloss geschenkt. Nach der Hochzeit soll eine gemeinsame Reise nach Italien führen.
(Wikipedia)

In dem Band sind sieben Erzählungen / Novellen des Autors zusammengefasst.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 01: Franklin/Woolman/Penn, v1, 24 Jun 07

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[The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin[/
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[The Journal of John Woolman[/
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[Some Fruits of Solitude by William Penn[/

Every series has to start somewhere. For this series it is with [The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.[/ Perhaps one of the greatest US autobiographies ever written. I have read it too many times to count. There are not graphics in this version, there is stand alone version that has many graphics in it.

[The Journal of John Woolman,[/ also available as a stand alone version, is the account of an early Quaker and his journey to see the evils of slavery many years before the Civil War.

[Some Fruits of Solitude by William Penn[/ is a mine of pithy comment upon human life, which combines with the acute common sense of Franklin the spiritual elevation of Woolman.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 02: Plato/Epictetus/&c. v1. 27 July 07

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[
Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates by Plato
The Golden Sayings Of Epictetus
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
[/
I have taken liberties with each part of this volume.

In Plato I have changed all of the "AE" as single character to an "AE' as double character as this glyph is not in the Sony Reader base fonts.

In Epictetus I have identified each golden saying as a subtitle because many of them are just one line or two lines long and it seemed a waste to use a full page just for that. There are well over 150 of them.

For Marcus Aurelius I have edited out most of the Greek letters as they too are not part of the Sony Reader font. I may have missed some. If you find them, please write.

I do not feel that these changes will take away from the enjoyment of the texts for most people.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 03: Bacon, Milton, Browne, v1 27 July 07

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[The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
The New Atlantis[/
Francis Bacon

[Areopagitica
Tractate on Education[/
John Milton

[Religio Medici[/
Sir Thomas Browne

Requested by Bob Russell to be finished sooner rather than later so he can keep reading from Volume 2. Here it is. Thankfully there is enough Bacon (Francis, not Kevin) to keep my interest going and only minor Milton.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 04: Milton. v1. 06 July 07

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[Complete Poems Written in English[/ by John Milton

Not number one on my hit parade but a writer loved by millions. [Paradise Lost[/ and [Paradise Restored[/ are classics.

I have always found it interesting the logic of [Paradise Lost[/ contrasted with the logic of Augustine's [City of God.[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 05: Emerson. v1. 06 July 07

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Emerson - Essays & English Traits

A wonderful collection. Some great lines like, "Oxford [University] is old, even for England."

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 06: Robert Burns. v1. 4 July 07

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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 07: Augustine & Kempis. v1, 27 July 07

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[ The Confessions of Saint Augustine [/
Translated by Edward Bouverie Pusey
&
[ The Imitation of Christ [/
by Thomas a Kempis Translated by Rev. William Benham

Another early summer blowout sale item. Now two great works in one volume. Augustine's other great work (and I feel the greater of the two), City of God, is available elsewhere on this forum for download.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 08: Greek Dramatists. v1, 25 June 07

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Aeschylus
[Agamemnon
The Libation-Bearers
The Furies
Prometheus Bound
[/
Sophocles:
[Oedipus the King
Antigone[/

Euripides:
[Hippolytus
The Bacchae[/

Aristophanes:
[The Frogs[/

9 great plays.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 09: Cicero & Pliny. v1. 27 July 07

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age
Letters

Pliny (The Younger)
Letters

Two of the greatest Roman writers in one volume. A treat for the mind and ear. The logic of their arguments is a joy to read and the quality of the translations is marvel.

I hope those of you downloading these books are having as much fun as I am putting them together.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 10: Smith, Wealth of Nations. v1 7/27/07

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More of our great summer sale. Sources say this volume alone should sell for up to $9.95; but, for you, our price today is $0.00. How do we do this? Read the book and find out.

The tables are a bit unorganized but since everyone always skips these in every economics text it shouldn't a big deal.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 11: Darwin, Origin of the Species. v1.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 12: Plutarch's Lives. v1. 27 July 07

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Written about 100 AD, Plutarchs [Lives[/ is the best biographical reference about the great figures of the Greek and Roman world written near their time. It has been the basis for all subsequent stories of their lives since. Often called the greatest biographer of the ancient world (even though he wrote less than 2,000 years ago), he provides insightful views of some of the major figures in history. Too often history education in the USA in the mid and late 20th century concentrated on the wars and battles and seldom on the people of the time.

This book contains 50 biographies and 18 comparisons of people. There are 23 Greek, 23 Roman, and 4 others. Wikipedia describes it as a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, arranged as dyads to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving Lives contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair containing one Greek Life and one Roman Life, as well as four unpaired single Lives. As he explains in the first paragraph of his Life of Alexander, Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories, as such, but in exploring the influence of character  good or bad  on the lives and destinies of famous men.

It is a task to read from front to back and I found that I enjoyed it much more when I sampled here and there and wandered over the text by serendipity.

Many of the presentations may seem strange to the early 21st century reader as the perceptions and moral basis have shifted over the intervening years. Acts that were common then are often thought of as barbarous now.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 13: Virgil's Aeneid. v1. 27 July 07

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Back to the ancient world again for one of the greatest epics ever written. Octavian, who had defeated Antony in 31 BC and upon whom the title "Augustus" had been bestowed four years later by the Roman Senate, pressed Virgil to write an epic to praise his regime.

From Wikipedia:

Virgil responded with the [Aeneid,[/ the writing of which took up the last ten years of his life. The first six books of the epic tell how the Trojan hero Aeneas escapes from the sacking of Troy and makes his way to Italy. On the voyage, a storm drives him to the coast of Carthage, where the queen Dido, welcomes him, and under the influence of the gods falls deeply in love with him. Jupiter recalls Aeneas to his duty, however, and he slips away from Carthage, leaving Dido to commit suicide, cursing Aeneas as revenge. On reaching Cumae, in Italy, Aeneas consults the Cumaean Sibyl, who conducts him through the Underworld and reveals his destiny to him. Aeneas is reborn as the creator of Imperial Rome.

The six books (of "first writing") are modeled on Homers [Odyssey,[/ but the last six are the Roman answer to the [Iliad.[/ Aeneas is betrothed to Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus, but Lavinia had already been promised to Turnus, the king of the Rutulians, who is roused to war by the Fury Allecto. The [Aeneid[/ ends with a single combat between Aeneas and Turnus, whom Aeneas defeats and kills, spurning his plea for mercy.
Thus all the glory and sweep of Homer but with far more realistic characters.

A side note in passing, this marks the 10% point in the MobileRead series of [Harvard Classics.[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 14: Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, v1

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The 2nd volume in the [Harvard Classics[/ set to be published here at MobileRead for all the culture vultures out there.

This time its Miguel de Cervantes' unforgettable [The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete[/

Yes, the original book of the the Man of La Manncha.

As a tax collector who was foolish enough to try to collect taxes on church property and subsequently found himself in front of the Spanish Inquisition, Cervantes spins his tale of the old knight errant and his faithful servant Sancho Panza. Along with the beautiful (in his eyes) Dulcinea, this is a tale of times long past that live again in the hearts of us all.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 15: Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress/Walton

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John Bunyan - Pilgrim's Progress (Parts 1 & 2)
Izaak Walton - The Lives of Donne & Herbert

The 18th installment in the series for MobileRead is Volume 15.

The text of the [Harvard Classic[/ version of [Pilgrim's Progress[/ differs from the one presented earlier in that there are no reference to the [Bible[/ verses. If you are going to study the work, study that one, not this one.

The rarely seen second part is also here. Again, like the first part, there are no [Bible[/ references in the text.

The Lives of Donne & Herbert is part of a larger work available on Project Gutenberg as [Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume Two[/ #13139

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 16: Stories from the 1001 Nights. v1

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Stories from the Thousand and One Nights

There are many translations of [1001 Nights.[/ None of them agree on the exact contents. Many of the stories are from other cultures and included only by tradition. (In this case two of the most famous ones are included only in the appendix - The Story of "Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp" and "The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.")

This is not the complete [1001 Nights,[/ it contains only a selection -- it has 39 stories plus 2 more in the appendix. One printing of the complete work was published in 16 volumes.

30 down, 19 to go, or 61.22% complete.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 17: Aesop/Grimm/Andersen. v1. 03 July 07

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[Aesop’s Fables[/
—
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
[Household Tales[/
—
Hans Christian Andersen
[Tales[/

You know them, you love them, you can't raise a kid without them. Tales for aging children and the young.

This collection of [Aesop’s Fables[/ differs from the one published as a stand alone volume and also contains no graphics.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 18: English Plays. v1, 10 July 07

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John Dryden—All For Love
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan—The School for Scandal
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Oliver Goldsmith—She Stoops to Conquer
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Percy Bysshe Shelley—The Cenci
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Robert Browning—A Blot in the ’Scutcheon
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Lord Byron—Manfred

Each is wonderful; but, I feel that [Manfred[/ by Lord Byron is the true gem in this volume.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 19: von Goethe & Marlowe. v1. 06 July 07

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Faust Part 1 by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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The Tragical History Of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
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Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Hermann and Dorothea by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More great plays.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 20: Dante, Divine Comedy. v1, 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 21: Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi

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It is what is politely called "historical romance fiction." Reality is that they were the Harlequin Romance books of their era. This one just happened to be written by a Tom Wolf sort.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 22: Homer's Odyssey, v.1, 27 July 07

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OK Culture Vultures, here it is -- Homer's [Odyssey[/. You know it, you love it, you can't live without it.

Sure you read the [Classics Illustrated[/ version when you were a kid and then there was the mandatory section or two your teacher made you read in high school. Now available for you to own and read for your own enjoyment, Homer's [Odyssey[/.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 23: Dana, Two Years Before the Mast. v1

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There are three editions of this book; the original in 1840, one in 1869, and a final one in 1911. While the main part is the same, the later editions add notes about the changes that have occurred since the original story and the fate of the ships involved in the story. In a break with the original format of the [Harvard Classics[/ series, the final version is presented here.

For more information on this American sailing classic please read the one page Wikipedia article on [Two Years Before the Mast[/

Of interest, Dana was a Harvard student when he left college for two years as a common seaman. Upon his return he wrote the book from his notes taken while he sailed the Americas including San Francisco in the pre Gold Rush days. "Before the mast" refers to where the seaman bunks were on the ship.

This book was to me as the Haggard books were to Harry, a treasure to read and reread.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 24: Edmund Burke. v1. 18 July 07

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Edmund Burke
—
[On Taste
On the Sublime and Beautiful
Reflections on the French Revolution
A Letter to a Noble Lord[/
—

Although known mainly for his political writings, Burke's masterwork is clearly [On the Sublime and Beautiful. On Taste[/ is an introduction of sorts to the main work and well worth the effort to read first. Some of it is dated as science has moved forward a little since the 18th century.

Be warned, he will get you to thinking of things in ways you may never have considered before.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 25: Mill/Carlyle. v1, 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 26: Modern Plays. v1. 11 July 07

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Modern Spanish, French, and German Plays
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Pedro CalderCn de la Barca— Life Is a Dream
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Pierre Corneille— Polyeucte
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Jean Racine— Phaedra
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Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere — Tartuffe or The Hypocrite
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing — Minna Von Barnhelm
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Frederich Schiller — Wilhelm Tell

Well, "modern" in 1908.

This is the final volume of the [Harvard Classic[/ plays.

There will now be a pause in the [Harvard Classics[/ postings. The remaining four (4) volumes need extensive work and my work schedule is getting much heavier. Of the remaining volumes, #24 (Edmund Burke) is the closest to bing finished. The three volumes of English poetry (900+ poems) will be the last ones released.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 27: English Essays. v1. 3 July 07

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English Essays - From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay
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Sir Philip Sidney
The Defense of Poesy
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Ben Jonson
On Shakespeare
On Bacon
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Abraham Cowley
Of Agriculture
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Joseph Addison
The Vision of Mirza
Westminster Abbey
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Sir Richard Steele
The Spectator Club
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Jonathan Swift
Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation
A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding
A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet
On the Death of Esther Johnson [Stella]
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Daniel Defoe
The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters
The Education of Women
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Samuel Johnson
Life of Addison, 1672—1719
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David Hume
Of the Standard of Taste
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Sydney Smith
Fallacies of Anti-Reformers
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
On Poesy or Art
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William Hazlitt
Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen
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Leigh Hunt
Deaths of Little Children
On the Realities of Imagination
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Charles Lamb
On the Tragedies of Shakspere
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Thomas De Quincey
Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
A Defence of Poetry
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
Machiavelli

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 28: Essays English and American. v1.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 29: Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle. v1

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 30: Scientific Papers. v1. 26 June 07

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There are over 100 drawings in the book and the original size was over 5.5 Megs. Again, no TOC.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 31: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 33: Voyages & Travels: Ancient & Modern.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 34: Descartes/Voltaire/Rousseau/Hobbes

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 35: Chronicle & Romance. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 36: Machiavelli/Roper/More/Luther. v1

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 37: Locke/Berkeley/Hume. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 38: Scientific Papers, v1. 26 June 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 39: Prefaces & Prologues. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 40: English Poetry I. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 41: English Poetry II. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 42: English Poetry III. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 43: American Historical Documents. v1

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 44: Religion I. v1, 06 July 07

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Confucian
The Sayings of Confucius
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Hebrew
The Book of Job
The Book of Psalms
Ecclesiastes; or The Preacher
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Christian
The Gospel According to Luke
The Acts of the Apostles

This is the other half of the Religion volumes in the [Harvard Classics[/ series.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 45: Religion II. v1. 05 July 07

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Religion II
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The Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
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Hymns of the Christian Church
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Buddhist Writings
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The Bhagavad-Gita (Hindu)
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Chapters from the Koran

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 46: English Plays, v1, 1 July 07

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English Plays
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Edward The Second—Christopher Marlowe
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The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark— William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of King Lear— William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Macbeth— William Shakespeare
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The Tempest— William Shakespeare

Another volume of English plays. This time with a bunch of plays by an obscure writer from Stratford-on-Avon who seemed to have a thing for women obsessed with "damn spots."

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 47: English Plays, v1, 26 June 07

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English Plays

[The Shoemaker’s Holiday[/ by Thomas Dekker
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[The Alchemist[/ by Ben Jonson
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[Philaster[/ by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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[The Duchess of Malfi[/ by John Webster
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[A New Way to Pay Old Debts[/ by Philip Massinger

Five English plays not by that chap from Stratford on Avon. Of the group my favorite is [The Alchemist[/ by Ben Jonson.

There is no TOC in this volume. I hope in the near future to replace this version with a revised version that as a TOC.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 48: Blaise Pascal, v1. 28 June 07

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Blaise Pascal
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Thoughts
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Letters
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Minor Works[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 49: Epic & Saga. v1. 27 July 07

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See BBeB listing for book details.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 51: Lectures. v1, 16 March 2008

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A supplement to the series -- lectures about the [Harvard Classics.[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 52: 15 Minutes A Day - The Reading Guide

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"President Eliot wrote in his introduction to the Harvard Classics, “In my opinion, a five-foot shelf would hold books enough to give a liberal education to any one who would read them with devotion, even if he could spare but fifteen minutes a day for reading.” With this very definitely in mind, we have prepared a daily reading guide in which the assignments chosen appropriately enough, will take the usual person about fifteen minutes to read with leisurely enjoyment. These selections assigned for each day in the year as you will see, are introduced by comments on the author, the subjects or the chief characters. They will serve to introduce you in the most pleasant manner possible to the Harvard Classics. They will enable you to browse enjoyably among the world’s immortal writings with entertainment and stimulation in endless variety."

The page numbers referred to herein are for the original hardcopy edition of the Harvard Classics and will not, in general, be correct for ebook editions.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 01 - 49, 51, with standardized titles

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Hi:

I have run RWood's excellent collection through mobi2mobi to standardize titles and add authors to single-author volumes. (I also had to hack at mobiperl a little so it wouldn't insert "Unspecified Author" by default -- I hope that doesn't break anyone's reader...)

Single-digit volume numbers have an extra space prepending so sorting by title should should work (it does on my Kindle -- now if it only had folders...)

I hope someone finds this useful.

Thanks,
Jeffrey

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Eliot, George: Adam Bede. 07 Sept 07

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The first novel from Eliot in 1859 (although she had published under her own name before that.) Not her most popular; it does have one of her most beloved characters, Adam Bede.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTAccording to The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1967),

"the plot is founded on a story told to George Eliot by her aunt Elizabeth Evans, a Methodist preacher, and the original of Dinah Morris of the novel, of a confession of child-murder, made to her by a girl in prison."
The story's plot follows four characters' rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope—a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love triangle between beautiful but thoughtless Hetty Sorrel, Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her, Adam Bede, her unacknowledged lover, and Dinah Morris, Hetty's cousin, a fervent Methodist lay preacher.

Adam is a local carpenter, in love with Hetty. She is attracted to Arthur, the local squire's grandson, and falls in love with him. When Adam interrupts a tryst between them, Adam and Arthur fight. Arthur agrees to give up Hetty and leaves Hayslope to return to his militia. After he leaves, Hetty discovers she is pregnant. She agrees to marry Adam but shortly before their marriage, has second thoughts and leaves in search of Arthur. She cannot find him; unwilling to return to the village and shame her family, she delivers her baby anonymously. She kills the child by abandoning it in a field, where it dies of exposure.

She is caught and tried for child murder. She is found guilty and sentenced to hang. When Arthur Donnithorne, on leave from the militia for his grandfather's funeral, hears of her impending execution, he races to the court and has the sentence commuted to transportation.

Ultimately, Adam and Dinah, who gradually becomes aware that she loves the carpenter, marry and live peacefully with his family.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: Brother Jacob. 20 Oct 2007

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[Brother Jacob[/ is Eliot's literary homage to Thackeray, a satirical modern fable that draws telling parallels between eating and reading. It reveals Eliot's deep engagement with the question of whether there are 'necessary truths' independent of our perception of them and the boundaries of art and the self.

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Eliot, George: Daniel Deronda. 20 Oct 2007

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Published in 1876, [Daniel Deronda[/ is credited by some as inspiring Jewish Zionism and advocating the British partition of Palestine.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOT[Daniel Deronda[/ is two intertwined tales united by the title character. Deronda was raised by a wealthy man, Sir Hugo Mallinger, but his relationship to the man is ambiguous; Deronda is widely believed to be his illegitimate son, though Sir Hugo never says so. He becomes attracted to the beautiful, arrogant and willful Gwendolen Harleth, whose family experiences a reversal of fortune shortly after the novel begins. In order to save herself from becoming an impoverished governess, Gwendolen marries the wealthy but cruel and depraved Henleigh Grandcourt, despite having promised his mistress (Lydia Glasher) she would not do so.

Deronda, in the meantime, rescues a poor but beautiful Jewish singer, Mirah, from committing suicide in the Thames. Mirah had arrived in London penniless after running away from her father who, she feared, was planning an arranged marriage for her. Deronda puts Mirah in the care of the mother of a friend and then assists in her search for her mother and brother, from whom she was taken by her father as a child. While Deronda helps with this search he is introduced to London's Jewish community. Eliot introduces the reader to Jewish ways in a positive fashion, while Mirah and Daniel become closer. The virtuous Mirah's behavior is contrasted with the selfish Gwendolen's, as Mirah rejects an advantageous marriage to a (Christian) friend of Daniel's, and seeks out work as a singer to pay for her keep.

Gwendolen, meanwhile, has become emotionally crushed by her cruel, manipulative husband, as well as feeling horror for causing Lydia Glasher's children by Grandcourt to be disinherited. When Henleigh Grandcourt is drowned during a trip abroad, Gwendolen is consumed with guilt for wanting him dead and hesitating to help him--in contrast to Deronda's saving of Mirah from a similar fate. Gwendolen hopes for a future with Deronda, but he instead urges her onto a path of righteousness in which she will help others in order to alleviate her own suffering.

Then, Sir Hugo tells Deronda that he is actually the legitimate son of a famous opera singer Sir Hugo was in love with. Deronda goes to meet his mother in Italy, where she is on her deathbed. She explains that she was the daughter of a rabbi, and forced to marry another religious Jew, despite her hatred for the rigid piety of her traditional Jewish roots; Daniel was a product of that union. At the death of that husband, she entreated the fawning Sir Hugo to raise her son as a proper Englishman, never to know his origins. Upon learning of his true origins, Deronda tells Mirah of his love for her, and the two decide to go to Palestine to start a new life in the Holy Land.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: Felix Holt, v.1, 24 March 2008.

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Felix Holt: the Radical.
A novel, first published in 1866.

The story takes place against the background of the 1832 Reform Act and is set in a small midlands town. Harold Transome, a rich landowner has returned after a 15-year absence and decides to stand as a radical candidate in the forthcoming elections, to the consternation of his Tory family and neighbours.
Meanwhile Felix Holt, an idealistic young man is a genuine radical—not an opportunist like Transome. Both become involved with Esther, the local dissenting minister’s daughter.

In many ways, the plot is rather like Disraeli’s ‘Sybil: or The two Nations’. (Already uploaded.)
The novel also explores the idea of fatherhood: two of the characters turn out to have a paternity different from what they expect. (And one small boy may yet have revelations about his mother.) Fathers tend to be missing, dead, decrepit or devious. This causes havoc with both emotions and inheritance laws.

Source
There are only two sources for this novel on the web. One is from Princeton University at http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/eliot/holt/
The other is Manybooks.net.
Both are unsatisfactory. The Princeton version has no paragraph breaks and contains a lot of scanning errors. The Manybooks version does have paragraph breaks (mostly) but has the same scanning errors.
I’ve spent a day and a half cleaning up the text and checking against my paper copy. I have proofread, added curly quotes and a TOC.

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Eliot, George: How Lisa Loved the King. 21 Oct 07

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Some of George Eliot's poetry.

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Eliot, George: Impressions of Theophrastus Such. 20 Oct 2007

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This book contains 18 essays (1879) by George Eliot (1819-80) which are mostly character studies loosely based on the mode of Theophrastus, the Greek philosopher, head of the Peripatetic School after Aristotle. The author writes in the character of the batchelor son of a Tory Midlands country parson and reflects on various contemporary types.

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Eliot, George: Middlemarch. v3, 8 May 2008

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"Middlemarch" is considered to be George Eliot's greatest work and, in the opinion of many, is one of the greatest English novels of the 19th century. At the time it was published, in 1872, Eliot was universally acclaimed as the greatest living English novelist - the older writers of the Victorian era, such as Dickens and the Bronte sisters were dead, and the younger generation, such as Thomas Hardy, had not yet achieved fame.

In Middlemarch, Eliot shows her mastery of the "multi-plot" novel, in which a number of different stories are interwoven. She interweaves the stories of various friends, acquaintances, and relations in the fictional town of Middlemarch in early 19th-century England.

Enjoy!

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Eliot, George: Romola, v.1, 9 March 2008.

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George Eliot’s historical novel, set in Florence at the time of Savanarola’s bonfires of the vanities.

From Wikipedia:
Romola (1862–63) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, and is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". It first appeared in fourteen parts published in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 (vol. 6, no. 31) to August 1863 (vol. 8, no. 44). The story takes place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.

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Eliot, George: Scenes of Clerical Life. 20 Oct 2007

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Published in 1858, [Scenes of Clerical Life[/ comprises three short stories set in and around Milby, a fictional midlands village in England. It is a representative of a typical rural parish exhibiting the then typical enthusiasm for spiritual piety amid the High Anglican revival.

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Eliot, George: Silas Marner. 05 Sept 07

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Not her most famous, that distinction belongs to [Middlemarch[/ that has already been posted, but my favorite Eliot book.

Steve Martin's 1994 film [A Simple Twist of Fate[/ was inspired by [Silas Marner.[/

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTThe novel is set in the earlier years of the 19th century. Silas Marner is a weaver in a small religious community, Lantern Yard. He is also a highly thought of member of a dissenting chapel. Silas is engaged to a female member of the church and thinks that his future happiness is assured. However, due to the betrayal of a fellow parishioner, who blames him for a theft that he did not commit, Silas is expelled from the congregation. He finds out later that his former fiancée married the man who had betrayed him.

Later on, he settles near the village of Raveloe, where he lives as a recluse who exists only for work and his precious hoard of money until that money is stolen by Dunstan Cass, a dissolute son of Squire Cass, the town's leading landowner. The loss of his gold drives Silas into a deep gloom, although a number of the villagers endeavour to help him.

Soon, however, an orphaned child comes to Raveloe. She was not known by the people there, but she is really the child of Godfrey Cass, the eldest son of the local squire. Her mother, Molly, is secretly married to Godfrey, but is also of low birth and addicted to opium and alcohol. On a winter's night, Molly tries to make her way into town with the child to prove that she is Godfrey's wife and ruin him. On the way she takes opium, becomes disoriented and sits down to rest amid the snow, child in arm. Her child wanders from her mother's still body into Silas' house. Upon discovering the child, Silas searches for its mother and finds Molly - a woman unfamiliar to him - dead. Silas decides to keep the child and names it Eppie, after his deceased sister Hephzibah. Eppie changes his life completely. Symbolically, Silas loses his material gold to theft only to have it replaced by the golden-haired Eppie. Later in the book, the gold is found and restored. Eppie grows up to be the pride of the town and to have a very strong bond with Silas, who through her has found inclusion in the town. Later, the childless Godfrey and Nancy Cass arrive at Silas' door, revealing the truth about Eppie's family and asking that Silas give Eppie up to their care. However, the decision falls to Eppie, who has no desire to be raised as a gentlemen's daughter if it means forsaking Silas. At the end, Eppie marries a local boy, Aaron, son of Dolly Winthrop, and both of them move into Silas' newly enlarged house, courtesy of Godfrey.

Ultimately, Silas Marner is a tale of familial love and loyalty, reward and punishment, and humble friendships.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: The Essays of George Eliot, v.1, 14 June 2009.

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George Eliot [Mary Anne Evan [1819–1889]
The Essays of George Eliot, Complete. Collected and arranged, with an Introduction on her “Analysis of Motives,” by Nathan Sheppard. 1883.

Contents

Preface.
“George Eliot’s” Analysis of Motives.
I. Carlyle’s Life of Sterling.
II. Woman in France: Madame de Sablé.
III. Evangelical Teaching: Dr. Cumming.
IV. German Wit: Henry Heine.
V. The Natural History of German Life.
VI. Silly Novels by Lady Novelists.
VII. Worldliness and Other-Worldliness: The Poet Young.
VIII. The Influence of Rationalism.
IX. The Grammar of Ornament.
X. Address To Working Men, By Felix Holt.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Eliot, George: The Lifted Veil. 20 Oct 2007

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT[The Lifted Veil[/ is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction, which includes such other examples as Mary Shelley's [Frankenstein[/ (1818), Robert Louis Stevenson's [The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde[/ (1886), and Bram Stoker's [Dracula[/ (1897).

The narrator, Latimer (no first name given), is gifted or cursed with an otherworldly ability to see into the future and the thoughts of other people. Tragically, Latimer is revolted by much of what he discerns about others' motivations. His unwanted "gift" seems to stem from a severe childhood illness he suffered while attending school in Geneva.

Latimer becomes fascinated with Bertha, his brother's cold and coquettish fiancée, because her mind and motives remain atypically closed to him. After his brother's death Latimer marries Bertha, only to see the marriage disintegrate as he begins to recognize Bertha's manipulative and untrustworthy nature. Latimer's friend, scientist Charles Meunier, performs a blood transfusion between himself and Bertha's just-dead maid in a memorable scene of gothic horror. For a few moments the maid comes back to life and accuses Bertha of a plot to poison Latimer. Bertha flees and Latimer soon dies as he had himself foretold at the start of the narrative.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: The Mill on the Floss. 20 Oct 2007

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Published in 1860, [The Mill on the Floss[/ details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the river Floss near the village of St. Oggs, evidently in the 1820’s, after the Napoleonic Wars but prior to the first Reform Bill (1832). The novel spans a period of 10-15 years, from Tom and Maggie’s childhood up until their deaths in a flood on the Floss. The book is fictional autobiography in part, reflecting the disgrace that George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) herself had while in a lengthy relationship with a married man, George Henry Lewes. (Drawn from Wikipedia.)

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Eliot, T S: Eeldrop and Appleplex, v.1, 21 July 2008.

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T S Eliot (1888-1965)
Eeldrop and Appleplex (1917)

Originally published in two parts in The Little Review in 1917, this is the only piece of prose fiction published by Eliot.
Two men muse about their acquaintances and try “to apprehend the human soul in its concrete individuality.”

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Eliot, T S: Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry, v.1, 21 July 2008.

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T S Eliot (1888-1965)
Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry
Originally published. anonymously (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 12 November 1917).

An essay by Eliot on the work of Ezra Pound.

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Eliot, T S: Poems (1920), v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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T S Eliot, Poems (1920).

A collection of 12 poems, some of which are in French.

1. Gerontion
2. Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar
3. Sweeney Erect
4. A Cooking Egg
5. Le Directeur
6. Mélange Adultère de Tout
7. Lune de Miel
8. The Hippopotamus
9. Dans le Restaurant
10. Whispers of Immortality
11. Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service
12. Sweeney among the Nightingales

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Eliot, T S: Prufrock and Other Observations, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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T S Eliot: Prufrock and Other Observations, (1917)

This is the collection which made Eliot’s name. It contains the much-anthologized poem, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (‘I have measured out my life in coffee-spoons’) and eleven other poems.

Contents

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Portrait of a Lady
Preludes
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
Morning at the Window
The ‘Boston Evening Transcript’
Aunt Helen
Cousin Nancy
Mr. Apollinax
Hysteria
Conversation Galante
La Figlia Che Piange

I have now done all of Eliot’s out-of-copyright poetry.

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Eliot, T S: The Sacred Wood, v.1, 9 August 2008.

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T S Eliot (1888–1965)
The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism
(Methuen, London.1920)

A poet and editor writes on poetry and criticism.

Contents:
Introduction; The Perfect Critic; Imperfect Critics; Swinburne as Critic; A Romantic Aristocrat; The Local Flavour; A Note on the American Critic; The French Intelligence; Tradition and the Individual Talent; The Possibility of a Poetic Drama; Euripides and Professor Murray; “Rhetoric” and Poetic Drama; Notes on the Blank Verse of Christopher Marlowe; Hamlet and His Problems; Ben Jonson; Philip Massinger; Swinburne as Poet; Blake; Dante.

The text was from Wikisource and was checked against the Bartleby version.

This book was formatted with the Sony Reader in mind. Eliot’s indented quotations have been reproduced by tweaking the epigraph menu to remove the italics etc. The Greek quotations have been inserted as pictures. Footnotes have been renumbered consecutively and linked.

Unfortunately, the non-Sony versions will not look so good, but will (I hope) be passable.

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Eliot, T S: The Waste Land, v1, 24 Dec 2007

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T S Eliot, The Waste Land, (1922)

One of the most significant poems of the twentieth century. For me, this is a poem about how redemption is possible in an alienating world.

I’ve hyperlinked to Eliot’s notes and added one of my own, plus a picture.

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Elizabeth Gaskell, et al. :STORIES OF SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES . V1. 3 Sep 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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Mr and Mrs Openshaw came from Manchester to settle in London. He had been, what is called in Lancashire, a salesman for a large manufacturing firm, who were extending their business, and opening a warehouse in the city; where Mr Openshaw was now to superintend their affairs. He rather enjoyed the change; having a kind of curiosity about London, which he had never yet been able to gratify in his brief visits to the metropolis. At the same time, he had an odd, shrewd contempt for the inhabitants, whom he always pictured to himself as fine, lazy people, caring nothing but for fashion and aristocracy, and lounging away their days in Bond Street, and such places; ruining good English, and ready in their turn to despise him as a provincial. The hours that the men of business kept in the city scandalized him too, accustomed as he was to the early dinners of Manchester folk and the consequently far longer evenings. Still, he was pleased to go to London, though he would not for the world have confessed it,

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Ellis, Edward S.: Adrift on the Pacific v1 24 aug 2009

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.

Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.

Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May).

In the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually turned his pen to more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing.

Adrift on the Pacific (1911) is one of Ellis' later works, but thankfully not too serious. It's a tale about a pearl hunt in the Pacific Ocean, a kidnapped girl and greedy sharks (on 2 feets and with fins).

Cover by mth productions (I know, I know)
Text by Project Gutenberg
First published in 1911.

I have read this book and I liked it!

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Ellis, Edward S.: The Life of Kit Carson v1 4 sep 2009

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Edward S. Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916)

Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly how many books he wrote, but it is believed to be in the hundreds. He specialized in boys' stories, inspirational biography, and history for both children and adults.

THE LIFE OF KIT CARSON
[QUOT Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and Colonel in the United States Army. He possessed in a marked degree those mental and moral qualities which would have made him prominent in whatever pursuit or profession he engaged.
His lot was cast on the extreme western frontier, where, when but a youth, he earned the respect of the tough and frequently lawless men with whom he came in contact. Integrity, bravery, loyalty to friends, marvelous quickness in making right decisions, in crisis of danger, consummate knowledge of woodcraft, a leadership as skilful as it was daring; all these were distinguishing traits in the composition of Carson and were the foundations of the broader fame which he acquired as the friend and invaluable counselor of Fremont, the Pathfinder, in his expeditions across the Rocky Mountains.
Father Kit, as he came to be known among the Indians, risked his life scores of times for those who needed, but had no special claim upon his services. The red men were quick to learn that he always spoke with a "single tongue," and that he was their unselfish friend. He went among his hostiles when no one of his race dare follow him; he averted more than one outbreak; he secured that which is impossible to secure — justice for the Indian — and his work from the time when a mere boy he left his native Kentucky, was always well done. His memory will forever remain fragrant with those who appreciate true manhood and an unswerving devotion to the good of those among whom he lived and died.
[/QUOT

Nice entertaining read
First published in 1914
Source: PG

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Ellis, Edward S.: The Ranger v1 11 apr 2009

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.

Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.

Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May).

This book is a classical western adventure novel with lots of bad savage redskins and brave white men. So forget about political correctness and enjoy the adventure!

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Ellis, Edward S.: The Young Ranchers v1 16 mar 2009

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840  June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.

Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.

Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May).

This book treats the war with the Sioux around Sitting Bull. It may not be very realistic, but this novel has action aplenty! Lightly illustrated.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays, First Series, v1, 1Feb2009

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century.

First published in 1841, this collection includes the following essays:

I. History
II. Self-reliance
III. Compensation
IV. Spiritual Laws
V. Love
VI. Friendship
VII. Prudence
VIII. Heroism
IX. The Over-soul
X. Circles
XI. Intellect
XII. Art

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays, Second Series, v1, 4Feb2009

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century.

First published in 1844, the collection includes the following essays:
I. The Poet
II. Experience
III. Character
IV. Manners
V. Gifts
VI. Nature
VII. Politics
VIII. Nominalist and Realist
IX. New England Reformers

I've also included Emerson's memorial address on Thoreau

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Emerson, Willis George: The Smoky God, v.1, 19 Jan 2008.

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The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth is a novel of 1908 by Willis George Emerson (1856..1918), which is presented as a true account of the Norwegian sailor Olaf Jansen and explains how Jansen's sloop sailed through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the North Pole. It is notable as an early story about an underground civilization.
For two years Jansen lived with the inhabitants of an underground network of colonies who, Emerson writes, were a full 12 feet tall and whose world was lit by a "smoky" central sun. Their capital city was said to be the original Garden of Eden.

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Emmerich, Anne Catherine: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord, v.1, 7 Feb 2008.

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(1862)

From Sacred-texts.com

“This is an account of the events leading up to the Crucifixion of Christ by a 19th century German stigmatic and visionary, Anne Catherine Emmerich. This once-obscure book recently achieved a much higher profile because it was used as an inspiration for the screenplay of Mel Gibson’s controversial movie, [The Passion of the Christ.[/ A riveting ‘you are there’ account of this pivotal event, the story is told with great attention to small details, many not mentioned in the Gospels. This is not a novelization; it is a recounting of Emmerich’s ecstatic visions, which were accompanied by painful and mysterious physical torments. Emmerich was practically illiterate and this book was dictated by her, which makes the fact that the narrative is so internally coherent all the more compelling.
Some readers will note passages which by contemporary standards might be considered anti-Semitic, particularly in the way that the Jewish population is presented as having collective responsibility for the death of Christ. Of course, without apologizing for this in the slightest, it is to be noted that religious and secular institutions of the time sanctioned anti-Semitism in one form or another, so this view was not atypical. On the whole, however, the account considers each of the numerous actors in the drama, Christian, Jewish, or Roman, as individuals with particular motivations, strengths and weaknesses.

Emmerich was beatified on Sunday, October 3rd, 2004 by Pope John Paul II, the final step before sainthood. Her feast day is the anniversary of her death on February 9th, 1824.”

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Emmerich, Anne Catherine: The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, v1, 31 July 2009.

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Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824)
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary
From the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich
Translated by Sir Michael Palairet
With supplementary notes by the Rev. Sebastian Bullough, O.P.
Edited by Donald R. Dickerson, Jr.

Converted at the request of a member.
This life was the result of visions seen by Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich, with notes taken by Clemens Brentano.

The cover image is by Velazquez. Also contains woodcut illustrations and hyperlinked notes.

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Auf den Antillen german v1 24 mar 2009

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Ferdinand Emmerich (* 8. Juli 1858 in Viersen-Hamm; † 2. August 1930 in Pasing) war ein deutscher Forscher, Weltreisender und Reiseschriftsteller.

Sein Credo drückt Emmerich in einem Absatz seines letzten Buchs aus: "Die Welt beginnt sich nach und nach mit einem Netz von Eisenbahnen zu überziehen, die selbst die unberührteste Einsamkeit tropischer Urwälder erschließt. Eisenbahnen bringen den Reisenden mühelos in die Gegenden, die ich unter den größten Gefahren und Strapazen besuchte. Leider - muß ich sagen, dann das, was ich in den von des Weißen Fuß noch nicht entweihten Ländern erschauen durfte, wird in Zukunft den Forschern versagt bleiben. Die Kultur tötet es."

Seine (im Gegensatz zu anderen Reiseschriftstellern) wirklich erlebten Abenteuer lesen sich spannend und durchaus modern. Seine haltung den Eingeborenen ist aber durchaus zeitgemäß überheblich.

Tolle Lektüre!

PS: Nicht wundern, wenn es kein Inhaltsverzeichnis gibt. Kapitel scheinen bei Emmerich eher Mangelware, in diesem (durchaus längeren) Roman gibt es sie gleich gar nicht!

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Im Gran Chaco von Paraguay german v1 9 apr 2009

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Diesmal ist Ferdinand Emmerich im Hinterland von Paraguay unterwegs und erlebt wieder mal alle möglichen und unmöglichen Abenteuer, getreu dem Motto: Dem Deutschen ist nix zu schwör. Viel Spass!

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Jenseits des Äquators german v1 1 apr 2009

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Für mich das Beste der Emmerich-Bücher. Archäologen auf Schatzsuche in Südamerika:
[QUOTWürden wir diesmal Glück haben? – Diese Frage spannte all unsere Sinne. Wir, der peruanische Forscher und Kollege Dr. Perez und ich, zogen schwer bepackt dem Ziel unserer brennendsten Sehnsucht entgegen.

Ganz unversehens hatten wir es gestern entdeckt, dieses augenscheinlich völlig unversehrte altindianische Grabmal, das eine herrliche wissenschaftliche Ausbeute versprach. Als wir das erstemal eine solche »Chulpa« durchforschen wollten, hatten uns die Indianer einen bösen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht und uns gezwungen, unverrichteterdinge abzuziehen. Unsere Auftraggeber aber, ebenso wie wir, legten besonderen Wert auf die Funde solch letzter Überreste der uralten Vor-Inkakultur, und unser eigener Ehrgeiz und Forschertrieb spornten uns besonders an, die Erwartungen noch zu übertreffen.

Gern hätten wir uns sofort in die Arbeit gestürzt. Leider aber hinderte uns die zwar liebenswürdige, aber reichlich unbequeme Gesellschaft, die seit einigen Tagen mit uns reiste, am sofortigen Beginn.

Eine eben in Peru ausgebrochene Revolution hatte nämlich den derzeitigen Staatspräsidenten veranlaßt, sich mit einiger Geschwindigkeit zurückzuziehen.

Mit der gesamten Umgebung, deren Damen und einem großen Troß von Beamten, Bedienten und Gepäck wollte man versuchen, die Grenze zu erreichen.

Natürlich hatte keiner von ihnen von den Gefahren und besonderen Anforderungen einer Urwaldreise über das Gebirge eine richtige Vorstellung.

Heilfroh war die ganze Gesellschaft, als sie nach der ersten »Fühlungnahme« – Gewehr im Arm, Finger am Abzug – feststellte, daß wir nicht nur keine Wegelagerer, sondern Forscher waren, deren Erfahrungen dem ganzen »Hofstaat« von größtem Nutzen waren.

Um sie überhaupt wieder loszuwerden, hatten wir ihnen für ihren weiteren Weg, von den Höhen des bolivianischen Gebirges hinab zum Titicacasee, unsere drei Diener als Führer und Beschützer mitgegeben, und heute früh waren sie mit erheblichem Aufwand von Dankesbezeugungen und Freundschaftsversicherungen endlich abgeritten. Felipe, mein getreuer Helfer und Freund, sollte zusammen mit Carlos, dem Diener des Dr. Perez, unten in dem kleinen Uferdorf Maiquia für uns Quartier machen und uns dann wieder bei der Chulpa treffen.

Da lag nun das alte Grabmal![/QUOT

Tolles Abenteuer!

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Neuseeland german v1 1 apr 2009

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Diesmal geht's mit Ferdinand Emmerich nach neuseeland, inklusive Pazifik-Überquerung per Segler. Wie immer spanned und gur geschriebenn:
[QUOTMein Reiseziel war die große Doppelinsel Neuseeland. Während ich mich mit rasch gewonnenen Freunden in Valparaiso über die einzuschlagende Route unterhielt, tönte vom Hafen her ein merkwürdig heulender Sirenenton.

»Was mag denn das für einer sein?« fragte Oldehaver, der junge Bierbrauer aus Santiago. »Den Ton haben wir hier doch noch nie gehört. Der heult ja wie ein Kriegsdampfer.«

»Laß' ihn heulen,« fiel ihm Köhler in die Rede. »Solange es kein Kosmosdampfer ist, der unseren Forscher nordwärts entführt, hat er kein Interesse für uns. – Prosit!«

»Merkwürdig, daß man keine einzige direkte Verbindung von hier nach Australien hat, wo doch die beiden Länder, Chile und Neuseeland, auf denselben Breitengraden liegen und beide einen regen Handelsverkehr haben.«

»Aber nicht miteinander,« antwortete der Agent der Kosmoslinie. Höchstens Kohlenschiffe wählen den direkten Weg. Wer, wie Sie, nach der anderen Leite des stillen Ozeans will – und das kommt nicht oft vor –, muß bis San Franzisko nach Norden hinauf und dann dieselben fünfundsechzig Breitengrade wieder zurückfahren, um Australien oder Neuseeland zu erreichen. Das ist noch ein wunder Punkt in unseren Verkehrsverhältnissen.«

»Ich würde ein Segelschiff nehmen,« fiel der Kapitän der ›Denderah‹ ein, die gerade im Hafen lag und ›heimwärts‹ bestimmt war. »Draußen liegt ein feiner Blankeneser Dreimaster, der nach Sidney will. Reden sie doch ein Wort mit dem Kapitän. Seegewohnte Passagiere nimmt er vielleicht mit.«[/QUOT

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Quer durch Hawaii german v1 28 mar 2009

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Die Reiseerzählungen des Ferdinand Emmerich gehen mit diesem Band weiter. Er findet sich diesmal auf den Hawaii-Inseln wieder, deren Natur er wunderschön beschreibt. Natürlich wird er auch diesmal in alle möglichen Zwischenfälle, Abenteuer und Katastrophen verwickelt.

Viel Spass beim Lesen.

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Schmugglerfahrten im Malaiischen Archipel german v1 10 apr 2009

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Vorläufig das letzte Emmerich-Abenteuer, da mir die Quellen ausgegangen sind.

[QUOTMitte der achtziger Jahre durchforschte ich den Malaiischen Archipel. Jene zahllose Menge von Inseln, die wissenschaftlich als die Überreste eines in grauer Vorzeit versunkenen Kontinents, auf dem auch die Wiege des Menschengeschlechtes zu suchen sein soll, angesprochen werden. Neben gewaltigen vulkanischen Erhebungen, die ohne jedes Küstenland schroff aus dem Meer emporschießen, finden wir dort Koralleneilande, über die eine gebefreudige Natur ihre reichsten Schätze in verschwenderischer Fülle ausgestreut hat. -- Leider bringen aber diese paradiesischen Inseln nicht auch herrliche Bewohner hervor. Wenigstens besitzen die in unserer Zeit den Archipel bewohnenden Eingeborenen nur ganz wenige Eigenschaften, die von unserer europäischen Weltanschauung als gut bezeichnet werden würden. Das mag daran liegen, daß die Urbevölkerung seit Jahrhunderten mit Einwanderern durchsetzt wird. Vor allem sind es die Malaien, die auf den Inseln zwischen Neuguinea und der Malakkahalbinsel, neben den Chinesen, als herrschende Rasse auftreten.

Die Malaien bilden eine eigentümliche Menschenklasse. Sie sind nicht schön. Ihr Gesicht ist breit und flach. Die kleine Nase hat breite Flügel. Langes, dunkelschwarzes Haar umrahmt das dunkelbraune Antlitz, aus dem große, feurig glänzende Augen leuchten. Die Malaien sind überwiegend Seefahrer. Kühn und unternehmend, verachten sie die Gefahr. Sie scheuen aber auch vor nichts zurück. Ihre ungezähmte Heftigkeit treibt sie nicht selten zu Raub und Mord. Sie leben mit ihren Nachbarn in stetem Kriege und lassen keine Gelegenheit unbenutzt, die jene an Gut oder Leben schädigen könnte. Daß sie zur Ausübung gesetzloser Handlungen jederzeit zu haben sind, bedarf nach dem Gesagten keiner besonderen Erwähnung. Sie sind denn auch auf Schmuggler- und Seeräuberfahrzeugen die gesuchtesten Kräfte, und keiner versteht es wie der malaiische Schiffsführer, die staatlichen Verfolger zu täuschen. Natürlich sind die vornehmen Malaien, die sich unserer Kultur im allgemeinen angeschlossen haben, von dieser Charakteristik ausgenommen.

Zur Zeit, in der meine Erzählung spielt, befanden sich nur die großen Sunda-Inseln unter der Herrschaft der Holländer und selbst diese noch in beschränktem Maße. Auf der langen Inselreihe östlich von Java wehrten sich die Ureinwohner mit allen Mitteln gegen das Eindringen der fremden Eroberer. Bali, Lombok, Soembawa, Flores, Allor und selbst Timor, auf dem die Portugiesen schon lange festen Fuß gefaßt haben, leisteten den Holländern tapferen Widerstand. Sie wurden unterstützt durch die malaiischen und chinesischen Barkenführer, die ihnen auf tollkühnen Wegen immer wieder Waffen und Munition zuführten, während die eingeborenen Kaiser und Könige auf Timor durch Geldmittel und Gewahrung sicheren Unterschlupfes das gesetzlose Treiben begünstigten.

Seit etwa Zwanzig Jahren sind nun auch die Ostinseln unter die Herrschaft der Holländer gefallen. Dadurch wurde den blutigen Fehden unter den Bewohnern ein Ziel gesetzt. Die Insulaner beginnen sich an die neuen Herren zu gewöhnen, und schon hört man, daß manchen Inseln bereits die Selbstverwaltung unter eingeborenm Fürsten eingeräumt wird. In Koepang, in dem die Hollander früher nur wie in einer Festung saßen, wohnt jetzt ein Gouverneur. Europäer dürfen sich jetzt auch außerhalb der Stadt, im Reiche des früheren Radja, zeigen. -- Mit dieser Ausbreitung ihrer Macht verschwinden die romantischen, aber für alle Beteiligten gefährlichen Schmugglerfahrten, und die tollkühnen Taten todesverachtender Malaien und Chinesen gehören bald der Mythe an.

Ich schildere in der vorliegenden Erzählung einige Episoden aus den zahlreichen Unternehmungen eines zur vornehmen Welt des Archipels gezählten Chinesen, der es meisterhaft verstand, andere für sich arbeiten und bluten zu lassen. Die Schilderung der einzelnen Fahrten verdanke ich einem Augenzeugen, den ein widriges Geschick in die Abenteuer der Schmuggler verstrickt hatte, und der die endliche Vernichtung der Bande miterlebte. Zu einem klemm Teil lernte ich das Leben der Schmuggler aus eigener Anschauung kennen, da ich einmal ahnungslos, ein anderes Mal gezwungen kurze Fahrten an Bord von Schmugglerschiffen machte.

Der Verfasser[/QUOT

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Streifzüge durch Celebes german v1 28 mar 2009

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[QUOTEine glühende Junisonne hing wie ein roter Ball am Firmament. Unter ihren senkrechten Feuerstrahlen kochte die See und sandte blendende Reflexe von goldrotem Metallglanz über die menschenleere Marina. Die Perle Siziliens, Messina, schlief. Was nur irgendwie von seiner täglichen Beschäftigung sich freimachen konnte, floh die um diese Stunde unerträglich heißen Straßen und suchte Kühlung in dunklem Schatten.

Seit zwei Stunden, war ich obdachlos. Meine Universitätsstudien hatten vor wenigen Tagen ihren glücklichen Abschluß gefunden, und nun lenkte ich meine Schritte wieder hinaus in das schaffende Leben. Vor der deutschen Bierhalle erwartete ich die Abfahrt des Trajektschiffes, das die Inselbewohner über die Meerenge nach Reggio di Calabria bringt.

Dort verschlingt sie der martervolle Eisenbahnzug, um ihnen in achtundzwanzigstündiger Reise die Herrlichkeiten des Golfes von Neapel zugängig zu machen. Mit geheimem Schauder dachte ich an die Tantalusqualen, die meiner in den sonnedurchglühten, engen Waggons harrten.

Da tönte lautes, fröhliches Lachen durch die Stille. Aus einer Seitenstraße bogen vier kräftige Männer auf die Marina und warfen sich ächzend in die Sessel vor der Bierhalle. »Junge, Junge, dat is man bannig warm hüt!« rief der eine in echtem Hamburger Plattdeutsch.

Ehe noch jemand darauf antworten konnte, stand ich vor ihnen und – wäre vor freudigem Erstaunen beinahe sprachlos geworden.[/QUOT

So beginnt diese Reiseerzählung, die den Autor nach so manchen Irrungen und Wirrungen bis nach Celebes (die heutige indonesische Insel Sulawesi) führt.

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Engel, Georg: Claus Störtebecker. german. v1. 30 jun 2009

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Klaus Störtebeker war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende: Als Anführer der berühmt-berüchtigten Vitalienbrüder trieb der Freibeuter im 14. Jahrhundert in Nord- und Ostsee sein Unwesen und versuchte im Kaperkrieg, den Seehandel in den nördlichen Gefilden zum Erliegen zu bringen und das belagerte Stockholm mit Lebensmitteln zu versorgen. Packend und anschaulich erzählt Georg Engel den Werdegang Störtebekers mit seinen zahlreichen Höhen und Tiefen bis zu seiner spektakulären Hinrichung im Jahre 1402 in Hamburg.

[SIZE="1"][Quelle der Zusammenfassung: amazon.d[/SIZ

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Engels, Friedrich: Der Ursprung der Familie ... [German] v1. 29 Dec 2010

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Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats

Inhalt:
I. Vorgeschichtliche Kulturstufen
II. Die Familie
III. Die irokesische Gens
IV. Die griechische Gens
V. Entstehung des athenischen Staats
VI. Gens und Staat in Rom
VII. Die Gens bei Kelten und Deutschen
VIII. Die Staatsbildung der Deutschen
IX. Barbarei und Zivilisation

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Engels, Friedrich: Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums [German]. v1. 16 Jan 2011

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Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums (1894)

[Wikipedia]
Die Geschichte des Urchristentums interessierte ihn wegen seiner „merkwürdigen Berührungspunkte mit der modernen Arbeiterbewegung”. Wie diese sei auch das Urchristentum „im Ursprung eine Bewegung Unterdrückter: es trat zuerst auf als eine Religion der Sklaven und Freigelassenen, der Armen und Rechtlosen [...]. Beide werden verfolgt und gehetzt, ihre Anhänger geächtet, unter Ausnahmegesetze gestellt.” Sein Vorgehen war dabei durchaus auf der Höhe der historisch-kritischen Bibelforschung seiner Zeit. In dem 1883 erschienenen Aufsatz [The book of revelation[/ untersuchte Engels die [Offenbarung des Johannes[/, die ihm als wichtigste neutestamentarische Quelle für die Erforschung der Geschichte des Urchristentums galt. Im Sommer 1894 behandelte er das Thema „Urchristentum“ noch einmal eingehend in dem in der [Neuen Zeit[/ erschienenen Werk [Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums[/, wobei Gedanken aus dem Aufsatz von 1883 einflossen.

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Engels, Friedrich: Zur Urgeschichte der Deutschen [German]. v1. 29 Dec 2010

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Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Zur Urgeschichte der Deutschen (1881/1882)

Inhalt:

Cäsar und Tacitus
Die ersten Kämpfe mit Rom
Fortschritte bis zur Völkerwanderung
Anmerkung: Die deutschen Stämme

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England, George Allan: Darkness and Dawn, v.1, 05 Dec 2007

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George Allan England was an explorer and author of, among other things, five science fiction novels and over a dozen magazine serials and short stories from 1905 on; these appeared predominantly in Frank A. Munsey's magazines, where he was one of the more popular writers of the pre-1926 period, ranking as the closest rival in science fiction to Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Darkness and Dawn is a trilogy of novels about a couple who awake after 1000 years in New York.

[QUOT
New York City – the end of the 3rd millennium. Monumental buildings in ruins. Central Park a jungle peopled by savage sub-humans. A huge black shape moving across the night sky occluding the stars. Civilization has vanished along with humankind. Into this hostile new world two survivors of our enlightened age awaken from 1000 years of slumber - to fall victims to a world gone wild? - or to give mankind a second chance?[/QUOT

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England, George Allan: The Air Trust. 07 Aug 2008

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This one is hard to pin down to just one prefix so I have selected Science Fiction since that is where most of George Allan England's books fall. He was a leading SciFi writer in the early part of the 20th century in the US.

The Air Trust, written in 1915, deals with the possible future where there is one monopoly controlling all flights.

Of interest is the dedication of the book:
[QUOT
TO EUGENE V. DEBS
"Comrade 'Gene,"
Lover of All Mankind and
Apostle of the World's Emancipation,
[/QUOT

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England, George Allan: The Flying Legion. 07 Aug 2008

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Described as an "SF Classic of Sacrilege and Expiation" this 1920 novel seems strangely in place today.

George Allan England (1877 – 1937) was a USA writer and explorer.

[(No spoilers here.)[/

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Epictetus: The Enchiridion (Handbook), v.1, 13 Dec 2007.

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Epictetus wrote the [Enchiridion [/(Handbook) c135 CE.
It is a statement of his Stoic philosophy in 52 very short sections.

Cross-Reference

The [Golden Sayings[/ of Epictetus have already been uploaded by RWood in vol.2 of the Harvard Classics series.

Epictetus influenced Marcus Aurelius, whose [Meditations[/ have been uploaded in two versions:
1. The George Long translation; See
Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

2. A different translation in the Harvard Classics, Vol 2.

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Equiano, Olaudah, Autobiography, v.1. 23 Dec2007

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The full title is .'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.' (1789) But it is too long for the thread title.

2007 is the bicentenary of the British abolition of the slave trade. A historian colleague of mine has being doing a lot of work on this topic. This has inspired my choice of book. Mr Equiano is one of the few former slaves to write about his experience.

From the Wikipedia entry on Olaudah Equiano:
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade in 1807. In addition to being a slave as a young man, he was also a slaver, seaman, merchant, and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the American colonies, Britain, and the North Pole.

By his own account, Olaudah Equiano's early life began in the region of "Essaka" (in his spelling; now called Isseke) near the River Niger, an Igbo-speaking region of Nigeria, West Africa, which is now in Anambra State. His father was an important elder in the village, who helped settle disputes. At an early age, he was kidnapped by kinsmen and forced into domestic slavery in another native village in a region where the African chieftain hierarchy was tied to slavery
At the age of eleven, Equiano was sold to white slave traders and taken to the New World. On arrival, he was bought by Michael Pascal, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Renaming being a common practice among slave owners, Pascal renamed him Gustavus Vassa. (This is the Latinised form of the name of King Gustav I of Sweden, known for having liberated his country from Danish rule in the 16th Century.)
Being the slave of a naval captain, Equiano was afforded naval training and was able to travel extensively. He was sent to school in England by Pascal to learn to read. This was during the Seven Years War with France. Equiano was Pascal's personal servant but was also expected to contribute in times of battle. His duty was to haul gunpowder to the gun decks. After the war, Equiano felt he had done his duty and deserved his share of the prize money awarded to the other sailors, along with his freedom, but Pascal refused to grant it.
Later, Olaudah Equiano was sold on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Leeward Islands. Equiano's literacy and seamanship skills made him too valuable for plantation labour. He was acquired by Robert King, a Quaker merchant from Philadelphia who traded in the Caribbean. King set Equiano to work on his shipping routes and in his stores, promising him in 1765, that for forty pounds, the price King had paid for Equiano, he could buy his freedom. King taught him to read and write more fluently, educated him in the Christian faith, and allowed Equiano to engage in his own profitable trading as well as on his master's behalf, enabling Equiano to come by the forty pounds honestly. In his early twenties, Equiano succeeded in buying his freedom.
King urged Equiano to stay on as a business partner, but Equiano found it dangerous and limiting to remain in the British American colonies as a freed black. While loading a ship in Georgia, he was almost kidnapped back into slavery. Equiano returned to England, where after Somersett's Case of 1772 (although the details are unclear when analysed by lawyers) it was generally believed than no person could be a slave in England itself.

After several years of travels and trading, Equiano travelled to London and became involved in the abolitionist movement. The movement had been particularly strong amongst Quakers, but was by now non-denominational. Equiano himself was broadly Methodist, having been influenced by George Whitefield's evangelism in the New World.

Equiano proved to be a popular speaker and was introduced to many senior and influential people, who encouraged him to write and publish his life story. Equiano was supported financially by philanthropic abolitionists and religious benefactors; his lectures and preparation for the book were promoted by, among others, Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon. His account surprised many with the quality of its imagery and description, literary style, as well as its narrative which was profoundly shaming towards those who had not joined the abolitionist cause. Entitled The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, it was first published in 1789 and rapidly went through several editions. It is one of the earliest known examples of published writing by an African writer. It was the first influential slave autobiography, and its first-hand account of slavery and of the experiences of an 18th-century black immigrant caused a sensation when published in 1789, fuelling a growing anti-slavery movement in England.

Equiano's narrative begins in the West African village where he was kidnapped into slavery in 1756. He vividly recalls the pestilence and horror of the Middle Passage: "I now wished for the last friend, Death, to relieve me." As described in his book, the young Equiano was eventually shipped to a Virginia plantation where he witnessed slaves tortured with thumbscrews and the iron muzzle. Slavery, he explained, brutalizes everyone - the slaves, their overseers, plantation wives, and the whole of society.

The autobiography goes on to describe how Equiano's adventures brought him to London, where he married into English society and became a leading abolitionist. His exposé of the infamous slave-ship Zong - 133 slaves thrown overboard in mid-ocean for the insurance money - shook the nation. But it was Equiano's book that would prove his most lasting contribution to the abolitionist movement, a book which vividly demonstrated the humanity of Africans as much as the inhumanity of slavery.

The book not only furthered the abolitionist cause while providing an exemplary work of English literature by a new, African author, but also made Equiano's fortune. It gave him independence from his benefactors and enabled him to fully chart his own life and purpose, and develop his interest in working to improve economic, social and educational conditions in Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone.
At some point, after having travelled widely, Olaudah Equiano decided to settle in Britain and raise a family. Equiano is closely associated with Soham, Cambridgeshire, where, on the 7 April 1792, he married Susannah Cullen, a local girl, in St Andrew's Church. The original marriage register containing the entry for Equiano and Susannah is today held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Cambridge. He announced his wedding in every edition of his autobiography from 1792 onwards, and it has been suggested his marriage mirrored his anticipation of a commercial union between Africa and Great Britain. The couple settled in the area and had two daughters, Anna Maria , born October 16, 1793, and Joanna, born April 11, 1795.
Susannah died in February 1796 aged 34, and Equiano died a year after that on 31 March 1797, aged approximately 52. Soon after, the elder daughter died, aged four years old, leaving Joanna to inherit Equiano's estate, which was valued at £950: a considerable sum, worth approximately £1,000,000 today. Joanna married the Rev. Henry Bromley, and they ran a Congregational Chapel at Clavering near Saffron Walden in Essex, before moving to London in the middle of the nineteenth century - they are both buried at the Congregationalists' the non-denominational Abney Park Cemetery, in Stoke Newington.

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Erasmus, Desiderius: The Praise of Folly, v.1, 24 June 2008.

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Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536): The Praise of Folly.
Translated from the Latin (1668) by John Wilson (1625-1695)
Original titles: [Moriae encomium [/(Latinised Greek) or [Laus stultitiae [/(Latin)
(Written 1509. First published 1511)

The original title, ‘Moriae encomium’ means both ‘In praise of folly’ and ‘In praise of More’, and the work opens with a dedicatory letter to Erasmus’s friend and fellow humanist, Thomas More.
The essay consists of Folly, speaking in her own person, praising the follies of men: their self-deception; their superstitious religious practices; and pedantic scholarship. Whilst Folly is critical of religious abuses she has no problem with Catholicism, properly understood.
The work manages to combine good-humoured Latin puns and wordplay (not easily translated) with serious criticism by way of satire.

Cross-References
1. Alexander Pope’s ‘Dunciad’ is another work with Folly speaking and listing the failings of mankind (with special emphasis on poets other than Pope). It is on my to-do list.
2. Charles Reade’s novel, ‘The Cloister and the Hearth’ is a fictional account based on the lives of Erasmus’s parents. (Already uploaded.)

The cover image is a portrait of Erasmus by Holbein.

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Ernst, Paul: Der schmale Weg zum Glück , V1 german 22.12.2009

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Carl Friedrich Paul Ernst (* 7. März 1866 in Elbingerode (Harz); † 13. Mai 1933 in Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing in der Steiermark) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist. Gemeinsam mit Wilhelm von Scholz veröffentlichte er ein Lustspiel unter dem Pseudonym P. W. Spassmöller.
Geboren als Sohn des Grubenaufsehers Johann Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst und seiner Ehefrau Emma Auguste Henriette Dittmann wurde er am 18. März 1866 getauft. Er studierte nach Abschluss seiner schulischen Ausbildung Theologie und Philosophie an den Universitäten in Göttingen und Tübingen. Ein weiteres Studium der Literatur und Geschichte in Berlin schloss sich an. 1892 promovierte er. Er wurde Mitglied des progressiven Berliner Literatenvereins Durch.

Frühzeitig schloss er sich der Arbeiterbewegung an und wurde Mitglied der SPD, aus der er jedoch 1896 wieder austrat.

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts hielt sich Paul Ernst in Weimar auf. In dieser Zeit entstanden zahlreiche Dramen und Erzählungen. 1905/1906 war er als Dramaturg am Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus tätig. Später widmete er sich freiberuflich ganz seiner schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit. Er verstarb 1933 in Österreich.

Sein literarisches Schaffen ist sehr umfangreich und vielfältig. Es umfasst sowohl Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen als auch Dramen, Essays und Epen. Sind seine frühen Werke noch dem Naturalismus zuzuordnen, sind seine späteren, vor allem in den 1920er-Jahren entstandenen Schriften Bestandteil der Neuklassik, zu deren Hauptvertretern Paul Ernst gezählt wird.

«Der schmale Weg zum Glück«, den der gleichnamige Bildungsroman Paul Ernsts (1903) schildert, führt ganz wörtlich in die Heimat zurück. Der Förstersohn Hans Werther kommt durch die Heirat mit der Grafen*tochter in die Lage, denselben Wald, den sein Vater unter der liederlichen Herrschaft des Grafen eher ausbeuten mußte als pflegen konnte, nach ei*genen Grundsätzen zu kultivieren. Zwischen dem Kindheitsidyll und sei*ner Erneuerung liegen das Studium in der Großstadt und die Begegnung mit der Arbeiterschaft sowie verschiede*nen Vertretern einer modernen Zeit, die den Glauben an das Höhere ver*loren hat. Ernst scheint hier in freier poetischer Gestaltung seine eigene Berührung mit Sozialismus und Naturalismus zu reflektieren; das unge*wöhnliche Happy-End läßt sich in autobiographischer Beziehung als Reflex seiner Heirat mit Lilly von Ben*da (1899) deuten, die es ihm ermöglichte, sich als freier Schriftsteller der Ausbildung des neuklassi*schen Kunstkonzepts zu widmen.

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Ernst, Paul: Komödianten- und Spitzbubengeschichten , V1 german 22.12.2009

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Carl Friedrich Paul Ernst (* 7. März 1866 in Elbingerode (Harz); † 13. Mai 1933 in Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing in der Steiermark) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist. Gemeinsam mit Wilhelm von Scholz veröffentlichte er ein Lustspiel unter dem Pseudonym P. W. Spassmöller.
Geboren als Sohn des Grubenaufsehers Johann Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst und seiner Ehefrau Emma Auguste Henriette Dittmann wurde er am 18. März 1866 getauft. Er studierte nach Abschluss seiner schulischen Ausbildung Theologie und Philosophie an den Universitäten in Göttingen und Tübingen. Ein weiteres Studium der Literatur und Geschichte in Berlin schloss sich an. 1892 promovierte er. Er wurde Mitglied des progressiven Berliner Literatenvereins Durch.

Frühzeitig schloss er sich der Arbeiterbewegung an und wurde Mitglied der SPD, aus der er jedoch 1896 wieder austrat.

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts hielt sich Paul Ernst in Weimar auf. In dieser Zeit entstanden zahlreiche Dramen und Erzählungen. 1905/1906 war er als Dramaturg am Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus tätig. Später widmete er sich freiberuflich ganz seiner schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit. Er verstarb 1933 in Österreich.

Sein literarisches Schaffen ist sehr umfangreich und vielfältig. Es umfasst sowohl Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen als auch Dramen, Essays und Epen. Sind seine frühen Werke noch dem Naturalismus zuzuordnen, sind seine späteren, vor allem in den 1920er-Jahren entstandenen Schriften Bestandteil der Neuklassik, zu deren Hauptvertretern Paul Ernst gezählt wird.

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Ernst, Paul: The Raid on the Termites v 2 14 nov 2008

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Straight from Astounding Stories comes this errm astounding story:

[QUOT[Armed with splinters of steel, two ant-sized men dare the formidable mysteries of a termitary.[/[/QUOT
This link will inform you on the writer, I guess.

I took the text from PG and the cover from Manybooks and of course streamlined the book and added a TOC

Have fun!

IMPORTANT! v 2
I changed the placing of the illustration and noticed that the text in v1 has been truncated somehow. Please redownload if you have v 1 for a full text!

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Eschstruth, Nataly Von: The Gray Nun, v1, 29 September 2009.

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Nataly Von Eschstruth (1860–1939)
The Gray Nun
Translated from the German by Lionel Strachey (1864–1927)

A short ghost story from Project Gutenberg.
Who is the mysterious nun that appears at a masked ball?

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España: Constitución Española. (Spanish) v1 9 May 2009

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This is surely not the most interesting reading, but I thought it's one of those things that should be freely available. This is the current Constitution of Spain, approved in referendum the 6 December 1978, it might be good to have other countries' Constitutions (or equivalent) here too.

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Esquemeling, John; The Bucaniers (Buccaneers) of America; v1.0; 17 Sep 2009

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The following book was written by a, reputed, Dutchman named John Esquemeling as he sailed with Captain Morgan.

"A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (both English and French)"

This has been formatted for the 5" and 6" readers.

This is a great piece of history. I originally downloaded this in HTML format from Gutenberg and recreated it in DOC, including the task of adding in the right image in the right place.

I do, however, notice a small thing which I will fix later. This is in the TOC. The tabs are off in some of the longer Roman numerals (such as XVIII, etc..). Not too much of a distraction, but again, not perfect either.

If you see any other errors, feel free to either edit and send me, or let me know and I will adjust.

Avast! Arrrrggghhh! :D

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Essig, Hermann: Der Taifun, german V1, 30.12.2009

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Hermann Essig (* 28. August 1878 in Truchtelfingen; † 21. Juni 1918 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler und Lyriker
Als Sohn des Truchtelfinger Pfarrers geboren, verbrachte Essig seine Schulzeit in Weinsberg und Heilbronn, wo er am Karlsgymnasium sein Abitur absolvierte. Er studierte an der Technischen Hochschule in Stuttgart. 1902 musste er wegen einer Lungenerkrankung zur Kur in die Schweiz und begann dort zu schreiben. Ab 1904 lebte er in Berlin, zunächst als Technischer Zeichner bei einem befreundeten Ingenieur, dann als freier Schriftsteller. Er heiratete 1905 die Witwe von Emil Rosenow, eines sozialdemokratischen Reichstagsabgeordneten und Schriftstellers. Dessen Komödie Kater Lampe wurde sehr erfolgreich gespielt und sicherte lange Zeit das Dasein des eher erfolglos arbeitenden Essig. In den Folgejahren versuchte er, im literarischen Leben Berlins Fuß zu fassen. 1905 beendete er das Schauspiel Napoleons Aufstieg. In den Jahren 1906/1907 folgten die Tragödie Ueberteufel und das Drama Ihr stilles Glück –!, 1908 die Erzählung Der Wetterfrosch und die Tragödie Mariä Heimsuchung.

Der Taifun:
Essigs größter Erfolg war sein Schlüsselroman Der Taifun (Kurt Wolff, 1919), in dem er sich über das kunstverrückte Berliner Publikum und die modernen Tendenzen des Sturm-Kreises lustig machte. Der Autor Kasimir Edschmid schrieb über den Taifun:

„So ist Essig zweifellos nicht sprach- oder formschöpferisch im großen und letzten Sinn und hat doch ein Buch geschrieben, das an Kompaktheit, Originalität und Fülle des Geschauten niemals seither vorhanden ist. (‚Taifun‘, bei Kurt Wolff, München). Dennoch wäre es letzten Endes ohne Sternheim und Heinrich Mann undenkbar. Der Roman satirisiert den ‚Sturm‘-Kreis in einer in Deutschland kaum gekannten Kühnheit der Form. Manns geißelnde Romane sind (mit Ausnahme des leider schlecht ausklingenden ‚Professor Unrat‘) nicht ins Dichterische, nicht ins Ewige hinein stilisiert, sondern nur ins Zeithaft-Glossierende. Sie bleiben Politik. Essig baut von da erst auf, denn der ‚Sturm‘-Kreis ist ihm am Ende Wurst, und es sensationiert ihn keineswegs zu sehr, daß schließlich selbst unsichtbare Bilder als letzte Abstraktionshöhe, d. h. also leere Rahmen verkauft werden. Sondern er zuckt nach dem menschlichen Jammer dahinter, nach den Verbogenheiten der Seele, nach den unmöglichsten Äußerungen des Verdrehten, Barocken im Dasein. Und er vollbringt die Zusammenschweißung anstößigster, schrecklichster und gewagtester Dinge mit ungewöhnlicher Konzentration. Ohne Zweifel einer der besten satirischen Romane unserer Zeit und infolgedessen, d. h. infolge seines kühn über die Zeit hinausgehenden Gehalts, schwer verkannt.“
(Wikipedia)

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Essig, Hermann: Der Wetterfrosch, german V1, 30.12.2009

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Hermann Essig (* 28. August 1878 in Truchtelfingen; † 21. Juni 1918 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler und Lyriker
Als Sohn des Truchtelfinger Pfarrers geboren, verbrachte Essig seine Schulzeit in Weinsberg und Heilbronn, wo er am Karlsgymnasium sein Abitur absolvierte. Er studierte an der Technischen Hochschule in Stuttgart. 1902 musste er wegen einer Lungenerkrankung zur Kur in die Schweiz und begann dort zu schreiben. Ab 1904 lebte er in Berlin, zunächst als Technischer Zeichner bei einem befreundeten Ingenieur, dann als freier Schriftsteller. Er heiratete 1905 die Witwe von Emil Rosenow, eines sozialdemokratischen Reichstagsabgeordneten und Schriftstellers. Dessen Komödie Kater Lampe wurde sehr erfolgreich gespielt und sicherte lange Zeit das Dasein des eher erfolglos arbeitenden Essig. In den Folgejahren versuchte er, im literarischen Leben Berlins Fuß zu fassen. 1905 beendete er das Schauspiel Napoleons Aufstieg. In den Jahren 1906/1907 folgten die Tragödie Ueberteufel und das Drama Ihr stilles Glück –!, 1908 die Erzählung Der Wetterfrosch und die Tragödie Mariä Heimsuchung.
(Wikipedia)

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Eustace, Robert and Meade, L. T.: Followed. V1. 17 Mar 2011

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Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.

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I AM David Ross's wife. I was married to him a month ago. I have lived through the peril and escaped the danger. What I have lived through, how it happened, and why it happened, this story tells.

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Ewers, Hans Heinz: The Spider, v.1, 20 November 2008.

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Hans Heinz Ewers (1871–1912)
The Spider

A short horror story, from the author of ‘Alraune.’
Three people have hanged themselves on successive Fridays in a Parisian boarding-house. A young medical student is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, so hires the room…

The source was Project Gutenberg Australia. No translator was named.

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F. W. Bain: An Essence of the Dusk. V1. 19 Sep 2010

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Francis William Bain (1863–1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit.

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More generally known, perhaps, than any other Hindoo legend, is the story of the demon, RÁHU, who brings about ECLIPSES, by devouring the Sun and Moon. For when the gods had upchurned the nectar, the delectable Butter of the Brine, Ráhu's mouth watered at the very sight of it: and "in the guise of a god" he mingled unperceived among them, to partake.

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Faber, Kurt: Mit dem Rucksack nach Indien, german V1, 16.01.2010

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Kurt Faber erblickte in Mülhausen als Sohn eines pfälzischen Lehrers die Welt und wuchs in Lambrecht (Pfalz) auf. Vor dem Abitur brach er den Schulbesuch ab und begann eine Buchhändlerlehre, die er jedoch ebenfalls aufgab, um stattdessen auf Reisen zu gehen.

1901 begab er sich nach New York und heuerte 1902 auf dem Walfänger Bowhead in San Francisco an, auf dem er mehrere Jahre unter großen Strapazen arbeitete. Ein Fluchtversuch von der Bowhead wurde mit Waffengewalt verhindert. Die Bowhead fror mehrere Winter im Eis bei der Herschelinsel im Nordmeer ein. Von dort aus gelangte er als erster Europäer mit Hilfe von Eskimos nach mehreren tausend Kilometern Fußmarsch nach Edmonton.

Auf seinen nächsten Reisen lebte er von den Einnahmen aus Gelegenheitsarbeiten an den jeweiligen Orten und arbeitete teilweise unter großen Entbehrungen als Seemann, Baumwollpflücker, Bäcker, Minenarbeiter und Krankenpfleger. Zeitweilig fuhr er als Hobo illegal auf Zügen in den USA mit und wurde als Tramp inhaftiert. Spätere Reisen führten ihn nach Australien und Südamerika, wo er auf dem Segler Selena anheuerte und mit ihr Kap Hoorn umrundete.

Zwischendurch kehrte er mehrmals wieder in seine Heimat zurück und holte das Abitur nach. Über seine Reisen schrieb er Beiträge in deutschen Zeitungen und veröffentlichte sie außerdem in Buchform. Faber studierte Politikwissenschaften in Tübingen und promovierte. Nach seinem Studium setzte er seine Reisen weiter fort und wurde Zeitungskorrespondent. 1925 wurde Faber außerdem Mitglied der NSDAP.

Faber starb nach einem Kälteeinbruch am großen Sklavensee in Nordkanada im Alter von 46 Jahren. Seine von Tieren angefressene Leiche wurde von Eskimos am 26. Februar 1929 am Hay river, etwa 25 km vom großen Sklavensee gefunden.

Mehrere seiner Bücher wurden von seinem Bruder Walter Faber herausgegeben.
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Mit dem Rucksack nach Indien
Als Kurt Faber diese Reise ins Morgenland unternahm, stand er, nach vielen bitterbösen Jahren, auf der Höhe des Lebens und des Erfolges. Schon über 25 Jahre lang hatte er sich in allen Erdteilen und auf allen Meeren den Wind ganz gehörig um die Nase wehen lassen. So wild aber auch die Abenteuer gewesen waren, – mit unbeirrbarer Zähigkeit hatte er sich durchgesetzt – und dabei sein empfängliches Gemüt und sein ewig-junges Herz bewahrt.

Seine scharf geschliffenen und doch so taufrischen Reisebriefe an führende Berliner Blätter, nicht minder seine in Buchform erschienenen Reiseberichte hatten seinen Namen in alle deutschen Gaue getragen. Für seine große Lesergemeinde war er zum »Deutschen Wanderer« schlechthin geworden, – zu einem Mann, dessen Name gleichsam ein Programm deutschen Fernwehs und deutschen Selbstbewußtseins bedeutete.

Die Lage Deutschlands nach innen und außen begann im Jahre 1926 – in das diese Indienreise fällt – in ihren entscheidenden Abschnitt zu treten. Die Illusionen der Erfüllungspolitik zerplatzten wie bunt schillernde Seifenblasen, und an ihre Stelle trat schreckliche Ernüchterung. Das Heer der Arbeitslosen vermehrte sich unheimlich und trieb die Massen zur Verzweiflung. Vom Schicksal selbst schien es so bestimmt, daß der Deutsche für alle Zeiten ein Bettler, der Paria der ganzen Welt sein solle.

Diese Weltuntergangsstimmung bildet den Hintergrund auch dieser bunten Reiseschilderung. Doch nicht so, als ob Kurt Faber für seine Person je den Glauben an Deutschlands Wiederaufstieg aufgegeben, oder gar mit den herrschenden Mächten paktiert hätte. Tausendmal nein: sein Feuerkopf kapitulierte nie, und Kampf war sein Lebenselement! Aus dieser kämpferischen Gesinnung heraus hatte er schon lange vor dieser Reise zur nationalsozialistischen Bewegung gefunden.

Und doch zog es ihn immer wieder unwiderstehlich hinaus in die Welt, auf große Fahrt, heraus aus der Enge und mitten hinein in die Wunder der weiten Welt. So auch diesmal. Korrespondent des »Berliner Lokalanzeigers« ist er jetzt, seit einiger Zeit Doktor gar, – aber all das wirft er weit hinter sich, um abermals das lockende Abenteuer dort zu suchen, wo es zu finden ist. Und ob er es zu finden wußte! –
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Falbe, Tracy, Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I

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[SIZE="3"]Hello Ebook Readers,

I am Tracy Falbe, the author of The Rys Chronicles epic fantasy series.

I have attached the first book in this series: Union of Renegades.

It is a complete fantasy novel and I am the registered copyright holder. I give it away at my website http://www.braveluck.com as a promotion for the series. This series is also in print. I have chosen to share this novel at this forum, but I do not give permission for other people to reproduce or distribute it elsewhere. Interested readers may download it and hopefully enjoy. (In addition to MobiPocket, this free book is available in HTML, PDF, RTF, and LIT at http://www.braveluck.com.)

Here's the promo text from the back cover:

[Dreibrand Veta has killed for his country. At the frontlines of imperial expansion, he seeks to rebuild the fortune of his noble family. In his daring travels he encounters the rys, a race far more powerful than the human empire that bred him. Dreibrand cannot defy the rys Queen Onja nor defend his companion, Miranda, and her children from the wicked tyrant Queen.

Desperate for help, Dreibrand and Miranda join Shan, a rys with emerging powers who plans to challenge Onja. In Shan’s pursuit of the rys throne, he exerts his magical powers, gathers his allies, and incites rebellion among Onja’s human subjects.

Great wealth and power will reward the kings, warriors, and spies that align themselves with the rys pretender, but defeat could mean worse than death. Onja can imprison souls and her genocidal rage is legendary. Everything is at risk for Shan’s union of renegades.[/

Readers from around the world have enjoyed this fantasy.

Thanks for looking![/SIZ

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Falkner, J. Meade: Moonfleet. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Moonfleet is a tale of smuggling by the English novelist J. Meade Falkner, first published in 1898. The book was extremely popular among children worldwide up until the 1970s, mostly for its themes of adventure and gripping storyline. In recent years it has fallen from popularity, possibly because parents thought that smuggling and other immoral activity should not be encouraged. However it remains a popular story widely read and is still sometimes studied in schools.

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Falkner, J. Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the ghost of its previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession, all conveyed in a "high" serious tone not uncommon in late Victorian literature.

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Falkner, John Meade: Moonfleet. v1, 12 Apr 2009

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Classic adventure story by John Meade Falkner, originally published in 1898. The novel is set in a fishing village (the Moonfleet of the title) in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a local gang of smugglers.

Exciting adventure for all ages.

An earlier version of this book has been uploaded, but this version is much better formatted, with all the verse (of which there is a fair amount) properly laid out.

Enjoy!

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Falkner, John Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1. 30 Mar 2010

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Description from Wikipedia:

[The Lost Stradivarius[/ (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the ghost of its previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession, all conveyed in a "high" serious tone not uncommon in late Victorian literature. Preceding M.R. James's ghost stories by several years, it has been called the novel James might have written, had he written novels.

A version of this book has previously been uploaded to MR. This version is, in the opinion of the uploader, somewhat better formatted.

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Farnol, Jeffery: Black Bartlemy's Treasure. v1. 16 March 08

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Jeffery Farnol was an English author who wrote romantic and adventure novels.

This swashbuckler features Martin Conisby's quest for revenge because he spent five years of slavery on the Spanish galleon [Esmeralda[/. After a few misadventures, he rescues a beautiful girl, learns about the infamous pirate Black Bartlemy and legends of buried treasure. I'm always a sucker for a good tale that takes place on the Seven Seas--I love this kinda stuff.

[Here's the first paragraph to give you a flavor of the style of writing[/:

The Frenchman beside me had been dead since dawn. His scarred and shackled body swayed limply back and forth with every sweep of the great oar as we, his less fortunate bench-fellows, tugged and strained to keep time to the stroke. Two men had I seen die beside me, yet Death ever passed me by, nay, it seemed rather that despite the pain of stripes, despite the travail and hardship, my strength waxed the mightier; upon arm and thigh, burned nigh black by fierce suns, the muscles showed hard and knotted; within my body, scarred by the lash, the life leapt and glowed yet was the soul of me sick..

I'm also working on posting the sequel to this book, so look for that soon. I hope you enjoy it!

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Farnol, Jeffery: Black Coffee, v1, 14 October 2009.

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Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952)
Black Coffee (1929)

Is it a surfeit of black coffee, or a recently-delivered Egyptian mummy that has got the Professor so edgy? Read it and find out.

Found at Project Gutenberg Australia.

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Farnol, Jeffery: Heritage Perilous, v1, 14 February 2010.

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Jeffery Farnol [1878–1952]
Heritage Perilous [1947]

A historical novel with a romance; set during the Napoleonic wars. Sam Felton, a plain-spoken sailor, discovers that he has succeeded to the title (and fortune) of Earl of Wrybourne. Then things get complicated...
Features the detective, Mr Jasper Shrig.

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Farnol, Jeffery: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17 March 08

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This is the sequel to [Black Bartelmy's Treasure[/ that was uploaded to this forum earlier.

It continues the swashbuckling adventures of Martin Conisby and his quest for revenge in the Caribbean. The new story deals with a deserted island, more pirates, a beautiful girl and adventures in the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition.

Author Jeffery Farnol doesn't disappoint in this well-crafted story--it's one of those rare instances where the sequel is just as good as (some say better than) the original.

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Farnol, Jeffery: My Lady Caprice, v1, 27 February 2010.

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Jeffery Farnol [1878–1952]
My Lady Caprice [1907]
Later issued as “Chronicles of the Imp”

An early romance by Jeffery Farnol, which is very light-hearted. A bloke enlists the aid of his beloved’s nephew, known as “the Imp.” It’s rather as though Richmal Crompton’s “Just William” had wandered into a romance.

An extract:
“Reginald,” she said, turning toward the Imp, who was still busy with his cap, “it’s nearly tea-time, and—why, whatever have you been doing to yourself?”
“For the last half hour,” I interposed, “we have been exchanging our opinions on the sex.”
“An’ talking ’bout worms,” added the Imp. “This man is fond of worms, too, Auntie Lisbeth—I like him.”

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Amateur Gentleman, v1, 12 March 2010.

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Jeffery Farnol [1878-1952]
The Amateur Gentleman [1913]

A hefty Regency tale (180,000 words) with a hero, a romance, adventures, plus a murder and the detective Mr Jasper Shrig.

From Wikipedia:
The Amateur Gentleman is an early novel by the popular author of Regency period swashbucklers, Jeffrey Farnol, published in 1913. The novel was made into a film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks Junior starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.
The format of the novel is essentially that of a bildungsroman. It tells the story of the Barnabas Barty, the son of John Barty, the former champion boxer of England and landlord of a pub in Kent. At the start of the tale Barnabas comes fortuitously into the possession of a vast fortune - £700,000, an astronomical amount by Regency standards - and determines to use this fortune to become a gentleman. His father objects to this plan and they quarrel, and settle their differences in a round of fisticuffs, which Barnabas wins, beating his father fair and square. Barnabas sets off for London in the furtherance of his ambitions and on the way there contrives to make a number of influential friends and enemies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ama...an_%28novel%29

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Loring Mystery, v1, 24 August 2009

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Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952)
The Loring Mystery (1924)

According to Project Gutenberg Canada (the source of this upload) this is a mystery novel set in the early 1800s involving an amnesiac, a detective, a murder, and a romance.

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Money Moon, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Jeffery Farnol [1878-1952]
The Money Moon: A Romance [1911]

A rich American is jilted by an English girl who prefers a duke. So he embarks on a walking tour and encounters a rustic maiden who is struggling to run a small farm…

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Quest of Youth, v1, 12 September 2009

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Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952)
The Quest of Youth: A Story of the Open Road (1927)

I’m not sure whether to categorise this as a Regency romance or a mystery. Project Gutenberg Canada (the source for this upload) says it is, “A romance intertwined with a murder mystery. Set in London at about the same time as The Loring Mystery, it features Mr. Shrig, the detective from the earlier novel.”

A summary from Violet Books:
Adventures on the woods & highroads of old Sussex, of a world-weary man successfully recapturing some of the wonder & glory he experienced when young, & falling for a Quaker maiden. The Sussex woods & roads convey all the charm of his best work. Regency era detective Jasper Shrig puts in an appearance, too.
http://www.violetbooks.com/farnol-bib.html

It took hours to get the smart quotes right.

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Farnol, Jeffrey: Black Bartlemy's Treasure (Illustrated). v1. 16th Sep 2009

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Classic 1920 swashbuckling tale of pirate adventure from the prolific English author, Jeffrey Farnol.

Martin Conisby is seeking his vengeance on Sir Richard Brandon, who has ruined him, and arranged his sale as a galley slave into long years of torture. He falls in with a group of buccanneers who are seeking the lost treasure hoard of the infamous pirate, Black Bartlemy, and who take service on a ship with Brandon's cousin and daughter Joan. Many adventures follow.

This book has an (even better) sequel, "Martin Conisby's Vengeance", which I shall post shortly.

Note that this is [not[/ a children's story, and contains some scenes of fairly gruesome violence.

"tsgreer" posted a version of this book in 2008, but this version has the original illustrations which were missing from that version, and is better formatted.

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Farnol, Jeffrey: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17th Sep 2009

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More swashbuckling adventure from the prolific English author, Jeffrey Farnol, originally published in 1921. This book is the sequel (or perhaps more accurately, the continuation) to [Black Bartlemy's Treasure[/, which should be read before this.

Review from Amazon:

If you haven't read Black Bartelmy's Treasure, get it first and read it. It ends without resolution for the two main characters and this is the continuation. More than a sequel, it is the second half. See the reviews of the first book. This is more of the same, great well sculpted characters in profusion, mixed with adventure, death, love, passion, and chivalry in the 1700's with pirates, Spanish inquisition, Central American jungles, Myans, battles, survival, shipwrecks in profusion.

Martin Conisby is adrift, farther and farther from his love. This follows his adventures, his quest for vengeance against an ancient family enemy, woeful suffering, the consummation of the vengeance that has eaten at him for six years. Flight to safety, survival in the jungle, unexpected friends and loyalty at many turns, as well as unexpected death and threat. But: read Black Bartlemy's Treasure first, to really understand what drives Martin and the ghosts of the past that haunt and drive him to near self destruction.

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FDP; Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 7th 2009

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Die FDP (Freie Demokratische Partei) ist eine deutsche Partei, die am 12. Dezember 1948 gegründet wurde. Obwohl sie noch nie die Mehrheit bei einer Bundestagswahl errang (meist sogar weit entfernt davon war) ist sie doch dank wechselnder Koalitionen die Partei, die bis heute die meisten Regierungsjahre insgesamt zusammenbringt.

In ihrem Bundestagswahlprogramm formuliert die FDP ihre Ziele für die Legislaturperiode von 2009 bis 2013. Für den Inhalt ist (wie immer) die Partei verantwortlich.

Verbesserte Version: Ein paar fehlerhafte Bindestriche, doppelte Punkte, fehlende Absätze u.Ä. korregiert.

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Felder, Franz Michael: Reich und arm, german, V1, 03.01.2010

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Franz Michael Felder (* 13. Mai 1839 in Schoppernau, Vorarlberg; † 26. April 1869 ebd.) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller und Bauer.Felder wuchs in einfachsten bergbäuerlichen Verhältnissen auf, musste mehrere Schicksalsschläge hinnehmen (u.a. Verlust eines Auges aufgrund eines ärztlichen Kunstfehlers) und hat in Anbetracht seines kurzen Lebens ein reichhaltiges Werk hinterlassen. Mit seinen nach dem Vorbild von Jeremias Gotthelf geschriebenen sozialkritischen Romanen und Erzählungen widmete er sich der Dorfgeschichte, repräsentiert aber auch den Poetischen Realismus. Der (ultramontane) Klerus feindete ihn stark an.

Mit seinem Schwager Kaspar Moosbrugger (1830–1917) gründete er 1866 die "Vorarlbergische Partei der Gleichberechtigung" (nicht der Geschlechter, sondern der sozialen Klassen). Als Bauer war er unermüdlich tätig für verbesserte Arbeitsbedingungen in der Landwirtschaft und gründete einen Käsehandlungsverein, um das Handelsmonopol der berüchtigten Käsgrafen zu brechen, und eine Viehversicherungswirtschaft.
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Das Buch
Eine Geschichte aus dem Bregenzerwald, wo der Blick über den Kirchturm und die Wiesen um das Dorf Au zur Kanisfluh geht. Die Menschen in dieser Idylle geraten aber durch Geldverhältnisse, die Gerüchte und Händel im Wirtshaus – wie auch durch Wortmißbrauch von der Kanzel her – unter Druck.
Um zwei Jugendfreunde, die trotz sozialer Unterschiede zusammenhalten wollen, und um sittenstrenge, auch eigenwillige Frauen auf der Suche nach eigenen Wegen hat Franz Michael Felder seinen letzten Roman gebaut. Eine Geschichte, reich an Spannungen in der dörflichen Enge, in einem bäuerlichen Jahresreigen von der Kirchweih bis zur Besänftigung der Brunnengeister.
Am Ende bekommt der reiche Hans vom Stighof seine lang heimlich geliebte Angelika, Tochter eines zugezogenen Aufsteigers. Die Magd Dorothee heiratet ihren seßhaft gewordenen Jos und der mittellose Andreas, der ins Militär verkauft worden ist, wird zum Kaufmann des Dorfs bestellt. Nur ein Brandstifter ist im selbstgelegten Feuer geblieben.
Wenn schließlich alles in einem Hochzeitsfest und allgemeiner Zufriedenheit endet, erfüllt sich der Autor zugleich seine Utopie vom genossenschaftlichen Leben, für das er politisch eintrat. Literatur zielt bei Franz Michael Felder auf Veränderbarkeit beengender Verhältnisse, noch wo sie die Zerstörung überkommener Lebensformen anschaulich macht.
»"Reich und Arm" ist ein sozialer Roman auch darin, daß er die soziale Obdachlosigkeit präzise erforscht, (…) also auch ein Gegenwartsroman für uns Heutige« (Karl Wagner in seinem Nachwort).
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Fénelon, François de: The Inner Life, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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François Fénelon was Archbishop of Cambrai, tutor to Louis XIV’s grandson and spiritual director of the mystic, Madame Guyon. Here is one of his devotional works.

François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon
(1651-1715)
The Inner Life: Christian Counsel, On Divers Matters Pertaining To The Inner Life.

This English translation originally appeared in “Spiritual Progress or Instruction in the Divine Life of the Soul from the French of Fénelon and Madame Guyon”; Printed in 1853; Edited by James W. Metcalf.

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Fenn, George Manville: !Tention v1 22 jan 2009

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A young private, Penton Gray, known as Pen, is injured during an engagement in the Peninsular War. When he comes to he finds that the boy bugler, Punch, from his regiment, is lying injured close by. The British troops are near, but the area where the boys are is occupied by the French, who are the enemy. The boys need to recover from their wounds, and then to get back to their regiment. They have numerous adventures, and meet several people who help them, including the deposed Spanish King.

Eventually they reach their regiment where they are interviewed by the commanding officer, who realises that the young private has actually had the education normally needed for an officer, and that he has the knowledge needful to lead the troops through the mountains to take the French in the rear. This engagement is very successful, leading to the routing of the French. As a result Private Gray is made up to officer rank.

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Fenn, George Manville: Begumbagh. V1. 6 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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I’ve waited all these years, expecting some one or another would give a full and true account of it all; but little thinking it would ever come to be my task. For it’s not in my way; but seeing how much has been said about other parts and other people’s sufferings; while ours never so much as came in for a line of newspaper, I can’t think it’s fair; and as fairness is what I always did like, I set to, very much against my will; while, on account of my empty sleeve, the paper keeps slipping and sliding about, so that I can only hold it quiet by putting the lead inkstand on one corner, and my tobacco-jar on the other.

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Fenn, George Manville: Cormorant Crag v1 31 dec 2008

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.

He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had eight children with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.

Most of hist work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.(Wikipedia)

In this excellent book of smuggling life on the south coast of England, dating about 1830, from some of the passing comments made by the author, we read of the adventures of two boys living on a small off-shore island. One is the son of the local doctor, the other the son of the squire, or owner of the land round about. The boys are friendly with an old fisherman called Daygo. It is thought that he is of Spanish descent, from the Armada, but despite his name and appearance, he denies it. He likes taking the boys out fishing, but feeds then a load of yarns about the safety of a particular part of the cliffs, saying that vessels getting too close to it have been known to disappear. This is actually quite true in a way because there is a huge cave, quite big enough to accommodate a small vessel.

The boys borrow Daygo's boat, without his leave, and explore the forbidden cave. Of course they discover all the recently smuggled goods. But a few days later they are in there, having discovered another way in by land, and are captured by the smugglers, who are French, and kidnapped. After that there are all sorts of exciting and perilous situations, and it looks likely that the boys will not come out of it alive.

But they do, of course! A good read. (Athelstane)

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Fenn, George Manville: Diamond Dyke v1 27 jan 2009

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A most authentic-seeming book about the difficulties a pair of young Britons faced when they went to South Africa, and set up an ostrich farm in the dry and largely empty veldt. They had a married couple of the locals to help them, and of these the man wasn't much use. They also had a most sagacious dog, who figures largely in the story. One of the enemies they had to face was lions.

One day they found they needed more stores, so young Dyke, barely sixteen years of age, has to go on a six or seven day journey to the farm of the nearest honest storekeeper, a fat old German, seventy years of age. On the way back there is a serious delay due to a flash flood which took several days to clear. But when they get back they find that the older brother is seriously ill of an African fever. The local people had been sure he would die, and were preparing to move in and take what stock there was. But young Dyke nurses his brother back to health. A little later the old German turns up at the farm, and makes a discovery which would change the fortunes of the brothers for ever.

A very gripping story in the best Fenn style, very hard to put down. (Athelstane)

Used original illustration as cover, rather heavily illustrated, great read.

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Fenn, George Manville: Hunting the Skipper v1 11 feb 2009

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Typical nautical adventure by this great author, whose main strength it is to maintain a high level of suspense throughout his work. Richly illustrated.

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Fenn, George Manville: Kopje Garrison v1 17 feb 2009

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Military adventure taking place in South Africa:
[QUOTHe stepped back and began to tap the rough stone again to prove his words, every one now noticing that the rock gave out a dull, hollow tone; while, unable to contain himself, the prisoner, as he lay tightly bound upon his back, uttered a low, hissing sound as he drew in a deep breath.

“Here we are,” cried Lennox, more excited than ever. “Sergeant, give some one else that lantern; take a man with you up there by the gun, and bring back a crowbar or two, and one of the engineers’ picks.”

The men went off at once, and while the party awaited their return Lennox went on examining the rough block of granite by which he stood, but looked in vain for any sign of hinge or fastening.

“I hope you are right, Lennox,” said Captain Edwards, who had stepped to his side; and he spoke in a low voice.

“So do I,” was the reply; “but I feel sure that there is, for there must be a hiding-place somewhere. Wait a bit, and we shall capture the prisoner’s mate.”

Lennox involuntarily glanced down at where the carefully bound Boer lay with the light shining full upon his eyes, and he could not repress a start as he saw the malignant flash that seemed to dart from them into his own. It affected him so that he ceased his examination for the moment, waiting impatiently till the distant sound of steps announced the return of the sergeant and the man bearing the implements he had sought.

“Got the crowbar?” cried Lennox eagerly.

“Yes, sir.”

“Then bring it here. Thrust it in under the stone at this natural crevice.”

“Why?” said Captain Roby sharply.—“Here, sergeant, try higher up.”

But before the words were fully uttered the sergeant had driven the chisel-edge of the iron bar into the horizontal crevice about on a level with his knees, with the result that the men cheered so loudly that they drowned the angry curse which escaped the Boer’s lips. For, to the surprise of all, no sooner had the sergeant pressed down the wedged-in bar than it acted as a lever would, lifting one corner of the stone so that it slipped away, the great block turning easily upon a central pivot, and leaving an opening some four feet high and just wide enough for a man to pass through.[/QUOT

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Fenn, George Manville: Syd Belton v1 20 mar 2009

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The book opens with a domestic scene with the boy Sydney having just finished dinner with his father, a Captain in the navy, and his uncle, an Admiral. They are discussing Syd's career, which the two old gentlemen hope will be as a naval officer. Syd, however has other ideas: he has been on his rounds with the local doctor, and thinks that he might like to be a doctor, too. The time of the story is in the middle of the eighteenth century, but the only real evidence of this is the fact of people wearing cocked hats. Other than that the story might fit a hundred years later, though there is a point late in the story where the French are the enemy.

There is an episode in which Syd runs away from home, in company with the son of his father’s gardener, the latter having been his boatswain in his naval days. On his return he realises that he does really want to be a naval officer, too. His father tries to get him an appointment as a midshipman with a captain he formerly served with, but was rebuffed. He realises that the present First Sea Lord, the title of the Admiral in command of the whole navy, is someone he used to serve with in former days, so they go to see this eminent officer. The outcome is that Syd's father is appointed to command the Sirius, and is invited to take Syd with him as a midshipman.

From here on we have an excellent and well-told narrative, describing Syd's early days in the Navy, and then an episode when he finds himself in command of a naval party holding a rock in the Caribbean.

George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys' periodicals.

The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers' attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, "How does he get out of this one?" It is just this aspect that makes transcribing his books to e-texts such fun.

George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, "Modern Metre," in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber's Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell's Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.(www.athelstane.co.uk)

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Fenn, George Manville: The Adventures of Don Lavington v1 13 dec 2008

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Lindon, known as Don, is a boy in his late teens who has left school, and who lives with his mother and uncle Josiah, his father being dead, and works as a clerk in the office, the business being sugar and tobacco importation, in Bristol, England, which he does not much like.

One day some money is missing from the office. It's pretty obvious who the thief is, but Uncle Josiah continues to accuse Don. Another worker has a row with his new young wife, and Don and he (Jem) decide to go away for a bit, both feeling rather ill-used. Unfortunately they are taken that night by the press-gang, and after some attempts to get away, they sail away to New Zealand. Here they manage to escape from the ship, though the search for them is keen. They fall in with some Maoris, among whom lives an Englishman, who is actually an escaped convict, but a good chap nonetheless. They assist the Maoris in their own battles against other tribes.

The scene turns to some English settlers. They become friendly with our heroes. A Maori tribe attacks then, having been set up to do so by three villains, who have also escaped from the convict settlement at Norfolk Island. They hold their own, but there is a timely intervention by the police. One of the three villains turn out to have been the man who actually stole the money from Uncle Josiah's office. From this point things begin to turn out for the better, and the two heroes return to England, and all is forgiven.

George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys' periodicals.

The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers' attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, "How does he get out of this one?" It is just this aspect that makes transcribing his books to e-texts such fun.

George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, "Modern Metre," in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber's Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell's Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.

Heavily illustrated adventure story. Astonishingly good read.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Bag of Diamonds. V1. 6 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Ugh! what a night! And I used to grumble about Hogley Marsh! Why, it’s like living in a drain!”
Ramillies Street, W.C., was certainly not attractive at twelve o’clock on that December night, for it had been snowing in the early part of the evening; that snow was suffering from a fall of blacks: and as evil communications corrupt good manners, the evil communication of the London soot was corrupting the good manners of the heavenly snow, which had become smirched by the town’s embrace, and was sorrowfully weeping itself away in tears beneath a sky—

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Fenn, George Manville: The Black Bar. V1. 6 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
Two middies talking in the stern-sheets of the cutter belonging to Her Majesty’s fast little cruiser Nautilus, stationed on the west coast of Africa “blackberrying,” so the men called their duty, Tom Fillot, one of their jokers, giving as the reason that the job was “black and berry nasty.” The sun shone as it can shine in the neighbourhood of the equator, and the sea looked like so much glistening oil, as it slowly heaved up and sank with the long ground swell, the light flashing from the surface attacking the eyes with blinding power, bronzing the faces of some, peeling the noses of others.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Black Tor. V1. 7 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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About as rugged, fierce-looking a gang of men as a lad could set eyes on, as they struggled up the steep cliff road leading to the castle, which frowned at the summit, where the flashing waters of the Gleame swept round three sides of its foot, half hidden by the beeches and birches, which overhung the limpid stream. The late spring was at its brightest and best, but there had been no rain; and as the men who had waded the river lower down, climbed the steep cliff road, they kicked up the white limestone dust, and caked their wet high boots, which, in several instances, had opened holes in which toes could be seen, looking like curious reptiles deep in gnarled and crumpled shells.

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Fenn, George Manville: The King's Esquires v1 2 mar 2009

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Or The Jewel of France

This excellent book is, as always with this author, a constant succession of tense moments.

Dated at the beginning of the 1500s, the action starts in the Court of the King of France. He is fretting because at some time in the past, when the English ruled part of France, one of the French Crown Jewels, a beautiful ruby, was taken from France and put among the English Crown Jewels. So Francis, the King, decides on going to England on a visit to the English King, the young Henry the Eighth, finding out where the jewel is, purloining it before leaving, and restoring it to its place among his own Crown Jewels. This all goes pretty well, except that King Henry notices that the jewel is missing, and a chase is made after them.

They are all brought back, but no jewel is to be found. So eventually they return to France, where to the amazement of all it turns out that they were successful in their mission, and they really did manage to bring back the famous ruby.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Ocean Cat's Paw v1 17 jan 2009

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Here we have a full-length book by an excellent author at the very top of his powers. The time is set at the end of the Napoleonic War, and continues into the ensuing peace.

The young hero is first found fishing in a Dartmoor stream, when he is interrupted by the arrival of a young Frenchman, who, it turns out, has just escaped from Dartmoor, where the prisoners-of-war were being kept. Rodd helps him to hide from pursuit.

Rodd is living with his uncle, who is a doctor, but who also is a researcher in Natural History. He receives a Government grant to buy a ship and travel about in it collecting specimens. On the first trip the weather turns nasty and they have to take shelter in a French port.

Later in the voyage they meet up with a strange brig, which they realise they had seen while in France. But she is in difficulty, having been holed below the waterline in an engagement. At this point they discover that her officers include the boy we met in Chapter One, and his father, the Count. The hole is repaired by the skill of the British seamen.

There’s lots more to the story, and we won’t spoil it for you, but we do full-heartedly recommend it to you!

Get it for an enjoyable read. Features some illustrations.

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Fenn, George Manville: To the West v1 23 dec 2008

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George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys’ adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys’ periodicals.

The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers’ attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, “How does he get out of this one?” It is just this aspect that makes transcribing his books to e-texts such fun.

George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, “Modern Metre,” in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber’s Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell’s Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.

This is a fairly long book for this author.

It starts with two young men working as clerks in the offices of a tyrannical auctioneer. Fed up with his unpleasant behaviour they give up their jobs and determine to set out for British Columbia.
To get there they must take passage in a ship going round the Horn, and up to San Francisco.
Then they have to make their way further up the coast to their destination. On the way they encounter various characters, some good and honourable, and others very much the reverse. Finally they arrive and set to work seeking for gold.
Of course there are more adventures and tense situations, as you would expect from this author. Fenn is very good at describing places, even ones to which he has never been.

I love George Manville Fenn. If you like adventures, you can't go far wrong with him! This comes from Athelstane via PG. Lots and lots more where this comes from.

Have fun! (4 illustrations)

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Fenn, George Manville: Trapped by Malays v1 28 dec 2008

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George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, “Modern Metre,” in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber’s Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell’s Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.

This is good lively yarn by the master of suspense. There is continuous action throughout the book, and you are kept on your toes wondering how we are going to get through the latest apparent disaster. Sometimes just a little reminiscent of The Middy and the Ensign, set in a similar location, with similar personnel, but different enough to escape too much criticism.

Info taken from Athelstane. Source Athelstane via PG.

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Ferber, Edna: Buttered Side Down: Stories. v1, 4 Jan 2008

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Buttered Side Down is a collection of Short Stories from Pulitzer Prize winning author Edna Ferber.

From the Foreword:

And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after." Um-m-m -- maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner redolent of the kitchen hearth; and was it never necessary that he remind her to be more careful of her fingernails and grammar? After Puss in Boots had won wealth and a wife for his young master did not that gentleman often fume with chagrin because the neighbors, perhaps, refused to call on the lady of the former poor miller's son? It is a great risk to take with one's book-children. These stories make no such promises. They stop just short of the phrase of the old story writers, and end truthfully, thus: And so they lived.

This volume includes "The Frog and the Puddle," "The Man Who Came Back," "What She Wore," "A Bush League Hero," "The Kitchen Side of the Door," "One of the Old Girls," "Maymeys from Cuba," "The Leading Lady," "That Home-Town Feeling," "The Homely Heroine," "Sun Dried," and "Where the Car Turns at 18th."

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Ferber, Edna: Dawn O'Hara. V1. 7 Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

Therefore it was with a groan that I rose and prepared to follow Norah into the house. Something in my eye caused her to turn at the very door. "Don't you dare!" she hissed; then, banishing the warning scowl from her face, and assuming a near-smile, she entered the room and I followed miserably at her heels.

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Ferber, Edna: Emma McChesney and Co. V1. 7Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Show Boat and Giant, achieved her first great success with a series of stories she published in American Magazine between 1911 and 1913. The stories feature Emma McChesney, a smart, savvy, stylish, divorced mother, and Midwest traveling sales representative for T. A. Buck's Featherloom skirts and petticoats. With one hand on her sample case and the other fending off advances from salesmen, hotel clerks, and other predators, Emma holds on tightly to her reputation. Her experience has taught her that it's best to stick to roast beef, medium, rather than experiment with fancy sauces and exotic dishes. Emma McChesney and Company is the final volume of three chronicling the travels and trials of Emma McChesney.

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Ferber, Edna: Fanny Herself. V1. 8 Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

Heralded by one reviewer as "the most serious, extended and dignified of [Edna] Ferber's books," Fanny Herself is the intensely personal chronicle of a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. Packed with the warmth and the wry, sidelong wit that made Ferber one of the best-loved writers of her time, the novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis.

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Ferber, Edna: Gigolo. V1. 8 Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

Early twentieth-century novel by Edna Ferber, the American, novelist, author and playwright whose novels generally featured a strong female as the protagonist, although she fleshed out multiple characters in each book. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons; through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the non-so-pretty persons have the best character.

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Ferber, Edna: Half Portions. V1. 9 Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

The short stories in this collection take the reader from small-town Wisconsin to the bustling streets of New York and Chicago and back again. While they range greatly in length and tone, they all share the trademark wit and affectionate insight of Edna Ferber.

Showcasing the facility with words that made her a mainstay at the Algonquin round table, Ferber explores some of her favorite themes: the role of women (especially strong or unconventional women) in modern society, the mores of the midwestern small town, and the changes over time in relationships between parents and children. In "The Maternal Feminine," a plain, overlooked child grows into a strong, resourceful businesswoman and forms a strong motherly bond with the children of her more attractive sister. In "April 25th, As Usual," an aging Wisconsin couple reluctantly join their successful daughter in New York, where they try to adjust to a very different lifestyle. "Old Lady Mandle"is a bittersweet tale about an elderly Chicago mother coming to terms with the fact that she is no longer the most important woman in the life of her grown son. "One Hundred Per Cent" features Ferber's celebrated heroine Emma McChesney, now re-married, seeing her husband off to war.

The stories gathered here are beautifully observed chronicles of early twentieth-century life and are filled with characters who, despite their very human foibles, are all bestowed by Ferber with warmth and dignity.

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Ferber, Edna: Personality Plus. V1. 9 Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

From the pulitzer prize-winning American novelist, Edna Ferber. Who was heralded as the greatest female author of the 1920s and 1930s and among the best-read authors of her nation.
Fantastic Fiction

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Ferber, Edna: Roast Beef, Medium. V1. 9 Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Show Boat and Giant, achieved her first great success with a series of stories she published in American Magazine between 1911 and 1913. The stories featured Emma McChesney: smart, savvy, stylish, divorced mother, and Midwest traveling sales representative for T. A. Buck's Featherloom skirts and petticoats. With one hand on her sample case and the other fending off advances from salesmen, hotel clerks, and other predators, Emma holds on tightly to her reputation: honest, hardworking, and able to outsell the slickest salesman.

Like her compact bag of traveling necessities, Emma has her life boiled down to essentials: her work and her seventeen-year-old son, Jock. Her experience has taught her that it's best to stick to roast beef, medium--avoiding both physical and moral indigestion--rather than experiment with fancy sauces and exotic dishes. Yet she never shies away from a challenge, and her sharp instincts and common sense serve her well in dealing with the likes of Ed Meyer, a smooth-talking, piano-playing salesman; Blanche LeHay, prima donna of the Sam Levin Crackerjack Belles; and T. A. Buck Jr., the wet-behind-the-ears son of the founder of Featherloom.

Roast Beef, Medium is the first of three volumes chronicling the travels and trials of Emma McChesney.
Fantastic Fiction

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Ferber, Edna; Cheerful—By Request. V1. 7 Feb 2011

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

CHEERFUL~BY REQUEST
THE GAY OLD DOG
THE TOUGH GUY
THE ELDEST
THAT'S MARRIAGE
THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD
THE GIRL WHO WENT RIGHT
THE HOOKER-UP-THE-BACK
THE GUIDING MISS GOWD
SOPHY-AS-SHE-MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN
THE THREE OF THEM
SHORE LEAVE

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Ferguson, Mathew: The Blurting Beetles of Baloogo Loogo. v1. 12 February 2011

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Twelve-year-old friends, Tia and Max, and the last golden monkey, Po, fight against Toran, an amoral gourmet who eats endangered species to extinction. Featuring Exploding Cactus Corn, hungry Ligers, Red Goop, Sugar Slugs and Bolliverger's Old, a cheese so disgusting it can knock you out, saving a hundred beetles from the frying pan isn't going to be easy ...

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Hurro peoples, I thought I'd upload a children's book I wrote about two kids and a monkey fighting a diabolical gourmet.

I'm the copyright owner of this work and as far as I can tell I don't need to add any specific copyright notices giving permission. If this isn't correct, please let me know.

cheers,
Mat

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Fernie, W T: Herbal Simples, v.1, 22 Nov 2007.

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Herbal Simples:Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
By W. T. Fernie, M.D. Author of “Botanical Outlines,” etc.
Second Edition. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. 1897.

A book of herbal lore and herbal remedies.

The author has a strange habit of translating old proverbs into Latin verse. The entry on ‘Dandelion’ also discusses the medicinal use of eggs and quotes ‘Humpty Dumpty’ in Latin.

If you are planning to try the remedies then it would be prudent to take professional advice on their safety and side-effects, unless you know what you are doing.
Depending on where you live, it may be illegal to make up the poppy-based preparations.

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Ferry, Gabriel: Der Waldläufer (german) v1 14 dec 2008

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Heute mal kein Karl May, weil ich eher suboptimal drauf bin. Dafür aber ein anderer Knaller von Gutenberg Deutschland: Gabriel Ferrys Waldläufer:

Gabriel Ferry, mit seinem wirklichen Namen Ferry de Bellamare, wurde im November 1809 in Grenoble geboren. Leider fehlen uns Nachrichten über seine Jugend und seinen Bildungsgang, und wir wissen nur, daß er den größten Teil seines Lebens auf Reisen in Amerika verbrachte. So kam er denn auch beim Brand des Schiffes »Amazone«, das sich auf der Fahrt nach Kalifornien befand, ums Leben. Das Schiff verbrannte am 5. Januar 1852, und Ferry befand sich unter denen, die sich nicht retten konnten.

Ferrys Schriften, die sich durch treffliche Naturmalerei und feine Charakteristik auszeichnen, erschienen in der »Revue des deux Mondes«; sie machen durchwegs den Eindruck des Selbstgesehenen, Selbsterlebten und legen nicht nur beredtes Zeugnis ab für seine dichterische Begabung, sondern auch für hochentwickelten malerischen Sinn. Wir verweisen hierbei nur auf seine Schilderung des »Val d'Or« im vorliegenden »Waldläufer«. »Le coureur des bois – Der Waldläufer« ist eines seiner geschätztesten Werke – vielleicht sein bestes; die Übersetzung von Dr. G. Füllner, ist vor allen Dingen nicht nur nicht gekürzt, also eine vollständige Wiedergabe des Originals, sondern auch, was treue Anlehnung an letzteres betrifft und auch sprachlich eine der besten.

Leider fehlen zwei Seiten des Originals, was sich meiner Meinung nach allerdings leicht verschmerzen lässt.

Ravenne hat das Originalcover fantastisch angepasst.

Ich habe. wie üblich, nur die Teile zusammengesetzt und bisschen am Erscheinungsbild gefeilt.

Have fun!

PS: Persönlich finde ich den Waldläufer besser gemacht als das Meiste von May.

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Feuerbach, Ludwig: The Essence of Christianity. V1. 3 Mar 2011

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["Feuerbach is the only one who has a serious, critical attitude to the Hegelian dialectic and who has made genuine discoveries in this field. He is in fact the true conqueror of the old philosophy"[/ - Karl Marx

The Essence of Christianity (German: Das Wesen des Christentums) is a book written by Ludwig Feuerbach and first published in 1841. It explains Feuerbach's philosophy and critique of religion. Feuerbach's theory of alienation would later be used by Karl Marx.

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Field, Eugene.: The Holy Cross and Other Stories. v1, 12 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Eugene Field (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.

Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri. After the death of his mother he was raised by a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Field attended Williams College in Massachusetts. His father, Roswell Field, died when he was nineteen and he dropped out after eight months. Next he went to Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois but dropped out after a year. Then he went to the University of Missouri, where his brother was also attending. He tried acting and studied law with little success. He then set off for a trip through Europe but returned to the United States six months later, penniless. Field then set to work as a journalist for the Gazette in Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1875. The same year he married Julia Comstock, with whom he had eight children. For the rest of his life he arranged for all the money he earned to be sent to his wife, saying that he had no head for money himself.

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Fielding, Henry: Joseph Andrews, v1, 01 May 2011

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Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding, and indeed among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a ‘comic epic poem in prose’, it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. In deference to the literary tastes and recurring tropes of the period, it relies on bawdy humour, an impending marriage and a mystery surrounding unknown parentage, but conversely is rich in philosophical digressions, classical erudition and social purpose.

Jim

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Fielding, Henry: The History of Tom Jones, v1, 09Jan08

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Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy, in Somerset in England's West Country. Tom grows into a vigorous and lusty, yet honest and kind-hearted, youth. He develops affection for his neighbour's daughter, Sophia Western. On one hand, their love reflects the romantic comedy genre popular in 18th-century Britain. However, Tom's status as a bastard causes Sophia's father and Allworthy to oppose their love; this criticism of class friction in society acted as a biting social commentary. The inclusion of prostitution and sexual promiscuity in the plot was also original for its time, and also acted as the foundation for criticism of the book's "lowness.

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Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones, german V1, 17.01.10

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Henry Fielding (* 22. April 1707 in Sharpham Park bei Glastonbury, Somerset; † 8. Oktober 1754 in Lissabon) war ein berühmter englischer Romanautor, Satiriker, Dramatiker, Journalist und Jurist.
Henry Fielding stammte aus der Familie der Earls of Denbigh. William Fielding, 1. Earl of Denbigh war sein direkter Vorfahre. Henrys Vater war Colonel Edmund Fielding, der mit Auszeichnung unter Marlborough gekämpft hatte. Seine Mutter, Sarah Gould, war eine Tochter des Juristen Sir Henry Gould, von dem sie ein Gut in East Stour, Dorset, geerbt hatte. Dorthin zog die Familie, als Henry drei Jahre alt war. Fieldings Mutter starb vor seinem elften Geburtstag, und sein Vater heiratete erneut.

Henry Fielding besuchte das Eton College und studierte Jura in London und an der Universität Leiden. Von 1729 bis 1737 war er in London als Dramatiker und Theaterdirektor tätig. Von seinen 25 geschriebenen Dramen war die Farce The Life and Death of Tom Thumb The Great (1730) seinerzeit sehr erfolgreich. Daneben erschienen die Satiren Pasquin (1736) und The Historical Register for 1736 (1737).

Als Romanautor trat Fielding zuerst 1741 mit Shamela, einer Parodie auf Samuel Richardsons „Pamela“, in Erscheinung. Fielding begründete mit The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams (1742, deutsch 1765), den humorvoll-realistischen Roman: Sein Programm, Komik und Realismus zu verbinden und mit diesen Mitteln ein erzählerisches Bild der Gesellschaft zu zeichnen, war literaturgeschichtlich von größter Bedeutung. Die Gattung des Romans erhielt dadurch einen ganz neuen, entscheidenden Impuls.

Fieldings Miscellanies (3 Bände, 1743) enthalten The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, einen satirischen Roman über das Heldentum. Fielding benutzte dabei den Verbrecher Jonathan Wild, um den Whig-Politiker und britischen Premierminister Robert Walpole zu karikieren. Sein berühmtester Roman, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6 Bände, 1749, deutsch 1771) schildert die Abenteuer und Missgeschicke des schelmischen Helden Tom Jones und entfaltet ein reiches Bild englischen Lebens und englischer Sitten. In Amelia (1751) bezog Fielding soziale Fragestellungen, vor allem die Kritik am englischen Gerichts- und Strafsystem, in den Roman mit ein.

Zeitweise war Fielding auch journalistisch tätig, wovon die Zeitschriften The True Patriot (1745), The Jacobite's Journal (1747) und The Covent Garden Journal (1752) zeugen. Seit 1748 war er Friedensrichter, zunächst in Manchester und ab 1749 in Middlesex. In dieser Funktion kämpfte er gegen die sozialen Mißstände in England und versuchte, die zunehmende Kriminalität in London mit Hilfe von Reformen im Rechts- und Polizeiwesen einzudämmen. So erschienen unter anderem die Schriften An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, etc. (1751) und Proposal for Making Effective Provision for the Poor (1753). Nach seinem Tod führte sein Halbbruder John die Reformen weiter.

Fielding starb am 8. Oktober 1754 in Lissabon an einem Leberversagen. Postum veröffentlicht wurde sein Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (1755).
(Wikipedia)

"Tom Jones"
Wie der Titel verrät, ist Tom Jones ein Findelkind. Er wird eines Abends im Bett eines wohlhabenden Gentleman gefunden. Der gutherzige Mr. Allworthy und seine Schwester Bridget nehmen sich des Knaben an. Ein Hausmädchen, Jenny Jones, gesteht, dass sie die Mutter ist, und so bekommt der Junge den Namen Tom Jones. Als Bridget einen Captain Brifil heiratet, nehmen sie Tom bei sich auf. Tom ist eine Frohnatur und ein Wildfang, der sich nicht an die Regeln hält.

Durch seine Offenheit und seinen Leichtsinn bringt er sich und andere in manche schlimme Lage, aber seine Gutmütigkeit gewinnt ihm stets wieder Freunde.
So kommt er ungeschoren davon, als er eine Ente raubt, einen Obstbaum plündert und seinem Adoptivvater Geld aus dem Portemonnaie stielt. Tom verliebt sich in Sophie, die Tochter des plumpen, aber sportsmännischen Nachbarn Western und verdreht ihr den Kopf. Western, der Landjunker, dem Jagd und ein gutes Mittagessen über alles gehen, ist vortrefflich geschildert, und dasselbe gilt von den beiden Lehrern Toms, dem Freidenker Herrn Quadrat und dem heuchlerischen Theologen Herz.

Als junger Mann verlässt der Held seine Heimat und begiebt sich auf Wanderschaft. Hier erlebt er manche pikante Abenteuer, welche an die Abenteuerromane des 17. Jahrhunderts erinnern. Durch die psychologische Motivierung der Handlung, die treffliche Charakterisierung der auftretenden Personen, durch die Fülle der Gestalten, vor allem aber durch den köstlichern Humor übertrifft Fielding jedoch seine Vorgänger weit und wird dadurch der Gründer einer neuen Schule, zu der wir selbst Dickens rechnen können, wenn dieser auch durch sein Genie wiederum eine neue Richtung angebahnt hat. Am Ende kehrt Tom zu seiner Sophie zurück. Diese hatte mit ihm wegen seiner vielen galanten Abenteuer gezürnt, verzeiht ihm aber schließlich, als er Besserung gelobt.

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Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones. v1, 2 May 2008

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[Tom Jones[/ (full title [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling[/), written by Henry Fielding and originally published in 1749, is a ground-breaking English novel. Henry Fielding and Samuel Richardson were the two great English novelists of the mid 18th century, and it's interesting to compare "Tom Jones" with Richardson's "Pamela". The two are strikingly different, with Richardson (a self-educated man of relatively humble origins) telling a straightforward tale, while the highly-educated Fielding's work is full of classical allusions and much more "sweeping" in its scope.

[Tom Jones[/ is born as a foundling on the wealthy Squire Allworthy's estate in Somerset. The novel tells his life and adventures, and the ultimate discovery of who he really is.

A truly epic work which everyone should read; one of the "great" English novels.

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Fillmore, Millard: State of the Union. v1.1 11 October 2007

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13th President of the USA. 1850-1853

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Finn, Robert: Underlife. v1, 16. March 2008

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Mystery thriller novella released under a Creative Commons Licence.
Reformatted the text, added the cover – I didn't add a table of contents as this is a short work with no chapters.

Description from Amazon.co.uk:
Being a thief makes it difficult to meet the right girl. And when you do, something always gets in the way. Like finding yourself trapped underground, caught in a shoot-out, with the police after you and only a supernatural killer to protect you. And if you somehow survive all that, you've still got to persuade her to part with her phone number. "Underlife" is a fast, short, sweet, tense runaway train of a thriller.

If someone wants to make a different version of this work (lrf, imp ...), feel free to use this Mobi file as a base or the HTML I used (just send me a pm for the latter).

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Firbank, Ronald: Caprice, v1, 1 February 2010.

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Ronald Firbank [1886–1926]
Caprice [1917]

A short but decadent novel, in which a clergyman’s daughter escapes to London, determined to become an actress. Will she fall victim to the procuresses and deviants of the metropolis?
Contains the N-word as a way of referring to black musicians, though not in a pejorative way.
Made from scans found at HathiTrust.

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Firbank, Ronald: Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People, v.1, 14 April 2008.

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From Odette, A Fairy Tale for Weary People by Ronald Firbank (1886-1926).
Grant Richards Limited, London; 1916.
With four illustrations by Albert Buhrer.

No fairies actually appear in this little story, which may remind you of some of Oscar Wilde’s tales.

Unfortunately there is very little of Firbank’s work available online.

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Firbank, Ronald: Sorrow in Sunlight, v.1, 14 April 2008.

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A short novel (1925).
‘Sorrow in Sunlight’ was Firbank’s preferred title. In the USA it was released as ‘Prancing Nigger’.
Set in a fictional West Indian republic (a mixture of Cuba and Haiti) this is the story of a socially ambitious family. Firbank has the ability to make snobbery an art form.

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Firbank, Ronald: The Flower beneath the Foot, v.1 16 April 2008.

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Ronald Firbank: The Flower Beneath the Foot: Being a Record of the Early Life of St. Laura De Nazianzi and the Times in Which She Lived.
(1923)

A good-humoured blend of decadence, eroticism and satire. This study of snobbery in a minor royal court serves to illustrate the absurdity of most [all human behaviour.

It also contains some memorable dialogue, e.g.:

“Ah my dear, I never could resist a [mon[/!” Mrs Bedley exclaimed.
Mrs Montgomery sighed.
“Once,” she murmured meditatively, “men (those procurers of delights) engaged me utterly. ... I was their [slave[/. . . .
Now. . . . One does not burn one’s fingers twice, Mrs Bedley.”

I found the text in the Internet Archive. It was full of OCR errors. I hope that I have corrected them but, if you spot one, please tell me so that I can revise it.

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Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Gustavs Verirrungen, german, V1, 10.01.2010

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Caroline Auguste Fischer, geb. Venturini, (* 9. August 1764 in Braunschweig; † 26. Mai 1842 in Frankfurt am Main) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin.
Caroline Auguste Venturinis Familie war väterlicherseits wahrscheinlich italienischer Herkunft. Vater Karl Venturini (1735–1801), war Kammermusiker am herzoglichen Hofe in Braunschweig, ihr Bruder Karl Heinrich Georg Venturini war ein bekannter Theologe und Schriftsteller des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts.

In erster Ehe war sie ab 1793 mit dem Dänen Christoph Johann Rudolph Christiani (1761–1841) verheiratet, mit dem sie einen Sohn hatte. Christiani war Hofpfarrer in Kopenhagen und leitete dort eine Knabenschule, an der ihr Bruder Karl einige Jahre unterrichtete.

Im Jahre 1801 wurde sie von Christiani schuldig geschieden und musste deshalb ihren Sohn bei seinem Vater lassen. Caroline Auguste Christiani, auch Caroline Auguste Ferdinande Christiani genannt, ging daraufhin nach Dresden. Im selben Jahr begann sie zu schreiben. Zu dieser Zeit lebte sie bereits mit dem Schriftsteller Christian August Fischer (1771–1829) zusammen, mit dem sie ebenfalls – noch unverheiratet – einen Sohn hatte. Die zweite Ehe, geschlossen 1808, wurde bereits nach nur sieben Monaten Dauer 1809 ebenfalls geschieden.

Aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten, arbeitete Caroline Auguste Fischer u. a. als Schriftstellerin, angeblich auch als Leiterin eines Erziehungsheims in Heidelberg und als Leihbuchhändlerin in Frankfurt am Main, wo sie 1842 vollkommen verarmt verstorben ist.

In ihrem, wohl auch autobiographisch beeinflussten, Werk stellt sie das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern dar, wobei sie traditionellen weiblichen Rollenbildern neue, alternative Lebensentwürfe gegenüberstellt, die zumeist der Idealvorstellung der Frau im frühen 19. Jahrhundert vollkommen entgegenstehen.
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Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Margarethe, german, V1, 10.01.2010

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Caroline Auguste Fischer, geb. Venturini, (* 9. August 1764 in Braunschweig; † 26. Mai 1842 in Frankfurt am Main) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin.
Caroline Auguste Venturinis Familie war väterlicherseits wahrscheinlich italienischer Herkunft. Vater Karl Venturini (1735–1801), war Kammermusiker am herzoglichen Hofe in Braunschweig, ihr Bruder Karl Heinrich Georg Venturini war ein bekannter Theologe und Schriftsteller des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts.

In erster Ehe war sie ab 1793 mit dem Dänen Christoph Johann Rudolph Christiani (1761–1841) verheiratet, mit dem sie einen Sohn hatte. Christiani war Hofpfarrer in Kopenhagen und leitete dort eine Knabenschule, an der ihr Bruder Karl einige Jahre unterrichtete.

Im Jahre 1801 wurde sie von Christiani schuldig geschieden und musste deshalb ihren Sohn bei seinem Vater lassen. Caroline Auguste Christiani, auch Caroline Auguste Ferdinande Christiani genannt, ging daraufhin nach Dresden. Im selben Jahr begann sie zu schreiben. Zu dieser Zeit lebte sie bereits mit dem Schriftsteller Christian August Fischer (1771–1829) zusammen, mit dem sie ebenfalls – noch unverheiratet – einen Sohn hatte. Die zweite Ehe, geschlossen 1808, wurde bereits nach nur sieben Monaten Dauer 1809 ebenfalls geschieden.

Aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten, arbeitete Caroline Auguste Fischer u. a. als Schriftstellerin, angeblich auch als Leiterin eines Erziehungsheims in Heidelberg und als Leihbuchhändlerin in Frankfurt am Main, wo sie 1842 vollkommen verarmt verstorben ist.

In ihrem, wohl auch autobiographisch beeinflussten, Werk stellt sie das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern dar, wobei sie traditionellen weiblichen Rollenbildern neue, alternative Lebensentwürfe gegenüberstellt, die zumeist der Idealvorstellung der Frau im frühen 19. Jahrhundert vollkommen entgegenstehen.
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Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Vierzehn Tage in Paris, german, V1, 10.01.2010

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Caroline Auguste Fischer, geb. Venturini, (* 9. August 1764 in Braunschweig; † 26. Mai 1842 in Frankfurt am Main) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin.
Caroline Auguste Venturinis Familie war väterlicherseits wahrscheinlich italienischer Herkunft. Vater Karl Venturini (1735–1801), war Kammermusiker am herzoglichen Hofe in Braunschweig, ihr Bruder Karl Heinrich Georg Venturini war ein bekannter Theologe und Schriftsteller des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts.

In erster Ehe war sie ab 1793 mit dem Dänen Christoph Johann Rudolph Christiani (1761–1841) verheiratet, mit dem sie einen Sohn hatte. Christiani war Hofpfarrer in Kopenhagen und leitete dort eine Knabenschule, an der ihr Bruder Karl einige Jahre unterrichtete.

Im Jahre 1801 wurde sie von Christiani schuldig geschieden und musste deshalb ihren Sohn bei seinem Vater lassen. Caroline Auguste Christiani, auch Caroline Auguste Ferdinande Christiani genannt, ging daraufhin nach Dresden. Im selben Jahr begann sie zu schreiben. Zu dieser Zeit lebte sie bereits mit dem Schriftsteller Christian August Fischer (1771–1829) zusammen, mit dem sie ebenfalls – noch unverheiratet – einen Sohn hatte. Die zweite Ehe, geschlossen 1808, wurde bereits nach nur sieben Monaten Dauer 1809 ebenfalls geschieden.

Aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten, arbeitete Caroline Auguste Fischer u. a. als Schriftstellerin, angeblich auch als Leiterin eines Erziehungsheims in Heidelberg und als Leihbuchhändlerin in Frankfurt am Main, wo sie 1842 vollkommen verarmt verstorben ist.

In ihrem, wohl auch autobiographisch beeinflussten, Werk stellt sie das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern dar, wobei sie traditionellen weiblichen Rollenbildern neue, alternative Lebensentwürfe gegenüberstellt, die zumeist der Idealvorstellung der Frau im frühen 19. Jahrhundert vollkommen entgegenstehen.
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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: Hillsboro People. V1. 6 Oct 2009

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt one of the ten most influential women in the United States. Dorothy Canfield brought the Montessori method of child rearing to the United States, presided over the country's first adult education program, and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.
Her best-known work today is probably Understood Betsy, a children's book about a little orphaned girl who is sent to live with her cousins in Vermont. Though the book can be read purely for pleasure, it also describes a schoolhouse which is run much in the style of the Montessori method, for which Canfield was one of the first and most vocal advocates.

Excerpt

VERMONT (Poem); HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN (Poem); AT THE FOOT OF HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN
PETUNIAS--THAT'S FOR REMEMBRANCE; THE HEYDAY OF THE BLOOD; AS A BIRD OUT OF THE SNARE
THE BEDQUILT; PORTRAIT OF A PHILOSOPHER; FLINT AND FIRE; A SAINT'S HOURS (Poem)
IN MEMORY OF L.H.W.; IN NEW NEW ENGLAND; THE DELIVERER
NOCTES AMBROSIANAE (Poem); HILLSBORO'S GOOD LUCK; SALEM HILLS TO ELLIS ISLAND (Poem)
AVUNCULUS; BY ABANA AND PHARPAR (Poem); FINIS; A VILLAGE MUNCHAUSEN
THE ARTIST; WHO ELSE HEARD IT? (Poem); A DROP IN THE BUCKET; THE GOLDEN TONGUE OF IRELAND (Poem)
PIPER TIM; ADESTE FIDELES!

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: The Bent Twig. V1. 5 Oct 2009

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt one of the ten most influential women in the United States. Dorothy Canfield brought the Montessori method of child rearing to the United States, presided over the country's first adult education program, and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.
Her best-known work today is probably Understood Betsy, a children's book about a little orphaned girl who is sent to live with her cousins in Vermont. Though the book can be read purely for pleasure, it also describes a schoolhouse which is run much in the style of the Montessori method, for which Canfield was one of the first and most vocal advocates.

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Like most happy childhoods, Sylvia’s early years lay back of her in a long, cheerful procession of featureless days, the outlines of which were blurred into one shimmering glow by the very radiance of their sunshine. Here and there she remembered patches, sensations, pictures, scents: Mother holding baby sister up for her to kiss, and the fragrance of the baby powder—the pine-trees near the house chanting loudly in an autumn wind—her father’s alert face, intent on the toy water-wheel he was setting for her in the little creek in their field—the beautiful sheen of the pink silk dress Aunt Victoria had sent her—the look of her mother’s steady, grave eyes when she was so sick—the leathery smell of the books in the University Library one day when she followed her father there—the sound of the rain pattering on the low, slanting roof of her bedroom—these were the occasional clearly outlined, bright-colored illuminations wrought on the burnished gold of her sunny little life. But from her seventh birthday her memories began to have perspective, continuity. She remembered an occasional whole scene, a whole afternoon, just as it happened.

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: The Brimming Cup. V1. 5 Oct 2009

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt one of the ten most influential women in the United States. Dorothy Canfield brought the Montessori method of child rearing to the United States, presided over the country's first adult education program, and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.
Her best-known work today is probably Understood Betsy, a children's book about a little orphaned girl who is sent to live with her cousins in Vermont. Though the book can be read purely for pleasure, it also describes a schoolhouse which is run much in the style of the Montessori method, for which Canfield was one of the first and most vocal advocates.

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Lounging idly in the deserted little waiting-room was the usual shabby, bored, lonely ticket-seller, prodigiously indifferent to the grave beauty of the scene before him and to the throng of ancient memories jostling him where he stood. Without troubling to look at his watch, he informed the two young foreigners that they had a long hour to wait before the cable-railway would send a car down to the Campagna. His lazy nonchalance was faintly colored with the satisfaction, common to his profession, in the discomfiture of travelers.

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: The Squirrel-Cage. V1. 7 Oct 2009

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt one of the ten most influential women in the United States. Dorothy Canfield brought the Montessori method of child rearing to the United States, presided over the country's first adult education program, and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.
Her best-known work today is probably Understood Betsy, a children's book about a little orphaned girl who is sent to live with her cousins in Vermont. Though the book can be read purely for pleasure, it also describes a schoolhouse which is run much in the style of the Montessori method, for which Canfield was one of the first and most vocal advocates.

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The house of the Emery family was a singularly good example of the capacity of wood and plaster and brick to acquire personality. It was the physical symbol of its owners’ position in life; it was the history of their career, written down for all to see, and as such they felt in it the most justifiable pride. When Mr. and Mrs. Emery, directly after their wedding in a small Central New York village, had gone West to Ohio they had spent their tiny capital in building a small story-and-a-half cottage, ornamented with the jig-saw work and fancy turning popular in 1872, and this had been the nucleus of their present rambling, picturesque, many-roomed home. Every step in the long series of changes which had led from its first state to its last had a profound and gratifying significance for the Emerys, and its final condition, prosperous, modern, sophisticated, with the right kind of woodwork in every room that showed, with the latest, most unobtrusively artistic effects in decoration, represented their culminating well-earned position in the inner circle of the best society of Endbury.

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: Understood Betsy. V1. 7 Oct 2009

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt one of the ten most influential women in the United States. Dorothy Canfield brought the Montessori method of child rearing to the United States, presided over the country's first adult education program, and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.
Her best-known work today is probably Understood Betsy, a children's book about a little orphaned girl who is sent to live with her cousins in Vermont. Though the book can be read purely for pleasure, it also describes a schoolhouse which is run much in the style of the Montessori method, for which Canfield was one of the first and most vocal advocates.

Excerpt
When this story begins, Elizabeth Ann, who is the heroine of it, was a little girl of nine, who lived with her Great-aunt Harriet in a medium-sized city in a medium-sized State in the middle of this country; and that’s all you need to know about the place, for it’s not the important thing in the story; and anyhow you know all about it because it was probably very much like the place you live in yourself.
Elizabeth Ann’s Great-aunt Harriet was a widow who was not very rich or very poor, and she had one daughter, Frances, who gave piano lessons to little girls. They kept a “girl” whose name was Grace and who had asthma dreadfully and wasn’t very much of a “girl” at all, being nearer fifty than forty. Aunt Harriet, who was very tender-hearted, kept her chiefly because she couldn’t get any other place on account of her coughing so you could hear her all over the house.

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FitzGerald, Edward: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (illustrated), v1, 23 Dec 2007

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám of Naishápúr

Edward Fitzgerald added so much to this alleged translation that he is generally credited as the author.

I’ve included the first and 5th editions of the poem (FitzGerald kept tinkering with it), plus FitzGerald’s Latin version, and some essays at the end.

I have added a lot of pictures (from an out-of-copyright 1921 edition), a TOC, preserved the accents and reformatted.

Omar Khayyám seems to have enjoyed wine, love and reading: an eminently sensible set of priorities. Here’s the 11th quatrain:

XI
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse—and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness—
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

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Fitzgerald, F Scott: The Crack-Up, v.1, 17 December 2008.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
The Crack-Up
Originally published in Esquire Magazine, February, March and April 1936

In this short essay, in three parts, F. Scott Fitzgerald describes his mental breakdown and recovery. It opens with the memorable words, “Of course all life is a process of breaking down”…and goes on to mention what helped him.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Flappers and Philosophers. 08 March 2008

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[Flappers and Philosophers[/ is a collection of short stories containing the following:

- The Offshore Pirate

- The IcePalace

- Head and Shoulders

- The Cut-Glass Bowl

- Bernice Bobs Her Hair

- Benediction

- Dalyrimple Goes Wrong

- The Four Fists

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tales from the Jazz Age. 10 March 2008

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bookbinder has already provided us with a wonderful BBeB copy of this book. I am just filling out the other main areas of common formats.

Included with this book are the following stories:

- MY LAST FLAPPERS

- THE JELLY-BEAN.

- THE CAMEL’S BACK

- MAY DAY

- PORCELAIN AND PINK

- FANTASIES

- THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ

- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

- TARQUIN OF CHEAPSIDE

- UNCLASSIFIED MASTERPIECES

- THE LEES OF HAPPINESS

- MR. ICKY

- JEMINA, THE MOUNTAIN GIRL

- A WILD THING

- A MOUNTAIN FEUD

- THE BIRTH OF LOVE

- A MOUNTAIN BATTLE

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tender is the Night. v1.1 July 25, 2009

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Sonist

This is the same file as Dr. Drib's 2007 LRF (thanks!)

The LRF didn't convert right for me, so I had to reformat it a bit. I threw in the original NYT review (copied below as well,) and a different cover.

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NYT 1934

"The critical reception of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night" might serve as the basis for one of those cartoons on "Why Men Go Mad." No two reviews were alike; no two had the same tone. Some seemed to think that Mr. Fitzgerald was writing about his usual jazz age boys and girls; others that he had a "timeless" problem on his hands. And some seemed to think that Doctor Diver's collapse was insufficiently documented.
With this we can't agree. It seemed to us that Mr. Fitzgerald proceeded accurately, step by step, with just enough documentation to keep the drama from being misty, but without destroying the suggestiveness that added to the horror lurking behind the surface. Consider Dr. Diver's predicament in being married to a woman with a "split personality" deriving from a brutal misadventure in adolescence. He had married Nicole against his better judgment, partially because she brought him memories of home after years spent abroad. He was drawn into accepting her money, for reasons that living up to a certain income and "cushioning" existence were bound up with the cure. His husband-physician relationship to Nicole, involving constant companionship, cut him off from his practice, and he thought wistfully at times of how the German psychiatrists were getting ahead of him.
With all these factors preparing the ground, it would merely take the sight of an uncomplicated girl (Rosemary) to jar him into active unrest. And when Nicole, subconsciously jealous of Rosemary, comes to a new phase of her disease, and attempts to throw the car off the road when Dick is driving with her and the two children, it is enough to give any one the jitters. Weakness indeed! The wonder to us is that Dick didn't collapse long before Mr. Fitzgerald causes him to break down. And when he does collapse, his youth is gone, it is too late to catch up with the Germans who have been studying new cases for years. This seems to us to be a sufficient exercise in cause-and-effect. Compared to the motivation in Faulkner, it is logic personified."

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Beautiful and Damned. 08 March 2008

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One of the finest examples of F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, [The Beautiful and Damned[/ is often relegated to a second shelf below [The Great Gatsby[/ and [Tales of the Jazz Age[/. It is a pity that the book's title is often quoted by people that have never read the piece.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby v1.1 July 26, 2009

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This is the same file as Dr. Drib's 2007 LRF (thanks!)

The LRF didn't convert right for me, so I had to reformat it a bit. I added the original NYT review (excerpt copied below as well,) and a different cover.

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The New York Times
April 19, 1925
Scott Fitzgerald Looks Into Middle Age
By EDWIN CLARK
Of the many new writers that sprang into notice with the advent of the post-war period, Scott Fitzgerald has remained the steadiest performer and the most entertaining. Short stories, novels and a play have followed with consistent regularity since he became the philosopher of the flapper with "This Side of Paradise." With shrewd observation and humor he reflected the Jazz Age. Now he has said farewell to his flappers-perhaps because they have grown up-and is writing of the older sisters that have married. But marriage has not changed their world, only the locale of their parties. To use a phrase of Burton Rascoe's-his hurt romantics are still seeking that other side of paradise. And it might almost be said that "The Great Gatsby" is the last stage of illusion in this absurd chase. For middle age is certainly creeping up on Mr. Fitzgerald's flappers.
In all great arid spots nature provides an oasis. So when the Atlantic seaboard was hermetically sealed by law, nature provided an outlet, or inlet rather, in Long Island. A place of innate natural charm, it became lush and luxurious under the stress of this excessive attention, a seat of festive activities. It expresses one phase of the great grotesque spectacle of our American scene. It is humor, irony, ribaldry, pathos and loveliness. Out of this grotesque fusion of incongruities has slowly become conscious a new humor-a strictly American product. It is not sensibility, as witness the writings of Don Marquis, Robert Benchley and Ring Lardner. It is the spirit of "Processional" and Donald Douglas's "The Grand Inquisitor": a conflict of spirituality set against the web of our commercial life. Both boisterous and tragic, it animates this new novel by Mr. Fitzgerald with whimsical magic and simple pathos that is realized with economy and restraint.
The story of Jay Gatsby of West Egg is told by Nick Caraway, who is one of the legion from the Middle West who have moved on to New York to win from its restless indifference-well, the aspiration that arises in the Middle West-and finds in Long Island a fascinating but dangerous playground. In the method of telling, "The Great Gatsby" is reminiscent of Henry James's "Turn of the Screw." You will recall that the evil of that mysterious tale which so endangered the two children was never exactly stated beyond suggested generalization. Gatsby's fortune, business, even his connection with underworld figures, remain vague generalizations. He is wealthy, powerful, a man who knows how to get things done. He has no friends, only business associates, and the throngs who come to his Saturday night parties. Of his uncompromising love-his love for Daisy Buchanan-his effort to recapture the past romance-we are explicitly informed. This patient romantic hopefulness against existing conditions symbolizes Gatsby. And like the "Turn of the Screw," "The Great Gatsby" is more a long short story than a novel.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: This Side of Paradise. 08 March 2008

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Fitzgerald's first novel, [This Side of Paradise[/, written when he was 23 is a semi-autobiographical exercise that captures the rhythms of the Jazz Age and brings them alive again. This is the book that first brought fame to Fitzgerald and first defined the "Lost Generation."

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Fitzgerald, Zelda and F Scott: Our Own Movie Queen, v1, 11 September 2009.

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Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948)
and
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
Our Own Movie Queen (1925)
First published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, 7 June 1925

A young woman is determined to become a film star.
It is thought that Zelda Fitzgerald wrote the first half of the story and her husband provided the ending.
The source was the Gaslight website.

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Flagg, Edmund: Edmond Dantès [Monte Cristo Sequel], v.1, 17 February 2009.

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Edmund Flagg:
Edmond Dantès: The Sequel to Alexander Dumas’ Celebrated Novel of “The Count of Monte-Cristo.”
An Entire New and Enlarged Edition
New York: Wm. L. Allison Company Publishers: 1884.

In this sequel, a well-loved character dies, and the Count gets involved in the French revolution of 1848.
It can be read either directly after the Count of Monte Cristo, or after The Son of Monte Cristo.

We already have the original ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ by Dumas. We also have the first sequel by Jules Lermina (one of Dumas’ researchers and collaborators), ‘The Son of Monte Cristo’. This has often been incorrectly attributed to Dumas, though the wooden style is a giveaway. Even PG made this mistake for a while. (Madame Broshkhina has uploaded it. HarryT has also uploaded a version, following PG’s then incorrect attribution to Dumas himself. For some reason his title is hyphenated as Son of ‘Monte-Cristo.’)

Monte Cristo sequels are listed here:
http://www.cadytech.com/dumas/work.php?key=81

I have left the rather idiosyncratic spelling alone, apart from a few obvious types. The source was PG. To my mind, the Flagg sequels are slightly less wooden than the Lermina one. They are somewhat better plotted, though the characterisation is stereotyped.

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Flagg, Edmund: Monte Cristo’s Daughter [Monte Cristo Sequel], v1, 17 February 2009.

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Edmund Flagg: Monte Cristo’s Daughter
Sequel to Alexander Dumas’ Great Novel, “The Count of Monte-Cristo,” And Conclusion of “Edmond Dantès.” (1884)

A continuation of “Edmond Dantès” [already uploaded] and another sequel to “The Count of Monte Cristo.” It is largely set in Italy and concerns the obstacles in the way of Zuleika’s marriage. Meanwhile, the Count’s son is obliged to defend his honour.
Readers will be surprised to find that a character who was conspicuously lesbian in the original Dumas novel is here married off. Fortunately, her lady friend joins the ménage. Several malefactors from the original novel reappear.

Monte Cristo sequels are listed here:
http://www.cadytech.com/dumas/work.php?key=81

I have left the rather idiosyncratic spelling alone, apart from a few obvious types. The source was PG. To my mind, the Flagg sequels are slightly less wooden than the Lermina one. They are somewhat better plotted, though the characterisation is stereotyped.

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Flammarion, Camille: Uranie. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Nicolas Camille Flammarion (February 26, 1842 – June 3, 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was usually credited as Camille Flammarion.

He was born in Montigny-le-Roi, Haute-Marne, France. He was the brother of Ernest Flammarion (1846-1936), founder of the Groupe Flammarion publishing house.

He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritualism and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.

Uranie is about a man who awakens on Mars and meets his reincarnation.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Bouvard and Pécuchet, v.1, 26 April 2008.

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Gustave Flaubert: Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-Comic Novel of Bourgeois Life
(Bouvard et Pécuchet)
Posthumously published in 1881. Translation by M Walter Dunne (1904).

Two lower middle class chaps decide to educate themselves and successively explore various branches of knowledge, with comic results. Wikipedia describes the novel as:
‘a grand satire on the futility of human knowledge and the ubiquity of mediocrity,’ also noting:

‘Nowhere do Flaubert's explorations of the relation of signs to the objects they signify reach a more thorough study than in this work. Bouvard and Pécuchet systematically confuse signs and symbols with reality, an assumption that causes them much suffering, as it does for Emma Bovary and Frédéric Moreau. Yet here, due to the explicit focus on books and knowledge, Flaubert's ideas reach a climax. Consequently, the book is widely read as a precursor to modern theories on semiotics and postmodernism.’

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Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary, v1, 7 Oct 2007.

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Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary
Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
(1857)

A novel about the dangers of reading novels.

Emma Bovary reads romantic fiction and, as a result, develops completely unrealistic ideas about life. Neither love, marriage, adultery nor religion can live up to her romantic ideals.
In consequence, she ruins her own life and that of her husband and child.

It is not surprising that Karl Marx’s daughter chose to translate this novel. It clearly illustrates the concepts of false consciousness and commodity fetishism.

I have restored accents, added a TOC and a picture.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Over Strand and Field, v1, 7 Sept 2007.

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Gustave Flaubert: Over Strand And Field: A Record of Travel through Brittany
(Voyage en Bretagne - par les champs et par les grèves )
1847.
Translator not given in the PG source.

Contents:
Chapter I.
Château De Chambord.
Château D'Amboise.
Château De Chenonceaux.
Chapter II. Château De Clisson.
Chapter III. Carnac.
Chapter IV. Quiberon.
Chapter V. Return.
Chapter VI. Quimper.
Chapter VII. Pont-l'Abbé.
Chapter VIII. Roaming.
Chapter IX. Brest.
Chapter X. Saint-Malo.
Chapter XI. Mont Saint-Michel.
Chapter XII. Combourg

Gustave Flaubert was twenty-six years old when he started on this journey through Brittany. He travelled on foot and by carriage and was accompanied by Maxime Ducamp.
It is surprising both how much, and how little has changed since he wrote the piece.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Salammbo, v1, 7 Oct 2007.

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Gustave Flaubert, Salammbo, 1862.

The source is PG, who do not give a translator.

Not much plot but some exotic Orientalist descriptions.

From Wikipedia:

Salammbô (1862) is an historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, which interweaves historical and fictional characters. The action takes place immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt against Carthage in the third century BC. Flaubert's main source was Book I of Polybius's Histories. It was not a particularly well-studied period of history and required a great deal of work from the author, who enthusiastically left behind the dreary subject-matter of Madame Bovary for this lurid tale of blood-and-thunder.
The book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous and violent exoticism. Following the success of Madame Bovary, it was another best-seller and sealed his reputation. The Carthaginian costumes described therein even left traces on the fashions of the time. Nevertheless, in spite of its classic status in France, it is practically unknown today among English-speakers.
After the First Punic War, Carthage is unable to fulfil promises made to its army of mercenaries, and finds itself under attack. The fictional title character, a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, an aristocratic Carthaginian general, is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of the scheming freed slave, Spendius, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Zaïmph, prompting Salammbô to enter the mercenaries' camp in an attempt to steal it back. The Zaïmph is an ornate bejewelled veil draped about the statue of the goddess Tanit in the sacrosanct of her temple: the veil is the city's guardian and touching it will bring death to the perpetrator.

I have added a TOC and a picture (Mucha’s poster of Salammbo) and checked the spelling as far as possible against my (different) translation.

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Flaubert, Gustave: The Temptation of St Antony, v.1, 17 April 2008.

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The temptation of St Antony, or A Revelation of the Soul (1874, translated 1904.)

This novel recently appeared on PG. If you liked Flaubert’s [Salammbo [/then you may like this. Flaubert’s friends were unimpressed by the style and advised him to burn it, after surviving a four-day reading in 1849.

From Wikipedia:
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (French La Tentation de Saint Antoine) is a book which Gustave Flaubert spent practically his whole life fitfully working on, in three versions he completed in 1849, 1856 (extracts published at the same time) and 1872 before publishing the final version in 1874. It is written in the form of a play script. It details one night in the life of Anthony the Great where Anthony is faced with great temptations, and it was inspired by the painting, which he saw at the Balbi Palace in Genoa.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Three Tales etc, v1, 7 Oct 2007.

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Gustave Flaubert: ‘Three Tales’ and ‘The Dance of Death’.
[Trois Contes (1877) and The Dance of Death (1838)]

The Three Tales are:

1. A Simple Soul
(Un Coeur Simple)
The life of a simple, affectionate and loyal servant-woman, who has no-one to love.
This is the story that inspired Julian Barnes to write his novel, ‘Flaubert’s Parrot’ (which won the Booker Prize in 1984)..

2. The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller
(La Légende de Saint Julien L’Hospitalier)
Flaubert’s hagiography is an attempt to give an insight into medieval thoughts and feelings. An accidental parricide finds redemption.

3. Herodias
(Hérodias)
A retelling of the last hours of John the Baptist.

And I have added the brief prose-poem, ‘The Dance of Death’. This is a dialogue between Death, Satan and the emperor Nero.

This is my first attempt at a multi-level TOC. I have restored accents and added a picture.

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Fleming, May Agnes: A Terrible Secret. V1. 13 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

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Firelight falling on soft velvet carpet, where white lily buds trail along azure ground, on chairs of white-polished wood that glitters like ivory, with puffy of seats of blue satin; on blue and gilt panelled walls; on a wonderfully carved oaken ceiling; on sweeping draperies of blue satin and white lace; on half a dozen lovely pictures; on an open piano; and last of all, on the handsome, angry face of a girl who stands before it—Inez Catheron.

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Fleming, May Agnes: Kate Danton. V1. 12 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

Excerpt
A low room, oblong in shape, three high narrow windows admitting the light through small, old-fashioned panes. Just at present there was not much to admit, for it was raining hard, and the afternoon was wearing on to dusk; but even the wet half-light showed you solid mahogany furniture, old-fashioned as the windows themselves, black and shining with age and polish; a carpet soft and thick, but its once rich hues dim and faded; oil paintings of taste and merit, some of them portraits, on the papered walls, the red glow of a large coal fire glinting pleasantly on their broad gilded frames.

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Fleming, May Agnes: The Baronet's Bride. V1. 11 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

Excerpt
“And there is danger of death—for mother and child?”
“Well, no, Sir Jasper—no, sir; no certain danger, you know; but in these protracted cases it can do no harm, Sir Jasper, for the clergyman to be here. He may not be needed but your good lady is very weak, I am sorry to say, Sir Jasper Kingsland.”
“I will send for the clergyman,” Sir Jasper Kingsland said. “Do your best, Doctor Godroy, and for God’s sake let me know the worst or best as soon as may be. This suspense is horrible.”

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Fleming, May Agnes: The Midnight Queen. V1. 12 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

Excerpt
The plague raged in the city of London. The destroying angel had gone forth, and kindled with its fiery breath the awful pestilence, until all London became one mighty lazar-house. Thousands were swept away daily; grass grew in the streets, and the living were scarce able to bury the dead. Business of all kinds was at an end, except that of the coffin-makers and drivers of the pest-carte.

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Fleming, May Agnes: The Unseen Bridgegroom. V1. 14 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

Excerpt
A dark November afternoon—wet, and windy, and wild. The New York streets were at their worst—sloppy, slippery, and sodden; the sky lowering over those murky streets one uniform pall of inky gloom. A bad, desolate, blood-chilling November afternoon.
And yet Mrs. Walraven’s ball was to come off to-night, and it was rather hard upon Mrs. Walraven that the elements should make a dead set at her after this fashion.
The ball was to be one of the most brilliant affairs of the season, and all Fifth Avenue was to be there in its glory.

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Fleming-Roberts, G. T: The Ghost Strikes Back. V1. 4 May 2011

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G. T. Fleming-Roberts (born George Thomas Roberts, 1910-1968). Fleming-Roberts’ primary field of writing was mystery and detective fiction, along with the related fields of weird menace and the hero pulps.

Follow the Super-Detective as He Tackles the Perilous and Baffling Case of the Prophesies of Death!

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Fletcher, F. Morley: Wood-Block Printing, v.1, 22 June 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220, and from Egypt to the 4th century. Ukiyo-e is the best known type of Japanese woodblock art print. Most European uses of the technique on paper are covered by the art term woodcut, except for the block-books produced mainly in the fifteenth century.
This illustrated 1916 edition describes the technique.

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Fletcher, J.S.: Dead Men's Money. v1, 18 Sep 2008

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Nothing is what it seems, and dead bodies abound in this classic 1920 murder mystery from the British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

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Fletcher, J.S.: In the Mayor's Parlour. v1, 19 Sep 2008

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Another classic detective story from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher, this time from 1922.

The Mayor of a small town is found murdered. A classic "whodunnit".

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Fletcher, J.S.: Ravensdene Court. v1, 22 Sep 2008

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1922 murder mystery by the prolific British crime writer and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

An expert in rare books is invited to a remote Northumbrian manor house to catalogue a library. Mysterious events ensue...

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Fletcher, J.S.: Scarhaven Keep. v1, 24 Sep 2008

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1922 murder mystery from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

["Admirer, I suppose", said Addie. "I'm afraid he's not quite as innocent as he looks, Mrs. Wooler. Well--you can escort me as far as the gates of the park, then--I daren't take you further, because it's so dark in there that you'd surely lose your way, and then there'd be a second disappearance and all sorts of complications."[/

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Borough Treasurer. v1, 18 Sep 2008

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1921 murder mystery by the British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

An exciting story of blackmail and murder in a small English town. A fun read.

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Herapath Property. v1, 18 Sep 2008

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1921 mystery story from the British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

I can't find any description of this one, I'm afraid, but all of Mr. Fletcher's stories are worth reading, and this one looks to be no exception.

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle of Things. v1, 19 Sep 2008

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More classic detective fiction from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher. Originally published in 1922.

"It may be--I'm not sure", replied Mr. Pawle. "As I say, I don't know how the succession runs in, this particular instance. There are, as you are aware, several peeresses in their own rights--twentyfour or five, at least. Some are very ancient peerages. I know that three--Furnivale and Fauconberg and Conyers--go right back to the thirteenth century; three others--Beaumont, Darcy da Knayth, and Zorch of Haryngworth--date from the fourteenth. I'm not sure of this Ellingham peerage--but I'll find out when I get back to my office. However, granting the premises, and if the peerage does continue in the female line, it will be as I say--this girl's the rightful holder of the title!"

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle Temple Murder. v1, 19 Sep 2008

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More classic detective fiction from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher. First published in 1919.

...All this led up to the appearance of Mr. Aylmore, M.P., in the witness-box. And Spargo knew and felt that it was that appearance for which the crowded court was waiting. Thanks to his own vivid and realistic specials in the Watchman, everybody there had already become well and thoroughly acquainted with the mass of evidence represented by the nine witnesses who had been in the box before Mr. Aylmore entered it. They were familiar, too, with the facts which Mr. Aylmore had permitted Spargo to print after the interview at the club, which Ronald Breton arranged. Why, then, the extraordinary interest which the Member of Parliament's appearance aroused?

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. v1, 22 Sep 2008

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1920 murder mystery by the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

["Very well", continued Purdie. "Then I want to make a suggestion to you. It seems to me that the wisest course is for you and me to go straight to the police authorities, and tell them frankly that Lauriston has gone to get evidence that those rings are really his property, and that he'll return in a day or two with that evidence. That will probably satisfy them--I think I can add a bit more that will help further. We don't want it to be thought that the lad's run away rather than face a possible charge of murder, you know!"[/

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Paradise Mystery. v1, 17 Sep 2008

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1920 murder mystery from the British crime writer and journalist, J.S. Fletcher (1863-1935).

A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery.

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation. v1, 22 Sep 2008

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1917 murder mystery from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

["That's just what I was going to suggest, he said. "There's no good to be done hanging about here. Let's get on to the scene of operations. If Miss Lennard's maid has stolen her jewels, she's probably had some hand in the theft from my cousin. We must find her. Now, then, let me come in. I'll look up the train, settle up with these hotel folk, and we'll be off. You give your attention to your packing, Miss Lennard, and leave the rest to me--you won't mind travelling the night?"[/

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Safety Pin v2.0 2008-06-21

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J.S. Fletcher brings us a mystery novel entitled [The Safety Pin[/

[quotAn elderly man called Deane is murdered in an English town. Inspector Mellapont thinks it's a simple robbery, but others disagree, and Deane's business partner, an attractive young girl named Miss Pretty, offers a reward for information. No fewer than three rogues decide to improve their own prospects by investigating — the two Hackdale brothers, John and Simmons, working independently, and the town drunk James Bartlett, who sobers up rapidly when blackmail and extortion are in prospect. Attention centers on the mayor, Mrs. Champernowne; but when thieves fall out information gets into the hands of the police and a local solicitor, Francis Shelmore, and the plot unravels rapidly.

An entertaining book, particularly in the way in which the three rogues contrive to score off each other. It looks at first as though Shelmore will be the romantic hero, but Miss Pretty turns out — probably wisely — to prefer someone with a bit more life in him. The respectable characters come out all right in the end, but not before they have parted with some of the ready cash.[/quot

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Talleyrand Maxim. v1, 24 Sep 2008

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1919 murder mystery from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

[Nesta, left alone, gave herself up to deep thought, and to a careful reckoning of her position. She was longing to confide in some trustworthy person or persons, for Pratt's revelations had plunged her into a maze of perplexity. But her difficulties were many. First of all, she would have to tell all about the terrible charge brought by Pratt against her mother. Then about the second which he professed to--or probably did--hold. What sort of a secret could it be? And supposing her advisers suggested strong measures against Pratt--what then, about the danger to her mother, in a twofold direction?[/

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Fletcher, J.S: Dead Men's Money. V1. 11 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
Wikipedia

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The very beginning of this affair, which involved me, before I was aware of it, in as much villainy and wickedness as ever man heard of, was, of course, that spring evening, now ten years ago, whereon I looked out of my mother's front parlour window in the main street of Berwick-upon-Tweed and saw, standing right before the house, a man who had a black patch over his left eye, an old plaid thrown loosely round his shoulders, and in his right hand a stout stick and an old-fashioned carpet-bag. He caught sight of me as I caught sight of him, and he stirred, and made at once for our door. If I had possessed the power of seeing more than the obvious, I should have seen robbery, and murder, and the very devil himself coming in close attendance upon him as he crossed the pavement.

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Fletcher, J.S: Scarhaven Keep. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Jerramy, thirty years' stage-door keeper at the Theatre Royal, Norcaster, had come to regard each successive Monday morning as a time for the renewal of old acquaintance. For at any rate forty-six weeks of the fifty-two, theatrical companies came and went at Norcaster with unfailing regularity. The company which presented itself for patronage in the first week of April in one year was almost certain to present itself again in the corresponding week of the next year.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Borough Treasurer. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Half way along the north side of the main street of Highmarket an ancient stone gateway, imposing enough to suggest that it was originally the entrance to some castellated mansion or manor house, gave access to a square yard, flanked about by equally ancient buildings. What those buildings had been used for in other days was not obvious to the casual and careless observer, but to the least observant their present use was obvious enough. Here were piles of timber from Norway; there were stacks of slate from Wales; here was marble from Aberdeen, and there cement from Portland: the old chambers of the grey buildings were filled to overflowing with all the things that go towards making a house—ironwork, zinc, lead, tiles, great coils of piping, stores of domestic appliances. And on a shining brass plate, set into the wall, just within the gateway, were deeply engraven the words: Mallalieu and Cotherstone, Builders and Contractors.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Chestermarcke Instinct. V1. 13 Feb 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Every Monday morning, when the clock of the old parish church in Scarnham Market-Place struck eight, Wallington Neale asked himself why on earth he had chosen to be a bank clerk. On all the other mornings of the week this question never occurred to him: on Sunday he never allowed a thought of the bank to cross his mind: from Sunday to Saturday he was firmly settled in the usual rut, and never dreamed of tearing himself out of it. But Sunday's break was unsettling: there was always an effort in starting afresh on Monday. The striking of St. Alkmund's clock at eight on Monday morning invariably found him sitting down to his breakfast in his rooms, overlooking the quaint old Market-Place, once more faced by the fact that a week of dull, uninteresting work lay before him. He would go to the bank at nine, and at the bank he would remain, more or less, until five. He would do that again on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, and on Thursday and on Friday, and on Saturday. One afternoon, strolling in the adjacent country, he had seen a horse walking round and round and round in a small paddock, turning a crank which worked some machine or other in an adjoining shed: that horse had somehow suggested himself to himself.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Middle of Things. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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On that particular November evening, Viner, a young gentleman of means and leisure, who lived in a comfortable old house in Markendale Square, Bayswater, in company with his maiden aunt Miss Bethia Penkridge, had spent his after-dinner hours in a fashion which had become a habit. Miss Penkridge, a model housekeeper and an essentially worthy woman, whose whole day was given to supervising somebody or something, had an insatiable appetite for fiction, and loved nothing so much as that her nephew should read a novel to her after the two glasses of port which she allowed herself every night had been thoughtfully consumed and he and she had adjourned from the dining-room to the hearthrug in the library. Her tastes, however, in Viner's opinion were somewhat, if not decidedly, limited.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Middle Temple Murder. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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As a rule, Spargo left the Watchman office at two o'clock. The paper had then gone to press. There was nothing for him, recently promoted to a sub-editorship, to do after he had passed the column for which he was responsible; as a matter of fact he could have gone home before the machines began their clatter. But he generally hung about, trifling, until two o'clock came. On this occasion, the morning of the 22nd of June, 1912, he stopped longer than usual, chatting with Hacket, who had charge of the foreign news, and who began telling him about a telegram which had just come through from Durazzo. What Hacket had to tell was interesting: Spargo lingered to hear all about it, and to discuss it.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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On the southern edge of the populous parish of Paddington, in a parallelogram bounded by Oxford and Cambridge Terrace on the south, Praed Street on the north, and by Edgware Road on the east and Spring Street on the west, lies an assemblage of mean streets, the drab dulness of which forms a remarkable contrast to the pretentious architectural grandeurs of Sussex Square and Lancaster Gate, close by. In these streets the observant will always find all those evidences of depressing semi-poverty which are more evident in London than in any other English city. The houses look as if laughter was never heard within them. Where the window blinds are not torn, they are dirty; the folk who come out of the doors wear anxious and depressed faces. Such shops as are there are mainly kept for the sale of food of poor quality: the taverns at the corners are destitute of attraction or pretension. Whoever wanders into these streets finds their sordid shabbiness communicating itself: he escapes, cast down, wondering who the folk are who live in those grey, lifeless cages; what they do, what they think; how life strikes them. Even the very sparrows which fight in the gutters for garbage are less lively than London sparrows usually are; as for the children who sit about the doorsteps, they look as if the grass, the trees, the flowers, and the sunlight of the adjacent Kensington Gardens were as far away as the Desert of Gobi. Within this slice of the town, indeed, life is lived, as it were, in a stagnant backwash, which nothing and nobody can stir.

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Fock, Gorch: Seefahrt ist Not!, german V1, 02.01.2010

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Gorch Fock, eig. Johann Wilhelm Kinau, (* 22. August 1880 in Finkenwerder; † 31. Mai 1916 in der Seeschlacht am Skagerrak) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Nach ihm wurden zwei Segelschulschiffe der deutschen Marine benannt, die 1933 gebaute Gorch Fock und die 1958 gebaute Gorch Fock. Weitere Pseudonyme des Autors sind Jakob Holst und Giorgio Focco.
orch Fock wurde als ältestes von sechs Kindern des Hochseefischers Heinrich Wilhelm Kinau und dessen Ehefrau Metta geb. Holst auf der ehemaligen Elbinsel Finkenwerder geboren, wo er auch zur Schule ging.[1] Nachdem er den Seetauglichkeitstest durch seinen Vater aufgrund seiner körperlichen Konstitution nicht bestand, begann er 1895 eine kaufmännische Lehre bei seinem Onkel August Kinau in Geestemünde (heute Teil Bremerhavens). 1897 bis 1898 absolvierte er die Handelsschule in Bremerhaven. Seit 1899 hatte er kurzzeitig verschiedene Stellen als Buchhalter und Kontorist in Meiningen, Bremen und Halle (Saale) inne. 1904 kehrte er nach Hamburg zurück und arbeitete bei der Zentraleinkaufsgesellschaft deutscher Kolonialwarenhändler,[2] bis er 1907 Buchhalter bei der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie wurde.

Seit 1904 veröffentlichte er verschiedene, meist in seiner Muttersprache, einem breiten Finkenwerderischen Plattdeutsch, verfasste Gedichte und Erzählungen unter den Pseudonymen Gorch Fock, Jakob Holst und Giorgio Focco, die in den lokalen Hamburger Zeitungen erschienen. Der Vorname Gorch ist demzufolge eine lokaltypische Abwandlung von Georg. Fock ist entlehnt von einer Linie der großelterlichen Vorfahren.

1908 heiratete er Rosa Elisabeth Reich, mit der er drei Kinder hatte. (Zitat: Des Mannes bester Kamerad ist die Kameradin.) Seine Muse und Seelengefährtin wurde während der schriftstellernden Jahre hingegen eine sehr junge Bewunderin.

Seit 1910 verfasste er zahlreiche platt- und hochdeutsche Geschichten und Gedichte, 1913 erschien sein bekanntestes Werk, der hochdeutsche Roman mit plattdeutschem Dialog „Seefahrt ist not“, in dem das Leben der Hochseefischer auf Finkenwerder in heroisierender Weise beschrieben wird. Bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg kam in Norddeutschland praktisch kein lesender Junge an diesem Buch vorbei. (Die verborgene Abhängigkeit von dessen Leitmotiven mit dem Schimmelreiter von Theodor Storm wurde von Robert Wohlleben aufgedeckt.) Das damals gefragte überhöhende Pathos, das sich aus der Sehnsucht des Autors nach eigener Seefahrerschaft speiste, macht die sehr einfach strukturierten Abenteuergeschichten für heutige Leser oft beinah ungenießbar.

Im Ersten Weltkrieg wurde Gorch Fock 1915 eingezogen und kämpfte als Infanterist (im Reserve Inf.-Rgt. 207) in Serbien und Russland, später dann bei Verdun. Im März 1916 kam er auf eigenen Wunsch vom Heer zur Marine und tat Dienst als Ausguck auf dem vorderen Mast des Kleinen Kreuzers SMS Wiesbaden. In der Seeschlacht am Skagerrak ging er mit dem Kreuzer unter. Seine Leiche wurde im August 1916 bei Väderöbod nahe Fjällbacka (nördlich von Göteborg) an Land getrieben und auf der schwedischen Insel Stensholmen bei Kalvö zusammen mit weiteren deutschen und englischen Seeleuten bestattet.[3]

„Seefahrt ist not“ ist ein 1912 erschienener Roman des Schriftstellers Gorch Fock (d. i. Hans Kinau).
Die Handlung spielt in Finkenwärder bei Hamburg Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Klaus Mewes (Spitzname Klaus Störtebecker), Sohn eines Hochseefischers, zieht es hinaus auf das Meer. Er versucht alles, um bei seinem Vater als Schiffsjunge anzuheuern. Seine Bemühungen haben Erfolg und er darf seinen Vater zum Fischfang auf die Nordsee begleiten. Auch als der Vater von einer Fahrt nicht mehr zurückkommt, hält es Klaus nicht an Land. Er fährt weiter erfolgreich zur See und wird zuletzt Eigentümer des schönsten Austernkutters an der Elbe.
In seinem wohl bekanntesten Roman schildert Gorch Fock auf realistische Weise das Leben der Fischer an der „Waterkant“. Dem Autor gelingt es, eine dichte Atmosphäre aus Meer, Fernweh, Schifffahrt, Lokalkolorit und der Arbeitswelt der Fischer aufzubauen. Plattdeutsche Dialoge gehören hierbei zu seinen Gestaltungsmitteln.

Im Zentrum der Romanhandlung steht der Knabe Klaus. Fock schildert ihn in einer existentiellen Konfliktsituation. Einerseits möchte Klaus dem Vater, seinem großen Vorbild, nacheifern und als Fischer auf das Meer hinaus fahren. Auf der anderen Seite steht aber die Mutter. Sie verbindet mit dem Meer vor allem Gefahr, Schmerz, Tod und versucht Klaus an Land zu behalten.
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Fontane, Theoder; Effi Briest; german; v1; January 14th 2010

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Theodor Fontane ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller und gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter des Realismus.

In Effi Briest, wohl einem der bekanntesten, wenn nicht sogar der bekannteste Roman von Theodor Fontane geht es um die gleichnamige Protagonistin und deren Leben von ihrer Kindheit bis hin zu ihrem Tod. Ihr Schicksal beginnt als sie den ungleich älteren Baron von Innstetten heiratet. Da sie von ihrem Mann oft allein gelassen wird und sie beginnt eine mehrere Wochen dauender Affäre, die jedoch später ans Licht kommt. Effi hat daraufhin scher mit den gefestigten Konventionen des preußischen Staates zu kämpfen.

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Fontane, Theodor: Cécile, german V1, 07.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Cécile
Der Leser begegnet den Protagonisten, Cécile von St. Arnaud, einer jungen, schönen und offenbar nervenkranken Frau, und ihrem Gatten Pierre, einem Oberst a. D., der bereits weit über 50 Jahre alt ist, zum ersten Mal, als sie von ihrem Wohnsitz Berlin aus eine Urlaubsreise in das Hotel Zehnpfund in Thale im Harz unternehmen. Dort lernt das Paar schnell den weitgereisten Zivilingenieur Robert von Gordon kennen, mit dem es verschiedene Ausflüge unternimmt. Schon bei der ersten Unternehmung dieser Art, die die Gesellschaft auf die Aussichtsterrasse des Hotels zur Rosstrappe führt, muss Gordon feststellen, dass die schöne Cécile merkwürdig ungebildet ist – sie verrät sich in einem Gespräch mit der Malerin Rosa Hexel, deren Bekanntschaft man bei dieser Partie macht. Eine weiterer Ausflug, diesmal nach Quedlinburg, wo Schloss und Abteikirche besichtigt werden, gibt ihm weitere Rätsel auf: Die junge Dame hat ganz offensichtlich noch nie etwas von Klopstock, dessen Geburtshaus man passiert, gehört, und erleidet in der Galerie des Schlosses eine Art Schwächeanfall, als man über die anstößige Entstehungsgeschichte der meisten Bildersammlungen, die schöne junge Damen zum Gegenstand haben, plaudert.

Da ihn die junge Frau lebhaft interessiert, schreibt er noch am gleichen Abend einen Brief an seine Schwester Clothilde, die, so hofft er, ihn über die Vorgeschichte der St. Arnaudschen Ehe aufklären kann.

Ein weiterer Ausflug führt die Gesellschaft nach Altenbrak. Während der Oberst mit zwei weiteren neuen Bekannten, dem Privatgelehrten Eginhard aus dem Grunde und einem pensionierten Geistlichen, den Weg zu Fuß zurücklegt, reiten Cécile und Gordon auf zwei Eseln. Unterwegs sorgt ein Kuckuck, der auf die Frage Gordons, wie viele Jahre er noch zu leben hat, nur ein einziges Mal ruft, für Verstimmung. Wenig später passieren die beiden das Jagdschloss Todtenrode, und Gordon kann ein weiteres Mal feststellen, dass Cécile auf die Erwähnung sittenwidriger Umstände in Adelskreisen empfindlich reagiert. Doch kurz darauf, als man in Altenbrak auch die Malerin Rosa wiedertrifft und sich dann zum Mittagessen mit den Wanderern im Gasthof zum Rodenstein vereint, sind diese kritischen Momente wieder vergessen. Den Rückweg legen Cécile, ihr Mann und Gordon zu Pferde zurück. Obwohl Cécile fröstelt und müde ist, macht St. Arnaud einen Abstecher zum Denkmal des Forstwissenschaftlers Pfeil, während Gordon bei der jungen Frau bleibt.
„‚Lockt Sie’s nicht auch?’, fragte Cécile mit einem Anfluge von Spott und bitterer Laune. ‚St. Arnaud sieht mich frösteln und weiß, dass ich die Minuten zähle. Doch was bedeutet es ihm?’
‚Und ist doch sonst voll Aufmerksamkeit und Rücksichtnahme.’
‚Ja’, sagte sie langsam und gedehnt. Und eine Welt von Verneinung lag in diesem Ja. Gordon aber nahm ihre lässig herabhängende Hand und hielt und küsste sie, was sie geschehen ließ.“

Anderntags muss Gordon, durch ein Telegramm informiert, aus beruflichen Gründen plötzlich abreisen. Im Zug rätselt er darüber, warum ein Wiedersehen mit Cécile untunlich sein sollte, ist sich aber sicher, dass es besser wäre, wenn er sie nicht wieder träfe: „Was sie von mir erwartet, sind Umwerbungen, Dienste, Huldigungen. Und Huldigungen sind wie Phosphorhölzer, eine zufällige Friktion und der Brand ist da.“ Dennoch schreibt er wenig später einen Brief an Cécile, versucht sie auch, da er von den Sommerplänen der St. Arnauds weiß, in ihrem Urlaubsquartier an der Nordsee aufzufinden, was aber nicht gelingt, und macht sich schließlich, nach Berlin zurückgekehrt, auf, um sie in ihrer Wohnung am Hafenplatz aufzusuchen. Dies gelingt erst bei einem zweiten Versuch. Er lernt bei dieser Gelegenheit den Hofprediger Dörffel kennen, einen Vertrauten der jungen Frau, dem gegenüber sie, als Gordon seine Visite beendet hat, ihre Befürchtungen ausspricht: „Er [Gordon] weiß nichts von der Tragödie, die den Namen St. Arnauds trägt, und weiß noch weniger von dem, was zu dieser Tragödie geführt hat. Aber auf wie lange noch? Er wird sich rasch hier wieder einleben, alte Beziehungen anknüpfen und eines Tages wird er alles wissen. Und an demselben Tage …“ Cécile hat eine Vorahnung eines blutigen Ausgangs und meint: „Ach, mein Freund, suchen wir ihn nicht zu halten, wir halten ihn nicht zu seinem und meinem Glück.“ Dörffel versucht sie zu beruhigen, was ihm denn auch einigermaßen gelingt.
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Fontane, Theodor: Das Schlachtfeld von Groß-Beeren, german V1, 22.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das Schlachtfeld von Groß-Beeren
Das "Erstlingswerk" des Autors.
"..Es ist schwer, die erste Liebe festzustellen; hat man sie oder glaubt man sie zu haben, so findet sich in der Regel, daß es noch eine allererste gab. Ein verstorbener Freund von mir war denn auch wirklich bei dieser retrospektiven Untersuchung bis an sein viertes Lebensjahr zurückgeraten.
Mit der ersten literarischen Arbeit verhält es sich ähnlich. Wenn man eben seinen Erstgebornen in einem auf liniiertem Papier geschriebenen Geburtstagskarmen entdeckt zu haben glaubt, ergibt sich plötzlich, daß man schon anderthalb Jahre vorher zu einer Wilhelm-Tell-Puppentheatervorstellung einen Prolog gedichtet hat, drin, unter mehr oder weniger deutlilichen Anspielungen auf Klassenlehrer, Tyrannenmord als einziges Rettungsmittel gepredigt wird. Wirklich, es ist schwer, seinem ersten literarischen Sündenfall ein präzises Datum zu geben. Ich laß es aber darauf ankommen und bemächtige mich ohne weitres eines Sonnabendnachmittags, an dem ich, als Untertertianer, eine Fußpartie nach dem mir durch Familienbeziehungen bekannten und befreundeten Dorfe Löwenbruch hin unternahm, um mich daselbst, einen Tag lang, all meiner Schulsorgen, unter denen ein »Deutscher Aufsatz nach selbstgewähltem Thema« voranstand, zu entschlagen..."
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Fontane, Theodor: Der Stechlin (german) v1 15 dec 2008

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Heinrich Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und approbierter Apotheker. Er gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Vertreter des poetischen Realismus.

Der Stechlin ist ein Roman von Theodor Fontane. Er entstand in den Jahren 1895 bis 1897 und wurde erstmals 1897 in der Zeitschrift Über Land und Meer publiziert. Die Buchausgabe erschien 1899. „Der Stechlin“ ist Fontanes letzter großer Roman. Seine Hauptfigur, der alte Dubslav von Stechlin, trägt den gleichen Namen wie der nahe gelegene See, der stimmungsvoll in die märkische Landschaft eingebettet ist. Der Roman spielt in der Zeit seiner Niederschrift. Leichthin geführte Unterhaltungen und tiefsinnige Gespräche vermitteln die Melancholie einer Spätzeit, voll Skepsis und doch versöhnlich. Die mit unverkennbarer Sympathie gezeichnete Hauptfigur trägt Züge ihres Autors.

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Fontane liest sich so locker, als wäre es gestern geschrieben worden.

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Fontane, Theodor: Die Poggenpuhls, german V1, 08.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Die Poggenpuhls
Die seit langen Jahren verwitwete Majorin Albertine Pogge von Poggenpuhl lebt mit ihren drei Töchtern Therese, Sophie und Manon und dem treuen alten Dienstmädchen Friederike seit etlichen Jahren in der Großgörschenstraße in Berlin, während die Söhne Wendelin und Leo als Premier- bzw. Secondeleutnant bei ihrem Regiment in Thorn stehen. Die finanzielle Lage der Familie ist beklemmend, und so stellt es gleich zu Beginn der Erzählung ein Problem für die Mutter dar, dass der jüngere Sohn Leo sich zum Besuch angemeldet hat, um ihren Geburtstag am 4. Januar zu feiern: „Ja, da soll ich mich nun freuen. Aber kann ich mich freuen? Herkommen wird er ja wohl gerade mit dem Geld [Wendelin hat Leo sein Honorar, das er für einen Artikel im Militär-Wochenblatt bekommen hat, überlassen, damit der Lieblingssohn die Mutter besuchen kann], aber wenn er hier ist, müssen wir ihm doch ein paar gute Tage machen, und wenn er auch bescheiden in seinen Ansprüchen ist, so muss er doch den dritten Tag wieder zurück, und dafür müssen wir aufkommen.“ In den auf diesen Ausspruch folgenden Reaktionen der drei Töchter zeigt jede gleich ihre charakteristische Lebenseinstellung: Therese, die von einem auf die Familiengeschichte gestützten Hochgefühl getragen ist, will von den wirtschaftlichen Erwägungen der Mutter gar nichts hören, Sophie, ein nicht nur künstlerisches Allroundtalent, bietet gleich an, sich einen Vorschuss auf das Honorar auf ihre letzten Bilder geben zu lassen, und Manon schlägt vor, wieder einmal die Zuckerbüchse der Familie zu versetzen und sich, falls diese nicht mehr aus dem Pfandleihhaus ausgelöst werden kann, von ihren reichen jüdischen Freunden, der Bankiersfamilie Bartenstein, eine neue schenken zu lassen.

Doch schließlich muss zu keiner dieser Lösungen gegriffen werden: Onkel Eberhard, ein reich verheirateter General a. D. und Bruder des bei Gravelotte gefallenen Vaters der Familie, erscheint ebenfalls, um Albertines Geburtstag mitzufeiern, und überlässt den Kindern, nachdem er sie in eine Aufführung der Quitzows und zum Abendessen eingeladen hat, die respektablen Überreste des für die Essensrechnung angebrochenen Hundertmarkscheins. Doch auch dieses großzügige Geschenk löst die Geldprobleme der Familie, die besonders von Leo als schmerzlich empfunden werden, natürlich nicht dauerhaft. Mit dem Dienstmädchen Friederike erörtert er während des Besuchs die Möglichkeiten, entweder nach Afrika zu gehen oder aber eine reiche Jüdin zu heiraten – ein Plan, für den auch seine Schwester Manon sich erwärmen kann. Allerdings möchte sie ihn nicht mit der jungen Esther Blumenthal, mit der er in Thorn angebändelt hat, verehelicht sehen, sondern lieber mit ihrer Freundin Flora Bartenstein. Im Grunde aber verbietet sich beides, da es der Familientradition („Die Poggenpuhls nehmen nicht den Abschied.“ „Dann kriegen sie ihn.“ „Sie kriegen ihn auch nicht [...]“, so Therese im Gespräch mit dem jüngeren Bruder) und dem Standesbewusstsein der Poggenpuhls widerspricht, und Leo gibt auch selber zu, dass es sich bei diesen Vorstellungen eher um Phantasiegespinste als um realistische Pläne handelt – genauso wie bei der Idee, eine Bühnenkarriere anzustreben wie sein ehemaliger Regimentskamerad Manfred von Klessentin.

Er reist also wieder ab nach Thorn, während der Onkel Sophie zur Gesellschaft für seine Gattin in sein Schloss Adamsdorf mitnimmt. Sie soll dort von ihren künstlerischen Talenten Gebrauch machen und z. B. neue Wappenteller für die Generalin, die mit Eberhard von Poggenpuhl in zweiter Ehe verheiratet ist, malen. Doch dazu kommt es nicht. Bei einer Fahrt mit dem Hörnerschlitten bei der Heinrichsbaude verunglückt Sophie und bricht sich den Oberschenkel. Noch auf dem Krankenlager beginnt sie mit Skizzen zu einem ganz anderen Projekt, das insbesondere den alten Onkel sehr erfreut: Sie soll die Dorfkirche mit Gemälden nach der Bibel schmücken. Damit ist sie mehrere Monate lang beschäftigt und berichtet in dieser Zeit immer wieder brieflich nach Berlin – auch in dieser Korrespondenz spielen allerdings die ständigen Geldsorgen der Familie eine ununterdrückbare Rolle.....
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Frau Jenny Treibel
Im Zentrum des Romans stehen zwei Berliner Familien: Zum einen die großbürgerlichen Treibels – der Kommerzienrat, seine Frau Jenny sowie die Söhne Otto und Leopold, zum anderen Professor Wilibald Schmidt und seine Tochter Corinna. Die Verbindung zwischen den Familien besteht schon seit Jahrzehnten. Damals war Wilibald nicht nur ein junger Student, sondern auch der Verehrer von Jenny, der Tochter seines Zimmervermieters, der ein kleines Kellergeschäft betrieb. Sogar ein Gedicht schrieb er in seinem Liebeseifer für Jenny – ohne jedoch den gewünschten Erfolg zu erzielen. Ein Gedicht, dessen literarische Qualitäten bescheiden sind, das aber gerade wegen seiner triefenden Sentimentalität von seiner Freundin Jenny auch noch viele Jahre später bei jeder sich bietenden Gelegenheit zum Vortrag gebracht wird.

Wilibald sähe es am liebsten, seine Tochter würde ihren Cousin Marcell, einen vielversprechenden angehenden Archäologen, heiraten. Nur kann der sich nicht dazu durchringen, ihr einen Heiratsantrag zu machen. Die intelligente und unabhängige Corinna hat sowieso andere Pläne. Sie möchte ausbrechen aus der eher bescheidenen Welt eines Gymnasialprofessorenhaushaltes. Den gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit den anderen ‚Professorenfrauen’ empfindet sie als langweilig und das Korrigieren der Schülerhefte ihres Vaters ist auch keine wirkliche Abwechslung. Also setzt sich Corinna in den Kopf, Leopold Treibel zu heiraten. Gesellschaftliches Ansehen und materieller Wohlstand erscheinen ihr als ausreichende Garantien für eine glückliche Zukunft und so setzt sie alle Mittel ein, um den netten, aber leicht zu beeinflussenden Leopold in die Falle zu locken. Sie wirft all ihren Charme und Esprit in die Waagschale und ein, zwei Abendgesellschaften und eine Landpartie später hat sie es geschafft. Es kommt zur heimlichen Verlobung.

Corinna hat ihre Rechnung ohne die Schwiegermutter in spe gemacht. Jenny ist außer sich vor Wut – hatte sie doch für Leopold eine reiche junge Frau aus gutem Hause und keine Professorentochter als Braut vorgesehen. Sofort ergreift sie die Initiative, wird beim Professor vorstellig, erteilt ihrem Sohn Ausgehverbot und lädt Hildegard Munk– die Schwester von Ottos Ehefrau – nach Berlin ein, um diese mit Leopold zusammenzubringen. Die Verbindung zwischen Corinna und Leopold wird derweil per Briefkontakt aufrechterhalten. Die beiden Väter verhalten sich in dieser angespannten Situation abwartend – der Kommerzienrat, weil er damit beschäftigt ist, seinen Wahlkampf zu organisieren, und der Professor, weil er darauf vertraut, dass Corinnas Wille an Jennys Widerstand zerbrechen wird. Schließlich hat sie sich schon vor dreißig Jahren für den materiellen Wohlstand und gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg namens Treibel und gegen das Ideelle und damit ihren Verehrer Wilibald entschieden....
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Ausgabe letzter Hand: Theodor Fontane. Gedichte, 5., vermehrte Auflage, Berlin (W. Hertz) 1898.

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Fontane, Theodor: Graf Petöfy, german V1, 12.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Graf Petöfy
Das Geschlecht der Grafen von Petöfy hat nur noch drei lebende Vertreter: Den alten Grafen, einen etwa siebzigjährigen Junggesellen und Theaterhabitué, seine verwitwete Schwester Judith von Gundolskirchen, die ihre Zeit im Gegensatz zu ihrem Bruder mit Gesprächen mit ihrem Vertrauten Pater Feßler und Beschäftigung mit der katholischen Kirche ausfüllt, und den Neffen der beiden, Egon Graf Asperg, den Sohn einer bereits verstorbenen Schwester der beiden alten Herrschaften.

Petöfy und Judith von Gundolskirchen teilen sich im Winter ein Palais in Wien. Hier lernt denn auch Judith von Gundolskirchen die junge Schauspielerin Franziska Franz kennen, für die Petöfy eine Zuneigung gefasst hat, und gewinnt den besten Eindruck von der jungen Dame. Auch, als man sich Monate später in einem Urlaubs- und Kurort wiedertrifft - Franziska kuriert dort ein Nervenfieber aus, das sie befallen hat, nachdem der alte Graf sich vorerst wieder deutlich von ihr zurückgezogen hat -, hält der freundschaftliche Verkehr an. Dennoch ist Judith nicht glücklich, als ihr Bruder ihr seine späten Heiratspläne anvertraut: Er möchte Franziska als eine Art Scheherazade für sich gewinnen und auf sein ungarisches Schloss Arpa, seine Sommerresidenz, verpflanzen. Den Konfessions- und Standesunterschied sieht sie zwar, genau wie Franziskas Vertraute Hannah, als zweitrangig und nicht allzu problematisch an, nicht aber den Unterschied der Jahre zwischen den beiden Partnern. Franziska, so fürchtet sie, wird vereinsamen und sich langweilen, das Opfer, das sie - freilich im Tausch gegen gesellschaftlichen und finanziellen Aufstieg - zu bringen gedenkt, scheint ihr zu hoch. Franziska ihrerseits spricht gegenüber ihrer vertrauten Dienerin Hannah ihre Befürchtung aus, dass sie sich mehr nach den Wünschen ihres zukünftigen Gatten richten wird, als sie wirklich kann - eine deutliche Vorausdeutung. Doch es kommt zu der Eheschließung, und Franziska nimmt ihr Leben als „Plaudertasche“ des alten Grafen auf. Zunächst unterhält sie sich damit, ungarische Sprachkenntnisse zu erwerben und mit den Kindern der Bediensteten zu spielen, als aber Graf Egon zu einem Besuch auf Schloss Arpa erscheint, vertauscht sie die Lehrbücher freudig mit Lektionen im Sattel und begleitet den jungen Grafen auf langen Ausritten. Einmal, im Zuge einer etwas dramatischen Rettungsaktion für ein angeblich von Zigeunern geraubtes Kind, gerät sie gar zusammen mit Egon auf dem stürmischen See, an dem das Schloss liegt, in Lebensgefahr, wird aber gerettet.

Als der Herbst mit ausgiebigen Regenfällen einsetzt, zeigt sich jedoch, dass Judiths Befürchtungen nicht unbegründet waren. Franziska empfindet die Leere ihres Daseins in der Ehe mit dem alten Grafen stärker denn je. Judith empfiehlt ihrem Bruder noch dringend, doch schleunigst wieder nach Wien umzusiedeln, um seiner Frau die Unterhaltungen der Wintersaison zugute kommen zu lassen, doch es ist zu spät: Eines Tages bemerkt der alte Petöfy, dass sein Neffe einen Ring aus Franziskas Besitz trägt. Er sieht ein, dass seine Zumutung an die junge Frau zu hoch war, will dem jungen Paar nicht im Wege stehen und beschließt, nicht etwa Graf Egon zur Rede zu stellen oder sich gar mit ihm zu duellieren, sondern selbst aus dem Leben zu scheiden.

Franziska, von Reue erfasst, entschließt sich nach dem Tod ihres Mannes, die Beziehung zu Egon abzubrechen, Trost in der katholischen Kirche zu suchen und ihr Erbe allein zu verwalten.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Irrungen, Wirrungen
Lene wohnt mit ihrer alten Pflegemutter Nimptsch in einem kleinen Häuschen auf dem Gelände einer Gärtnerei in der Nähe des Zoologischen Gartens in Berlin. Bei einer Bootspartie lernt sie Baron Botho von Rienäcker kennen. Während des Sommers kommen sich die beiden näher und verlieben sich rasch. Das Paar genießt seine Verliebtheit, Lene ist realistischer und gibt ihrer Liebe nicht, so wie Botho es vorgibt zu tun, eine große Chance für die Zukunft. Nach einigen Treffen mit Lene wird der Baron per Brief eines Tages zu einer Unterredung mit seinem Onkel Kurt Anton von Osten bestellt. Dieser erinnert ihn daran, dass er seiner reichen Cousine Käthe von Sellenthin so gut wie versprochen ist.

Eine gemeinsame Landpartie zu Hankels Ablage scheint zum Höhepunkt in Lenes und Bothos Beziehung zu werden. Als jedoch Bothos drei Freunde Balafré, Serge und Pitt mit ihren Mätressen „Königin“ Isabeau, Fräulein Margot und Fräulein Johanna hinzukommen, bemerkt der Aristokrat, dass er in der Öffentlichkeit aufgrund der vorhandenen Standesunterschiede keinen natürlichen Umgang mit Lene pflegen kann, und die Stimmung des Paares verschlechtert sich nachhaltig. Bald darauf erhält Botho einen Brief seiner Mutter, welche die prekäre Finanzlage der Familie bemängelt und Abhilfe durch die Heirat mit Käthe empfiehlt, so dass sich Botho von Lene trennt. Lene, die dieses von Anfang an kommen sah, hat Verständnis für Bothos Entschluss. Botho resigniert, und Lene entsagt.

Einige Wochen später heiratet der Baron seine Cousine, wobei ihn vor allem Vernunftgründe dazu bewogen haben. Bald bemerkt er die Oberflächlichkeit seiner Ehefrau, der es zudem an Ernsthaftigkeit fehlt. Als Lene ihren ehemaligen Geliebten zufällig von weitem auf der Straße sieht, beschließt sie, das Stadtviertel zu verlassen.

Im neuen Stadtviertel lernt Lene den Fabrikmeister Gideon Franke kennen. Nachdem dieser ihr einen Heiratsantrag gemacht hat, erzählt Lene von ihrem Vorleben. Franke, ein etwa fünfzigjähriger Sektierer, der schon einen Amerikaaufenthalt hinter sich hat, ist geneigt, über diese Vorgeschichte hinwegzusehen, sucht aber dennoch Botho in dessen Wohnung auf, um sich von der Beziehung zu Lene erzählen zu lassen. So erfährt Baron Botho vom Tod der Frau Nimptsch und besucht anschließend deren Grab, um dort den ihr versprochenen Immortellenkranz niederzulegen.

Botho verbrennt, von alten Erinnerungen aufgewühlt, Lenes Briefe und die Blumen, welche Lene mit einem Haar von sich zusammengebunden hatte. Dennoch kann dieser symbolische Akt seine Sehnsucht nach seiner ehemaligen Geliebten nicht beseitigen. Der Roman endet damit, dass Botho mit einer kleinen Bemerkung – anlässlich der Hochzeitsanzeige Lenes und Gideon Frankes in einer Zeitung – zu Selbsterkenntnis kommt: „Gideon ist besser als Botho.“

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

L’Adultera
Erzählt wird die Geschichte der jungen, schönen Melanie van der Straaten, geborene de Caparoux, einer Genferin, die mit etwa siebzehn Jahren den sehr viel älteren Berliner Geschäftsmann Ezechiel van der Straaten geheiratet hat. Aus der Ehe sind zwei Töchter hervorgegangen. Die ältere, Lydia, gilt als Abbild der Mutter, dunkel, schlank und schön, ist aber im Gegensatz zu dieser immer ernst und nachdenklich. Heth, das verwöhnte Nesthäkchen, sieht dagegen dem Vater ähnlich, hat aber das Lachen und die Fahrigkeit der Mutter geerbt. Beinahe zur Familie gehören ferner Friederike Sawatzki von Sawat, genannt Sattlerin von der Hölle, ein verwachsenes altes Fräulein, das die besondere Vertraute Melanies ist, sowie die Klavierlehrerin Anastasia Schmidt. Beide werden Frühjahr um Frühjahr aufgefordert, mit Melanie und ihren Töchtern in die Tiergartenvilla hinauszuziehen, in der man den Sommer über lebt und in die van der Straaten nur selten kommt.

Die Situation könnte idyllisch sein, doch Melanie leidet unter zwei Eigenschaften ihres Mannes: Erstens kann er als typischer Berliner nicht mit Bemerkungen zurückhalten, die Melanie insbesondere in Gesellschaft als peinlich und ungezogen empfindet, zum anderen quält er sie, obwohl dazu zunächst keinerlei Anlass besteht, häufig mit seiner Eifersucht bzw. der Vorhersage, sie werde ihm, weil dies so in seiner Familie liege, eines Tages bestimmt untreu werden.

Genau mit diesem Motiv setzt die Erzählung denn auch ein. Ezechiel hat sich eine Kopie eines Jacopo-Tintoretto-Bildes mit dem Titel „L’Adultera“ („Die Ehebrecherin“) anfertigen lassen, das nun fertig ist und geliefert wird. Melanie zeigt mit der dargestellten Sünderin Mitleid und stellt fest, diese habe zwar geweint, aber bestimmt nicht, weil sie ihre Schuld wirklich einsehe, sondern nur, weil ihre Umgebung ihr wieder und wieder gesagt habe, wie schlecht sie sei. Die Motivwahl befremdet sie allerdings, und Ezechiel erklärt hierauf, er habe sich das Bild als eine Mahnung kopieren lassen, um sich an den Gedanken an sein zukünftiges Schicksal zu gewöhnen. Umgehen lasse dieses Schicksal sich sicher nicht, nicht einmal, wenn er seine Gattin einmauern lasse. Melanie, wie sich denken lässt, ist von dieser Vorhersage und Unterstellung alles andere als erbaut und findet insbesondere auch die Vorstellung, dass Besucher sich ihre Gedanken zum Motiv des Bildes machen könnten, unerfreulich, tut das Ganze aber schließlich als eine Laune ihres Gatten ab.

Im Frühsommer des gleichen Jahres soll sich der Hausstand um einen Logiergast erweitern. Ezechiel van der Straaten hat sich bereit erklärt, den Sohn eines Frankfurter Geschäftsfreundes, der lange im Ausland war und nun eine Bankfiliale in Berlin gründen möchte, unter seinem Dach aufzunehmen. Melanie, mit diesem Plan konfrontiert, reagiert skeptisch, ist dann jedoch von der Fotografie des ordensgeschmückten jungen Ebenezer Rubehn derart angetan, dass sie im Gespräch kurz darauf gleich das Wort „Hausfreund“ fallen lässt.

Rubehn präsentiert sich ihr eines Vormittags in der Tiergartenvilla und zeigt sich gleich als das völlige Gegenteil des ungehobelten van der Straaten. Insbesondere erweist er sich – Anastasia spielt eben auf dem Flügel – als musikalisch und als Wagneranhänger wie Melanie selbst. Während er die volle Zustimmung der Erwachsenen findet und um einen baldigen erneuten Besuch gebeten wird, steht Lydia ihm ablehnend gegenüber, da sie sich in kindlicher Liebe in ihn verliebt und er sie nur als Kind beachtet und nicht ernst nimmt.

In dieser Situation sieht Melanie nur eine Möglichkeit: Flucht aus dem Hause van der Straatens und ein neues Leben mit Ebenezer Rubehn. Unter Beihilfe der alten Dienerin Christel, die noch alles Mögliche versucht, um ihre Herrin von diesem Schritt abzuhalten, packt sie das Nötigste ein, um im Schutz der Nacht das Haus zu verlassen. Doch kaum hat sie Christel überzeugt, dass ihr Fall anders liegt als der Präzedenzfall einer in die Krise geratenen und wieder geretteten Ehe, von dem die Dienerin erzählt hat, steht sie auch noch ihrem Mann gegenüber und muss auch diesem ihre Argumente darlegen. Ezechiel, um Fassung bemüht, verspricht sogar, das Kind Ebenezers wie sein eigenes zu halten und den Ehebruch seiner Frau zu decken, wenn sie nur bleibt. Melanie aber sieht in einem offenen und ehrlichen Schnitt die einzige Möglichkeit, weiterzuexistieren. Sie weigert sich, noch einen letzten Blick auf ihre schlafenden Töchter zu werfen, und verlässt ihr bisheriges Heim.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Meine Kinderjahre
Die Erinnerungen beginnen mit der Beschreibung der Eltern. Gegensätzlicher konnten sie kaum sein. Der Vater, ein stattlicher Mann, voll Bonhomie, dabei Phantast und Humorist, Plauderer und Geschichtenerzähler, - die Mutter schlank, zierlich, von schwarzem Haar und Augen wie Kohlen, energisch, von trockener Sachlichkeit, aber mit einer Neigung zu heftigen Temperamentsausbrüchen. In Erziehungsfragen war sie sehr unnachsichtig. Bei dem kleinsten Fehler zeigte sie die ´rasche Hand´ . Die Eltern selbst lebten mehr oder weniger ernsthaft in einer Art Dauerfehde.

Der Vater war Apotheker, damals noch ein Lehrberuf mit abschließendem Staatsexamen und besaß eine eigene Apotheke, anfangs in Neuruppin, später in Swinemünde. Spielschulden des Vaters hatten den Verkauf der Neuruppiner Apotheke notwendig gemacht. In Swinemünde konnte zu günstigen Bedingungen wieder eine Apotheke gekauft werden. Fontane war 8 Jahre alt, als die Familie nach Swinemünde zog, einem Städtchen mit ungepflasterten Straßen.

Humorvoll beschreibt Fontane das groteske Haus. Im Erdgeschoss trennte ein gepflasterter Flur zwischen Apotheke (samt Laboratorium) und den Wohnräumen. Unmittelbar darüber stieg ein fünfmal so hohes Dach auf, in dem übereinander fünf Böden lagen, voll mit Kräuterkisten und Gerümpel, darunter auch ein Rad, auf dem – aber das [war] nun schon lange her, das Jahr vorher, ehe die Franzosen ins Land kamen [also 1805] – der Scharfrichter einen Mörder vom Leben zum Tode gebracht hatte. Einige Kapitel später wird Fontane in seinen Kindheitserinnerungen die Hinrichtung eines anderen Swinemünder Mörders beschreiben, bei der die Prozedur des Räderns noch angewandt wurde, wenn auch verkürzt durch Erdrosseln.

Der große Hof hinter dem Haus und der daran anschließende, verwilderte Garten waren die schönsten Spiel- und Abenteuerplätze.

Die kleine Stadt mit ihren etwa 3500 Einwohnern wirkte dürftig, war aber als Handels- und Schifffahrtsplatz sehr reizvoll. An der Uferbefestigung der Swine, dem Hauptmündungsarm der Oder, lagen im Winter Schiffe in drei und vier Reihen nebeneinander. Ab Frühjahr, wenn der Strom wieder eisfrei geworden war, legten über die Ostsee kommende Handelsschiffe an. Etwas außerhalb der Stadt lag das Gesellschaftshaus. Hier verkehrten Badegäste, die Honoratioren der Stadt, wurden Konzerte gegeben, Theateraufführungen veranstaltet und fanden Bälle statt. In dem kleinen Pavillon daneben war ein Spielcasino eingerichtet. Diese[ war nur allzu oft das Wanderziel meines Vaters.

Die Oberschicht Swinemündes – eigentlich nur zwanzig Familien – war nach Art der Seestädte aufgeschlossener als in den kleinen Städten des Binnenlandes, vor allem im Vergleich mit der Mark Brandenburg. Die hier ansässig gewordenen Nordeuropäer, Schweden, Dänen, Holländer und Schotten gaben der Stadt einen internationale[n] Charakter. An Herrenabenden kam es vor, dass auf die Times Bezug genommen wurde. Von Pfahlbürgertum, von Engem und Kleinem überhaupt, existierte keine Spur.....
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Quitt
Die Handlung beginnt in den 1870er-Jahren im schlesischen Riesengebirge: Förster Opitz, ein arroganter Mittdreißiger, ist ein Muster an scheinbar unbestechlicher Ordnungsliebe und blasierter Biederkeit. In dem vorbestraften 27-jährigen Wilddieb Lehnert Menz hat er einen autoritätsverachtenden Todfeind. Opitz' Nachstellungen und öffentlicher Schikanen überdrüssig, erschießt Menz den Widersacher eines Nachts. Nach der Tat verlässt er seine Heimat und flieht nach Nordamerika. Er verdingt sich als Eisenbahnarbeiter und Goldsucher. Schließlich findet er Aufnahme in der Mennoniten-Siedlung "Nogat-Ehre" im Indianer-Territorium. Dort erwirbt er sich durch Fleiß die Achtung seiner Nachbarn und steht kurz vor der Hochzeit mit Ruth, der Tochter des Gemeindeoberhaupts Obadja Hornbostel. Ein tödlicher Unfall Lehnerts in der Wildnis, den er als Quittierung seiner Schuld interpretiert, macht jedoch alle Pläne zur Makulatur.

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Stine
Die junge Ernestine Rehbein, genannt Stine, lebt in einfachen kleinbürgerlichen Verhältnissen. Gemeinsam mit ihrer verwitweten Schwester Pauline, die zwei Kinder von zwei verschiedenen Männern hat, lebt sie zwei Stockwerke über der Wohnung ihrer Schwester in einem Wohnhaus in der Invalidenstraße 98e in Berlin. Bei einem abendlichen Diner, mit dem Pauline in kleiner Gesellschaft den Pflichten ihrer Liaison mit dem alten Grafen Haldern nachkommt, lernt Stine den kränklichen jungen Grafen Waldemar Haldern kennen. Dieser verliebt sich in Stine und fängt an um sie zu werben, indem er sie zu besuchen beginnt. Da diese Verbindung ihrer Schwester suspekt wird, rät sie Stine zur Besonnenheit, um nicht ins Gerede zu kommen, ein außereheliches Verhältnis zum Grafen zu haben. Derweil berät sich Graf Haldern mit seinem Onkel über seinen Plan, Stine zur Frau zu nehmen. Dieser rät ihm davon ab, da es die Ächtung seiner Familie nach sich ziehen würde. Der junge Graf von Haldern ist fast schon bereit, dieses Risiko auf sich zu nehmen. Als jedoch auch Stine ihm ihre Zusage zur Hochzeit verwehrt, begeht er kurz darauf Selbstmord. Stine reist zu seiner Beerdigung und kehrt mitgenommen zu Ihrer Schwester zurück.

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Heinrich Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und approbierter Apotheker. Er gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Vertreter des poetischen Realismus.

Unterm Birnbaum ist eine Novelle von Theodor Fontane, die er im Zeitraum von 1883 bis April 1885 verfasste. Obwohl der Leser bereits von Beginn an die Täter und ihre Motive kennt, wird durch Einbindung psychologischer Aspekte und die genaue Schilderung des Dorfmilieus, in dem ein Verbrechen begangen wird, der Spannungsbogen aufrechterhalten und eine düstere Grundstimmung erzeugt.

Mit der Geschichte eines von einem Ehepaar gemeinsam begangenen Raubmordes verarbeitet Fontane Kindheitserinnerungen - sein Vater hatte als Mitglied der Bürgergarde in Swinemünde mit ähnlichen Fällen zu tun. Eine Jahre zurückliegende Information seiner Schwester Elise über einen erschlagenen französischen Soldaten, der in Dreetz in Brandenburg vergraben worden war, weckte ebenfalls Fontanes Interesse und floss in die Handlung ein.

Nachdem die Novelle als Vorabdruck in Fortsetzungen in der Gartenlaube erschienen war, wurde die Buchausgabe im November 1885 beim Verlag Müller-Grote, Berlin, als Band 23 der Groteschen Sammlung von Werken zeitgenössischer Schriftsteller publiziert.

Außer Unterm Birnbaum schrieb Fontane noch drei weitere Geschichten, die von Verbrechen und Mord handeln: Grete Minde (1879), Ellernklipp (1881) und Quitt (1890).

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Fontane, Theodor: Unwiederbringlich, german, V1, 06.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Der Roman spielt in den Jahren 1859-1861 in Holstein, das damals zwar als selbständige Einheit, aber als Teil des Deutschen Bundes von Dänemark aus regiert wurde - fünf Jahre vor dem Deutsch-Dänischen Krieg, sowie in Kopenhagen und auf Schloss Frederiksborg.
Graf Helmuth Holk und seine Frau Christine leben mit ihren zwei Kindern in einem einsamen Schloss. Christine wird als eine fromme und grundsatzstrenge Frau geschildert, Holk dagegen als ein eher unreflektierter und lebensfroher Mann, der seine vom Herrnhutertum beeinflusste Frau zwar bewundert, aber unter ihrer scheinbaren Überlegenheit leidet. Holk betreibt auf seinem Besitz Landwirtschaft, hat jedoch auch ein Amt als Kammerherr am dänischen Hof inne. Als er für einige Monate an den Kopenhagener Hof einer dänischen Prinzessin abkommandiert wird, kommt ihm diese Abwechslung sehr entgegen. Im Gegensatz zu früheren Aufenthalten in der dänischen Hauptstadt wird seine Mission diesmal zu einer Gefahr für seine Ehe: Führte die vorübergehende Trennung früher stets zu einem Wiedererwachen der Liebe zwischen Christine und Holk, so sieht er sich diesmal von Anfang an in Kopenhagen mit Frauenfiguren konfrontiert, die Vorzüge ihr eigen nennen, die er an seiner Frau vermisst. Zunächst erregt die verführerische Kapitänsgattin Brigitte Hansen, die Tochter seiner Wirtin, seine Aufmerksamkeit, doch bald lernt er außerdem die Gesellschafterin der Prinzessin, Ebba von Rosenberg, kennen. Diese ist weniger attraktiv, dafür aber geistvoller. Ein Aufenthalt der kleinen Hofgesellschaft auf Schloss Fredericksborg wird schließlich zum Verhängnis für Holk. Nach einem gefährlichen Schlittschuhlauf über den Arresee kommt es zur gemeinsamen Nacht, die indes ein dramatisches Ende findet: Im Schloss bricht ein verheerender Brand aus, doch Holk kann Ebba retten. Die dramatische Flucht des Paares aufs Schlossdach wird schnell zum Tagesgespräch. Holk beschließt ohne Rückfrage bei Ebba, die einige Tage krank ist und keinen Besuch empfangen darf, diese zu heiraten, und fährt auf sein Schloss, um Christine von seinem Entschluss in Kenntnis zu setzen. Die Begegnung mit seiner Frau erschüttert ihn zunächst, doch ihre anhaltende Selbstgerechtigkeit gibt den Ausschlag und das Paar trennt sich. Zurückgekehrt nach Kopenhagen erhält er jedoch von Ebba einen Korb. Der Lächerlichkeit preisgegeben und tief verletzt, begibt Holk sich auf Reisen. Sowohl sein Schwager als auch der alte Ortsgeistliche und ein ehemaliger Erzieher der gräflichen Kinder arbeiten jedoch darauf hin, dass das Paar sich wieder versöhnt. Tatsächlich wird schließlich eine zweite Hochzeit gefeiert, doch findet das Paar zu keinem unbefangenen Verhalten mehr zurück. Wenige Monate nach der scheinbaren Versöhnung begeht Christine, die das Vergangene nicht verwinden kann, Selbstmord, indem sie sich im Meer ertränkt.
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Fontane, Theodor: Vor dem Sturm!, german V1, 13.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

"Vor dem Sturm"
war Fontanes erster Roman und als Porträt der preußischen Gesellschaft aller Stände (Bürger, Bauern, Adel) zur Zeit der Befreiungskriege angelegt. Im Mittelpunkt der Handlung steht der adelige Student Lewin von Vitzewitz, dessen privates Schicksal in den Strudel der historischen Zeitereignisse gerät. Schauplätze des Romans sind Schloss Hohen-Vietz, Schloss Guse und Alt-Berlin.

Winter 1812/13 im Oderbruch: In Dorf und Schloss Hohen-Vietz erwartet die Bevölkerung des Königs Signal zum nationalen Aufstand gegen die napoleonischen Besatzer. Ungeduldig gründet Familienvorstand Berndt von Vitzewitz[1] schon vorab eine Landsturmtruppe und ignoriert damit die Bedenken seiner kunstliebenden Kinder, Lewin und Renate. Die Tage zwischen Weihnachten und Silvester verbringt die Familie im Freundeskreis, die Aussicht auf ein (kriegs-)bewegtes Jahr 1813 bestimmt die Gespräche. Hoffnung und Angst halten sich die Waage.

Während die patriotische Begeisterung weite Bevölkerungskreise erfasst, kehrt der Student Lewin nach einer nicht erwiderten Liebe zu seiner polnischen Cousine Kathinka von Ladalinski zurück auf Schloss Hohen-Vietz. Hier hat inzwischen der Landsturm sein Hauptquartier aufgeschlagen. Lewin lässt sich von der Truppe rekrutieren. Bei einer Aktion dieses Landsturms, die wegen fehlender Unterstützung durch die regulären russischen Truppen scheitert, wird er gefangen genommen. Bei seiner Befreiung fällt Tubal von Ladalinski, der Bruder Kathinkas, dessen Verehelichung mit Renate von Vitzewitz geplant war.

Allein Marie, das zusammen mit den Vitzewitz-Kindern erzogene Schauspielerkind, kommt unbeschadet durch die Zeit der Wirren: Einer mysteriösen Vorausdeutung folgend, ehelicht sie Lewin und erlöst damit das Geschlecht der Vitzewitz von einem alten Fluch.
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Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 1, german V1, 23.01.2

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Fontenay, Charles L.: SF Anthology. v1, 24 Sep 2008

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Anthology of science fiction stories by the American SF author Charles Louis Fontenay (1917 - 2007).

The contents are:

- The Gift Bearer ([Amazing Science Fiction Stories[/, September 1958)

- Wind ([Amazing Science Fiction Stories[/, April 1959)

- Rebels of the Red Planet ([Ace Books[/, 1961)

These works have not had their copyright renewed in the United States, and hence are in the US public domain.

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Fontenay, Charles L.: The Jupiter Weapon. v1. 29 Jan 09

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Sci-Fi short story by Charles L. Fontenay, one that is not included in Harry's anthology.

You will find Harry's anthology (mobi/prc) here:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29641

This story:
[He was a living weapon of destruction—immeasurably powerful, utterly invulnerable. There was only one question: Was he human?[/

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Footner, Hulbert: The Substitute Millionaire ... V1 21 Mar 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879  25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugutive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

His third mystery, [The Substitute Millionaire[/, 1919, followed a year after [Thieves' Wit[/ and received similar glowing praise in the New York Times: "this latest and very entertaining yarn ... is ingenious and cleverly worked out".

Jack Norman, a handsome young clerk in an accounting firm with few prospects at a salary of $12, suddenly inherits $100 million when Silas Gyde dies in a terrorist assassination. Gyde, a bachelor, was the long ago unrequited suitor of Jack's mother. In poking around Gyde's diaries, Jack discovers a "protection scheme" for millionaires run by the assassins and determines to avenge his benefactor. With a cast of engaging characters, and some delightful twists and turns, [The Substitute Millionaire[/ makes a light, but compelling, read.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Under Dogs ... V1 1 Jul 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879 – 25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugitive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

Madame Rosika Storey is a detective living near Gramercy Park, NY, in the mid-1920s. Storey's secretary, companion and gushing admirer, Bella Brickley narrates as her hero solves crimes and straightens out people's problems. The [Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection[/ calls her, "a stunningly beautiful young woman who describes herself as 'a practical psychologist--specializing in the feminine." The Under Dogs is the first novel of the Madame Rosika Storey detective series (she had already appeared in short story form); it first appeared as a six-part serial in [Argosy[/, Jan 3 to Feb 7, 1925. There are distinct fingerprints of Frank L Packard's 1914 novel [The Adventures of Jimmie Dale[/, although the criminals are both more believable and less vicious in Footner's variation on a theme.

Robert Sampson, in [Yesterday's Faces: The Solvers[/, provides several pages of background on Madame Storey. For this novel he writes: "Matters begin with violence. A girl, promising sensational revelations, is on her way to Madame Storey's office. Before she arrives there, she is clubbed down and kidnapped. Attempting to search out the girl, Rosika and Bella (Storey's secretary cum companion — who is horrified by the idea) move into the underworld. The cool, high-fashion Rosika suddenly shows a genius for disguise and an ability to shine in low company, down among the East-side gin mills. Her investigation gradually narrows to a house on Varick Street, populated by very hard cases, male and female. There are dead men under the basement floor, a chained prisoner in the attic, and a reluctant gang of crooks being blackmailed to work the will of a master mind, dimly seen."

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Footner, Hulbert: The Velvet Hand ... V1 1 Jul 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879 – 25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugutive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

Madame Rosika Storey is a detective living near Gramercy Park, NY, in the mid-1920s. Storey's secretary, companion and gushing admirer, Bella Brickley narrates as her hero solves crimes and straightens out people's problems. The [Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection[/ calls her, "a stunningly beautiful young woman who describes herself as 'a practical psychologist--specializing in the feminine."

As Mike Grost puts it: "Hulbert Footner's tales of Madame Rosika Storey have a period charm. They tend not to be overwhelmingly brilliant as puzzle plots. His detective technique would have seemed familiar to Émile Gaboriau in the 1860's: footprints, rooms searched for hidden clues, an obvious suspect and a hidden suspect, mild sorts of financial skullduggery lurking in the background. ... Madame Storey is somewhat unusual as a great detective of the era who happens to be a woman. She works as a paid professional, uses her brains, is universally respected for her skill, and basically plays the same role in her world that Hercule Poirot does in his."

Madame Rosika Storey made an appearance in 5 novels and thirty novellas and short stories, many appearing in the pages of [Argosy All-Weekly[/. The second anthology, The Velvet Hand, was published by the Crime Club Inc, NY in 1928. In this collection finds Madame Storey, and her ever faithful secretary Bella Brickely, solving crimes in England, France, America ... and even on a cruise ship bound for England. It includes: [The Viper, The Steerers, The Pot of Pansies[/ and [The Legacy Hounds[/.

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Footner, Hulbert: Thieves' Wit ... V1 21 Mar 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879 – 25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugutive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

His second mystery, [Thieves' Wit[/, 1918, received glowing praise in the New York Times: "is a distinctly clever and entertaining yarn which no one who believes in keeping early hours ought to begin before bedtime". It was also praised for featuring human characters than "the puppets one usually meets in a detective story".

Detective Ben Enderby relates the tale of his first case – in the first person as a sort of precursor to Raymond Chandler – in which he gets involved in the theft of a wonderful necklace of blue pearls belonging to noted actress Irma Hamerton. On the trail, he uncovers an organized gang of criminals and receives various reports from agents and a mysterious "JM". He's also joined by Sadie Farrell, with whom he is in love, who fancies herself a proto-detective as well. The stylistic shifts between first person, character dialog and sundry written dispatches from JM and Enderby's agents, make an engaging read with no fear of monotony.

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Forbes, Archibald:The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80. V1. 6 Nov 2010

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An account of the first 2 British wars in Afghanistan.

The First AngloAfghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company.

The Second Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the nation was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. This was the second time British India invaded Afghanistan.

The author:
Archibald Forbes (17 April 1838  30 March 1900) was a British war correspondent, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Morayshire, Scotland; educated at the University of Aberdeen. Entering the Royal Dragoons as a private, he gained, while in the service, considerable practical experience of military life and affairs. Being invalided from his regiment, he settled in London, and became a journalist.

The source text is Public Domain in US and UK from Project Gutenberg, e-text 8428 to which I have added illustrations from a scanned copy on archive.org. Then a table of contents and navigation control file has been added.

Edit: to clear up any possible confusion, please note that the original text includes a Table of Contents near the start of the book, but this is text only, not functional. There is an additional, functional ToC at the back of the book (which Kindle recognises as a "Go To" location).

enjoy.
regards
Phil

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Ford, Ford Madox: Privy Seal. V1. 15 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

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The Magister Udal sat in the room of his inn in Paris, where customarily the King of France lodged such envoys as came at his expense. He had been sent there to Latinise the letters that passed between Sir Thomas Wyatt and the King’s Ministers of France, for he was esteemed the most learned man in these islands. He had groaned much at being sent there, for he must leave in England so many loves—the great, blonde Margot Poins, that was maid to Katharine Howard; the tall, swaying Katharine Howard herself; Judge Cantre’s wife that had fed him well; and two other women, with all of whom he had succeeded easily or succeeded in no wise at all. But the mission was so well paid—with as many crowns the day as he had had groats for teaching the Lady Mary of England—that fain he had been to go. Moreover, it was by way of being a favour of Privy Seal’s. The magister had written for him a play in English; the rich post was the reward—and it was an ill thing, a thing the magister dreaded, to refuse the favours of Privy Seal. He consoled himself with the thought that the writing of letters in Latin might wash from his mouth the savour of the play he had written in the vulgar tongue.

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Ford, Ford Madox: The Fifth Queen Crowned.V1. 14 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

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Thomas Cranmer began a hesitating speech. In the pause after the words the King himself hesitated, as if he poised between a heavy rage and a sardonic humour. He deemed, however, that the humour could the more terrify the Archbishop—and, indeed, he was so much upon the joyous side in those summer days that he had forgotten how to browbeat.
‘Our holy father,’ he corrected the Archbishop. ’Or I will say my holy father, since thou art a heretic——’
Cranmer’s eyes had always the expression of a man’s who looked at approaching calamity, but at the King’s words his whole face, his closed lips, his brows, the lines from his round nose, all drooped suddenly downwards.

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Ford, Ford Madox: The Good Soldier. V1. 15 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

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This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy—or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove’s with your hand. My wife and I knew Captain and Mrs Ashburnham as well as it was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things only possible with English people of whom, till today, when I sit down to puzzle out what I know of this sad affair, I knew nothing whatever. Six months ago I had never been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an English heart. I had known the shallows.

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Ford, Gerald. State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), and has been the only person to occupy that office who had been elected neither to the presidency nor the vice-presidency. Ford was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and, after serving as the 40th Vice President (1973–1974) of the United States for less than a year, became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation.

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Ford, Henry: My Life & Work. 18 Aug 07

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Ford, Henry: My Life & Work - v1 - 27 May 07 - 05-27-2007, 12:26 AM

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A titan of American industry, Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company, developed the modern assembly line, introduced the Model "T" car ("any color you want as long as its black"), invented the charcoal brickette (Kingsford), befriended Thomas Edison, and wrote this autobiography at the peak of his power in 1922.

As touched on briefly in this book, there is also a dark side to Ford, he bought the [Dearborn Independent[/ newspaper (a city outside Detroit that is still home to the Ford Motor Company) and ran a series of articles later published in book form called [The International Jew.[/ It is one of the foundation hate mongering texts in the world today.

He is a complex man of simple origin who did so much good and yet brought so much pain and suffering to millions. His actions still echo today as some of his other writings are still spread around.

This is the only writing of Ford that I will post.

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Ford, Henry: My Life and Work v1. 16 Jan 2009

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This book is an Autobigrapy of Henry Ford

Or to read a short Bio go to his Wiki page
Wikipage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford

From Amazon
This book is the original autobiographical work by Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. In this book, Ford details how he got into business, the strategies that he used to become a wealthy and successful businessman, and what others can do by learning from the examples he has outlined. This book should be read by small business owners, business students and those interested in the history of the automobile. Henry Ford will take you through a journey of history, business and lessons to be learned from which he used to develop his financial empire.

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Ford, Paul Leicester. Janice Meredith. v1. 26 Oct 07

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A novel about a woman at the center of the American Revolution. Near the beginning of the book is a list of illustrations but only two are included in this version. I left the place markers for the illustrations in the text because they did not interrupt the flow of reading.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Ford, Sewell: Horses Nine. V1. 9 Feb 2009

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At the age of six Skipper went on the force. Clean of limb and sound of wind he was, with not a blemish from the tip of his black tail to the end of his crinkly forelock. He had been broken to saddle by a Green Mountain boy who knew more of horse nature than of the trashy things writ in books. He gave Skipper kind words and an occasional friendly pat on the flank. So Skipper's disposition was sweet and his nature a trusting one.

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Ford, Sewell: Odd Numbers. V1. 9 Feb 2009

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One of my highbrow reg’lars at the Physical Culture Studio, a gent that mixes up in charity works, like organizin’ debatin’ societies in the deaf and dumb asylums, was tellin’ me awhile back of a great scheme of his to help out the stranger in our fair village. He wants to open public information bureaus, where a jay might go and find out anything he wanted to know, from how to locate a New Thought church, to the nearest place where he could buy a fresh celluloid collar.

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Ford, Sewell: On With Torchy. V1. 9 Feb 2009

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Say, what's next to knowin' when you're well off? Why, thinkin' you are.
Which is a little nugget of wisdom I panned out durin' a chat I had not long ago with Mr. Quinn, that I used to work under when I was on the door of the Sunday sheet, three or four years back.
"Hail, Torchy!" says he, as we meets accidental on Broadway. "Still carrying the burning bush under your hat, aren't you?"

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Ford, Sewell: Shorty McCabe on the Job. V1. 10 Feb 2009

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Do things just happen, like peculiar changes in the weather, or is there a general scheme on file somewhere? Is it a free-for-all we're mixed up in—with our Harry Thaws and our Helen Kellers; our white slavers, our white hopes, and our white plague campaigns; our trunk murders, and our fire heroes? Or are we runnin' on schedule and headed somewhere?
I ain't givin' you the answer. I'm just slippin' you the proposition, with the side remark that now and then, when the jumble seems worse than ever, you can get a glimpse of what might be a clew, or might not.

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Ford, Sewell: Shorty McCabe. V1. 10 Feb 2009

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Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you—Hello, yourself! Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by. How're they runnin', eh?
Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together. You've seen me, eh? Oh, sure! I'd forgot. That was when you showed up at the old Athletic club the night I got the belt away from the Kid. Doin' sportin' news then, wa'n't you? Chucked all that now, I s'pose?
Oh, I've kept track of you, all right. Every time I sees one of your pieces in the magazines I reads it. And say, some of 'em's kind of punk. But then, you've got to sling out somethin' or other, I expect, or get off the job. Where do you dig up all of them yarns, anyway? That's what always sticks me. You must knock around a whole bunch, and have lots happen to you. Me? Ah, nothin' ever happens to me. Course, I'm generally on the move, but it's just along the grub track, and that ain't excitin'.

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Ford, Sewell: The House of Torchy. V1. 11 Feb 2009

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Say, I thought I'd taken a sportin' chance now and then before; but I was only kiddin' myself. Believe me, this gettin' married act is the big plunge. Uh-huh! Specially when it's done offhand and casual, the way we went at it.
My first jolt is handed me early in the mornin' as we piles off the mountain express at this little flag stop up in Vermont, and a roly-poly gent in a horse-blanket ulster and a coonskin cap with a badge on it steps up and greets me cheerful.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy and Vee. V1. 12 Feb 2009

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I must say I didn't get much excited at first over this Marion Gray tragedy. You see, I'd just blown in from Cleveland, where I'd been shunted by the Ordnance Department to report on a new motor kitchen. And after spendin' ten days soppin' up information about a machine that was a cross between a road roller and an owl lunch wagon, and fillin' my system with army stews cooked on the fly, I'm suddenly called off. Someone at Washington had discovered that this flying cook-stove thing was a problem for the Quartermaster's Department, and wires me to drop it.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy As A Pa. V1. 12 Feb 2009

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I forget just what it was Vee was rummagin' for in the drawer of her writin' desk. Might have been last month's milk bill, or a stray hair net, or the plans and specifications for buildin' a spiced layer cake with only two eggs. Anyway, right in the middle of the hunt she cuts loose with the staccato stuff, indicatin' surprise, remorse, sudden grief and other emotions.
"Eh?" says I. "Is it a woman-eatin' mouse, or did you grab a hatpin by the business end?"
"Silly!" says she. "Look what I ran across, Torchy." And she flips an engraved card at me.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy, Private Sec. V1. 12 Feb 2009

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Well, it's come! Uh-huh! And sudden, too, like I knew it would, if it came at all. No climbin' the ladder for me, not while they run express elevators. And, believe me, when the gate opened, I was right there with my foot out.
It was like this: One mornin' I'm in my old place behind the brass rail, at the jump-end of the buzzer. I'm everybody's slave in general, and Piddie's football in particular. You know—head office boy of the Corrugated Trust.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy. V1. 11 Feb 2009

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A red-headed office boy, overflowing with wit and wisdom peculiar to the youths reared on the sidewalks of New York, tells the story of his experiences.
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I was carryin' the banner. But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it. When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it. I goes out and rustles for another job. And I takes my pick, too. Why not? It's just as easy.
This time I gets a bug that the new Octopus Buildin' might have been put up special for me. Anyway, it looked good from the outside, and I blows in through the plate glass merry go round. The arcade was all to the butterscotch, everything handy, from an A. D. T. stand to Turkish baths in the basement.

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Ford, Sewell: Wilt Thou Torchy. V1. 13 Feb 2009

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It was a case of declarin' time out on the house. Uh-huh—a whole afternoon. What's the use bein' a private sec. in good standin' unless you can put one over on the time-clock now and then? Besides, I had a social date; and, now Mr. Robert is back on the job so steady and is gettin' so domestic in his habits, somebody's got to represent the Corrugated Trust at these function things.
The event was the openin' of the Pill Box; you know, one of these dinky little theaters where they do the capsule drama at two dollars a seat. Not that I've been givin' my theatrical taste the highbrow treatment. I'm still strong for the smokeless war play where the coisèd spy gets his'n good and hard.

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Forster, E M: Where Angels Fear to Tread, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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Forster’s first novel (1902).

From www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/forst-01.htm
‘[Where Angels Fear to Tread [/(1902) is Forster's first novel and a witty debut. A spirited middle-class English girl goes to Italy and becomes involved with a local man. The English family send out a party to 'rescue' her (shades of Henry James) - but they are too late; she has already married him. But when a baby is born, the family returns with renewed hostility. The clash between living spirit and deadly rectitude is played out with amusing and tragic consequences.’

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Forster, E. M.: The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories. v1. February 2010

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A collection of six short stories by novelist E. M. Forster, written between 1902-1910 and first published in United Kingdom in 1911. Forster's first collection of short stories is a departure from the realism of his novels, as he introduces elements of the fantastic, inspired by ancient Greece, Paganism and Paradise, into typically English Edwardian surroundings.

Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy and also the attitudes towards gender and homosexuality in early 20th-century British society. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel [Howards End[/: "Only connect".

(source: wikipedia.org)

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Forster, E. M: Howards End. V1. 16 Aug 2009

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Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy and also the attitudes towards gender and homosexuality in early 20th-century British society. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect".

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Howardsend ,
Tuesday .
Dearest Meg,
It isn’t going to be what we expected. It is old and little, and altogether delightful—red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Paul (younger son) arrives tomorrow. From hall you go right or left into dining-room or drawing-room. Hall itself is practically a room. You open another door in it, and there are the stairs going up in a sort of tunnel to the first-floor. Three bedrooms in a row there, and three attics in a row above. That isn’t all the house really, but it’s all that one notices—nine windows as you look up from the front garden.

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Forster, E.M.: A Room with a View

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This is the first book I've gotten anywhere near production quality so, please be kind but tell me what I've done right and wrong.

Thanks

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Forster, E.M.: The Longest Journey. 14 Oct 2008

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[The Longest Journey[/ is a novel of formation. Characters grow and develop over time.

[The Longest Journey[/ starts with Rickie Elliot at Cambridge. Well, enjoy the book, that should be enough to get you started.

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Forster, John: The Life of Charles Dickens. v1, 21 Oct 2008

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The original biography of Charles Dickens, written soon after his death by his close friend, John Forster. This massive work, although ignoring many less admirable aspects of Dickens' life, is [the[/ definitive source upon which all the (many) subsequent biographies of Dickens have been based.

An absolutely fascinating book for anyone who enjoys Dickens' work.

Enjoy!

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Forsyth, Peter Taylor: The Soul of Prayer, v.1, 15th July 2008

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My first upload. Adds a little better formatting and a table of contents compared to many of the texts available. Made primarily for my own use but happy to receive comments and suggestions.

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"Here is a no-nonsense theologian who goes for the jugular. In Forsyth's company we are aware of both the glory and the gravity of what we are doing when we go to our knees in prayer." -Eugene H. Peterson

P. T. Forsyth is sometimes described as an English pre-cursor to Karl Barth. He was born in 1848 to a Scottish family of humble origins and later in life attended Aberdeen University, where he graduated with first-class honours in classical literature in 1869. In 1876 he was ordained and called to minister in Shipley, Yorkshire. In his early ministry in the Congregational Church, Forsyth fought orthodoxy and sought for the right to rethink Christian theology and pursue liberal thought. In 1878, however, Forsyth experienced a conversion from, in his own words, "being a Christian to being a believer, from a lover of love to an object of grace." A profound awareness of pastoral responsibility was awakened which radically altered the the course of his ministry. His conversion thrust him from the leadership of liberalism to a recovery of the theology of grace. Quickly, he became one of the better-known figures in British Nonconformity. In 1894, he received a call to Emmanuel College in Cambridge, where he preached his famous sermon, "Holy Father" in 1896. In 1901, he accepted a position as principal of Hackney Theological College, London where he remained until he died in 1921. Over his lifetime Forsyth published 25 books and more than 260 articles. He is often credited with recovering for his generation the reality and true dimensions of the grace of God.

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Fortune, Mary: Tales of Murder and Mystery. V1. 20 Mar 2011

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Mary Helena Fortune (c. 1833-1910) was born Mary Wilson in Belfast of Scottish ancestry and emigrated to Canada (which she considered her ‘home') as a child. In 1851 she married Joseph Fortune, a surveyor, and they had one son before she travelled to Australia to join her father George Wilson in 1855, who was working on the goldfields. She had another son in 1856 before marrying (possibly bigamously) in 1858 Percy Rollo Brett, a mounted policeman. This marriage quickly broke up and from 1865 she wrote for the popular Australian Journal under the pseudonyms Waif Wanderer and W.W. She began writing crime fiction as part of a collaboration with James Skipp Borlase, who plagiarized her. After he was sacked from the AJ she became the magazine's principal crime writer, contributing over 500 detective stories between 1865-1908. Her one book publication was The Detective's Album (1871), possibly the first collection of detective stories published by a woman. She died in mysterious circumstances c. 1910.

My Lodger
The White Maniac; A Doctor's Tale
Traces of Crime

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Foucher, Laure Claire (ed): Fairy Tales and Folklore v1 10 dec 2008

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(Stories to read or tell from) Fairy Tales and Folklore

This is a chidren's fairy book.

Again, you might say, but I love those books, you know. There are beautiful illustrations in it, too.

From the introduction:
[QUOT"Stories to Read or Tell" has been compiled for the boys and girls who like to listen to stories as well as to read them, and for the mothers and teachers who are looking for stories "not quite so well known" as those contained in many excellent compilations now in use. "'Tell me a story' comes before the ability to read," and unfortunate is the child who has not gone to the "Land of Nod" with good Mother Goose and those of her kin.[/QUOT
Get it, you won't regret it!

Have fun!

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Fouqué, Friedrich de la Motte: Undine. 01 Jan 2008

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[Undine[/ is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages. The novel served as inspiration for two operas in the romantic style by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and Albert Lortzing, respectively, and the ballet [Ondine.[/

The story, which has resemblences to [The Little Mermaid[/ by Andersen, is descended from [Melusine,[/ the French folk-tale of a water-sprite who who marries a knight on condition that he shall never see her on Saturdays, when she resumes her mermaid shape.[ Undine[/ has been made ito a ballet and an opera. George Macdonald thought [Undine[/ 'the most beautiful' of all fairy stories, and the references to it in such works as Charlotte Yonge's [The Daisy Chain [/and Louisa Alcott's [Little Women[/ show that it was one of the best loved of all books for many 19th-century children.

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Fowler, Frank: Broncho Rider Boys in Veracruz v1 25 jan 2009

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The Broncho Rider Boys With Funston at Vera Cruz OR Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes

This one is pure unadulterated fun. A book for young boys, filled with adventure and action. This apparently belongs to a bigger series of books. I am presently not aware, however, how many more have been scanned and are available .

Have a lot of fun with this!

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Fox, George: An Autobiography. V1. 20 JUN 2010

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George Fox (July 1624 – January 13 1691) was an English Dissenter and the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. Living in a time of great social upheaval, he rebelled against the religious and political consensus by proposing an unusual and uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. His journal is a text popular even among non-Quakers for its vivid account of his personal journey.

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Fox, John jr.: The Last Stetson v1 19 feb 2009

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Well, the last stetson is not the last cowboy hat, but the last descendant of the Stetson family, almost killed off in a long family feud. Enjoyable read with some action strewn in.

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Francatelli, C E: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, v.1, 23 Dec 2007

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A little oddity from 1862. Queen Victoria's chef teaches the working classes how to cook: condescending and sympathetic at the same time.

NB the liquid measures are in imperial pints. These are 20 fluid ounces, whereas the American pint is 16 fluid ounces. (The imperial pint dates from 1824.)

Some of the recipes look quite feasible, though others seem stodgy. There are instructions fro brewing beer.

Some of the recipes are now impossible to make. In the UK one cannot buy calves' heads owing to the BSE risk. And the instructions for curing one's own bacon are problematic because one cannot buy saltpetre because it is also an ingredient for some explosives.

There's a TOC, some pictures and a clickable index.

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France, Anatole: Balthasar and Other Tales, v.1, 23 November 2008.

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Balthasar and Other Tales (1909)
By Anatole France (1844–1924)
Translated by Mrs. John Lane [Mrs. Anna Eichberg Lan (died 1927).

A collection of tales. Some are set in antiquity; some are based on Biblical stories; others are fairy tales.

Contents:
Balthasar
The Curé’s Mignonette
M. Pigeonneau
The Daughter of Lilith
Laeta Acilia
The Red Egg
Honey-Bee

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France, Anatole: Die Insel der Pinguine. german. v1. 26 feb 2009

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[Die Insel der Pinguine[/ ist ein 1908 erschienener historischer Roman des französischen Autors Anatole France. Vorgeblich eine Chronik des fiktiven Landes Alka in acht Büchern, ist der Roman eine Satire auf die Geschichte Frankreichs im besonderen und die Geschichte des christlichen Abendlandes im allgemeinen.

Der Heilige Maël tauft aus Versehen ein paar Riesenpinguine, weil er sie aufgrund seiner Kurzsichtigkeit mit Menschen verwechselt. Eine schnell einberufene Versammlung im Paradies sieht sich daraufhin gezwungen den getauften Pinguinen Menschengestalt zu verleihen. Der Taufakt darf ja nicht aufgrund so einer "kleinen Verwechselung" seine Gültigkeit verlieren...
Maël versucht den frischgebackenen Menschenkindern die Grundzüge der Zivilisation zu lehren. Doch leider ergreift auch der Teufel in Gestalt eines Mönches die Chance und mischt sich immer wieder störend ein. Die darauf folgende beschriebene Entwicklung des pinguinischen Volkes vom Altertum bis in die Zukunft weist natürlich nur "rein zufällig" immer wieder ironische Parallelen zur französischen Geschichte auf...

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France, Anatole: Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue [en Français], v.1, 8 Novembre 200

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Anatole France (1844–1924)
Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et autres contes merveilleux

Contenu :
1. Les sept femmes de la Barbe bleue, d'après des documents authentiques.
2. Le miracle du grand Saint Nicolas.
3. Histoire de la Duchesse de Cicogne et de Monsieur de Boulingrin qui dormirent cent ans en compagnie de la Belle-au-bois-dormant.
4. La chemise.

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France, Anatole: Lucifer, v1, 24 November 2009.

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Anatole France (1844–1924)
Lucifer (1895)
Translated by Alfred Allinson. (1854–?)

The devil appears to an artist to complain about his unflattering portrait on an altarpiece.
This short story was inspired by an anecdote about the painter Spinello, in Vasari’s “Lives of the Artists.”
The painting referred to in the story seems only to exist in fragments, so the cover shows another work by Spinello.

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France, Anatole: Penguin Island, v.1, 5 Feb 2008.

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For some reason I was imperceptibly drawn to this epic saga of penguin civilisation, which I found on PG. I have restored a lot of accents, added curly quotes and hyperlinked the footnotes.

No translator’s name was given.

From Wikipedia:

[Penguin Island [/(L'Île des Pingouins) is a satirical novel by Anatole France first published in 1908.
The book details the history of the penguins and is written as a critique of human nature, and is also a satire on France's political history, including the Dreyfus affair.
Morals, customs and laws are satirised within the context of the fictional land of Penguinia, where the animals were baptised erroneously by the myopic Abbot Maël. The book is ultimately concerned with the perfectibility of mankind.
As soon as the Penguins are transformed into humans, they begin robbing and murdering each other. By the end of the book, a thriving civilization is destroyed by terrorist bombs.

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France, Anatole: Putois, v.1, 24 November 2008.

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Putois (1907)
By Anatole France (1844–1924)
Translated by William Patten.

A short story.
A family create an imaginary gardener in order to solve certain problems. Then he begins to take on a life of his own…
(How many other non-existent entities become reified in this way?)

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France, Anatole: Tales from a Mother-of-Pearl Casket, v1, 23 December 2009.

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Anatole France [1844–1924]
Tales from a Mother-of-Pearl Casket [1896]
Translated by Henri Pène du Bois [1858–1906]

A collection of sixteen short stories, made from a scan at The Internet Archive.
The first story has Pontius Pilate recollecting his time in Judea, and has a lot to say about the treatment of religious minorities. (Anatole France probably intended a comment on the Dreyfus Affair.)
Other stories are drawn from The Golden Legend. Also there are some stories set in revolutionary France..
The last few lines were missing from the scan, so I have added them from another PD translation.

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France, Anatole: Thaïs, v.1, 9 August 2008.

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Anatole France (1844–1924)
Thaïs (1890)
Translated By Robert B. Douglas (b. 1848–)

This novel is set in 4th century Alexandria and the Egyptian desert. The monk Paphnutius is determined to leave his monastery in the desert and convert the beautiful actress and courtesan, Thaïs. But are his motives entirely pure?

The book was the inspiration for Jules Massenet’s opera of the same name.

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France, Anatole: The Revolt of the Angels, v1, 30 Aug 2007.

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Anatole France, The Revolt of the Angels
(La révolte des anges)
Translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson
First published: 1914.

I know that it is/was possible to get a copy of this via Black Mask but that was a Bowdlerized version. I have checked my version against my paper copy and restored accents, italics, and several tame erotic passages in Chapter 9 and elsewhere, which a prudish hand inexplicably removed.

I had always thought of Anatole France as a bit of a society novelist but this work shows that he can be a great deal more. Imagine Philip Pullman with sex, political satire and irony, and you get some idea of this novel.

The extensive library of the d’Esparvieu household is thrown into confusion every night, as books are thrown about. The mysterious intruder has a penchant for theological works.
Maurice d’Esparvieu is a rather dim but fashionable young man. During an afternoon tryst with Madame des Aubels, his guardian angel appears to tell Maurice that he is giving up his unsuccessful mission to preserve Maurice’s chastity in order to lead a revolt against God, who is a tyrant and autocrat. He has been plundering the library in an attempt to educate himself.
However, the small band of renegade angels has some difficulty blending into Parisian society and is frequently distracted by the daughters of men. (Being angels, they have only a limited understanding of human feelings, and are overwhelmed by unexpected sensations when they take human form.) Despite this problem they manage to organise an anarchist revolutionary movement and prepare for war against the Heavenly Hosts.
Meanwhile Maurice finds himself bereft without his celestial guardian, in whom Madame des Aubels is taking too great an interest.

The novel shows an unusual prescience and humanity in its treatment of war. Published in 1914, just before the outbreak of the First World War, Anatole France makes it clear that in war the only winners are the arms dealers.

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France, Anatole: The Seven Wives of Bluebeard etc, v.1, 8 Novemb

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The Seven Wives of Bluebeard & Other Marvellous Tales
By Anatole France (1844–1924)
A Translation by D B Stewart. Edited by James Lewis May and Bernard Miall
(1920)

Fairy tales for jaded people.

Contents:
1. The Seven Wives of Bluebeard (from authentic documents).
2. The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas.
3. The Story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingrin (who slept for a hundred years in company with the Sleeping Beauty).
4. The Shirt.

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France, Anatole:Les Dieux ont soif.V1.4MAY09

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I think my previous attempt was unsuccessful! So here we go again..

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François, Marie Louise von: Die letzte Reckenburgerin, german V1, 18.01.2010

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Marie Louise von François (* 27. Juni 1817 in Herzberg (Elster); † 25. September 1893 in Weißenfels) war eine deutsche Erzählerin und Schriftstellerin
Marie Louise von François stammt aus einem Hugenottengeschlecht und wuchs in wohlhabenden Verhältnissen auf. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters, des preußischen Majors Friedrich von François, verlor sie durch die Fahrlässigkeit ihres Vormundes ihr Vermögen und lebte dann längere Zeit in dem Haus ihres Onkels, des preußischen Generals Karl von François. Ihre Verlobung mit dem Grafen Goertz wurde aus Geldnot gelöst. Nach dem Tod des Onkels 1855 zu ihrer Mutter nach Weißenfels zurückgekehrt, begann sie mit kleineren Novellen im Cottaschen "Morgenblatt" meist anonym ihre schriftstellerische Laufbahn. Die materiell verarmte, intellektuell aber reich ausgestattete Adlige lebte vom Schreiben. Ihre Geschichten aus Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen zeigen die genaue Beobachterin, wichtige Ereignisse ihrer Zeit spiegelt sie in ganz besonderer Weise wider. Vom Beginn der 1860er Jahre bis zum Tode ihrer Eltern lebte sie in Weißenfels, und schrieb hier ihr Hauptwerk Die letzte Reckenburgerin, ein Familienroman, der von Seiten der Kritik mit der größten Anerkennung aufgenommen wurde.

Ihre Grabstätte befindet sich auf dem Friedhof III (jetziger Friedhof) in Weißenfels. Ihr Wohnhaus ist heute in Privatbesitz. Ein Schauraum ist der Dichterin und ihrem Werk gewidmet.

„Eine Dichterin von Gottes Gnaden“ nannte Gustav Freytag Louise von François in der Besprechung ihres Romans „Die letzte Reckenburgerin“ und begründete damit ihren Ruhm. Aber eine Modeschriftstellerin wie so manche andere ihrer Zeit, ist sie nicht geworden, auch geizte sie nicht danach, da sie dem verflachten Zeitgeschmack hätte Opfer bringen müssen. So blieb der Kreis der Verehrer ihrer eigenartigen, reizvollen Muse nur klein, und leider hatten die nicht so ganz Unrecht, die nach ihrem Tode meinten, Louise von François sei in deutschen Landen fast vergessen.
Aber das Echte, Edle, Schöne kann nicht verloren gehen. Seit jenen Tagen hat sich manches gewandelt, auch der Geschmack. In Almanachen, Zeitschriften, Einzelschriften, Einleitungen zu einzelnen ihrer Werke wurde ihre Dichtkunst gewürdigt, keine der in der letzten Zeit zahlreich erschienenen Literaturgeschichten unterlässt es, ihrer lobend zu gedenken, ein kurzes Lebensbild zu entwerfen und auf einen der Romane, besonders „Die Reckenburgerin“ einzugehen. So sind ihre Lebensschicksale in der Hauptsache auch weiteren Kreisen bekannt geworden und haben nicht allein bei der gefühlvollen weiblichen Jugend Teilnahme erweckt.

Die letzte Reckenburgerin
Die Titelheldin des Romans, Eberhardine Freifräulein von Reckenburg, ist eine starke, selbstbewusste Frau. Der größte Teil des Buchs besteht aus ihren Erinnerungen, in denen sie ihre Kindheit und Jugend und ihre Arbeit auf dem Stammsitz ihrer Familie schildert. Die Rahmenhandlung führt uns einen invaliden, verarmten Soldaten vor, der gegen Napoleon gekämpft hat und der, als er am Ende seiner Kräfte ist, für seine kleine Tochter verzweifelt eine bessere Zukunft sucht. Der Lebensweg dieses Kindes ist mit dem der Titelheldin eng verknüpft und das Kind verkörpert die Zukunft, die nach dem Tod der letzten Reckenburgerin folgen wird.

Die letzte Reckenburgerin, Fräulein Hardine genannt, stammt aus einer Zeit, in der Standesunterschiede den Umgang der Menschen miteinander bestimmen. Hardine genießt eine standesgemäße Erziehung und wächst in dem Bewusstsein auf, dass sie aufgrund ihres alten Adels Vorrechte genießt, auch wenn ihr Zweig der Familie verhältnismäßig arm ist. Mit den Vorrechten sind aber auch Pflichten und ein besonders hoher sittlicher Standard verbunden. Gegen diese Norm verstößt Hardine, als sie ihrer Freundin Dorle, einer Wirtstochter, dabei hilft, eine außereheliche Schwangerschaft zu verheimlichen und das Kind in einem Waisenhaus unterzubringen. Hardine verletzt damit ihr Ehrgefühl und hintergeht ihre Eltern. Sie tut das nicht nur, weil sie ihre Freundin schützen möchte, sondern auch, weil der Vater des Kindes von fürstlichem Stand ist und sie darum bittet, auf Dorle achtzugeben, als er in die Schlacht zieht. Mit besonders eifriger Pflichterfüllung versucht das Freifräulein von Reckenburg diesen Makel in ihrem Leben auszugleichen.
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François, Marie Louise von: Stufenjahre eines Glücklichen, german V1, 20.01.2010

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Marie Louise von François (* 27. Juni 1817 in Herzberg (Elster); † 25. September 1893 in Weißenfels) war eine deutsche Erzählerin und Schriftstellerin
Marie Louise von François stammt aus einem Hugenottengeschlecht und wuchs in wohlhabenden Verhältnissen auf. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters, des preußischen Majors Friedrich von François, verlor sie durch die Fahrlässigkeit ihres Vormundes ihr Vermögen und lebte dann längere Zeit in dem Haus ihres Onkels, des preußischen Generals Karl von François. Ihre Verlobung mit dem Grafen Goertz wurde aus Geldnot gelöst. Nach dem Tod des Onkels 1855 zu ihrer Mutter nach Weißenfels zurückgekehrt, begann sie mit kleineren Novellen im Cottaschen "Morgenblatt" meist anonym ihre schriftstellerische Laufbahn. Die materiell verarmte, intellektuell aber reich ausgestattete Adlige lebte vom Schreiben. Ihre Geschichten aus Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen zeigen die genaue Beobachterin, wichtige Ereignisse ihrer Zeit spiegelt sie in ganz besonderer Weise wider. Vom Beginn der 1860er Jahre bis zum Tode ihrer Eltern lebte sie in Weißenfels, und schrieb hier ihr Hauptwerk Die letzte Reckenburgerin, ein Familienroman, der von Seiten der Kritik mit der größten Anerkennung aufgenommen wurde.

Ihre Grabstätte befindet sich auf dem Friedhof III (jetziger Friedhof) in Weißenfels. Ihr Wohnhaus ist heute in Privatbesitz. Ein Schauraum ist der Dichterin und ihrem Werk gewidmet.

„Eine Dichterin von Gottes Gnaden“ nannte Gustav Freytag Louise von François in der Besprechung ihres Romans „Die letzte Reckenburgerin“ und begründete damit ihren Ruhm. Aber eine Modeschriftstellerin wie so manche andere ihrer Zeit, ist sie nicht geworden, auch geizte sie nicht danach, da sie dem verflachten Zeitgeschmack hätte Opfer bringen müssen. So blieb der Kreis der Verehrer ihrer eigenartigen, reizvollen Muse nur klein, und leider hatten die nicht so ganz Unrecht, die nach ihrem Tode meinten, Louise von François sei in deutschen Landen fast vergessen.
Aber das Echte, Edle, Schöne kann nicht verloren gehen. Seit jenen Tagen hat sich manches gewandelt, auch der Geschmack. In Almanachen, Zeitschriften, Einzelschriften, Einleitungen zu einzelnen ihrer Werke wurde ihre Dichtkunst gewürdigt, keine der in der letzten Zeit zahlreich erschienenen Literaturgeschichten unterlässt es, ihrer lobend zu gedenken, ein kurzes Lebensbild zu entwerfen und auf einen der Romane, besonders „Die Reckenburgerin“ einzugehen. So sind ihre Lebensschicksale in der Hauptsache auch weiteren Kreisen bekannt geworden und haben nicht allein bei der gefühlvollen weiblichen Jugend Teilnahme erweckt.
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Stufenjahre eines Glücklichen
Vor dem Hintergrund der preußisch-sächsischen Geschichte vollziehen sich auch die "Stufenjahre eines Glücklichen", der Lebensweg des Decimus Frey im gleichnamigen Roman von der Kindheit als zehntes Kind eines dem Trunk ergebenen Häuslers zum behaglichen Ehestand mit der adligen Lydia von Hartenstein. Die Patenschaft des preußischen Königs und seine eigene Besinnlichkeit führen den Helden sicher durch alle wirren (etwa des Aufstands von 1848), die anderen zum Verhängnis werden; das Modell der Goetheschen Turmgesellschaft im klassischen Bildungsroman hat hier ein politisch-historisches Gegenstück gefunden, das sich wie eine Allegorie auf das Geschichtsbild der Autorin liest: die Verbindung mit Preußen als Heilsperspektive der deutschen, zumal sächsischen, Geschichte.
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Franklin, Ben: Autobiography. 20 Dec 07

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RWood

While most school children and older in the USA know who he is, some of the MobileRead readers may not. He was one of out founding Fathers and a champion for freedom of the press. As a scientist he confirmed that lightening is electricity, developed the Franklin stove (very energy saving for the day), and was the first to create bifocals (glasses that can correct distance and near vision problems at the same time.) As a business man he ran a successful newspaper in Philadelphia and published Poor Richard's Almanac. As a diplomat he helped secure the French support for our war of independence from the British. As a patriot he helped guide Thomas Jefferson in the Writing of the Declaration of Independence.

Today most people know him as the picture on the $100 bill. (The largest USA currency in circulation.)

Enjoy the book. I have only read it about 20 times since I first read it in my teens. It inspired me then and continues to inspire me to this day.

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Fraser, William Alexander: The Outcasts. V1. 26 Feb 2011

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Arthur Henry Howard Heming (January 17, 1870 – October 30, 1940) was a Canadian painter and novelist known as the "chronicler of the North" for his paintings, sketches, essays and books about Canada's North.
William Alexander Fraser (1859-1933).

Illustrated by Arthur Henry Howard Heming.
Excerpt
A'tim the Outcast was half Wolf, half Huskie Dog. That meant ferocity and bloodthirst on the one side, and knowledge of Man's ways on the other. Also, that he was an Outcast; for neither side of the house of his ancestry would have aught of him.
A'tim was bred in the far Northland, where the Cree Indians trail the white snow-waste with Train Dogs; and one time A'tim had pressed an unwilling shoulder to a dog-collar. Now he was an outcast vagabond on the southern prairie, close to the Montana border-land.

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Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough [Abridged], v1, 28 December 2009.

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Sir James George Frazer. [1854–1941]
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
Abridged Edition (1922)

Originally published in 1890, this is an abridgement by the author. It is only (!) 410,000 words long.
Sir James Frazer discusses and compares similar magical and religious practices across the world, suggesting that there are many common elements. He surmises that there is a pattern to the development of human beliefs: primitive magic evolves into religion, which may evolve into scientific belief.
It is also strongly implied that there is nothing new in Christianity, other than the personality of Jesus of Nazareth. All the other features also occur in various mystery religions, e.g. the cult of Osiris and Isis.

The source was Project Gutenberg, with a number of additions and corrections from my paper copy..

Incidentally, in George Eliot’s “Middlemarch,” one of the characters, Mr Casaubon, is busy writing a “Key to all the Mythologies,” which remains uncompleted. This is the work that he might have written, had he not been an intellectual coward.

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Free Online Dictionary of Computing. V1. 06 July 07

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[quotFOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.[/quot

This is released in the MobiPocket Dictionary format in preparation for the upcoming dictionary support on the iLiad. It should work without problems on the iLiad when the update is released.

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Freeman, R Austin: A Certain Dr Thorndyke. V1. 12 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

A winding adventure that begins in an exotic, teasing location. Richard Austin Freeman introduces the reader to the delights of an extraordinary jewel heist. Hollis is a retired soap manufacturer, richer than Croesus and some say mad. Obsessed with amassing wondrous jewels, precious stones and bullion, Hollis chooses a strong room to deposit his dazzling hoard. But when he discovers that he's the victim of an elaborate and enigmatic robbery, even though the room was never broken into, Dr Thorndyke is summoned to bring his unrivalled knowledge to bear on a remarkable mystery.

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Freeman, R Austin: A Silent Witness. V1. 10 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 - 28 September 1943 ) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a writer of , mostly featuring the medico-legal . He claimed to have invented the (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial in his novels.
A large proportion of the stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as , and .

On a wet and windy silent night in the sleeping city of London, the body of a man is found sprawled across Millfield Lane. So begins an ill wind and the puzzle of an intriguing stranger in this enchanting Dr Thorndyke mystery.

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Freeman, R Austin: As a Thief in the Night. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn't expect is to see him at Death's door. Suspicions aroused, he demands an urgent second opinion. And when Harold is later found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Barbara Monkhouse is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of wife poisoning husband - or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold's room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

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Freeman, R Austin: Dr Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

THE SINGING BONE (1912) (a.k.a. The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke)
THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY (1918) (This book included 2 Thorndyke Stories)
JOHN THORNDYKE'S CASES (1909) (a.k.a. Dr. Thorndyke's Cases)
THE MAGIC CASKET (1927)
THE PUZZLE LOCK (1925)
DR. THORNDYKE'S CASE BOOK (1923) (a.k.a. The Blue Scarab)

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Freeman, R Austin: Helen Vardon's Confession. V1. 11 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Through the open door of a library, Helen Vardon hears an argument that changes her life forever. Helen's father and a man called Otway argue over missing funds in a trust one night. Otway proposes a marriage between him and Helen in exchange for his cooperation and silence. What transpires is a captivating tale of blackmail, fraud and death. Dr Thorndyke is left to piece together the clues in this enticing mystery.

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Freeman, R Austin: Mr Pottermack's Oversight. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Mr Pottermack is a law abiding, settled homebody who has nothing to hide until the appearance of the shadowy Lewison, a gambler and blackmailer with an incredible story. It appears that Pottermack is in fact a run away prisoner, convicted of fraud and Lewison is about to spill the beans unless he receives a large bribe in return for his silence. But Pottermack protests his innocence, and resolves to shut Lewison up once and for all. Will he do it? And if he does, will he get away with it?

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Freeman, R Austin: The Cat's Eye. V1. 11 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

When Andrew Drayton, a collector of jewellery, is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in to investigate. But although the scene of the crime seems awash with the fingerprints of the attacker, there may be good reason why the police can't trace the killer. But not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents help to reveal that this is no ordinary murder and no ordinary murderer is behind it.

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Freeman, R Austin: The D'Arblay Mystery. V1. 12 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case. This wickedly entertaining detective fiction reveals that the victim was murdered through a lethal injection and someone out there is trying a cover-up.

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Freeman, R Austin: The Mystery of 31 New Inn. V1. 10 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

When a Doctor is called to the bedside of a mysterious sick man by the name of Graves, a strange and sinister plot involving poisoning is uncovered. But who is this Graves; a man well travelled who seems to have such a fear of doctors? And who is the villainous Mr Weiss into whose care Graves has been assigned? Doctor Thorndyke is summoned to help solve the mystery of the thirty-first new inn.

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Freeman, R Austin: The Mystery of Angelina Frood. V1. 11 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

A beautiful young woman is in shock. She calls John Strangeways, a medical lawyer who must piece together the strange disparate facts of her case and in turn, becomes fearful for his life. Only Dr Thorndyke, a master of detection, may be able to solve the baffling mystery of Angelina Frood.

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Freeman, R Austin: The Red Thumb Mark. V1. 10 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

John Hornby is the proud owner of a dazzling diamond business and when his nephews go into business with him, they are determined to be given their full share of responsibility. A consignment of diamonds is entrusted to the nephews who place their precious hoard in a safe overnight. But come the morning, the diamonds are missing and incredibly, the safe has been left untouched, all except for two blood smeared thumb prints and the inevitable presence of a mysterious Mr X. In one of Freeman's finest, will Dr Thorndyke, the erudite master of insight solve the enigma of the red thumb mark?

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Freeman, R Austin: The Shadow of the Wolf. V1. 12 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Excerpt
"What I wanted to say," he resumed, "was this. We're both doing pretty well now on the square. You must be positively piling up the shekels, and I can earn a decent living, which is all I want. Why shouldn't we drop this flash note business?"

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Freeman, R. Austin: Complete "Dr. Thorndyke". v19. 30 Dec 2010

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By popular request, I have rearranged the novels and short stories featuring the forensic investigator "Dr Thorndyke" into 7 volumes, with the books arranged in order of publication date. A number of books have not yet been released - I have put a "placeholder" for these in the appropriate volumes, and will add them as and when they are released. These unreleased books are marked with a "*" in the following list.

The books are:

VOLUME 1

The Red Thumb Mark (1907)

John Hornby is the proud owner of a dazzling diamond business and when his nephews go into business with him, they are determined to be given their full share of responsibility. A consignment of diamonds is entrusted to the nephews who place their precious hoard in a safe overnight. But come the morning, the diamonds are missing and incredibly, the safe has been left untouched, all except for two blood smeared thumb prints and the inevitable presence of a mysterious Mr X. In one of Freeman's finest, will Dr Thorndyke, the erudite master of insight, solve the enigma of the red thumb mark?

John Thordyke's Cases (1909) aka [Dr Thorndyke's Cases[/

In this intriguing collection of detective stories, Richard Austin Freeman presents yet another batch of entertaining, clever mysteries to tempt and tease the curious mind. From robbery and murder to mayhem, Freeman takes the reader through a myriad of beguiling scenarios and asks whodunit, with the aid of the erudite Dr Thorndyke.

The Eye of Osiris (1911) aka [The Vanishing Man[/

"...I strolled down to the Embankment, and, leaning on the parapet, contemplated the view across the river; the grey stone bridge with its perspective of arches, the picturesque pile of the shot-towers, and, beyond, the shadowy shapes of the Abbey and St. Stephen's. It was a pleasant scene . . . a barge swept down through the middle arch of the bridge with a lugsail hoisted to a jury mast and a white-aproned woman at the tiller. Dreamily I watched the craft creep by upon the moving tide, noted the low freeboard, almost awash, the careful helmswoman, and the dog on the forecastle yapping at the distant shore - and thought of Ruth Bellingham."

First published in 1911, The Eye of Osiris adds the charm of Old London to this fine detective story by R. Austin Freeman.

The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1912)

When a Doctor is called to the bedside of a mysterious sick man by the name of Graves, a strange and sinister plot involving poisoning is uncovered. But who is this Graves; a man well travelled who seems to have such a fear of doctors? And who is the villainous Mr Weiss into whose care Graves has been assigned? Doctor Thorndyke is summoned to help solve the mystery.

VOLUME 2

The Singing Bone (1912) aka [The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke[/

In the topsy turvy world of [The Singing Bone[/, Richard Austin Freeman presents us with a solution. The reader is asked to deduce how different mysteries were solved rather than whodunit. Freeman introduces five distinct tales of intrigue, romance, mutiny and murder. The ingenuity of these detective stories lies in their fresh and original approach in what amounts to a tantalising read.

A Silent Witness (1914)

On a wet and windy silent night in the sleeping city of London, the body of a man is found sprawled across Millfield Lane. So begins an ill wind and the puzzle of an intriguing stranger in this enchanting Dr Thorndyke mystery.

The Great Portrait Mystery and Other Stories (1918)

The National Portrait Gallery is the opening setting for this delightful mystery of theft and fraud. A painter copies diligently from a watercolour one morning when an enigmatic musician suddenly appears and causes mayhem with his musical interludes, hopping from one picture to another and giving a remarkable rendition of different songs. But while the curator follows him around trying to call a halt to the musical spectacle, the copyist replaces a watercolour masterpiece and makes an infamous escape. Who is the mysterious musician? Who is the mysterious copyist? And what has happened to the priceless watercolour?

Helen Vardon's Confession (1922)

Through the open door of a library, Helen Vardon hears an argument that changes her life forever. Helen's father and a man called Otway argue over missing funds in a trust one night. Otway proposes a marriage between him and Helen in exchange for his cooperation and silence. What transpires is a captivating tale of blackmail, fraud and death. Dr Thorndyke is left to piece together the clues in this enticing mystery.

VOLUME 3

The Cat's Eye (1923)

When Andrew Drayton, a collector of jewellery, is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in to investigate. But although the scene of the crime seems awash with the fingerprints of the attacker, there may be good reason why the police can't trace the killer. But not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents help to reveal that this is no ordinary murder and no ordinary murderer is behind it.

Dr Thorndyke's Casebook (1923) aka [The Blue Scarab[/

A compelling collection of Dr Thorndyke mysteries is presented here in a bumper crop of Richard Austin Freeman's fiction. Opening with [The Case of the White Footprints[/, revealing the secrets of [The Blue Scarab[/ and teasing all that read [The Stolen Ingots[/, Freeman introduces some extraordinary detective stories to bamboozle the most able of minds. Once you pick this book up, you won't be able to put it down.

The Mystery of Angelina Frood (1924)

A beautiful young woman is in shock. She calls John Strangeways, a doctor who must piece together the strange disparate facts of her case and in turn, becomes fearful for her life. Only Dr Thorndyke, a master of detection, may be able to solve the baffling mystery of Angelina Frood.

The Shadow of the Wolf (1925)

Another "inverted" detective story - the genre which Freeman invented, in which the reader knows all the details of the crime in advance. Varney is an engraver who is being blackmailed into producing forged bank-notes by Purcell. On a yachting trip, Varney shoots Purcell and dumps his body overboard. Can Dr. Thorndyke solve the crime? One of the best Dr. Thorndyke stories in terms of showing the process of scientific detection.

VOLUME 4

The D'Arblay Mystery (1926)

When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case.

A Certain Dr Thorndyke (1927)

A winding adventure that begins in an exotic, teasing location. Richard Austin Freeman introduces the reader to the delights of an extraordinary jewel heist. Hollis is a retired soap manufacturer, richer than Croesus and some say mad. Obsessed with amassing wondrous jewels, precious stones and bullion, Hollis chooses a strong room to deposit his dazzling hoard. But when he discovers that he's the victim of an elaborate and enigmatic robbery, even though the room was never broken into, Dr Thorndyke is summoned to bring his unrivalled knowledge to bear on a remarkable mystery.

The Magic Casket (1927)

On a misty November night in London, Dr Thorndyke comes across an abandoned handbag in an old church. From examining the contents an address is found and so begins a mysterious trail leading to the owner and a violent murder. Enter into the world of Mr Ponting's Alibi where threats are made when a will is made known, and meet the gang of cosmopolitan revolutionaries who harbour and explosive truth at The Golomite Works. This delightful collection of crime stories has been written to amuse and perplex the most ardent of crime aficionados.

The Puzzle Lock (1927)

Another collection of short stories.

VOLUME 5

As a Thief in the Night (1928)

Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn't expect is to see him at Death's door. Suspicions aroused, he demands an urgent second opinion. And when Harold is later found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Barbara Monkhouse is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of wife poisoning husband - or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold's room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

Dr Thorndyke Investigates (1930)

A collection of 5 previously-published short stories, all of which are contained in earlier volumes in the series. I've simply included the table of contents for this book, and referred the reader back to the books in which the stories originally appeared.

Mr. Pottermack's Oversight (1930)

Mr Pottermack is a law abiding, settled homebody who has nothing to hide until the appearance of the shadowy Lewison, a gambler and blackmailer with an incredible story. It appears that Pottermack is in fact a run away prisoner, convicted of fraud and Lewison is about to spill the beans unless he receives a large bribe in return for his silence. But Pottermack protests his innocence, and resolves to shut Lewison up once and for all. Will he do it? And if he does, will he get away with it?

Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke (1931)

This puzzling plot is related by two different characters: messenger boy Jasper Gray, who experiences several strange adventures, and Dr Jervis, friend of Dr Thorndyke. Dr Thorndyke is investigating a terrible crime, the solving of which remains elusive because of key facts remaining unknown. He needs the facts to confirm his case: Jasper could complete the blank spaces if only Thorndyke were aware of his existence.

VOLUME 6

When Rogues Fall Out (1932) aka [Dr Thorndyke's Discovery[/

Meet Mr Toke, a dubious connoisseur of fine antiques who deals in fabulous objets d'art and doesn't mind how he acquires them. From stealing bejewelled necklaces to rare antique clocks, Mr Toke cons a host of gullible individuals out of priceless heirlooms. But then he meets Mr Arthur Hughes and before long, the scam spirals out of control. Then there's the case of the murdered Inspector Badger. Will Dr Thorndyke be able to solve the crime with his legendary incisive rationale? When Rogues Fall Out incorporates some wonderful conundrums to hoodwink and hinder the most clued of crime readers.

Dr Thorndyke Intervenes (1933)

In DR. THORNDYKE INTERVENES, the famous medico-legal sleuth, Dr. Thorndyke, unravels one of the most intricate and thrilling cases of his entire career. It all started in a comparatively innocuous manner. Mr. Christopher Pippet, an American gentleman, is bringing suit to presume the death of the Earl of Winsborough, to whose title and estates he claims to be heir presumptive. But Mr. Pippet is unfortunate in his choice of a legal advisor and falls into the hands of a shady lawyer who tries to fake the evidence and thereby exposes himself to a criminal charge. Dr. Thorndyke is consulted. He suspects the lawyer's intentions, but finds more than he expected. He is looking for a fraud, and not only detects this, but also discovers a clue to a notorious robbery, and later, to a mysterious murder. Meanwhile, the peerage claim is settled; but, afterward, there is a further and more thrilling surprise for the reader.

For the Defence: Dr Thorndyke (1934)

This is the story of Andrew, a handsome artist living with his beautiful wife. Andrew witnesses a man being shot one night by two masked assailants and on the advice of his wife, decides to remain silent about what he has seen. But when a meeting with his cousin Ronald proves to be fatal, Andrew finds himself suspecting foul play, as Ronald lies crushed on beach sands. And soon, Andrew is a suspect himself.

The Penrose Mystery (1936)

Penrose is an eccentric old man in possession of some dazzling gems, which he won't insure. When Dr Thorndyke is alerted to a burglary at his house, a scrap of paper is found with the word 'lobster' on it and two Latin words, and Penrose has fled in panic after a car accident. The police are clearly mystified but Thorndyke in his indelible style is on track, hunting down a fugitive, testing a theory and getting to the bottom of a tantalising, complex mystery.

VOLUME 7

Felo De Se? (1937) aka [Murder at the Inn[/

John Gillam was a gambler. John Gillam faced financial ruin and was the victim of a sinister blackmail attempt. John Gillam is now dead. In this exceptional mystery, Dr Thorndyke is brought in to untangle the secrecy surrounding the death of John Gillam, a man not known for insanity and thoughts of suicide.

The Stoneware Monkey (1938)

A novel of two halves, this story opens with Dr James Oldfield who finds himself caught one night in a police hunt. When he stumbles upon a policeman, struck dead by an unknown assailant, Oldfield determines to piece together what happened, and who Mr Kempster, (a man who turns up at the scene of the crime) may be. What unravels is a story of ingenious theft involving diamonds and the remains of an artist's body found in a kiln. In the second part, Oldfield engages the help of Dr Thorndyke and together they trace the work of the artist and a valuable stoneware monkey that hides an incredible secret. In the back streets of London amongst colonies of silk weavers, cabinet-makers and craftsmen, Freeman deftly entwines a cunning story infused with palpable suspense. From the father of forensic crime fiction, this plot is chock full of vivid detail.

Mr. Polton Explains (1940)

Told through the eyes of a watchmaker, Dr Thorndyke is once again faced with a mystery involving a mysterious fire in a Soho house filled with supposedly inflammable objects. What transpires is an entertaining and amazing twist thanks to the eagle eyes of the Doctor and his friend the watchmaker, Mr Polton.

The Jacob Street Mystery (1942) aka [The Unconscious Witness[/

Freeman's final novel. A painter is wrongly accused of murder - Dr Thorndyke investigates. Freeman breaks new ground here by introducing a sympathetic and non stereotyped African character, a lawyer from Ghana visiting England.

Meet Dr. Thorndyke (Essay)

An essay on the origin and development of the character of Dr. Thorndyke.

The Art of the Detective Story (Essay)

An essay about what makes a good detective story.

[5A King's Bench Walk (Essay)[/

As I said at the start, this is a "work in progress" and hopefully the "gaps" will be filled in as more books are released by PG. It's worth checking back here every so often to see if there have been any additions.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 30 Jun 07

Added "As a Thief in the Night" to Vol 5. Uploaded v2 of Vol 5.

EDIT: 1 Jan 08

Added "The D'Arblay Mystery" to Vol 4. Reformatted vols 3-7 to preserve dashes, etc. Uploaded new versions of vols 3-7.

EDIT: 4 Jan 08

Uploaded new version of vol 1 with dashes preserved, etc.

EDIT: 10 Jan 08

Added "Mr. Pottermack's Oversight" to Vol 5. Uploaded a new version of Vol 5.

EDIT: 20 Apr 08

Uploaded an improved version of Vol 1.

EDIT: 21 Apr 08

Uploaded improved versions of Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4.

EDIT: 23 Apr 08

Uploaded improved versions of Vols 5, 6, 7.

EDIT: 7 Sep 2008

Several typos fixed in Vol 1. Thanks to Sparrow for reporting these.

EDIT: 2 Jan 09

Thoroughly proof-read "The Eye of Osiris" in Vol 1 against a Google page scan, and fixed dozens of errors as a result, as well as adding in all the missing italics, and an image of a Greek inscription not previously included. Uploaded a new version of Vol 1 as a result.

EDIT: 5 Jan 09

Read "The Mystery of 31 New Inn" in Vol 1 and corrected a number of minor formatting errors as a result. Uploaded a new version of Vol 1. This will be the final version of Vol 1 unless any subsequent errors are found.

EDIT: 24 May 09

Proof-read Vol 2 and uploaded a new version. Several hundred errors corrected.

EDIT: 28 Feb 10

Added "The Mystery of Angelina Frood" to Vol 3 (very kindly scanned and proofed by MR user "sstaley"). Corrected the HTML errors in all volumes, and added new cover images. Uploaded new versions of all volumes.

EDIT: 19 Mar 10

The "missing" book from Vol 5, "Dr. Thorndyke Investigates", is nothing more than a compilation of short stories from earlier books. I've included the table of contents for the book, and referred the reader to the original source for each of the stories. Uploaded a new version of Vol 5.

EDIT: 22 Mar 10

Added "Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes" to Vol 6; this was the last "missing" book, although a number of essays and short stories still remain to be added. Thanks to MR user "sstaley" for scanning the book, and Conor for helping to proof-read it. Uploaded a new version of Vol 6.

EDIT: 22 Mar 10

Added the essays "Meet Dr. Thorndyke" and "The Art of the Detective Story" to Vol 7. This makes the omnibus complete, with one minor exception - a further essay titled "5A King's Bench Walk", which I've left a "placeholder" for in Vol 7. Uploaded a new version of Vol 7.

EDIT: 5 Apr 10

Completely proof-read all four books in Vol 3, and corrected many hundreds of errors. Uploaded a new version of Vol 3. Vol 3 is now in a good state, so please let me know if any errors remain in it.

EDIT: 21 Jul 10

Completely proof-read all four books in Vol 4, and corrected many hundreds of errors. There were a great many missing words in this volume; in the vast majority of cases the correct word was obvious, but in a few instances I've had to make an intelligent guess as to what the word should be. Please let me know if you find any remaining errors in Vol 4.

EDIT: 30 Dec 10

Completely proof-read the books in Vol 5. Numerous errors corrected. Please let me know if you find any remaining errors in Vol 5.

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- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 4.prc

- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 3.prc

- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 7.prc

- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 6.prc

- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 1.prc

- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 2.prc

Freeman, R. Austin: The Uttermost Farthing. v1, 24 Sep 2008

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From the creator of the "Dr. Thorndyke" stories, something a little different, originally published in 1914.

Humphrey Challoner had a formidable reputation in criminal anthropology. An intelligent savant devoted to science and his wife, he decides to tell the story of her tragic demise at the hands of a brutal murderer. What Challoner reveals leaves us with a feeling profound sympathy for a man who seems a victim of violent misfortune. But Challoner is not all that he seems and when he dies leaving the narrator with a rather unusual estate, a gruesome tale unfolds of venomous revenge and a perverse justice of a man driven past logic into a state of hell.

Enjoy!

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French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008

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This is the first of a set of four mystery volumes from 1922 edited by Joseph Lewis French.

Masterpieces of Mystery
Detective Stories

CONTENTS:
THE PURLOINED LETTER Edgar Allan Poe
THE BLACK HAND Arthur B. Reeve
THE BITER BIT Wilkie Collins
MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN Anna Katherine Green
A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA A. Conan Doyle
THE ROPE OF FEAR Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew
THE SAFETY MATCH Anton Chekhov
SOME SCOTLAND YARD STORIES Sir Robert Anderson

I have added a cover.

The other books in the series are:
Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories

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French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008

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This is the second of a set of four mystery volumes from 1922 edited by Joseph Lewis French.

Masterpieces of Mystery
Ghost Stories

CONTENTS:
THE LISTENER Algernon Blackwood
NUMBER 13 Montague Rhodes James
JOSEPH: A STORY Katherine Rickford
THE HORLA Guy de Maupassant
THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS William F. Harvey
SISTER MADDELENA Ralph Adams Cram
THRAWN JANET Robert Louis Stevenson
THE YELLOW CAT Wilbur Daniel Steele
LETTER TO SURA Pliny the Younger

I have added a cover.

The other books in the series are:
Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories

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French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008

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Stanart

This is the third of a set of four mystery volumes from 1922 edited by Joseph Lewis French.

Masterpieces of Mystery
Mystic-Humorous Stories

CONTENTS:
MAY-DAY EVE Algernon Blackwood
THE DIAMOND LENS Fitz-James O’Brien
THE MUMMY’S FOOT Théopile Gautier
MR. BLOKE’S ITEM Mark Twain
A GHOST Lafcadio Hearn
THE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR E. F. Benson
CHAN TOW THE HIGHROB Chester Bailey Fernando
THE INMOST LIGHT Arthur Machen
THE SECRET OF GORESTHORPE GRANGE A. Conan Doyle
THE RIVAL GHOSTS Brander Matthews

I have added a cover.

The other books in the series are:
Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories

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French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008

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This is the fourth of a set of four mystery volumes from 1922 edited by Joseph Lewis French.

Masterpieces of Mystery
Riddle Stories

CONTENTS:
THE MYSTERIOUS CARD Cleveland Moffett
THE GREAT VALDEZ SAPPHIRE Anonymous
THE OBLONG BOX Edgar Allan Poe
THE BIRTH-MARK Nathaniel Hawthorne
A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED Wilkie Collins
THE TORTURE BY HOPE Villiers de Vide Adam
THE BOX WITH THE IRON CLAMPS Florence Marry at
MY FASCINATING FRIEND William Archer
THE LOST ROOM Fitz-James O'Brien

I have added a cover.

The other books in the series are:
Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories

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Freud, Sigmund: Civilization and its Discontents v1 3 jun 2009

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With TOC, and hyperlinked endnotes.

Be content :-)

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From Wikipedia:

Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud. Written in 1929, and first published in German in 1930 as Das Unbehagen in der Kultur ("The Uneasiness in Culture"), it is one of Freud's most important and widely read works.

In this seminal book, Sigmund Freud enumerates the fundamental tensions between civilization and the individual. The primary friction stems from the individual's quest for instinctual freedom and civilization's contrary demand for conformity and instinctual repression. Many of humankind's primitive instincts (for example, the desire to kill and the insatiable craving for sexual gratification) are clearly harmful to the well-being of a human community. As a result, civilization creates laws that prohibit killing, rape, and adultery, and it implements severe punishments if such commandments are broken. This process, argues Freud, is an inherent quality of civilization that instills perpetual feelings of discontent in its citizens.

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Here is v1.01, 4th of July, 2009, as .prc file. Very minor conversion clean up, removing the repeated (and a bit messy) TOC at the end.

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Freud, Sigmund: Dream Psychology, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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Sigmund Freud: Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners, 1920.

Science or pseudo-science? Decide for yourself.

Authorized English Translation by M. D. Eder.
With An Introduction by André Tridon: Author of “Psychoanalysis, its History, Theory and Practice.” “Psychoanalysis and Behavior” and “Psychoanalysis, Sleep and Dreams.”

Contents:

Introduction
I. Dreams Have A Meaning
II. The Dream Mechanism
III. Why The Dream Disguises The Desires
IV. Dream Analysis
V. Sex In Dreams
VI. The Wish In Dreams
VII. The Function Of The Dream
VIII. The Primary And Secondary Process—Regression
IX. The Unconscious And Consciousness—Reality

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Freud, Sigmund: Psychopathology of Everyday Life, v.1, 29 June 2008.

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Psychopathology of Everyday Life
[Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens[/ (1901).
Translated (1914) by Abraham Arden Brill (1874-1948).

The book which explains Freudian slips.

[Contents[/
Introduction
Chapter 1: Forgetting of Proper Names
Chapter 2: Forgetting of Foreign Words
Chapter 3: Forgetting of Names and Order of Words
Chapter 4: Childhood and Concealing Memories
Chapter 5: Mistakes in Speech
Chapter 6: Mistakes in Reading and Writing
Chapter 7: Forgetting of Impressions and Resolutions
Chapter 8: Erroneously Carried-Out Actions
Chapter 9: Symptomatic and Chance Actions
Chapter 10: Errors
Chapter 11: Combined Faulty Acts
Chapter 12: Determinism—Chance—and Superstitious Beliefs

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Freud, Sigmund: Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, v.1, 30 June 2008.

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Translated by Abraham Arden Brill (1874-1948).
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie (1905)
Second Edition (1920)
Authorized Translation by A.A. Brill, Ph.B., M.D.
With Introduction by James J. Putnam, M.D.

The three essays are:
I. The Sexual Aberrations
II. The Infantile Sexuality
III. The Transformation of Puberty
Freud argues that children are sexual creatures. Infants are born with polymorphous perversity and their libido passes through oral, anal, phallic and latent stages before reaching adult genital sexuality.
The theory was extremely controversial when first published, and has since been extensively criticised by feminists, gay people, and those who consider the scientific methodology to be inadequate.

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Friedell, Egon: Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine. german. v1. 15 apr 2009

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Egon Friedell (* 21. Januar 1878; † 16. März 1938; eigentlich Egon Friedmann) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, Kulturphilosoph, Religionswissenschaftler, Historiker, Dramatiker, Theaterkritiker, Journalist, Schauspieler, Kabarettist und Conférencier. Nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten in Deutschland wurde von allen deutschen und österreichischen Verlagen die Veröffentlichung von Friedells Werken abgelehnt. Friedell beging am 16. März 1938 Selbstmord als Mitglieder der SA sein Haus in Wien aufsuchten. Seine Erzählung [Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine[/ wurde erst 1946 posthum veröffentlicht.

Die Zeitmaschine: Ein Apparat, mit dem es gelingt, in die 4. Dimension zu reisen - in die Zeit. [Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine[/, geschrieben etwa zu der Zeit als Albert Einstein die Relativitätstheorie entwickelte, ist eine intelligente, literarische Antwort auf H. G. Wells Science Fiction Erzählung "Die Zeitmaschine". So überraschend wie Wells seinen Zeitreisenden von einem Ausflug in die Vergangenheit nicht zurückkehren lässt, kommt Friedell einem Vertrauten des Zeitreisenden auf die Spur, der das Geheimnis lüftet und von der letzten großen Reise mit der Zeitmaschine berichtet...

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Froest, Frank: The Grell Mystery, v1, 11 December 2009.

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Frank Froest (1858–1930)
The Grell Mystery (1913)

Mr Robert Grell is apparently found murdered in his study. After a little time, the police realise that the corpse is not that of Robert Grell, but someone who looked a lot like him. Where has Grell gone? And who is the corpse? Scotland Yard investigates…

About the author:
After a successful career as a Metropolitan police officer in London (he was the man who though of using wireless to achieve Dr Crippen’s arrest) Frank Froest wrote detective stories in his retirement in Weston-super-Mare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Froest

The source was PG.
HarryT did an LRF version in 2007. Mine differs from his in having a cover (the original cover image), emdashes and curly quotes. Also it’s now available in more formats.

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- The Grell Mystery.prc

Froest, Frank: The Maelstrom, v1, 11 December 2009.

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Frank Froest (1858–1930)
The Maelstrom (1916)
Also published under the title “The Food of Death”

A young American gets lost in a London fog. A beautiful woman appears out of the mist and hands him a small packet. He attempts to restore it, gets coshed and wakes up with a corpse beside him. Scotland Yard investigates and uncovers a tale of greed and organised crime.

About the author:
After a successful career as a Metropolitan police officer in London (he was the man who though of using wireless to achieve Dr Crippen’s arrest) Frank Froest wrote detective stories in his retirement in Weston-super-Mare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Froest

This was made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Fujiwara no Teika (Ed.): Hyakunin Isshk, v.1. 21 Jan 2008.

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[Hyakunin Isshk [/is an anthology of 100 waka poems by 100 different poets; it was assembled by Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241; also known as Sadaie Fujiwara).

The titles are the names of each poet, followed by the Japanese poem in rMmaji transliteration, then the English translation. The poems include a variety of classics from the Heian and early Kamakura periods.

Source:
[Hyakunin-isshu (Single songs of a hundred poets) and Nori no hatsu-ne (The dominant note of the law)[/, edited by Sadaie Fujiwara, translated into English by Clay MacCauley. Published in Yokohama, Shanghai by Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. 1917. OCLC 10905811

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Fuller, Alice W: A Wife Manufactured To Order, v.1, 18 May 2008.

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A short story of 1895. A predecessor of ‘The Stepford Wives.’

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- Fuller _Wife Manufactured.prc

Fyfe, Herbert C: How Will The World End? v.1, 14 December 2008.

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Patricia

How Will The World End? (1900)
By Herbert C. Fyfe

An article from 1900, in which the authors debates whether it will be comets, oxygen deprivation or something else that will cause the end of the world.

Found at PG Australia.

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- world end.prc

Gaboriau, Émile: Baron Trigault's Vengeance. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
Vengeance! that is the first, the only thought, when a man finds himself victimized, when his honor and fortune, his present and future, are wrecked by a vile conspiracy! The torment he endures under such circumstances can only be alleviated by the prospect of inflicting them a hundredfold upon his persecutors. And nothing seems impossible at the first moment, when hatred surges in the brain, and the foam of anger rises to the lips; no obstacle seems insurmountable, or, rather, none are perceived. But later, when the faculties have regained their equilibrium, one can measure the distance which separates the dream from reality, the project from execution. And on setting to work, how many discouragements arise! The fever of revolt passes by, and the victim wavers. He still breathes bitter vengeance, but he does not act. He despairs, and asks himself what would be the good of it? And in this way the success of villainy is once more assured.

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Gaboriau, Émile: Caught in the Net. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
The cold on the 8th of February, 186-, was more intense than the Parisians had experienced during the whole of the severe winter which had preceded it, for at twelve o'clock on that day Chevalier's thermometer, so well known by the denizens of Paris, registered three degrees below zero. The sky was overcast and full of threatening signs of snow, while the moisture on the pavement and roads had frozen hard, rendering traffic of all kinds exceedingly hazardous. The whole great city wore an air of dreariness and desolation, for even when a thin crust of ice covers the waters of the Seine, the mind involuntarily turns to those who have neither food, shelter, nor fuel.

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Gaboriau, Émile: Die Akte Nummer 113. german. v1. 18 apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau (* 9. November 1832 in Saujon-en-Saintonge, Charente-Maritime; † 28. September 1873 in Paris) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war ein Vorreiter des Detektivromans und seine Hauptfigur Inspektor Lecoq gilt als Vorgänger von Arthur Conan Doyles berühmtem Detektiv Sherlock Holmes. Im Gegensatz zu Sherlock Holmes beruhen die Ermittlungen von Lecoq jedoch auf realistischeren Gegebenheiten und auf den neuesten Erkenntnissen der Epoche im Bereich der kriminalistischen Forschung. Die Figur des Lecoq basierte auf der Person von Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857), der zu Lebzeiten sowohl Dieb als auch Polizist gewesen war und in seinen Memoiren Fakten und Fiktion miteinander vermischt.

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Der Dektivroman [Die Akte Nr. 113[/ erschien 1867 unter dem Titel "Le Dossier N° 113".

Auszug aus dem Inhalt:
[QUOTSeit drei Tagen sprach ganz Paris von nichts anderem als von dem Diebstahle, der in dem Bankhause André Fauvel verübt worden war. Dem Täter, der ungemein gewandt und schlau zu Werke gegangen sein mußte und den die Polizei bis zur Stunde nicht zu entdecken vermochte, war es gelungen, aus der versperrten Kasse 350 000 Frank zu entwenden. Die Kasse selbst erwies sich als völlig unversehrt und es war unerklärlich, auf welche Weise das Geld dem einbruch- und feuerfesten Schranke entnommen worden. Der Kassenraum war Fremden überhaupt nicht zugänglich und es waren außerdem solche Sicherheitsmaßnahmen getroffen, daß nur ein Eingeweihter die Kasse öffnen konnte. [..][/QUOT

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Gaboriau, Émile: File No. 113. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
In the Paris evening papers of Tuesday, February 28, 1866, under the head of Local Items, the following announcement appeared:
"A daring robbery, committed against one of our most eminent bankers, M. Andre Fauvel, caused great excitement this morning throughout the neighborhood of Rue de Provence.
"The thieves, who were as skilful as they were bold, succeeded in making an entrance to the bank, in forcing the lock of a safe that has heretofore been considered impregnable, and in possessing themselves of the enormous sum of three hundred and fifty thousand francs in bank-notes.
"The police, immediately informed of the robbery, displayed their accustomed zeal, and their efforts have been crowned with success. Already, it is said, P. B., a clerk in the bank, has been arrested, and there is every reason to hope that his accomplices will be speedily overtaken by the hand of justice."

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Gaboriau, Émile: Other People's Money. V1. 4 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
There is not, perhaps, in all Paris, a quieter street than the Rue St. Gilles in the Marais, within a step of the Place Royale. No carriages there; never a crowd. Hardly is the silence broken by the regulation drums of the Minims Barracks near by, by the chimes of the Church of St. Louis, or by the joyous clamors of the pupils of the Massin School during the hours of recreation.
At night, long before ten o'clock, and when the Boulevard Beaumarchais is still full of life, activity, and noise, every thing begins to close. One by one the lights go out, and the great windows with diminutive panes become dark. And if, after midnight, some belated citizen passes on his way home, he quickens his step, feeling lonely and uneasy, and apprehensive of the reproaches of his concierge, who is likely to ask him whence he may be coming at so late an hour.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Clique of Gold. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
There is not in all Paris a house better kept or more inviting-looking than No. 23 in Grange Street. As soon as you enter, you are struck by a minute, extreme neatness, which reminds you of Holland, and almost sets you a-laughing. The neighbors might use the brass plate on the door as a mirror to shave in; the stone floor is polished till it shines; and the woodwork of the staircase is varnished to perfection.
In the entrance-hall a number of notices, written in the peculiar style which owners of houses affect, request the tenants to respect the property of others, without regard to the high price they pay for their share. "Clean your feet, if you please," they say to all who come in or go out. "No spitting allowed on the stairs." "Dogs are not allowed in the house."

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Count's Millions. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
The servants at the Hotel de Chalusse, one of the most magnificent mansions in the Rue de Courcelles in Paris, were assembled in the porter's lodge, a little building comprising a couple of rooms standing on the right hand side of the great gateway. Here, as in all large mansions, the "concierge" or porter, M. Bourigeau, was a person of immense importance, always able and disposed to make any one who was inclined to doubt his authority, feel it in cruel fashion. As could be easily seen, he held all the other servants in his power. He could let them absent themselves without leave, if he chose, and conceal all returns late at night after the closing of public balls and wine-shops. Thus, it is needless to say that M. Bourigeau and his wife were treated by their fellow-servants with the most servile adulation.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Honor of the Name. V1. 3 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
On the first Sunday in the month of August, 1815, at ten o'clock precisely—as on every Sunday morning—the sacristan of the parish church at Sairmeuse sounded the three strokes of the bell which warn the faithful that the priest is ascending the steps of the altar to celebrate high mass.
The church was already more than half full, and from every side little groups of peasants were hurrying into the church-yard. The women were all in their bravest attire, with cunning little fichus crossed upon their breasts, broad-striped, brightly colored skirts, and large white coifs.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Mystery of Orchival. V1. 4 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, well known at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at three o’clock in the morning, just at daybreak, to go fishing.
Taking their tackle, they descended the charming pathway, shaded by acacias, which you see from the station at Évry, and which leads from the burg of Orcival to the Seine.
They made their way to their boat, moored as usual some fifty yards above the wire bridge, across a field adjoining Valfeuillu, the imposing estate of the Count de Tremorel.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Widow Lerouge. V1. 5 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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On Thursday, the 6th of March, 1862, two days after Shrove Tuesday, five women belonging to the village of La Jonchere presented themselves at the police station at Bougival.

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Gaboriau, Émile; Monsieur Lecoq. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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At about eleven o'clock in the evening of the 20th of February, 186—, which chanced to be Shrove Sunday, a party of detectives left the police station near the old Barriere d'Italie to the direct south of Paris. Their mission was to explore the district extending on the one hand between the highroad to Fontainebleau and the Seine, and on the other between the outer boulevards and the fortifications.

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Gale, Zona: Christmas A Story. V1. 3 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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It was in October that Mary Chavah burned over the grass of her lawn, and the flame ran free across the place where in Spring her wild flower bed was made. Two weeks later she had there a great patch of purple violets. And all Old Trail Town, which takes account of its neighbours' flowers, of the migratory birds, of eclipses, and the like, came to see the wonder.

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Gale, Zona: Christmas v2 8 dec 2008

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American writer. Born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing, she attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Later she entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years later a Master's degree.

After graduation, Gale wrote for newspapers in Milwaukee and New York City. However, before long she gave up journalism to focus on fiction writing. She then published her first novel, Romance Island (1906), and began the very popular series of "Friendship Village" stories.

In 1912, Gale moved back to Portage, which she would call home for the rest of her life, although alternating with trips to New York. In 1920, she published the novel Miss Lulu Bett, which depicts life in the Midwestern United States. She adapted it as a play, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. In the same year, Gale took an active role in the creation of the Wisconsin Equal Rights Law, which prohibits discrimination against women.

This is a novel called Christmas. It's beautiful.

Got it from PG

Have fun!

Edit: I f****d this up royally. So sorry. Metadata should be okay now. I am not up to my best right now. Version 2 is up. 10 views (please redownload). Thanks pshrynk for the tip.

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Gale, Zona: Friendship Village. V1. 4 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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Friendship Village is not known to me, nor are any of its people, save in the comradeship which I offer here. But I commend for occupancy a sweeter place. For us here the long Caledonia hills, the four rhythmic spans of the bridge, the nearer river, the island where the first birds build—these teach our windows the quiet and the opportunity of the "home town," among the "home people." To those who have such a bond to cherish I commend the little real home towns, their kindly, brooding companionship, their doors to an efficiency as intimate as that of fairy fingers. If there were shrines to these things, we would seek them. The urgency is to recognize shrines.

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Gale, Zona: Miss Lulu Bett. V1. 4 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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The Deacons were at supper. In the middle of the table was a small, appealing tulip plant, looking as anything would look whose sun was a gas jet. This gas jet was high above the table and flared, with a sound.
"Better turn down the gas jest a little," Mr. Deacon said, and stretched up to do so. He made this joke almost every night. He seldom spoke as a man speaks who has something to say, but as a man who makes something to say.

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Gale, Zona: Romance Island. V1. 4 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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As The Aloha rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:
"Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here. You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht. I own her—do you see? She belongs to me, St. George, who never before owned so much as a piece of rope."

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Galen: Exhortation to the Study of the Arts, Especially Medicine, v1, 3 March 2010

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Galen [129–199/217 A.D.]
Exhortation to the Study of the Arts, Especially Medicine
Translated by James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D. (1865–1942)
1930

Why study the arts? Galen considers alternatives, such as the idle lives of the rich, male prostitution and professional athletes. He notes that artisans cannot practice their crafts into old age because of bodily weakness, whereas those who profess the liberal arts can carry on despite ageing. Medicine is a good choice and pays well.

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Galen: On The Natural Faculties, v1, 3 March 2010.

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Galen [129–199/217 A.D.]
On The Natural Faculties
Translated from the Greek by Arthur John Brock, M.D. [1879–1947]
1916

An early medical text by an important Greek physician, who was influential for centuries. The translator was the doctor who treated the poet Wilfrid Owen for shell-shock.

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Gallun, R Z: Three by Raymond Z Gallun . V1. 5 Aug 2010

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Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer.

Asteroid of Fear
Stamped Caution
The Eternal Wall

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Gallun, Raymond Z.: The Planet Strappers, v1, 5 June 2008

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A science fiction story from 1961, copyright not renewed per Project Gutenberg.

From Wikipedia:

Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an early science fiction writer.

Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He lived a drifter's existence, working a multitude of jobs around the world in the years leading up to World War II. He sold many popular stories to pulp magazines in the 1930s. "Old Faithful" (1934) was his first noted story. "The Gentle Brain" was published in "Science Fiction Quarterly" under the pseudonym Arthur Allport. Another of his pseudonyms was William Callahan.

The teaser from the inside of the book:

A Million Miles Beyond the Moon...

... Nelson and Ramos sped on toward Mars in their tiny plastic-bubble spacecraft. They were on the alert—it didn't pay to take anything for granted in the Big Vacuum....

The way between the worlds was mostly empty space—except for the outlaws of the void who drifted, patiently and vengefully waiting for a victim, then struck!

Nelsen and Ramos tensed—blips on the radar screen! Maybe meteors... More blips—and fist-sized chunks of rock flicked through their fragile vehicles. Air puffed out ... and Nelson and Ramos were fighting for their lives...

... A Million Miles Beyond the Moon!

And the blurb from the back cover:

THE PLANET STRAPPERS

started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wanted off Earth, and they begged, borrowed and built what they needed to make it.

THE PLANET STRAPPERS got what they wanted—a start on the road to the stars—but no one brought up on Earth could have imagined what was waiting for them Out There!

In THE PLANET STRAPPERS, Ray Gallun has written a story of the Day After Tomorrow—a story of what it will be like for the men who cross the space frontier—a story that some of us will be living some day....

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Gallun, Raymond Zinke: Asteroid of Fear. V1. 5 Aug 2010

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Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer.

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All space was electrified as that harsh challenge rang out ... but John Endlich hesitated. For he saw beyond his own murder—saw the horror and destruction his death would unleash—and knew he dared not fight back!

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Gallun, Raymond Zinke: The Planet Strappers. V1. 5 Aug 2010

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Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer.

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The Archer Five came in a big packing box, bound with steel ribbons and marked, This end up—handle with care. It was delivered at a subsidized government surplus price of fifty dollars to Hendricks' Sports and Hobbies Center, a store in Jarviston, Minnesota, that used to deal mostly in skin diving equipment, model plane kits, parts for souping up old cars, and the like. The Archer Five was a bit obsolete for the elegant U.S. Space Force boys—hence the fantastic drop in price from two thousand dollars since only last June. It was still a plenty-good piece of equipment, however; and the cost change was a real break for the Bunch.

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Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Censorship and Art. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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Since, time and again, it has been proved, in this country of free institutions, that the great majority of our fellow-countrymen consider the only Censorship that now obtains amongst us, namely the Censorship of Plays, a bulwark for the preservation of their comfort and sensibility against the spiritual researches and speculations of bolder and too active spirits—it has become time to consider whether we should not seriously extend a principle, so grateful to the majority, to all our institutions.

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Galsworthy, John: A Bit O' Love. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play In Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: A Family Man: in three acts. V1. 8 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: A Modern Comedy. v3.1, 21 Nov 2010

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

This is the second trilogy of "The Forsyte Chronicles" the first being "The Forsyte Saga". It contains three full-length novels and two shorter interludes:

The White Monkey
(Interlude) A Silent Wooing
The Silver Spoon
(Interlude) Passers By
Swan Song

Here, the story is set in the 1920's, and the main characters are Fleur, Soames Forsyte's daughter, and her husband Michael Mont. The changes in customs and morals of the time are somehow the background of this whole book.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT, that's why I start with v3. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the online text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text (many corrections done, checking against available scans when possible), added a family tree, curly quotes, italics, etc.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v1.1): Just a comma added, I think.

(previous download count: 129)

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Galsworthy, John: Another Sheaf. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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The road stretched in a pale, straight streak, narrowing to a mere thread at the limit of vision—the only living thing in the wild darkness. All was very still. It had been raining; the wet heather and the pines gave forth scent, and little gusty shivers shook the dripping birch trees. In the pools of sky, between broken clouds, a few stars shone, and half of a thin moon was seen from time to time, like the fragment of a silver horn held up there in an invisible hand, waiting to be blown.

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Galsworthy, John: Beyond. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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They who have known the doldrums--how the sails of the listless ship droop, and the hope of escape dies day by day--may understand something of the life Gyp began living now. On a ship, even doldrums come to an end. But a young woman of twenty-three, who has made a mistake in her marriage, and has only herself to blame, looks forward to no end.

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Galsworthy, John: End of the Chapter. v3, 21 Nov 2010

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

This is the third trilogy of "The Forsyte Chronicles", the first being "The Forsyte Saga" and the second "A Modern Comedy". It contains three novels:

A Maid in Waiting
Flowering Wilderness
Over the River

The story in this trilogy is set in the early 1930's (which is when it was written), and only loosely related with the Forsyte family. The main characters are the Charwells, cousins of Fleur's husband, and themes like love, marriage and divorce, and the role of women and "morals", are central to the books.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT, that's why I start with v3. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the online text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text (many corrections done, checking against available scans when possible), added curly quotes, italics, etc.

This upload is dedicated to Patricia Clark, I only wish she could enjoy it.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

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Galsworthy, John: Five Tales. V1. 8 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A STOIC
INDIAN SUMMER OF A FORSYTE
THE APPLE TREE
THE FIRST AND LAST
THE JURYMAN

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Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - First Trilogy. v3, 7 May 2008

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

The entire saga comprises three trilogies of books, of which this is the first. The other two are available as separate downloads.

The first trilogy of "The Forsyte Saga" chronicles the life of three generations of the Forsyte family, a wealthy upper middle class English family, in the turbulent years between the 1880s and the 1920s - a time period during which English society was completely transformed. The books are set against the great events of the day - the Boer War and WWI, the rise of Labour, the death of Queen Victoria, and much more.

This book was originally published as three novels, with a short story "interlude" between each one, the structure being:

The Man of Property
(Interlude) Indian Summer of a Forsyte
In Chancery
(Interlude) Awakening
To Let

I don't know if it was ever shown elsewhere, but these books became famous in the UK thanks to a very popular BBC TV adaptation in the late 1960s.

Two further trilogies continue the story of the Forsyte family; I shall do these over the next few days.

This is far from "light reading", but richly rewards the effort. Once you get "into" the story, these are great books.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 7 May 08

Forgot to change the British currency symbol from "L" (which is what the original files had) to the correct "£". This is the only change from v2 - if you've downloaded v2 and you're not bothered about this, there's no need to redownload. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 9

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Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - Second Trilogy. v2, 7 May 2008

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This volume, "A Modern Comedy", contains the second trilogy of books of "The Forsyte Saga", and continues the story of the Forsyte family from the end of the first trilogy up to the events of the "General Strike" of 1926.

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Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - Third Trilogy. v2, 8 May 2008

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This trilogy, entitled "The End of the Chapter", is the third and final part of the mammoth work that comprises "The Forsyte Saga". In these books, the author relates the lives and loves of the Cherrell's, cousins of the younger Forsytes.

The books finish in 1932, shortly before the death of John Galsworthy from a brain tumour in 1933. 1932 was also the year in which Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, largely for this series of books.

Enjoy!

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Galsworthy, John: Four Short Plays. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

HALL-MARKED
DEFEAT
THE SUN
PUNCH AND GO

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Galsworthy, John: Fraternity. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties. The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following.

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Galsworthy, John: Inn of Tranquillity. V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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The Public? he said, and his voice had in it a faint surprise. "Well, they all want the taxis. It's natural. They get about faster in them, and time's money. I was seven hours before I picked you up. And then you was lookin' for a taxi. Them as take us because they can't get better, they're not in a good temper, as a rule. And there's a few old ladies that's frightened of the motors, but old ladies aren't never very free with their money--can't afford to be, the most of them, I expect."

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Galsworthy, John: Joy, V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: Justice. V1. 11 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

John Galsworthy was one of the great British writers of the early 20th century, and won a Nobel Prize for his work. Galsworthy was a dramatist of considerable technical skill. His plays often took up specific social grievances such as the double standard of justice as applied to the upper and lower classes; and the confrontation of capital and labor.

Justice, originally published in 1910, was his most famous play, and led to a prison reform in England.

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Galsworthy, John: On Forsyte 'Change. v2, 8 May 2008

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This collection of short stories "rounds off" the Forsyte Saga, and was published by John Galsworthy in 1930. The 19 stories in the collection are all set before the start of the 2nd trilogy ("A Modern Comedy") and provide additional background to the characters and stories in the original "Forsyte Saga" trilogy.

I would recommend reading this between the "First Trilogy" and the "Second Trilogy" uploaded to this forum.

That really is it now, for the Forsyte Saga. You've got it all!

Enjoy!

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Galsworthy, John: On Forsyte 'Change. v4, 17 July 2009

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This collection of short stories "rounds off" the Forsyte Saga, and was published by John Galsworthy in 1930. The 19 stories in the collection are all set before the start of the 2nd trilogy ("A Modern Comedy") and provide additional background to the characters and stories in the original "Forsyte Saga" trilogy.

I would recommend reading this between the "First Trilogy" and the "Second Trilogy" uploaded to this forum.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT (the above text is mainly what HarryT wrote), that's why I start with v3. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the PG text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text, added curly quotes and an updated family tree, etc. The initial text was in a much better state than the first volume, though.

Since Galsworthy himself said the stories were set before the second trilogy and could not be understood without having read the first (only because it is assumed that we already know the characters), I'm uploading this before the other trilogies, and I'm giving it the number "1 bis".

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v4): Added the hyphen to "to-morrow" et al. where missing.

(previous download count: 26)

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Galsworthy, John: Saint's Progress. V1. 12 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A novel written in 1917-18, which chronicles family relationships during World War I.

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Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Concerning Letters. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A NOVELIST'S ALLEGORY
SOME PLATITUDES CONCERNING DRAMA
MEDITATION ON FINALITY
WANTED—SCHOOLING
ON OUR DISLIKE OF THINGS AS THEY ARE
THE WINDLESTRAW

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Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Quality and Others. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

QUALITY
THE GRAND JURY
GONE
THRESHING
THAT OLD-TIME PLACE
ROMANCE—THREE GLEAMS
MEMORIES
FELICITY

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Galsworthy, John: Tatterdemalion. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Tatterdemalion (1920) by John Galsworthy is a story collection divided in two parts, of wartime and peacetime, and examining all strata of society.

British author John Galsworthy is best known for his monumental The Forsyte Saga, and his intense, complex psychological portraits represent the transition from the Victorian to the Edwardian period.

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Galsworthy, John: The Burning Spear. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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John Galsworthy said of this work: "'The Burning Spear' was revenge of the nerves. It was bad enough to have to bear the dreads and strains and griefs of war." Several years after its first publication he admitted authorship and it was included in the collected edition of his works.

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Galsworthy, John: The Country House. V1. 7 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. The novel begins: The year was 1891, the month October, the day Monday. In the dark outside the railway station at Worsted Skeynes Mr. Horace Pendyce's omnibus, his brougham, his luggage-cart, monopolized space. The face of Mr. Horace Pendyce's coachman monopolized the light of the solitary station lantern. Rosy-gilled, with fat close-clipped grey whiskers and inscrutably pursed lips, it presided high up in the easterly air like an emblem of the feudal system.

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Galsworthy, John: The Dark Flower. V1. 7 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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The story is divided into three epochs, "Spring," "Summer"and "Autumn" three great passions in a man's life belonging respectively to his youth, his maturity and his middle age. Of the three women who successively inspire these three passions, the first might almost have been his mother, the second was of suitable age to be his wife, and the third could easily been his daughter. Such is the substance of "The Dark Flower," a curiously interesting and probing study of man's passions and woman's weakness.

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Galsworthy, John: The Eldest Son. V1. 7 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The Eldest Son is a play about injustice-how there is one law for the rich and another for the poor.

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Galsworthy, John: The First and the Last. V1. 8 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga - Complete. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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"The Forsyte Saga" was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called "The Man of Property"; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and blood-thirstiness of old days, as they have come down to us in fairy-tale and legend, the folk of the old Sagas were Forsytes, assuredly, in their possessive instincts, and as little proof against the inroads of beauty and passion as Swithin, Soames, or even Young Jolyon. And if heroic figures, in days that never were, seem to startle out from their surroundings in fashion unbecoming to a Forsyte of the Victorian era, we may be sure that tribal instinct was even then the prime force, and that "family" and the sense of home and property counted as they do to this day, for all the recent efforts to "talk them out."

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Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga. v5, 17 July 2009

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

The entire saga comprises three trilogies of books, of which this is the first. The other two ("A Modern Comedy" and "End of the Chapter") are available as separate downloads.

This first trilogy, "The Forsyte Saga", chronicles the life of three generations of the Forsyte family, a wealthy upper middle class English family, in the turbulent years between the 1880s and the 1920s - a time period during which English society was completely transformed. The books are set against the great events of the day - the Boer War and WWI, the rise of Labour, the death of Queen Victoria, and much more.

This book was originally published as three novels, with a short story "interlude" between each one, the structure being:

The Man of Property
(Interlude) Indian Summer of a Forsyte
In Chancery
(Interlude) Awakening
To Let

This is far from "light reading", but richly rewards the effort. Once you get "into" the story, these are great books.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT (the above text is mainly what HarryT wrote), that's why I start with v4. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the PG text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text (at what I call level 2, hundreds of corrections done, checking against a scan from the Internet Archive), added a music score fragment and a family tree, curly quotes, italics, etc.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v5): Added the hyphen to "to-morrow" et al. where missing.

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Galsworthy, John: The Foundations. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: The Freelands. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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The next day Stanley's car, fraught with Felix and a note from Clara, moved swiftly along the grass-bordered roads toward Joyfields. Lying back on the cushioned seat, the warm air flying at his face, Felix contemplated with delight his favorite countryside. Certainly this garden of England was very lovely, its greenness, trees, and large, pied, lazy cattle; its very emptiness of human beings even was pleasing.

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Galsworthy, John: The Fugitive. V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Four Acts

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Galsworthy, John: The Island Pharisees. V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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Each man born into the world is born like Shelton in this book—to go a journey, and for the most part he is born on the high road. At first he sits there in the dust, with his little chubby hands reaching at nothing, and his little solemn eyes staring into space. As soon as he can toddle, he moves, by the queer instinct we call the love of life, straight along this road, looking neither to the right nor left, so pleased is he to walk. And he is charmed with everything—with the nice flat road, all broad and white, with his own feet, and with the prospect he can see on either hand. The sun shines, and he finds the road a little hot and dusty; the rain falls, and he splashes through the muddy puddles. It makes no matter—all is pleasant; his fathers went this way before him; they made this road for him to tread, and, when they bred him, passed into his fibre the love of doing things as they themselves had done them. So he walks on and on, resting comfortably at nights under the roofs that have been raised to shelter him, by those who went before.

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Galsworthy, John: The Little Dream. V1. 11 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

John Galsworthy was one of the great British writers of the early 20th century, and won a Nobel Prize for his work. Galsworthy was a dramatist of considerable technical skill. His plays often took up specific social grievances such as the double standard of justice as applied to the upper and lower classes; and the confrontation of capital and labor.

In 1890 he was called to the bar, but he never practiced law.

The Little Dream was written in 1911. In 1930, the Australian composer, Mirrie Hill, O.B.E., based an orchestral suite of five pieces on the play.

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Galsworthy, John: Three Plays by John Galsworthy. V1. 11 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The Little Man
The Mob
The Pigeon

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Galsworthy, John: To Let. V1. 14 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women. This is the only critical edition of the work available, with Notes that explain contemporary artistic and literary allusions and define the slang of the time.

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Galsworthy, John: Villa Rubein, and other stories. V1. 14 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Villa Rubein
A man of Devon
A knight
Salvation of a Forsyte
The silence

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Galsworthy, John: Windows. V1. 14 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ÈaTÐlzw\rði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts
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BLY. [Pausing--dipping his sponge in the pail and then standing with it in his hand] Why! Don't you remember the Bly case? They sentenced 'er to be 'anged by the neck until she was dead, for smotherin' her baby. She was only eighteen at the time of speakin'.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: An Autobiography, v.1, 20 Jan 2008

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"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills." - Mohandas K. Gandhi

In 1925, at the age of 56, Gandhi began writing a series of articles that were printed in [Young India[/ and that would become his autobiography which is subtitled [The Story of My Experiments with Truth[/. The tome is a small portion of his extensive writings which mostly appeared in the form of personal letters and newspaper articles. It predates his Salt March and the nearly two decades of further work for people which led to Indian independence in 1947. It is written assuming that the reader has some knowledge of the events of the time, so it may be useful to read a biography of Gandhi (e.g., Chadha's [Gandhi: A Life[/) before reading this autobiography. Gandhi also spends many chapters on issues that many would consider mundane including his dietetic habits. All of these facts prevent the reader from being at all satisfied in understanding the man from a simple reading of this autobiography. But the work is nonetheless informative and critically important in that it reveals many of his early thoughts and the events that shaped his character and drove his thinking and actions.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Third Class in Indian Railways, v.1, 18 Feb 2008

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A short collection of six speeches and articles (including the title article) by Gandhi from before about 1920 which were published together and sold for six annas (less than half a rupee).

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Hind Swaraj, v.1, 24 Feb 2008

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In 1908, while still in South Africa, Gandhi wrote a series of articles in [Indian Opinion[/ which he then published separately as [Hind Swaraj[/, or [Indian Home Rule[/, written in his native Gujarati. He then published his own English translation of it. The posted copy here is of the 1938 translation by Mahadev Desai and includes some interesting comments on the differences between these after an evolution of thirty years. Once again, I see that the copy I'm posting has numerous annoying typographical errors. I hope to one day correct and repost it.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Sarvodaya, v.1, 20 July 2008

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John Ruskin's book [Unto This Last[/ made a tremendous early impression on Gandhi while he was in South Africa. In 1908, he translated it into his native Gujarati entitling it [Sarvodaya[/ (the welfare of all) which he describes as more of a paraphrase of Ruskin's work. This ebook is of the English translation of that work by Valji Govindji Desai. Personally, I find it more approachable than Ruskin's original which used rather difficult English.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Satyagraha in South Africa, v.1, 3 Sept 2008

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Gandhi coined the word [Satyagraha[/ from the Sanskrit words [Satya[/ (truth) and [agraha[/ (firmness or great enthusiasm and interest).

"Its root meaning is holding onto truth, hence truth-force. I have also called it love-force or soul-force. In the application of satyagraha, I discovered in the earliest stages that pursuit of truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one’s opponent but that he must be weaned from error by patience and sympathy. For what appears to be truth to the one may appear to be error to the other. And patience means self-suffering. So the doctrine came to mean vindication of truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent, but on oneself."
Gandhi formulated this form of active resistence to injustice (he disliked the phrases civil disobedience and passive resistence) as he began his active life in the service of others in South Africa where from 1893 to 1914 he worked to eliminate discrimination against Indians living there. The ideas he developed and actions he took there became the basis for his later work in India which continued until his death in 1948.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: The Green Pamphlet, v.1, 27 April 2008

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[The Green Pamphlet [/was authored and printed in India by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1896 during a short visit from Natal, South Africa. The pamphlet, printed with a green cover, was formally [The Grievances of the British Indians in South Africa: An Appeal to the Indian Public[/. Reuters of London reported to Natal the following exaggeration of the pamphlet’s contents:

"A pamphlet published in India declares that the Indians in Natal are robbed and assaulted and treated like beasts and are unable to obtain redress. The Times of India advocates an inquiry into these allegations."
Upon returning to South Africa, Gandhi was attacked by white workmen several times and narrowly escaped a lynching. Refusing to prosecute his attackers, Gandhi wrote to the Attorney-General, "I do not hold assailants to blame. They were given to understand that I had made exaggerated statements in India about the whites in Natal and calumniated them. The leaders and you, if you will permit me to say so, are to blame. You could have guided the people properly but you also believed Reuters and assumed that I must have indulged in exaggeration."

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Ganghofer, Ludwig: Ochsenkrieg, german V1, 22.01.2010

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Ludwig Albert Ganghofer (* 7. Juli 1855 in Kaufbeuren; † 24. Juli 1920 in Tegernsee) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, der durch seine Heimatromane bekannt geworden ist.
Seine Eltern waren der Ministerialrat August Ganghofer (später Leiter der Königlich Bayerischen Forstverwaltung, dem 1887 der nicht erbliche Adelstitel Ritter verliehen wurde) und dessen Frau Charlotte, geb. Louis.

Einen Teil seiner Kindheit (1859–1865) verbrachte Ludwig Ganghofer in Welden bei Augsburg. Nach dem Abitur am Königlich-Bayerischen Gymnasium im Jahr 1873 in Regensburg arbeitete er ein Jahr als Schlosser und Monteur in einer Augsburger Maschinenfabrik. 1875 begann er ein Maschinenbaustudium am Polytechnikum in München, wechselte jedoch später zu Literaturgeschichte und Philosophie in München, Berlin und Leipzig. 1879 promovierte er in Leipzig. Ludwig Ganghofer war ausgesprochen vielseitig interessiert. Technische Neuerungen wie zuletzt beispielsweise der Film fanden sein besonderes Interesse. Auf literarischem Gebiet setzte er sich mit Nachdruck für Autoren ein, die eine ganz andere Art von Literatur vertraten und noch keine Anerkennung gefunden hatten bzw. unter der Zensur zu leiden hatten (z.B. Rainer Maria Rilke oder Frank Wedekind). Seine gewinnende, humorvolle Art brachte ihn in Kontakt mit zahlreichen Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens. Ganghofer führte mit seiner Familie ein gastfreies Haus. Sowohl in München, als auch auf seinem großzügig ausgebauten Jagdhaus „Hubertus“ bei Leutasch in Tirol, wo er mit einigen Mitpächtern (Gutsbesitzer Karl von Eynern, die Generalkonsuln Carl Reiß aus Mannheim und Paul Wedekind aus Palermo sowie Geheimer Kommerzienrat Richard Zanders aus Bergisch Gladbach) ein Jagdrevier von über 20.000 Hektar im Gaistal gepachtet hatte, waren bekannte Persönlichkeiten der Zeit aus den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen seine Gäste, so u.a. Ludwig Thoma, Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Franz von Stuck, Franz von Defregger, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Leo Slezak oder Richard Strauss.

Weniger bekannt ist seine Arbeit als freiwilliger Kriegsberichterstatter zwischen 1915 und 1917 im Ersten Weltkrieg. In dieser Zeit berichtete Ganghofer von verschiedenen Kriegsschauplätzen aus der Frontlinie. Hierbei schrieb er neben propagandistischen und wenig objektiven Kriegsberichten wie „Reise zur deutschen Front“ auch eine Vielzahl von Kriegsgedichten, die in Sammelbänden wie „Eiserne Zither“ und „Neue Kriegslieder“ erschienen. Die Werke sind durch patriotische Gesinnung geprägt. Ganghofer war ein persönlicher Freund und Lieblingsschriftsteller von Kaiser Wilhelm II. Seine Kriegsberichte sind nicht selten Lobeshymnen auf den Kaiser und die Kriegsführung. Noch bis kurz vor Kriegsschluss veröffentlichte Ganghofer Durchhalteparolen.
Nach Beendigung seiner Tätigkeit als Kriegsberichterstatter war er bis zu seinem Tod 1920 als Schriftsteller tätig. Sein letztes Werk, „Das Land der Bayern in Farbenphotographie“, widmete er König Ludwig III. von Bayern.
Ganghofers Werke, vor allem die Romane, werden noch heute verlegt. Weltweit wurden insgesamt mehr als 30 Millionen Werke verkauft (geschätzt, Stand 2004). Daneben ist Ganghofer einer der meist verfilmten deutschen Autoren. Viele Werke Ganghofers greifen Geschehnisse aus der Geschichte Berchtesgadens auf, wo er sich regelmäßig aufhielt, und wurden im Berchtesgadener Land auch verfilmt.
Ganghofer Grab auf dem Egerner Friedhof

Ganghofers Heimatromane haben ihm den Ruf des „Heile Welt“-Schreibers eingebracht. Nicht selten sind seine Werke, die meist vom Leben einfacher, tüchtiger, ehrlicher Leute handeln, als Kitsch bezeichnet worden, zumal die Handlungen hauptsächlich in der übertrieben dargestellten Idylle der bayerischen Alpen spielen. Ganghofer und seine Werke wurden deswegen schon zu Lebzeiten Zielscheibe satirischer Attacken, beispielsweise von Karl Kraus in seinem Werk Die letzten Tage der Menschheit.

Von den Enkeln Ganghofers sind der Schriftsteller Bernhard Horstmann, der unter dem Pseudonym Stefan Murr Kriminalromane und Thriller schrieb, und der Publizist Caspar Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing bekannt geworden. Ganghofers Schwager war der Geologe und Geograph Albrecht Penck, sein Neffe der Geomorphologe Walther Penck. Friedrich August von Kaulbach hat zahlreiche Porträts von ihm, seinen Töchtern und einer Enkelin angefertigt.

Ganghofers Grab befindet sich auf dem Friedhof von Rottach-Egern neben dem seines Freundes Ludwig Thoma.

Die Bedeutung Ganghofers – auch für die Landbevölkerung selbst – lässt sich auch anhand einer kleinen Anekdote in diesem Zusammenhang belegen. 1920, kurz nachdem Ganghofer gestorben war (also während der Erntezeit), lief ein Bauer aus dem Zillertal, nachdem er in der Zeitung die Nachricht gelesen hatte, zu Fuß an den Tegernsee, um der Beerdigung „seines Schriftstellers“ in Rottach-Egern beiwohnen zu können.

Ochsenkrieg
Die historischen Romane des erfolgreichsten Autors auf diesem Gebiet, Ludwig Ganghofer, geben geradezu vorbildlich die Problematik der wilhelminischen Epoche wieder. Ganghofer schreibt in Form von historischen Romanen die Chronik Berchtesgadens vom frühen Mittelalter bis ins 18.Jahrhundert. Die Idee dazu geht wahrscheinlich auf eine Anregung Gustav Freytags zurück, der in seinen "Ahnen" eine deutsche Familie im Lauf der Geschichte verfolgt hat(267). Es soll hier nur auf die ersten sechs dieser Romane eingegangen werden: "Der Klosterjäger"(1893), "Die Martinsklause"(1894), "Das Gotteslehen"(1899), "Das neue Wesen" (1902), "Der Mann im Salz"(1905), "Der Ochsenkrieg"(1914), "Die Trutze von Trutzberg"(1915)(268). Das Hauptinteresse gilt dabei den sozialen Konfliktsituationen und Ganghofers Lösungsangeboten sowie der dargestellten historischen Entwicklung.
Schon sehr verweltlicht sind die Chorherren im Roman "Der Ochsenkrieg", der die Zeit des späten Mittelalters beschreibt. Die schwangere Frau des Ramsauer Richtmanns Runotter wurde sogar von dem Chorherrn Aschacher vergewaltigt und ist nach der Geburt eines Krüppels gestorben. Trotzdem hält Runotter dem Kloster die Treue. Erst durch die Verbohrtheit des klösterlichen Amtsmanns kommt es zum Konflikt zischem dem Kloster und den Ramsauern. Der Streit zieht immer weitere Kreise, bis er zu einem regelrechten Krieg wird. In diesem , wegen einer Nichtigkeit - ein paar Ochsen - entstandenen Krieg bleibt allen Beteiligten nur die Treue und das Mitmachen auf der ihnen vom Schicksal zugewiesenen Seite. Runotter kämpft mit seiner als Mann verkleideten Tochter Jula und dem Landsknecht Malimmes gegen das Kloster, auf dessen Seite der von Jula geliebte Sohn des Amtmanns steht. Bei der entscheidenden Schlacht kann sich Runotter an Aschacher rächen, gleichzeitig rettet er aber seinem ehemaligen Probst unerkannt das Leben und stirbt. Der Krieg wird beendet, und Jula heiratet den Sohn des Amtmanns. Der Roman findet zwar ein gutes Ende, aber in Deutschland herrscht das Chaos. Das Reich ist zerfallen, alle denken nur noch an sich, jeder ist des anderen Konkurrent und Feind, so daß der Streit zwischen den Ramsauern und dem Kloster nur ein willkommener Anlaß ist, endlich den ersehnten Krieg zu beginnen.Fast alle Herrscher sind mehr oder weniger positiv dargestellt, aber ohne einen mächtigen Kaiser muß es einfach zum Krieg kommen. Verglichen mit den vorher besprochenen Romanen dominieren erstmals die Kampf- und Schlachtbeschreibungen.
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Garborg, Arne: Bondestudentar. [Norwegian]. v1. 18 Sep 2010

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Arne Garborg (1851-1924) regnes blant de fire store innenfor norsk 1800-talls litteratur.

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[Bondestudentar er en roman av Arne Garborg fra 1883.
Hovedpersonen Daniel Braut er en oppvakt bygdegutt fra små kår som får adgang til på studere, først på Heltbergs studentfabrikk, siden på universitetet. Romanen er naturalistisk anlagt, og skildrer i flere henseende hovedpersonens svik mot sine røtter og opprinnelige idealer. [/

Teksten er hentet fra dokumetasjonsprosjektet ved UiO, http://www.dokpro.uio.no/

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Garborg, Arne: Fred. [Norwegian]. v1. 21 Oct 2010

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Arne Garborg (1851-1924) regnes blant de fire store innenfor norsk 1800-talls litteratur.

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[QUOTHovedmotivet i boka er bonden Enok Hoves religiøse grublerier. Presset fra hans egen ætte- og gårdsbevissthet sammen med de sosiale og økonomiske vilkårene i tiden fører ham inn i en ødeleggende manisk-depressiv galskap som støter bort alle rundt ham: sønnene, foster-sønnen og kona.

Handlingen er lagt til forfatterens hjemtrakter Jæren, og kan sees som en nærmest naturalistisk skildring av de sosiale og økonomiske forholdene som rammet bøndene under det store hamskiftet. Som kontraster til Enok Hove opptrer thranitteren Torkjell Tualand og den frie livsfilosofen tateren Fante-Tomas.[/QUOT

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Garborg, Arne: Haugtussa. [Norwegian]. v1. 15 Oct 2010

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Arne Garborg (1851-1924) regnes blant de fire store innenfor norsk 1800-talls litteratur.

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[QUOTDiktene er henger tematisk sammen rundt den kvinnelige hovedpersonen Veslemøy, kalt Haugtussa på grunn av sine synske evner. Gjennom 71 vakre dikt følger leseren ungjenta Veslemøy (Haugtussa) og hennes utvikling. Hun drømmer om kjæresten og «ser» hva som rører seg mens hun steller med sitt som budeie. Samlingen er regnet for Garborgs fineste poesi og rommer både rik naturmystikk, samfunnskommentarer og psykologi, og har inspirert både billedkunstnere og komponister, deriblant Edvard Grieg som tonesatte åtte av diktene i sin sangsyklus som også har navnet Haugtussa.[/QUOT

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Garland, Hamlin: A Daughter of the Middle Border. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Hamlin Garland is one of the pioneers in American realistic local-color fiction. "A Daughter of the Middle Border" won the Pulitzer prize for the best American biography of the year in 1922.

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Garland, Hamlin: A Daughter of the Middle Border. V1. 15 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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This book in this edition won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Literature in the “Biography or Autobiography” category.

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Garland, Hamlin: A Little Norsk. V1. 17 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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"Ans, the next time you twist hay f'r the fire, I wish't you'd dodge the damp spots," said the cook, rising from a prolonged scrutiny of the stove and the bread in the oven. His pose was threatening.
"Cooks are always grumblin'," calmly remarked Anson, drawing on his gloves preparatory to going out to the barn; "but seein' 's this is Chris'mus, I'll go out an' knock a barrel to pieces. I want them biscuit to be O.K. See?"

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Garland, Hamlin: A Son of the Middle Border. V1. 19 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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In the spring of 1898, after finishing my LIFE OF ULYSSES S. GRANT, I began to plan to go into the Klondike over the Telegraph Trail. One day in showing the maps of my route to William Dean Howells, I said, "I shall go in here and come out there," a trail of nearly twelve hundred miles through an almost unknown country. As I uttered this I suddenly realized that I was starting on a path holding many perils and that I might not come back.

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Garland, Hamlin: A Spoil of Office. V1. 21 21 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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In this story of "A Spoil of Office" it was my intention to treat life as it would present itself to a young Western man of humble condition, who should set himself to the task of winning a political success. I have therefore maintained with considerable care the point of view of Bradley Talcott. Such a design loses in variety but gains, it seems to me, in unity and continuity of movement.

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Garland, Hamlin: Cavanaugh Forest Ranger. V1. 15 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Lee Virginia Wetherford began her return journey into the mountain West with exultation. From the moment she opened her car-window that August morning in Nebraska the plain called to her, sustained her illusions. It was all quite as big, as tawny, as she remembered it—fit arena for the epic deeds in which her father had been a leader bold and free.

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Garland, Hamlin: Main-Travelled Roads. V1. 17 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

A Branch Road
Up the Coulee
Among the Corn Rows
The Return of a Private
Under the Lion's Paw
The Creamery Man
A Day's Pleasure
Mrs Ripley's Trip
Uncle Ethan Ripley
God's Ravens
A "Good Fellow's" Wife

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Garland, Hamlin: Money Magic. V1. 18 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Sibley Junction is in the sub-tropic zone of Colorado. It lies in a hot, dry, but immensely productive valley at an altitude of some four thousand feet above the sea, a village laced with irrigating ditches, shaded by big cotton-wood-trees, and beat upon by a genial, generous-minded sun. The boarders at the Golden Eagle Hotel can sit on the front stoop and see the snow-filled ravines of the mountains to the south, and almost hear the thunder crashing round old Uncompahgre, even when the broad leaves above their heads are pulseless and the heat of the mid-day light is a cataract of molten metal.

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Garland, Hamlin: Other Main-Travelled Roads. V1. 18 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

William Bacon's Man
Elder Pill, Preacher
A Day of Grace
Lucretia Burns
Daddy Deering
A Stop-Over at Tyre
A Division in the Coolly
A Fair Exile
An Alien in the Pines
Before the Low Green Door
A Preacher's Love Story

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Garland, Hamlin: Prairie Folks. V1. 18 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION
THE TEST OF ELDER PILL
WILLIAM BACON'S HIRED MAN
SIM BURNS'S WIFE
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE FARM
VILLAGE CRONIES
DRIFTING CRANE
OLD DADDY DEERING
THE SOCIABLE AT DUDLEY'S

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Garland, Hamlin: The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop: V1. 20 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Winter in the upper heights of the Bear Tooth Range is a glittering desolation of snow with a flaming blue sky above. Nothing moves, nothing utters a sound, save the cony at the mouth of the spiral shaft, which sinks to his deeply buried den in the rocks. The peaks are like marble domes, set high in the pathway of the sun by day and thrust amid the stars by night. The firs seem hopeless under their ever-increasing burdens. The streams are silenced—only the wind is abroad in the waste, the tireless, pitiless wind, fanged like ingratitude, insatiate as fire.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Eagle's Heart. V1. 16 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Harold was about ten years of age when his father, the Rev. Mr. Excell, took the pastorate of the First Church in Rock River. Many of the people in his first congregation remarked upon "the handsome lad." The clear brown of his face, his big yellow-brown eyes, his slender hands, and the grace of his movements gave him distinction quite aside from that arising from his connection with the minister.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Forester's Daughter. V1. 16 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Finally, I warn the reader that this is merely the very slender story of a young Western girl who, being desired of three strong men, bestows her love on a “tourist” whose weakness is at once her allurement and her care. The administration problem, the sociologic theme, which was to have made the novel worth while, got lost in some way on the low trail and never caught up with the lovers. I’m sorry—but so it was!

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Garland, Hamlin: The Light of the Star. V1. 16 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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After the appointment with Miss Merival reached him (through the hand of her manager), young Douglass grew feverishly impatient of the long days which lay between. Waiting became a species of heroism. Each morning he reread his manuscript and each evening found him at the theatre, partly to while away the time, but mainly in order that he might catch some clew to the real woman behind the shining mask. His brain was filled with the light of the star—her radiance dazzled him.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Moccasin Ranch. V1. 17 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Early in the gray and red dawn of a March morning in 1883, two wagons moved slowly out of Boomtown, the two-year-old "giant of the plains." As the teams drew past the last house, the strangeness of the scene appealed irresistibly to the newly arrived immigrants. The town lay behind them on the level, treeless plain like a handful of blocks pitched upon a russet robe. Its houses were mainly shanties of pine, one-story in height, while here and there actual tents gleamed in the half-light with infinite suggestion of America's restless pioneers.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Shadow World. V1. 19 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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This book is a faithful record, so far as I can make it, of the most marvellous phenomena which have come under my observation during the last sixteen or seventeen years. I have used my notes (made immediately after the sittings) and also my reports to the American Psychical Society (of which I was at one time a director) as the basis of my story. For literary purposes I have substituted fictitious names for real names, and imaginary characters for the actual individuals concerned; but I have not allowed these necessary expedients to interfere with the precise truth of the account.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Spirit of Sweetwater. V1. 20 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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One spring day a young man of good mental furnishing and very slender purse walked over the shoulder of Mount Mogallon and down the trail to Gold Creek. He walked because the stage fare seemed too high.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Trail of the Goldseekers. V1. 22 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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A little over a year ago a small steamer swung to at a Seattle wharf, and emptied a flood of eager passengers upon the dock. It was an obscure craft, making infrequent trips round the Aleutian Islands (which form the farthest western point of the United States) to the mouth of a practically unknown river called the Yukon, which empties into the ocean near the post of St. Michaels, on the northwestern coast of Alaska.

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Garland, Hamlin: They of the High Trails. V1. 21 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

THE GRUB-STAKER
THE COW-BOSS
THE REMITTANCE MAN
THE LONESOME MAN
THE TRAIL TRAMP
THE PROSPECTOR
THE OUTLAW
THE LEASER
THE FOREST RANGER

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Garland, Hamlin: Wayside Courtships. V1. 23 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

AT THE BEGINNING
A PREACHER'S LOVE STORY
A MEETING IN THE FOOTHILLS
A STOP-OVER AT TYRE
AN ALIEN IN THE PINES
THE OWNER OF THE MILL FARM
OF THOSE WHO SEEK
BEFORE THE LOW GREEN DOOR
UPON IMPULSE
THE END OF LOVE IS LOVE OF LOVE

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Garnett, David: Lady into Fox, v.1, 13 March 2008.

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(1922) A novella, in which a man finds that his wife has turned into a fox (or, to be pedantic, a vixen). Illustrated with wood-engravings by R A Garnett.

This little fable is beautifully-written and capable of a number of interpretations including:
1. The husband went mad and his wife has merely left him; so we have an unreliable narrator.
2. It might be a parable about the impossibility of containing female sexuality within marriage.
3. Or a contrast between the unaffected natural behaviour of animals, as compared to artificial human society.

This is a youthful work by David ‘Bunny’ Garnett, a son of two members of the Bloomsbury group.

Edited to add that this book is now located on the US server.

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Garrett, Randall & Harris, Larry M.: Pagan Passions. 20 May 2008

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The Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses have returned to the modern world ....

An adult SciFi story with a Zeus but no Zelda or even a Patricia ....

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Garrett, Randall: The Penal Cluster. V1. 27 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

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Tomorrow's technocracy will produce more and more things for better living. It will produce other things, also; among them, criminals too despicable to live on this earth. Too abominable to breathe our free air.

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Garrett, Randall: A Randall Garrett Omnibus#1. V1. 25 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

...After a Few Words - Belly Laugh - By Proxy - Cum Grano Salis
Damned If You Don't - Dead Giveaway - Fifty Per Cent Prophet - Hail to the Chief
The Asses of Balaam - The Bramble Bush - The Destroyers - The Eyes Have It
The Foreign Hand Tie

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Garrett, Randall: A Randall Garrett Omnibus#2. V1. 29 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

...Or Your Money Back - A Spaceship Named McGuire - A World by the Tale - Heist Job on Thizar
In Case of Fire - Instant of Decision - Psichopath - Suite Mentale
The Judas Valley - The Man Who Hated Mars - The Measure of a Man - The Unnecessary Man
Thin Edge - Time Fuze - Viewpoint - What The Left Hand Was Doing - With No Strings Attached
A World by the Tale

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Garrett, Randall: Anchorite. 21 May 2008

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What can you say about a spinning mountain except that if you see it spin then its spinning too fast.

Originally published under the name Johnathan Blake Mackenzie.

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Garrett, Randall: Anchorite. V1. 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

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There are two basic kinds of fools—the ones who know they are fools, and the kind that, because they do not know that, are utterly deadly menaces!

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Garrett, Randall: Anything You Can Do. V1. 23 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

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Like some great silver-pink fish, the ship sang on through the eternal night. There was no impression of swimming; the fish shape had neither fins nor a tail. It was as though it were hovering in wait for a member of some smaller species to swoop suddenly down from nowhere, so that it, in turn, could pounce and kill.

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Garrett, Randall: But, I Don't Think. V1. 24 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

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The great merchantship Naipor settled her tens of thousands of tons of mass into her landing cradle on Viornis as gently as an egg being settled into an egg crate, and almost as silently. Then, as the antigravs were cut off, there was a vast, metallic sighing as the gigantic structure of the cradle itself took over the load of holding the ship in her hydraulic bath.

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Garrett, Randall: Cum Grano Salis. 20 May 2008

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Under the name of David Gordon (just one of his many pen names) Garrett explores the expansion of the human race to new planets.

[QUOTJust because a man can do something others can’t does not, unfortunately, mean he knows how to do it. One man could eat the native fruit and live… but how?[/QUOT

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Garrett, Randall: Nor Iron Bars a Cage. V1. 26 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

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Her red-blond hair was stained and discolored when they found her in the sewer, and her lungs were choked with muck because her killer hadn't bothered to see whether she was really dead when he dumped her body into the manhole, so she had breathed the stuff in with her last gasping breaths. Her face was bruised, covered with great blotches, and three of her ribs had been broken. Her thighs and abdomen had been bruised and lacerated.

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Garrett, Randall: Occasion for Disaster. V1. 27 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

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In 1914, it was enemy aliens.
In 1930, it was Wobblies.
In 1957, it was fellow-travelers.
In 1971, it was insane telepaths.
And, in 1973:
"We don't know what it is," said Andrew J. Burris, Director of the FBI. He threw his hands in the air and looked baffled and confused.

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Garrett, Randall: Or Your Money Back. 28 May 2008

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Another that has already been posted in Sony/LRF before by Xenophon. I find myself like Dr Dribb formatting for my tastes and then sharing. Additional formats for Mobi/PRC and IMP are also included.

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Garrett, Randall: Out Like a Light. V1. 27 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Excerpt
The sidewalk was as soft as a good bed. Malone lay curled on it thinking about nothing at all. He was drifting off into a wonderful dream and he didn't want to interrupt it. There was this girl, a beautiful girl, more wonderful than anything he had ever imagined, with big blue eyes and long blond hair and a figure that made the average pin-up girl look like a man. And she had her soft white hand on his arm, and she was looking up at him with trust and devotion and even adoration in her eyes, and her voice was the softest possible whisper of innocence and promise.

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Garrett, Randall: Pagan Passions. V1. 27 Aaug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Adult Science Fiction,
with the supernatural making complete sense.

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Garrett, Randall: Quest of the Golden Ape. V1. 27 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Excerpt
In a secluded section of a certain eastern state which must remain nameless, one may leave the main highway and travel up a winding road around tortuous bends and under huge scowling trees, into wooded country.
Upon a certain night—the date of which must remain vague—there came a man who faced and was not turned back by a series of psychological barriers along this road which made it more impregnable than a steel wall. These barriers, which had kept out a hundred years of curiosity-seekers until that certain night, were forged by the scientific magic of a genius on a planet far beyond the sun....

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Garrett, Randall: Suite Mentale. 20 May 2008

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What happens when mathematically enhanced powers of ESP drives one insane, they look to ways of saving civilization.

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Garrett, Randall: Supermind. V1. 28 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Excerpt
In 1914, it was enemy aliens.
In 1930, it was Wobblies.
In 1957, it was fellow travelers.
In 1971, it was insane telepaths.
And, in 1973:

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Garrett, Randall: That Sweet Little Old Lady. V1. 28 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Excerpt
"What are we going to call that sweet little old lady, now that mother is a dirty word?"

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Garrett, Randall: The Highest Treason. V1. 25 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Excerpt
THE two rooms were not luxurious, but MacMaine hadn't expected that they would be. The walls were a flat metallic gray, unadorned and windowless. The ceilings and floors were simply continuations of the walls, except for the glow-plates overhead. One room held a small cabinet for his personal possessions, a wide, reasonably soft bed, a small but adequate desk, and, in one corner, a cubicle that contained the necessary sanitary plumbing facilities

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Garrett, Randall: The Impossibles. V1. 25 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Excerpt
The sidewalk was as soft as a good bed. Malone lay curled on it, thinking about nothing at all. He was drifting off into a wonderful dream, and he didn't want to interrupt it. There was this girl, a beautiful girl, more wonderful than anything he had ever imagined, with big blue eyes and long blonde hair and a figure that made the average pin-up girl look like a man. And she had her soft white hand on his arm, and she was looking, up at him with trust and devotion and even adoration in her eyes, and her voice was the softest possible whisper of innocence and promise.

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Garrett, Randall: The Penal Cluster. 21 May 2008

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Written under the name of Ivar Jorgensen this is mind control in the future ...

[QUOTTomorrow's technocracy will produce more and more things for better living. It will produce other things, also; among them, criminals too despicable to live on this earth. Too abominable to breathe our free air.[/QUOT

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Garrett, Randall: Unwise Child. V1. 29 Aug 2010

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Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.

Excerpt
When a super-robot named Snookums discovers how to build his own superbombs, it becomes obvious that Earth is by no means the safest place for him to be. And so Dr. Fitzhugh, his designer, and Leda Crannon, a child psychologist acting as Snookums’ nursemaid, agree to set up Operation Brainchild, a plan to transport the robot to a far distant planet.

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Garrity, Jeff: Mars Girl. v2, 13 Sep 2008

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pdurrant

This is a book by Jeff Garrity, jgarrity hereabouts, released under a Creative Common license, converted from the HTML available at his marsgirl.us website.

The HTML was cleaned up a little, and a table of contents and cover added.

I haven't read it yet myself, so I can't comment on the story. There's already an LRF version, uploaded a few days ago by Madam Broshkina.

[edit]
Fixed chapter numbering problems, added copyright statement. HTML uploaded to "Other Books". Previous Views count: 24

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Garvice, Charles: Adrien Leroy. V1. 31 Aug 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

Excerpt
It was a cold night in early spring, and the West End streets were nearly deserted. The great shutters of the shops were being drawn down with a dull rumble, and every moment the pavements grew more dreary looking as the glories of the plate-glass windows were hidden.
Tired workers with haggard faces were making their way homeward; to them the day was at an end. But to the occupants of the whirring taxis and smart motors, as they sped westward, the round of their day was but half-way through; for them, the great ones of the earth, the all-important hour of dinner was at hand.

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Garvice, Charles: At Love's Cost. V1. 31 Aug 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

Excerpt
"Until this moment I have never fully realised how great an ass a man can be. When I think that this morning I scurried through what might have been a decent breakfast, left my comfortable diggings, and was cooped up in a train for seven hours, that I am now driving in a pelting rain through, so far as I can see for the mist, what appears to be a howling wilderness, I ask myself if I am still in possession of my senses. I ask myself why I should commit such lurid folly. Last night I was sitting over the fire with a book—for it was cold, though not so cold as this," the speaker shivered and dragged the collar of his overcoat still higher—"at peace with all the world, with Omar purring placidly by my side, and my soul wrapped in that serenity which belongs to a man who has long since rid himself of that inconvenient appendage—a conscience, and has hit upon the right brand of cigarettes, and now—"

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Garvice, Charles: Nell, of Shorne Mills. V1. 31 Aug 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

Excerpt
"Dick, how many are twenty-seven and eight?"
The girl looked up, with narrow eyes and puckered brow, from the butcher's book, which she was laboriously "checking," at the boy who leaned back on the window seat picking out a tune on a banjo.

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Garvice, Charles: The Woman's Way. V1. 1 Sep 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

Excerpt
Celia climbed up the steps to her room slowly; not because she was very tired, but because her room was nearly at the top of Brown's Buildings and she had learnt that, at any rate, it was well to begin slowly. It was only the milk boy and the paper boy who ran up the stairs, and they generally whistled or sang as they ran, heedless of feminine reproofs or masculine curses. There was no lift at Brown's; its steps were as stony and as steep as those of which Dante complained; the rail on which Celia's hand rested occasionally was of iron; and Brown's whitewashed corridors, devoid of ornament, were so severe as to resemble those of a prison; indeed, more than one of the inhabitants of the Buildings spoke of them, with grim facetiousness, as The Jail. Without having to pause to gain her breath, for at twenty-two, when you are well and strong, even sixty steep steps do not matter very much, Celia unlocked a door, bearing the number "105," and entered her room.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cousin Phillis, v.1, 10 Jan 2008.

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(1863)
A young engineer meets Phillis, the daughter of the Reverend Holman. She grows fond of him ...
This novella shows something of the impact of the industrial age on a small farming community.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cranford, v1, 02 Sept 2007.

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Mrs Gaskell’s ‘Cranford’ was originally published in 1851 in serial form, in Charles Dickens’ magazine, Household Words. It appeared in book form a couple of years later.

The novel is set in a Cheshire village (based on Knutsford) and is a gentle social satire. The ladies of Cranford are genteel, but poor. They cover this deficiency by practising ‘elegant economy’. Despite their eccentricities, they show dignity and courage in the face of adversity.

The BBC is currently promising another television adaptation this autumn.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Curious, If True, v.1. 22 March 2008.

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A collection of novellas and short stories.

From the synopsis at Amazon:
“In these short stories, Mrs Gaskell unleashes her fascination with the macabre. Cross-dressing and sadistic husbands, witch trials, curses, supernatural doubles and fairy feasts at midnight bear witness to strange powers.”

Contents:

The Old Nurse’s Story
The Poor Clare
Lois the Witch
The Grey Woman
Curious, If True

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Martha Preston, v.1, 5 April 2008.

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A short story of 1850, set in Grasmere in the Yorkshire dales.
Martha Preston is a jilted woman. Will a single life of rectitude bring her peace?

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mary Barton, v.1, 28 May 2008.

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865).
Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (1848).

Mrs Gaskell’s first novel deals with love, redemption, poverty and industrial unrest in a class-divided Manchester. She even adds a murder to the plot.

The source was PG. I have restored the italics, added curly quotes and checked against my paper copy. I also moved the footnotes to the end of the book and numbered them, and included a TOC.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mr Harrison’s Confessions, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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A novella of 1851.

Mr Harrison is a young doctor in a small midlands village, and is the victim of relentless matchmaking.

This is a (sort of) prequel to [Cranford[/.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: My Lady Ludlow, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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From [Wikipedia[/:

“[My Lady Ludlow [/is a long novella (over 77,000 words in the Project Gutenburg text) by Elizabeth Gaskell. It appeared in the magazine ‘Household Words’ in 1858, and was republished in ‘Round the Sofa’ in 1859, with framing passages added at the start and end.
It recounts the daily lives of the widowed Lady Ludlow of Hanbury and the spinster Miss Galindo, and their caring for other single women and girls. It is also concerned with Lady Ludlow's man of business, Mr Horner, and a poacher's son named Harry Gregson whose education he provides for.”

It is also about the waning power of the aristocracy and the growth of the professional classes.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South, v.1, 23 March 2008.

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A novel.
First published in serial form in [Household Words [/in 1854-1855 and in volume form in 1855.

Margaret Hale, a young woman from the south of England, finds herself transplanted to a Northern town when her clergyman father resigns his living because of religious scruples. Milton, up north, is full of dark satanic mills, producing cotton, and staffed by unhappy factory workers. Margaret gradually comes to respect their ways, but is unable to say the same about Mr Thornton, the mill-owner. Yet there is an attraction between them. Can the North and the south ever reach an understanding?

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Ruth, v.1, 11 Jan 2008.

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Ruth is an orphaned dressmaker’s apprentice, only sixteen years old. She is seduced by a ‘gentleman’ and finds herself abandoned and pregnant. Is there any way that she can rehabilitate herself in the eyes of society? Can her child ever achieve any social standing?

Written in 1853, this was considered a brave and controversial topic for a novelist (especially a woman novelist). Male novelists tended to allow only three outcomes for ‘fallen women’: death, prostitution or emigration (cf Em’ly in Dickens’s ‘David Copperfield’). Mrs Gaskell’s redemption via maternal love is something new; though you may think that she gets cold feet towards the end of the novel.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Shorter Works, v.1, 23 March 2008.

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Patricia

I’ve collected some more short stories by Mrs Gaskell.

Contents:

Lizzie Leigh
The Half-Brothers
Half a Life-Time Ago
The Doom of the Griffiths
An Accursed Race
The Manchester Marriage

Not all of the stories are fiction: ‘The Accursed Race’ is about the Cagots: an oppressed ethic minority in France.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Sylvia’s Lovers, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Patricia

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–1865)
Sylvia’s Lovers (1863)

Sylvia’s Lovers is a novel of about 191,000 words

From Wikipedia:
“Sylvia's Lovers (1863) is a novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, which she called "the saddest story I ever wrote"
The novel begins in the 1790s in the town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson lives with her parents on a farm, and is loved by her cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid. When Kinraid goes back to his ship, he is press-ganged (a scene witnessed by Philip). Philip does not tell Sylvia of the incident and, believing her lover is dead, Sylvia eventually marries her cousin and they have a daughter…”

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Life of Charlotte Brontë, v1, 28 December 2008.

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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)
In Two Volumes (both included).

An authorised biography of Charlotte Brontë, by her friend and fellow-novelist, Mrs Gaskell.
Mrs Gaskell has softened the character of the only surviving Brontë: Charlotte’s father, and played down his monstrous selfishness. She has also omitted mentioning Charlotte’s unrequited love for her teacher, M. Héger, even though this is the key to understanding “Villette,” “Shirley” and “The Professor.”
She does include a lot of Charlotte Brontë’s letters.

The source was PG and a lot of formatting was needed to get a satisfactory result.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Moorland Cottage, v.1, 3 April 2008.

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Patricia

A short novel of 1850.

A young girl called Maggie, loves her overbearing brother, despite his occasional bullying. But will she give up the man she loves at her brother’s insistence?

Yes, the plot does have similarities with George Eliot’s ‘The Mill on the Floss’ and the heroines share the same name. Both have a climactic scene involving water and drowning. Eliot’s novel dates from 1860, so this came first. Despite the plot similarities, the treatment of the theme is rather different.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales, v.1, 22 March 2008.

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A collection of ten short stories.

Contents:
The Old Nurse’s Story
The Crooked Branch
Crowley Castle
Curious, If True
Disappearances
Two Fragments of Ghost Stories
The Heart of John Middleton
Morton Hall
The Well of Pen-Morfa
The Shah’s English Gardener

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Wives and Daughters, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Patricia

Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story (1866)
By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–1865)

A long novel, c 273,000 words, but one of my favourites.

From Wikipedia:
“Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood.
The story revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.
Molly's mother died many years earlier, and Molly has been raised by her father and servants. As the story opens, she goes to visit the Hamleys of Hamley Hall, a gentry family that purportedly dates from the Heptarchy, but is now somewhat poor. There she finds a mother substitute in Mrs. Hamley, who embraces her almost as a daughter. Molly also strikes up a shy friendship with the Hamley's younger son, Roger. Molly is aware that, as the daughter of a professional man, she would not be considered a suitably genteel match for either of squire Hamley's sons.
Meanwhile, Molly's father abruptly decides to remarry, less from inclination than from a perceived duty to provide teenage Molly with a chaperone and the blessings of a (step)mother's advice. The dutiful Molly has a stormy relationship with her social-climbing stepmother, but she immediately hits it off with her new stepsister, Cynthia, who is about the same age as Molly. The two girls are a study in contrasts: Cynthia is far more worldly, and more openly rebellious, than the naive and slightly awkward Molly. Cynthia has been educated in France, and it gradually becomes apparent that she hides secrets in her past.”

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Gasserly, Gordon: The Elephant God v1 12 dec 2008

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This classic travel/adventure/hunter tale is thus dedicated:

TO A CERTAIN ROGUE ELEPHANT RESIDENT IN THE TERAI FOREST

THE SLAYER OF DIVERS MEN AND WOMEN

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MUCH INSTRUCTION AND IN THE HOPE THAT SOME DAY IN THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS THEY MAY MEET AGAIN AND DECIDE THE ISSUE

Nonetheless, Mr (Gasserly or Casserly) shows great respect for the tusk bearers. All in all, this exudes exotism and is an easy read.

Have fun!

Oh. I added one of my own covers featuring Ganesha!

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Gates, Eleanor: Apron-Strings. V1.1 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
It seems to me that there are, broadly speaking, three kinds of mothers. First, there is the kind that does not plan for, or want, a child, but, having borne one, invariably takes the high air of martyrdom, feeling that she has rendered the supreme service, and that, henceforth, nothing is too good for her. Second, there is the mother who loves her own children devotedly, and has as many as her health and the family purse will permit, but who is fairly indifferent to other women's children. Last of all, there is the mother who loves anybody's children—everybody's children.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Biography of a Prairie Girl. V1. 1 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
IT was always a puzzle to the little girl how the stork that brought her ever reached the lonely Dakota farm-house on a December afternoon without her being frozen; and it was another mystery, just as deep, how the strange bird, which her mother said was no larger than a blue crane, was able, on leaving, to carry her father away with him to some family, a long, long distance off, that needed a grown-up man as badly as her three big brothers needed a little sister.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Plow-Woman. V1. 2 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
The coulée was a long, scarlet gash in the brown level of the Dakota prairie, for the sumach, dyed by the frosts of the early autumn, covered its sides like a cloth whose upper folds were thrown far over the brinks of the winding ravine and, southward, half-way to the new cottonwood shack of the Lancasters. Near it, a dark band against the flaming shrub, stretched the plowed strip, narrow, but widening with each slow circuit of the team as the virgin, grass-grown land was turned by the mould-board to prepare for the corn-planting of the coming spring.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Poor Little Rich Girl. V1. 2 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
Halfway up the shining surface of the gilt-framed pier glass was a mark—a tiny ink-line that had been carefully drawn across the outer edge of the wide bevel. As Gwendolyn stared at the line, the reflection of her small face in the mirror grew suddenly all white, as if some rude hand had reached out and brushed away the pink from cheeks and lips. Arms rigid at her sides, and open palms pressed hard against the flaring skirts of her riding-coat, she shrank back from the glass.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Rich Little Poor Boy. V1. 2 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
HE was ten. But his clothes were forty. And it was this difference in the matter of age, and, consequently, in the matter of size, that explained why, at first sight, he did not show how thin-bodied he was, but seemed, instead, to be rather a stout little boy. For his faded, old shirt, with its wide sleeves lopped off just above his elbows, and his patched trousers, shortened by the scissors to knee length, were both many times too large for him, so that they lay upon him, front, back and sides, in great, overlapping pleats that were, in turn, bunched into heavy tucks; and his kitchen apron, worn with the waistband about his neck, the strings being tied at the back, also lent him—if viewed from the front—an appearance both of width and weight.

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Gaunt, Mary: The Moving Finger. V1. 3 Sep 2010

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Mary Eliza Bakewell Gaunt (20 February 1861 - 19 January 1942) was an Australian novelist.

The Moving Finger
A Trotting
Christmas Eve at Warwingie
Lost!
The Loss of the "Vanity"
Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper
The Yanyilla Steeplechase
A Digger's Christmas

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Gautier, Théophile et. al.: The Cross of Berny. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
The Cross of Berny was, it will be remembered, a brilliant tourney, where Madame de Girardin (née Delphine Gay), Théophile Gautier, Jules Sandeau and Méry, broke lances like valiant knights of old.
We believe we respond to the general wish by adding to the Bibliothèque Nouvelle this unique work, which assumed and will ever retain a high position among the literary curiosities of the day.
Not feeling called upon to decide who is the victor in the tilt, we merely lift the pseudonymous veil concealing the champions.

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Gautier, Théophile: Captain Fracasse. V1. 3 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

It was a sad picture; this last scion of a noble race, formerly rich and powerful, left wandering like an uneasy ghost in the castle of his ancestors, with but one faithful old servant remaining to him of the numerous retinue of the olden times; one poor old dog, half starved, and gray with age, where used to be a pack of thirty hounds

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Gautier, Théophile: Clarimonde, v1, 23 Oct 2007.

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Théophile Gautier, Clarimonde. (La Morte Amoureuse), 1836.
Translated by Lafcadio Hearne, 1908.

A young priest has nightly visits from an attractive blonde vampire.

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Gautier, Théophile: Enamels and Cameos and other Poems. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
When empires lay riven apart,
Fared Goethe at battle time's thunder
To fragrant oases of art,
To weave his Divan into wonder.

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Gautier, Théophile: Jettatura: The Evil Eye, v.1, 1 Nov 2007.

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A melodramatic short novel.

A young man travels to Naples to see his fiancée, who is convalescing there. The locals announce that he is a Jettatore – a person afflicted with the evil eye. Unless the proper talismans are deployed, his gaze can kill. (This explains his accident-prone acquaintances.)

How can he protect his fiancée against this curse? Drastic measures are called for...

Unknown translatorfrom the French.
I have added a picture and ToC.

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Gautier, Théophile: King Candaules, v1, 23 Oct 2007

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Le Roi Candaule (1844). Translated by Lafcadio Hearn.

A novella set in heroic-age Greece. The most beautiful woman in the world hates being looked at. But her husband wants to show her off.

From the Wikiedia entry on King Candaules.
Candaules (š±½´±Í»·Â), also known as Myrsilos (œÅÁÃ¯»¿Â) was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia from 735 BC to 718 BC. He succeeded Meles and was followed by Gyges. His name is the origin of the term candaulism, for a sexual practice attributed to him by legend. … According to The Histories of Herodotus, Candaules bragged of his wife's incredible beauty to his favorite bodyguard Gyges. "It appears you don't believe me when I tell you how lovely my wife is," said Candaules. "A man always believes his eyes better than his ears; so do as I tell you - contrive to see her naked."
Gyges refused; he did not wish to dishonor the Queen by seeing her nude body. He also feared what the King might do to him if he did accept.
Candaules was insistent, and Gyges had no choice but to obey…

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Gautier, Théophile: My Private Menagerie. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

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I have often been caricatured in Turkish dress seated upon cushions, and surrounded by cats so familiar that they did not hesitate to climb upon my shoulders and even upon my head. The caricature is truth slightly exaggerated, and I must own that all my life I have been as fond of animals in general and of cats in particular as any brahmin or old maid. The great Byron always trotted a menagerie round with him, even when travelling, and he caused to be erected, in the park of Newstead Abbey, a monument to his faithful Newfoundland dog Boatswain, with an inscription in verse of his own inditing. I cannot be accused of imitation in the matter of our common liking for dogs, for that love manifested itself in me at an age when I was yet ignorant of the alphabet.

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Gautier, Theophile: One of Cleopatra’s Nights, v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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Theophile Gautier: One of Cleopatra’s Nights.
Translated by Lafcadio Hearn.

This story is an orientalist fantasy. A bored and cruel queen meets a besotted subject …

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Gautier, Théophile: The Fleece of Gold, v.1, 28 Oct 2007.

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(La Toison d’Or) 1839.
Unknown translator.

A novella in five fairly short chapters.

Tiburce is a romantic young Parisian. He resolves to fall in love with a blonde. So he goes to Antwerp, believing that it must be populated by blonde Flemish girls. He then falls hopelessly in love with the blonde Magdalen in Rubens’ painting, ‘Descent from the Cross.’
Can any woman match his romantic ideals?

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Gautier, Théophile: The Mummy's Foot. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity venders who are called marchands de bric-à-brac in that Parisian argot which is so perfectly unintelligible elsewhere in France.
You have doubtless glanced occasionally through the windows of some of these shops, which have become so numerous now that it is fashionable to buy antiquated furniture, and that every petty stockbroker thinks he must have his chambre au moyen âge.

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Gautier, Theophile: The Mummy’s Foot, v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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(La Pied de Momie)
Translated by Lafcadio Hearn

A short story.

A young man buys the mummified foot of an Egyptian princess. During the night its limping original owner comes to reclaim it.

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Gautier, Théophile: The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
The subject of "The Romance of a Mummy" was possibly suggested to Théophile Gautier by Ernest Feydeau, the author of "Fanny" and other works of purely light literature, who published in 1858 a "General History of Funeral Customs and Burials among the Ancients." This book was reviewed by Gautier when it appeared, and it is most likely that he had been previously made acquainted with its contents and had discussed Egyptian funeral rites and modes of sepulture with the author, for it was to Feydeau that he dedicated his novel when it was published in book form by Hachette in 1858.

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Germain, Walter: The Complete Bachelor, v1 3 Jul 2008

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Manners for Men first published 1896.

From the Preface:

I suppose a book of this character needs some excuse. The world is full of volumes written on etiquette, and, in adding another to the number, my plea for filling the want long felt may seem ridiculous. But I have an excellent reason, and that is, that in all treatises of this character I have found the bachelor sadly neglected.

For many years, while conducting the query or "agony department" in Vogue, I received letters from all parts of the United States asking for information on certain details of etiquette which seem to have been overlooked by the compilers or writers of etiquette manuals. My correspondents always wanted these questions answered from the New York standpoint. All this I have endeavored to do in this volume. I have devoted a chapter to sports. In this I have made no attempt to give the rules of the various pastimes therein enumerated. I have simply jotted down some points which I hope may be of use to the outsider.

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Gerstaecker, Friedrich: Die Regulatoren von Arkansas german v1 22 feb 2009

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Mitte des 19. Jhdts wurde Friedrich Gerstäcker zu einem Vorläufer heutiger Abenteuerliteratur und so bekannt wie später Karl May, der allerdings seitenweise von F.G. abgeschrieben hatte.

Im Gegensatz zu den vergleichsweise glatten Phantasien Karl Mays resultieren die Romane F.Gs aus dessen eigener Anschauung und Recherche vor Ort, was die Sprachstudien der von ihm besuchten Naturvölker (u.a. in Nordamerika und der Südsee) einschloß. Die Protagonisten seiner Romane sind also vom Leben abgeschaute Typen, die in einer fiktiven aber wahrscheinlichen Geschichte auftreten. Bei den REGULATOREN VON ARKANSAS ist es u.a. der skurrile Hinterwäldler Harper, der mit seinen köstlichen Flunkergeschichten das penetrante 'Wenn ich nicht irre' eines Sam Hawkins um Längen an Witz übertrifft. Der Indianer Assowaum mit dem silberbeschlagenen Gewehr bleibt sich treu und wird nicht zum verkappten Christen stilisiert, vielmehr wird zuletzt der von ihm gestellte Mörder seiner Squaw auch gebührend zu Tode gemartert.

Einzig die Dialoge im Herzschlag einer Courths-Mahler zwischen Bill Brown, dem jungen Freund Assowaums und späteren Regulatorenführer, und seiner geliebten Marion Roberts zwingen des Öfteren zur unfreiwilligen Anspannung des Zwerchfells. Das bremst die spannend vorwärtsgetriebene Mörderjagd aber nur geringfügig, genauso wie die liebevollen Beschreibungen der allgemeinen Lebensbedingungen unaufdringlich über Eßgewohnheiten, Familienfeste, Wohnverhältnisse etc. der Haupt-und Nebenpersonen(von damals) informieren.

Der Aufklärung verschrieben, ist die Haltung F.G's. die eines Freidenkers, der fern vom feudalen Europa (zu Zeiten Goethes!) erfahren hatte, daß Andersartigkeit positive Aspekte haben und von der Norm abweichendes Verhalten moralisch gerechtfertigt sein kann. In diesem Roman (wie auch in TAHITI) sind es dann auch Mitglieder des Klerus, die mit ihrer Bigotterie Gift in die an sich harmonischen Gesellschaften verspritzen.

Neben seinem literarischen Handwerk ist es aber vor allem die Einstellung zu seinen Sujets, die F.G. so herausragend und nach wie vor aktuell sein läßt.

Cover von ravenne!

PS: Ich habe "in" und "von" gefunden und beides benutzt.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Alle jagen John Mulligan german v1 14 feb 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Dieser Abenteuerroman aus dem Jahre 1860 spielt im damals noch wilden Australien und handelt von der Jagd nach dem berühmten Banditen und ausgebrochenen Sträfling John Mulligan. Wie immer hat sich Gerstäcker sehr gut informiert und trifft das Lokal- und Zeitkolorit genau

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Das Wrack german v1 16 mar 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker einmal anders.

In dieser kurzen, abenteuerreichen Novelle versucht Gerstäcker sich einmal als nautischer Schriftsteller. Schiffbruch, Schätze, Piraten, all das gibt es hier und es bleibt kein Auge trocken.

Schönes Cover von ravenne.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der erkaufte Henker german v1 3 mar 2009

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Erzählung aus dem amerikanischen Westen

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Flatbootmann german v1 1 jul 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816-1872) führte von der Wiege bis zur Bahre ein bewegtes Leben. Als Sohn eines gefeierten Tenors wurde ihm die Reiselust quasi in die Wiege gelegt. So war er in Amerika unter anderem als Holzfäller, Viehtreiber, Heizer und Koch auf einem Missisippidampfer, Lehrer und vor allem als (Großwild-)Jäger unterwegs. Er durchstreifte Nord- und Südamerika, die Inselwelt des Stillen Ozeans, Australien ...

Die drei Erzählungen dieses Bandes spielen in den amerikanischen Südstaaten und im einsamen Washito-Gebirge. "Der Flatbootmann" und "Schwarz und Weiß" schildern das Unrecht der Sklaverei und den Kampf tapferer Menschen um ihre Feiheit. "Die Wolfsglocke" zeigt das Ringen der Pioniere um neues urbares Land und gegen eine unbarmherzige wilde Natur.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Osage german v1 22 may 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Dies ist eine von seinen besseren Kurzgeschichten.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Ahnung german v1 29 mar 2009

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Horror vom Meister des kultivierten Abenteuerromans. Und siehe da, auch das gelingt ihm prächtig:

[QUOTEin leiser, winselnder Ton, der fast wie ein ferner Hülferuf klang, wurde in diesem Augenblick laut – man konnte nicht recht unterscheiden, ob er vom Hof oder aus dem Hause selbst herauf erschalle – der Wind brauste und rauschte auch noch zu sehr in der dicht neben dem Gebäude stehenden Linde, und heulte im Schornstein auf und nieder. Die Lampe verlöschte in diesem Augenblick, und der Pastor, der jetzt selbst, durch die Furcht der Frau vielleicht angesteckt, ein gewisses unheimliches Gefühl nicht ganz unterdrücken konnte, war eben im Begriff, in die daran stoßende Schlafstube zu treten, um von dort her einen kleinen, neben dem Feuerzeug stehenden Wachsstock zu holen, als die Gattin hastig und krampfhaft seinen Arm ergriff und mit vor innerer Angst fast erstickter Stimme, während sie die rechte zitternde Hand nach der andern Thür ausstreckte, flüsterte:

»Sieh – sieh dort!«

Der Pastor stand mit seiner Frau nahe der Schlafkammerthür und noch im Schatten der Wand in dem jetzt dunkeln Zimmer, während ein einziger Mondenstrahl in das obere Fenster und auf die gegenüberliegende Treppenthür fiel, aber auch durch eine dünne Gardine so weit gemäßigt wurde, um die Gegenstände, die er beleuchtete, nur undeutlich und unbestimmt erkennen zu lassen. Nichtsdestoweniger sahen die Gatten ganz genau, wenn sie auch nicht das mindeste Geräusch der Thür hörten, wie sich die blanke Klinke langsam bewegte und anscheinend von selber aufdrückte – gleich daraus öffnete sie sich eben so feierlich, und herein trat mit geräuschlosem Tritt eine Gestalt, die das Blut in Beider Adern stocken machte – der grüne Schlafrock, das schwarze Käppchen – die hohe, bleiche Figur – die Pastorin stand mit fast aus ihren Höhlen starrenden Augen, mit halbgeöffneten Lippen – mit noch immer zeigend und zugleich abwehrend ausgestrecktem Arm da, und selbst der Mann blieb überrascht – bestürzt vor dem, was seine Augen sahen und nicht ableugnen konnten – in der einmal genommenen Stellung.[/QUOT

Toller Lesespaß!

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Blauen und die Gelben german v1 29 mar 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Dieser Roman trägt den Untertitel "Ein Venezuelanisches Lebensbild" und zeichnet eine abenteuerliche Begegnung in diesem südamerikanischen Land nach. Es geht um eine Auseinandersetzung zwischen den Regierungstreuen und der Opposition. Plus ca change, plus ca reste la même chose, wie die Franzosen so schön sagen. (Je mehr die Dinge sich ändern, desto mehr gleichen sie sich).

Trotz des schwereren Themas noch spannend und lebendig erzählt.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Nacht auf dem Walfisch german v1 23 apr 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Diese Kurzgeschichte schildert einen abenteuerlichen Ritt auf einem Wal.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Nach Amerika! Teil 1 v1 german 9 jun 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker wurde in Hamburg als Sohn des Opernsängers Samuel Friedrich Gerstäcker (1790-1825) (Darsteller des Max in der Dresdner Erstaufführung von Carl Maria von Webers „Freischütz“) und seiner Frau Friederike, geb. Herz (Opernsängerin) geboren. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters lebte er mit seiner Schwester Molly zunächst bei seinem Onkel, dem Hofschauspieler Eduard Schütz in Braunschweig und besuchte dort auch die Schule, das traditionsreiche Martino-Katharineum. Nach dem Abschluss der mittleren Reife begann er 1833 in Kassel eine kaufmännische Lehre, die er nach wenigen Monaten wieder abbrach. Zu Fuß kehrte er zur Mutter nach Leipzig zurück und eröffnete ihr, dass er nach Amerika auswandern wolle. Seine Mutter konnte ihn zu einer landwirtschaftlichen Ausbildung auf dem Rittergut Doeben bei Grimma als Vorbereitung für ein Leben als Farmer überreden. Gerstäcker war ein begeisterter Leser von Daniel Defoes Roman Robinson Crusoe sowie der ersten Lederstrumpferzählungen von James Fenimore Cooper und gründete seine Vorstellung von der Neuen Welt gerade auf diese Lektüre. Gerstäcker bezeichnete sich stets als einen „Schüler Coopers“, erlebte die Realität im amerikanischen Westen und an der Grenze der Zivilisation und berichtete in seinen Romanen und Erzählungen wahrheitsgemäß und ohne romantische Ausschmückungen über das harte Leben der Siedler.

Nach Amerika! is t das Magnus Opus von Friedrich Gerstäcker. Dieses Reiseabenteuer in vier Bänden ist ein faszinierender Lesestoff!

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Gibbon, Edward: The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, v1.0, 6 July 2008

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I put this ebook together a while ago and I feel bad that only now am I posting it for other people. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of those books that demonstrates how useful ebooks can be. In paper form it's so massive that I never carry it around, so I very rarely make any progress, but in ebook form I always have it and can slowly make progress.

I added title and author metadata, broke up the 6 volumes into their 71 chapters, added a table of contents, and cleaned up some of the weird characters. I've also added a map from what I think was the original printing of the book but it still doesn't look good on the kindle screen. Eventually I plan on breaking the map into smaller pieces that will look better on the small screen.

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Gibbon, Perceval: The Second Class Passenger. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Perceval Gibbon (November 4 1879-May 30, 1926) was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best.

The Second-Class Passenger
The Sense of Climax
The Trader of Last Notch
The Murderer
The Victim
Between the Lights
The Master
"Parisienne"
Lola
The Poor in Heart
The Man Who Knew
The Hidden Way
The Strange Patient
The Captain's Arm
The Widower.

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Gibbon, Perceval: Those Who Smiled. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Perceval Gibbon (November 4 1879-May 30, 1926) was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best.

Those who smiled
The Dago
Wood-ladies
A man before the mast
The girl
The breadwinner
"Plain German"
Alms and the man
The darkened path
Miss Pilgrim's progress
The connoisseur
The day of omens.

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Gibbon, Perceval: Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Perceval Gibbon (November 4 1879-May 30, 1926) was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best

Unto the third generation
The dream-face
The avenger of blood
The hands of the pitiful woman
Piet Naude's trek
Like unto like
Counting the colors
The king of the baboons
Morder Drift
A good end
Vasco's sweetheart
The Peruvian
Tagalash
The home kraal
The sacrifice
The coward
Her own story

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Gilbert, Henry: King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-Told for Boys & Girls. 11 Sept 07

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One of the greatest of all legends retold in simpler form for the rest of us. The knights, the round table, the days of greatness.

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Gilchrist, Anne: Mary Lamb, v.1, 28 December 2008.

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Mary Lamb (1883)
By
Mrs. Gilchrist (Anne Gilchrist) (1828–1885)

A biography of Mary Lamb who, with her brother Charles is famous for [Lamb’s Tales of Shakespeare [/(already uploaded). She struggled with mental illness for most of her life.

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Giles, Herbert A: Religions of Ancient China, v.1, 12 May 2008.

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Herbert A Giles (1845-1935)
Religions of Ancient China (1906).

Contents:
Chapter I: The Ancient Faith
Chapter II: Confucianism
Chapter III: Taoism
Chapter IV: Materialism
Chapter V: Buddhism and Other Religions
Chronological Syllabus
Selected Works Bearing on the Religions of China

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Gillette, King: World Corporation. 2 November 2008

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Like all utopias, [World Corporation[/ is set in the structures of its day -- while Augustine set his in the [City of God[/, the New Harmony experiment was set in the early/mid industrial age, and the hippie communes of the 60’s were set in a back to the earth movement, Gillette set his as a corporation. As outlined here and in his prior volume [The Human Drift[/, Gillette’s outcome and ideal world vary in only minor points of obtainment from Marx -- Gillette from the top down and Marx from the bottom up.

Another MR member has stated that they would not like to live in a utopia and I agree. To me it is something more like a ring of Dante’s than it is Valhalla.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Herland, v1.2, 20 Sept 2007.

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Herland
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
[1915]

A feminist Utopia. Three men blunder into a society of women.

From Sacred-texts.com’s notes:

Gilman's feminist novel, ‘Herland’ was one of a flood of utopian books at the turn of the 20th century where sex roles are inverted. Gilman imagined a society where women not only rule, but are the only gender. Reproducing by parthenogenesis, they worship a female deity. This particular book later became a must-read for the second-wave feminists, particularly the 'separatist' wing.

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I have taken down v1 and replaced it with a new version incorporating seven corrections. The original was downloaded 6 times.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Our Androcentric Culture, v.1, 26 January 2009.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
Our Androcentric Culture, Or The Man Made World (1911)

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human.

“…We have been so taken up with the phenomena of masculinity and femininity, that our common humanity has largely escaped notice. We know we are human, naturally, and are very proud of it; but we do not consider in what our humanness consists; nor how men and women may fall short of it, or overstep its bounds, in continual insistence upon their special differences. It is “manly” to do this; it is “womanly” to do that; but what a human being should do under the circumstances is not thought of.”

We also have some of Ms Gilman’s fiction in our uploads section: “Herland” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Yellow Wallpaper, v1, 20 Sept 2007.

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A classic Gothic, feminist short story

Wikipedia says:

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It took merely two days to write, but was at first rejected in 1891 by a Boston physician who made a protest in The Transcript. He claimed such a story ought not to be written, since it was enough to drive anyone mad to read it. An editor as well claimed the story made him feel "miserable", and therefore did not want society to be subjected to similar feelings. It was first published, however, in 1892 in The New England Magazine. The story did not receive much serious attention until American writer and critic William Dean Howells published it in his The Great Modern American Stories in 1920. By 1973, "The Yellow Wallpaper" already had ten reprintings. The widest currency the story ever received however was through the Feminist Press and is now considered the best seller for that publishing company.
Told in first-person perspective--in the form of a series of journal entries--the story details the descent into madness of an unnamed woman suffering from what her physician husband John describes as a "temporary nervous depression — a slight hysterical tendency." John believes it is in the narrator's best interest to go on a rest cure, since he only credits what is observable and scientific. He serves as his wife's physician, therefore treating her like a powerless patient. The story hints that part of the woman's problem is that she recently gave birth to a child, insinuating she may be suffering from what would, in modern times, be called postpartum depression. While on vacation for the summer at a colonial mansion, the narrator senses "something queer about it." The narrator is confined in an upstairs room to recuperate by her well-meaning but dictatorial and oblivious husband, but this treatment only exacerbates her depression.

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Gissing, George, et. al.: Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marr... V1. 10 Sep 2

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case, by Rudyard Kipling
Irremediable, by Ella D'Arcy
"A Poor Stick," by Arthur Morrison
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Prize Lodger, by George Gissing

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Gissing, George.: New Grub Street. v1, 17 Jan 2008

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New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing published in 1891, which is set in the literary and journalistic circles of late-1800s London.

Plot introduction:

The story is about the literary world of late-Victorian London that Gissing inhabited, and its title, New Grub Street, alludes to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with the "hack writing" that pervades Gissing's novel; Grub Street itself was no longer extant when Gissing was writing. The novel contrasts Edwin Reardon, a congenitally uncommercial but talented writer, against Jasper Milvain, a selfish and unscrupulous hack who rejects artistic endeavour for material gain. Milvain's trite, manipulative work ascends while Reardon's work--and his life--spiral downward.

The novel suggests that the literary world rewards materialistic self-promotion more than serious artistic sensibility. Gissing's biography--a respected writer who struggled for a long time to obtain commercial success--strongly suggests the novel is autobiographical, the author's stand-in being (of course) Reardon.

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Gissing, George.: The Nether World. v1, 17 Jan 2008

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George Gissing (November 22, 1857 – December 28, 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. Although his early works are naturalistic, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

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The Nether World (1889), generally regarded as the finest of Gissing's early novels, is a highly dramatic, sometimes violent tale of man's caustic vision shaped by the bitter personal experience of poverty. This tale of intrigue depicts life among the artisans, factory-girls, and slum-dwellers, documenting an inescapable world devoid of sentimentality and steeped with people scheming and struggling to survive. With Zolaesque intensity and relentlessness, Gissing lays bare the economic forces which determine the aspirations and expectations of those born to a life of labor.

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Gissing, George: A Life's Morning. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Wilfrid Athel went down invalided a few days after the beginning of Trinity term. The event was not unanticipated. At Christmas it had been clear enough that he was overtaxing himself; his father remarked on the fact with anxiety, and urged moderation, his own peculiar virtue. Wilfrid, whose battle with circumstances was all before him, declined to believe that the body was anything but the very humble servant of the will. So the body took its revenge.

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Gissing, George: Born in Exile. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
The summer day in 1874 which closed the annual session of Whitelaw College was marked by a special ceremony, preceding the wonted distribution of academic rewards. At eleven in the morning (just as a heavy shower fell from the smoke-canopy above the roaring streets) the municipal authorities, educational dignitaries, and prominent burgesses of Kingsmill assembled on an open space before the College to unveil a statue of Sir Job Whitelaw.

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Gissing, George: By the Ionian Sea. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

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Were I to lend ear to the people with whom I am staying, here in the Chiatamone, I should either abandon my project altogether or set forth with dire misgivings. They are Neapolitans of the better class; that is to say, they have known losses, and talk of their former happiness, when they lived on the Chiaia and had everything handsome about them. The head of the family strikes me as a typical figure; he is an elderly man, with a fine head, a dignified presence, and a coldly courteous demeanour.

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Gissing, George: Demos. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Stanbury Hill, remote but two hours' walk from a region blasted with mine and factory and furnace, shelters with its western slope a fair green valley, a land of meadows and orchard, untouched by poisonous breath. At its foot lies the village of Wanley. The opposite side of the hollow is clad with native wood, skirting for more than a mile the bank of a shallow stream, a tributary of the Severn. Wanley consists in the main of one long street; the houses are stone-built, with mullioned windows, here and there showing a picturesque gable or a quaint old chimney.

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Gissing, George: Denzil Quarrier. V1. 7 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

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For half an hour there had been perfect silence in the room. The cat upon the hearthrug slept profoundly; the fire was sunk to a still red glow; the cold light of the autumn afternoon thickened into dusk.
Lilian seemed to be reading. She sat on a footstool, her arm resting on the seat of a basket-chair, which supported a large open volume. But her hand was never raised to turn a page, and it was long since her eyes had gathered the sense of the lines on which they were fixed. This attitude had been a favourite one with her in childhood, and nowadays, in her long hours of solitude, she often fell into the old habit. It was a way of inviting reverie, which was a way of passing the time.

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Gissing, George: Eve's Ransom. V1. 7 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
On the station platform at Dudley Port, in the dusk of a February afternoon, half-a-dozen people waited for the train to Birmingham. A south-west wind had loaded the air with moisture, which dripped at moments, thinly and sluggishly, from a featureless sky. The lamps, just lighted, cast upon wet wood and metal a pale yellow shimmer; voices sounded with peculiar clearness; so did the rumble of a porter's barrow laden with luggage. From a foundry hard by came the muffled, rhythmic thunder of mighty blows; this and the long note of an engine-whistle wailing far off seemed to intensify the stillness of the air as gloomy day passed into gloomier night.

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Gissing, George: In the Year of Jubilee. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
At eight o'clock on Sunday morning, Arthur Peachey unlocked his front door, and quietly went forth. He had not ventured to ask that early breakfast should be prepared for him. Enough that he was leaving home for a summer holiday—the first he had allowed himself since his marriage three years ago.

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Gissing, George: New Grub Street, v.1, 3 March 2008.

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(1891)

From Wikipedia:
The story is about the literary world of late-Victorian London that Gissing inhabited, and its title, New Grub Street, alludes to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with the "hack writing" that pervades Gissing's novel; Grub Street itself was no longer extant when Gissing was writing. The novel contrasts Edwin Reardon, a congenitally uncommercial but talented writer, against Jasper Milvain, a selfish and unscrupulous hack who rejects artistic endeavour for material gain. Milvain's trite, manipulative work ascends while Reardon's work--and his life--spiral downward.
The novel suggests that the literary world rewards materialistic self-promotion more than serious artistic sensibility. Gissing's biography--a respected writer who struggled for a long time to obtain commercial success--strongly suggests the novel is autobiographical, the author's stand-in being (of course) Reardon.

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Gissing, George: Our Friend the Charlatan. V1. 9 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
As he waited for his breakfast, never served to time, Mr. Lashmar drummed upon the window-pane, and seemed to watch a blackbird lunching with much gusto about the moist lawn of Alverholme Vicarage. But his gaze was absent and worried. The countenance of the reverend gentleman rarely wore any other expression, for he took to heart all human miseries and follies, and lived in a ceaseless mild indignation against the tenor of the age. Inwardly, Mr. Lashmar was at this moment rather pleased, having come upon an article in his weekly paper which reviewed in a very depressing strain the present aspect of English life. He felt that he might have, and ought to have, written the article himself a loss of opportunity which gave new matter for discontent.

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Gissing, George: The Crown of Life. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Amid the throng of suburban arrivals volleyed forth from Waterloo Station on a May morning in the year '86, moved a slim, dark, absent-looking young man of one-and-twenty, whose name was Piers Otway. In regard to costume—blameless silk hat, and dark morning coat with lighter trousers—the City would not have disowned him, but he had not the City countenance. The rush for omnibus seats left him unconcerned; clear of the railway station, he walked at a moderate pace, his eyes mostly on the ground; he crossed the foot-bridge to Charing Cross, and steadily made his way into the Haymarket, where his progress was arrested by a picture shop.

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Gissing, George: The Emancipated. V1. 7 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
By a window looking from Posillipo upon the Bay of Naples sat an English lady, engaged in letter-writing. She was only in her four-and-twentieth year, but her attire of subdued mourning indicated widowhood already at the stage when it is permitted to make quiet suggestion of freedom rather than distressful reference to loss; the dress, however, was severely plain, and its grey coldness, which would well have harmonized with an English sky in this month of November, looked alien in the southern sunlight.

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Gissing, George: The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

The work of George Gissing : An introductory survey
The house of cobwebs
A capitalist
Christopherson
Humplebee
The scrupulous father
A poor gentleman
Miss Rodney's leisure
A charming family
A daughter of the lodge
The riding-whip
Fate and the apothecary
Topham's chance
A lodger in maze pond
The salt of the earth
The pig and whistle

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Gissing, George: The Odd Women. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
'So to-morrow, Alice,' said Dr. Madden, as he walked with his eldest daughter on the coast-downs by Clevedon, 'I shall take steps for insuring my life for a thousand pounds.'

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Gissing, George: The Paying Guest. V1. 9 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
It was Mumford who saw the advertisement and made the suggestion. His wife gave him a startled look.
'But—you don't mean that it's necessary? Have we been extrav—'
'No, no! Nothing of the kind. It just occurred to me that some such arrangement might be pleasant for you. You must feel lonely, now and then, during the day, and as we have plenty of room—'

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Gissing, George: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. V1. 9 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
The name of Henry Ryecroft never became familiar to what is called the reading public. A year ago obituary paragraphs in the literary papers gave such account of him as was thought needful: the date and place of his birth, the names of certain books he had written, an allusion to his work in the periodicals, the manner of his death. At the time it sufficed. Even those few who knew the man, and in a measure understood him, must have felt that his name called for no further celebration; like other mortals, he had lived and laboured; like other mortals, he had entered into his rest. To me, however, fell the duty of examining Ryecroft’s papers; and having, in the exercise of my discretion, decided to print this little volume, I feel that it requires a word or two of biographical complement, just so much personal detail as may point the significance of the self-revelation here made.

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Gissing, George: The Town Traveller. V1. 10 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Moggie, the general, knocked at Mr. Gammon's door, and was answered by a sleepy "Hallo?"
"Mrs. Bubb wants to know if you know what time it is, sir? 'Cos it's half-past eight an' more."
"All right!" sounded cheerfully from within. "Any letters for me?"
"Yes, sir; a 'eap."
"Bring 'em up, and put 'em under the door. And tell Mrs. Bubb I'll have breakfast in bed; you can put it down outside and shout. And I say, Moggie, ask somebody to run across and get me a 'Police News' and 'Clippings' and 'The Kennel'—understand? Two eggs, Moggie, and three rashers, toasted crisp—understand?"

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Gissing, George: The Whirlpool. V1. 11 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Harvey Rolfe was old enough to dine with deliberation, young and healthy enough to sauce with appetite the dishes he thoughtfully selected. You perceived in him the imperfect epicure. His club had no culinary fame; the dinner was merely tolerable; but Rolfe's unfinished palate flattered the second-rate cook. He knew nothing of vintages; it sufficed him to distinguish between Bordeaux and Burgundy; yet one saw him raise his glass and peer at the liquor with eye of connoisseur. All unaffectedly; for he was conscious of his shortcoming in the art of delicate living, and never vaunted his satisfactions. He had known the pasture of poverty, and the table as it is set by London landladies; to look back on these things was to congratulate himself that nowadays he dined.

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Gissing, George: Thyrza. V1. 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
There were three at the breakfast-table—Mr. Newthorpe, his daughter Annabel, and their visitor (Annabel's Cousin), Miss Paula Tyrrell. It was a small, low, soberly-furnished room, the walls covered with carelessly-hung etchings and water-colours, and with photographs which were doubtless mementoes of travel; dwarf bookcases held overflowings from the library; volumes in disorder, clearly more for use than ornament. The casements were open to let in the air of a July morning. Between the thickets of the garden the eye caught glimpses of sun-smitten lake and sheer hillside; for the house stood on the shore of Ullswater.

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Gissing, George: Veranilda. V1. 10 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Seven years long had the armies of Justinian warred against the Goths in Italy. Victor from Rhegium to Ravenna, the great commander Belisarius had returned to the East, Carrying captive a Gothic king. The cities of the conquered land were garrisoned by barbarians of many tongues, who bore the name of Roman soldiers; the Italian people, brought low by slaughter, dearth, and plague, crouched under the rapacious tyranny of governors from Byzantium.

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Gissing, George: Will Warburton. V1. 11 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ÈajsjK/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
The sea-wind in his hair, his eyes agleam with the fresh memory of Alpine snows, Will Warburton sprang out of the cab, paid the driver a double fare, flung on to his shoulder a heavy bag and ran up, two steps at a stride, to a flat on the fourth floor of the many-tenanted building hard by Chelsea Bridge. His rat-tat-tat brought to the door a thin yellow face, cautious in espial, through the narrow opening.

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Glasgow, Ellen: Life and Gabriella. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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Three times within the last twelve months Jane had fled from her husband's roof to the protection of her widowed mother, a weak person of excellent ancestry, who could hardly have protected a sparrow had one taken refuge beneath her skirt. Twice before Mrs. Carr had wept over her daughter's woes and returned her, a sullen saint, to the arms of the discreetly repentant Charley; but to-day, while the four older children were bribed to good behaviour with bread and damson preserves in the pantry, and the baby was contentedly playing with his rubber ring in his mother's arms, Gabriella had passionately declared that "Jane must never, never go back!" Nothing so dreadful as this had ever happened before, for the repentant Charley had been discovered making love to his wife's dressmaker, a pretty French girl whom Jane had engaged for her spring sewing because she had more "style" than had fallen to the austerely virtuous lot of the Carr's regular seamstress, Miss Folly Hatch

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Glasgow, Ellen: One Man in His Time. V1. 20 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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Stopping midway of the road, Stephen Culpeper glanced back over the vague streets and the clearer distance, where the approaching dusk spun mauve and silver cobwebs of air. From that city, it seemed to him, a new and inscrutable force—the force of an idea—had risen within the last few months to engulf the Square and all that the Square had ever meant in his life. Though he was only twenty-six, he felt that he had watched the decay and dissolution of a hundred years. Nothing of the past remained untouched. Not the old buildings, not the old trees, not even the old memories. Clustering traditions had fled in the white blaze of electricity; the quaint brick walks, with their rich colour in the sunlight, were beginning to disappear beneath the expressionless mask of concrete. It was all changed since his father's or his grandfather's day; it was all obvious and cheap, he thought; it was all ugly and naked and undistinguished—yet the tide of the new ideas was still rising. Democracy, relentless, disorderly, and strewn with the wreckage of finer things, had overwhelmed the world of established customs in which he lived.

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Battle Ground. V1. 20 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

Classic Civil War fiction.

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Deliverance. V1. 20 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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When the Susquehanna stage came to the daily halt beneath the blasted pine at the cross-roads, an elderly man, wearing a flapping frock coat and a soft slouch hat, stepped gingerly over one of the muddy wheels, and threw a doubtful glance across the level tobacco fields, where the young plants were drooping in the June sunshine.
“So this is my way, is it?” he asked, with a jerk of his thumb toward a cloud of blue-and-yellow butterflies drifting over a shining puddle—*“five miles as the crow flies, and through a bog?”

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Miller Of Old Church. V1. 23 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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It was past four o’clock on a sunny October day, when a stranger, who had ridden over the “corduroy” road between Applegate and Old Church, dismounted near the cross-roads before the small public house known to its frequenters as Bottom’s Ordinary.

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Voice of the People. V1. 23 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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The last day of Circuit Court was over at Kingsborough.
The jury had vanished from the semicircle of straight-backed chairs in the old court-house, the clerk had laid aside his pen along with his air of listless attention, and the judge was making his way through the straggling spectators to the sunken stone steps of the platform outside. As the crowd in the doorway parted slightly, a breeze passed into the room, scattering the odours of bad tobacco and farm-stained clothing. The sound of a cow-bell came through one of the small windows, from the green beyond, where a red-and-white cow was browsing among the buttercups.

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Glasgow, Ellen: Virginia. V1. 25 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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Toward the close of a May afternoon in the year 1884, Miss Priscilla Batte, having learned by heart the lesson in physical geography she would teach her senior class on the morrow, stood feeding her canary on the little square porch of the Dinwiddie Academy for Young Ladies.

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Glasgow, Ellen:The Wheel of Life. V1. 24 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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As the light fell on her face Gerty Bridewell awoke, stifled a yawn with her pillow, and remembered that she had been very unhappy when she went to bed. That was only six hours ago, and yet she felt now that her unhappiness and the object of it, which was her husband, were of less disturbing importance to her than the fact that she must get up and stand for three minutes under the shower bath in her dressing-room. With a sigh she pressed the pillow more firmly under her cheek, and lay looking a little wistfully at her maid, who, having drawn back the curtains at the window, stood now regarding her with the discreet and confidential smile which drew from her a protesting frown of irritation.

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Glaspell, Susan: A Jury of Her Peers, v1, 9 August 2009.

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Susan Glaspell (1882–1948)
A Jury of Her Peers (1917)

A classic short story, much admired in feminist circles. A man is found murdered in his bed. Suspicion falls on his wife. The local women examine her kitchen and gradually piece together the sequence of events.

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Glauser, Friedrich: Der Chinese german v1 5 jan 2009

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Friedrich Charles Glauser (* 4. Februar 1896 in Wien; † 8. Dezember 1938 in Nervi bei Genua) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.

Friedrich Glauser gilt neben August Gottlieb Meißner als einer der ersten deutschsprachigen Krimiautoren.

Pfründisberg, das ist eine Armenanstalt, eine Gartenbauschule, eine Dorfwirtschaft. Und zwei Tote. Denn die Taschentücher der Anna Hungerlott, die an Darmgrippe gestorben sein soll, weisen Arsenspuren auf. Und der Chinese liegt mit einem Schuß mitten durchs Herz im Novembernebel. Wachtmeister Studer beobachtet. Daß die Armenhäusler dünne Kohlsuppe löffeln, während der Armenvater erlesenen Wein trinkt, hat nichts mit den Morden zu tun. Oder doch?

Tolles Cover von Ravenne

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Glauser, Friedrich: Der Tee der drei alten Damen german v1 1 jan 2009

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Yeah, Friedrich Glauser ist ab heute legal!

Friedrich Charles Glauser (* 4. Februar 1896 in Wien; 8. Dezember 1938 in Nervi bei Genua) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.

Friedrich Glauser gilt neben August Gottlieb Meißner als einer der ersten deutschsprachigen Krimiautoren.

Zwischen Flucht und Internierung gab es in F. Glausers Leben eine Konstante: das Schreiben. »Es ist mir, auch wenn es mir schlecht gegangen ist, immer gewesen, als hätte ich etwas zu sagen, was außer mir keiner imstande wäre, auf diese Art zu sagen.« Sein Thema waren die »kleinen Leute«. Immer wieder zeichnete er Figuren, die keine Chance haben, als asozial abqualifiziert und durch Verwahr- und Internierungsmaßnahmen der Gesellschaft aus den Augen geschafft werden. Der Einzelne versucht »durchzukommen«, scheitert aber an den Machtstrukturen der Gesellschaft. F. Glauser war der erste deutschsprachige Schriftsteller, der sich ernsthaft mit dem Kriminalroman auseinander setzte. Mit seinem Konzept der Atmosphäre hat er das Genre grundlegend erweitert und ihm neue Tiefe gegeben. Seine Krimis stehen am Anfang der Entwicklung dieser Gattung im deutschsprachigen Raum und er wird zu Recht als der Vater des deutschsprachigen Kriminalromans bezeichnet.

Den Tee der drei alten Damen lässt Glauser in Genf spielen. Selber lebte er einige Jahre in dieser Stadt, besser gesagt in den Heilanstalten und Irrenhäusern dieser Stadt. Aber er war offenbar ein sehr aufnahmefähiger Mensch, kannte das Stadtgespräch, die Politik und die Kulturszene. Unter dem Eindruck des Völkerbundes, der nach dem ersten Weltkrieg seinen Hauptsitz in Genf hatte, mischte Glauser in diesem ersten deutschen Kriminalroman sein ganz eigenes Giftsüppchen aus Spionage, Parapsychologie, Geldgier, Okkultismus und Kräuterkunde.

Ein junger Mann wird mit Anzeichen einer Vergiftung spätnachts auf einem Platz im Herzen Genfs gefunden. Im Spital stirbt er kurz darauf. Nur wenige Tage später stirbt ein Apotheker ebenfalls an einer Vergiftung. Im Verdacht steht ein prominenter Professor, der in der Stadt viel Ruhm genießt, jedoch seit einiger Zeit auch morphiumsüchtig ist. Zu beiden Toten hielt er engen Kontakt. Simpson OKey, Agent der britischen Krone, mischt sich, getarnt als Zeitungsreporter, in die Ermittlungen der Polizei ein. Bald schon findet er heraus, dass ein Maharadscha eines indischen Randstaates in Genf ist, um seine Ölquellen zu verkaufen. Die Verträge mit den Engländern scheinen schon aufgesetzt zu sein, aber auch die Russen haben Interesse. Und er hört Gerüchte über drei alte Damen, die Männer zum Tee einladen.

Unbedingt lesen!!

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PS: Es gibt noch weitere Glauser-Krimis.

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Glauser, Friedrich: Die Fieberkurve german 7 jan 2009

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Wenn der Ermittler in einem erstmals 1937/38 erschienenen Schweizer Krimi kiffen darf und diese neue Erfahrung begeistert mit einem "cheibe suber isch es gsy" kommentiert -- dann kann nur Friedrich Glauser der Autor sein...
In der "Fieberkurve" geht es nicht nur die Aufklärung zweier aktueller und eines lange vergangenen ungeklärten Todesfalles -- es geht auch um Studers Jugendträume, die er nun, gerade eben Großvater geworden, von einer anderen Seite sieht: Ein Teil der Handlung spielt im Maghreb, bei der Fremdenlegion. Und es geht um arme Teufel, die das Schicksal über Gebühr gebeutelt hat.
Zunächst aber beginnt alles in Paris, wo Studer ein eigenartiger Geistlicher, ein "père blanc" vorgestellt wird, dem in einem Fremdenlegion-Posten vom "Hellseherkorporal" zwei Morde prophezeit worden waren. Studer lernt bald auch Marie Cleman kennen, ein "suubers Meitschi", das seine väterlichen Gefühle weckt -- aber auch sie ist in den Fall verwickelt. Und er findet heraus, dass es um viel Geld geht -- und darum, dass längst nicht alle Beteiligten das sind, das sie scheinen -- oder doch? Vieles spielt außerdem noch mit hinein, z.B. innerschweizerische Animositäten und der französische Geheimdienst -- eine etwas wirre Geschichte, zugegeben, die aber doch völlig logisch endet. Man merkt allerdings, dass der Roman erstmals in Fortsetzungen erschienen ist.
Aber trotz der spektakulären Handlungselemente hat "Die Fieberkurve" überhaupt nichts Reißerisches an sich. Im Gegenteil: Studer interessiert sich vor allem für die Geschicke der Beteiligten, hat ein Gespür für die Pechvögel, die das Schicksal geschlagen hat, und er legt eine unglaubliche Empathie an den Tag: "Zuerst und vor allem hatte man sich in die g'spässigen Verhältnisse der Familie Cleman einzuleben. Ja! Einzuleben!", heißt es einmal, und eine unglaublich dichte, mit verblüffenden Assoziationsketten gespickte Wachtraum-Sequenz mitten im Buch wird Studers weiteres Vorgehen bestimmen. -- Man merkt immer wieder, welch ein Meister der Erzählprosa Friedrich Glauser ist. In wenigen Sätzen, ohne jeden Bombast, aber mit meisterlich hingetupften, wunderbar stimmigen Bildern charakterisiert er all die verschiedenen Romanfiguren und Milieus. Egal ob es um die Atmosphäre im biederen Basel geht, um das Pariser Großstadtleben oder um die Weiten Nordafrikas und die gottverlassenen Fremdenlegions-Posten -- Glauser kennt die Personen und ihre Welt. Genau beobachtete Details, die man kennen muss, die man unmöglich aus den Fingern saugen kann, bestimmen den Roman, und dazu Bilder, die eben wegen ihrer sparsamen Mittel so stark berühren.
Glauser gilt zu Recht als einer der bedeutendsten Schweizer Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts, und was seinen Wachtmeister Studer angeht -- der steht als einsamer Monolith in der Weltliteratur, vielleicht in einigen Teilaspekten noch mit Maigret vergleichbar. Glausers Stärke sind nicht einmal die Plots, sondern die Figuren, ihre Lebensumstände, und all die vielen stimmungsvollen Milieus, die er nicht nur aus eigener Erfahrung kennt, sondern auch exakt beobachtet und atmosphärisch dicht (und mit trockenem Humor) zu schildern weiß. (Amazon)

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Glauser, Friedrich: Gourrama german v1 30 jan 2009

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Auch wenn das schwer zu glauben ist: Ausgerechnet Marcel Proust, der feinsinnige Chronist vornehmen gesellschaftlichen Lebens, stand Pate für diesen Roman, der ein Milieu schildert, das übler beleumdet nicht sein könnte: "Ich will gestehen, dass ich damals sehr von Proust beeinflusst war und dass man dies wohl merken wird -- aber schließlich, dürfen wir Schriftsteller nicht auch einen Lehrer haben?" Natürlich war es Friedrich Glauser nicht um den Stoff seines Vorbilds zu tun, sondern um den Blick des Erzählers in die Zeit, um Prousts ganz eigentümliche Art der Erinnerung. Gourrama ist eine Auseinandersetzung des Autors mit Erlebnissen, die ihn zutiefst geprägt haben und denen er sich literarisch wieder annähern wollte.

Glauser wurde im April 1921 von seinem Vater genötigt, der Fremdenlegion beizutreten und tat zwei Jahre Dienst im so genannten Französisch-Nordafrika. Der Roman selbst spielt 1923/24, in einer der heißesten Phasen der Auseinandersetzung um die Vorherrschaft in Marokko. Davon ist in Gourrama nur wenig zu spüren, und darin dürfte einer der Hauptgründe liegen, weshalb der Roman bei Zeitgenossen, die Glauser ansonsten schätzten, auf wenig Verständnis stieß: Allzu sehr unterscheidet er sich von der Flut der damaligen Fremdenlegionsliteratur, in der Legionäre ihre Kriegszeit als Initiationsritus und ereignisreichen Abenteuerstoff verkauften. Bei Glauser steht das Zusammenspiel der Gruppe im Mittelpunkt; wie auch in seinen späteren Texten beobachtet er mit beeindruckender Genauigkeit und verzichtet auf jegliche Selbststilisierung.

Und wie für seine anderen Texte gilt auch für Gourrama: Der Roman ist spannend, gerade weil der Autor zugunsten einer dichten Atmosphäre und einer unaufdringlichen, überzeugenden Zeichnung seiner Figuren auf reißerische Handlungselemente verzichtet.

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Glauser, Friedrich: Krock & Co german v1 19 jan 2009

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Glauser-Nachschlag!

Kultfahnder Studer ermittelt. Die Hochzeit seiner Tochter hatte er feiern wollen, der kauzige Wachtmeister von der Berner Kantonspolizei. Doch auch hier, in einem Dorf im Appenzellerland, zieht man ihn zu einem Mordfall hinzu, und in bewährt hintergründiger Manier nimmt er seine Nachforschungen auf. Die Dorfidylle entpuppt sich als Netz tragischer Verwicklungen.

Wie gehabt Cover von Ravenne!

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Glauser, Friedrich: König Zucker german v1 6 jan 2009

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Krimikurzgeschichte von Friedrich Glauser. Pechschwarz und richtig fies!

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Glauser, Friedrich: Matto regiert german v1 21 jan 2009

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Eine Irrenanstalt im Kanton Bern in den zwanziger Jahren: Der Direktor ist verschwunden, der Patient Pieterlen, ein Kindsmörder, ausgebrochen. Wachtmeister Studer blickt hinter die Kulissen psychiatrischer Theorien und Therapien. Er versucht nicht nur, einem Verbrecher auf die Spur zu kommen, sondern tritt auch eine Reise in die Grenzregionen von Vernunft und Irrationalität an, die keineswegs immer so klar voneinander zu trennen sind - Matto, der Geist des Wahnsinns, regiert überall und spinnt seine silbernen Fäden...

Für meine Begriffe einer der besten deutschsprachigen Krimis überhaupt.

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Glauser, Friedrich: Wachtmeister Studer german v1 19 jan 2009

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Mal wieder ein Glauser-Krimi.

Im Gerzensteiner Wald, wird der Handelsreisende Witschi erschossen aufgefunden. Der Verdacht fällt sofort auf die in einer Baumschule beschäftigten Ex-Sträflinge. Als einer von Ihnen, Erwin Schlumpf, der auch noch ein Liebesverhältnis mit der Tochter des Ermordeten hat, beim Wechseln einer 100 Franken-Note gesehen wird und flieht, scheint alles klar. Studer wird Beauftragt den Flüchtigen zu verhaften, was im auch gelingt und er bringt ihn in Untersuchungshaft auf dem Schloß Thun.
Den Versuch von Schlumpf, sich in der Zelle zu Erhängen kann Studer im letzten Moment verhindern. Was als Schuldbekenntnis ausgelegt werden könnte, überzeugt Studer von Schlumpf’s Unschuld und sein Kampf, das auch zu beweisen, beginnt .
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Godolphin, Mary: The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable. v1. 07 May 2008

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The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable
by Mary Godolphin (Alias Lucy Aiken)
Life 1781-1864

Author's Preface
In offering to the public another volume on my plan of reducing popular tales into words of One Syllable exclusively, I wish it to be clearly understood that it is intended for Adult Beginners, no less than for Children. There is a large class of persons who do not begin to acquire the art of reading till somewhat late in life, and it is for such that I think a book of this Character is peculiarly applicable.

It may be objected that my system involves the use of words which, though short, are difficult to understand and might be made more intelligible in polysyllabic language. But I have endeavored as far as possible to avoid hard and technical expressions, and I cannot but think that the mere fact of the brevity of the words must be a great attraction to beginners of all ages. By this method the labor of dividing and accentuating words is avoided: a difficulty which pupils who have only attained to the knowledge of monosyllables cannot conquer by independent effort.

I take this opportunity of acknowledging the great favor with which my previous books of the same character have been received, and I am glad to hear that they have been found useful as Prizes in Schools.

I have thought it necessary to retain all the names of Persons and Places in their original form, but this is the only exception to my general rule.
[SIZE="1"]Other One Syllable books by Mary Godolphin
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable
The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable
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Godwin, Tom: Cry From A Far Planet. v1 23 Feb 2008

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"The problem of separating the friends from the enemies was a major one in the conquest of space as many a dead spacer could have testified. A tough job when you could see an alien and judge appearances; far tougher when they were only whispers on the wind."

A short story from [Amazing Science Fiction Stories[/ September 1958. Includes the magazine cover and one story illustration.

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Godwin, Tom: Space Prison. v1. 10 Sep 07

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SF classic from 1958.

AFTER TWO CENTURIES....

The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly—the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them.

Humbolt dropped inside the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire ...

... with bows and arrows against blasters and bombs!

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Godwin, Tom: The Nothing Equation. v1. 29 Jan 09

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This is a short sci-fi story by Tom Godwin, titled "The Nothing Equation."
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"The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage. Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except—The Nothing Equation."[/

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Goepp, Phillip H.:SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING Series 3. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A guide to understanding Modern Symphonies.

Includes:

Berlioz and Liszt; Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet; A Symphony to Dante's Divina Commedia; Symphonic Poems of Liszt; Symphonic Poems of Saint-Saens; Cesar Franck; D'Indy and the Followers of Franck; Debussy and the Innovators; Tschaikowsky; The Neo-Russians; Sibelius; Bohemian Symphonies; The Earlier and Later Bruckner; Hugo Wolff; Mahler; Richard Strauss; Italian Symphonies; Edward Elgar; Symphonies in America.

Note: I have added two files the zipped one includes images of musical notes from the symphonies being discussed. This way those of you who can read music can hum along. For those of us who cannot read music I have included a "lite" version.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Die Leiden des jungen Werther, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009

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In Goethes Briefroman "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" berichtet der junge Rechtspraktikant Werther über seine unglückliche Liebe mit der bereits anderweitig vergebenen, resp. verlobten Lotte.

Der Roman entstand 1774 und war nach dem Sturm und Drang-Drama Götz von Berlichingen (1773) Goethes zweiter großer Erfolg. Die Handlung trägt autobiographische Züge. Goethe gestaltet hier literarisch-frei seine platonische Beziehung zu der bereits verlobten Charlotte Buff. In sie hatte er sich verliebt, als er von Mai bis September 1772 Praktikant am Reichskammergericht in Wetzlar war. Das Motiv für den tragischen Ausgang dieser Liebe, die Selbsttötung Werthers, lieferte Goethe der Suizid seines Freundes Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem, Gesandtschaftssekretär in Wetzlar. Der hatte sich in eine verheiratete Frau verliebt, die für ihn unerreichbar blieb. Die literarische Figur der Lotte im Roman trägt auch Züge von Maximiliane von la Roche, einer weiteren Bekanntschaft des jungen Goethe aus der Entstehungszeit des Romans. (wikipedia)

Die Erstausgabe erschien im Herbst 1774 zur Leipziger Buchmesse und wurde gleich zum Bestseller. Eine überarbeitete Fassung folgte 1787. Der Roman ließ Goethe 1774 gleichsam über Nacht in Deutschland berühmt werden. Kein weiteres Buch Goethes wurde von so vielen seiner Zeitgenossen gelesen.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe, geadelt 1782 (* 28. August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main; † 22. März 1832 in Weimar), war als Dichter, Theaterleiter, Naturwissenschaftler, Kunsttheoretiker und Staatsmann der zentrale Vertreter der Weimarer Klassik. Er hat Dramen, Lyrik und erzählende Werke (in Vers und Prosa), aber auch naturwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen verfasst. Goethe gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter, sein Werk wird zu den Höhepunkten der Weltliteratur gezählt.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Faust, german v1 23 may 2009

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Faust, german
Der 1749 in Frankfurt am Main geborene Johann Wolfgang von Goethe gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter. Seine Werke gehören zu den wichtigsten der Weltliteratur.

"Faust" ist ein Meisterwerk. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Pakt mit dem Teufel. Der zentrale Konflikt rankt sich um die Frage nach der Wahrheit des Lebens.

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Goethe, Johann: Clavigo. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Clavigo

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Clavigo ist ein Trauerspiel in fünf Akten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mit Beaumarchais als Bühnenfigur. Im Mai 1774 in nur acht Tagen geschrieben, lag das Bühnenmanuskript bereits im Juli 1774 als erstes gedrucktes Werk des Autors Goethe vor. Am 23. August 1774 wurde das Stück von der Ackermannschen Gesellschaft in Hamburg uraufgeführt.

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Goethe, Johann: Iphigenie auf Tauris. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Iphigenie auf Tauris

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe verfasste sein Bühnenstück Iphigenie auf Tauris nach der Vorlage von Euripides’ Iphigenie bei den Taurern. 1779 schrieb der Dichter eine Prosafassung, die er während seiner Italienreise ab 1786 in ein Versdrama umformte.

Das Stück wählt zwar einen antiken Stoff, gibt jedoch mit seiner Problematik ein seelisch sehr realistisches und zeitnahes Bild eines Problems seines Verfassers wieder. Goethe war Staatsminister des Herzogtums Sachsen-Weimar, genoss das Vertrauen des Herzogs und entfernte sich von seinem Dichterberuf.

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Goethe, Johann: Stella. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Stella

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Stella ist ein Trauerspiel in fünf Akten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In den Jahren 1803 bis 1805 aus der Erstfassung von 1775 hervorgegangen, kam das Stück am 15. Januar 1806 in Weimar zur Uraufführung. Der Druck lag 1816 vor.

Goethe war vermutlich von der Geschichte des Ritters von Gleichen inspiriert worden. Sein Grabstein im Erfurter Dom zeigt den Ritter mit zwei Frauen. Nach der Sage war der Ritter im Verlaufe des Kreuzzuges in Gefangenschaft geraten. Eine Sultanstochter verliebte sich in ihn, ermöglichte ihm die Freiheit und floh mit ihm nach Thüringen. Sein kleines Problem, neben der Angetrauten auch noch seine Retterin zur Seite zu haben, löste er durch erfolgreiche Bitte um Legitimation durch den Hl. Stuhl.

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Goethe, Johann: Torquato Tasso. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Torquato Tasso

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Torquato Tasso ist ein Schauspiel in fünf Aufzügen von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, das den Dichter Torquato Tasso in den Mittelpunkt der Handlung stellt. Zwischen dem 30. März 1780 und dem 31. Juli 1789 entstanden, lag das Werk im Februar 1790 im Druck vor und wurde am 16. Februar 1807 in Weimar uraufgeführt.

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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich: Dead Souls. 16 Oct 2008 v1

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Description taken from Roy White' posting of the LRF Version

Gogol's novel is better known because of its history than because of its content. Only part one and a few fragments of a draft of part two exist of the three planned; this is not in itself particularly unusual, but in fact Gogol completed the second and destroyed it, and died as the result of fasting to prepare himself for writing the third.

The story that remains in the first part was suggested to Gogol by Pushkin, as was his play The Government Inspector. The central character, the minor nobleman Chichikov, travels around a backward district of Russia buying up "dead souls". When serfdom was in existence in Russia (and it wasn't abolished until after Gogol's death), wealth was reckoned in souls, the number of serfs owned by an individual, and this also determined the amount of tax paid. Each census would reassess the number of souls owned by a landowner, and this figure would determine the level of tax they paid until the next one. Chichikov was buying the right to the names of the serfs who had died since the last census, just a liability to the owner since tax had to be paid but no work could be got out of them. It is quite a way into the novel before the purpose Chichikov has for these useless paper souls is revealed, but it is clear that it is going to be some kind of swindle. When the first part was submitted to the censors, they insisted that the title be changed, as they felt that Dead Souls sounded as though the novel was an attack on the church's doctrine of the immortality of the soul.

This kind of (to us bizarre) brush with the censor was routine for a nineteenth century Russian novelist, and was not the cause of the burning of part two. Gogol fell under the influence of a fanatically strict priest, who convinced him that the novel was sinful. This may have been a general prohibition on fiction, novels often being condemned as immoral, but it could also have been something specific to Dead Souls. After completion of the first part, Gogol decided that what he wanted to write about was the redemption of Chichikov, and he convinced himself that his work would bring a transformation in Russian society. This could well have been seen by a zealot as something prejudicial to the interests of the church. The information I have doesn't go into details of the reasons for the priest's opposition to the work; all that is certain about it is that it led to the eventual burning of the manuscript, after considerable (and understandable) agonising by Gogol. All that remains are fragments and a description of parts of the work in the journal of a friend to whom it had been read. It is clear that the destruction deprived us of some remarkable writing, especially given the quality and breadth of the first part, which Gogol considered to contain his best work. He must have been very sure that the arguments of the priest were right, for them to overcome his emotional attachment to what he had created. Indeed, the attachment was abnormally strong in this particular case: the fasting which brought Gogol's death only weeks after the destruction was motivated by the feeling that he could only really write about the reformation of Chechikov if he reformed himself too.

Gogol's writing is considerably more satirical than that of the other major Russian writers of the nineteenth century, and what is left of Dead Souls consists of a series of portraits making fun of provincial Russia, particularly of the stupidity of the small scale landowner. (And, in fact, I've now realised that I missed part of the point - these nobles are the truly "dead souls" in the novel.) These are written in a knowing way, with Gogol continually addressing a reader (as when, for example, he ridicules the fashionable habit of using a great deal of French by first describing the habit as admirable and then saying that it has no place in a Russian novel so that such phrases will be translated into that language). It is a novel full of humour, not at all a quality normally associated with Russian fiction, and would be a classic even without the strange history associated with it.

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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich: The Overcoat and other selected Short Stories. Dec 2007

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Gogol was one of the first masters of short prose, alongside Pushkin, Mérimée, Hoffmann, and Hawthorne. He wrote extensive short stories that are surprisingly difficult to find as e-texts. Here are 8 stories that appear to be his major works as short stories.

The Overcoat is his best known and spawned the phrase, "We all came out of Gogol's Overcoat" attributed to Dostoevsky.

Is worth a read. An insignificant clerk has a worn overcoat his co-workers tease him about. He decides to get it repaired but the tailor talks him into buying a new coat. He saves and buys a magnificent coat and is a smash hit at an office party. On the way home he gets robbed of his new life's joy. He goes to the police and meets resistance. Finally, obsessed with the coat he falls ill and dies. A ghost then begins accosting strangers in the city stealing their overcoats. Stuff happens...

The Nose (Another story) is great. A guy is eating his cheerios for breakfast and his nose falls off. He is an exceedingly shallow character and ... Stuff happens...

Other shorts in this collection include St. John's Eve, How the two Ivans Quarrelled, The Calash, and the great Taras Bulba. (Among others)

I tried to tackle Gogol twenty years ago and was stumped. Its time for me to give him another go. So I thought I would share it here..

Enjoy

Roy

(I will be posting his unfinished Novel Dead souls soon)

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Gogol, Nikolai: Evenings in Little Russia, v.1, 15 February 2009.

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Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852)
Evenings in Little Russia (Evenings in a Village Near Dikanka) (1831–1832)
Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood and William Hamilton Cline
Evanston: William S. Lord, 1903.

Contents:
The Fair of Sorotchinetz
An Evening in May
Mid-Summer Evening

This seems to be the only version online. It only contains three out of the eight tales.

The source was The Internet Archive. I have reformatted, corrected some typos, hyperlinked the (mostly uninformative) footnotes and added a cover.

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Gogol, Nikolai: Short Stories, v.1, 5 June 2008.

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I’ve collected eight short stories by Gogol, plus an essay on Gogol by William Lyon Phelps.

Contents:
Gogol by William Lyon Phelps
1. The Cloak (also known as ‘the Overcoat’)
2. The Mysterious Portrait
3. St John’s Eve
4. The Calash
5. How the Two Ivans Quarrelled
6. The Nose
7. Old-Fashioned Farmers
8. A May Evening

Most (possibly all) of the translations are by Isabel Hapgood. The sources were PG, Wikisource etc.

Roy White has posted some of these stories, though in a version without paragraph breaks. This version has paragraph breaks, curly quotes, a TOC etc. But Roy’s has illustrations.

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Gogol, Nikolai: Taras Bulba, v.1, 31 March 2008.

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Set sometime between the mid-sixteenth and early-seventeenth century, Gogol’s epic tale recounts both a bloody Cossack revolt against the Poles (led by the bold Taras Bulba of Ukrainian folk mythology) and the trials of Taras Bulba’s two sons.
[QUOT
As Robert Kaplan writes in his Introduction, “[Taras Bulba] has a Kiplingesque gusto . . . that makes it a pleasure to read, but central to its theme is an unredemptive, darkly evil violence that is far beyond anything that Kipling ever touched on. We need more works like Taras Bulba to better understand the emotional wellsprings of the threat we face today in places like the Middle East and Central Asia.” And the critic John Cournos has noted, “A clue to all Russian realism may be found in a Russian critic’s observation about Gogol: ‘Seldom has nature created a man so romantic in bent, yet so masterly in portraying all that is unromantic in life.’ But this statement does not cover the whole ground, for it is easy to see in almost all of Gogol’s work his ‘free Cossack soul’ trying to break through the shell of sordid today like some ancient demon, essentially Dionysian. So that his works, true though they are to our life, are at once a reproach, a protest, and a challenge, ever calling for joy, ancient joy, that is no more with us. And they have all the joy and sadness of the Ukrainian songs he loved so much.”[/QUOT

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Gogol, Nikolai: The Mantle and Other stories, v.1, 1 August 2009

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Claud Field translated these stories and published the book in approximately 1916.

The book was proofread and formatted to retain the formatting as close as possible to the original, while allowing the text to be reflowable, and made available in this format by Steven Wilson. This is a derivative of the scan available at the Internet Archive

The three original footnotes were moved to the end of the paragraph in which they were referenced and enclosed in a box to offset it from the rest of the story. Claud Field hyphenated the words "to-day" and "to-morrow" and I have maintained this convention. Words marked with an asterisk, "*", indicate that they appear to have been misspelled in the original text and were corrected.

The stories are listed below and linked to their corresponding Wiki articles.

- The Mantle

- The Nose

- Memoirs of a Madman

- A May Night

- The Viy

My version of The Mantle and Other Stories is also available from Amazon for $0.99.

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Gogol, Nikolai: The Nose, v.1, 2 June 2008.

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A short story of 1836. A man’s nose detaches itself and goes on to lead an independent existence.

The translator is not named. The source was PG Australia.

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Goldsmid, Edmund: The Devils of Loudun, v1, 15 December 2009.

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Edmund Goldsmid (ed.)
The Devils of Loudun
‘The History of the Devils of Loudun, The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial and Execution of Urbain Grandier, Told By an Eye-Witness [Monsieur des Niau] Translated From the Original French, And Edited By Edmund Goldsmid, F.R.H.S., F.S.A. (Scot.)’
Privately Printed. Edinburgh.1887.

Not to be confused with Aldous Huxley’s book with the same title, this is an edited translation by an eye-witness. The editor has also seen fit to add a lot of information about Scottish witch-trials in the appendices and footnotes.

Several of the footnotes have their own footnotes. I have renumbered the main notes consecutively, put them at the end of the book and linked them. The notes within notes are put in square brackets within the original note.

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Goldsmith, Oliver: The Vicar of Wakefield, v.1, 17 July 1008.

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Oliver Goldsmith (c1730-1774): The Vicar of Wakefield.

The Vicar of Wakefield was written in 1761-2, and published in 1766. The clergyman, Dr Primrose is wealthy and virtuous. Will he be able to maintain his ethical and religious principles under sustained adversity? The vicar and his family undergo as many calamities as in the Book of Job.

From Wikipedia:
“In literary history books the Vicar of Wakefield is often described as a sentimental novel, which displays the belief in the innate goodness of human beings. But it can also be read as a satire on the sentimental novel and its values, as the vicar's values are apparently not compatible with the real "sinful" world.”

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Gon arov, Ivan Aleksandrovi : Oblomow. [German]. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Oblomow (ruß. 1;>>2) ist ein Roman von Iwan Alexandrowitsch Gontscharow (1812–1891), erschienen 1859. Die drei im Abstand von jeweils einem Jahrzehnt erschienenen Romane Gontscharows – Obyknowennaja istorija (Eine alltägliche Geschichte) 1847, Oblomow und Obryw (Die Schlucht) 1869 – bilden eine thematische Einheit. Sie alle sind dem Typus des begabten, gebildeten, wirklichen Idealen verpflichteten, durch Herkunft und Standesgewohnheiten jedoch zu gänzlicher Passivität verkümmerten russischen Adligen gewidmet, dem unmittelbaren Nachfahren des Lischnij tschelovek (überflüssigen Menschen) der russischen Literatur der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts (Puschkin, Lermontow). (Wiki)

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Germinie Lacerteux, v.1, 07 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
Germinie Lacerteux (First Published, 1865.)
(Anonymous translation, George Barrie & Sons, Philadelphia, n.d.)

The story of a Parisian maidservant with a double life. It is based on posthumous revelations about the Goncourts’ own servant.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Love in the Eighteenth Century, v.1, 07 July 2009.

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Love in the Eighteenth Century (L’amour de dix-huitième siècle)
First Published, 1875.
Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
(London: Arthur L. Humphreys,1905)

An essay about love in 18th century French aristocratic circles.
The source was a scan from The Internet Archive.
Cover Image: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Le Verrou (The Bolt), 1778.

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Renée Mauperin, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
Renée Mauperin (1864)
Translated by Alys Hallard (1902)
With a Critical Introduction by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

A study of middle-class life in Paris, showing the consequences of the marriage-market.

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Sister Philomène, v.1.2, 07 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
Sister Philomène (Soeur Philomène)
Translated from the French by Laura Ensor
(First Published, 1861)
George Routledge and Sons, 1890.

The story of an orphaned girl who becomes a sister in a religious nursing order and, while running a ward in a large Parisian teaching hospital, grows close to a young medical student.
There are some interesting insights into the working life of medical students, and it is clear that they have an imperfect understanding of the antiseptic theories of Semmelweis and Lister.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Goncourt, Edmond de: La Faustin [English translation], v.1, 9 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
La Faustin
(First published, 1882.)
Translated by G. F. Monkshood and Ernest Tristan, 1914.

This novel is a psychological study of a Parisian actress.
The source was a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Goodwin, Harold Leland: The Egyptian Cat Mystery, v1, 14 March 2010.

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Harold Leland Goodwin [1914-1990] writing as John Blaine
The Egyptian Cat Mystery: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story [1961]

This seems to be a blend of mystery and adventure, set in Egypt. Two young Americans have a plastic cat statuette, and a lot of people try to steal it. Why?

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note: Extensive research did not discover a U.S. copyright renewal.
The file is big because there are illustrations.

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Goodwin, Harold Leland: The Flying Stingaree v1 05.Nov.2009

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Author: Harold Leland Goodwin (November 20, 1914-February 18, 1990) was an American writer.

Known to his friends as Hal Goodwin, Goodwin wrote popular science books, mostly about space exploration, as Harold L. Goodwin, "Hal Goodwin" and "Harold Leland Goodwin". He also wrote children's books as Blake Savage (Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet) and John Blaine (the Rick Brant series). In the latter case, he co-wrote (with Peter J. Harkins) the first 3 books in the series and wrote books 4 through 24 by himself.

Book: What's shaped like a sting ray and flies over Chesapeake Bay? This is the eerie riddle which confronts Rick Brant and his friend Don Scott when, seeking shelter from a storm, they anchor the houseboat [Spindrift[/ in a lonely cove along the Maryland shore and spot the flying stingaree. The "thing," they learn, is not the only one of its kind—one is actually suspected of having kidnaped a man! The residents of the Eastern Shore of Maryland believe the strange objects are flying saucers, but, weary of ridicule, have ceased reporting the sightings. Rick and Scotty, their scientific curiosity aroused, begin a comprehensive investigation, encouraged by their friend Steve Ames, a young government intelligence agent, whose summer cottage is near the cove. As the clues mount up, the trail leads to Calvert's Favor, a historic plantation house—and to the very bottom of Chesapeake Bay. How Rick and Scotty, at the risk of their lives, ground the eerie menace forever makes a tale of high-voltage suspense.

This book is fully illustrated and features the original cover.

Source: Project Gutenberg

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Gordon, Irwin L.: WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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A humorous Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be.

Some examples:

[QUOTADAM[1] (last name unknown), ancestor, explorer, gardener, and inaugurator of history. Biographers differ as to his parentage. Born first Saturday of year 1. Little is known of his childhood. Education: Self-educated. Entered the gardening and orchard business when a young man. Was a strong anti-polygamist. Married Eve, a close relative. Children, Cain and Abel (see them). Was prosperous for some years, but eventually fell prey to his wife's fruitful ambitions. Lost favor of the proprietor of the garden, and failed in business. Started a number of things which have not been perfected. Diet: Fond of apples. Recreation: Chess, agriculture. Address: Eden, General Delivery. Clubs: Member of all exclusive clubs.
[1] Ed. Note: Adam should not be first, but he is given that position out of respect.
[/QUOT

[QUOTTWIST, Oliver, one of those unfortunates whose history had to be divulged for the financial gain of a great writer and many theatrical mangers.
[/QUOT

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Gorky, Maxim: Confronting Life, v1, 8 February 2010.

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Maxim Gorky [1868–1936]
Confronting Life [1905]
Translated by Frances Kovitch
First published in Cosmopolitan, Vol. 38, Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, New York, April 1905, p. 717.

This is one of three sketches by Gorky, whose publication was prohibited in Russia. It is very short. Two people confront Life and demand to know why they are not happy.

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Gorky, Maxim: Creatures That Once Were Men, v1, 2 October 2009.

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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
Creatures That Once Were Men (1905)
With An Introduction by G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
No translator named.

A famous Russian story, set in a doss-house.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Gorky, Maxim: The Devil, v1, 24 November 2009.

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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
The Devil (1899)
Translated by Leo Wiener (1869–1936)

A short story.
The devil gets bored, so exhumes a dead writer…

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Gorky, Maxim: The March of Man, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Patricia

Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
The March of Man (1905)
(Anonymous translator)

A meditation, or prose-poem, on the march of human progress, probably written as a response to the failed Russian revolution of 1905.

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Gorren, Aline: Womanliness as a Profession, v1, 10 November 2009.

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Aline Gorren
Womanliness as a Profession
Scribner’s Magazine
New York (May 1894)

An essay discussing whether femininity is compatible with higher education.

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Goss, Charles Freceric. The Redemption of David Corson. v1. 26 )ct 07

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A young Quaker preacher falls in love with a married gypsy woman. Another tale of religious questioning. The author was noted for his sublime descriptions of nature.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Gosse, Edmund: Father and Son, v1, 4 March 2010.

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Edmund Gosse [1849–1928]
Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments [1907]

Gosse was the son of an eminent naturalist, who was a member of the Plymouth Brethren. His father attempted to reconcile the apparent fossil evidence for evolution with that of Biblical Christianity by developing the Omphalos theory. God made creation but made things look as though they had a past. Hence Adam had a navel, even though it was never attached to an umbilical cord. And God planted fossils in rocks.
The books describes how the young Edmund Gosse’s childhood and how he came to reject his father’s beliefs.
There are some wonderful passages, such as the one where the child decides to test the claim that God smites idolators. He worships a wooden chair and discovers that God doesn’t seem bothered.

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Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die schwarze Spinne [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010

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Jeremias Gotthelf (1797 - 1854)

Die schwarze Spinne ist eine Novelle von Jeremias Gotthelf aus dem Jahr 1842. Eingebettet in eine idyllisch angelegte Rahmenerzählung werden alte Sagen zu einer gleichnishaften Erzählung über christlich-humanistische Vorstellungen von Gut und Böse verarbeitet. Die Novelle ist unterteilt in die am Anfang auftretende Rahmenhandlung, die jedoch später zur Binnenhandlung übertritt.
Zuerst kaum beachtet, gilt diese Erzählung bei vielen Literaturkritikern als eines der Meisterwerke des deutschen Biedermeier. Thomas Mann schrieb darüber in „Die Entstehung des Doktor Faustus“, dass Gotthelf „oft das Homerische“ berühre und dass er seine Schwarze Spinne „wie kaum ein zweites Stück Weltliteratur“ bewundere. (Wikipedia)

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Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die Wassernot in Emmental [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010

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Jeremias Gotthelf (1797 - 1854)

«Wer einen Schauplatz gesehen, wo die Elemente ungezähmt wüteten, wird ihn nie vergessen, aber auch nie darstellen können.» So gab der Dichter Jeremias Gotthelf seiner Erschütterung über die Hochwasserkatastrophe vom 13. August 1837 im Emmental Ausdruck. Als Pfarrer von Lützelflüh war er selbst Zeuge des Geschehens gewesen und hatte zudem noch zahlreiche Berichte aus erster Hand gehört. Entgegen seinen eigenen Worten blieb Gotthelf aber nicht sprachlos, sondern verfasste eine längere Abhandlung über das Ereignis. Über weite Passagen liest sich die «Die Wassernot im Emmental» wie eine Predigt, die gespickt ist mit moralischen Ermahnungen angesichts dieses Strafgerichts Gottes. (NZZ)

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Gourmont, Remy de: The Natural Philosophy of Love, v.1, 9 June 2008.

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Patricia

Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915)
The Natural Philosophy of Love (Tr. Ezra Pound, 1922).
(This has also appeared as ‘the Natural History of Love’.)
(Physique de l’amour: essai sur l’instinct sexuel)
Translated by Ezra Pound (1885-1972).

A detailed survey of sexual activity in nature--including birds, bees, rabbits (very fierce lovers, apparently) and people. De Gourmont argues that sexual activity is natural, ubiquitous and varied; hence the only sexual perversion is abstinence.

Given that de Gourmont had reclusive tendencies, this would make him a pervert. Ezra Pound, on the other hand, was the opposite.
The author and the translator were both notable poets.
However, you may find some of the descriptions unduly anthropomorphised and a bit prurient. They have very strange views about some things. Pound’s spelling is idiosyncratic.

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Goya, Francisco: La Tauromaquia y Los toros de Burdeos (Illustrated). v5 8 Feb 2009

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"La Tauromaquia" (Tauromachia, Bullfighting) (1816) is a series of 33 etchings (plus 7 "backsides", plus 3 discarded tests) commemorating the story and most famous events of the Spanish national "sport" (which I personally loathe). Despite the unifying theme, it is a varied series from the artistic point of view, with some pieces ahead of its time (like the composition in number 21, unimaginable in the art of the time).

"Los toros de Burdeos" (The Bulls at Bordeaux) (1825) is a series of 4 lithographs made by Goya in the French city of Bordeaux. Again with a bullfighting theme, but now more directed towards the popular feast around it.

This is a "book" with no text, just the pictures (and their titles). The pictures are all scanned from an excellent paper edition, except two unpublished plates, taken from the Spanish National Library (link).

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize and dimensions) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Added the three missing images, and titles for each etching.

EDIT (v3): Added "Los toros de Burdeos".

EDIT (v4): Included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v5): New scans, now full size and good quality

(previous download count: 29 & 28)

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Goya, Francisco: Los caprichos (Spanish, Illustrated). v5 21 Nov 2010

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"Los caprichos" (1799) is a series of 80 aquatints (etchings) created as a sort of artistic experiment, it is a sarcastic critique of the superstition and foolishness of the Society of his time, although the meaning of the plates is not always straightforward.

This is a "book" with almost no text, just the pictures (and their titles, and comments). The pictures are scanned from a paper reproduction, except the last three unpublished ones.

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Scanned the images from a paper reproduction, added two contemporary comments to each plate, added three unpublished pictures, included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v3): Replaced the three unpublished plates with better quality scans from another paper edition.

EDIT (v4): Added a fourth unpublished plate and re-scanned everything from the new paper edition.

EDIT (v5): Fixed some typing mistakes.

(Previous download count: 180 & 130)

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Goya, Francisco: Los desastres de la guerra (Illustrated). v3 6 Feb 2009

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Jellby

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"Los desastres de la guerra" (Disasters of War) is a series of 82 engravings (etchings) created in 1810-1815 and first published (posthumously) in 1863. They show harsh and and explicit scenes from the Spanish War of Independence (from France) and from the afterwar and subsequent absolutist regime. As a denunciation of the horrors of war these plates are unvaluable and unfortunately always current.

This is a "book" with no text, just the pictures (and their titles). It is possible that the reader inserts blank pages between pictures (the Cybook does).

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v3): New scans, better quality (though maybe not quite noticeable in e-ink readers). A new plate added (no. 83).

(Previous download count: 28 & 20)

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Goya, Francisco: Los disparates (Illustrated). v3 14 Feb 2009

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Jellby

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"Los disparates" (Follies, nonsense), also known as "Los proverbios" (Proverbs) is a series of 22 aquatint etchings (most probably unfinished) created in 1815-1823 and first published (posthumously) in 1864. They are oneiric, almost surrealist fantasies, with a satire of vice and customs... but they are in general quite difficult to interpret.

This is a "book" with no text, just the pictures (and their titles). It is possible that the reader inserts blank pages between pictures (the Cybook does).

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Got the images from a different source, added titles, included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v3): Scanned the images from a paper edition. Improved quality (and increased filesize :D).

(Previous download count: 16 & 11)

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Grabo, Carl:The Cat in Grandfather's House.v1 10 Dec 2007

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Stanart

From the publisher's note at the beginning of the book:

"Carl Grabo, with whose name "The Art of the Short Story" is at once associated, has written this whimsical and imaginative tale of Hortense and the Cat. Antique furniture, literally stuffed with personality, hurries about in the dim moonlight in order to help Hortense through a thrillingly strange campaign against a sinister Cat and a villainous Grater. The book offers rare humor, irresistible alike to grown-ups and children."

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Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind In The Willows, v.1, 22 Jan 2009

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vivaldirules

This is the 1913 edition of the classic children's story by Kenneth Grahame with illustrations by Paul Bransom. I was in my 30's when I enjoyed this book for the first time. The first few paragraphs drew me in fully and in an instant I was marvelling at springtime with Mole. I have reread it many times since. I hope you enjoy it.

Bransom died in 1979 so this illustrated edition, which is in the public domain in the U.S., may not be so where you live. Please check before downloading.

I have posted two copies - one with a blank line after each paragraph and one without. [strikThe copy without the blank lines was made with Mobipocket Creator so the illustrations are properly sized for eink readers. But Mobipocket Creator curiously wouldn't let me create a copy with blank lines so that one was created with BookDesigner and you will find the illustrations are rather small.[/strik Both copies were made with Mobipocket Creator so the illustrations are properly sized for eink readers.

[strikEDIT: I see now the solution to my problem with Mobipocket Creator (thanks, JSWolf) and the missing blank lines. I will fix that copy and repost later this week.[/strik

EDIT: I've resolved the problem and have replaced the copy of the one with blank lines with a good copy.

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Grandville, J.J.: Vie privée et publique des animaux (Illus.) (French) v2 3 July 2009

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Jellby

J.J. Grandville is the pseudonym of French caricaturist Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (1803-1847). He met success in his time with drawings depicting human figures with animal faces. Well known are his illustrations for the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, or Robinson Crusoe. His work is considered to have influenced other illustrators like Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland) and the surrealists.

"Vie privée et publique des animaux" (Private and Public Life of the Animals) was published in journal form between 1840 and 1842. It is a collection of short stories written by popular French writers of the time, and beautifully illustrated by Grandville. The stories have animals as their main characters and are mostly satirical. The contributors are:

H. de Balzac, Louis Baude, Émile de la Bédollière, P. Bernard, Gustave Droz, Benjamin Franklin, Jules Janin, Édouard Lemoine, Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset, Mme Ménessier-Nodier, Charles Nodier, George Sand, P. J. Stahl, Louis Viardot.

The editor and leader of this project was Pierre-Joules Hetzel (1814-1886), and influential editor, writer and general cultural personality in the mid-19th century France. He was the editor of Balzac's "La comédie humaine", Baudelaire's "Les fleurs du mal", and many other important authors of the time, and notably he was the "discoverer" of Jules Verne whose complete works also published. In this book here, under the pseudonym "P. J. Stahl", he wrote the prologues and epilogues of both volumes, as well as many short stories inside. Together with Grandville as illustrator, Hetzel/Stahl gave consistency to this project as editor and writer.

I could not find the text online, but different editions are available from Google Books and Gallica as PDF scans. I based this ebook on the Gallica version (the "augmented" edition of 1880). The illustrations are cleaned up, and the text is re-typed and proofread, but it's likely that many mistakes remain (it would be great if some native French could check it, especially the accents...).

[strikDue to the length of the book and the amount of work involved, I've decided to publish now the first part (slightly more that 50%). When I finish the second part I'll publish the complete book.[/strik (It's complete now)

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Full version published. Finally! :)

(previous download count: 82)

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Grant, Douglas: The Fifth Ace. V1. 14 Mar 2010

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crutledge

Ostrander, Isabel, 1883-1924. She used the pen names Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox and Douglas Grant.

Excerpt
Kearn Thode mounted his pinto and rode out of the courtyard of the Baggott Hotel and down the Calle Rivera under a seething tropic sun. Limasito's principal street was well-nigh deserted in the lethargy of the noon-day siesta, but the flower-market was a riotous blaze of color in the glistening white plaza, from which radiated broad vistas of fantastically painted adobe and soberer concrete, ending in a soft green blur.

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Grant, Horatio N.: The Highland Fling and How to Teach it v1.0 2007-09-18

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JSWolf

Horatio N. Grant presents...
[The Highland Fling and How to Teach it[/

Another in our ongoing series of debatably useful self-help books.

[quot This short pamphlet is devoted to the Highland Fling, described as a popular fancy dance, especially appropriate for children. The author gives four exercises and descriptions for eleven steps, many with multiple parts.[/quot

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Grant, Robert et al,: The King's Men. V1. 30 Jan 2009

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crutledge

Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

Excerpt
There are few Americans who went to England before the late wars but will remember Ripon House. The curious student of history-a study, perhaps, too little in vogue with us-could find no better example of the palace of an old feudal lord. Dating almost from the time of the first George-and some even say it was built by the same Wren who designed that St. Paul's Cathedral whose ruins we may still see to the east of London-it frowned upon the miles of private park surrounding it, a marble memorial of feudal monopoly and man's selfish greed. The very land about it, to an extent of almost half a county, was owned by the owners of the castle, and by them rented out upon an annual payment to such farmers as they chose to favor with a chance to earn their bread.

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Grant, Robert. Unleavened Bread. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Stanart

From Wikipedia: [Unleavened Bread[/ is a 1900 novel by American writer Robert Grant, which is said to be an example of the problem-novel. The selfish wife of a businessman forces her way into upper society.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Grant, Robert: The Law-Breakers and Other Stories. V1. 31 Jan 2009

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crutledge

Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

The Law-Breakers
Against His Judgment
St. George and the Dragon
The Romance of a Soul
An Exchange of Courtesies
Across the Way
A Surrender

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Grant, Robert: The Opinions of a Philosopher. V1. 31 Jan 2009

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crutledge

Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

Excerpt
My wife Josephine declares that I have become a philosopher in my old age, and perhaps she is right. Now that I am forty, and a trifle less elastic in my movements, with patches of gray about my ears which give me a more venerable appearance, I certainly have a tendency to look at the world as through a glass. Yet not altogether darkly be it said. That is, I trust I am no cynic like that fellow Diogenes who set the fashion centuries ago of turning up the nose at everything. I have a natural sunniness of disposition which would, I believe, be proof against the sardonic fumes of contemplation even though I were a real philosopher.

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Grant, Robert: Unleavened Bread. V1. 31 Jan 2009

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Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

Excerpt
Babcock and Selma White were among the last of the wedding guests to take their departure. It was a brilliant September night with a touch of autumn vigor in the atmosphere, which had not been without its effect on the company, who had driven off in gay spirits, most of them in hay-carts or other vehicles capable of carrying a party. Their songs and laughter floated back along the winding country road. Selma, comfortable in her wraps and well tucked about with a rug, leaned back contentedly in the chaise, after the goodbyes had been said, to enjoy the glamour of the full moon. They were seven miles from home and she was in no hurry to get there. Neither festivities nor the undisguised devotion of a city young man were common in her life. Consideration she had been used to from a child, and she knew herself to be tacitly acknowledged the smartest girl in Westfield, but perhaps for that very reason she had held aloof from manhood until now. At least no youth in her neighborhood had ever impressed her as her equal. Neither did Babcock so impress her; but he was different from the rest. He was not shy and unexpressive; he was buoyant and self-reliant, and yet he seemed to appreciate her quality none the less.

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Grant, Ulysses. State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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Nate the great

Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822  July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (18691877).

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant

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Gray, Arthur: The Little Tea Book. 18 Sept 07

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RWood

A little history of tea, a lot of poetry about tea, a few drawings here and there, and you have the 1903 USA equivalent of today's super market checkout line book.

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Graydon, William Murray: Among the Pathans v1 22 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Lots of bloodshed in this:
[QUOTWhen Jack Chetwynd dropped into the Bundar Cafe at Delhi one scorching afternoon in September of last year and informed me that we were ordered off to the Punjaub, I could have shouted for joy. I did not do it, though, for I well knew how scornfully Jack would regard any such demonstration. I merely nodded my head, lazily, and went on reading the Post with as much calmness as if such news was a mere every day affair.

"Yes, my boy," went on Jack, dropping into a chair and ordering a lemon squash, "we are going to have some fun. You know those rascally Pathans killed two or three of our fellows near the frontier station at Oghi some time ago, so an expedition is going up to give them a drubbing for it. It's a deuce of a country, they say, that Black Mountain region, and these Pathans are terrible fellows, too; fight like tigers. Plenty of chance for glory there, Charlie; so prepare yourself!"[/QUOT
Have fun!

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Graydon, William Murray: Banished to Saghalien v1 29 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

This is a novelette by my man William Murray Graydon.

This is a story of a poor young man, ripped of his heritage by his uncle and a few other very bad men and sent innocently in Siberian ban. Of course, our hero, in the end, claims back his due and the bad man are punished. Saghalien is still one of the last surviving true wildernesses and the hero's adventure a joy to read.

I put a picture of Sakhalin (as it's spelled today) on the cover of this book.

Enjoy!

PS: Only one book today, sorry!

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Graydon, William Murray: Canoe Boys and Campfires v1 17 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

Juvenile adventure story by WMG. A lot of fun.

[QUOTPine needles are treacherous things, even on level ground, and when Clay happened to step on a particularly thick bunch his foot slipped and he was thrown quickly on his side. Before he could realize his danger he slid to the verge of the precipice—where there was nothing to stop him—and vanished from sight.

Ned was horror stricken, and had to clutch the nearest tree for support. Half a dozen seconds passed, but the splash that he dreaded to hear did not come. Then he made his way cautiously to a rock that jutted from the cliff half a dozen-feet from where Clay had fallen. Ned threw himself flat on his breast and peered down.

Clay was twenty feet below him clinging to a bunch of stout bushes that grew in a crevice of the cliff. His feet rested on a tiny ledge no more than six inches wide, and below him was a clear drop of thirty feet to the dark surface of the creek.

Ned realized his utter inability to render aid, and his agony found vent in a sharp cry.

Clay turned a white, pitiful face upward.

"You can't help me," he gasped hoarsely. "The bushes are tearing loose. If the water is deep I stand a chance. Try to get—"

His feeble voice was smothered by a sharp ripping noise, and the next instant he plunged downward, attended by a shower of dirt and stones.[/QUOT

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Graydon, William Murray: Exiled to Siberia v2 4 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

William Murray Graydon, (1864-1946): An extremely prolific American writer for the juvenile market, Graydon moved to England around 1898, where he continued to write for the British story papers. His Sexton Blake in the Congo (1907) is well regarded
He died in Cornwall after a long illness, April 5, 1946, aged 83.

[QUOT"Jump quick!" whispered Platoff, and all three sprang from the stockade together, landing heavily on the snowy crust below.

"Don't rise," said Platoff; "follow me on hands and knees." He crawled away into the darkness at a speed which the boys found difficult to equal, glancing to their right, they saw the sentry still motionless at his post; whether he was facing them or not, it was impossible to tell. Foot by foot they left the stockade behind, and still the silence was unbroken. Then on the night air rose a single loud cry. It was answered by a shout, and then another and another boom thundered the little cannon in the courtyard, and the echoes quivered through the valley

Platoff leaped to his feet. "The alarm gun," he exclaimed. "The whole settlement knows we are free. Run as you never ran before, and keep me always in sight."

With great strides he plunged forward over the snow. Close at his heels came Maurice and Phil, amazed at their own speed. The sentry. catching a fleeting glimpse of the fugitives, raised his rifle and fired. The bullet whistled overhead. He fired again and again, shooting aimlessly into the night.

Six times the rifle cracked, and the red flash blazed briefly athwart the darkness. Then came silence--an ominous, fateful calm, and the daring fugitives fleeing across the valley heard nothing but the rapid tramp of their own footsteps. In single file they sped over the deepening snow, facing the cutting blast and breathing quickly through closed teeth.

Platoff ran at the head, every muscle strained, his ear alert to catch the faintest sound. From time to time he uttered cheering words to his companions.

Before them and on both sides was darkness, but looking over their shoulders, they saw the twinkling lights of the prison still perilously close at hand.[/QUOT
Have (lots of) fun!

Edit: new version.
Reason: had -- instead of mdashes. New (working)internal TOC for Epub (14 views)

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Graydon, William Murray: Lost Cave v1 19 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

William Murray Graydon's output was really tremendous, as he wrote for almost every publishing firm, using the new invention, the Dictaphone, for hours on end. A keen student of geography he could write authentically about any country in the world, and his tales about the Congo and Siberia were tremendously popular with readers who longed to know more about the mysterious countries that were so much in the news at that period. "Sexton Blake in the Congo", one of his earliest efforts, which ran as a serial in the green BOYS FRIEND for six months, is still considered a classic story by many collectors as, in it, W.M.G. also expressed his own strong political views on Belgium's treatment of the natives.

1940 saw him living down in Cornwall, where after his wife Pearl died during the early part of the last war, he became seriously ill. He recovered to some extent, and his daughter Rachel came and looked after him, but during the last two years of his life he practically never left his bed, where he eventually died on the 5th April 1946, aged 83.

Lost cave is a tale about youngsters lost in a cave having the strangest encounters:

[QUOTThe three boys were thoroughly frightened when they saw the ugly brute menacing them at such close quarters. Roger tried to keep a cool head on his shoulders, and stoutly resisted Clem's appeal to be allowed to use the gun.

"Look, how broken and split the root is above us." he said. "A concussion might bring the whole thing down on our heads. Besides, the gun is only loaded with small shot. It would make matters worse to merely cripple the animal."

The catamount was now crawling slowly toward the boys, screeching as he advanced.

They retreated to the other side of the fire, and then, at a word from Roger, all let fly their brands.[/QUOT
Have a lot of fun!

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Graydon, William Murray: Mr Menzies Baby Elephant v1 27 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Short story by Graydon.

A young infuriated elephant runs amok!

Much fun, but way too short! Short story.

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Graydon, William Murray: Robin Hood and Maid Marian v1 21 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Robin Hood and Maid Marian (1914)

Robin Hood and his followers aid the poor and oppressed from their hideout in Sherwood Forest, pursued by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Seems to be based on this movie:

As usual for Graydon, lots of action ensues.

Have fun!

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Graydon, William Murray: The Butcher of Cawnpore v1 3 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

William Murray Graydon, (1864-1946): An extremely prolific American writer for the juvenile market, Graydon moved to England around 1898, where he continued to write for the British story papers. His Sexton Blake in the Congo (1907) is well regarded
He died in Cornwall after a long illness, April 5, 1946, aged 83.

[QUOTThe situation of the fugitives seemed now more hopeless than ever. It was impossible to prevent the flames from igniting the inflammable stuff within the temple, for if they stood up to rake the rubbish out of the way they would offer a deadly mark to the two Sepoys. And should they rush out it would be to court the same fate, since Namgy Paltu and his surviving comrade were doubtless ambushed in some near-by spot.

So Jewan and the lads crouched in helpless terror at their posts, while the heat grew almost unbearable, and the smoke rolled thickly around them. Guy and Bob were soon driven over to the Hindoo's position on the right, and at Jewan's summons Mary crept down the gallery and joined the three. The girl was outwardly composed, but the horror in her eyes was pitiable to see.

"Do you think we will be burned to death?" she asked of Bob, who was alongside of her.

"Yes, unless we make a rush," was the hoarse reply.

"And you won't let me be taken alive?"

She shuddered as she spoke.

"No, no," Bob muttered, not knowing what he was saying.

The flames had now actually entered the temple on the left side, and were licking up the dried grass and limbs.

"Sahibs, are we to die by fire or bullet?" exclaimed Jewan. "There is at least a chance----"

"Yes, let us rush out," cried Guy. "Bob and I will go first, and draw the fire of the Sepoys. Then you and the girl will be able to escape, Jewan."

"No, I shall be the first," declared the Hindoo. "Leave the mem-sahib till the last----"

He was interrupted by a frightful roar, and as the fugitives gazed in wonder through the opening they saw a strange thing. A huge black panther sprang from around the rear angle of the temple, where it had been lying all this time, until driven out by the flames. The beast crouched for a second, and then made a bound that carried it a dozen feet through the leafy jungle. Instantly a terrified cry was heard, and a pair of dusky arms were thrust out of the grass. The panther had lighted on top of one of the two Sepoys, who was lying there in ambush.[/QUOT
Good enough?

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Graydon, William Murray: The Camp in the Snow v1 23 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Another book by my new favorite author.

Novel published in 1894.

[QUOTAlready more than an hour had passed since they left the cabin. They advanced with redoubled caution, working two abreast, and patting the roof and sides of the tunnel to make them secure. The long and trying ordeal came to an end at last, and glorious was the reward.
The slab of bark, with which Jerry was digging, suddenly struck something hard. It proved to be a rock, and the boys cleared the space around it with frantic haste. A moment later they fairly tumbled into the triangular cavity between the two great boulders.
It was indeed the storehouse. With greedy hands they tore away the sled and clutched at the precious supplies lying underneath. The fear of bringing an avalanche down on their heads was all that kept them from bursting into hearty cheers.
“We are saved,” cried Hamp, as he got hold of the tin box of matches and struck a light.[/QUOT
Have lots of reading fun like I had!

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Graydon, William Murray: The Jungle Boy v1 26 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

American-born writer of historical adventure and detective fiction who emigrated to England. Wrote more than 100 Sexton Blake Stories for the Union Jack and an equal number for the Sexton Blake Library in England; some of the former were later used as the basis for Nick Carter stories published by Street and Smith. Some of his Sexton Blake stories were rewritten and used in the Gordon Keith series in Brave and Bold. His American publications were in Munsey's Golden Argosy and Street and Smith's Army and Navy Weekly, Good News, Half Holiday, Medal and New Medal Library, and Round the World Library. Pseudonyms include Alfred Armitage, William Murray Gordon, William Murray, and Tom Olliver.

This was published 1905 in the UK in the magazine Union Jack (as the cover shows). It is a Sexton Blake story, but in a very exotic setting.

Very easy read, highly entertaining.

Have fun!

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Graydon, William Murray: The Mystery of Valentine Stanlock v1 21 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Boys go for a hunting holiday in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Val
Stanlock, the local schoolteacher with no past, shows up at the cabin
too. However, besides a catamount (wild cat) a number of nefarious
criminals are also in the woods and they have a completely
unsuspected hideout. Who is Val Stanlock, and why do both he and one
of the criminals want to retrieve a tin box hidden in the wilderness?

A light read with a lot of action.

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Graydon, William Murray: The Princess of the Purple Palace v1 8 feb 2009

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Pekin in 1900 is a dangerous place for a stranger. Alec Drury, a young American is stranded in this big city full of dangers.
[QUOTIt was May 31, 1900, and throughout the vast city of Pekin, with its million and more of souls, excitement ran high. Day by day had added fuel to the smoldering fires, yet of the alien inhabitants only a few saw beneath the surface, were able to read the ominous signs correctly. The clouds were thickening; the yellow storm was gathering fury and purpose: the hour was very near when a new and bloody chapter was to be inscribed on the tablets of history and civilization.

The society of Boxers, founded originally by the infamous Yu Hsien, a prefect of Shan Tung, had become a formidable power in that province. Their avowed object was the destruction of the foreigner and his religion, and but half-hearted attempts were made to suppress them.[/QUOT

How will our young hero handle this dreadful situation? Get on board and get ready for a bumpy ride.

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Graydon, William Murray: The River of Darkness v1 14 jan 2009

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An African adventure again coming from William Murray Graydon. A lot of action and not really politically correct, but hey, the man knew how to build and hold suspense.

A few illustrations inside.

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Graydon, William Murray: The White King of Africa v2 4 jan 2009

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William Murray Graydon, (1864-1946): An extremely prolific American writer for the juvenile market, Graydon moved to England around 1898, where he continued to write for the British story papers. His Sexton Blake in the Congo (1907) is well regarded
He died in Cornwall after a long illness, April 5, 1946, aged 83.

Looking for treasure the heroes travel to the Sudan, where they are captured by the Mahdi and held in Khartoum. They escape and after many adventures discover a lost race with a white king. This novel is said to have inspired ERB.

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v2 - 13 views

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Great, Nate the: A Kindle Experiment. v1 7 march 2011

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Open this file with K4PC. Read the instructions. Hopefully it will work for you.

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Green Anna Katharine: Room Number 3, v1, 9 August 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Room Number 3

A novelette with a nightmarish quality as deceit causes characters to wonder whether they are sane.
A young girl insists that both she and her mother had booked into an inn. But the inn-keeper swears that she arrived alone. Her mother is found dead in the nearby woods.

Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Green Anna Katharine: X Y Z: A Detective Story, v1, 5 September 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
X Y Z: A Detective Story (1883)

A mystery novelette, in which a young detective finds that more than money can be counterfeited. Faked identities, emotions and a troubled family past lead to murder.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Green, Anna Katharine: A Difficult Problem, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
A Difficult Problem (1900)

A short story.
A young woman receives an obituary notice for her husband. But it is a fake. However, he is actually dead. She consults a detective, who unravels a strange story…

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Green, Anna Katharine: A Strange Disappearance, v.1, 22 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
A Strange Disappearance (1880)

A mystery novel.
A housekeeper reports the disappearance of a sewing-maid from a wealthy household. She insists that the girl has been abducted. Mr Gryce and a young detective investigate. The missing young woman has a secret. But she is not the only one…

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Green, Anna Katharine: Agatha Webb. v1. 12 Sep 07

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In this elegant drama, Anna Katharine Green, one of the greatest mystery writers of all time, weaves a narrative with her usual consummate skill, and portrays her characters with exceptional sympathy. On the New England seacoast, not far from Boston, lies a staid, picturesque village called Sutherlandtown. In these tranquil surroundings, Agatha Webb and her servant are found murdered. The task of unraveling the mystery begins at once, and suspicion points to a number of persons. Agatha herself had a tragic and troubled past. She suffered the loss of six of her children who died in infancy; some of the people of the village suspected her of complicity in these deaths, while others looked upon her as a victim. Adding to the complexity of the situation, a wealthy local man is being blackmailed by someone who believes that he is guilty of Agatha's murder. The solution of the puzzle is uncovered in an intensely dramatic court scene.

In addition to the attraction of the mystery, there is a great love story. One of the detectives in the case, Caleb Sweetwater, was first introduced in a minor role in [A Strange Disappearance[/ (1880). Here, the details of his interesting life story are revealed, considerably fleshing out and developing his character. We learn that he was raised in Sutherland-town, maturing into a talented violinist, but constrained to supporting his mother with limited means. He relinquishes his musical career in order to become a detective. In this role he stands out as a trustworthy and conscientious young man, who volunteers his services to a patron in return for past consideration. Sweetwater becomes the hero by ultimately solving the crime in [Agatha Webb[/. He appears again in several other Green novels as Gryce's assistant in the New York Police Department.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Cynthia Wakeham’s Money, v1, 9 September 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Cynthia Wakeham’s Money (1892)

A melodramatic mystery, in which a young lawyer is summoned to the house of a dying woman to draw up her will. In a search for her legitimate heirs, he encounters a beautiful woman with a mysterious scar. Events then take a very sinister turn…

As ever, with Anna Katherine Green, this early novel features love-struck young men; high-minded ladies with a propensity to faint, and whose reticence is essential to the plot; plus detailed legal knowledge. This one also has a particularly melodramatic villain.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive, which I have restored, adding a TOC and cover.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Dark Hollow. v1. 8 Oct 07

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The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. In its remote outskirts, in a place called Dark Hollow, a man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. John Scoville, a local inn-keeper, is convicted and executed for the crime. Many years later, "a woman in purple" shows up at the house of Ostrander, the respected judge who had sentenced Scoville to be executed. This mysterious woman turns out to be the wife of the convicted man, but she does not believe he was guilty. Deborah Scoville had to move away with her daughter and change her name to avoid the stigma of being the wife of a murderer. She visits the Judge, who is now a recluse, to challenge him on his verdict. He listens to her plea, but reaffirms his belief in Scoville's guilt. Having nowhere to go, Deborah is given the position of maid, which she secretly will use to obtain proof of her husband's innocence and the identity of the real killer. However, the initial evidence that Deborah collects points in troubling new directions. It forces disclosures about the Judge's errant and estranged son. More evidence emerges: peculiar marks on a walking stick, a knife, a tragic fire, mistaken identities, heated arguments between friends. All of this produces astonishing tension, culminating in bitter accusations and an exciting chase in upstate New York. Finally, all the circumstances of the crime are revealed. Judge Ostrander carries painful secrets from long ago, involving his son and his best friend, secrets that he hoped would never come to light. Dark Hollow is a compelling tale of hidden guilt, honor, and remorse.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Hand and Ring, v.1, 3 November 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs. Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
HAND AND RING (1883)

A fairly wealthy widow is murdered in a small American town. Her dying words are “Hand! Ring!” Might this be a clue? There are too many suspects; then too many confessions; plus a pair of star-crossed lovers.

This was made from scans at The Internet Archive, and needed a lot of corrections.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 9 Oct 07

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A beautiful millionairess is shot dead in public in a fashionable Broadway hotel. Detectives Gryce and Sweetwater investigate the baffling mystery.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Lost Man’s Lane, v.1, 29 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Lost Man’s Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth
Copyright, 1898. First published, 1899.

A mystery novel. Miss Amelia Butterworth makes a second outing to help the New York detective, Mr Gryce.
In a remote village people keep disappearing while crossing ‘Dead Man’s Lane’. Miss Butterworth, a maiden lady with firm principles and considerable ingenuity, investigates with her usual adroitness. She arranges to stay with the children of a former schoolmate. But why are there mysterious noises and screams in the night? What is all this talk of a phantom coach? Has Miss Butterworth accidentally strayed into a Gothic novel?

I made this up from scans at The Internet Archive. I have edited, reformatted and added a cover.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Marked “Personal”, v1, 24 September 2009

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Marked “Personal” (1898)

A rich and powerful man dies of a gunshot wound on his wedding day. Is it murder, suicide, or accident? His son (from a first marriage) decides to investigate. A tale of revenge, multiple identities and greed is slowly uncovered.

Note: There is a race riot in the early part of the book, and some of the rioters use the “N” word several times.

This was made from scans at The Internet Archive.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Midnight in Beauchamp Row, v.1, 19 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Midnight in Beauchamp Row (1895)

A short story.
A lone woman is confronted by an intruder. Can she prevent him from making away with the $2000 that her absent husband has left in the house? Has a twist at the end.

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Green, Anna Katharine: One of My Sons, v1, 7 August 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
One of My Sons (1902)

A dying man accuses one of his sons of his murder. Can Mr. Gryce and Caleb Sweetwater get to the bottom of the mystery. A young lawyer, who witnesses the murder decides to help.

Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Green, Anna Katharine: That Affair Next Door, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
That Affair Next Door (1897)

A novel.
A woman is found dead beneath a collapsed set of shelves full of bric-à-brac. However, it isn’t an accident. She has also been stabbed. Miss Amelia Butterworth and the professional detective, Mr. Gryce, compete to solve the case.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Amethyst Box, v.1, 31 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Amethyst Box (1905)

A mystery novelette.
On the eve of his wedding, during a house-party, Mr Sinclair shows the ladies a small antique Venetian box, carved from a single amethyst. Inside is a vial, containing a drop of the deadliest poison known to Man. The box goes missing. Can it be that one of the ladies is either suicidal or murderous? The next morning a woman is found dead…

(There’s a moral here. Wash all your bottles. Hygiene saves a lot of trouble all round.)

I made this up from scans at The Internet Archive. I have edited, reformatted and included the two original pictures and found the original cover.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Bronze Hand, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Bronze Hand (1897)

A novelette. A high-minded young woman tries to save a man from assassination by a secret society.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Chief Legatee. v1. 3 Oct 07

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1907 detective story by the prolific American author. I am, unfortunately, unable to discover any more information about this book, but if it's up to the usual standards of this author, it'll be an excellent read.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Circular Study. v1. 4 Oct 07

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1900 detective mystery from the prolific American author:

[A room small and of circular shape, hung with strange tapestries relieved here and there by priceless curios, and lit, although it was still daylight, by a jet of rose-colored light concentrated, not on the rows and rows of books around the lower portion of the room, or on the one great picture which at another time might have drawn the eye and held the attention, but on the upturned face of a man lying on a bearskin rug with a dagger in his heart and on his breast a cross whose golden lines, sharply outlined against his long, dark, swathing garment, gave him the appearance of a saint prepared in some holy place for burial, save that the dagger spoke of violent death, and his face of an anguish for which Mr. Gryce, notwithstanding his lifelong experience, found no name, so little did it answer to a sensation of fear, pain, or surprise, or any of the emotions usually visible on the countenances of such as have fallen under the unexpected stroke of an assassin.[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Filigree Ball. v1. 8 Oct 07

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[For a detective whose talents, had not been recognized at headquarters, I possessed an ambition which, fortunately for my standing with the lieutenant of the precinct, had not yet been expressed in words. Though I had small reason for expecting great things of myself, I had always cherished the hope that if a big case came my way I should be found able to do something with it something more, that is, than I had seen accomplished by the police of the District of Columbia since I had had the honor of being one of their number. Therefore, when I found myself plunged, almost without my own volition, into the Jeffrey Moore affair, I believed that the opportunity had come whereby I might distinguish myself.

It had complications, this Jeffrey-Moore affair; greater ones than the public ever knew, keen as the interest in it ran both in and out of Washington. This is why I propose to tell the story of this great tragedy from my own standpoint, even if in so doing I risk the charge of attempting to exploit my own connection with this celebrated case...[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Forsaken Inn, v.1, 22 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Forsaken Inn (1899)
Illustrated.

Anna Katherine Green attempts a historical mystery in this novel. It is set in an American inn in the late 18th century. A number of American gentry and émigré French aristocrats visit. The landlady gradually uncovers a tale of hidden passages, murder, deception, and general skulduggery.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 8 Oct 07

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Full title: "The Golden Slipper and Other Problems For Violet Strange"

Collection of detective/mystery stories featuring the amateur detective Violet Strange - a sort of American version of "Miss Marple". The stories in the collection are:

I. The Golden Slipper
II. The Second Bullet
III. An Intangible Clue
IV. The Grotto Spectre
V. The Dreaming Lady
VI. The House of Clocks
VII. The Doctor, His Wife, And the Clock
VIII. Missing: Page Thirteen
IX. Violet's Own

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Gray Madam, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Gray Madam (1899)

A short story. A young couple see a mysterious veiled woman in their lodgings. Is she a ghost? They make enquiries and a tragic story unfolds…

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Hermit Of —— Street, v.1, 19 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Hermit Of —— Street (1898)

A short novelette.
A young girl marries a man with secret rooms in his mansion. When she discovers the reason for this mystery, she realises that she will have to act with adroitness …

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Green, Anna Katharine: The House in the Mist. v1. 8 Oct 07

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Weary traveler Hugh Austin arrives, seeking food and lodging for the night. "Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive, but the others can not be far behind," he is told. "What others?" he wonders, gazing at a stern portrait hanging on the wall. He finds he has chanced upon the gathering of friends and relatives of the man in the portrait. An inheritance is to be divided, all concerned must be present by the appointed hour. And this inheritance is so substantial that violence, murder, and vengeance from beyond the grave all await among the heirs...

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Green, Anna Katharine: The House of the Whispering Pines. v1. 8 Oct 07

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[The moon rode high; but ominous clouds were rushing towards it-clouds heavy with snow. I watched these clouds as I drove recklessly, desperately, over the winter roads. I had just missed the desire of my life, the one precious treasure which I coveted with my whole undisciplined heart, and not being what you call a man of self-restraint, I was chafed by my defeat far beyond the bounds I have usually set for myself. The moon-with the wild skurry of clouds hastening to blot it out of sight-seemed to mirror the chaos threatening my better impulses; and, idly keeping it in view, I rode on, hardly conscious of my course till the rapid recurrence of several well-known landmarks warned me that I had taken the longest route home, and that in another moment I should be skirting the grounds of The Whispering Pines, our country clubhouse...[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Leavenworth Case. v1. 12 Sep 07

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Horatio Leavenworth is a New York merchant whose material wealth is matched by his eminence in the community and reputation for good works. He is also the guardian of two striking nieces who share his Fifth Avenue mansion. Mary, her uncle's favorite, is to inherit his fortune at his death. As this mystery opens, that lamentable event has just occurred. Leavenworth has been shot to death and circumstances point to one of his young wards...

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mayor's Wife. v1. 9 Oct 07

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1907 mystery novel from the popular American author, Anna Katharine Green.

A young woman is employed as a companion to the ill wife of the local mayor. Mysterious events unfold...

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mill Mystery, v.1, 24 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Mill Mystery (1886)

One of Anna Katharine Green’s most interesting mysteries, this explores the nature of moral weakness when confronted with violence.

A young clergyman is found dead in mysterious circumstances in a disused mill. The news is fatal to his fiancée. And an imperious matron on the other side of town also has a stroke on hearing the news. Why? And why are her two sons behaving in such a sinister manner?
The dying fiancée’s room-mate – a level-headed orphan – decides to investigate, takes a job nursing the sick woman, and helps to uncover a shocking tale of selfishness, greed and hypocrisy.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Millionaire Baby, v.1, 24 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Millionaire Baby (1905)

A mystery novel.
The eponymous baby girl has inherited several fortunes in infancy. At the age of six, she is abducted. Can a private detective find her alive?

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. v1. 3 Oct 07

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1917 detective novel by the prolific American author, Anna Katharine Green. Illustrated.

[The hour of noon had just struck, and the few visitors still lingering among the curiosities of the great museum were suddenly startled by the sight of one of the attendants running down the broad, central staircase, loudly shouting: "Close the doors! Let no one out! An accident has occurred, and nobody's to leave the building." There was but one person near either of the doors, and as he chanced to be a man closely connected with the museum,-being, in fact, one of its most active directors,-he immediately turned about and in obedience to a gesture made by the attendant, ran up the marble steps, followed by some dozen others. At the top they all turned, as by common consent, toward the left-hand gallery, where in the section marked II, a tableau greeted them which few of them will ever forget...[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and Other Stories, v.1, 24 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Old Stone House and Other Stories (1891)

A collection of five short stories.

1. The Old Stone House
A fickle woman causes chaos. Will one of her jilted lovers seek revenge?
2. A Memorable Night
A young doctor is kidnapped. Why?
3. The Black Cross
Can an assassination by the Ku Klux Klan be averted?
4. A Mysterious Case
A woman doctor investigates a mysterious poisoning in this locked-room mystery. (Miss Green follows the 19th-century practice of calling a typist a ‘typewriter’ in this story.)
5. Shall He Wed Her?
Fraud and theft in another locked room mystery.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
‘The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight: As Told By Mr Gryce.’ (1900)

A short story, in which the detective, Mr Gryce, recounts an anecdote about the start of his career. A number of prominent men have been found drowned. Mr Gryce is determined to work out how the foul deeds have been done.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles, v1, 25 March 2010.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf [1846–1935]
The Sword of Damocles [1881]

A somewhat melodramatic mystery featuring dishonest bankers, theft, a wayward woman and a number of young people who cannot marry until their reputations are shown to be spotless. There are also a number of strong women, and a man who—like the late Edward Kennedy—has made a bad mistake in his youth and wonders if he can ever shake off its consequences. Mr. Gryce the detective also makes a brief appearance.

This was made from a scan at The Internet Archive. I have restored the original cover and silently corrected some obvious typos.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Thief, v1, 7 August 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Thief

A short story.
A valuable coin goes missing while being shown at a society dinner. Who is the thief? And why won’t a young man consent to be searched?

Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Woman in the Alcove, v.1, 23 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Woman in the Alcove (1906)

A mystery novel.
A young nurse gets engaged during the course of a ball in New York. Then a woman is found murdered and her diamonds stolen. The nurse investigates, in an effort to clear her fiancé’s name.

The source (a PG text file) contained a number of OCR errors, which I have corrected. Please PM me if you find any more, so that I can produce a revised version.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Three Thousand Dollars, v.1, 29 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Three Thousand Dollars
Copyright, 1909. First Published, 1910.

A novelette, with twenty short chapters, totalling about 12,700 words.
An audacious robbery is planned. How will a young woman stenographer, in need of three thousand dollars, react? Will this be another triumph of feminism?

I made this up from scans at The Internet Archive. I have edited, reformatted and included a cover and a couple of pictures.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol I of IV- V1, 4/11/2011

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This book contains:

The Leavenworth Case (1878)
A Strange Disappearance (1880)
the sword of damocles- 1881
Hand and Ring (1883)
XYZ - 1883
the mill mystery- 1888
Forsaken Inn (1890)
11 possible cases - 1891
the old stone house and others-1891
cynthia wakeham's money - 1892

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Green, Olive: How to Cook Fish, v.1, 13 April 2008

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Olive Green is the pseudonym used by Myrtle Reed (1874 - 1911), a prolific author whose most popular work was [Lavender and Old Lace[/ upon which [Arsenic and Old Lace[/ is based. She also wrote several cookbooks including this rather extensive one (it was nearly 500 pages). It includes sections entitled Fish in Season, Eleven Court Boullions, One Hundred Simple Fish Sauces, and many chapters like Forty-five Ways to Cook Eels or One Hundred and Thirty Ways to Cook Salmon. The recipes are often only a couple of sentences each but there seem to be thousands of them. I thought this would go nicely with Patricia's postings on cheese, soups, and....umbrellas. Anyway, if we only had some bread and wine to go with. Or beer! :drinks:

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Greer, Travis Scott: E-Book Dreams and Spiderwebs. v1. 16 Dec 07

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Ok, so everyone was right. I admit it. All of the people that hate the Amazon Kindle because it surprised us [(did it really?)[/ by having a DRM structure, now can have proof of it's evil powers. Yes, maybe it does rot your brain. Just teasing everyone! :o

I know it's probably not an example of good manners to post this short story since I'm the one who wrote it, but I only wrote it for mobileread folks--no one else would really get it.

In fact, I want to apologize in advance for any errors. I tried having my girlfriend proofread it. She read the first paragraph and then asked me if I wrote it for the people on mobileread. I said yes, and she said "no thanks," and handed it back to me. What?! Hatin' on us mobileread folks?! Some people just don't understand...

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A strange string of suicides happen in motel room #9 and an unhappy loner decides that he may be the one to solve the mystery. Besides, it will give him plenty of time to read content on his brand new Amazon Kindle reader. What could possibly go wrong?

Don't be too cruel--I was writing as people were playing a very loud game of cards in the other room, so I may have lost a bit of my mind...

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Gregory, Jackson: Daughter of the Sun v1 15 jan 2009

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A tale of Aztec treasure-of American adventurers who seek it-of Zoraida, who hides it.

Entertaining from one cover to the other. Jackson Gregory (1882-1943) was a now almost forgotten, writer of adventure and western novels. This is a great example of his work. Cover made from original frontispiece.

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Gregory, James J.H.: Cabbages And Cauliflowers: How To Grow Them. v2. 21 Jan 09

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Dear MobileRead Downloaders:

I find it disturbing that in recent months members of this board have chosen to make fun of cabbages and cauliflowers – our lonely friends in the ground who need only water and manure to grow healthy and, (I hasten to add), wise in ways that we can barely begin to comprehend.

Rather than making fun of cabbages, we should embrace them and learn to understand their differences. True, they rarely speak to strangers, but this is only because strangers are loath to wander into a field full of manure.

There are many different varieties of cabbages and cauliflowers, just as there are varieties of differences between the way human beings look. The fact that we are ambulatory only adds to the degree of apprehension felt by cabbages and cauliflowers when they do spot clumsy humans trolling on the side of the road.

I urge you, my friends, to read this book and to learn more about our edible friends and the supreme act of sacrifice they undertake in their lonely existence before being summarily harvested for ingestion.

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Gregory, Pope: The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict, v1 28 Feb 2009

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The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict
By Pope Saint Gregory the Great

The life of the saint who founded the Benedictine order, written by a later saint and Pope. The translation seems to be by an anonymous Benedictine nun, and was first printed in 1898.

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Grenfell, Anne and Katie Spalding: Le Petit Nord. V1. 5 Dec 2009

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Anne Elizabeth (MacClanahan) Grenfell, Lady, 1885-1938.
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

Excerpt
The incidents told are all actual, but the name of every single person and place has been changed to afford any hypersensitive among the actors the protection which pseudonymity confers. We here who have been permitted a glimpse of these pages feel that we really owe the authors another debt beyond the love for the people to which they have testified by the more substantial offering of long and voluntary personal service.

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: A Labrador Doctor. V1. 4 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

Excerpt
Thirty-two years spent in work for deep-sea fishermen, twenty-seven of which years have been passed in Labrador and northern Newfoundland, have necessarily given me some experiences which may be helpful to others. I feel that this alone justifies the writing of this story.

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Adrift on an Ice-Pan. V1. 2 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

Excerpt
"Most Noble Vice-Chancellor, and You, Eminent Proctors:
"A citizen of Britain is before you, once a student in this University, now better known to the people of the New World than to our own. This is the man who fifteen years ago went to the coast of Labrador, to succor with medical aid the solitary fishermen of the northern sea; in executing which service he despised the perils of the ocean, which are there most terrible, in order to bring comfort and light to the wretched and sorrowing. Thus, up to the measure of human ability, he seems to follow, if it is right to say it of any one, in the footsteps of Christ Himself, as a truly Christian man. Rightly then we praise him by whose praise not he alone, but our University also is honored. I present to you Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, that he may be admitted to the degree of Doctor in Medicine, HONORIS CAUSA ."

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Labrador Days. V1. 3 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

THERE'S TROUBLE ON THE SEA
NANCY
SALLY'S "TURNS"
THE DOCTOR'S BIG FEE
TWO CAT'S-PAWS
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
PORTLAND BILL
KAIACHOUOUK
TWO CHRISTMASES
THE LEADING LIGHT
THE RED ISLAND SHOALS

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: What the Church Means to Me. V1. 5 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

Excerpt
The Church to me means all who, consciously or unconsciously, are forwarding God's kingdom on earth. In the broad definition of the Master it means "all those who are not against us." The way in which men associate for worship, or in which they consider it most remunerative to invest their efforts to forward the kingdom, gives them no right to arrogate to themselves the title of God's Church. Any body of men saying, "We are the Church," seems to me ridiculous.

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Grey, Zane: 30.000 on the Hoof v1 4 apr 2009

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Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. As of June 2007, the Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater based loosely on his novels and short stories.

This one of the posthumously published novels (in 1940).

[QUOT[General Crook and his regiment of the Western Division of the U.S. Army were cutting a road through the timber on the rim of the Mogollon Mesa above the Tonto Basin. They had as captives a number of Apache Indians, braves, squaws, and children, whom they were taking to be placed under guard on the reservation.

At sunset they made camp at the head of one of the canyons running away from the rim. It was a park-like oval, a little way down from the edge, rich with silver grass and watered by a crystal brook that wound under the giant pines. The noisy advent of the soldiers and their horses and pack-mules disturbed a troop of deer that trotted down the canyon to stop and look back, long ears erect.

Crook's campaign was about over and the soldiers were jubilant. They joked with the sombre-eyed Apaches, who sat huddled in a group under guard. Packs and saddles plopped to the grass, the ring of axes echoed through the forest, blue smoke curled up into sunset-flushed pines.

The general, never a stickler for customs of the service, sat with his captain and a sergeant, resting after the hard day, and waiting for supper.

"Wonder how old Geronimo is going to take this?" mused Crook.

"We haven't heard the last of thet redskin," replied Willis, emphatically. "He'll break out sooner or later, and then there'll be hell to pay."

"I'm glad we didn't have to kill any of these Apaches."

"We were lucky, General. I'll bet McKinney will burn powder before he stops thet Matazel an' his braves. Bad youngsters."

"Do you know Matazel, sergeant?" inquired Crook.

"I've seen him. Strappin' young buck. Only Indian I ever saw with grey eyes. He's said to be one of Geronimo's sons."[/[/QUOT

Grey's the Master!

This was already published by Dr. Drib in LRF.

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Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol I of II/ V1-8/4/2011

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I decided to create a two volume collection of Zane Grey's books.
Those that I know are in PD anyway. The contents of this file are
as follows:

A Collection of Zane Grey Vol. I
1. Betty Zane
2. The Spirit of the Border
3. The Last Plainsmen
4. The Last Trail
5. The Heritage of the Desert
6. The Young Forester
7. The Young Pitcher
8. Riders of the Purple Sage
9. Desert Gold
10. The Light of Western Stars
11. The Lone Star Ranger
12. The Rainbow Trail

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Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol II of II/ V1-8/4/2011

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I decided to create a two volume collection of Zane Grey's books.
Those that I know are in PD anyway. The contents of this file are
as follows:

A Collection of Zane Grey Vol. II

1. The Border Legion
2. Wildfire
3. The U.P. Trail
4. The Desert of Wheat
5. Tales of Fishes
6. The Man of the Forest
7. The Redheaded Outfielder and Other Baseball Stories
8. The Mysterious Rider
9. To The Last Man
10. The Day of the Beast
11. Tales of Lonely Trails
12. The Call of the Canyon

At least one book (Tales of Fishes)has pictures within it which leads to the size of the file.

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Grey, Zane: Desert Gold, ebook # 502, Sept. 13 2008

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I'm going to try to convert and upload all the Zane Grey ebooks that are legal to download in the U.S. There are only about 14 that aren't PD under U.S. Copyright law. They don't seem to have a version # attached.

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Grey, Zane: The Call of the Canyon v1 19 nov. 2008

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Zane Grey is one of the best known classical Western writers. This one is a romance, too.

Taken from PG, streamlined, added TOC and cover

Have fun!

PS: There are several other Zane Grey books freely available on MR

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Grey, Zane: The Light of Western Stars, ebook 1095, July 27 2008

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I'm going to try to convert and upload all the Zane Grey ebooks that are legal to download in the U.S. There are only about 14 that aren't PD under U.S. Copyright law. They don't seem to have a version # attached.

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Grey, Zane: The Redheaded Outfield & Other Stories, ebook 385 Sept 27 2008

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I'm going to try to convert and upload all the Zane Grey ebooks that are legal to download in the U.S. There are only about 14 that aren't PD under U.S. Copyright law. They don't seem to have a version # attached.

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Grey, Zane: The Rustlers of Pecos County v1.0 2007-10-22

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[The Rustlers of Pecos County[/ is a western from Zane Grey.

[quotTEXAS
They took the most contrary bunch of frontiersmen, ranchers, farmers, cowpokes, shiftless no-accounts, Tex-Mexicans, shootists, rascals, and politicians, jumbled them together, and somehow formed a state. They called it Texas, but for the defenseless women and children, it was hell.

TEXAS RANGERS
Although they were outnumbered a thousand to one, the Rangers fought a holding action against the complete breakdown of law and order, often paying for peace with their lives. But one county held out against attack after attack, a place so mean a saint would have turned bad. Into this valley of death rode Ranger Vaughn Steele, hungering for revenge and determined to wipe out... The Rustlers of Pecos County.[/quot

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Grey, Zane: Wildfire v1 21 nov. 2008

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Zane Grey's Wildfire (published in 1917)

Horse hunter Lin Sloan never wanted anything more than the wild stallion he called Wildfire. Lucy Bostil found the horse and the unconscious man who had roped him. She saved both their lives and took Sloan's heart in the process. Now another man wants Lucy and the horse--and will stop at nothing short of killing to get them.

Coming from PG. streamlines, added TOC and (ugly) cover. Please send me a better copyrightfree cover anyone and I will put that up asap.

Have fun!

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Grey,Zane: The Lone Star Ranger, ebook 1027, July 27 2008

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Griffis, William Elliot: Welsh Fairy Tales, v.1, 1 March 2008.

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(1921)
A collection of Welsh fairy tales.

Today is St David’s day.

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Griffiths, Arthur: The Passenger From Calais. v1. 21 Aug 07

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1906 detective story, from the same author as "The Rome Express". The villain of the piece is the evil "Lord Blackadder", beyond which I know nothing about it.

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Griffiths, Arthur: The Rome Express. v1. 21 Aug 07

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1907 detective story:

[A mysterious murder on a flying express train, a wily Italian, a charming woman caught in the meshes of circumstantial evidence, a chivalrous Englishman, and a police force with a keen nose for the wrong clue, are the ingredients from which Major Griffiths has concocted a clever, up-to-date detective story. The book is bright and spirited, with rapid action, and consistent development which brings the story to a logical and dramatic ending.[/

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Grillparzer, Franz: Das Kloster bei Sendomir german v1 13 May 2009

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Franz Grillparzer (* 15. Januar 1791 in Wien; † 21. Januar 1872 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem als Dramatiker hervorgetreten ist. Er studierte an der Universität Wien die Rechte. Nach dem Studienabschluss war er zunächst Privatlehrer, dann Beamter. 1832 wurde er Archivdirektor k. k. Hofkammer, dem späteren Finanzministerium.
Grillparzers poetische Anfänge wurden von der Romantik (die ihm die bleibende Vorliebe für die spanischen Dramatiker einprägte) und von der vorübergehenden Irrung der Schicksalstragik, der er in der „Ahnfrau“ sein Opfer brachte, beeinflusst. Wenn er sich von diesen Einflüssen verhältnismäßig rasch zu emanzipieren wusste, so gelang ihm dies mit denen seiner heimatlichen Verhältnisse und Bildungszustände nicht.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Zwei deutsche Boten sind auf dem Weg nach Warschau, und finden am Abend im Kloster bei Sendomir Zuflucht. Einer der Mönche erzählt ihnen die Geschichte des erst kürzlich gebauten Klosters.

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Grillparzer, Franz: Der arme Spielmann german v1.1 13 May 2009

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Franz Grillparzer (* 15. Januar 1791 in Wien; † 21. Januar 1872 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem als Dramatiker hervorgetreten ist. Er studierte an der Universität Wien die Rechte. Nach dem Studienabschluss war er zunächst Privatlehrer, dann Beamter. 1832 wurde er Archivdirektor k. k. Hofkammer, dem späteren Finanzministerium.
Grillparzers poetische Anfänge wurden von der Romantik (die ihm die bleibende Vorliebe für die spanischen Dramatiker einprägte) und von der vorübergehenden Irrung der Schicksalstragik, der er in der „Ahnfrau“ sein Opfer brachte, beeinflusst. Wenn er sich von diesen Einflüssen verhältnismäßig rasch zu emanzipieren wusste, so gelang ihm dies mit denen seiner heimatlichen Verhältnisse und Bildungszustände nicht.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Der arme Spielmann ist eine 1848 erschienene Rahmennovelle. Grillparzer beschäftigte sich seit 1831 mit dem Stoff, anfangs als Versuch eines autobiografischen Romans. Der Text wurde mehrfach überarbeitet und die Niederschrift immer wieder unterbrochen.
Der Erzähler mischt sich bei einer Kirchweih unter das Volk. Er begegnet einem alten Spielmann, der auf seiner Geige eine Art Katzenmusik spielt. Als er ihm eine Münze gibt, kommen sie kurz miteinander ins Gespräch. Dadurch wird der Erzähler neugierig auf dessen Schicksal und besucht ihn eines Morgens in seiner ärmlichen Behausung. Dort erzählt ihm der alte Musikant seine Lebensgeschichte.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Grimm, Brothers: Fairy Tales, v1, 8 October 2009.

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Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)
Fairy Tales
Translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes

The text is based on translations from the Grimms’ Kinder und Hausmarchen by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. It contains 62 stories.

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Grimm, Brothers: Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, v1, 8 October 2009.

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Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)
Translator: Margaret Hunt (1831-1912)
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm (1884)

From the PG transcriber’s notes:
These fairy tales by the brothers Grimm are based on the original 1884 translation “Household Tales” of Margaret Hunt. This text is based on the book “Grimm’s Household Tales with the Author’s Notes.” This text includes ALL Grimm’s fairy tales and 10 children’s legends. The Margaret Hunt translation is very true to the German original.

This contains 200 stories plus ten Children’s legends.

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Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm: Deutsche Sagen (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Die Gebrüder Grimm, Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, sind als Sprachwissenschaftler und Sammler von Märchen (Grimms Märchen) bekannt. Sie gelten gemeinsam mit Karl Lachmann und Georg Friedrich Benecke als „Gründungsväter“ der Deutschen Philologie bzw. Germanistik.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)

[/
Deutsche Sagen ist das Ergebnis einer mehr als zehnjährigen Sammeltätigkeit der Gebrüder Grimm. Das Werk umfasst insgesamt fast 600 deutsche Sagen, wie zum Beispiel den "Rattenfänger von Hameln".

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Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm: Grimm’s Fairy Stories (illustrated), v1, 8 October 2009.

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Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)
Illustrators:
Johnny Gruelle, 1880-1938
R. Emmett Owen, (Robert Emmett), 1878-1957
Grimm's Fairy Stories (1922)

An illustrated selection of twenty-five tales from the collection of the Brothers Grimm.

The file is big because of the pictures.

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Grimmelshausen: Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch. v1.1 2 august 2009 german

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Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen (* um 1622 in Gelnhausen; † 17. August 1676 in Renchen) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

"Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch" wird gemeinhin als das wichtigste Werk seiner Art im 17. Jahrhundert betrachtet. Ferner gilt er als der erste deutschsprachige Abenteuerroman mit zudem stark autobiographischen Zügen, da er die Lebenswege von Autor und Held im Dreißigjährigen Krieg (1618–1648) teilweise zusammenführt, ohne sie freilich zur Deckungsgleichheit zu bringen.

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Groner, Augusta: Joe Muller Detective Omnibus, v.1, 20 Feb 2008.

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Being the Account of Some Adventures in the Professional Experience of a Member of the Imperial Austrian Police.

This detective observes human behaviour closely and absorbs atmosphere to draw his conclusions but is also capable of using disguise and subterfuge. There is some slight similarity with the detective novels of Friedrich Glauser and a distant resemblance to Simenons Maigret.

By Frau Augusta Groner, née Koppalik (1850-1929), who was a Viennese author who sometimes appeared under the more masculine pseudonym of August or Auguste Groner.
Frau Groners work has been translated and adapted by Grace Isabel Colbron (1869-1948). Her contribution seems to include removing every single umlaut from the text, including that in the detectives surname.

I came across these titles in PG, thought that they looked interesting, so collected them in an omnibus because they are relatively short pieces. (They have also been published in print as an omnibus according to Google Books.) The PG text is rather faulty and I have made a number of corrections.

Contents:
Introduction
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out
The Case of the Registered Letter
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found In the Snow
The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastors Study
The Case of the Golden Bullet

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Groner, Augusta: The Case of the Golden Bullet. V1. 1 Dec 2009

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Groner, Augusta, 1850-1929: Author
Colbron, Grace Isabel, 1869-1948: Translator

Excerpt
Joseph Muller, Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrian police, is one of the great experts in his profession. In personality he differs greatly from other famous detectives. He has neither the impressive authority of Sherlock Holmes, nor the keen brilliancy of Monsieur Lecoq. Muller is a small, slight, plain-looking man, of indefinite age, and of much humbleness of mien. A naturally retiring, modest disposition, and two external causes are the reasons for Muller's humbleness of manner, which is his chief characteristic.

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Grunert, Karl: Die Maschine des Theodulos Energeios german v1 13 feb 2009

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Hinze, ein Freund des Ich-Erzählers, entdeckt ein altes, über hundert Jahre altes, griechisches Manuskript vom Gelehrten Theodulos Energeios bei einer Sichtung von wissenschaftlichen Hinterlassenschaften. In diesem Dokument wird eine Maschine beschrieben, eine Art „Perpetuum mobile“, die mit einem vermutetem radioaktiven Stoff, dem Dynamin, eine Universalmaschine ist und je nach Bedarf Wärme, Licht, Elektrizität oder chemische Arbeit liefert. Die beiden Freunde beschließen, die Maschine auszuprobieren. Allerdings ist Hinze beim Studium der Unterlagen des griechischem Gelehrten auf eine Warnung vor dem Betrieb der Maschine gestoßen...

Karl Grunert gehört zu den deutschen Pionieren auf dem Gebiet der Zukunftsliteratur. Er verfasste kurze Geschichten, in denen Ideen, Phantasien oder Überlegungen, meist technischer Natur, im Vordergrund stehen. Seine Zeit war vom positiven technischen Zukunftsglauben geprägt, jedoch ist die Geschichte vom Theodulos Energeios nicht von derartiger Überzeugung, sondern es steht das Risiko des unbedarften Umgangs mit unvollständig verstandenen Entdeckungen im Vordergrund. Ein Novum in dieser Zeit des Fortschrittsglaubens.

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Gurney, Lydia: Things Mother Used to Make, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Lydia Maria Gurney : Things Mother Used To Make

‘A collection of old time recipes, some nearly one hundred years old and never published before.’ New York, 1914. (Found on PG.)

A cookery book, featuring traditional American recipes. The chapters are arranged in largely alphabetical order, and so are the recipes within each chapter. Some household hints and advice on frugality is also included.

NB The pint in this book is an American pint of 16 fluid ounces, not the British imperial pint of 20 fluid ounces. Similarly, an American quart is 32 fluid ounces.

I have tried some of the cakes and desserts with success, but cannot endorse the author’s recommendation that cabbage is to be boiled for one and a half hours.

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Guyon, Jeanne-Marie: Letters of Madam Guyon, v1, 4 October 2009.

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Jeanne-Marie Guyon
(Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon) (1648–1717)
Letters of Madam [sic] Guyon
Being selections of her religious thoughts and experiences, translated and re-arranged from her private correspondence by P. L. Upham. (1858)

A selection of letters from the French mystic and Quietist, Madame Guyon. The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Guyon, Madame: The Way to God, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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More from this French mystic and quietist.

(Roy White and I have uploaded other works of hers.)

‘Concise View of the Way to God; And Of the State of Union’
By Madame Guyon
(Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon)
(April 18, 1648 - June 9, 1717)

This English translation originally appeared in “Spiritual Progress or Instructions in the Divine Life of the Soul: from the French of Fénelon and Madame Guyon”; Printed in 1853; Edited by James W. Metcalf.

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Habberton, John: Romance of California Life. 02 Sept 07

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Although he spent almost all of his adult life in New York City, Habberton's early years growing up in California provided the material -- through direct observation and hearing tall tales and other stories -- for this collection of short stories.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 1. v10. 15th Aug 2010

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This is the first volume in a short series I plan to put together containing what are (IMHO) the best novels of the British Victorian adventure writer, Sir Henry Rider Haggard (who wrote under the name of "H. Rider Haggard"). With a couple of notable exceptions, his books are little read today, which is a great pity, because they are adventure stories on a par (again, IMHO) with the best "thriller" writers of today.

Many of his books are related, and should ideally be read in order. That order is, however, by no means obvious, so I hope to help people out by presenting his books in a suggested reading order in this series.

This volume contains four books, as follows:

1. King Solomon's Mines

This is the one book of Haggard's that everyone's heard of, and justifiably - it has been called one of the greatest adventure stories ever written. In it, hunter Allan Quatermain accompanies two Englishmen searching for lost diamond mines in Africa.

2. Allan Quatermain

The sequel to King Solomon's Mines. Allan, and the Zulu warrior, Umslopogaas, find a lost civilization in the heart of Africa.

3. Nada the Lily

A tie-in novel of sorts to Allan Quatermain, this is the story of the birth, childhood, and youth of Umslopogaas, who featured prominently in "Allan Quatermain". It is set against the background of the rise of the Zulu nation under their greatest (and cruelest) king, Chaka, and his nephew, Dingaan.

4. Allan's Wife

The story of Allan Quatermain's youth, and how he came to meet his wife, Stella.

More soon. Enjoy!

For those who have never read Haggard, I'd be very interested in hearing your opinion of his books.

Edit: 3 Apr 07. v2

Uploaded a new version with the following corrections:

1. "King Solomon's Mines" used the notation "/xxx/" to indicate that the word "xxx" is in italics. Replaced with proper italics.

2. There were a number of instances of English currencies being prefixed with "L" instead of a "£" sign. Replaced with a "£" sign.

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Version 3 uploaded. Major reformatting and cleaning. Preservation of dashes; fixing of line breaks; proper formatting of verse and songs, etc.

Edit: 6 Nov 07

Version 4 uploaded. There were unlinked TOC entries in both "King Solomon's Mines" and "Allan Quatermain". Now fixed.

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Replaced "King Solomon's Mines" and "Nada the Lily" with new versions to correct a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 6 Apr 08

Read "King Solomon's Mines" and bookmarked a number of typos and formatting errors while doing so. Corrected these errors, and uploaded v7.

EDIT: 28 Aug 09

MR user "Sparrow" has kindly reported a number of errors in "King Solomon's Mines". Corrected, and uploaded a new v8.

EDIT: 28 Feb 10

Corrected some problems with the HTML which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format. Uploaded v9.

EDIT: 15 Aug 10.

A completely revision. I've painstakingly proof-read all four books against original page scans at Google books, and added all the missing formatting (accented letters, italics, the formatting of songs, etc.) as well as correcting a very large number of errors. For the latter three books in the volume, I've also added a total of 76 illustrations, which enormously enhance the book. The result of that, though, has been a drastic increase in the file size, but I think personally that the results are very well worthwhile. I now regard this book as "finished", so please tell me if you find even the smallest error in it. Uploaded v10.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 10. v2. 11 Apr 2008

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Volume 10 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology. This volume contains three novels:

"Dawn": Haggard's first novel. A gothic melodrama.

"Beatrice": I'm honestly not sure about this one. It appears to be a romance of some description.

"The World's Desire", co-written with Andrew Lang. A sequel to Homer's "Odyssey". A Heroic fantasy depicting Odysseus and Helen of Troy's further adventures in Egypt.

The volume also contains three short stories, all featuring Allan Quatermain:

"A Tale of Three Lions"
"Hunter Quatermain"
"Long Odds"

All are African hunting stories

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 11. v2, 23 May 2008

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The 11th volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains the following four books:

Joan Haste: A romance (?).

Doctor Therne: A medical drama, based on the controversy about compulsory innoculation of children against smallpox.

Swallow: An African adventure fantasy, telling the story of the Great Trek of the Boers in South Africa.

Lysbeth: Historical romance, set in 16th century Holland.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 12. v2, 30 Sep 2008

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The 12th volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology, with the following books:

1. Pearl-Maiden: A fantasy adventure story set in Jerusalem at the time of its destruction by Rome in 70 AD.

2. Stella Fregelius: Supernatural love story, invention of a device that induces telepathy between sympathetic parties, and ultimately leads to communication with the dead. The characters emotional lives and turmoils parallel Rider's actual experiences, this being his most autobiographically inclined of all his novels, with many deeply personal passages.

3. The Brethren: A medieval supernatural romance of Saladin and the Crusades, one of Haggard's best stories, even though not as widely known or appreciated as his African fantasies

4. Fair Margaret (Illustrated!): A Swashbuckling romance of old Spain.

As always, enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 13. v2, 1 Oct 2008

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This 13th volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains the following books:

The Way of the Spirit

This is a painful, realistic love story, but with just enough "mystic" touches about undying, eternal love (i.e., love that survives the grave) to lend it a hint of supernatural interest. The plot was inspired during Rider's journey to Egypt.

The Ghost Kings

An African fantasy adventure with a lost race, occult powers, tree magic, and a divine maiden. Rudyard Kipling assisted with the plot.

The Yellow God

Fantasy adventure set in Africa and England. Magic mask and other weird fetish objects; lost race; reincarnation, plus a sort of vampirism by an immortal woman whose many husbands she has preserved as mummies.

The Lady of Blossholme

Historical novel set in 16th century England. Some fantasy content (witchcraft, etc).

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 14. v2, 2 Oct 2008

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This 14th volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains the following books:

Red Eve

An occult historical novel, in which the Black Plague is a personified presence with many magic powers. Originally serialized in [The Red Magazine[/ 1 December 1910 through 1 March 1911

The Mahatma and the Hare

Haggard had been an avid hunter until an encounter with the ghost of a beloved hound convinced him animals had souls and that their lives were as sacred as those of humanity. This wonderful fantasy novelette was the result of his conversion; he never hunted again.

The Wanderer's Necklace

Fantasy adventure; memories of former life in medieval Scandinavia.

Love Eternal

Love story with spiritualism, reincarnation and occult powers.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 15. v2, 2 Oct 2008

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This 15th volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains the following books:

Moon of Israel

Biblical fantasy originally serialized in [The Cornhill Magazine[/ January through October 1918.

Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales

Collection of 6 short stories (or two novellas and four short stories, to be more accurate). Includes the Allan Quatermain story "Magepa the Buck".

The Virgin of the Sun

Serialized in [Hutchinson's Story Magazine[/ July 1919 through March 1920. This South American fantasy adventure is set in 14th Century Peru, when a shipwrecked sailor became the legendary white god of the Aztecs.

The Queen of the Dawn

Love story set in ancient Egypt and Babylon.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 16. v2, 3 Oct 2008

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The 16th - and final - volume of my edition of the collected works of H. Rider Haggard. This volume contains Haggard's final two novels, plus an older non-fiction travel diary.

The books in this volume are:

Mary of Marion Isle

Shipwreck and adventure. Published posthumously following Haggard's death.

Belshezzar

Haggard's last novel, finished in 1924, published posthumously. A fantasy of ancient Babylon.

A Winter Pilgrimage

A travel diary of a 1901 journey Haggard made to Italy, Cyprus, and the Holy Land. A fascinating snapshot of the hazzards of travel at the turn of the 20th century.

That completes my publication of Haggard's works. We now have the complete works, with the exception of Haggard's autobiography (which I'll do as a separate book) and a number of minor and exceedingly uninteresting non-fiction works on such subjects as gardening and the Salvation Army.

Hope that people find these 16 volumes of Haggard's works enjoyable. He is a writer who is largely forgotten today but (IMHO) deserves greater exposure.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 2. v7. 7th Sep 2010

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This second volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains Haggard's other well known work (the other being "King Solomon's Mines"); namely "She", and its three sequels. All are a mixture of adventure story and supernatural fantasy (as are many of Haggard's other books).

The books in this volume are:

1. She

One of the greatest works of fantasy adventure ever written, this book tells the story of the quest to find the mysterious and tormented immortal African queen, "She Who Must Be Obeyed".

Note that one of the chapters of this book contains a number of illustrations of fragments of ancient Greek text. I've done the best I can to reproduce these graphically, but they don't come out wonderfully on the Reader. They don't affect the story line at all. Sorry for any problems with this, for those lovers of ancient Greek!

2. Ayesha

The sequel to "She" - continuing the story told in the original book.

3. She and Allan

A prequel to "She", telling the story of Allan Quatermain's encounter with "She".

4. Wisdom's Daughter

The early life and loves of "She", telling the story of how Ayesha became transformed into the immortal "She".

In case you were wondering, these books are indeed the original source of the expression "She Who Must Be Obeyed" :grin:.

More to come! Enjoy.

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Completely re-created the book, adding many of the illustrations which were missing from the original version. Improved the layout and formatting. Added a cover picture for iLiad and Gen3. Uploaded v2.

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Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-sized images, library information, working tables of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 27 Mar 08

Replaced the final book in the volume, "Wisdom's Daughter", to correct a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 6 Oct 08

I've finally been able to locate the correct Greek Unicode font to accurately transcribe (as graphics) the Greek textual fragments in "She". A minor point, but it's been bugging me ever since I first created this book! Uploaded v5.

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Cleaned up the HTML to remove problems that were preventing a clean conversion to ePub format. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 28 Feb 10

Cleaned up the HTML to remove problems that were preventing a clean conversion to ePub format. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 7 Sep 10

Completely proof-read the first three books in the anthology against page scans, and fixed numerous errors, added missing accents, formatting, etc. I was unable to locate a page scan of "Wisdom's Daughter" - if anyone knows of one, or has a printed copy that they could lend me for a few weeks, I'd be very grateful. In the mean time, I've proof-read "Wisdom's Daughter" in isolation, and found and fixed a number of obvious errors. I've also replaced all the illustrations in "She" with new ones, and added several new ones, added 32 new illustrations to "Ayesha", and a frontispiece to "She and Allan". Uploaded v7.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 3. v7. 5th Oct 2010

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The 3rd volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains a trilogy of books which tell the story of the revenge of the wizard Zikali against the Zulu royal family, and the ultimate fall of the Zulu nation. A mixture of African adventure and fantasy, and a great read. The three books are:

1. Marie
2. Child of Storm
3. Finished

These books follow on (loosely) from the story of "Nada the Lily", contained in Vol 1 of the Anthology.

Enjoy!

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Corrected HTML errors. Tidied up the formatting. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 5 Oct 10

Thoroughly proof-read all three books in the volume against Google page scans. A number of errors corrected, and a great deal of missing formatting (eg. italics, accented letters, etc) added. I've also added a number of illustrations which do, I think, greatly enhance the book. I would now regard this as a "completed" eBook, so if you find even the smallest remaining error, please do let me know. Uploaded v7.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 4. v4. 7th Mar 2010

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This 4th volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains 4 novels featuring Allan Quatermain, which form a "mini series". Haggard's usual mixture of adventure and fantasy. The books are as follows:

1. Allan and the Holy Flower

Allan Quatermain seeks out a fabulous gigantic orchid presided over by a White Goddess guarded by a monstrous ape.

2. The Ivory Child

Sequel to "Allan and the Holy Flower". Allan returns to Africa to aid a tribe at war with an enemy aided by a giant elephant which no man (except Allan, of course!) can kill.

3. The Ancient Allan

Sequel to "The Ivory Child". With the aid of a hallucenogenic drug, Allan re-lives a past life in ancient Egypt.

4. Allan and the Ice-Gods

Sequel to "The Ancient Allan". Allan re-lives another past life, this time as a prehistoric cave man in the era when the Ice Age was beginning. This was Haggard's last-published tale about Allan Quatermain. Rudyard Kipling had a small part in developing the plot.

Well - that's really it for the "series" books! There are three remaining Allan Quatermain novels which don't fit into any series; I'll do those in Vol 5, and then release the other many and varied non-Allan novels in subsequent volumes.

As always, enjoy!

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Replaced all except the 2nd book in the anthology with new versions, to correct a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 5. v4. 7th Mar 2010

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Volume 5 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains the remaining three "Allan Quatermain" novels not previously included. These should ideally be read after the "series" of books included in previous volumes, but do not fit into these series in any particular place. These books are:

1. Maiwa's Revenge

Adventure fantasy. Maiwa is a woman on the road to revenge, and it's a doozy when she gets it!

2. Heu-Heu

African fantasy adventure, set before "King Solomon's Mines". More of Allan's fantastic adventures, and a lost race. Heu-Heu is a gorilla-monster who receives human sacrifices, the original of Robert E. Howard's similar creations.

3. The Treasure of the Lake

Allan returns in a very good fantasy adventure making use of themes of dream-magic, occult powers of varied sorts, treasure, and reincarnation. An excellent read!

That's all the "Allan Quatermain" novels now (although there are some short stories that I've not yet included). Hope you enjoy them - Allan Quatermain is one of my very favourite fictional characters, and sadly forgotten today. In subsequent volumes of this anthology I'll start on some of Haggard's other works, many of which are terrific reads.

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Corrected HTML errors. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v4.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 6. v4. 7th Mar 2010

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H. Rider Haggard more or less single-handedly invented the genre of the "Lost Civilisation" fantasy novel, and this 6th volume of my anthology contains four very different examples of such novels - including a book which is my favourite Haggard novel and which would very definitely appear on my "top 10 books" list.

The books are:

1. The People of the Mist

A lost African civilisation and a monstrous crocodile god.

2. Heart of the World

A golden Mayan city under a lake and - you've guessed it - a lost civilisation.

3. Queen Sheba's Ring

Yet another lost civilisation in Africa, this time descended from ancient Abyssinian Jews.

4. When the World Shook

This is my favourite Haggard book - a wonderful fantasy which has it all. In this one, suspended animation brings into the present day a super-ancient Atlantean civilization. Spirit travel, reincarnation, occult powers, teleportation, subterranean city, elixir of life, etc etc.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 7. v2, 31 Mar 2008

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Volume 7 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains four African stories, as follows:

1. Benita - An African Romance

A thoroughly enjoyable fantasy adventure with ghosts, possession, lost races, lost treasure, mesmerism -- among the best of his lesser-known fantasy adventures.

2. Black Heart and White Heart - A Zulu Idyll

A modern day (for Haggard, that is!) love story novella.

3. Elissa - The Doom of Zimbabwe

A historical romance, set in ancient Zimbabwe, which Haggard imagines (somewhat dubiously, it has to be said!) to have been an ancient Phoenician city. A good read.

4. The Wizard

The story of an English missionary's attempts to convert an African tribe who are under the sway of a powerful wizard. An excellent story.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 8. v2, 2 Apr 2008

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Volume 8 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains four books which illustrate another of Haggard's "specialities" - historical novels. The books are:

1. Cleopatra

The story of the love affair and downfall of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

2. Eric Brighteyes

A Nordic heroic fantasy based on the old Icelandic sagas.

3. Montezuma's Daughter

The story of the collapse of the Aztec empire.

Morning Star

Supernatural romance set in ancient egypt.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 9. v2, 4 Apr 2008

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The 9th volume in my H. Rider Haggard Anthology, containing the following books:

1. The Witch's Head

A supernatural tale of the evil influence of a witch-doctor's severed head. Spooky stuff!

2. Jess

An African tale of adventure and romance.

3. Mr. Meeson's Will

A crime/adventure story.

Colonel Quaritch, V.C.

A story of the "goings-on" in a quiet English country village.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: The Days of My Life. v3, 3 Oct 2008

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The autobiography of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, author of "King Solomon's Mines", "She", and so many other notable books. An absolutely fascinating read.

The posting of this book concludes my posting of the (pretty much) complete works of Haggard. Hope that other people enjoy his books as much as I do.

Enjoy!

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Hale, Edward Everett: How to Do It. 18 Sept 07

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Long before Nike coined the ad slogan "Just do it" There was Edward Everett Hale's [How to Do It.[/ Another entry in our on-going self-help series. All posted with your mind in mind.

A Victorian era view of how to conduct yourself, how to read and write, what to read ("you cannot read everything"), and even habits to develop for church.

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Halévy, Ludovic: Parisian Points of View, v.1, 19 July 2008.

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Translated by Edith V.B. Matthews. With Introduction by Brander Matthews (1894).

Ludovic Halévy (1834-1908) wrote the libretto for Offenbachs Orpheus in the Underworld (the one with the can-can). This is a collection of Parisian sketches, which are good-humoured and yet ironic, and which may appeal to those who like Maupassants short stories.

Contents:
Introduction
Only a Waltz
The Dancing-Master
The Circus Charger
Blacky
The Most Beautiful Woman in Paris
The Story of a Ball-Dress
The Insurgent
The Chinese Ambassador
In The Express

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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler: The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England. V1. 23 May 2009

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Thomas Chandler Haliburton (December 17, 1796 – August 27, 1865) was one of the first major Canadian authors.
Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of William Hersey Otis Haliburton and Lucy Chandler Grant. He attended University of King's College in Windsor and became a lawyer, opening a practice in Annapolis Royal. While in England, he met Louisa Neville, whom he married in 1816 and brought back to Nova Scotia. Louisa died in 1840.
Haliburton became noted local business man and a judge, but his great fame came from his writing. He wrote a diverse number of books on history, politics, and farm improvement. He rose to world wide fame with his Clockmaker serial that first appeared in the Novascotian and was later published in book form throughout the British Empire. The books recounted the humorous adventures of the character Sam Slick and became extremely popular light reading.

Excerpt
We left New York in the afternoon of —* day of May, 184-, and embarked on board of the good Packet ship “Tyler” for England. Our party consisted of the Reverend Mr. Hopewell, Samuel Slick, Esq., myself, and Jube Japan, a black servant of the Attache.

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Hall, Austin and Flint, Homer Eon.: The Blind Spot:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

[The Blind Spot[/ is surely the great classic novel of parallel worlds. It is one of the most enthralling science-fiction books ever written. At once a fantasy adventure, an exceptional mystery, it is a new concept that touches the very framework of reality. What was 'The Blind Spot?' A room in San Francisco where strange things happened -- or a doorway into another cosmos, a different world, or perhaps the key to the past or future? The fantastic events that follow from its deceptively simple opening are the sort of stuff from which Charles Fort wove his world-shaking books and A. Merritt wrought fabulous novels. The Blind Spot is an experience in science-fiction imagination not to be missed by anyone.

[The Blind Spot[/ was followed in 1932 by [The Spot of Life
[/.

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Hall, Charles W.: Adrift in the Ice-Fields. v1, 10 Jan 2008

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From the PREFACE:

To open to the youth of America a knowledge of some of the winter sports of our neighbors of the maritime provinces, with their attendant pleasures, perils, successes, and reverses, the following tale has been written.

It does not claim to teach any great moral lesson, or even to be a guide to the young sportsman; but the habits of all birds and animals treated of here have been carefully studied, and, with the mode of their capture, have been truthfully described.

It attempts to chronicle the adventures and misadventures of a party of English gentlemen, during the early spring, while shooting sea-fowl on the sea-ice by day, together with the stories with which they whiled away the long evenings, each of which is intended to illustrate some peculiar dialect or curious feature of the social life of our colonial neighbors.

Later in the season the breaking up of the ice carries four hunters into involuntary wandering, amid the vast ice-pack which in winter fills the great Gulf of St. Lawrence. Their perils, the shifts to which they are driven to procure shelter, food, fire, medicine, and other necessaries, together with their devious drift and final rescue by a sealer, are used to give interest to what is believed to be a reliable description of the ice-fields of the Gulf, the habits of the seal, and life on board of a sealing steamer.[Pg 4]

It would seem that the world had been ransacked to provide stories of adventure for the boys of America; but within the region between the Straits of Canso and the shores of Hudson's Bay there still lie hundreds of leagues of land never trodden by the white man's foot; and the folk-lore and idiosyncrasies of the population of the Lower Provinces are almost as unknown to us, their near neighbors.

The descendants of emigrants from Bretagne, Picardy, Normandy, and Poitou, still retaining much of their ancient patois, costume, habits, and superstitions; the hardy Gael, still ignorant of any but the language of Ossian and his burr-tongued Lowland neighbors; the people of each of Ireland's many counties, clinging still to feud, fun, and their ancient Erse tongue, together with representatives from every English shire, and the remnants of Indian tribes and Esquimaux hordes,-offer an opportunity for study of the differences of race, full of picturesque interest, and scarcely to be met with elsewhere.

The century which has with us almost realized the apostolic announcement, "Old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new," with them has witnessed little more than the birth, existence, and death of so many generations, and the old feuds and prejudices of race and religion, little softened by the lapse of time, still remain with their appropriate developments, in the social life of the scattered peoples of these northern shores.

Regretting that the will to depict those life-pictures has not been better seconded by more skill in word-painting, the author lays down his pen, hoping that the pencil of the artist will atone, in some degree, for his own "many short-comings."

With illustrations to begin most chapters.

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Hall, Gertrude: The Wagnerian Romances, v.1, 18 November 2008.

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Gertrude Hall [married name: Gertrude Hall Brownell]
(1863-1961)
The Wagnerian Romances (1907)

From the Introduction:
“The attempt has been made in the following to give an idea of the charm and interest of the original text of the Wagner operas, of Wagner’s extraordinary power and fertility as a dramatist. It is not critique or commentary, it is presentation, picture, narrative; it offers nothing that is not derived directly and exclusively from the Wagner libretti and scores.
The stories of the operas are widely known already, of course. As literature, however, one may almost say they are not known at all, unless by students of German. The translators had before them a task so tremendous, in the necessity to fit their verse-rendering of the master’s poetry to extremely difficult music, that we respect them for achieving it at all. None the less must the translations included in our libretti be pronounced painfully inadequate. To give a better, more complete knowledge of the original poems is the object of these essays. The poems form, even apart from the music, a whole beautiful, luminous, romantic world. One would not lose more by dropping out of literature the Idylls of the King than the Wagnerian romances.”

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Hall, Mordaunt: Some Naval Yarns. v1, 5 Sep 2008

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1917 collection of short stories about life in the Royal Navy. Stirring, patriotic stuff!

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Hall, Radcliffe: The Well of Loneliness, v.1, 31.Oct 2007.

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Radcliffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness.
(1928)

A lesbian novel. Rather earnest.

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Hall, Radclyffe: The Unlit Lamp, v.1, 8 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

The novel was first published in 1924 and was actually Hall’s first, though was not published until after ‘The Well of Loneliness’ (--already uploaded).

Set in the early 20th century, it is the story of Elizabeth Ogden, a bright and independent girl, who wishes to go to university and train as a doctor. However, she will have to overcome her parents’ objections. Her father is a blustering, retired military man and her mother is a neurotic, self-centred and manipulative snob. She repeatedly uses emotional blackmail to appeal to the girl’s sense of duty. Elizabeth eventually succumbs to the path of least resistance, and is finally abandoned by her supportive friends after numerous attempts to dissuade her from a misplaced sense of loyalty to her mother.

Yes, it is a bit earnest, if not actually grim. But those with emotionally demanding parents may well find it cathartic. (Anyway, I did.)

The text recently appeared on PG Australia. I have corrected a few typos against my paper copy (now destined for the charity shop) as well as adding a ToC, curly quotes and photograph of the author.

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Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): A Desperate Chance v1 1 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Another One by Old Sleuth here:
A DESPERATE CHANCE
OR
THE WIZARD TRAMP'S REVELATION

A Treasure hunt, full of action and suspense:

[QUOTThe two men assisted Desmond to their shoulders.

He took the lantern and shoved his head through the opening, and then flashed the light around, and with a joyful shout exclaimed: "We've got it!"

"This beats me dead," said Creedon.

Both men were greatly excited, for it did appear that they had made a great find of hidden treasure. Meantime, Desmond managed to force himself up and disappeared in the cave. He glanced around and beheld a sight that filled him with varying emotions. The chamber was not more than four feet square, but on the floor in one corner was a shining heap. It shone under the ray of his lantern as he flashed the light upon it. He took a handful of the shining stuff and passed it down to Creedon, handing him the lantern at the same time, and he said: "You are a good judge; tell me what that is?"

"It's gold dust," cried Creedon; "how much is there of it?"

"Oh, barrels full, I should say."

"Great ginger! lad, you've struck it."[/QUOT
Source PG, treated by MTH, cover by MTH

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Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): Cad Metti v1 24 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

This is the archetypal pulp fiction mystery text.

Full title:

CAD METTI,
The Female Detective Strategist;
OR,
DUDIE DUNNE AGAIN IN THE FIELD.
BY OLD SLEUTH
Author of all the Famous "Old Sleuth" Stories.

There you have it

Tag line:[TWO SKILLFUL YOUNG DETECTIVES OVERMATCH A BRACE OF VILLAINS AND PROVE WHAT NERVE AND COURAGE CAN DO.[/

And an ad for a book, that "Tells how to make the Eggs of Pharo's Serpents, from which, when lighted, though but the size of a pea, there issues from it a coiling, hissing serpent, wonderful in length and similarity to a genuine serpent."

I couldn't cut that out!

Got it from PG and gave it the MTH treatment. (Cover by MTH)

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Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): The Dock Rats Of New York v1 25 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

Another one of Old Sleuth's pulp mysteries:
THE "DOCK RATS" OF NEW YORK OR THE SMUGGLER BAND'S LAST STAND BY "OLD SLEUTH"
[QUOT"Hold, Stranger!"

The words fell from beautiful lips under the most exciting circumstances.

A boat rocked upon the calm water that murmured along the shore, when a young man came down from the upper bank of white drift sand, and seized the tiller rope. He had the rope in his hand, his arm was upraised to draw the boat to his feet, when he was startled by hearing the words with which we open our narrative.

The young man turned toward the speaker, and encountered a sight that caused his handsome eyes to bulge with amazement.

It was a clear, cloudless night, and a half moon shed its diminished radiance on surrounding objects, and revealed to the astonished gaze of the young man the weird-appearing figure of a young girl.

One glance was sufficient to announce the fact that the girl was beautiful, but alas! in what questionable shape did she appear? She was attired in a loose gown tightened about the waist with a leathern belt, her feet were bare, and her long hair hung unkempt upon her shoulders.

As our old-time readers know, we are not heavy on the beauty-describing business, and we will merely declare that the girl was indeed a lovely creature, clad in rags; but she was beautiful, and Spencer Vance, the young man, discerned the fact at a glance, and his amazement was the greater because of the thrilling conditions under which re beheld so great loveliness.

The young man made no immediate answer to the girl's abrupt salutation, but merely stood and gazed at her without any attempt to conceal his utter astonishment.[/QUOT
The good guy (detective) chases the bad guys (smugglers) and, at the end, gets the girl. Nice, smooth reading.

Got this from PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added a cover (from manybooks)

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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert: The Intellectual Life, v.1, 18 May 2009.

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Patricia

Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894)
The Intellectual Life (1873)

A book on how to cultivate one’s intellectual potential; written as a series of letters.

The source was a scanned PDF from The Internet Archive. Polyglot27 kindly did virtually all the editing and proofreading. I have formatted his text, and transliterated a short Greek quotation.

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Hamilton, Edmond: The Stars, My Brothers, v.1, 5 Apr 2008

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As explained by the Project Gutenberg transcriber, this illustrated scifi story by Edmond Hamilton was first printed in the May, 1962 issue of [Amazing Stories Fact and Science Fiction[/ and there is no evidence that the U.S. copyright on the publication was renewed.

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Hamilton, Edmond: The City at World's End v1.0 2007-09-13

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[The City at World's End[/ by Edmond Hamilton

[quotThe pleasant little American city of Middletown is the first target in an atomic war - but instead of blowing Middletown to smithereens, the super-hydrogen bomb blows it right off the map - to somewhere else! First there is the new thin coldness of the air, the blazing corona and dullness of the sun, the visibility of the stars in high daylight. Then comes the inhabitant's terrifying discovery that Middletown is a twentieth-century oasis of paved streets and houses in a desolate brown world without trees, without water, apparently without life, in the unimaginably far-distant future.[/quot

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Hamilton, Edmond: The Man who saw the Future v1 16 feb 2009

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A man sees the future... and it's horrible beyond description.

This etext was produced from Amazing Stories February 1961.

One illustration.

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Hamilton, Jay, & Madison: The Federalist Papers. 07 Oct 07

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RWood

[The Federalist Papers[/ were written in 1787 and 1788 by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in support of the proposed US Constitution. They were effective in their day in building support for the Constitution and a major reference today for insights as to what our founders intended the document to mean. (Parts of the papers were included in the [Harvard Classics[/, Volume 43.)

The original publication of the papers were without attribution and research (along with analysis of the writing) has fixed many of them to their original author. Some are still in dispute among the three.

Who are they? Alexander Hamilton after being an aide to George Washington in the war was a proponent for a strong central banking system (like the one the US has today) and was the first Secretary of the Treasury. He was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. John Jay was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. James Madison (husband of Dolly Madison) was US President in the War of 1812.

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Hammerton JA Ed, Mee, A Ed: The World's Greatest Books-Vol2-Fiction. V1. 29 July 2009

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Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as 'the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known'.
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (born Aberdeen, October 21, 1860-died Llanishen, January 15, 1926) was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer.

Another early Readers Digest.
Borrow, George: Lavengro , Romany Rye
Braddon, M.E.: Lady Audley’s Secret
Bradley, Edward ("COTHBERT Bede”): Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
Bronte, Charlotte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette
Bronte, Emily: Wuthering Heights
Buchanan, Robert: Shadow of the Sword
Bunyan, John: Holy War, Pilgrim’s Progress
Burney, Fanny: Evelina
Carleton, William: The Black Prophet
Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Cervantes: Don Quixote
Chamisso, Adalbert von: Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man
Chateaubriand, Francois René de: Atala
Cherbuliez, Charles victor: Samuel Brohl & Co.
Collins, Wilkie: No Name, The Woman in White
Conway, Hugh: Called Back
Cooper, Fenimore: Last of the Mohicans, The Spy
Craik, Mrs.: John Halifax, Gentleman
Croly, George: Salathiel, or Tarry Thou Till I Come
Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years before the Mast

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Hammett, Dashiell: Arson Plus v1 2 dec 2008

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One more short story by Dashiell Hammett. He's still the best!

Source manybooks, MTH treatment, added a cover

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Hammett, Dashiell: The Assistant Murderer v1 19. nov 2008

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mtravellerh

[QUOTSamuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894—January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in the New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction".[/QUOT
Early short story taken from Manybooks, streamlined, added a cover.

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Hammett, Dashiell: Who Killed Bob Teal? v1 2 dec 2008

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Another one by the master himself, Dashiell Hammett! Short but oh so sweet read.

Got it from Manybooks, MTH treatment, added cover

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Hammett, Dashiell: Zigzags of Treachery v1 17 jan 2009

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An innocent man dies in "Zigzags of Treachery," but while the detective knows the murderer and the motive, the issue is left to resolve itself when the primary mystery - a tale of extortion - is solved.

For Hammett, violence was not a problem in itself, but rather an indication of deeper evil lurking beneath. He repeatedly leads us down a winding path of calculations and conjectures, based on an intimate knowledge of the crook's modus operandi, into a world where no one really knows the good from the wicked.

And while today we may have become cynical enough to believe that its ubiquity and violence have made crime less detrimental to society, Hammett's stories chill us into remembering that the most serious crimes remain invisible - and there lies the true horror of evil.

This is one of Hammett's best short stories (actually a novelette). It was first published in 1924 and the copyright has not been renewed, thus being in Public Domain in the USA.

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Hamsun, Knut: Hunger. v1. 6 Nov 2007.

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from Wikipedia:

Hamsun first received wide acclaim with his 1890 novel Hunger (Sult). The semi-autobiographical work described a young and egocentric writer's descent into near madness as a result of hunger and poverty in the Norwegian capital of Kristiania. To many, the novel presaged the writings of Franz Kafka and other twentieth-century novelists with its internal monologue and bizarre logic.

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Hancock, H. Irving: Annapolis Omnibus. v4, 2 Mar 2009

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HarryT

An omnibus edition of the juvenile series "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" (originally published 1910-1911), following the adventures of Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell during their four years at Annapolis Naval Academy. This four-book series directly follows on from the "High School Boys" and "High School Boys Vacation" series posted previously, and is a "parallel" series to the "Dick Prescott at West Point" and "Young Engineers" omnibuses. Please refer to the description of the "High School Boys" series for more information about the series and the author.

The books in the omnibus are:

Book 1: "Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis" or "Two Plebe Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy"

Book 2: "Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis" or "Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy 'Youngsters'"

Book 3: "Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis" or "Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen"

Book 4: "Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis" or "Headed for Graduation and the Big Cruise"

Enjoy!

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Hancock, H. Irving: Dave Darrin Omnibus. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Sequel to the "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" series, this is an omnibus edition of H. Irving Hancock's "Dave Darrin" juvenile series, narrating the adventures of Dave Darrin as a young naval officer in the U.S. Navy before and during the First World War. There are six books in the series:

1. Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz
2. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service
3. [Dave Darrin's South American Cruise[/ *
4. [Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station[/ *
5. [Dave Darrin and the German Submarines[/ *
6. Dave Darrin Against the Mine Layers

* These books are not currently available and will added to the omnibus as and when they become available.

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Hancock, H. Irving: Grammar School Boys Omnibus (Illustrated). v2, 14 Feb 2008

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An omnibus edition of the juvenile "Grammar School Boys" series (currently missing one book). This is the earliest series to feature "Dick & Co.", whose subsequent adventures are narrated in the "High School Boys Omnibus", "High School Boys Summer Vacation Omnibus", "West Point Omnibus", "Annapolis Omnibus" and "Young Engineers Omnibus", all of which are available for download here.

The books in this omnibus are:

- The Grammar School Boys of Gridley

- The Grammar School Boys Snowbound

- [The Grammar School Boys in the Woods[/

- The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics

The third book in the series is not currently available as an e-Book; it will be added to the omnibus as and well it is released.

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Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Omnibus. v4, 5 May 2008

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One of my great loves is turn of the 20th century "juvenile" literature, and this is an excellent example of the genre.

The four books of the "High School Boys" series tell the story of (to quote): "Dick Prescott, Dave Darrin, Greg Holmes, Dan Dalzell, Tom Reade and Harry Hazelton, six young chums who, back in their days in the Central Grammar School Gridley, had become fast friends, and had become known as Dick & Co.". Like all such books of the time, these books are intended to provide "wholesome" reading and to encourage "manly virtues" by setting proper moral examples. A real example from the blurb of one of the books:

[[This book] will be found to be a splendid story of real American boys who know how to get the most out of both work and play, and to make each year of life a preparation for a better year to come.[/

Who can fail to be morally uplifted by such sentiments?

Despite not understand at all the sports which these books largely concern themselves with (baseball and American football) I find these to be a wonderful read - a snapshot of the simpler and more innocent world which existed prior to the First World War.

I should note that there are several "companion" series to this which I shall be posting in the near future. These include the "High School Boys Summer Vacation" series, which runs in parallel with this series and tells the stories of what "Dick & Co." got up to in their summer vacations, and series which tell the stories of what the characters involved did subsequent to leaving High School - at West Point Military Academy, Annapolis Naval Academy, and as "Young Engineers" respectively. All in all, these are wonderful books.

Finally, it's interesting to note that, unlike the vast majority of these juvenile books of the time, "H. Irving Hancock" is not a "house name" of a publisher, but a real person. Hancock, who lived from approximately 1866 (his birth date is uncertain) to 1922 was a chemist who produced his vast output of books writing at night.

Anyway, enough digression. The books in this series are:

Book 1: "The High School Freshmen" or "Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports"

Book 2: "The High School Pitcher" or "Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond"

Book 3: "The High School Left End" or "Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron"

Book 4: "The High School Captain of the Team" or "Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard"

(Many books of this time had "alternate titles", in case you're wondering about the "or" bits)

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Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Vacation Omnibus. v3, 29 Apr 2008

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More juvenile fiction from the early years of the 20th century.

A four book omnibus detailing the exciting adventures of "Dick & Co." during their summer vacations. Please see the description of "The High School Boys Omnibus" for more information.

The books in the omnibus are:

Book 1: "The High School Boys' Canoe Club" or "Dick & Co.'s Rivals on Lake Pleasant"

Book 2: "The High School Boys in Summer Camp" or "The Dick Prescott Six Training for the Gridley Eleven"

Book 3: "The High School Boys Fishing Trip" or "Dick & Co. in the Wilderness"

Book 4: "The High School Boys' Training Hike" or "Making Themselves 'Hard as Nails'"

Enjoy!

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Hancock, H. Irving: West Point Omnibus. v4, 26 May 2008

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An omnibus edition of the juvenile series "Dick Prescott at West Point" (originally published 1910-1911), following the adventures of Dick Prescott and Greg Holmes during their four years at West Point military academy. This four-book series directly follows on from the "High School Boys" and "High School Boys Vacation" series posted previously, and is a "parallel" series to the "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" and "Young Engineers" omnibuses. Please refer to the description of the "High School Boys" series for more information about the series and the author.

The books in this omnibus are:

Book 1: "Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point" or "Two Chums in the Cadet Gray"

Book 2: "Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point" or "Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life"

Book 3: "Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point" or "Standing Firm for Flag and Honor"

Book 4: "Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point" or "Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps"

Enjoy!

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Hancock, H. Irving: Young Engineers Omnibus. v3, 18 May 2008

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An omnibus edition of the juvenile series "The Young Engineers" (originally published between 1912 and 1920), following the adventures of two young men, Harry Hazeltine and Tom Reade, working as civil engineers on railways, in mines, and other such exciting places.This five-book series directly follows on from the "High School Boys" and "High School Boys Vacation" series posted previously, and is a "parallel" series to the "Dick Prescott at West Point" and "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" omnibuses. Please refer to the description of the "High School Boys" series for more information about the series and the author.

The books in the omnibus are:

Book 1: "The Young Engineers in Colorado" or "At Railwood Building in Earnest"

Book 2: "The Young Engineers in Arizona" or "Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand"

Book 3: "The Young Engineers in Nevada" or "Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick"

Book 4: "The Young Engineers in Mexico" or "Fighting the Mine Swindlers"

Book 5: "The Young Engineers on the Gulf" or "The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater"

Note that the final book in the series refers to a subsequent volume called "The Young Engineers in Lead". This is a "phantom title" - ie one which was never written - a thing very commonly encountered in these juvenile series books).

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Hankins, Arthur Preston: The She Boss. V1. 30 July 2009

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I found no information on the Arthur Preston Hankins. Several of his books were made into movies.

Excerpt
Spring was manifest in the vast big-timber country of Mendocino County. “Uncle” Sebastian Burris felt the moist warmth of it oozing from the slowly drying road as he trudged along. The smell of it emanated from the white, pale-yellow, and pink fungi that flourished on the soaked and ancient logs along the way. He heard the voice of it in the soft murmuring of the South Fork of the Eel, which went twinkling down Bear Valley through firs and redwoods straight as telegraph poles; in the caress of the soft south wind soughing in the tree-tops. Chipmunks and gray squirrels darted across his path.

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Hannan, Jeff: The 2080s. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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[The 2080s [/by Jeff Hannan is released with a Creative Commons license.

From Authors Web Site: http://the2080s.com/

Warning: This story contains videogame violence

[The 2080s[/ - eighty years from now, young Zak Carter dreams of becoming a professional games player despite the ridicule of his family.

When the family decide to emigrate to Mars, he makes a bold attempt to be free of them, but stumbles across a plot that threatens their lives.

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Hannay, James O: The Wisdom of the Desert, v.1, 5 June 2008.

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Patricia

(1904) A selection, translation and commentary of the sayings of the Desert Fathers—the earliest Christian monks—as collected in the [Apophthegmata[/. ([Verba Seniorum[/).

Done in response to a request.

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Hanshew, Mary E.: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. v1. 12 Sep 07

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HarryT

Another detective story featuring Cleek, the former cat-burglar and master of disguise, turned Scotland Yard detective.

[Mr. Maverick Narkom, Superintendent of Scotland Yard, sat before the litter of papers upon his desk. His brow was puckered, his fat face red with anxiety, and there was about him the air of one who has reached the end of his tether. He faced the man opposite, and fairly ground his teeth upon his lower lip. "Dash it, Cleek!" he said for the thirty-third time, "I don't know what to make of it, I don't, indeed! The thing's at a deadlock. Hammond reports to me this morning that another bank in Hendon-a little one-horse affair-has been broken into. That makes the third this week, and as usual every piece of gold is gone. Not a bank note touched, not a bond even fingered. And the thief-or thieves-made as clean a get-away as you ever laid your eyes on! I tell you, man, it's enough to send an average person daft! The whole of Scotland Yard's been on the thing, and we haven't traced 'em yet![/

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Hanshew, Thomas W.: Cleek - The Man of the Forty Faces. v1. 21 Aug 07

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Cleek was once the cat burglar London knew as "the man of forty faces" due to his unusual gift for disguise. But, love soon traps Cleek in a way Scotland Yard never could, and he is reborn as a foe of evil doers, putting his vast knowledge of crime and the criminal world to use on cases that baffle the police.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek of Scotland Yard. V1. 10 Feb 2011

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.

Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek, the Master Detective. V1. 31 July 2009

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.
Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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The thing wouldn’t have happened if any other constable than Collins had been put on point duty at Blackfriars Bridge that morning. For Collins was young, good-looking, and knew it. Nature had gifted him with a susceptible heart and a fond eye for the beauties of femininity. So when he looked round and saw the woman threading her way through the maze of vehicles at “Dead Man’s Corner,” with her skirt held up just enough to show two twinkling little feet in French shoes, and over them a graceful, willowy figure, and over that an enchanting, if rather too highly tinted, face, with almond eyes and a fluff of shining hair under the screen of a big Parisian hat—that did for him on the spot.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: Riddle of the Night, The. V1. 11 Feb 2011

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.

Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. V1. 31 July 2009

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.
Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Mr. Maverick Narkom, Superintendent of Scotland Yard, sat before the litter of papers upon his desk. His brow was puckered, his fat face red with anxiety, and there was about him the air of one who has reached the end of his tether.
He faced the man opposite, and fairly ground his teeth upon his lower lip.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel. V1. 12 Feb 2011

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.

Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Harding, Warren: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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29th President of the USA. 1921-1923

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Hardy, Thomas, Jude the Obscure V1.0 17 Sept 2007

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Hardy, Thomas: A Group of Noble Dames. v1, 5 Sep 2008

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1891 short story collection. As the title suggests, all the stories in the collection concern titled ladies.

The stories are as follows:

Part I—Before Dinner

The First Countess of Wessex
Barbara of the House of Grebe
The Marchioness of Stonehenge
Lady Mottisfont

Part II—After Dinner

The Lady Icenway
Squire Petrick’s Lady
Anna, Lady Baxby
The Lady Penelope
The Duchess of Hamptonshire
The Honourable Laura

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Hardy, Thomas: A Pair of Blue Eyes (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008

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1873 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen Smith is a socially inferior but ambitious young man who adores her and with whom she shares a country background. Henry Knight is the respectable, established, older man who represents London society.

Elfride finds herself caught in a battle between her heart, her mind and the expectations of those around her - her parents and society. The novel is notable for the strong parallels to Hardy and his first wife Emma Gifford. When Elfride's father finds that his guest and candidate for his daughter's hand, architect's assistant Stephen Smith, is the son of a mason, he immediately orders him to leave.

This was the third of Hardy's novels to be published and the first to bear his name.

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Hardy, Thomas: Desperate Remedies. v1, 9 Sep 2008

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1871 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Hardy described [Desperate Remedies[/ as a tale of 'mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity'. Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative steward Manston. Blackmail, murder and romance are among the ingredients of Hardy's first published novel, and in it he draws blithely on the 'sensation novel' perfected by Wilkie Collins. Several perceptive critics praised the author as a novelist with a future when [Desperate Remedies[/ appeared anonymously in 1871. In its depiction of country life and insight into psychology and sexuality, it already bears the unmistakable imprint of Hardy's genius.

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Hardy, Thomas: Far From the Madding Crowd (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008

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The novel which first brought fame to Thomas Hardy.

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'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing for certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.' Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart. [Far from the Madding Crowd[/ was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. Set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility.

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Hardy, Thomas: Jude the Obscure (Illustrated). v1, 3 Sep 2008

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[Jude the Obscure[/, is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. The book was burnt publicly by the Bishop of Exeter in that same year. Its hero Jude Fawley is a lower-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar. The two other main characters are his earthy wife, Arabella, and his cousin, Sue. Themes include class, scholarship, religion, marriage, and the modernisation of thought and society.

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Hardy, Thomas: Life's Little Ironies. v1, 3 Sep 2008

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1894 short story collection by Thomas Hardy.

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The proverbial phrase 'life's little ironies' was coined by Hardy for his third volume of short stories. These tales and sketches possess all the power of his novels: the wealth of description, the realistic portrayal of the quaint lore of Wessex, the 'Chaucerian' humour and characterisation, the shrewd and critical psychology, the poignant estimate of human nature and the brooding sense of wonder at the essential mystery of life.The tales which make up "Life's Little Ironies" tenderly re-create a rapidly vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siecle bourgeois life. They share the many concerns of Hardy's last great novels, such as the failure of modern marriage and the insidious effects of social ambition on the family and community life. Ranging widely in length and complexity, they are unified by Hardy's quintessential irony, which embraces both the farcical and the tragic aspects of human existence.

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Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Illustrated). v1, 27 Aug 2008

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Hardy's penultimate novel, first published in 1891.

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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels.

With 24 illustrations by various artists from the original magazine serialisation.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Hand of Ethelberta (Illustrated). v1, 15 Sep 2008

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1876 comic novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Adventuress and opportunist, Ethelberta reinvents herself to disguise her humble origins, launching a brilliant career as a society poet in London with her family acting incognito as her servants. Turning the male-dominated literary world to her advantage, she happily exploits the attentions of four very different suitors. Will she bestow her hand upon the richest of them, or on the man she loves? Ethelberta Petherwin, alias Berta Chickerel, moves with easy grace between her multiple identities, cleverly managing a tissue of lies to aid her meteoric rise. In "The Hand of Ethelberta" (1876), Hardy drew on conventions of popular romances, illustrated weeklies, plays, fashion plates and even his wife's diary in this comic story of a woman in control of her destiny.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Illustrated). v2, 29 Aug 2008

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While drunk, Michael Henchard, a hay-trusser by trade, sells his wife Susan and their child Elizabeth-Jane to Newson, a sailor, for five guineas.

Years later, Susan, now a widow, arrives in Casterbridge to seek her legal husband. To their surprise, Henchard is now the Mayor of Casterbridge and following the sale of his wife, took a twenty-one-year vow not to drink, out of shame. Henchard remarries Susan and as Elizabeth-Jane believes herself to be Newson's daughter, he adopts her as his own. But he cannot evade his destiny by such measures, for his past refuses to be buried. Fate contrives for him to be punished for the recklessness of his younger days.

In this powerful depiction of a man who overreaches himself, Hardy once again show his acute psycological grasp and his deep-seated knowledge of mid-nineteenth century Dorset.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Return of the Native (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008

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1878 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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The passionate Eustacia Vye feels herself imprisoned in the wild, isolated Egdon Heath ("'Tis my cross...and will be my death"), and although she longs for a love that will free her from it, her marriage only serves to trap her deeper within it. Her husband, Clem Yeobright, is the native of the novel's title, returned from Paris with a scheme for educating the heath-folk. Though Hardy's story is one of fatally tangled relationships, the greatest effect upon the reader is made by Egdon Heath itself: "The storm was its lover, and the wind its friend."

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Hardy, Thomas: The Trumpet-Major (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008

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1880 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill owned by Miller Loveday, has three suitors: the local squire's nephew Festus and the miller's two sons, Robert and John. While Festus' aggressive pursuit deters the young woman from considering him as a husband, the indecisive Anne wavers between light-hearted Bob and gentle, steadfast John. But as their Wessex village prepares for possible invasion by Napoleon's fleet, all find their destinies increasingly tangled with the events of history. The Loveday brothers, one a sailor and one a soldier, must wrestle with their commitments to their country and their feelings for Anne. Lyrical and light-hearted, yet shot through with irony, [The Trumpet-Major[/ is one of Hardy's most unusual novels and a fascinating tale of love and desire.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Well-Beloved. v1, 8 Sep 2008

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1897 novel from Thomas Hardy.

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[The Well-Beloved[/ completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary "Well-Beloved" - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh. Powerful symbolism marks this romantic fantasy that Hardy has grounded firmly in reality with a characteristically authentic rendering of location, the Isle of Slingers, or Portland as we know it. Overt exploration of the relationship between erotic fascination and creativity makes this novel a nineteenth-century landmark in the persistent debate about art, aesthetics and gender.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Woodlanders. v1, 31 Aug 2008

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1887 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of Little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a moving tale that has vibrant characters, many humorous moments and genuine pathos coupled with tragic irony, Hardy eschews a happy ending. With characteristic derision, he exposes the cruel indifference of the archaic legal system off his day, and shows the tragic consequences of untimely adherence to futile social and religious proprieties.

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Hardy, Thomas: Two On a Tower. v1, 5 Sep 2008

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Published in 1882, his ninth novel, [Two on a Tower[/ is Hardy's most complete and daring treatment of the theme of love between characters of different classes and ages. Viviette, the married lady of the manor, is nine years older than Swithin St Cleve, the 20-year old `Adonis-astronomer', a `lad of striking beauty, scientific attainments, and cultivated bearing', the orphaned son of a curate who married the daughter of a family of farmers.

The story of their love, both complex and remarkable, involves adultery and accidental polygamy. On publication some reviewers considered the novel to be immoral, and one suggested that the treatment of the Bishop of Melchester might be regarded as a `studied and gratuitous insult aimed at the Church'. This sensational tale is informed throughout by the astronomical images and reflections which were preoccupying Hardy at the time of the book's composition.

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Hardy, Thomas: Under the Greenwood Tree (Illustrated). v1, 29 Aug 2008

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1872 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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[Under the Greenwood Tree[/ is Hardy's most bright, confident and optimistic novel. This delightful portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and quiet irony, established Hardy as a writer. However, the novel is not merely a charming rural idyll. The double-plot, in which the love story of Dick Dewey and Fancy Day is inter-related with a tragic chapter in the history of Mellstock Choir, hints at the poignant disappearance of a long-lived and highly-valued traditional way of life.

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Hardy, Thomas: Wessex Tales. v1, 3 Sep 2008

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1888 short story collection by Thomas Hardy.

In this, his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs, and lore of a Wessex that was rapidly passing out of memory. But these tales also portray the social and economic stresses of 1880s Dorset, and reveal Hardy's growing scepticism about the possibility of achieving personal and sexual satisfaction in the modern world. By turns humorous, ironic, macabre, and elegiac, these stories show the range of Hardy's story-telling genius.

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Harland, Henry: Grey Roses. V1. 12 Feb 2011

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
MERCEDES
A BROKEN LOOKING-GLASS
THE REWARD OF VIRTUE
A RE-INCARNATION
FLOWER O' THE QUINCE
WHEN I AM KING
A RESPONSIBILITY
CASTLES NEAR SPAIN

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Harland, Henry: My Friend Prospero. V1. 14 Feb 2010

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

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Seated alone in her great high-swung barouche, in the sweet April weather, Lady Blanchemain gave the interval that followed to a consideration of the landscape: first, sleeping in shadowy stillness, the formal Italian garden, its terraced lawns and metrical parterres, its straight dark avenues of ilex, its cypresses, fountains, statues, balustrades; and then, laughing in the breeze and the sun, the wild Italian valley, a forest of blossoming fruit-trees, with the river winding and glinting in its midst, with olive-clad hills blue-grey at either side, and beyond the hills, peering over their shoulders, the snow-peaks of mountains, crisp against the sky, and in the level distance the hazy shimmer of the lake.

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Harland, Henry: The Cardinal's Snuff-Box. V1. 12 Feb 2011

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

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"I love her so that the bare imagination of being allowed to tell her of my love almost makes me faint with joy. But it is like the story of the poor squire who loved his queen. She is the greatest of great ladies. I am nobody. She is so beautiful, so splendid, and so high above me, it would be the maddest presumption for me to ask her for her love. To ask for the love of my Queen! And yet—Oh, I can say no more. God sees my heart. God knows how I love her."

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Harland, Henry: The Lady Paramount. V1. 14 Feb 2011

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

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On the twenty-second anniversary of Susanna's birth, old Commendatore Fregi, her guardian, whose charge, by the provisions of her father's will, on that day terminated, gave a festa in her honour at his villa in Vallanza. Cannon had been fired in the morning: two-and-twenty salvoes, if you please, though Susanna had protested that this was false heraldry, and that it advertised her, into the bargain, for an old maid. In the afternoon there had been a regatta. Seven tiny sailing-boats, monotypes,—the entire fleet, indeed, of the Reale Yacht Club d'Ilaria—had described a triangle in the bay, with Vallanza, Presa, and Veno as its points; and I need n't tell anyone who knows the island of Sampaolo that the Marchese Baldo del Ponte's Mermaid, English name and all, had come home easily the first. Then, in the evening, there was a dinner, followed by a ball, and fire-works in the garden.

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Harold MacGrath: The Voice in the Fog. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

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Fog.
A London fog, solid, substantial, yellow as an old dog's tooth or a jaundiced eye. You could not look through it, nor yet gaze up and down it, nor over it; and you only thought you saw it. The eye became impotent, untrustworthy; all senses lay fallow except that of touch; the skin alone conveyed to you with promptness and no incertitude that this thing had substance. You could feel it; you could open and shut your hands and sense it on your palms, and it penetrated your clothes and beaded your spectacles and rings and bracelets and shoe-buckles. It was nightmare, bereft of its pillows, grown somnambulistic; and London became the antechamber to Hades, lackeyed by idle dreams and peopled by mistakes.

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Harper, Frances E W: Sowing and Reaping. V1. 17 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

A Temperance Novel

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Harper, Frances E. W.: Iola Leroy. V1. 15 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

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I confess when I first learned that Mrs. Harper was about to write "a story" on some features of the Anglo-African race, growing out of what was once popularly known as the "peculiar institution," I had my doubts about the matter. Indeed it was far from being easy for me to think that she was as fortunate as she might have been in selecting a subject which would afford her the best opportunity for bringing out a work of merit and lasting worth to the race—such a work as some of her personal friends have long desired to see from her graphic pen. However, after hearing a good portion of the manuscript read, and a general statement with regard to the object in view, I admit frankly that my partial indifference was soon swept away; at least I was willing to wait for further developments.

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Harper, Frances E. W: Minnie's Sacrifice. V1. 16 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

This moving nineteenth century novel tells the story of Minnie and Louis, two priviledged mixed race young people, born under slavery and raised as white. They marry after learning of their true heritage, and subsequently dedicate their lives and fortune to the betterment of their beleaguered race in the hostile, post-war South. This idyllic, heroic couple mirror the struggle for emancipation fought through war, faith, education and voting rights. Through sadness and challenge the two consecrate themselves to self-sacrifice and to "the fiery crown of martyrdom" in order to encourage and ennoble their people.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

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Harper, Frances E. W: Poems. V1. 15 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

Poetry

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Harper, Frances E. W: Trial and Triumph: V1. 16 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

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"Oh, that child! She is the very torment of my life. I have been the mother of six children, and all of them put together, never gave me as much trouble as that girl. I don't know what will ever become of her."

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Harris, Frank: Eatin' Crow. V1. 17 Feb 2011

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Frank Harris (February 14, 1856 – August 27, 1931) was a British-born, naturalized-American author, editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Though he attracted much attention during his life for his irascible, aggressive personality, editorship of famous periodicals, and friendship with the talented and famous, he is remembered mainly for his multiple-volume memoir My Life and Loves, which was banned in countries around the world for its sexual explicitness.

EATIN' CROW.
THE BEST MAN IN GAROTTE.

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Harris, Frank: Elder Conklin. V1. 17 Feb 2011

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Frank Harris (February 14, 1856 – August 27, 1931) was a British-born, naturalized-American author, editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Though he attracted much attention during his life for his irascible, aggressive personality, editorship of famous periodicals, and friendship with the talented and famous, he is remembered mainly for his multiple-volume memoir My Life and Loves, which was banned in countries around the world for its sexual explicitness.

This was Harris' first book, generally well received by the critics of his day. It demonstrates his gift for story-telling, particularly in the title story: set in the Kansas that Harris had known some twenty years before, it tells of an old man, his daughter and their lodger. Each is wonderfully cussed in their own way, leading to a predictably unfortunate climax.
Odd Books

ELDER CONKLIN.
THE SHERIFF AND HIS PARTNER.
A MODERN IDYLL.
EATIN' CROW
THE BEST MAN IN GAROTTE.
GULMORE, THE BOSS

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Harris, Joel Chandler, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, Version 11,

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Hope this attaches properly. First time I've attached a book for upload here. I ran it through Sigil and created a TOC for it. It isn't easy reading since the main character (Uncle Remus) talks in dialect.

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Harris, Larry, M: Lost in Translation, v1, 28 September 2009

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Larry M. Harris [Laurence M. Janifer] (1933–2002)
Lost in Translation (1961)
Illustrated by Schoenherr (John Schoenherr, b. 1935)

A short story in which a man attempts to stop an alien armed with nothing but logic.

The original blurb:
“In language translation, you may get a literally accurate word-for-word translation ... but miss the meaning entirely. And in space-type translation ... the effect may be the same!”

PG Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction August 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Harrison, Harry. Planet of the Damned. v1.0 19 October 2007

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The last of his work on Project Gutenberg. This is the only one I haven't read.

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Harrison, Harry. Short Stories of Henry Maxwell Dempsey. v1.0 20 October 2007

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The title is a joke. Henry Maxwell Dempsey is Harry Harrison's original name.

I have included the four short stories from PG. Enjoy.

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Harrison, Harry. The Repairman. v1.0 19 October 2007

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One of only 4 Harry Harrison short stories on Project Gutenberg. It is not in copyright.

The story is nothing remarkable, but I like it.

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Harrison, Harry. Toy Shop. v1.0 19 October 2007

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One of only 4 Harry Harrison short stories on Project Gutenberg.

I like this one. Simple premise, well executed.

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Harrison, Harry: Deathworld v1 17 mar 2009

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Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925) is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He is also (with Brian Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.

Deathworld is the name of a series of science fiction novels by Harry Harrison including the books Deathworld (first published 1960, anthologized in Astounding Science Fiction), Deathworld 2 (1964) and Deathworld 3 (1968) which along with the short story "The Mothballed Spaceship" (written as part of a tribute to John W. Campbell) are the only books available in English with the rest being published in Russian. The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.

There are several hints that the novels take place in the same universe as Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat series; however, other hints suggest a similar universe but not exactly the same one. For example, at several points in the Deathworld series, the novels mention the Special Corps with Inskipp as its leader; however, the story "The Mothballed Spaceship" mentions an armada about to attack Earth - a planet that is long destroyed in the time of The Stainless Steel Rat universe.

Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money. In a fit of ennui, he decides to accompany Kerk to his home, despite being warned that it is the deadliest world ever colonized by humans.

Pyrrus has a gravity of 2 g; its 42° axial tilt creates severe weather; it is very active tectonically, with frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions; and it possesses two moons, Samos and Bessos, comparable in size to Earth's in separate orbits, each creating its own tides that sometimes combine into rises and falls of up to 30 meters, that have been known to flood active volcanoes and create even more violent weather. Finally, there have been numerous supernovae in its vicinity, meaning that planets in the area are rich in radioactive ores. Pyrrus is the only habitable planet in the area, and the only one from which efforts to mine the area's ores can be sustained, making it a world of incredible potential value. It also means the planet's environment contains high levels of radiation.

Everything on the planet is predatory, and capable of killing an unwary human instantly. All large animals are strong enough to destroy small vehicles. All small animals have neurotoxic venom. All plants are carnivorous, even if only by fiat - their victims fertilize their soil. All microorganisms consume insufficiently protected tissue as quickly as acids. On top of this, all the aforementioned life evolves so quickly that even Kerk and his Pyrran crew have to be retrained upon their return in order to survive.

This novel is published only in Epub and Mobi formats for now and is richly illustrated!

This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction January, February and March 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Harrison, Harry: SF Anthology. v1, 25 Sep 2008

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A science fiction anthology from the popular American SF author, Harry Harrison.

The stories in the collection are:

- The Repairman ([Galaxy[/, February 1958)

- The Misplaced Battleship ([Astounding Science Fiction[/, April 1960)

- The K-Factor ([Analog[/, December 1960)

- Planet of the Damned ([Analog[/, Sept.-Nov. 1961)

- Toy Shop ([Analog[/, April 1962)

The works in the collection did not have their copyright renewed in the US, and hence are in the US public domain.

Enjoy!

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Angela's Business. V1. 19 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

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We have a society organized on the agreeable assumption that every woman, at twenty-five or thereabouts, finds herself in possession of a home, a husband, and three darling little curly-headed children.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Captivating Mary Carstairs. V1. 19 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

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Lord Pembroke, who married a Philadelphian, is quoted as saying that the Curzon is the most democratic club in a too confoundedly democratic country. M. Arly, the editor, has told Paris that it is the most exclusive club in the world. Probably both were right. The electing board is the whole club, and a candidate is stone-dead at the first blackball; but no stigma attaches to him for that. Of course, it is a small club. Also, though money is the least of all passports there, it is a wealthy club. No stretch of the imagination could describe its dues as low. But through its sons of plutocracy, and their never-ending elation at finding themselves in, has arisen the Fund, by which poor but honest men can join, and do join, with never a thought of ways and means. Of these Herbert Horning, possibly the best-liked man in the club, who supported a large family off the funny department of a magazine, was one. He had spurned the suggestion when it was first made to him, and had reluctantly foregone his election; whereon Peter Maginnis had taken him aside, a dash of red in his ordinarily composed eye.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Queed. V1. 19 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

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It was five of a November afternoon, crisp and sharp, and already running into dusk. Down the street came a girl and a dog, rather a small girl and quite a behemothian dog. If she had been a shade smaller, or he a shade more behemothian, the thing would have approached a parody on one's settled idea of a girl and a dog. She had enough height to save that, but it was the narrowest sort of squeak.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: V. V.'s Eyes. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

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V. Vivian, M.D. by the paint upon his window, dwelt in the Dabney House; Mr. Heth--pronounced Heath if you value his wife's good opinion--dwelt in the House of his cognomen. Between the two lay a scant mile of city streets. But then this happened to be the particular mile which traversed, while of course it could not span, the Great Gulf fixed.

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Harrison, Jane Ellen: Ancient Art and Ritual, v1, 5 January 2010.

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Jane Ellen Harrison, LL.D., LITT.D. (1850–1928)
Ancient Art and Ritual
First published in 1913, and reprinted in 1918 (revised), 1919, 1927, 1935 and 1948.

Dr Harrison applies the theories of James Frazer’s “The Golden Bough” to explore the origins of Greek art and drama, and surmises that they are rooted in primitive magic.

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Harrison, Jane: Myths of Greece and Rome, v.1, 8 October 2008.

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Myths of Greece and Rome (1928)
By Jane Harrison, LL.D., LITT.D. (1850–1928)
Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, Sometime Fellow and Staff Lecturer of Newnham College, Cambridge

A short outline of Greek mythology from a noted classical scholar. The book shows how Greek mythology evolved. (Despite the mention of Roman mythology in the title, the focus is on the myths of Greece.)

Contents:
Introductory; The Gods of Homer’s Olympus; Zeus (Jove, Jupiter); Hera; Athena (Minerva); Aphrodite (Venus; )Artemis (Diana); Apollo (Phoebus); Ares (Mars); Hermes (Mercury); Poseidon (Neptune);
The Mother of the Gods; Demeter and Persephone (Ceres and Proserpine); Dionysos; Eros; Bibliography.

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Harte, Bret.: Devil's Ford. v1, 23 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1837 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.

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A wondrous tale that evokes excitement and grabs attention. With tumbling mines and disastrous natural calamities, the narrative is full of action and thrill. It also relates love and emotions through intricately developed characters. Captivating!

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Harte, Bret: A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready. 03 Sept 07

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Another Harte story set in the west with the starting position of a miner who finally struck gold.

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Harte, Bret: Condensed Novels. 03 Sept 07

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Once upon a time it was was popular to parody popular novels. This fad has come and gone many times in the past. Remember that in those days the US was not a member of any international copyright convention so almost anything was allowed.

In [Condensed Novels[/ Harte mimics many authors of the day including Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, and Wilkie Collins. It is a good read, even better if you know the authors involved.

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Harte, Bret: How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar, v.1, 12 December 2008.

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Bret Harte (1836–1902)
How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar (1870)

Bret Harte best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. Here is a Christmas story.

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Harte, Bret: Jeff Brigg's Love Story. 03 Sept 07

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From Wikipedia: [QUOTBorn in Albany, New York, Harte moved to California in 1853, later working there in a number of capacities, including miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist. He spent part of his life in the northern California coast town now known as Arcata, then just a mining camp on Humboldt Bay.

His first literary efforts, including poetry and prose, appeared in The Californian, an early literary journal edited by Charles Henry Webb. In 1868 he became editor of The Overland Monthly, another new literary magazine, but this one more in tune with the pioneering spirit of excitement in California. His story, "The Luck of Roaring Camp," appeared in the magazine's second edition, propelling Harte to nationwide fame.

When word of Dickens' death reached Bret Harte in July of 1870, he immediately sent a dispatch across the bay to San Francisco to hold back the forthcoming publication of his Overland Monthly for twenty-four hours, so that he could compose the poetic tribute, Dickens in Camp. This work is considered by many of Harte's admirers as his masterpiece of verse, for its evident sincerity, the depth of feeling it displays, and the unusual quality of its poetic expression.

Determined to pursue his literary career, in 1871 he and his family traveled back East, to New York and eventually to Boston, where he contracted with a publisher for an annual salary of $10,000, "an unprecedented sum at the time." His popularity waned, however, and by the end of 1872 he was without a publishing contract and increasingly desperate. He spent the next few years struggling to publish new work (or republish old), delivering lectures about the gold rush, and even selling an advertising jingle to a soap company.

In 1878 Harte was appointed to the position of United States Consul in the town of Krefeld, Germany and then to Glasgow in 1880. In 1885 he settled in London. During the thirty years he spent in Europe, he never abandoned writing, and maintained a prodigious output of stories that retained the freshness of his earlier work. He died in England in 1902 and is buried at Frimley. In 1987 he appeared on a $5 U.S. Postage stamp, as part of the "Great Americans" Series of issues.[/QUOT

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Harte, Bret: Selected Stories. 02 Sept 07

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If you read only one of the Bret Harte books that I will be posting, this is the book to read. It is as close as it gets to a Greatest Hits collection.

His two most famous short stories are here -- "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat."

Think of this volume as a litmus test for Harte, if you don't like these stories you are not going to like the rest of his writings. If you do like these stories then enjoy the rest of the books that I will be posting.

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Harte, Bret: The Queen of the Pirate Isle. 04 Sept 07

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A short story for children. A departure for Harte from his normal mining camp type of old west sagas, this one deals with a young girl and her adventures. A delightful read complete with wonderful illustrations by Kate Greenaway.

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Harte, Bret: Urban Sketches. 03 Sept 07

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Slice of life sketches. One of my favorites is "Neighborhoods I Have Moved From"

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Hartland, Edwin Sidney: The Science of Fairy Tales, v.1, 9 November 2008.

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The Science of Fairy Tales: An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
By Edwin Sidney Hartland, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
1891.

From the Preface:
“The chief object of this volume is to exhibit, in a manner acceptable to readers who are not specialists, the application of the principles and methods which guide investigations into popular traditions to a few of the most remarkable stories embodying the Fairy superstitions of the Celtic and Teutonic peoples.”

The cover image is of Ludwig II of Bavaria’s castle at Neuschwanstein

If you like this book then you may well also enjoy RWood’s upload of:
Bunce, John Thackray: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning. 17 May 2008.

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Harvard Classics 50 INTRODUCTION, READER'S GUIDE, INDEXES, V1 ,March 30 2011

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I did some work on the one Volume of the Harvard Classics that wasn't uploaded according to the list at http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Harv..._at_MobileRead using the raw epub over at Internet Archive as its basis. I presume RWood always meant to convert and upload the last volume (I remember reading a post about it here somewhere) but alas with his passing he won't be able to complete his work on it. :sad:
So I thought I would upload a copy of what I did with the raw epub file to fill in the empty spot.

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Harvey, Harold: A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire, v.1, 17 July 2008

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[A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire[/ is a collection of about 45 annotated sketchbook drawings made by Private Harold Harvey, a British soldier in World War I, during his months of service early in the war. For some reason, I'm having difficulty confirming whether this is the same Harold Charles Francis Harvey who was an early 20th century British painter.

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Hastings, Milo M: City of Endless Night. V1. 21 Feb 2011

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Milo Milton Hastings (June 28, 1884 – February 25, 1957) was an American inventor, author, and nutritionist. He invented the forced-draft chicken incubator and Weeniwinks, a health-food snack. He wrote about chickens, science fiction, and health, among other things. Some of his writing is available in book form and on Project Gutenberg. Hastings was married twice and had three children.

An anti-German dystopic vision of the future.

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Hastings, Milo M: The Book of Gud. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Milo Milton Hastings (June 28, 1884 – February 25, 1957) was an American inventor, author, and nutritionist. He invented the forced-draft chicken incubator and Weeniwinks, a health-food snack. He wrote about chickens, science fiction, and health, among other things. Some of his writing is available in book form and on Project Gutenberg. Hastings was married twice and had three children.

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DIP INTO THIS NOVEL ANYWHERE.... It deals with a god in whom nobody believed, and of his adventures the day after eternity. For instance, try Chapter XVI.

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Hau, Carl: Das Todesurteil [German]. v1. 04 Feb 2011

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Carl Hau (ursprünglich Karl Hau, 3. Februar 1881-5. Februar 1926)
Das Todesurteil. Die Geschichte meines Prozesses (1925)

Wikipedia-Eintrag:
Carl Hau war ein deutscher Jurist, der im Juli 1907 in Karlsruhe wegen Mordes an seiner Schwiegermutter Josefine Molitor zum Tode verurteilt wurde. Der Indizienprozess erregte große öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit. Hau wurde zu lebenslanger Zuchthausstrafe begnadigt und nach 17 Jahren Haft auf Bewährung freigelassen. Er verfasste danach zwei Bücher, in denen er den Prozess und die Haftzeit aus seiner Sicht schilderte. Die im Ullstein Verlag erschienenen Berichte wurden zu Bestsellern. Das badische Justizministerium widerrief 1925 unter anderem wegen dieser Veröffentlichungen die Aussetzung der Strafe. Es kam zu neuen Debatten in der Presse über den Fall und über die Meinungsfreiheit ehemaliger Häftlinge. Carl Hau beging auf der Flucht in Italien am 5. Februar 1926 Selbstmord.

Falls jemand eine Quelle zu dem Folgeband „Lebenslänglich. Erlebtes und Erlesenes” (Berlin 1925) kennt, würde ich mich freuen, wenn er mir Bescheid geben könnte. Danke!

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Haultain, Arnold: Hints for Lovers, v.1, 18 May 2008.

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Arnold Haultain (1857-1941)
Hints for Lovers (1909)

An intriguing title – though this turns out to be a collection of aphorisms, many of which are rather silly. There are people on this forum who could write either better or sillier aphorisms.

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Hawel, Rudolf: Im Reich der Homunkuliden german v1 23 feb 2009

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Professor Doktor Voraus ist ein brillianter Wissenschaftler. Sein jüngster Geniestreich, die Möglichkeit die Lebensfunktionen eines Menschen zum vorübergehenden Stillstand zu bringen und so eine Art Winterschlaf hervorzurufen, ist allerdings höchst brisant. Die ärmeren Schichten, welche der Herr Professor bis zum Eintritt besserer wirtschaftlicher Zeiten schlafen legen will, sind empört und laufen Sturm, während die Idee beim Bürgertum vollen Anklang findet. Enttäuscht, dass die Genialität seiner Erfindung nicht erkannt wird, beschließt Voraus sich selbst für 2000 Jahre schlafen zu legen. Sein Diener Lorenz will seinen Herrn nicht alleine in die ungewisse Zukunft reisen lassen und begleitet den Professor auf seiner ungewöhnlichen Reise. In der Zukunft werden sie wie Helden empfangen und die Welt erscheint friedlich und nahezu vollkommen. Doch schon bald merken die beiden Zeitreisenden, dass der Preis für Glück und Wohlstand möglicherweise zu hoch war.

Zeitreise, kabellose Elektrizität, Solarenergie, Klontechnologie - kaum zu glauben aber dieser Roman ist bereits fast 100 Jahre alt. 1910 schuf Rudolf Hawel diesen Diamant der frühen Science-Fiction und sagte einige Entwicklungen erstaunlich genau voraus. Einige Bestandteile seiner Zukunftsvision würden auch heute noch genug Stoff für einen guten Science-Fiction Roman bieten.

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Hawthorne, Julian: Archibald Malmaison. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

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Archibald Malmaison was the second son of Sir Clarence Butt Malmaison, of Malmaison, Sussex. He had the odd distinction of being born on the 29th of February, 1800. His elder brother, Edward, born 1798, died before him, as will be hereinafter shown. There were no other brothers, but four girls appeared after Archibald, two of whom died in childhood of scarlet fever, while the other two grew up to be married. They have nothing to do with the story, and will not be mentioned again.

The Malmaisons, as their name denotes, were of French descent--Huguenots. Like many other emigrants, they yielded, in the course of a generation or two, to a barbarous mispronunciation of their patronymic, which came to be spoken of as if spelt "Malmsey."

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Hawthorne, Julian: Bressant. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

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A woman who loves thinks first of the man who has her heart; while he, as a general rule, is primarily concerned with himself. If Bressant wished Cornelia to be happy and loving, it was in order that he himself might thereby be incited to greater love and happiness; but, had her pleasure been, independent of his own, he would not have troubled himself about it. To her, on the other hand, Bressant's well-being would have been paramount to her own, and to be preserved, if need were, at its sacrifice.

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Hawthorne, Julian: Confessions and Criticisms. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

Essays
A PRELIMINARY CONFESSION.
NOVELS AND AGNOSTICISM.
AMERICANISM IN FICTION.
LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN.
THE MORAL AIM IN FICTION.
THE MAKER OF MANY BOOKS.
MR. MALLOCK'S MISSING SCIENCE.
THEODORE WINTHROP'S WRITINGS.
EMERSON AS AN AMERICAN.
MODERN MAGIC.
AMERICAN WILD ANIMALS IN ART.

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Hawthorne, Julian: David Poindexter's Disappearance. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

DAVID POINDEXTER'S DISAPPEARANCE.
KEN'S MYSTERY.
"WHEN HALF-GODS GO, THE GODS ARRIVE."
"SET NOT THY FOOT ON GRAVES."
MY FRIEND PATON.

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Hawthorne, Julian: Ed. Library of the World's Best Mystery and .... V1. 25 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891
Apuleius, Lucius, 125?-180
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
Capuana, Luigi, 1839-1915
Erckmann-Chatrian
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893
Mille, Pierre, 1864-1941
Pliny, the Younger, 62?-113
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de, 1838-1889
Voltaire, 1694-1778

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Hawthorne, Julian: Hawthorne and His Circle. V1. 24 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

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The best use we can make of good fortune is to share it with our fellows. Those to whom good things come by way of inheritance, however, are often among the latest to comprehend their own advantage; they suppose it to be the common condition. And no doubt I had nearly arrived at man's estate before it occurred to me that the lines of few fishers of men were cast in places so pleasant as mine.

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Hawthorne, Julian: Idolatry. V1. 24 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

Manetho's devotion to Helen seems unwavering; yet sometimes it is hard not to suspect a secret understanding between him and Salome. He has ceased to wear his diamond ring, and once we caught a diamond-sparkle from beneath the thick folds of lace which cover Helen's bosom; but, on the other hand, we fear his arm has been round the gypsy's graceful waist, and that she has learnt the secret of the private chamber. Is demure Manetho a flirt, or do his affections and his ambition run counter to each other? Helen would bring him the riches of this world,--but what should a clergyman care for such vanities?--while Salome is far the prettier, livelier, and more attractive woman of the two. Brother Hiero, whimsical and preoccupied, sees nothing of what is going on. He is an antiquary -- an Egyptologist -- and thereto his soul is wedded. He has no eyes nor ears for the loves of other people for one another.

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Hawthorne, Julian: The Golden Fleece. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

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The gentleman thus indignantly addressed contemplated his questioner with the serenity of one conscious of freedom from geologic responsibility. He was a man of about the professor's age,—say, sixty years,—but not like him in appearance. His figure was stately and massive,—that of one who in his youth must have possessed vast physical strength, rigidly developed and disciplined. Well set upon his broad shoulders was a noble head, crowned with gray, wavy hair; the eyes and eyebrows were black and powerful, but the expression was kindly and humorous. His moustache and the Roman convexity of his chin would have confirmed your conviction that he was a retired warrior; in which you would have been correct, for General Trednoke always appeared what he was, both outwardly and inwardly. His great frame, clad in white linen, was comfortably disposed in a Japanese straw arm-chair; yet there was a soldierly poise in his attitude. He was smoking a large and excellent cigar; and a cup of coffee, with a tiny glass of cognac beside it, stood on a mahogany stand at his elbow.

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Hawthorne, Julian: The Subterranean Brotherhood. V1. 25 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

In 1908, Hawthorne's old Harvard friend William J. Morton (son of pioneer anesthesiologist William T.G. Morton) invited Hawthorne to join in promoting some newly created mining companies in Ontario, Canada. Hawthorne made his writing and his family name central to the stock-selling campaigns. After complaints from shareholders, both Morton and Hawthorne were tried in New York City for mail fraud, and convicted in 1913.[9] Hawthorne was able to sell some three and a half million shares of stock in a nonexistent silver mine and served one year in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.[10]
Upon his release from prison, he wrote The Subterranean Brotherhood (1914), a nonfiction work calling for an immediate end to incarceration of criminals. Hawthorne argued, based on his own experience, that incarceration was inhumane, and should be replaced by moral suasion. Of the fraud with which he was charged he always maintained his innocence.
Wikipedia

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Hawthorne, Julian; Ed.: Classic Mysteries and Detective Stories. V1. 25 Dec 2008

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CLASSIC MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES
EDITED BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE
MODERN ENGLISH

NEW YORK
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO.
1909

Rudyard Kipling
A. Conan Doyle
Egerton Castle
Stanley J. Weyman
Wilkie Collins
Robert Louis Stevenson

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: A Wonder Book, v.1, 07 Dec 2007

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history.
Hawthorne is best-known today for his many short stories (he called them "tales") and his four major romances written between 1850 and 1860: The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Blithedale Romance (1852) and The Marble Faun (1860).

[QUOTBook Description
Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children. Included are The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that they collaborate on a story for children based on the legend of the Pandora’s Box, but this never materialized. He wrote A Wonder Book between April and July 1851, adapting six legends most freely from Charles Anton’s A Classical Dictionary (1842). He set out deliberately to “modernize” the stories, freeing them from what he called “cold moonshine” and using a romantic, readable style that was criticized by adults but proved universally popular with children.[/QUOT

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Mosses From An Old Manse, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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Excellent collection of Hawthorne's short stories..
Check out the oft-anthologized "Young Goodman Brown", "Feathertop", "P.’s Correspondence" (which is one of the first alternate history tales), "Earth's Holocaust," "Rappaccini's Daughter," and just about any of the others.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: My Kinsman, Major Molineux. v1. 29 Jan 09

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What we have here is the first story I've started work on by Nathaniel Hawthorne, from what I'm calling,

The Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection
Assembled by Me

(Well, remove the "me" - hahaha)

Here's the plot, taken from the Wiki:

["In the days before the American Revolution, Robin, a youth, arrives by ferry in Boston seeking his kinsman. Major Molineux, an official in the British Colonial government, has promised him work. Yet no one in town tells him where the major is. A rich man threatens the youth with prison, and an innkeeper calls him a runaway bond-servant. At every turn he meets a man with a red-and-black face, who seems at the center of many evil things. Later, he runs into the man with the painted face again, after blocking his path with a cudgel, he finally gets the answer that his kinsman will soon pass by. He waits at the spot on the steps of a church where he is greeted by the first polite gentleman he has met all night. Soon, the two men hear the roar of an approaching mob. At its head is the man with the red and black face and in its midst is Major Molineux, tarred and feathered. Disillusioned, the youth asks the old gentleman the way back to the ferry. Yet the latter restrains him, saying that it is still possible for him to thrive without his kinsman's protection."[/

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Great Stone Face, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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The Great Stone Face And Other Tales Of The White Mountains
Four Hawthorne stories that take place in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Great Stone Face is better known as the Old Man of the Mountain and appeared on the New Hampshire quarter before it collapsed in 2003.
I read this story in elementary school and wanted to re-read it.

[QUOTAs the years pass and his small village grows, Ethan watches for the fulfillment of the prophecy that someone born looking like the Great Stone Face up on the mountain will be the greatest, noblest person of his time.[/QUOT

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The House of the Seven Gables, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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[QUOTGreed, treachery, mesmerism, and murder are just some of the bricks Hawthorne uses to build The House of the Seven Gables. Generations before the present story begins, wealthy Colonel Pyncheon covets Matthew Maule’s land. When Maule is hanged for witchcraft, he puts a curse on the Colonel—and all his descendants. Now the menacing Judge Pyncheon continues the family tradition of hiding cruelty under a dazzling smile, while his scowling niece, Hepzibah, and half-mad nephew, Clifford, are reduced to poverty by his machinations. But the younger generation, embodied in their distant cousin, Phoebe, becomes a ray of hope penetrating the dark house.

Though Hawthorne openly discusses his book’s “moral” in its preface, The House of the Seven Gables is no dry sermon. In fact, a strong stream of poetic fantasy runs through it, which the author acknowledges by calling it a “romance,” rather than a novel. Like his other great works, The House of the Seven Gables reflects Hawthorne’s rich understanding of complex motives, of individuals caught in the unending struggle between our highest aspirations and our basest desires.[/QUOT
Another Hawthorne classic.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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[QUOTWhen it first appeared in 1850, The Scarlet Letter enjoyed scandalous success. New England critics condemned its passionate subject matter. One critic complained that Nathaniel Hawthorne invested adultery with all the fascination of genius, and all the charms of a highly polished style. My preliminary chapter, wryly noted the author, has caused the greatest uproar that has happened here since witch-times.

As she emerges from the prison of a Puritan New England town, Hester Prynne defies the dark gloom much as the rose blooms against the prison door. With her illegitimate baby, Pearl, clutched in her arms and the letter A—the mark of an adulteress—embroidered in scarlet thread on her breast, Hester holds her head high as she faces the malice and scorn of the townsfolk. Her powerful, bittersweet story is an American classic that continues to touch the hearts of modern readers with its timeless themes of guilt, passion and repentance.[/QUOT
Hawthorne's masterpiece.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter. v2 13 Mar 2011

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Sorry, a few typographical problems sneaked by me, enough to annoy me into making a new version. :smack: If you downloaded my previous attempt, you'll probably want to replace it with this one.

Converted from Gutenberg #25344

Includes illustrations, table of contents.
Gutenberg HTML->hand-edited->Mobi by Calibre 0.7.49

Tested on Kindle v2 and Kindle PC

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Hawthorne. Nathaniel: Two Christmas Stories, v.1, 12 December 2008.

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Two Christmas Stories
By Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

Contents:
The Christmas Banquet
Snow-Flakes

Two slightly lugubrious Christmas stories.

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Hayens, Herbert: My Sword's My Fortune v1 25 nov 2008

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Now this is a swashbuckler reminiscent of Alexandre Dumas if I ever saw one.

Do not expect too much thinking and a lot of action. In this genre the book (published in 1904) does very well, thank you!

Got it from PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added a cover of my own facture. This book is slightly (3 fine illustrations) illustrated, too. This is one to really have fun, so:

Have fun!

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Hayes, Rutherford: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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19th President of the USA. 1877-1881

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Hayward, Arthur: Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals. 29 Nov 2007

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We have a lot of fictional detective stories from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Drib's hard boiled novels; however, the true stories are few and far between -- all I can remember are three Pinkerton stories that Harry posted. While not [Lives[/ by Plutarch, [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals[/ does offer interesting glimpses into an underworld few of us see except for the distorted views of the celebrated cases in the media. First published in 1735 in England, it also presents a background on why some crimes are punished as harshly as they are.

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Heaney, Francis: Holy Tango of Literature. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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[Holy Tango of Literature[/ by Francis Heaney is released with a Creative Commons license.

http://www.yarnivore.com/francis/Holy_Tango.htm

Book Description

Holy Tango of Literature is a unique and captivating collection mimicking the great writers of literary history. This devilishly witty book has a twist: Each writer's name is rearranged as a title, creating the subject for a parody rendered in the author's style.

From the Publisher

Heaney’s work is whip-smart and laugh-out-loud funny. HOLY TANGO (that’s an anagram of "anthology"—see it now?) will send gullible readers scrambling for their old literature textbooks to hunt down ersatz classics.

[About the Author[/

Francis Heaney is a professional puzzle constructor as well as the composer and co-lyricist of the Off-Off Broadway musical We’re All Dead. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Games, Modern Humorist, Playboy, the New York Times, and Newsday.

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Hearn, Lafacdio: A Ghost Story and Others, v.1, 19 Feb 2008.

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Three short stories with supernatural elements.
Found at PG Australia.

Contents:
A Ghost Story
The Cedar Closet
Chin Chin Kobokama

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Hearn, Lafacio: Kokoro, v.1, 23 Jan 2008.

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Lafcadio Hearn: [Kokoro[/: Japanese Inner Life Hints
(1895)

A study of Japanese ways of thinking.

Author’s Note:
The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan,--for which reason they have been grouped under the title [Kokoro [/(‘heart’). Written with the above character, this word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning,--just as we say in English, “the heart of things.”

From PG. Proofread, spellchecked, TOC added and 65 footnotes hyperlinked.

Soseki’s ‘[Kokoro’[/
Anyone who was hoping for a copy of Natsume Soseki’s novel, ‘[Kokoro’ [/[1914] may find a free English version in html, for personal use only, at:

http://www.eldritchpress.org/ns/soseki.html

However, this is still in copyright and cannot be reproduced elsewhere. Permission is only given for personal use. (So I can’t upload a version.)

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Hearn, Lafcadio: Chita :A Memory of Last Island:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

On 10 August 1856, the Gulf of Mexico reared up and hurled itself over Last Island, near New Orleans. The storm essentially split the island in half and swept much of it away, including its inhabitants, wealthy vacationers, and its resort hotel. There were few survivors.

Lafcadio Hearn used these basic historical facts to create [Chita.
[/

Originally published in 1889, this long out-of-print novella is a minor masterpiece that is by turns mysterious, mesmerizing, and tragic. In the aftermath of the storm, a Spanish fisherman wades into the Gulf to pick through debris. Among the bodies, he finds one that is yet alive, a small Creole girl. She remembers only her first name, Conchita. Her parents are presumed to have died in the storm. Raised by the fisherman's family, Chita grows into a strong, independent young woman. Her story is counterpointed by that of her lost father, a doctor who thinks that Chita is dead and, as a result, devotes himself to helping others in need. When he comes to Last Island to aid a man with heart disease, he encounters Chita. The consequences are devastating.

This beautifully lush, ornately styled tale of south Louisiana in the nineteenth century is a haunting novel that is both impressionistic in its evocation of nature and realistic in its characterizations and depictions of life in this region

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Hearn, Lafcadio: In Ghostly Japan:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

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From Barnesandnoble.com:

An American classic from the nineteenth century! [In Ghostly Japan[/ is an immersion into traditional Japanese folklore, spirituality and worldly outlook. Lafcadio Hearn takes you on a trip through nineteenth century Japan which will change you forever. Few are the names in Western literature which have managed to draw a line so thin between real and unreal, that you lose sight of it completely.

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Hearn, Lafcadio: Kwaidan, v.1, 26 Jan 2008.

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904).

A collection of traditional Japanese stories, featuring a variety of supernatural elements.

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: An heiligen Wassern [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Zum heutigen Nationalfeiertag der Schweiz.

Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.

Quelle: Wikipedia

Ein Roman aus dem schweizer Hochgebirge
Wasser bedeutet Leben für die Bergbauern, die das kostbare Nass in hölzernen Leitungen an den Gletschern anbringen. Doch dieser Lebensstrom fordert auch immer wieder seine Opfer, deshalb sprechen die Walliser ehrfürchtig vom "Heiligen Wasser". Wieder einmal droht die Lawine am Gletscherrand. Wenn sie kommt, zerschmettert sie unweigerlich die Leitungen, die das Wasser an den Wildwänden entlangführen. Und dann versiegen die Brunnen in St. Peter. Wieder findet sich ein Freiwilliger, der in die Wand geht, um die Dorfbewohner zu retten. Wieder spielt sich das Schicksal zwischen Abhängigkeit, Mißgunst, Eifer, Hass und Liebe ab. Wird die mutige Arbeit eines einzelnen eine Änderung bringen? Wird sein Werk schliesslich den unsinnigen Menschenopfern ein Ende machen? Und wird die geliebte Frau auf ihn warten?

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: Der Wetterwart [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.
(Wikipedia)

Extrakt:
Ich bin der Wetterwart vom Feuerstein und bedarf des Lebens der Tiefe nicht. Gehörte ich zu den Armseligen, die sich ohne Menschen langweilten, so wäre ich nicht zu Berg gestiegen. Von Menschenart und Menschenwesen aber habe ich mehr gesehen als andere, und in ihr Treiben verlangt mich nicht zurück. Die, denen ich diene, dürfen sicher sein, daß ihnen der Wetterwart nicht vom Feuerstein entläuft. An den Berg fesseln mich die übernommene Pflicht, die mir lieb ist, und der hinkende Fuß, den ich hasse.
Es sind nun sieben Jahre, daß ich mich mit dem noch nicht völlig geheilten Bein auf das Observatorium in die Verbannung schaffen ließ. Der Tag war nicht leicht und der Anfang meines Sonderlinglebens schwer. Aufbrüllen hätte ich manchmal mögen vor Weltheimweh, aufbrüllen wie ein Stier. Der Teufel versuchte mich. »Wirf dich hinab von deiner Spitze,« flüsterte er, »und ich trage dich in die Weltstädte, in denen Licht, Leben und Liebe wundersam erwallen, ein Wort, und du wandelst an der Via Toledo im Zauber neapolitanischer Nächte, ein Wort, und um dich flirtet Paris, und du wirst dich in Kairo wieder in den Kreisen der Paschas und Beis ergehen und von Frauen umgeben sein, die dir huldigen. ›Adler!‹ werden sie dir zulächeln, und für dein Lächeln werden sie schwach werden und einen Augenblick lang die Tugend vergessen.«

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: Felix Notvest [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.
(Wikipedia)

Extrakt:
Die Abtei Reifenwerd eine Fabrik!« Aus düsterem Brüten murmelt es der junge Pfarrer, der in seinem altertümlichen, holzgetäfelten Stübchen auf und nieder schreitet.
Einsam überlegt und kämpft der Mann, der fast noch ein Jüngling ist, während sich draußen vor seinem Fenster das Sonnengold des Abends auf breiten Linden wiegt und in ihrem Schatten die halbwüchsige Jugend des Dorfes sich im Armbrustschießen übt.
Nur dann und wann fällt der Blick des Rastlosen zerstreut auf das vergnügte junge Volk.
Er setzt sich an den schweren eichenen Studiertisch, fährt mit der Hand durch das dunkle Haar, schlägt das erste Blatt einer silberbeschlagenen Bibel auf, und seine Augen ruhen verträumt auf einem Eintrag von der zierlichen, doch festen Schrift seines Vaters, des Antistes.
»Felix Notvest heißest du, mein lieber Sohn, Felix, weil deine Eltern wünschen, daß du glücklich werdest, Notvest aber nach jenem Vorfahren, dem Gerbermeister Hans Denzeler, der in der bösen Schlacht am Jakobsthor das Banner der Stadt nicht hat fahren lassen, sondern das schon verlorene aus Feindeshand wieder errungen hat, wofür ihm und seinen Nachkommen Rat und Bürgerschaft unserer löblichen Stadt den Namen Notvest zu tragen gegeben haben, und das Geschlecht in das goldene Buch der Konstaffel [R1 Die Zunft der Notabeln.] gereiht worden ist. Fest sei in der Not, Felix, und wann alles um dich wankt und weicht, soll dir vor Menschenwitz nicht bangen, wenn du nur vor deinem Gott und dir selbst in Ehren bestehen magst!«

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: Laubgewind [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.
(Wikipedia)

Extrakt:
In München gab es so manchen hervorragenden Lehrer. Einem von ihnen, der eine Privatmalschule für junge Damen führte, war sie empfohlen. Zwei Jahre leidenschaftlich ernsten Studiums bei ihm – dann ständen ihre Skizzen und Bilder wie die anderer junger Künstler in den Auslagen, bescheiden erst und zu geringem Preis, aber doch mit ihrem Namen: Hilde Rebstein. Anfangs nur leise und obenhin, später mit Wohlwollen und Achtung sprächen die Bilderliebhaber und Kunstfreunde von dem jungen Talent. Und aus der großen Stadt klänge ihr Name bis in die ferne, liebe Schweizerheimat, bis nach St. Agathen, dem Ort ihrer Kindheit. Und die sie dort hatten aufwachsen sehen, sprächen: ›Ja, Hilde Rebstein, unsere hoffnungsvolle Künstlerin in München!‹ – Und der Glaube ihres künstlerisch veranlagten Vaters wäre gerechtfertigt!
Das war ihr Traum, ihr Ehrgeiz bei ihrer Ankunft in München gewesen. Heute vor drei Jahren! –

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Hegel: Phenomenology of Mind, v1, 02 Sept 2007.

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Another philosophical classic, dating from 1807.

This is an account of the evolution of consciousness, from its beginnings until the culmination of the process, when the Absolute Spirit becomes conscious of itself (i.e. when Hegel completed the book).

It may appeal to Marxists (because Marx stole many of Hegel’s ideas); to process theologians (because Hegel invented process theology); and to those who enjoy philosophical classics.

Wikipedia comments:
Roughly taking the form of a Bildungsroman, it explores the nature and development of its protagonist--mind/spirit--showing how it evolves through a process of internal contradiction and development from the most primitive aspect of sense-perception through all of the forms of subjective and objective mind, including art, religion, and philosophy, to absolute knowledge that comprehends this entire developmental process as part of itself. Thus it also lays out an entire system of metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy.

Oddly enough, Schopenhauer thought that the book was amusing:

If I were to say that the so-called philosophy of this fellow Hegel is a colossal piece of mystification which will yet provide posterity with an inexhaustible theme for laughter at our times, that it is a pseudo-philosophy paralyzing all mental powers, stifling all real thinking, and, by the most outrageous misuse of language, putting in its place the hollowest, most senseless, thoughtless, and, as is confirmed by its success, most stupefying verbiage, I should be quite right. Further, if I were to say that this summus philosophus [...] scribbled nonsense quite unlike any mortal before him, so that whoever could read his most eulogized work, the so-called Phenomenology of the Mind, without feeling as if he were in a madhouse, would qualify as an inmate for Bedlam, I should be no less right.
– Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Basis of Morality, pp 15-16

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Heine, Heinrich: Deutschland - ein Wintermärchen [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Unzufrieden mit den politischen Verhältnissen im Deutschland der Restaurationszeit, die ihm als getauftem Juden keine Möglichkeit für eine juristische Tätigkeit bot, und um der Zensur zu entgehen, emigrierte Heine 1831 nach Frankreich. 1835 verbot ein Beschluss des deutschen Bundestags seine Schriften zusammen mit den Veröffentlichungen der Dichter des Jungen Deutschland. Ende 1843 kehrt er noch einmal für wenige Wochen nach Deutschland zurück, um seine Mutter und seinen Verleger Julius Campe in Hamburg zu besuchen. Auf der Rückreise entstand der erste Entwurf zu „Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen“.

Heines Versepos war bis in unsere Zeit hinein in Deutschland sehr umstritten. Vor allem im Jahrhundert seiner Entstehung betrachtete man das Werk als „Schandschrift“ eines Heimatlosen, eines „Vaterlandsverräters“, Miesmachers und Schandmauls. Diese Sichtweise von „Deutschland. ein Wintermärchen“ fand sich besonders in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus bis ins dümmlich Groteske übersteigert.
Die moderne Zeit sieht in Heines Werk – möglicherweise aufgrund eines entspannteren Verhältnisses zu Nationalismus und Deutschtümelei vor dem Hintergrund der europäischen Integration – ein bedeutendes politisches Gedicht in deutscher Sprache: souverän in seinem Witz, stark in seinen Bildern, meisterlich in seiner Sprachbeherrschung. Heines Gestalten (wie zum Beispiel der „Liktor“) sind kraftvoll und einprägsam geschildert.
Ein Großteil des Reizes, den das Versepos heute ausübt, liegt darin begründet, dass seine Botschaft nicht eindimensional, sondern vieldeutig die Gegensätze in Heines Denken engagiert zum Ausdruck bringt. Der Dichter zeigt sich als Mensch, der seine Heimat liebt und außerhalb ihrer nur Gast und Besucher ist. So wie Antäus den Kontakt zur Erde braucht, so schöpft auch Heine seine Kraft und seine Gedankenfülle einzig aus dem intellektuellen Kontakt zum Heimatland.
Exemplarisch wird hier der Bruch sichtbar, den die Julirevolution für das intellektuelle Deutschland bedeutete: Der frische Wind der Freiheit erstickt in den reaktionären Bestrebungen der Restauration, der schon eingetretene „Frühling“ der Freiheit weicht einer neuen Frostperiode der Zensur, Unterdrückung, Verfolgung und Exilierung; der Traum von einem freien und demokratischen Deutschland ist auf ein ganzes Jahrhundert hinaus ausgeträumt.
„Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen“ ist ein Höhepunkt der politischen Dichtung des Vormärz und gehört in Deutschland zum allgemeinen Bildungsgut. Galt das Werk Jahre und Jahrzehnte als antideutsches Pamphlet des „Wahlfranzosen“ Heine, so ist es heute für viele das bewegendste Gedicht, das ein Emigrant je geschrieben hat.

Quelle: Wikipedia

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Heine, Heinrich: Die romantische Schule [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Heinrich Heine schrieb eine Reihe von Artikeln über die Geschichte und Protagonisten der deutschen Romantik für die französische Zeitschrift »Europe littéraire« . Diese wurden dann später in Buchform herausgegeben.

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Heine, Heinrich: Elementargeister [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Auszug:
Wie man behauptet, giebt es greise Menschen in Westphalen, die noch immer wissen wo die alten Götterbilder verborgen liegen; auf ihrem Sterbebette sagen sie es dem jüngsten Enkel, und der trägt dann das theure Geheimniß in dem verschwiegenen Sachsenherz. In Westphalen, dem ehemaligen Sachsen, ist nicht alles todt was begraben ist. Wenn man dort durch die alten Eichenhaine wandelt, hört man noch die Stimmen der Vorzeit, da hört man noch den Nachhall jener tiefsinnigen Zaubersprüche, worin mehr Lebensfülle quillt, als in der ganzen Literatur der Mark Brandenburg. Eine geheimnißvolle Ehrfurcht durchschauerte meine Seele, als ich einst, diese Waldungen durchwandernd, bey der uralten Siegburg vorbey kam. »Hier«, sagte mein Wegweiser, »hier wohnte einst König Wittekind« und er seufzte tief. Es war ein schlichter Holzhauer und er trug ein großes Beil.

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Heine, Heinrich: Romanzero [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Der "Romanzero" ist Heinrich Heines letzter Gedichtband. Die Gedichte der Sammlung kreisen um das Motiv der Liebessehnsucht. Heine greift hier mit einem deutlichen Augenzwinkern auf das romantische Genre der Romanze zurück und erweist sich einmal mehr als ein Jongleur, der das Ernste spielerisch mit dem Ironischen vereint.

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Heine, Heinrich: Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Vorwort:
Ich muß den deutschen Leser darauf besonders aufmerksam machen, daß diese Blätter ursprünglich für eine französische Zeitschrift, die »Revue des deux mondes«, und zu einem bestimmten Zeitzweck abgefaßt worden. Sie gehören nämlich zu einer Überschau deutscher Geistesvorgänge, wovon ich bereits früher dem französischen Publikum einige Teile vorgelegt, und die auch in deutscher Sprache als Beiträge »Zur Geschichte der neueren schönen Literatur in Deutschland« erschienen sind. Die Anforderungen der periodischen Presse, Übelstände in der Ökonomie derselben, Mangel an wissenschaftlichen Hülfsmitteln, französische Unzulänglichkeiten, ein neulich in Deutschland promulgiertes Gesetz über ausländische Drucke, welches nur auf mich seine Anwendung fand und dgl. Hemmungen mehr, erlaubten mir nicht, die verschiedenen Teile jener Überschau in chronologischer Reihenfolge und unter einem Gesamttitel mitzuteilen. Das gegenwärtige Buch, trotz seiner inneren Einheit und seiner äußerlichen Geschlossenheit, ist also nur das Fragment eines größeren Ganzen.
Ich grüße die Heimat mit dem freundlichsten Gruße. Geschrieben zu Paris, im Monat Dezember 1834.

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Heming, Arthur: The Drama of the Forests. V1. 26 Feb 2011

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Arthur Henry Howard Heming (January 17, 1870 – October 30, 1940) was a Canadian painter and novelist known as the "chronicler of the North" for his paintings, sketches, essays and books about Canada's North.

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It was in childhood that the primitive spirit first came whispering to me. It was then that I had my first day-dreams of the Northland—of its forests, its rivers and lakes, its hunters and trappers and traders, its fur-runners and mounted police, its voyageurs and packeteers, its missionaries and Indians and prospectors, its animals, its birds and its fishes, its trees and its flowers, and its seasons.

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Henry, O.: Cabbages & Kings. 22 Sept 07

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This collection contains some of his less well known stories and some of his best (although still a bit not known.)

Includes:

- The Proem

- “Fox-in-the-Morning”

- The Lotus and the Bottle

- Smith

- Caught

- Cupid’s Exile Number Two

- The Phonograph and the Graft

- Money Maze

- The Admiral

- The Flag Paramount

- The Shamrock and the Palm

- The Remnants of the Code

- Shoes

- Ships

- Masters of Arts

- Dicky

- Rouge et Noir

- Two Recalls

- The Vitagraphoscope

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Henry, O.: Heart of the West. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- I. Hearts and Crosses

- II. The Ransom of Mack

- III. Telemachus, Friend

- IV. The Handbook of Hymen

- V. The Pimienta Pancakes

- VI. Seats of the Haughty

- VII. Hygeia at the Solito

- VIII. An Afternoon Miracle

- IX. The Higher Abdication

- X. Cupid a la Carte

- XI. The Caballero’s Way

- XII. The Sphinx Apple

- XIII. The Missing Chord

- XIV. A Call Loan

- XV. The Princess and the Puma

- XVI. The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson

- XVII. Christmas by Injunction

- XVIII. A Chaparral Prince

- XIX. The Reformation of Calliope

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Henry, O.: Options. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this selection of short stories:

- “The Rose of Dixie”

- The Third Ingredient

- The Hiding of Black Bill

- Schools and Schools

- Thimble, Thimble

- Supply and Demand

- Buried Treasure

- To Him Who Waits

- He Also Serves

- The Moment of Victory

- The Head-Hunter

- No Story

- The Higher Pragmatism

- Best-Seller

- Rus in Urbe

- A Poor Rule

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Henry, O.: Roads of Destiny. 23 Sept 07

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Including:

- ROADS OF DESTINY

- THE GUARDIAN OF THE ACCOLADE

- THE DISCOUNTERS OF MONEY

- THE ENCHANTED PROFILE

- "NEXT TO READING MATTER"

- ART AND THE BRONCO

- PHŒBE

- A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER

- THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE

- A RETRIEVED REFORMATION

- CHERCHEZ LA FEMME

- FRIENDS IN SAN ROSARIO

- THE FOURTH IN SALVADOR

- THE EMANCIPATION OF BILLY

- THE ENCHANTED KISS

- A DEPARTMENTAL CASE

- THE RENAISSANCE AT CHARLEROI

- ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT

- WHISTLING DICK'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING

- THE HALBERDIER OF THE LITTLE RHEINSCHLOSS

- TWO RENEGADES

- THE LONESOME ROAD

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Henry, O.: Strictly Business. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this collection:

- I. STRICTLY BUSINESS

- II. THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED

- III. BABES IN THE JUNGLE

- IV. THE DAY RESURGENT

- V. THE FIFTH WHEEL

- VI. THE POET AND THE PEASANT

- VII. THE ROBE OF PEACE

- VIII. THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT

- IX. THE CALL OF THE TAME

- X. THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY

- XI. THE THING’S THE PLAY

- XII. A RAMBLE IN APHASIA

- XIII. A MUNICIPAL REPORT

- XIV. PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER

- XV. A BIRD OF BAGDAD

- XVI. COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

- XVII. A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA

- XVIII. THE GIRL AND THE HABIT

- XIX. PROOF OF THE PUDDING

- XX. PAST ONE AT RODNEY’S

- XXI. THE VENTURERS

- XXII. THE DUEL

- XXIII. “WHAT YOU WANT”

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Henry, O.: The Four Million. 22 Sept 07

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A great collection of O. Henry stories including his most famous, "A Gift of the Magi"

This volume includes:

- TOBIN’S PALM

- THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

- A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFE

- BETWEEN ROUNDS

- THE SKYLIGHT ROOM

- A SERVICE OF LOVE

- THE COMING-OUT OF MAGGIE

- MAN ABOUT TOWN

- THE COP AND THE ANTHEM

- AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE

- MEMOIRS OF A YELLOW DOG

- THE LOVE-PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN

- MAMMON AND THE ARCHER

- SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE

- THE GREEN DOOR

- FROM THE CABBY’S SEAT

- AN UNFINISHED STORY

- THE CALIPH, CUPID AND THE CLOCK

- SISTERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

- THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER

- AFTER TWENTY YEARS

- LOST ON DRESS PARADE

- BY COURIER

- THE FURNISHED ROOM

- THE BRIEF DEBUT OF TILDY

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Henry, O.: The Gentle Grafter. 24 Sept 07

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This collection includes:

- I. The Octopus Marooned

- II. Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet

- III. Modern Rural Sports

- IV. The Chair of Philanthromathematics

- V. The Hand That Riles the World

- VI. The Exact Science of Matrimony

- VII. A Midsummer Masquerade

- VIII. Shearing the Wolf

- IX. Innocents of Broadway

- X. Conscience in Art

- XI. The Man Higher Up

- XII. A Tempered Wind

- XIII. Hostages to Momus

- XIV. The Ethics of Pig

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Henry, O.: The Gift of the Magi, v.1, 20 Dec 2008

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This is the classic Chirstmas short story by O. Henry, the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862 - 1910).

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Henry, O.: The Trimmed Lamp. 22 Sept 07

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Including:

- THE TRIMMED LAMP

- A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT

- THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH HIGHBALL

- THE PENDULUM

- TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN

- THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS

- THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY

- THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O’ROON

- BRICKDUST ROW

- THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER

- VANITY AND SOME SABLES

- THE SOCIAL TRIANGLE

- THE PURPLE DRESS

- THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99

- THE LOST BLEND

- A HARLEM TRAGEDY

- “THE GUILTY PARTY”—¬AN EAST SIDE TRAGEDY

- ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS

- A MIDSUMMER KNIGHT’S DREAM

- THE LAST LEAF

- THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST

- THE COUNTRY OF ELUSION

- THE FERRY OF UNFULFILMENT

- THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER

- ELSIE IN NEW YORK

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Henry, O.: The Voice of the City. 23 Sept 07

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Includes:

- I. THE VOICE OF THE CITY

- II. THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS

- III. A LICKPENNY LOVER

- IV. DOUGHERTY'S EYE-OPENER

- V. "LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT"

- VI. THE HARBINGER

- VII. WHILE THE AUTO WAITS

- VIII. A COMEDY IN RUBBER

- IX. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS

- X. THE DEFEAT OF THE CITY

- XI. THE SHOCKS OF DOOM

- XII. THE PLUTONIAN FIRE

- XIII. NEMESIS AND THE CANDY MAN

- XIV. SQUARING THE CIRCLE

- XV. ROSES, RUSES AND ROMANCE

- XVI. THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT

- XVII. THE EASTER OF THE SOUL

- XVIII. THE FOOL-KILLER

- XIX. TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA

- XX. THE RATHSKELLER AND THE ROSE

- XXI. THE CLARION CALL

- XXII. EXTRADITED FROM BOHEMIA

- XXIII. A PHILISTINE IN BOHEMIA

- XXIV. FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY

- XXV. THE MEMENTO

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Henry, O.: Waifs & Strays. 22 Sept 07

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Listed as Part I (I have never found Part II) it is a mixed bag of stories from many times and places written over a period of years that just never fit into one of the other collections.

Including:

- The Red Roses of Tonia

- Round The Circle

- The Rubber Plant’s Story

- Out of Nazareth

- Confessions of a Humorist

- The Sparrows in Madison Square

- Hearts and Hands

- The Cactus

- The Detective Detector

- The Dog and the Playlet

- A Little Talk About Mobs

- The Snow Man

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Henry, O.: Whirligigs. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this volume of short stories:

- I. THE WORLD AND THE DOOR

- II. THE THEORY AND THE HOUND

- III. THE HYPOTHESES OF FAILURE

- IV. CALLOWAY’S CODE

- V. A MATTER OF MEAN ELEVATION

- VI. “GIRL”

- VII. SOCIOLOGY IN SERGE AND STRAW

- VIII. THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF

- IX. THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY

- X. A TECHNICAL ERROR

- XI. SUITE HOMES AND THEIR ROMANCE

- XII. THE WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE

- XIII. A SACRIFICE HIT

- XIV. THE ROADS WE TAKE

- XV. A BLACKJACK BARGAINER

- XVI. THE SONG AND THE SERGEANT

- XVII. ONE DOLLAR’S WORTH

- XVIII. A NEWSPAPER STORY

- XIX. TOMMY’S BURGLAR

- XX. A CHAPARRAL CHRISTMAS

- XXI. A LITTLE LOCAL COLOUR

- XXII. GEORGIA’S RULING

- XXIII. BLIND MAN’S HOLIDAY

- XXIV. MADAME BO-PEEP, OF THE RANCHES

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Henshaw, Henry W.: Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Miss. Valley, v.1, 27 Dec 2008

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This is an 1883 Smithsonian Institute report which includes illustrations of carvings that were attributed to Mound Builder cultures.

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Henty, G.A.: A Chapter of Adventures v1 2mar 2009

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It's my personal adventure day today, so here is another adventure novel, this time by G.A.Henty. Contrary to his ordinarily more didactic approach, this one is a pure action romp with lots of nice illustrations.

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Henty, G.A.: A Final Reckoning v1 25 jan 2009

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The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigrates to Australia and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police. A few years of active work on the frontier, where he has many a brush with both natives and bush-rangers, gain him promotion to a captaincy, and he eventually settles down to the peaceful life of a squatter.

Here's the preface by Henty:
[QUOTIn this tale I have left the battlefields of history, and have written a story of adventure in Australia, in the early days when the bush rangers and the natives constituted a real and formidable danger to the settlers. I have done this, not with the intention of extending your knowledge, or even of pointing a moral, although the story is not without one; but simply for a change—a change both for you and myself, but frankly, more for myself than for you. You know the old story of the boy who bothered his brains with Euclid, until he came to dream regularly that he was an equilateral triangle enclosed in a circle. Well, I feel that unless I break away sometimes from history, I shall be haunted day and night by visions of men in armour, and soldiers of all ages and times.

If, when I am away on a holiday I come across the ruins of a castle, I find myself at once wondering how it could best have been attacked, and defended. If I stroll down to the Thames, I begin to plan schemes of crossing it in the face of an enemy; and if matters go on, who can say but that I may find myself, some day, arrested on the charge of surreptitiously entering the Tower of London, or effecting an escalade of the keep of Windsor Castle! To avoid such a misfortune—which would entail a total cessation of my stories, for a term of years—I have turned to a new subject, which I can only hope that you will find as interesting, if not as instructive, as the other books which I have written.[/QUOT

Have fun. Original cover, some illustrations, nice book

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Henty, G.A.: At Aboukir and Acre v1 17 may 2009

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A Story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt

Glorious historical fiction by one of the best, G.A. Henty:

[QUOTWith the general knowledge of geography now possessed we may well wonder at the wild notion entertained both by Bonaparte and the French authorities that it would be possible, after conquering Egypt, to march an army through Syria, Persia, and the wild countries of the northern borders of India, and to drive the British altogether from that country.[/QUOT

With illustrations and maps

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Henty, G.A.: In Freedom's Cause v1 19 jan 2009

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Freedom's Cause has a brilliant plot and a fictional character as the protaganist. He starts off as a teen and then grows up through the time of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The fictional protagonist interacts with historical characters from that period of Scottish History. The story is full of adventure, friendship, loyalty, honor, heroics, and history. Good values are presented. This book is great for anyone looking for something on Scottish history and which also is an outstanding novel.

This book is as excellent or better then any Nigel Tranter book I have read, like The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy.

The accuracy of the historical period is superb and I have read much on this area of Scottish history. The persons discussed, the geography talked about, and the timeline presented is very accurate.

I highly recommend this and can't wait to read another Henty. (Scott McKenzie)

I love this book and recommend it to anyone interested in history.

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Henty, G.A.: In the Reign of Terror v1 21 may 2009

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), referred to as G.A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

This one treats the French Revolution. Here, as usual, is his preface:
[QUOTMY DEAR LADS,
This time only a few words are needed, for the story speaks for itself. My object has been rather to tell you a tale of interest than to impart historical knowledge, for the facts of the dreadful time when "the terror" reigned supreme in France are well known to all educated lads. I need only say that such historical allusions as are necessary for the sequence of the story will be found correct, except that the Noyades at Nantes did not take place until a somewhat later period than is here assigned to them.
Yours sincerely,
G.A. HENTY.[/QUOT
Good read!

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Henty, G.A.: Knight of the White Cross v1 26 jan 2009

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George Alfred Henty was born in Trumpington, England, on December 8,1832. He studied at Cambridge, but left without his degree so he could volunteer for service in the Crimean War. After several failed attempts at careers, he decided in 1865 to become a writer, beginning as a correspondent for The Standard. He also wrote adult novels of mysteries and adventure, but turned to children's stories after contributing with success to Union Jack magazine.

In his World article, George Grant calls Mr. Henty a Victorian literary phenomenon whose 144 books and myriad short stories have long enthralled adults and children alike. His fiercely accurate narratives range across the whole spectrum of human achievement, highlighting the greatest characters and the most decisive moments in history.

George A. Henty died on November 16, 1902

Young Gervaise Tresham leaves England and the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses to become a Knight of St. John.

Starting as a page of the Grand Master, Gervaise quickly attains knighthood and defends Europe and Christendom against the anarchy of piracy in the Mediterranean and the expansion of the Turkish empire. Sir Tresham is there to defend the fortress at Rhodes during the first siege of that city by Soleiman.

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Henty, G.A.: On the Irrawaddy v1 25 mar 2009

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On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War (1897)
As usual, we let the author speak for himself:

[QUOTWith the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal—in proportion to the number of those engaged—as our first expedition to Burma. It was undertaken without any due comprehension of the difficulties to be encountered, from the effects of climate and the deficiency of transport; the power, and still more the obstinacy and arrogance of the court of Ava were altogether underrated; and it was considered that our possession of her ports would assuredly bring the enemy, who had wantonly forced the struggle upon us, to submission. Events, however, proved the completeness of the error. The Burman policy of carrying off every boat on the river, laying waste the whole country, and driving away the inhabitants and the herds, maintained our army as prisoners in Rangoon through the first wet season; and caused the loss of half the white officers and men first sent there. The subsequent campaign was no less fatal and, although large reinforcements had been sent, fifty percent of the whole died; so that less than two thousand fighting men remained in the ranks, when the expedition arrived within a short distance of Ava. Not until the last Burmese army had been scattered did the court of Ava submit to the by no means onerous terms we imposed.

Great, indeed, was the contrast presented by this first invasion of the country with the last war in 1885, which brought about the final annexation of Burma. Then a fleet of steamers conveyed the troops up the noble river; while in 1824 a solitary steamer was all that India could furnish, to aid the flotilla of rowboats. No worse government has ever existed than that of Burma when, with the boast that she intended to drive the British out of India, she began the war. No people were ever kept down by a more grinding tyranny, and the occupation of the country by the British has been an even greater blessing to the population than has that of India.[/QUOT

This novel is fully illustrated and a great read for fans of historical fiction.

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Henty, G.A.: Saint George for England v1 25 feb 2009

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One of Hentys famous prefaces:
[QUOTMY DEAR LADS, You may be told perhaps that there is no good to be obtained from tales of fighting and bloodshed,—that there is no moral to be drawn from such histories. Believe it not. War has its lessons as well as Peace. You will learn from tales like this that determination and enthusiasm can accomplish marvels, that true courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that if not in itself the very highest of virtues, it is the parent of almost all the others, since but few of them can be practised without it. The courage of our forefathers has created the greatest empire in the world around a small and in itself insignificant island; if this empire is ever lost, it will be by the cowardice of their descendants. At no period of her history did England stand so high in the eyes of Europe as in the time whose events are recorded in this volume. A chivalrous king and an even more chivalrous prince had infected the whole people with their martial spirit, and the result was that their armies were for a time invincible, and the most astonishing successes were gained against numbers which would appear overwhelming. The victories of Cressy and Poitiers may be to some extent accounted for by superior generalship and discipline on the part of the conquerors; but this will not account for the great naval victory over the Spanish fleet off the coast of Sussex, a victory even more surprising and won against greater odds than was that gained in the same waters centuries later over the Spanish Armada. The historical facts of the story are all drawn from Froissart and other contemporary historians, as collated and compared by Mr. James in his carefully written history. They may therefore be relied upon as accurate in every important particular.[/QUOT

It's not as serious as it sounds, though!

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Henty, G.A.: The Cat of Bubastes v1 21 jan 2009

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), referred to as G. A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent, and Imperialist born in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

This book:

Subtitled: A tale of Ancient Egypt

Enslaved by a conquering army, the young prince Amuba finds friendship in the house of an Egyptian high priest, where he acts as a companion to the priest's son Chebron. The entire household plunges into peril when Chebron accidentally kills the sacred cat of the great temple at Bubastes--a riot ensues, and the boys are forced to flee. Set in 1250 b.c., the time of Moses, this thrilling adventure story offers an evocative look at the ancient Egyptian world. Skillfully interwoven in the narrative thread are fascinating, accurate details about Egyptian religion and geography, the methods by which the Nile was used for irrigation, and how the Egyptians made war and were prepared for burial.

BTW: I tried a few things format wise with this (TOC is a table, chapters feature title of book ). Please let me know what you think and how it works out on your specific reader.

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Henty, G.A.: The Tiger of Mysore v1 31 jan 2009

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Dick Holland, whose father is supposed to be a captive of Tippoo Saib, goes to India to help him escape. He joins the army under Lord Cornwallis, and takes part in the campaign against Tippoo. Afterwards, he assumes a disguise, enters Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore, rescues Tippoo's harem from a tiger, and is appointed to high office by the tyrant. In this capacity Dick visits the hill fortresses, still in search of his father, and at last he discovers him in the great stronghold of Savandroog. The hazardous rescue through the enemy's country is at length accomplished, and the young fellow's dangerous mission is done.

Original cover, original illustrations, fun overall.

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Henty, G.A.: Under Drake's Flag v1 1 apr 2009

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From the "Prince of Storytellers," an exciting account of life on the high seas as seen through the eyes of young Ned Hearne. The brave 16th-century teen sails with Francis Drake, experiences a harsh seafaring life, visits unexplored lands; and witnesses the great naval battle between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada.

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Henty, George Alfred: A Girl of the Commune. V1. 2 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Jeremiah Brander was one of the most prominent personages in the Cathedral town of Abchester. He inhabited an old-fashioned, red brick house near the end of the High Street. On either side was a high wall facing the street, and from this a garden, enclosing the house, stretched away to a little stream some two hundred yards in the rear; so that the house combined the advantage of a business residence in front, with those of seclusion, an excellent garden, and an uninterrupted view behind.

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Henty, George Alfred: A Jacobite Exile. V1. 4 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Had I attempted to write you an account of the whole of the adventurous career of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden, it would, in itself, have filled a bulky volume, to the exclusion of all other matter; and a youth, who fought at Narva, would have been a middle-aged man at the death of that warlike monarch, before the walls of Frederickshall. I have, therefore, been obliged to confine myself to the first three years of his reign, in which he crushed the army of Russia at Narva, and laid the then powerful republic of Poland prostrate at his feet. In this way, only, could I obtain space for the private adventures and doings of Charlie Carstairs, the hero of the story.

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Henty, George Alfred: A March on London. V1. 6 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The events that took place during the latter half of the fourteenth century and the first half of the fifteenth are known to us far better than those preceding or following them, owing to the fact that three great chroniclers, Froissart, Monstrelet, and Holinshed, have recounted the events with a fulness of detail that leaves nothing to be desired. The uprising of the Commons, as they called themselves—that is to say, chiefly the folk who were still kept in a state of serfdom in the reign of Richard II.—was in itself justifiable. Although serfdom in England was never carried to the extent that prevailed on the Continent, the serfs suffered from grievous disabilities. A certain portion of their time had to be devoted to the work of their feudal lord. They themselves were forbidden to buy or sell at public markets or fairs. They were bound to the soil, and could not, except under special circumstances, leave it.

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Henty, George Alfred: Among Malay Pirates. V1. 22 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

AMONG MALAY PIRATES
BEARS AND DACOITS A TALE OF THE GHAUTS
THE PATERNOSTERS
A PIPE OF MYSTERY
WHITE FACED DICK: A STORY OF PINE TREE GULCH
A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE

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Henty, George Alfred: At Agincourt. V1. 23 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The long and bloody feud between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy—which for many years devastated France, caused a prodigious destruction of life and property, and was not even relaxed in the presence of a common enemy— is very fully recorded in the pages of Monstrellet and other contemporary historians. I have here only attempted to relate the events of the early portion of the struggle—from its commencement up to the astonishing victory of Agincourt, won by a handful of Englishmen over the chivalry of France. Here the two factions, with the exception of the Duke of Burgundy himself, laid aside their differences for the moment, only to renew them while France still lay prostrate at the feet of the English conqueror.

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Henty, George Alfred: At the Point of the Bayonet. V1. 24 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken is one of the most stirring pages of the campaigns which, begun by Clive, ended in the firm establishment of our great empire in the Indian Peninsula.

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Henty, George Alfred: Beric the Briton. V1. 24 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the masters of the country. The valour with which the natives of this island defended themselves was acknowledged by the Roman historians, and it was only the superior discipline of the invaders that enabled them finally to triumph over the bravery and the superior physical strength of the Britons.

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Henty, George Alfred: Bonnie Prince Charlie. V1. 25 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It was a dull evening in the month of September, 1728. The apprentices had closed and barred the shutters and the day's work was over. Supper was laid in the long room over the shop, the viands were on the table, and round it were standing Bailie Anderson and his wife, his foreman John Gillespie, and his two apprentices. The latter were furtively eying the eatables, and wondering how much longer the grace which their master was delivering would be. Suddenly there was a knock at the door below. No one stirred until the bailie had finished his grace, before which time the knock had been twice repeated.

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Henty, George Alfred: Both Sides the Border. V1. 26 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The four opening years of the fifteenth century were among the most stirring in the history of England. Owen Glendower carried fire and slaughter among the Welsh marches, captured most of the strong places held by the English, and foiled three invasions, led by the king himself. The northern borders were invaded by Douglas; who, after devastating a large portion of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Durham, was defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon, by the Earl of Northumberland, and his son Hotspur.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Conduct and Courage. V1. 20 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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A wandering musician was a rarity in the village of Scarcombe. In fact, such a thing had not been known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. What could have brought him here? men and women asked themselves. There was surely nobody who could dance in the village, and the few coppers he would gain by performing on his violin would not repay him for his trouble. Moreover, Scarcombe was a bleak place, and the man looked sorely shaken with the storm of life. He seemed, indeed, almost unable to hold out much longer; his breath was short, and he had a hacking cough.

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Henty, George Alfred: By England's Aid. V1. 27 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completely fallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. His career as a general was a brief one, extending only over little more than a year, and yet in that time he showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed, and performed feats of daring worthy of taking their place among those of the leaders of chivalry.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Pike and Dyke. 27 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In all the pages of history there is no record of a struggle so unequal, so obstinately maintained, and so long contested as that by which the men of Holland and Zeeland won their right to worship God in their own way, and also — although this was but a secondary consideration with them — shook off the yoke of Spain and achieved their independence.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Right of Conquest. V1. 27 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The conquest of Mexico, an extensive empire with a numerous and warlike population, by a mere handful of Spaniards, is one of the romances of history. Indeed, a writer of fiction would scarcely have dared to invent so improbable a story. Even the bravery of the Spaniards, and the advantage of superior arms would not have sufficed to give them the victory, had it not been that Mexico was ripe for disruption.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Sheer Pluck. V1. 28 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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"Now, Hargate, what a fellow you are! I've been looking for you everywhere. Don't you know it's the House against the Town boys. It's lucky that the Town have got the first innings; they began a quarter of an hour ago."
"How tiresome!" Frank Hargate said. "I was watching a most interesting thing here. Don't you see this little chaffinch nest in the bush, with a newly hatched brood.

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Henty, George Alfred: Captain Bayley's Heir. V1. 28 Apr 2010

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A CRIPPLE boy was sitting in a box on four low wheels, in a little room in a small street in Westminster; his age was some fifteen or sixteen years; his face was clear-cut and intelligent, and was altogether free from the expression either of discontent or of shrinking sadness so often seen in the face of those afflicted. Had he been sitting on a chair at a table, indeed, he would have been remarked as a handsome and well-grown young fellow; his shoulders were broad, his arms powerful, and his head erect. He had not been born a cripple, but had been disabled for life, when a tiny child, by a cart passing over his legs above the knees. He was talking to a lad a year or so younger than himself, while a strong, hearty-looking woman, somewhat past middle age, stood at a wash-tub.

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Henty, George Alfred: Colonel Thorndyke's Secret. V1. 29 Apr 2010

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The plot of the story hinges upon the possession of a valuable bracelet, of diamonds, stolen from a Hindoo idol by a British soldier in India. This bracelet falls into the possession of Colonel Thorndyke, who, shortly afterward, is sent home to England because of his wounds. The secret concerning the bracelet is told to the Colonel's brother, a country squire, and the treasure is left to younger members of the Thorndyke family.

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Henty, George Alfred: Facing Death. V1. 1 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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A row of brick-built houses with slate roofs, at the edge of a large mining village in Staffordshire. The houses are dingy and colourless, and without relief of any kind. So are those in the next row, so in the street beyond, and throughout the whole village. There is a dreary monotony about the place; and if some giant could come and pick up all the rows of houses, and change their places one with another, it is a question whether the men, now away at work, would notice any difference whatever until they entered the houses standing in the place of those which they had left in the morning.

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Henty, George Alfred: For Name and Fame. V1. 1 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In following the hero of this story through the last Afghan war, you will be improving your acquaintance with a country which is of supreme importance to the British Empire and, at the same time, be able to trace the operations by which Lord Roberts made his great reputation as a general, and a leader of men. Afghanistan stands as a line between the two great empires of England and Russia; and is likely, sooner or later, to become the scene of a tremendous struggle between these nations. Happily, at the present time the Afghans are on our side. It is true that we have warred with, and beaten them; but our retirement, after victory, has at least shown them that we have no desire to take their country while, on the other hand, they know that for those races upon whom Russia has once laid her hand there is no escape.

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Henty, George Alfred: For the Temple. V1. 2 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In all history, there is no drama of more terrible interest than that which terminated with the total destruction of Jerusalem. Had the whole Jewish nation joined in the desperate resistance made, by a section of it, to the overwhelming strength of Rome, the world would have had no record of truer patriotism than that displayed, by this small people, in their resistance to the forces of the mistress of the world.

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Henty, George Alfred: Friends, though divided. V1. 2 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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My dear lads: Although so long a time has elapsed since the great civil war in England, men are still almost as much divided as they were then as to the merits of the quarrel, almost as warm partisans of the one side or the other. Most of you will probably have formed an opinion as to the rights of the case, either from your own reading, or from hearing the views of your elders.

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Henty, George Alfred: Held Fast For England. V1. 3 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The Siege of Gibraltar stands almost alone in the annals of warfare, alike in its duration and in the immense preparations made, by the united powers of France and Spain, for the capture of the fortress. A greater number of guns were employed than in any operation up to that time; although in number, and still more in calibre, the artillery then used have in, modern times, been thrown into the shade by the sieges of Sebastopol and Paris. Gibraltar differs, however, from these sieges, inasmuch as the defence was a successful one and, indeed, at no period of the investment was the fortress in any danger of capture, save by hunger.

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Henty, George Alfred: In the Heart of the Rockies. V1. 3 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Until comparatively lately that portion of the United States in which I have laid this story was wholly unexplored. The marvellous cañons of the Colorado River extend through a country absolutely bare and waterless, and save the tales told by a few hunters or gold-seekers who, pressed by Indians, made the descent of some of them, but little was known regarding this region.

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Henty, George Alfred: In the Irish Brigade. V1. 4 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The evils arising from religious persecution, sectarian hatred, ill government, and oppression were never more strongly illustrated than by the fact that, for a century, Ireland, which has since that time furnished us with a large proportion of our best soldiers, should have been among our bitterest and most formidable foes, and her sons fought in the ranks of our greatest continental enemy. It was not because they were adherents of the house of Stuart that Irishmen left their native country to take service abroad, but because life in Ireland was rendered well-nigh intolerable for Catholics, on account of the nature and severity of the laws against them, and the bitterness with which those laws were carried into effect.

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Henty, George Alfred: In Times of Peril. V1. 4 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Very bright and pretty, in the early springtime of the year 1857, were the British cantonments of Sandynugghur. As in all other British garrisons in India, they stood quite apart from the town, forming a suburb of their own. They consisted of the barracks, and of a maidan, or, as in England it would be called, "a common," on which the troops drilled and exercised, and round which stood the bungalows of the military and civil officers of the station, of the chaplain, and of the one or two merchants who completed the white population of the place.

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Henty, George Alfred: Jack Archer. V1. 5 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

A Tale of the Crimea

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Henty, George Alfred: No Surrender!. V1. 7 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In the world's history, there is no more striking example of heroic bravery and firmness than that afforded by the people of the province of Poitou, and more especially of that portion of it known as La Vendee, in the defence of their religion and their rights as free men. At the commencement of the struggle they were almost unarmed, and the subsequent battles were fought by the aid of muskets and cannon wrested from the enemy.

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Henty, George Alfred: One of the 28th. V1. 9 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Although in the present story a boy plays the principal part, and encounters many adventures by land and sea, a woman is the real heroine, and the part she played demanded an amount of nerve and courage fully equal to that necessary for those who take part in active warfare. Boys are rather apt to think, mistakenly, that their sex has a monopoly of courage, but I believe that in moments of great peril women are to the full as brave and as collected as men.

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Henty, George Alfred: Orange and Green. V1. 11 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The subject of Ireland is one which has, for some years, been a very prominent one, and is likely, I fear, for some time yet to occupy a large share of public attention. The discontent, manifested in the troubles of recent years, has had its root in an old sense of grievance, for which there was, unhappily, only too abundant reason.

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Henty, George Alfred: Rujub, the Juggler. V1. 16 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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"Rujub, the Juggler," is mainly an historical tale for young and old, dealing with the Sepoy Mutiny, in India, during the years 1857 to 1859.
This famous mutiny occurred while the reins of British rule in India were in the hands of Lord Canning. Chupattees (cakes of flour and water) were circulated among the natives, placards protesting against British rule were posted at Delhi, and when the Enfield rifle with its greased cartridges was introduced among the Sepoy soldiers serving the Queen it was rumored that the cartridges were smeared with the forbidden pig's fat, so that the power of the Sepoys might forever be destroyed.

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Henty, George Alfred: Saint Bartholomew's Eve. V1. 17 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It is difficult, in these days of religious toleration, to understand why men should, three centuries ago, have flown at each others' throats in the name of the Almighty; still less how, in cold blood, they could have perpetrated hideous massacres of men, women, and children. The Huguenot wars were, however, as much political as religious. Philip of Spain, at that time the most powerful potentate of Europe, desired to add France to the countries where his influence was all powerful; and in the ambitious house of Guise he found ready instruments.

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Henty, George Alfred: Saint George for England. V1. 18 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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You may be told perhaps that there is no good to be obtained from tales of fighting and bloodshed,—that there is no moral to be drawn from such histories. Believe it not. War has its lessons as well as Peace. You will learn from tales like this that determination and enthusiasm can accomplish marvels, that true courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that if not in itself the very highest of virtues, it is the parent of almost all the others, since but few of them can be practised without it. The courage of our forefathers has created the greatest empire in the world around a small and in itself insignificant island; if this empire is ever lost, it will be by the cowardice of their descendants.

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Henty, George Alfred: Tales of Daring and Danger. V1. 19 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

BEARS AND DACOITS
THE PATERNOSTERS
A PIPE OF MYSTERY
WHITE-FACED DICK
A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE

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Henty, George Alfred: The Boy Knight. V1. 26 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It was a bright morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at once have assigned to him a purely Saxon origin; but a keener eye would have detected signs that Norman blood ran also in his veins, for his figure was lither and lighter, his features more straightly and shapely cut, than was common among Saxons. His dress consisted of a tight-fitting jerkin, descending nearly to his knees. The material was a light-blue cloth, while over his shoulder hung a short cloak of a darker hue. His cap was of Saxon fashion, and he wore on one side a little plume of a heron. In a somewhat costly belt hung a light short sword, while across his knees lay a crossbow, in itself almost a sure sign of its bearer being of other than Saxon blood. The boy looked anxiously as party after party rode past toward the castle.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Bravest of the Brave. V1. 26 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completely fallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. His career as a general was a brief one, extending only over little more than a year, and yet in that time he showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed, and performed feats of daring worthy of taking their place among those of the leaders of chivalry.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Cornet of Horse. V1. 29 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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"One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four—turn to your lady; one, two, three, four—now deep reverence. Now you take her hand; no, not her whole hand—the tips of her fingers; now you lead her to her seat; now a deep bow, so. That will do. You are improving, but you must be more light, more graceful, more courtly in your air; still you will do.
"Now run away, Mignon. to the garden; you have madam's permission to gather fruit.
"Now, Monsieur Rupert, we will take our lesson in fencing."
The above speech was in the French language, and the speaker was a tall, slightly-built man of about fifty years of age. The scene was a long low room, in a mansion situated some two miles from Derby. The month was January, 1702, and King William the Third sat upon the throne. In the room, in addition to the dancing master, were the lad he was teaching, an active, healthy-looking boy between fifteen and sixteen; his partner, a bright-faced French girl of some twelve years of age; and an old man, nearer eighty than seventy, but still erect and active, who sat in a large armchair, looking on.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Dash for Khartoum. V1. 29 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The story of the Nile Expedition is so recent that no word of introduction is necessary to the historical portion of the tale. The moral, such as it is, of the story of the two lads brought up as brothers is—Never act in haste, for repentance is sure to follow. In this case great anxiety and unhappiness were caused through a lad acting as he believed for the best, but without consulting those who had every right to a voice in the matter.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Dragon and the Raven. V1. 30 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Living in the present days of peace and tranquillity it is difficult to picture the life of our ancestors in the days of King Alfred, when the whole country was for years overrun by hordes of pagan barbarians, who slaughtered, plundered, and destroyed at will.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Golden Canyon. V1. 3 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

THE GOLDEN CANYON.
THE STONE CHEST.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Lion of Saint Mark. V1. 5 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress of Venice. Built upon a few sandy islands in a shallow lagoon, and originally founded by fugitives from the mainland, Venice became one of the greatest and most respected powers of Europe

Built with Sigil.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Treasure of the Incas. V1. 22 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The mysterious loss of a large portion of the treasure of the Incas has never been completely cleared up. By torturing the natives to whom the secret had been entrusted, the Spaniards made two or three discoveries, but there can be little doubt that these finds were only a small proportion of the total amount of the missing hoards, although for years after their occupation of the country the Spaniards spared no pains and hesitated at no cruelty to bring to light the hidden wealth

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Henty, George Alfred: The Young Buglers. V1. 29 May 2010

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I remember that, as a boy, I regarded any attempt to mix instruction with amusement as being as objectionable a practice as the administration of powder in jam; but I think that this feeling arose from the fact that in those days books contained a very small share of amusement and a very large share of instruction.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Young Carthaginian. V1. 30 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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When I was a boy at school, if I remember rightly, our sympathies were generally with the Carthaginians as against the Romans. Why they were so, except that one generally sympathizes with the unfortunate, I do not quite know; certainly we had but a hazy idea as to the merits of the struggle and knew but little of its events, for the Latin and Greek authors, which serve as the ordinary textbooks in schools, do not treat of the Punic wars. That it was a struggle for empire at first, and latterly one for existence on the part of Carthage, that Hannibal was a great and skilful general, that he defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all but took Rome, and that the Romans behaved with bad faith and great cruelty at the capture of Carthage, represents, I think, pretty nearly the sum total of our knowledge.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Young Franc Tireurs. V1. 30 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The present story was written and published a few months, only, after the termination of the Franco-German war. At that time the plan--which I have since carried out in The Young Buglers, Cornet of Horse, and In Times of Peril, and which I hope to continue, in further volumes--of giving, under the guise of historical tales, full and accurate accounts of all the leading events of great wars, had not occurred to me. My object was only to represent one phase of the struggle--the action of the bodies of volunteer troops known as franc tireurs.

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Henty, George Alfred: Through the Fray. V1. 21 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The beginning of the present century, glorious as it was for British arms abroad, was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labor at home. The heavy taxation entailed by the war, the injury to trade, and the enormous prices of food, all pressed heavily upon the working classes. The invention of improved machinery, vast as has been the increase of trade which it has brought about, at first pressed heavily upon the hand workers, who assigned all their distress to the new inventions. Hence a movement arose, which did much damage and for a time threatened to be extremely formidable. It had its ramifications through all the manufacturing districts of England, the object being the destruction of the machinery, and a return to the old methods of work.

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Henty, George Alfred: Through Three Campaigns. V1. 21 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Our little wars attract far less attention among the people of this country than they deserve. They are frequently carried out in circumstances of the most adverse kind. Our enemies, although ignorant of military discipline are, as a rule, extremely brave; and are thoroughly capable of using the natural advantages of their country. Our men are called upon to bear enormous fatigue, and endure extremes in climate. The fighting is incessant, the peril constant. Nevertheless, they show a magnificent contempt for danger and difficulty; and fight with a valour and determination worthy of the highest praise.

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Henty, George Alfred: True to the Old Flag. V1. 22 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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You have probably been accustomed to regard the war between England and her colonies in America as one in which we were not only beaten but, to some extent, humiliated. Owing to the war having been an unsuccessful one for our arms, British writers have avoided the subject, and it has been left for American historians to describe.

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Henty, George Alfred: Under Wellington's Command. V1. 23 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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As many boys into whose hands the present volume may fall will not have read my last year's book, With Moore in Corunna, of which this is a continuation, it is necessary that a few words should be said, to enable them to take up the thread of the story. It was impossible, in the limits of one book, to give even an outline of the story of the Peninsular War, without devoting the whole space to the military operations. It would, in fact, have been a history rather than a tale; and it accordingly closed with the passage of the Douro, and the expulsion of the French from Portugal.

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Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V1. 23 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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We are accustomed to regard the Reign of Charles II. as one of the most inglorious periods of English History; but this was far from being the case. It is true that the extravagance and profligacy of the Court were carried to a point unknown before or since, forming,—by the indignation they excited among the people at large,—the main cause of the overthrow of the House of Stuart. But, on the other hand, the nation made extraordinary advances in commerce and wealth, while the valour of our sailors was as conspicuous under the Dukes of York and Albemarle, Prince Rupert and the Earl of Sandwich, as it had been under Blake himself, and their victories resulted in transferring the commercial as well as the naval supremacy of Holland to this country.

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Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V2. 23 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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We are accustomed to regard the Reign of Charles II. as one of the most inglorious periods of English History; but this was far from being the case. It is true that the extravagance and profligacy of the Court were carried to a point unknown before or since, forming,—by the indignation they excited among the people at large,—the main cause of the overthrow of the House of Stuart. But, on the other hand, the nation made extraordinary advances in commerce and wealth, while the valour of our sailors was as conspicuous under the Dukes of York and Albemarle, Prince Rupert and the Earl of Sandwich, as it had been under Blake himself, and their victories resulted in transferring the commercial as well as the naval supremacy of Holland to this country.

Edit: Fixed the TOC

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Henty, George Alfred: Winning His Spurs. V1. 24 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It was a bright morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at once have assigned to him a purely Saxon origin; but a keener eye would have detected signs that Norman blood ran also in his veins, for his figure was lither and lighter, his features more straightly and shapely cut, than was common among Saxons.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Buller in Natal. V1. 24 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It will be a long time before the story of the late war can be written fully and impartially. Even among the narratives of those who witnessed the engagements there are many differences and discrepancies, as is necessarily the case when the men who write are in different parts of the field. Until, then, the very meagre military despatches are supplemented by much fuller details, anything like an accurate history of the war would be impossible.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Cochrane the Dauntless. V1. 5 July 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In the annals of British sailors there is no name that should stand higher than that of Lord Cochrane. In some respects he resembled that daring leader and great military genius, the Earl of Peterborough. Both performed feats that most men would have regarded as impossible, both possessed extraordinary personal bravery and exceptional genius for war, and a love for adventure. Both accomplished marvels, and neither was appreciated at his full value by his countrymen, both having a touch of originality that amounted in the case of Peterborough to absolute eccentricity. In other respects they had little in common.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Frederick the Great. V1. 27 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as that of the Seven Years' War, maintained by Prussia--then a small and comparatively insignificant kingdom--against Russia, Austria, and France simultaneously, who were aided also by the forces of most of the minor principalities of Germany.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Kitchener in the Soudan. V1. 27 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The reconquest of the Soudan will ever be mentioned as one of the most difficult, and at the same time the most successful, enterprises ever undertaken. The task of carrying an army hundreds of miles across a waterless desert; conveying it up a great river, bristling with obstacles; defeating an enormously superior force, unsurpassed in the world for courage; and, finally, killing the leader of the enemy and crushing out the last spark of opposition; was a stupendous one.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Lee in Virginia. V1. 27 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The Great War between the Northern and Southern States of America possesses a
peculiar interest for us, not only because it was a struggle between two sections of a people akin to us in race and language, but because of the heroic courage with which the weaker party, with ill-fed, ill-clad, ill-equipped regiments, for four years sustained the contest with an adversary not only
possessed of immense numerical superiority, but having the command of the sea, and being able to draw its arms and munitions of war from all the manufactories of Europe.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Moore at Corunna. V1. 28 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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From the termination of the campaigns of Marlborough--at which time the British
army won for itself a reputation rivalled by that of no other in Europe--to the
year when the despatch of a small army under Sir Arthur Wellesley marked the
beginning of another series of British victories as brilliant and as unbroken as
those of that great commander, the opinion had gained ground in Europe that the
British had lost their military virtues, and that, although undoubtedly powerful
at sea, they could have henceforth but little influence in European affairs.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Wolfe in Canada. V1. 29 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In the present volume I have endeavoured to give the details of the principal events in a struggle whose importance can hardly be overrated. At its commencement the English occupied a mere patch of land on the eastern seaboard of America, hemmed in on all sides by the French, who occupied not only Canada in the north and Louisiana in the south, but possessed a chain of posts connecting them, so cutting off the English from all access to the vast countries of the west.

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Henty, George Alfred: Won By the Sword. V1. 29 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In my preface to the Lion of the North I expressed a hope that I might some day be able to continue the history of the Thirty Years' War. The deaths of Gustavus and his great rival Wallenstein and the crushing defeat of the Swedes and their allies at the battle of Nordlingen brought the first period of that war to a close.

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Herbert Frank: Missing Link (ss illustrated) v1.0 2007-11-01

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From the author of [Dune[/ comes a short story entitled [Missing Link[/ by Frank Herbert.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: Mountain Blood. V1. 31 May 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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The fiery disk of the sun was just lifting above the shoulder of hills that held the city of Stenton when the Greenstream stage rolled briskly from its depot, a dingy frame tavern, and commenced the long journey to its high destination. The tavern was on the outskirts of town; beyond, a broad, level plain reached to a shimmering blue silhouette of mountains printed on a silvery sky; and the stage immediately left the paved street for the soft, dusty country road.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Bright Shawl. V1. 30 May 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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When Howard Gage had gone, his mother’s brother sat with his head bowed in frowning thought. The frown, however, was one of perplexity rather than disapproval: he was wholly unable to comprehend the younger man’s attitude toward his experiences in the late war. The truth was, Charles Abbott acknowledged, that he understood nothing, nothing at all, about the present young. Indeed, if it hadn’t been for the thoroughly absurd, the witless, things they constantly did, dispensing with their actual years he would have considered them the present aged. They were so—well, so gloomy.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Happy End. V1. 31 May 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

Lonely Valleys
The Egyptian Chariot
The Flower of Spain
Tol'able David
Bread
Rosemary Roselle
The Thrush in the Hedge

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Three Black Pennys. V1. 1 Jun 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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A twilight like blue dust sifted into the shallow fold of the thickly wooded hills. It was early October, but a crisping frost had already stamped the maple trees with gold, the Spanish oaks were hung with patches of wine red, the sumach was brilliant in the darkening underbrush. A pattern of wild geese, flying low and unconcerned above the hills, wavered against the serene, ashen evening. Howat Penny, standing in the comparative clearing of a road, decided that the shifting, regular flight would not come close enough for a shot. He dropped the butt of his gun to the ground. Then he raised it again, examining the hammer; the flint was loose, unsatisfactory. There was a probability that it would miss firing.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: Wild Oranges. V1. 1 Jun 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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THE ketch drifted into the serene inclosure of the bay as silently as the reflections moving over the mirrorlike surface of the water. Beyond a low arm of land that hid the sea the western sky was a single, clear yellow; farther on the left the pale, incalculably old limbs of cypress, their roots bare, were hung with gathering shadows as delicate as their own faint foliage. The stillness was emphasized by the ceaseless murmur of the waves breaking on the far, seaward bars.

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Hernández, José: Martín Fierro. (Spanish, Illustrated) v.1 02-May-2010

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José Hernández (1834-1886) was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician. He's best known for his poem Martín Fierro.

"Martín Fierro" is an epic poem, published in two parts ("El gaucho Martín Fierro", 1872; "La vuelta de Martín Fierro", 1879). It tells the story, mainly in first person, of Martín Fierro, a gaucho (South-American "cowboy"), how he was drafted to defend the border and abused by the authorities, then he deserts and becomes an outlaw. It is written in the style of the Argentine rural ballads, and by its content it is clear that it is supposed to be sung. "Martín Fierro" is one of the touchstones of Argentine literature, and a motive of pride for the country.

A word of caution for Spanish learners: the text contains many dialect words, and the spelling is often altered to reflect the speech of the gauchos, so it's probably not an easy read.

I've included the only versions of the original illustrations I could find. If anyone can find better quality scans I'd be grateful. This mobi version is a (manual) conversion from the ePUB and has not really been tested, but I hope it works right.

All feedback is welcome.

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Herrick, Robert Welch: Clark's Field. V1. 2 Jun 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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The other day I happened to be in the town where I was born and not far from the commonplace house in the humbler quarter of the town where my parents were living at the time of my birth, half a century and more ago. I am not fond of my native town, although I lived in the place until I was seventeen or eighteen years old. It was never a distinguished spot and seems to have gained nothing as yet from having been my birthplace

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Herrick, Robert Welch: One Woman's Life. V1. 3 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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"Is that the house!" Milly Ridge exclaimed disapprovingly.
Her father, a little man, with one knee bent against the unyielding, newly varnished front door, glanced up apprehensively at the figures painted on the glass transom above. In that block of little houses, all exactly alike, he might easily have made a mistake. Reassured he murmured over his shoulder,—"Yes—212—that's right!" and he turned the key again.

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Herrick, Robert Welch: The Man Who Wins.V1. 2 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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The Four Corners in Middleton made a pleasant drive from the university town of Camberton. Many a time in the history of the house a party of young fellows had driven over the old turnpike that started where the arsenal used to stand in the sacred quarter of Camberton, and as the evening sun gilded the low, fresh-water marshes beyond Spring Pond, would trot on toward the rolling hills of Middleton. After dinner, or a dance, or, perhaps, mere chat over a late supper, they rode away at midnight singing as they whipped up their sleepy nags and otherwise disturbing the decorum of night in Middleton.

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Herrick, Robert Welch: The World Decision. V1. 4 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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Last April, when I left New York for Europe, Italy was "on the verge" of entering the great war. According to the meager reports that a strict censorship permitted to reach the world, Italy had been hesitating for many months between a continuance of her precarious neutrality and joining with the Allies, with an intermittent war fever in her pulses. It was known that she was buying supplies for her ill-equipped army—boots and food and arms. Nevertheless, American opinion had come to the somewhat cynical belief that Italy would never get further than the verge of war; that her Austrian ally would be induced by the pressure of necessity to concede enough of those "national aspirations," of which we had heard much, to keep her southern neighbor at least lukewarmly neutral until the conclusion of the war. An American diplomat in Italy, with the best opportunity for close observation, said, as late as the middle of May: "I shall believe that Italy will go into the war only when I see it!"

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Herrick, Robert Welch: Together. V1. 3 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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She stood before the minister who was to marry them, very tall and straight. With lips slightly parted she looked at him steadfastly, not at the man beside her who was about to become her husband. Her father, with a last gentle pressure of her arm, had taken his place behind her. In the hush that had fallen throughout the little chapel, all the restless movement of the people who had gathered there this warm June morning was stilled, in the expectation of those ancient words that would unite the two before the altar. Through the open window behind the altar a spray of young woodbine had thrust its juicy green leaves and swayed slowly in the air, which was heavy with earthy odors of all the riotous new growth that was pushing forward in the fields outside. And beyond the vine could be seen a bit of the cloudless, rain-washed sky.

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Herzl, Theodor: Der Judenstaat [German]. v1. 27 Feb 2011

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Theodor Herzl (1860-1904)
Der Judenstaat. Versuch einer modernen Lösung der Judenfrage (1896)

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Der Judenstaat ist ein Buch von Theodor Herzl. Es erschien 1896 in Leipzig und Wien in der M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung, nachdem Cronbach in Berlin und Duncker & Humblot eine Publikation abgelehnt hatten.
Der Judenstaat ist kein religiöses Werk, es hat vielmehr das moderne Judentum maßgeblich politisch beeinflusst, indem es das Fundament des politischen Zionismus legte. Für Herzl war ein jüdischer Staat einerseits wegen des weltweit vorhandenen Antisemitismus notwendig, andererseits weil die Religion durch die Folgen der Aufklärung und der Emanzipation ihren identitätsstiftenden und verbindenden Charakter für das Judentum verloren habe.
Herzl sah sein Werk nicht als Utopie sondern als pragmatisches Konzept zur Gründung und Bewahrung eines Judenstaates, wodurch die Judenfrage beantwortet sei.

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Hesse, Hermann: Siddharta (german) v1 20 nov 2008

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Hermann Hesse: Siddharta. Sollte jeder gelesen haben. War mein Leib- und Magenbuch in meiner Jugend.

Leider waren eine Menge Fehler im Project Gutenberg-Text. Ich habe einige ausgemerzt, wird aber leider noch nicht ganz fehlerfrei sein. Wenn Ihr also einen Fehler entdeckt, bitte PM an mich.

Hab gestreamlined, ordentliches TOC eingebaut und ein Cover gebaut.

Have fun!

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Hesse, Hermann: Siddhartha, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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A Buddhist fable.

This is the only one of Hesse’s works that I have been able to to find out of copyright.

Thanks are due to the following members of Project Gutenberg, who have made it freely available:
“ This etext was produced by Michael Pullen ‹globaltraveler5565@yahoo.com›, with original translations made by: Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer, Semyon Chaichenets. Proofreading corrections were done by Chandra Yenco ‹cyenco@dnet.net.id› and Isaac Jones ‹ijones@cis.ohio-state.edu›”.

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Hewlett, Maurice: The Spanish Jade v1 31 Jul 2009

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Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. He was born at Weybridge, the eldest son of Henry Gay Hewlett, of Shaw Hall, Addington, Kent. He was educated at the London International College, Spring Grove, Isleworth, and was called to the bar in 1891. He gave up the law after the success of Forest Lovers . From 1896 to 1901 he was Keeper of Lands, Revenues, Records and Enrolments, a government post as adviser on matters of medieval law.

Hewlett married Hilda Beatrice Herbert on 3 January 1888 in St. Peter's Church, Vauxhall, where her father was the incumbent vicar. The couple had two children, a daughter, Pia, and a son, Francis, but separated in 1914.

He settled at Broad Chalke, Wiltshire. His friends included Evelyn Underhill, and Ezra Pound, whom he met at the Poet's Club in London.

NY Times original review excerpt:

[QUOT"THE SPANISH JADE"
Latest Book by Maurice Hewlett Is a Romance in His Best Manner

Written Con Amore and with Subtle Understanding.

THE SOUL OF SPAIN REVEALED

Passion, Cruelty, and Bravery
Under the Hot Sky of a Laggard Land."[/QUOT

This is one book I fell spontanously in love with. Its filled to the brim with all the soul of Spain, it's warmth, it's beauty and it's cruelty. Not only is the story a bravado mix of adventure, romance and mystery and just oozes class and style, the illustrations in this book are quite breathtaking really. Do yourself a favor and download this one!

Contains original illustrations by William Henry Hyde. First published in 1908. Taken from the Gutenberg source files. I used an original illustration as cover.

Al Haines from Project Gutenberg made the most excellent source file.

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heye, dennie: the obnoxiouis librarian, v1.0 24 July 2009

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Hello,

attached is my book "the obnoxious librarian from hades", which contains the collection of satirical tales from my weblog

The stories are inspired by the humor of the b*stard operator from hell and Dilbert. The character is a librarian in a huge bureaucracy, trying to survive endless meetings, clueless managers and l-users (library users).

Below an abstracts:

"The one where Kevin ruins my day

It is Monday morning, 9 am in the library and the phone rings. This is a nuisance. I am just in the middle of re-writing the Dewey entry on Wikipedia (the entry now goes straight to an entry about an obscure American philosopher named John Dewey, but of course it should point straight to Melvil Dewey) and now I have completely lost my train of thought. I let the phone ring three times as I don’t want my “customers” (I am no longer allowed to call them lusers, which is short for library users) think I have nothing better to do than answering their endless, irrelevant questions.

“Library” (with the proper curt tone in my voice)
“Hello, this is Kevin from sales. I cannot get access to the Wall Street Journal Online”
“Yes?”
“Well, I need to look up some stats for a presentation by the vice president before 10, so I need you to restore my access quickly”.

I always hate it when people try to make their problem mine. To make sure our Wall Street Journal access is completely secure, I change the password every 3 days and then post it clearly on the intranet webpage for everyone to see. Well, if they know how to find the page, as it is actually not linked from anywhere. And I use a white font on a white background. But for a real motivated user that should not be a problem, I think."

- Dennie Heye

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Heyer, Georgette: The Black Moth, v.1, 28 February 2009.

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Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century (1921)

An early historical romance by Georgette Heyer, featuring highwaymen, cheating at cards and the abduction of at least one young woman.

Found at the Celebration of Women Writers website. This novel is out of copyright in the USA.

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Heyse, Paul: Andrea Delfin. V1. 12 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

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In that Venetian alley which bears the friendly name of "Bella Cortesia", there was, in the middle of the past century, the simple, one-story house of a common family; over its low portal, framed by two wooden spiral columns and a baroque ledge, resided an image of the Madonna in a niche, and an eternal flame flickered humbly behind its red glass. Entering the lower corridor, one would have found oneself at the foot of a broad, steep staircase, which, without any bents, went straight up to the rooms upstairs.

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Heyse, Paul: Barbarossa german v1 26 feb 2009

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, geadelt 1910 (* 15. März 1830 in Berlin; † 2. April 1914 in München), war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Seine nach eigenem Modell geschriebenen Novellen machten ihn bekannt. 1910 wurde er als erster deutscher Autor belletristischer Werke mit dem Nobelpreis für Literatur ausgezeichnet.

Bewunderung erregten seine Novellen, die er als ein weniger ernst zu nehmendes Nebenprodukt seines Schaffens hinstellte. Heyse erkannte völlig richtig in dieser Gattung die innovative Leistung seiner Generation. „Denn auf dem Gebiet der Novelle hatten wir nicht wie auf anderen von unseren Vätern aus der klassischen Zeit ein reiches Erbe übernommen, das wir hätten ’erwerben müssen, um es zu besitzen’. […] Seitdem aber haben wir uns gemüht, an die Novelle höhere Forderungen zu stellen, als daß sie ein müßiges Unterhaltungsbedürfnis befriedige und durch eine Reihe bunter Abenteuer uns ergötze.“

Der Philologe Heyse nutzte die Wirkung der Worte. Er mied alles Oberflächliche und verzichtete auf langatmige Beschreibungen. Viele der jüngeren Autoren, von Thomas Mann bis Isolde Kurz gehörten zu seinen Lesern. Theodor Fontane lässt Marcell Wedderkopp in seinem Roman „Frau Jenny Treibel“ auf die Novelle „Unvergeßbare Worte“ Bezug nehmen. Der Konflikt Andrea Delfins, die Geschichte vom gerechten Rächer, der neues Unrecht schafft, reicht bis in die Gegenwart. Die Sehnsucht nach dem „letzten Centaur“ ist auch heute noch nicht gestillt.(Wikipedia)

Kleiner Auszug:
[QUOTDie Mädchen, die sich so wacker hielten, mochten sich mit Spinnen und Bortenwirken die Finger zuarbeiten und die Nachbarn das Ihre thun, wie sie nur konnten – die Alte vertrank Alles, und wenn sie nicht tobte und die Furie machte, lag sie am Herde und schlief und ließ ihre Töchter zusehen, wie sie zu einem Bissen für den Hunger und einem Fetzen für ihre Blöße kamen. Ich glaube, wenn der nächste Nachbar, der Feigenbaum, nicht so wacker seine Schuldigkeit gethan hätte, die Erminia und ihre Schwester Maddalena wären beide Hungers gestorben, da sie zu stolz waren zu betteln. Kleider konnte der Baum freilich nicht hergeben, da wir nicht mehr im Paradiese leben. Darum wunderte es Jeden, die armen Dinger doch immer anständig zur Kirche gehen zu sehen, um so mehr, da man ihnen nichts nachsagen konnte. Die jüngere freilich, die Maddalena, war gegen die Versuchungen des Bösen ziemlich geschützt, da sie häßlich war, wie der Teufel, ein kleines, wildes, klumpfüßiges Geschöpf mit langen Armen und kurzen Beinen, das im Gehen und Hocken einer Kröte glich und die Kinder auf der Straße fürchten machte, wenn sie unversehens vorbeikroch.[/QUOT

Ich kann Heyse nicht genug empfehlen!

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Heyse, Paul: Der letzte Zentaur german v1 14 mar 2009

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Der letzte Zentaur ist eine Novelle von Paul Heyse aus dem Jahre 1904

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Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol I. V1. 14 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

Excerpt
It was a Sunday in the midsummer of 1869.
The air, cleared by a thunderstorm the night before, was still tremulous with that soft, invigorating warmth which, farther south, makes breathing such an easy matter, but which, north of the Alps, seldom outlasts the early morning. And yet the bells, that sounded from the Munich Frauenkirche far across the Theresienwiese, and the field where stands the great statue of Bavaria, were already ringing for high mass

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Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol. II. V1. 14 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

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A mile or two from Starnberg, on the shore of the beautiful lake, stands a plain country-house, whose chief ornament is a shady and rather wild little park of beeches and cedars. This stretches from the highway that connects Starnberg with the castle and fishermen's huts of Possenhofen, down to the lake--a narrow strip of woodland, separated only by picket fences from the neighboring gardens, so that a person wandering about in it is scarcely aware of its boundaries

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Heyse, Paul: L'Arrabiata and Other Tales. V1. 12 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

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The day had scarcely dawned.--Over Vesuvius hung one broad grey stripe of mist; stretching across as far as Naples, and darkening all the small towns along the coast. The sea lay calm. But about the marina of the narrow creek, that lies beneath the Sorrento cliffs, fishermen and their wives were at work already, with giant cables drawing their boats to land, and the nets that had been cast the night before. Others were rigging their craft; trimming the sails, and fetching out oars and masts from the great grated vaults that have been built deep into the rocks for shelter to the tackle over night. Nowhere an idle hand; even the very aged, who had long given up going to sea, fell into the long chain of those who were hauling in the nets. Here and there, on some flat housetop, an old woman stood and span; or busied herself about her grandchildren, whom their mother had left to help her husband.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: A Spirit in Prison Series. V1. 3 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

The Call of the Blood

On a dreary afternoon of November, when London was closely wrapped in a yellow fog, Hermione Lester was sitting by the fire in her house in Eaton Place reading a bundle of letters, which she had just taken out of her writing-table drawer. She was expecting a visit from the writer of the letters, Emile Artois, who had wired to her on the previous day that he was coming over from Paris by the night train and boat.

A Spirit in Prison

Somewhere, not far off on the still sea that held the tiny islet in a warm embrace, a boy's voice was singing "Napoli Bella."
Vere heard the song as she sat in the sun with her face set towards Nisida and the distant peak of Ischia; and instinctively she shifted her position, and turned her head, looking towards the calm and untroubled water that stretched between her and Naples. For the voice that sang of the beautiful city was coming towards her from the beautiful city, hymning the siren it had left perhaps but two hours ago.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Bella Donna. V1. 3 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Doctor Meyer Isaacson had got on as only a modern Jew whose home is London can get on, with a rapidity that was alarming. He seemed to have arrived as a bullet arrives in a body. He was not in the heart of success, and lo! he was in the heart of success. And no one had marked his journey. Suddenly every one was speaking of him—was talking of the cures he had made, was advising every one else to go to him. For some mysterious reason his name—a name not easily to be forgotten once it had been heard—began to pervade the conversations that were held in the smart drawing-rooms of London. Women who were well, but had not seen him, abruptly became sufficiently unwell to need a consultation. "Where does he live? In Harley Street, I suppose?" was a constant question.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: December Love. V1. 3 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Alick Craven, who was something in the Foreign Office, had been living in London, except for an interval of military service during the war, for several years, and had plenty of interesting friends and acquaintances, when one autumn day, in a club, Frances Braybrooke, who knew everybody, sat down beside him and began, as his way was, talking of people. Braybrooke talked well and was an exceedingly agreeable man, but he seldom discussed ideas. His main interest lay in the doings of the human race, the "human animal," to use a favorite phrase of his, in what the human race was "up to." People were his delight. He could not live away from the centre of their activities. He was never tired of meeting new faces, and would go to endless trouble to bring an interesting personality within the circle of his acquaintance. Craven's comparative indifference about society, his laziness in social matters, was a perpetual cause of surprise to Braybrooke, who nevertheless was always ready to do Craven a good turn, whether he wanted it done to him or not. Indeed, Craven was indebted to his kind old friend for various introductions which had led to pleasant times, and for these he was quite grateful. Braybrooke was much older than most people, though he seldom looked it, and decades older than Craven, and he had a genial way of taking those younger than himself in charge, always with a view to their social advancement. He was a very ancient hand at the social game; he loved to play it; and he wanted as many as possible to join in, provided, of course, that they were "suitable" for such a purpose. Perhaps he slightly resembled "the world's governess," as a witty woman had once called him. But he was really a capital fellow and a mine of worldly wisdom.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Desert Air. v1. 4 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
On an evening of last summer I was dining in London at the Carlton with two men. One of them was an excellent type of young England, strong, healthy, athletic, and straightforward. The other was a clever London doctor who was building up a great practice in the West End. At dessert the conversation turned upon a then recent tragedy in which a great reputation had gone down, and young England spoke rather contemptuously of the victim, with the superior surprise human beings generally express about the sin which does not happen to be theirs.
"I can't understand it!" was his conclusion. "It's beyond me."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Fin Tireur. V1. 4 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Two years ago I was travelling by diligence in the Sahara Desert on the great caravan route, which starts from Beni-Mora and ends, they say, at Tombouctou. For fourteen hours each day we were on the road, and each evening about nine o'clock we stopped at a Bordj, or Travellers' House, ate a hasty meal, threw ourselves down on our gaudy Arab rugs, and slept heavily till the hour before dawn, drugged by fatigue, and by the strong air of the desert. In the late afternoon of the third day of our journeying we drove into a sandstorm. A great wind arose, carrying with it innumerable multitudes of sand grains, which whirled about the diligence and the struggling horses, blotting out the desert as completely as a London fog blots out the street on a November day. The cold became intense, and very soon I began to long for the next halting-place.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Flames. V1. 4 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Refinement had more power over the soul of Valentine Cresswell than religion. It governed him with a curious ease of supremacy, and held him back without effort from most of the young man’s sins. Each age has its special sins. Each age passes them, like troops in review, before it decides what regiment it will join. Valentine had never decided to join any regiment. The trumpets of vice rang in his ears in vain, mingled with the more classical music of his life as the retreat from the barracks of Seville mingled with the click of Carmen’s castanets. But he heeded them not. If he listened to them sometimes, it was only to wonder at the harsh and blatant nature of their voices, only to pity the poor creatures who hastened to the prison, which youth thinks freedom and old age protection, at their shrieking summons.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Halima And The Scorpions. V1. 5 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
In travelling about the world one collects a number of those trifles of all sorts, usually named "curiosities," many of them worthless if it were not for the memories they recall. The other day I was clearing out a bureau before going abroad, and in one of the drawers I came across a hedgehog's foot, set in silver, and hung upon a tarnished silver chain. I picked it up in the Sahara, and here is its history.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: In the Wilderness. V1. 5 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Amedeo Dorini, the hall porter of the Hotel Cavour in Milan, stood on the pavement before the hotel one autumn afternoon in the year 1894, waiting for the omnibus, which had gone to the station, and which was now due to return, bearing—Amedeo hoped—a load of generously inclined travelers. During the years of his not unpleasant servitude Amedeo had become a student of human nature. He had learnt to judge shrewdly and soundly, to sum up quickly, to deliver verdicts which were not unjust. And now, as he saw the omnibus, with its two fat brown horses, coming slowly along by the cab rank, and turning into the Piazza that is presided over by Cavour's statue, he prepared almost mechanically to measure and weigh evidence, to criticize and come to a conclusion.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day. V1. 6 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Far away in the desert I heard the sound of a flute, pure sound in the pure air, delicate, sometimes almost comic with the comicality of a child who bends women to kisses and to nonsense-words. We had passed through the sandstorm, Safti and I, over the wastes of saltpetre, and come into a land of palm gardens where there was almost breathless calm. The feet of the camels paddled over the soft brown earth of the narrow alleys between the brown earth walls, and we looked down to right and left into the shady enclosed spaces, seamed with water rills, dotted with little pools of pale yellow water, and saw always giant palms, with wrinkled trunks and tufted, deep green foliage, brooding in their squadrons over the dimness they had made. The activity of man might be discerned here in the regularity of the artificial rills, the ordered placing of the trees, each of which, too, stood on its oval hump. But no man was seen; no flat-roofed huts appeared; no robe, pale blue or white, fluttered among the shadows; no dog blinked in the golden patches of the sun—only the sound of the flute came to us from some hidden place ceaselessly, wild and romantic, full of an odd coquetry, and of an absurdity that was both uncivilised and touching.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Collaborators. V1. 6 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
"Why shouldn't we collaborate?" said Henley in his most matter-of-fact way, as Big Ben gave voice to the midnight hour. "Everybody does it nowadays. Two heads may be really better than one, although I seldom believe in the truth of accepted sayings. Your head is a deuced good one, Andrew; but—now don't get angry—you are too excitable and too intense to be left quite to yourself, even in book-writing, much less in the ordinary affairs of life. I think you were born to collaborate, and to collaborate with me. You can give me everything I lack, and I can give you a little of the sense of humour, and act as a drag upon the wheel."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Desert Drum. V1. 7 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
I am not naturally superstitious. The Saharaman is. He has many strange beliefs. When one is at close quarters with him, sees him day by day in his home, the great desert, listens to his dramatic tales of desert lights, visions, sounds, one's common-sense is apt to be shaken on its throne. Perhaps it is the influence of the solitude and the wide spaces, of those far horizons of the Sahara where the blue deepens along the edge of the world, that turns even a European mind to an Eastern credulity. Who can tell? The truth is that in the Sahara one can believe what one cannot believe in London. And sometimes circumstances—chance if you like to call it so—steps in, and seems to say, "Your belief is well founded."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Dweller on the Threshold. V1. 7 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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When Evelyn Malling, notorious because of his sustained interest in Psychical Research and his work for Professor Stepton, first met the Rev. Marcus Harding, that well-known clergyman was still in the full flow of his many activities. He had been translated from his labors in Liverpool to a West End church in London. There he had proved hitherto an astonishing success. On Hospital Sundays the total sums collected from his flock were by far the largest that came from the pockets of any congregation in London.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Folly Of Eustace. V1. 7 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Some men deliberately don a character in early youth as others don a mask before going to an opera ball. They select it not without some care, being guided in their choice by the opinion they have formed of the world's mind and manner of proceeding. In the privacy of the dressing-room, the candles being lighted and the mirror adjusted at the best angle for a view of self, they assume their character, and peacock to their reflection, meditating: Does it become me? Will it be generally liked? Will it advance me towards my heart's desire? Then they catch up their cloak, twist the mirror back to its usual position, puff out the candles, and steal forth into their career, shutting the door gently behind them. And, perhaps till they are laid out in the grave, the last four walls enclosing them, only the dressing-room could tell their secret. And it has no voice to speak. For, if they are wise, they do not keep a valet.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Garden of Allah. V1. 8 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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The fatigue caused by a rough sea journey, and, perhaps, the consciousness that she would have to be dressed before dawn to catch the train for Beni-Mora, prevented Domini Enfilden from sleeping. There was deep silence in the Hotel de la Mer at Robertville. The French officers who took their pension there had long since ascended the hill of Addouna to the barracks. The cafes had closed their doors to the drinkers and domino players. The lounging Arab boys had deserted the sandy Place de la Marine. In their small and dusky bazaars the Israelites had reckoned up the takings of the day, and curled themselves up in gaudy quilts on their low divans to rest. Only two or three gendarmes were still about, and a few French and Spaniards at the Port, where, moored against the wharf, lay the steamer Le General Bertrand, in which Domini had arrived that evening from Marseilles.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Green Carnation. V1. 8 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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He slipped a green carnation into his evening coat, fixed it in its place with a pin, and looked at himself in the glass, the long glass that stood near the window of his London bedroom. The summer evening was so bright that he could see his double clearly, even though it was just upon seven o'clock. There he stood in his favourite and most characteristic attitude, with his left knee slightly bent, and his arms hanging at his sides, gazing, as a woman gazes at herself before she starts for a party. The low and continuous murmur of Piccadilly, like the murmur of a flowing tide on a smooth beach, stole to his ears monotonously, and inclined him insensibly to a certain thoughtfulness. Floating through the curtained window the soft lemon light sparkled on the silver backs of the brushes that lay on the toilet-table, on the [Pg 2]dressing-gown of spun silk that hung from a hook behind the door, on the great mass of gloire de Dijon roses, that dreamed in an ivory-white bowl set on the writing-table of ruddy-brown wood. It caught the gilt of the boy's fair hair and turned it into brightest gold, until, despite the white weariness of his face, the pale fretfulness of his eyes, he looked like some angel in a church window designed by Burne-Jones, some angel a little blasé from the injudicious conduct of its life. He frankly admired himself as he watched his reflection, occasionally changing his pose, presenting himself to himself, now full face, now three-quarters face, leaning backward or forward, advancing one foot in its silk stocking and shining shoe, assuming a variety of interesting expressions. In his own opinion he was very beautiful, and he thought it right to appreciate his own qualities of mind and of body. He hated those fantastic creatures who are humble even in their self-communings, cowards who dare not acknowledge even to themselves how exquisite, how delicately fashioned they are. Quite frankly he told other people that he was very wonderful, quite frankly he avowed it to himself. There is a nobility in fearless truthfulness, is there not? and about the magic of his personality he could never be induced to tell a lie.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne. V1. 9 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Mrs. Eustace Greyne (pronounced Green) wrinkled her forehead-that noble, that startling forehead which had been written about in the newspapers of two hemispheres-laid down her American Squeezer pen, and sighed. It was an autumn day, nipping and melancholy, full of the rustle of dying leaves and the faint sound of muffin bells, and Belgrave Square looked sad even to the great female novelist who had written her way into a mansion there. Fog hung about with the policeman on the pavement. The passing motor cars were like shadows. Their stertorous pantings sounded to Mrs. Greyne's ears like the asthma of dying monsters. She sighed again, and murmured in a deep contralto voice: "It must be so." Then she got up, crossed the heavy Persian carpet which had been bought with the proceeds of a short story in her earlier days, and placed her forefinger upon an electric bell.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Princess And The Jewel Doctor. V1. 9 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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In St. Petersburg society there may be met at the present time a certain Russian Princess, who is noted for her beauty, for an ugly defect—she has lost the forefinger of her left hand—and for her extraordinary attachment to the city of Tunis, where she has spent at least three months of each year since 1890—the year in which she suffered the accident that deprived her of a finger

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Prophet of Berkeley Square. V1. 10 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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The great telescope of the Prophet was carefully adjusted upon its lofty, brass-bound stand in the bow window of Number One Thousand Berkeley Square. It pointed towards the remarkably bright stars which twinkled in the December sky over frosty London, those guardian stars which always seemed to the Prophet to watch with peculiar solicitude over the most respectable neighbourhood in which he resided. The polestar had its eye even now upon the mansion of an adjacent ex-premier, the belt of Orion was not oblivious of a belted earl's cosy red-brick home just opposite, and the house of a certain famous actor and actress close by had been taken by the Great Bear under its special protection.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Return Of The Soul. V1. 14 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.
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Theories! What is the good of theories? They are the scourges that lash our minds in modern days, lash them into confusion, perplexity, despair. I have never been troubled by them before. Why should I be troubled by them now? And the absurdity of Professor Black's is surely obvious. A child would laugh at it. Yes, a child! I have never been a diary writer. I have never been able to understand the amusement of sitting down late at night and scrawling minutely in some hidden book every paltry incident of one's paltry days. People say it is so interesting to read the entries years afterwards. To read, as a man, the menu that I ate through as a boy, the love-story that I was actor in, the tragedy that I brought about, the debt that I have never paid—how could it profit me? To keep a diary has always seemed to me merely an addition to the ills of life. Yet now I have a hidden book, like the rest of the world, and I am scrawling in it to-day. Yes, but for a reason.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spell of Egypt. V1. 15 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Why do you come to Egypt? Do you come to gain a dream, or to regain lost dreams of old; to gild your life with the drowsy gold of romance, to lose a creeping sorrow, to forget that too many of your hours are sullen, grey, bereft? What do you wish of Egypt?

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spinster. V1. 15 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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I had arrived at Inley Abbey that afternoon, and was sitting at dinner with Inley and his pretty wife, whom I had not seen for five years, since the day I was his best man, when we all heard faintly the tolling of a church bell. Lady Inley shook her shoulders in a rather exaggerated shudder.
"Someone dead!" said her husband.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Way of Ambition. V1. 17 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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"We want a new note in English music," said Charmian, in her clear and slightly authoritative voice. "The Hallelujah Chorus era has gone at last to join all the Victorian relics. And the nation is drifting musically. Of course we have a few composers who are being silly in the attempt to be original, and a few others who still believe that all the people can stand in the way of home-grown products is a ballad or a Te Deum. But what we want is an English composer with a soul. I'm getting quite sick of heads. They are bearable in literature. But when it comes to music, one's whole being clamors for more."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Woman with the Fan. V1. 17 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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In a large and cool drawing-room of London a few people were scattered about, listening to a soprano voice that was singing to the accompaniment of a piano. The sound of the voice came from an inner room, towards which most of these people were looking earnestly. Only one or two seemed indifferent to the fascination of the singer.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Tongues of Conscience. V1. 18 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Sea Change

"William Foster"

The Cry of the Child

How Love came to Professor Guildea

The Lady and the Beggar

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Hickey, H. B: Beyond The Thunder. V1. 14 Sep 2010

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The name H. B. Hickey is a pseudonym for Herbert B. Livingston, who was born in Chicago in 1916.

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What was this blinding force that came out of a hole in the sky, and was powerful enough to destroy an entire city? Case thought he knew....

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Hickey, H. B: The Eye of Wilbur Mook. V1. 14 Sep 2010

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The name H. B. Hickey is a pseudonym for Herbert B. Livingston, who was born in Chicago in 1916.

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When the world's most cowardly man met the world's bravest—history was changed

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Higgin, L.: Handbook of Embroidery, v.1, 30 June 2008

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An illustrated volume from 1880:

CHAPTER I - Of Implements and Materials used in Modern Embroidery
CHAPTER II - Textile Fabrics used as Grounds for Embroidery
CHAPTER III - Stitches
CHAPTER IV - Frames and Framing
CHAPTER V - Stitches used in Frame Embroidery
APPENDIX [Sixteen Plates, containing 24 Design

It's a crewel world.

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Higginson, T. W.: Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic. V1. 6 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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The order of the tales in the present work follows roughly the order of development, giving first the legends which kept near the European shore, and then those which, like St. Brandan's or Antillia, were assigned to the open sea or, like Norumbega or the Isle of Demons, to the very coast of America.

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Army Life in a Black Regiment. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the late civil war. It was, indeed, the first colored regiment of any kind so mustered, except a portion of the troops raised by Major-General Butler at New Orleans. These scarcely belonged to the same class, however, being recruited from the free colored population of that city, a comparatively self-reliant and educated race. "The darkest of them," said General Butler, "were about the complexion of the late Mr. Webster."

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Black Rebellion. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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The Maroons! it was a word of peril once; and terror spread along the skirts of the blue mountains of Jamaica when some fresh foray of those unconquered guerrillas swept down from the outlying plantations, startled the Assembly from its order, Gen. Williamson from his billiards, and Lord Balcarres from his diplomatic ease,—endangering, according to the official statement, "public credit," "civil rights," and "the prosperity, if not the very existence, of the country," until they were "persuaded to make peace" at last.

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Malbone an Oldport Romance. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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AS one wanders along this southwestern promontory of the Isle of Peace, and looks down upon the green translucent water which forever bathes the marble slopes of the Pirates' Cave, it is natural to think of the ten wrecks with which the past winter has strewn this shore. Though almost all trace of their presence is already gone, yet their mere memory lends to these cliffs a human interest. Where a stranded vessel lies, thither all steps converge, so long as one plank remains upon another. There centres the emotion. All else is but the setting, and the eye sweeps with indifference the line of unpeopled rocks. They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay. The ocean provides the scenery and properties of a perpetual tragedy, but the interest arrives with the performers. Till then the shores remain vacant, like the great conventional armchairs of the French drama, that wait for Rachel to come and die.

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Oldport Days. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

OLDPORT IN WINTER
OLDPORT WHARVES
THE HAUNTED WINDOW
A DRIFT-WOOD FIRE
AN ARTIST'S CREATION
IN A WHERRY
MADAM DELIA'S EXPECTATIONS
SUNSHINE AND PETRARCH
A SHADOW
FOOTPATHS

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Hill, Grace Livingston: A Voice in the Wilderness. V1. 11 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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With a lurch the train came to a dead stop and Margaret Earle, hastily gathering up her belongings, hurried down the aisle and got out into the night.
It occurred to her, as she swung her heavy suit-case down the rather long step to the ground, and then carefully swung herself after it, that it was strange that neither conductor, brakeman, nor porter had come to help her off the train, when all three had taken the trouble to tell her that hers was the next station; but she could hear voices up ahead. Perhaps something was the matter with the engine that detained them and they had forgotten her for the moment.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Cloudy Jewel. V1. 7 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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“Well, all I’ve got to say, then, is, you’re a very foolish woman!”
Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Exit Betty. V1. 7 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth. She had longed all day for this brief respite from everyone, but it had passed before she could concentrate her thoughts. She started forward, a flame of rose for an instant in her white cheeks, but gone as quickly. Her eyes reminded one of the stars among the far-away clouds on a night of fitful storm with only glimpses of their beauty in breaks of the overcast sky. Her small hands gripped one another excitedly, and the sweet lips were quivering.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Lo, Michael!. V1. 8 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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It was an alert voice that called from a huddled group of urchins in the forefront of the crowd, but the child flashed past without heeding, straight up the stone steps where stood a beautiful baby smiling on the crowd. With his bundle of papers held high, and the late morning sunlight catching his tangle of golden hair, Mikky flung himself toward the little one. The sharp crack of a revolver from the opposite curbstone was simultaneous with their fall. Then all was confusion.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Marcia Schuyler. V1. 9 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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The sun was already up and the grass blades were twinkling with sparkles of dew, as Marcia stepped from the kitchen door.
She wore a chocolate calico with little sprigs of red and white scattered over it, her hair was in smooth brown braids down her back, and there was a flush on her round cheeks that might have been but the reflection of the rosy light in the East.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The City of Fire. V1. 6 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Billy Gaston, two miles away and a few degrees up the mountain side, standing on the little station platform at Pleasant View, waiting for the morning train looked down upon the beauty at his feet and felt its loveliness blindly. A passing thrill of wonder and devotion fled through his fourteen-year-old soul as he regarded it idly. Down there was home and all his interests and loyalty. His eyes dwelt affectionately on the pointing spire and bell tower. He loved those bells, and the one who played them, and under their swelling tones had been awakened new thoughts and lofty purposes. He knew they were lofty. He was not yet altogether sure that they were his, but they were there in his mind for him to think about, nd there was a strange awesome lure about their contemplation.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Girl from Montana. V1. 7 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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The late afternoon sun was streaming in across the cabin floor as the girl stole around the corner and looked cautiously in at the door.
There was a kind of tremulous courage in her face. She had a duty to perform, and she was resolved to do it without delay. She shaded her eyes with her hand from the glare of the sun, set a firm foot upon the threshold, and, with one wild glance around to see whether all was as she had left it, entered her home and stood for a moment shuddering in the middle of the floor.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Man of the Desert. V1. 8 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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It was morning, high and clear as Arizona counts weather, and around the little railroad station were gathered a crowd of curious onlookers; seven Indians, three women from nearby shacks—drawn thither by the sight of the great private car that the night express had left on a side track—the usual number of loungers, a swarm of children, besides the station agent who had come out to watch proceedings.
All the morning the private car had been an object of deep interest to those who lived within sight, and that was everybody on the plateau; and many and various had been the errands and excuses to go to the station that perchance the occupants of that car might be seen, or a glimpse of the interior of the moving palace; but the silken curtains had remained drawn until after nine o'clock.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Mystery of Mary. V1. 10 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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He paused on the platform and glanced at his watch. The train on which he had just arrived was late. It hurried away from the station, and was swallowed up in the blackness of the tunnel, as if it knew its own shortcomings and wished to make up for them.
It was five minutes of six, and as the young man looked back at the long flight of steps that led to the bridge across the tracks, a delicate pencilling of electric light flashed into outline against the city's deepening dusk, emphasizing the lateness of the hour. He had a dinner engagement at seven, and it was yet some distance to his home, where a rapid toilet must be made if he were to arrive on time.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Search. V1. 10 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Two young men in officers’ uniforms entered the smoker of a suburban train, and after the usual formalities of matches and cigarettes settled back to enjoy their ride out to Bryne Haven.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The War Romance of the Salvation Army. V1. 12 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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In presenting the narrative of some of the doings of the Salvation Army during the world's great conflict for liberty, I am but answering the insistent call of a most generous and appreciative public.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Witness. V1. 12 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Like a sudden cloudburst the dormitory had gone into a frenzy of sound. Doors slammed, feet trampled, hoarse voices reverberated, heavy bodies flung themselves along the corridor, the very electrics trembled with the cataclysm. One moment all was quiet with a contented after-dinner-peace-before-study hours; the next it was as if all the forces of the earth had broken forth.
Paul Courtland stepped to his door and threw it back.
"Come on, Court, see the fun!" called the football half-back, who was slopping along with two dripping fire-buckets of water.
"What's doing?"

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Hill, J.H.:Astral Worship:. v1, 5 Feb 2008

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Published in 1895 this little gem of a book gives a succinct overview of the evolution of religion from ancient worship of personified nature to Christianity today. It's a beautiful roadmap that puts all the pieces together.

With Illustrations.

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Hill, Napoleon: Think and Grow Rich v1.0 2007-09-16

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Yes, I know [Think and Grow Rich[/ was already posted by Patricia this morning. But, I started it last night when I found out it was public domain in the US and finished it this morning. Byt the time I found out Patricia was doing a version, I was almost done so I decided to keep going. Now you have two versions to choose from.

[quotThink and Grow Rich! (ISBN 1-59330-200-2) is a classic motivational book. Written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie, it was published in 1937 at the end of the Great Depression. In 1960, Hill published an abridged version of the book, which for years was the only one generally available. In 2004, Ross Cornwell published Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised (Second Printing 2007), which restored the book to its original content, with slight revisions, and added the first comprehensive endnotes, index, and appendix the book had ever contained.

The text of Think and Grow Rich! is founded on Hill's earlier work, The Law of Success, the result of more than twenty years of research based on Hill's close association with a large number of individuals who managed to achieve great wealth during the course of their lifetimes.

At Carnegie's bidding, Hill studied the characteristics of these great achievers and developed fifteen "laws" intended to be applied by anybody to achieve success. Think and Grow Rich! itself condenses these laws further and provides the reader with 13 principles in the form of a philosophy of personal achievement.

Reflected in these principles is the importance of cultivating a burning desire, faith, autosuggestion and persistence in the attainment of one's goals. Hill also discusses the importance of overcoming many of the most common fears that can adversely affect one's thinking and potential.

Hill in his introduction to the book refers to the "Carnegie Secret", a conception which he reports is the foundation of all success and appears to be the premise of the book. Hill promises to indirectly describe this "secret" in every chapter, but never state it plainly, believing the use of the secret is only available to those who possess a "readiness" for it, a disposition Hill describes as essential to the concept itself.

Think and Grow Rich has sold consistently since its first publishing. According to one publisher, the book has now sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Think and Grow Rich is currently ranked #9 on the BusinessWeek Best-Seller List for paperback business books and has been on the aforementioned list for 22 months as of April 2007.[/quot

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Hill, Napoleon: Think and Grow Rich, v1, 16 Sept 2007.

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Done in response to a request.

The html came from sacred-texts.com, whose commentator says:

This is one of the best-selling self-help books of all time. Written during the Great Depression, against a backdrop of millions of people out of work and a looming world war, Napoleon Hill's magnum opus held out hope that life could get better. While not considered part of the New Thought movement, Hill drew on many of their concepts and techniques. He prefigured the 'Prosperity Consciousness' of present-day New Age thinkers. And a host of motivational writers and speakers have followed in his footsteps.
A good part of Hill's book is simply the gospel of 20th century American Capitalism: work hard, have a firm handshake, get ahead by doing quality work, treat your customers with respect, anybody can become rich and/or powerful if they overcome their personal weaknesses. Some may find the core 'secret' of this book elusive; Hill never gives us a succinct formula to acquiring wealth, although he hints that it exists. However, the title of the book is 'Think and Grow Rich,' not 'Get Rich Quick': Hill insists that we take a very detailed personal inventory, and grow spiritually, in order to draw wealth our way. This involves a developing a high level of self-discipline and obeying the Delphic injunction to 'Know Thyself'. He also incorporates a lot of good, practical business advice: find new opportunities created by technological innovations, make a written plan and keep to it, don't be afraid to fail repeatedly. The secret is here, it is just simply the sum of parts rather than an explicit roadmap.
Towards the end of the book he steps off a precipice and ventures into some very esoteric territory. He discusses harnessing Kundalini energy, manifesting psychic powers such as telepathy, tapping into higher consciousness, and getting in touch with the great minds of history, although, again, he is not too specific about how to accomplish these feats.
Think and Grow Rich is one of those books which makes a lasting impression. No matter what you may think of Hill's philosophy and his folksy writing style, you are bound to come away from this book feeling energized, more optimistic about life, and (possibly) a bit richer for the experience. --J. B. Hare, 7/20/2006

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Hilton, James: And Now, Good-Bye. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist, and author of several best-sellers including Lost Horizon (which popularised the mythical Shangri-La) and Goodbye Mr. Chips.

From the Book:
The Reverend Howat Freemantle awoke about the usual time on Monday morning of that second week in November. From habit, as soon as he was completely conscious, he lit the bedside candle, glanced at his watch ticking loudly on the table, and then at his wife, whose huddled back and deep regular breathing presented a familiar picture close by. Seven-thirty. He reached out an arm to light the gas-ring under the kettle—a manoeuvre dexterously performed as a result of long practice. Then he leaned back to doze for those last and frequently most delightful minutes.
But this morning they were not particularly delightful. Parsons, he had often reflected, were not immune from the 'Monday morning' feeling—on the contrary, they were subject to a peculiarly distressing Monday morning feeling of their own. After Sunday, with its sermons and services, Monday came, not as the beginning of a six days' holiday, as so many lay persons imagined, but as a sudden drop to the bottom of a hill which had to be slowly and laboriously climbed over again.

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Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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A very short old classic. Life at an English public-school, in the eyes of an old school-master.

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Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips. V1. 22 Dec 2008

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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The novel tells the story of a much-loved schoolteacher through the long years of his tenure at Brookfield, the fictional boys' public boarding school where he has taught. Arthur Chipping conquers his inability to connect with the boys at the school, as well as his initial shyness, when he marries Katherine, a young woman he meets on holiday who quickly picks up on calling him by his nickname, "Chips". Despite his own mediocre academic record, he goes on to have an illustrious career as an inspiring educator at Brookfield.
Although the book is unabashedly sentimental, it also depicts the sweeping social changes that Chips experiences throughout his life: he begins his tenure at Brookfield in 1870, as the Franco-Prussian War is breaking out, and lies on his deathbed shortly after Hitler's rise to power. At times, the book is rather ethnocentric. On numerous occasions, Chips ruminates on his faith in "English blood," and at one point makes a mildly anti-Semitic joke about a "boy named Isaacstein." (Later editions of the book eliminated the Jewish reference and simply said that Chips "made fun of a boy's name.") He is seen as an individual who is able to connect to anyone on a human level, beyond what he (by proxy of his former wife) views as petty politics, such as the strikers, the Boers, and a German friend.
Clearly discernible is a nostalgia for the Victorian social order that had faded rapidly after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 and whose remnants were fully destroyed by the First World War. Indeed, a recurring leitmotif throughout is the devastating impact of the war on British society. When the war breaks out, Chips, who had retired the year before at age sixty-five, agrees to come out of retirement to fill in for the various masters who have entered military service. Despite his being taken for a doddering fossil, it is Chips who keeps his wits about him during an air raid, averting mass panic and sustaining morale. Countless old boys and masters die on the battlefield, and much of the story involves Chips's response to the horrors unleashed by the war. At one point, he reads aloud a long roster of the school's fallen alumni, and, defying the modern world he sees as soulless and lacking transcendent values of honour and friendship, dares to include the name of an Austrian former master who has died fighting on the opposite side.
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Hilton, James: Knight Without Armour. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist, and author of several best-sellers including Lost Horizon (which popularised the mythical Shangri-La) and Goodbye Mr. Chips.

KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR was published in America six months after LOST HORIZON, yet before LOST HORIZON began to win popularity--thus it missed the wider appeal it might otherwise have had. Set in Russia, it is the story of Ainsely Fothergill, an Englishman who served as a British spy and was exiled to Siberia for eight years. The book reminds us that James Hilton was one of the best storytellers of our era, and that a good story never loses its appeal.

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Hilton, James: Lost Horizon, v.1, 29 Oct 2007.

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A bestseller of 1933.

After an air crash, group of westerners find themselves marooned in the Himalayan valley of Shangri-La. There is a monastery where the peace-loving lamas do not seem to age and are intent on preserving the best of world civilisation. The visitors are invited to remain.
This utopian work was a very popular escapist novel in the thirties; and with the economic depression, the memories of the Great War, and the prospect of another war, they had good reason to like escapist literature.

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Hilton, James: Morning Journey, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

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Another James Hilton novel from Gutenberg Australia.

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Hilton, James: Random Harvest, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

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Set in the years between the two World Wars, James Hilton's "Random Harvest" tells the story of a shell-shocked soldier who loses his memory. The final denouement occurs only on the last page of the book!

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Hilton, James: Was it Murder?, v.1, 21 Feb 2008.

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Another James Hilton classic - set in the years between the World Wars, a suspicious death at a school.... and a protagonist prone to composing poems.

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Hilton, Walter: The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection. 20-Nov-2010

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Walter Hilton (d. 1396) was an Augustinian mystic. His 'Scale of Perfection' is known as the first book of mysticism written in the English language. This work may be described as a guide-book for the journey to the spiritual Jerusalem, which is "contemplation in perfect love of God"

The text is from www.ccel.org

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Hinton, C.H.: An Episode of Flatland. v1. 10 Nov 2007

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I've not read this one, but I've been curious about it since I was in high school. I've watched print copies go for $300 or more and not found it in any of the libraries I've lived near. Fortunately, Marcus Rowland of Forgotten Futures uploaded a scan to his website, which is incidentally an excellent page for finding Victorian era adventure and fantasy e-texts of all sorts.

Hinton was of course inspired by Edwin A. Abbott's classic Romance of Many Dimensions (also available on mobile read), but was more interested in developing the mechanics of how a two dimensional world would operate. A. K. Dewdney's novel Planiverse was based on Hinton's model for a 2-D planet.

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Hippocrates: Collected Works, v.1, 26 June 2008.

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Hippocrates of Cos (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC) Collected Works.
Translated by Dr. Francis Adams (1796–1861).

There are about 70 works in the Hippocratic corpus. Many of them are actually by his students. This translation, by a Scottish doctor collects the ones most likely to be by Hippocrates himself. It includes the Hippocratic Oath.

From the Aphorisms:
‘Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.’

Contents:
On Airs, Waters, and Places
On Ancient Medicine
Aphorisms
On the Articulations
The Book of Prognostics
On Fistulae
On Fractures
On Haemorrhoids
On Injuries of the Head
Instruments of Reduction
The Law
The Oath
Of the Epidemics
On Regimen in Acute Diseases
On the Sacred Disease
On the Surgery
On Ulcers

Disclaimer: Consult your medical practitioner if you need medical advice. Medicine has moved on since 400 BCE. I refuse to accept any responsibility if you are imprudent enough to try any of the remedies or procedures in this book.

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Hittell, Theodore H.: Adventures of James Capen "Grizzly" Adams. v1. 2 Dec 07

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The actual title is "The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California" but was too long for thread name.

James Capen "Grizzly" Adams was the real-life inspiration for the 1970's U.S. TV series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams." I loved it when I was a kid!

It turns out that the real life story is actually a bit more graphic than the sanitized TV version. The actual James Adams spent many years living in the mountain ranges of the U.S. west after having financial troubles in the mid-1800's. He befriended a bear cub named Ben (short for Benjamin Franklin) which actually became his pet for some time. While living in the mountains, he had several run-ins with Indians, was attacked by many different kinds of dangerous animals and generally had a rough time.

He basically made his living by hunting, trapping and capturing animals for circuses and zoos. When not in the mountains doing his mountain man thing, he would visit cities to earn money wrestling (!) his "pet" grizzly bears and other animals for fun and profit for his friend P.T. Barnum. These incidents didn't always go well however, and he often suffered severe injuries--a run-in with a cranky Bengal tiger scarred him pretty badly.

One thing that really stands out though is his love of nature and the environment--well that is if you don't count that he hunted and ate anything he could catch and made a living by sending animals to zoos. It's interesting reading his descriptions of the vast wilderness that existed before our cities and smog took everything over.

On his deathbed he was asked about his faith. He replied: "I have attended preaching every day, Sundays and all, for the last six years. Sometimes an old grizzly gave me the sermon, sometimes it was a panther; often it was the thunder and lightning, the tempest or the hurricane, on the peaks of the Sierra Nevada or in the gorges of the Rocky Mountains. But whatever preached to me, it always taught me the majesty of the Creator and revealed to me the undying and unchanging love of our kind Father in Heaven. Although I am a pretty rough customer, I fancy my heart is in about the right place, and look with confidence for that rest which I so much need, and which I have never enjoyed upon earth."

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Hocking, Joseph: The Birthright. V1. 13 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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I am writing this story at the wish of many friends, who tell me it is my duty so to do. Certain stories have been afloat, which are anything but true, and it has been urged upon me again and again to set down in plain terms the true history of events which have set people's tongues wagging. I must confess that, in spite of the pleasure I have in recalling the memories of past years, it is with great diffidence that I at last commence my work.

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Hocking, Joseph: All for a Scrap of Paper. V1. 12 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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"I then said that I should like to go and see the Chancellor. . . I found the Chancellor very agitated. His Excellency began a harangue which lasted about twenty minutes. He said that the step taken by His Majesty's Government was terrible to a degree; just for a word, 'neutrality'—a word which in war time had also often been disregarded—just for a scrap of paper.

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Hocking, Joseph: The Day of Judgment. V1. 14 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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Three young men sat in an old inn not far from the borderline which divides England from Scotland. They were out on a holiday, and for more than two weeks had been tramping northward. Beginning at the Windermere Lakes, they had been roaming amidst the wild mountainous scenery which is the pride and joy of all lovers of beauty who dwell in that district. For two of them the holiday had practically come to an end, and now, smoking their pipes after dinner in the old inn, they were reviewing their experiences.

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Hocking, Joseph: The Pomp of Yesterday. V1. 14 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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It is now fast approaching four years since our country at the call of duty, and for the world's welfare entered the great struggle which is still convulsing the nations of the earth. What this has cost us, and what it has meant to us, and to other countries, it is impossible to describe. Imagination reels before the thought. Still the ghastly struggle continues, daily comes the story of carnage, and suffering, and loss; and still the enemy who stands for all that is basest, and most degraded in life, stands firm, and proudly vaunts his prowess.
Why is Victory delayed?

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Hocking, Joseph: Tommy. V1. 16 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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My only qualification for writing this simple story of "Tommy" is that I have tried to know him, and that I greatly admire him. I met him before he joined the army, when for more than six months I addressed recruiting meetings. I have also been with him in training camps, and spent many hours talking with him. It was during those hours that he opened his heart to me and showed me the kind of man he is.

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Hocking, Joseph: Weapons of Mystery. V1. 16 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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My story begins on the morning of December 18, 18—, while sitting at breakfast. Let it be understood before we go further that I was a bachelor living in lodgings. I had been left an orphan just before I came of age, and was thus cast upon the world at a time when it is extremely dangerous for young men to be alone.

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Hodgson, William Hope: Carnacki, the Ghost Finder. V1. 17 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER
THE HOUSE AMONG THE LAURELS
THE WHISTLING ROOM
THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE
THE SEARCHER OF THE END HOUSE
THE THING INVISIBLE

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Boats of the Glen Carrig. V1. 17 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Ghost Pirates. V1. 18 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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This book forms the last of three. The first published was "The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'"; the second, "The House on the Borderland"; this, the third, completes what, perhaps, may be termed a trilogy; for, though very different in scope, each of the three books deals with certain conceptions that have an elemental kinship. With this book, the author believes that he closes the door, so far as he is concerned, on a particular phase of constructive thought.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The House on the Borderland. V1. 18 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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Many are the hours in which I have pondered upon the story that is set forth in the following pages. I trust that my instincts are not awry when they prompt me to leave the account, in simplicity, as it was handed to me.
And the MS. itself—You must picture me, when first it was given into my care, turning it over, curiously, and making a swift, jerky examination. A small book it is; but thick, and all, save the last few pages, filled with a quaint but legible handwriting, and writ very close. I have the queer, faint, pit-water smell of it in my nostrils now as I write, and my fingers have subconscious memories of the soft, "cloggy" feel of the long-damp pages.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Night Land. V1. 19 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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"This to be Love, that your spirit to live in a natural holiness with the Beloved, and your bodies to be a sweet and natural delight that shall be never lost of a lovely mystery.... And shame to be unborn, and all things to go wholesome and proper, out of an utter greatness of understanding; and the Man to be an Hero and a Child before the Woman; and the Woman to be an Holy Light of the Spirit and an Utter Companion and in the same time a glad Possession unto the Man.... And this doth be Human Love...."

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Real Thing. V1. 16 Mar 2011

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William Hope Hodgson (November 15, 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

Author of “The Albatross,” “Jack Grey, Second Mate,” etc.
Adventure, January 3, 1919

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Hodson, Thomas: Old Daniel. V1. 19 June 2010

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Thomas Hodson

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I can now, in my mind’s eye, see Chickka, the washerman, as if I had met him yesterday; and I can see the mud houses of Singonahully, the mud wall of the village, and the temple of Runga, as if they were all before me. Yet five and thirty years are passed and gone since the afternoon when, in quest of medical aid, I rode past the village, hoping yet to see it the abode of many follower’s of Christ, not knowing that I was never to see it more. At that time Chickka was still a heathen. He was then between forty and fifty years of age, a grey-headed, resolute, self-controlled looking man.

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Hoffman, E. T. A.: Die Elixiere des Teufels german v1 18 feb 2009

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Die in [Die Elixiere des Teufels[/ beschriebene Lebensgeschichte des Mönches Medardus beginnt mit seinem Aufwachsen in einem Kloster. Trotz des asketischen Umfelds hat der Junge bereits früh mit körperlichen Versuchungen zu kämpfen. Als ihm nach mehreren Jahren im Kloster die Aufsicht über die heilige Reliquienkammer des Klosters übergeben wird, erfährt er von dem Geheimnis eines wundersamen Elixiers, mit welchem der Teufel versucht haben soll, den heiligen Antoinius zu verführen. Medardus kann seiner Neugier nicht widerstehen und trinkt von dem Elixier. Es vernebelt ihm die Sinne und erweckt ein dunkles Verlangen in seinem Inneren. Als das Kloster ihn bald darauf mit einem Auftrag nach Rom entsendet nimmt die unglaubliche und schauerhafte Geschichte des abtrünnigen Mönches ihren Lauf.

Der Roman Die Elixiere des Teufels von E. T. A. Hoffmann erschien 1815/16. Hoffmann übernahm die Grundidee des Romans aus Matthew Gregory Lewis Roman „The Monk“, der auch im Text selber erwähnt wird.

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Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Meister Floh. german. v1. 21 mar 2009

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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (* 24. Januar 1776; † 25. Juni 1822) war ein Schriftsteller der Romantik, Jurist, Komponist, Kapellmeister, Musikkritiker, Zeichner und Karikaturist. Der nach ihm benannte Bamberger Literaturpreis wird alle zwei Jahre verliehen.

Das skurrile Märchen "Meister Floh" erschien 1822 und erzählt die Geschichte des frauenscheuen Träumers Peregrinus Tyß sowie dessen Begegnung mit dem weisen und gelehrten Meister der Flöhe. Am Weihnachtsabend bringt Peregrinus den Kindern eines armen Buchbinders Geschenke und trifft dort die schöne und geheimnisvolle Dörtje Elverdink, die ihn bittet, sie in sein Haus aufzunehmen. Dort besteht sie auf der Herausgabe eines Gefangenen, von dem Peregrinus allerdings gar nichts weiß.
Zur selben Zeit gastiert ein Flohbändiger und Mikroskopist in der Stadt, dem zunächst seine Flöhe und dann seine schöne Nichte Dörtje abhanden gekommen sind. Auch Georg Pepusch, eine Freud des Peregrinus Tyß, ist auf der Suche nach Dörtje, die er für die wieder zum Leben erweckte Prinzessin Gamaheh aus Famagusta hält.
Peregrinus macht die Bekanntschaft des Meister Flohs, der lange ein Gefangener des Flohbändigers war und Peregrinus nun um Schutz bittet. Die schöne Dörtje, die tatsächlich die Prinzessin Gamaheh ist, dürfe ihn um keinen Preis in ihre Gewalt bekommen, da sonst das ganze Volk der Flöhe wieder zur Sklaverei verurteilt sei. Obwohl Peregrinus von Dörtje bezaubert ist, verspricht er, dem Meister Floh zu helfen.

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Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Nachtstücke. german. v1. 7 mar 2009

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[Nachtstücke[/ ist ein Zyklus von Erzählungen des deutschen Autors E. T. A. Hoffmann. Sie erschienen in zwei Bänden 1816 und 1817 und erfreuten sich bei der Leserschaft großer Beliebtheit wegen des geheimnisumwitterten Geschehens und Ambientes, das sie vermitteln.

Enthalten sind die Erzählungen:

- Der Sandmann

- Ignaz Denner

- Die Jesuiterkirche in G.

- Das Sanctus

- Das öde Haus

- Das Majorat

- Das Gelübde

- Das steinerne Herz.

Die Anlehnung an das aus der Malerei geläufige Nachtstück kommt nicht von ungefähr: Scheinen solche Bilder durch Kerzen oder Mondlicht nur schlecht ausgeleuchtet, sind die Hoffmannschen Erzählungen entsprechend düster und verwirrend "ausgeleuchtet". Vielfach bleibt die Frage offen, ob das, was geschehen sein soll, Wirklichkeit oder bloß Wahnvorstellung ist.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Der Sandmann (german) v1 23 dec 2008

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Ok, das ist mein erster Buch-Upload. Ich hoffe ihr seit mit der Formatierung zufrieden.

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»Aber die gräßlichste Gestalt hätte mir nicht tieferes Entsetzen erregen können, als eben dieser Coppelius. Denke Dir einen großen breitschultrigen Mann mit einem unförmlich dicken Kopf, erdgelbem Gesicht, buschigten grauen Augenbrauen, unter denen ein paar grünliche Katzenaugen stechend hervorfunkeln, großer, starker über die Oberlippe gezogener Nase. Das schiefe Maul verzieht sich oft zum hämischen Lachen; dann werden auf den Backen ein paar dunkelrote Flecke sichtbar und ein seltsam zischender Ton fährt durch die zusammengekniffenen Zähne.«

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Holbrook, Florence: The Book of Nature Myths (Illustrated):. v1, 8 Feb 2008

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Fifty-four nature myths from around the world, many from Native Americans, are collected and retold in this edition, originally published in 1902. The vocabulary is intended for young readers, with myths such as [The Story of the First Hummingbird [/and Why the [Aspen Leaves Tremble[/.

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Holcroft, Thomas: Anna St. Ives. V1. 20 June 2010

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Thomas Holcroft (10 December 1745 – 23 March 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer.

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Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton
Wenbourne-Hill
Here are we, my dear girl, in the very height of preparation. We begin our journey southward at five tomorrow morning. We shall make a short stay in London, and then proceed to Paris. Expectation is on tiptoe: my busy fancy has pictured to itself Calais, Montreuil, Abbeville, in short every place which the book of post roads enumerates, and some of which the divine Sterne has rendered so famous.

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Holcroft, Thomas: The Adventures of Hugh Trevor. V1. 20 June 2010

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Thomas Holcroft (10 December 1745 – 23 March 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer.

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Every man of determined inquiry, who will ask, without the dread of discovering more than he dares believe, what is divinity? what is law? what is physic? what is war? and what is trade? will have great reason to doubt at some times of the virtue, and at others of the utility, of each of these different employments. What profession should a man of principle, who is anxiously desirous to promote individual and general happiness, chuse for his son? The question has perplexed many parents, and certainly deserves a serious examination.

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Holden, Fox B: A Gift For Terra. V1. 20 June 2010

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Fox B. Holden. No biography available.
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The good Martian Samaritans rescued Johnny Love and offered him "the stars". Now, maybe, Johnny didn't look closely enough into the "gift horse's" mouth, but there were others who did ... and found therein the answer to life....

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Holdsworth, Ethel : Helen of Four Gates. v1. 28 May 2010

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Ethel Holdsworth (AKA Ethel Carnie or Ethel Carnie Holdsworth) was a British writer and social reformer. She was born and brought up in Lancashire mill towns and her novel, "Helen of Four Gates", published under the pseudonym "An Ex-Mill Girl", makes extensive use of the Lancashire dialect (which can make proof-reading a tricky task). For more information on Ethel see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Carnie_Holdsworth .

This version is based on the Internet Archive copy originally published in 1917 in the USA. The OCR's scans have been proofread and compared with the original image copy and corrected to create what was originally a fb2 Ebook for my personal use. This copy was derived from the fb2 version as it appears that format is not popular.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: 'Lena Rivers. V1. 3 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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If it be true, as some have said, that a secret is safer in a preface than elsewhere, it would be worse than folly for me to waste the "midnight oil," in the manufacture of an article which no one would read, and which would serve no purpose, save the adding of a page or so to a volume perhaps already too large. But I do not think so. I wot of a few who, with a horror of anything savoring of humbug, wade industriously through a preface, be it never so lengthy, hoping therein to find the moral, without which the story would, of course, be valueless. To such I would say, seek no further, for though I claim for "'Lena Rivers," a moral—yes, half a dozen morals, if you please—I shall not put them in the preface, as I prefer having them sought after, for what I have written I wish to have read.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Aikenside. V1. 28 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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The good people of Devonshire were rather given to quarreling— sometimes about the minister's wife, meek, gentle Mrs. Tiverton, whose manner of housekeeping, and style of dress, did not exactly suit them; sometimes about the minister himself, good, patient Mr. Tiverton, who vainly imagined that if he preached three sermons a week, attended the Wednesday evening prayer-meeting, the Thursday evening sewing society, officiated at every funeral, visited all the sick, and gave to every beggar who called at his door, besides superintending the Sunday school, he was earning his salary of six hundred per year.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Bad Hugh. V1. 28 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

A large, old-fashioned, weird-looking wooden building, with strangely shaped bay windows and stranger gables projecting here and there from the slanting roof, where the green moss clung in patches to the moldy shingles, or formed a groundwork for the nests the swallows built year after year beneath the decaying eaves. Long, winding piazzas, turning sharp, sudden angles, and low, square porches, where the summer sunshine held many a fantastic dance, and where the winter storm piled up its drifts of snow, whistling merrily as it worked, and shaking the loosened casement as it went whirling by.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Bessie's Fortune. V1. 29 June 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

Mrs. Geraldine Jerrold, of Boston, had in her girlhood been Miss Geraldine Grey, of Allington, one of those quiet, pretty little towns which so thickly dot the hills and valleys Of New England. Her father, who died before her marriage, had been a sea-captain, and a man of great wealth, and was looked upon as a kind of autocrat, whose opinion was a law and whose friendship was an honor. When a young lady, Miss Geraldine had chafed at the stupid town and the stupider people, as she designated the citizens of Allington, and had only been happy when the house at Grey's Park was full of guests after the manner of English houses, where hospitality is dispensed on a larger scale than is common in America. She had been abroad, and had spent some weeks in Derbyshire at the Peacock Inn, close to the park of Chatsworth, which she admired so much that on her return to Allington she never rested until the five acres of land, in the midst of which her father's house stood, were improved and fitted up as nearly as possible like the beautiful grounds across the sea

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Cousin Maude. V1. 29 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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"If you please, marm, the man from York State is comin' afoot. Too stingy to ride, I'll warrant," and Janet, the housekeeper, disappeared from the parlor, just as the sound of the gate was heard, and an unusually fine-looking middle-aged man was seen coming up the box-lined walk which led to the cottage door.
The person thus addressed was a lady, whose face, though young and handsome, wore a look which told of early sorrow. Matilda Remington had been a happy, loving wife, but the old churchyard in Vernon contained a grass-grown grave, where rested the noble heart which had won her girlish love. And she was a widow now, a fair-haired, blue-eyed widow, and the stranger who had so excited Janet's wrath by walking from the depot, a distance of three miles, would claim her as his bride ere the morrow's sun was midway in the heavens. How the engagement happened she could not exactly tell, but happened it had, and she was pledged to leave the vine-wreathed cottage which Harry had built for her, and go with one of whom she knew comparatively little.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Darkness and Daylight. V1. 1 July 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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Collingwood was to have a tenant at last. For twelve long years its massive walls of dark grey stone had frowned in gloomy silence upon the passers-by, the terror of the superstitious ones, who had peopled its halls with ghosts and goblins, saying even that the snowy-haired old man, its owner, had more than once been seen there, moving restlessly from room to room and muttering of the darkness which came upon him when he lost his fair young wife and her beautiful baby Charlie. The old man was not dead, but for years he had been a stranger to his former home.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Dora Deane. V1. 1 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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Poor little Dora Deane! How utterly wretched and desolate she was, as she crouched before the scanty fire, and tried to warm the little bit of worn-out flannel, with which to wrap her mother's feet; and how hard she tried to force back the tears which would burst forth afresh whenever she looked upon that pale, sick mother, and thought how soon she would be gone!

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Ethelyn's Mistake. V1. 2 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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There was a sweet odor of clover blossoms in the early morning air, and the dew stood in great drops upon the summer flowers, and dropped from the foliage of the elm trees which skirted the village common. There was a cloud of mist upon the meadows, and the windings of the river could be distinctly traced by the white fog which curled above it. But the fog and the mists were rolling away as the warm June sun came over the eastern hills, and here and there signs of life were visible in the little New England town of Chicopee, where our story opens.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Homestead on the Hillside. V1. 3 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

The Homestead On The Hillside
Rice Corner
The Gilberts; Or, Rice Corner Number Two
The Thanksgiving Party And Its Consequences

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Maggie Miller. V1. 4 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

Excerpt
'Mid the New England hills, and beneath the shadow of their dim old woods, is a running brook whose deep waters were not always as merry and frolicsome as now; for years before our story opens, pent up and impeded in their course, they dashed angrily against their prison walls, and turned the creaking wheel of an old sawmill with a sullen, rebellious roar. The mill has gone to decay, and the sturdy men who fed it with the giant oaks of the forest are sleeping quietly in the village graveyard.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Miss McDonald. V1. 4 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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EXTRACTS FROM MISS FRANCES THORNTON'S JOURNAL
ELMWOOD, June 15, 18—.
I have been out among my flowers all the morning, digging, weeding, and transplanting, and then stopping a little to rest. Such perfect successes as my roses are this year, while my white lilies are the wonder of the town, and yet my heart was not with them to-day, and it was nothing to me that those fine people staying at the Towers came into the grounds while I was at work, "just to see and admire," they said, adding that there was no place like Elmwood in all the town of Cuylerville. I know that, and Guy and I have been so happy here, and I loved him so much, and never dreamed what was in store for me until it came so suddenly and seemed like a heavy blow.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error. V1. 5 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

ROSAMOND OR THE YOUTHFUL ERROR
DIAMONDS
BAD SPELLING
MAGGIE LEE
THE ANSWERED PRAYER

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Tempest and Sunshine. V1. 5 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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It was the afternoon of a bright October day. The old town clock had just tolled the hour of four, when the Lexington and Frankfort daily stage was heard rattling over the stony pavement in the small town of V——, Kentucky. In a few moments the four panting steeds were reined up before the door of The Eagle, the principal hotel in the place. "Mine host," a middle-aged, pleasant-looking man, came hustling out to inspect the newcomers, and calculate how many would do justice to his beefsteaks, strong coffee, sweet potatoes and corn cakes, which were being prepared in the kitchen by Aunt Esther.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: The Cromptons. V1. 30 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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The steamer "Hatty" which plied between Jacksonville and Enterprise was late, and the people who had come down from the Brock House to the landing had waited half an hour before a puff of smoke in the distance told that she was coming. There had been many conjectures as to the cause of the delay, for she was usually on time, and those who had friends on the boat were growing nervous, fearing an accident, and all were getting tired, when she appeared in the distance, the puffs of smoke increasing in volume as she drew nearer, and the sound of her whistle echoing across the water, which at Enterprise spreads out into a lake. She had not met with an accident, but had been detained at Palatka waiting for a passenger of whom the captain had been apprised.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: The English Orphans. V1. 1 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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"What makes you keep that big blue sun-bonnet drawn so closely over your face? are you afraid of having it seen?"
The person addressed was a pale, sickly-looking child about nine years of age, who, on the deck of the vessel Windermere, was gazing intently towards the distant shores of old England, which were fast receding from view. Near her a fine-looking boy of fourteen was standing, and trying in vain to gain a look at the features so securely shaded from view by the gingham bonnet.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: The Rector of St. Mark's. V1. 4 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

THE RECTOR OF ST. MARK'S
AUNT HENRIETTA'S MISTAKE
FALSE AND TRUE LOVE.
IN THE HOSPITAL.
EARNEST AND TRUE.
WHY HE WAS MERCIFUL.
MEMORABLE THANKSGIVING DAYS.
THE IRISH REFUGEE.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Tracy Park. V1. 6 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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Mr. Frank Tracy, who, since his election to the State Legislature for two successive terms, had done nothing except to attend political meetings and make speeches on all public occasions, had an office in town, where he usually spent his mornings, smoking, reading the papers and talking to Mr. Colvin, his business agent and lawyer, for, though born in one of the humblest of New England houses, where the slanting roof almost touched the ground in the rear, and he could scarcely stand upright in the chamber where he slept, Mr. Frank Tracy was a great man now, and as he dashed along the turnpike behind his blooded bays, with his driver beside him, people looked admiringly after him, and pointed him out to strangers as the Hon. Mr. Tracy, of Tracy Park, one of the finest places in the county. It is true it did not belong to him, but he had lived there so long that he had come to look upon it as his, while his neighbors, too, seemed to have forgotten that there was across the ocean a Mr. Arthur Tracy, who might at any time come home to claim his own, and demand an account of his brother's stewardship. And it was this very Arthur Tracy, whose telegram announcing his return from Europe was read by his brother with mingled feelings of surprise and consternation.

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Holmes, William H.: Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art, v.1, 30 Dec 2008

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The full title of this 1886 Smithsonian Institute report is [Origin And Development Of Form And Ornament In Ceramic Art[/.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: A Forgotten Hero. V1. 9 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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It will strike modern readers as odd if I say that Clarice and her mother knew very little of each other. She was her father’s heir, being an only child; and it was, therefore, considered the more necessary that she should not live at home. It was usual at that time to send all young girls of good family, not to school—there were no schools in those days—but to be brought up under some lady of rank, where they might receive a suitable education, and, on reaching the proper age, have a husband provided for them, the one being just as much a matter of course as the other. The consent of the parents was asked to the matrimonial selection of the mistress, but public opinion required some very strong reason to justify them in withholding it. The only exception to this arrangement was when girls were destined for the cloister, and in that case they received their education in a convent.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: All's Well. V1. 8 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

This book is set in the sixteenth century, at the beginning of the Reformation. The action is in the Weald of Kent, a hugely forested area that extended as far as Hampshire. The family at the centre of the story had been converted to Protestantism, but still outwardly clung to Catholicism. This meant that the local priest, through hearing confessions, knew something of what was going on, and carried the information to the Bishop. One of the younger women of the family had been particularly advanced in her Protestant action and beliefs. She is taken before the Bishop, and is condemned to jail, where she is very badly treated, sleeping on straw, without change of clothing, and fed only on bread and water. The place where she was kept was changed for the better, after she had been brought for further interview before the Bishop. But this was only because she was to be burnt alive, in the manner of Holy Church of those days.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Clare Avery. V1. 8 July

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“Cold!” said the carrier, blowing on his fingers to keep them warm.
“Cold, bully Penmore!” ejaculated Hal Dockett,—farrier, horse-leech, and cow-doctor in ordinary to the town of Bodmin and its neighbourhood... “Lack-a-daisy! thou that hast been carrier these thirty years, and thy father afore thee, and his father afore him, ever sith ‘old Dick Boar’ days, shouldst be as hard as a milestone by this time. ’Tis the end of March, fellow!”

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Earl Hubert's Daughter. V1. 9 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The thirteenth century was one of rapid and terrible incidents, tumultuous politics, and in religious matters of low and degrading superstition. Transubstantiation had just been formally adopted as a dogma of the Church, accompanied as it always is by sacramental confession, and quickly followed by the elevation of the host and the invention of the pix. Various Orders of monks were flocking into England. The Pope was doing his best, aided by the Roman clergy, and to their shame be it said, by some of the English, to fix his iron yoke on the neck of the Church of England. The doctrine of human merit was at its highest pitch; the doctrine of justification by faith was absolutely unknown.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: For the Master's Sake. V1. 9 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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This is not a story which requires much preface. The tale speaks for itself. But it is only right to inform the reader, that the persons who play their parts in it (apart from the historical details given) are all fictitious, excepting John Laurence and Agnes Stone.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: In Convent Walls. V1. 10 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The historical portion of this tale has been partially narrated in one of my previous volumes, “In All Time of our Tribulation,” in which the Despenser story is begun, and its end told from another point of view. That volume left Isabelle of France at the height of her ambition, in the place to reach which she had been plotting so long and so unscrupulously. Here we see the Nemesis come upon her and the chief partner of her guilt; the proof that there is a God that judgeth in the earth

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Holt, Emily Sarah: It Might Have Been. V1. 10 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end there of are the ways of death.” That is one of the main lessons to be learned from the strange story of the Gunpowder Plot.
The narrative here given, so far as its historical portion is concerned, is taken chiefly from original and contemporaneous documents. It has been carefully kept to facts—in themselves more interesting than any fiction—and scarcely a speech or an incident has been admitted, however small, for which authority could not be adduced.
Those of my Readers who have made the acquaintance of Lettice Eden, and Joyce Morrell’s Harvest, will meet some old friends in this tale.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Joyce Morrell's Harvest. V1. 11 July

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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Those to whom “Lettice Eden” is an old friend will meet with many acquaintances in these pages. The lesson is partly of the same type—the difference between that which seems, and that which is; between the gold which will stand the fire, and the imitation which the flame will dissolve in a moment; between the true diamond, small though it be, which is worth a fortune, and the glittering paste which is worth little more than nothing.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Mistress Margery. V1. 13 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The sun was shining brightly on the battlements and casements of Lovell Tower. The season was spring, and the year 1395. Within the house, though it was barely seven o’clock in the morning, all was bustle and confusion, for Dame Lovell was superintending her handmaidens in the preparation of dinner. A buxom woman was Dame Lovell, neither tall nor short, but decidedly stout, with a round, good-natured face, which just then glowed and burned under the influence of the fire roaring on the large grateless hearth. She wore a black dress, heavily trimmed at the bottom with fur, and she carried on her head one of those remarkable elevations generally known as the Syrian or conical head-dress, made of black stiffened gauze, and spangled with golden stars

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Holt, Emily Sarah: One Snowy Night. V1. 13 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The story of the following pages is one of the least known yet saddest episodes in English history—the first persecution of Christians by Christians in this land. When Boniface went forth from England to evangelise Germany, he was received with welcome, and regarded as a saint: when Gerhardt came from Germany to restore the pure Gospel to England, he was cast out of the vineyard and slain.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Our Little Lady. V1. 14 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The afternoon service was over in Lincoln Cathedral, and the congregation were slowly filing out of the great west door. But that afternoon service was six hundred years ago, and both the Cathedral and the congregation would look very strange to us if we saw them now. Those days were well called the Dark Ages, and how dark they were we can scarcely realise in the present day. Let us fancy ourselves coming out of that west door, and try to picture what we should have seen there, six hundred years ago.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Out in the Forty-Five. V1. 14 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“Girls!” said my Aunt Kezia, looking round at us, “I should just like to know what is to come of the whole four of you!”
My Aunt Kezia has an awful way of looking round at us. She begins with Sophy—she is our eldest—then she goes to Fanny, then to Hatty, and ends up with me. As I am the youngest, I have to be ended up with. She generally lays down her work to do it, too; and sometimes she settles her spectacles first, and that makes it feel more awful than ever. However, when she has gone round, she always takes them off—spectacles, I mean—and wipes them, and gives little solemn shakes of her head while she is doing it, as if she thought we were all four going to ruin together, and had got very near the bottom.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Robin Tremayne. V1. 15 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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More than three hundred years have rolled away since the events narrated in the following pages stirred the souls of men; since John Bradford sat down to his “merry supper with the Lord;” since Lawrence Saunders slept peacefully at the stake, lifted over the dark river in the arms of God; since Ridley and Latimer, on that autumn morning at Oxford, lighted that candle in England which they trusted by God’s grace should never be put out.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The Gold that Glitters. V1. 10 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“Jenny, my dear maid, thou wilt never fetch white meal out of a sack of sea-coal.” Jenny tossed her head. It would have been a nice little brown head, if it had not been quite so fond of tossing itself. But Jenny was just sixteen, and laboured under a delusion which besets young folks of that age—namely, that half the brains in the world had got into her head, and very few had been left in her grandmother’s.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The King's Daughters. V1. 12 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“Give you good den, Master Clere!” said a rosy-faced countrywoman with a basket on her arm, as she came into one of the largest clothier’s shops in Colchester. It was an odd way of saying “Good Evening,” but this was the way in which they said it in 1556. The rosy-faced woman set down her basket on the counter, and looked round the shop in the leisurely way of somebody who was in no particular hurry. They did not dash and rush and scurry through their lives in those days, as we do in these. She was looking to see if any acquaintance of hers was there.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The Maidens' Lodge. V1. 12 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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In the handsome parlour of Cressingham Abbey, commonly called White-Ladies, on a dull afternoon in January, 1712, sat Madam and her granddaughter, Rhoda, sipping tea.
Madam—and nothing else, her dependants would have thought it an impertinence to call her Mrs Furnival. Never was Empress of all the Russias more despotic in her wide domain than Madam in her narrow one.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The Well in the Desert. V1. 16 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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It is said that only travellers in the arid lands of the East really know the value of water. To them the Well in the Desert is a treasure and a blessing: unspeakably so, when the water is pure and sweet; yet even though it be salt and brackish, it may still save life.
Was it less so, in a figurative sense, to the travellers through that great desert of the Middle Ages, wherein the wells were so few and far between? True, the water was brackish; man had denied the streams, and filled up the wells with stones; yet for all this it was God-given, and to those who came, and dug for the old spring, and drank, it was the water of eternal life. The cry was still sounding down the ages.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Lady of Hazelwood. V1. 22 Apr 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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Marguerite of Flanders, Countess of Montfort, was the only daughter of Loys de Nevers, eldest surviving son of Robert the First, Count of Flanders (who predeceased his father), and of Marie or Jeanne, daughter of the Count de Rethel. She had one brother, Count Loys the First of Flanders, who fell at Crecy. Many modern writers call her Jeanne; but her name in the contemporary public records of England is invariably Margareta. Her birth probably took place about 1310, and it may have been about 1335 that she married Jean of Bretagne, Count de Montfort, a younger son of Duke Arthur the Second.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Rose of Langley. V1. 16 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

Excerpt
“It is so cold, Mother!”
The woman addressed languidly roused herself from the half-sheltered nook of the forest in which she and her child had taken refuge. She was leaning with her back supported by a giant oak, and the child was in her arms. The age of the child was about eight. The mother, though still young in years, was old before her time, with hard work and exposure, and it might be also with sorrow. She sat up, and looked wearily over the winter scene before her. There was nothing of the querulous, complaining tone of the little girl’s voice in hers; only the dull, sullen apathy of hopeless endurance.

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Homer, The Works of Homer, V1, 4/5/2011

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This is an omnibus edition of Homer's two epics "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." The Iliad is the illustrated version (which explains the file's size I guess. lol.) The cover page image is from the British museum's picture of a bust of Homer.
Many thanks to my fellow mobileread members who helped me figure out what I was doing wrong when converting the file to calibre.

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Homer: Ilias (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Homer gilt als Autor der Ilias und Odyssee und damit als erster Dichter des Abendlandes. In der Antike wurden ihm weitere Werke wie die Homerischen Hymnen zugeschrieben, während andererseits immer wieder bezweifelt wird, ob Ilias und Odyssee überhaupt von einer einzigen historischen Person namens Homer verfasst worden sind. Unbestritten ist die unermessliche, bis heute andauernde Wirkung Homers, der schon in der Antike als der Dichter schlechthin galt.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Ilias: Schauplatz ist der bereits zehn Jahre währende Trojanische Krieg. Das Leitmotiv der Ilias ist der Zorn, der innerhalb ihres nur 51-tägigen Handlungsverlaufs immer weitere Kreise zieht und dabei Heroen wie Götter als unentrinnbares Schicksal ereilt. Den Anfang setzen die Entehrung des Gottes Apollon durch den Raub der Chryseïs und seine Rache an den Achaiern. Als deren Oberbefehlshaber Agamemnon für die schließlich dem Vater und Apollon-Priester zurückgegebene Tochter Ersatz fordert, gerät er darum mit Achilleus in Streit, der sich in der Folge ebenfalls entehrt sieht und aus den Kämpfen zurückzieht. Der „Zorn des Achilleus“ wird zur Klammer des Epos, erfährt zum Ende hin aber eine neue Ursache. So wendet Achilleus im Neunzehnten Gesang die endgültige Niederlage der Achaier durch die öffentliche Versöhnung mit Agamemnon und seinen Wiedereintritt ins Kampfgeschehen ab, um dafür nun dem Zorn auf Hektor nachzugeben, der zuvor seinen besten Freund und Kampfgefährten Patroklos getötet hat. Eine Mäßigung findet Achilleus’ Zorn erst im letzten bzw. Vierundzwanzigsten Gesang, als er Hektors Leichnam nach 12-tägiger Schändung seinem Vater Priamos zur Bestattung überlässt.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Homer: Odyssee (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Homer gilt als Autor der Ilias und Odyssee und damit als erster Dichter des Abendlandes. In der Antike wurden ihm weitere Werke wie die Homerischen Hymnen zugeschrieben, während andererseits immer wieder bezweifelt wird, ob Ilias und Odyssee überhaupt von einer einzigen historischen Person namens Homer verfasst worden sind. Unbestritten ist die unermessliche, bis heute andauernde Wirkung Homers, der schon in der Antike als der Dichter schlechthin galt.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Die Odyssee ist neben der Ilias das zweite dem griechischen Dichter Homer zugeschriebene Epos. Im späten 8. Jahrhundert v. Chr. niedergeschrieben, gehört die Odyssee zu den ältesten und einflussreichsten Werken der abendländischen Literatur. Sie schildert die Abenteuer des Königs Odysseus von Ithaka und seiner Gefährten auf der Heimkehr aus dem Trojanischen Krieg. In vielen Sprachen ist der Begriff „Odyssee“ zu einem Synonym für lange Irrfahrten geworden.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Homer: Odyssey book 1 (Greek). v1. 20 Aug 2010

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The text comes from the Perseus Project. It's in ancient Greek, encoded with unicode; you'll need a font with support for polytonic Greek (such as Gentium).

I created it mainly to have something to use in testing the dictionary I'm working on. But it also has some small value as literature in its own right... ;)

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Homer: The Iliad - v1 22 June 07

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The epic saga of all time.

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Hoover, Herbert. State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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31st President of the USA. 1929-1933

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State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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Hope, Anthony, et. al.: Stories by English Authors England. V1. 25 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

THE BOX TUNNEL BY CHARLES READE
MINIONS OF THE MOON BY F. W. ROBINSON
THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS
THE WRONG BLACK BAG BY ANGELO LEWIS
THE THREE STRANGERS BY THOMAS HARDY
MR. LISMORE AND THE WIDOW BY WILKIE COLLINS
THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD BY ANTHONY HOPE

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Hope, Anthony: A Man of Mark. V1. 23 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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In the year 1884 the Republic of Aureataland was certainly not in a flourishing condition. Although most happily situated (it lies on the coast of South America, rather to the north—I mustn't be more definite), and gifted with an extensive territory, nearly as big as Yorkshire, it had yet failed to make that material progress which had been hoped by its founders.

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Hope, Anthony: Captain Dieppe. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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To the eye of an onlooker Captain Dieppe's circumstances afforded high spirits no opportunity, and made ordinary cheerfulness a virtue which a stoic would not have disdained to own. Fresh from the failure of important plans; if not exactly a fugitive, still a man to whom recognition would be inconvenient and perhaps dangerous; with fifty francs in his pocket, and his spare wardrobe in a knapsack on his back;

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Hope, Anthony: Comedies of Courtship. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

The Wheel of Love
The Lady of the Pool
The Curate of Poltons
A Three-Volume Novel
The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard
The Decree of Duke Deodonato

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Hope, Anthony: Dolly Dialogues. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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"There's ingratitude for you!" Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.
"Where!" I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat. He was dressed very smartly, and was walking with a lady attired in the height of the fashion.
"I made that man," said Dolly, "and now he cuts me dead before the whole of the Row! It's atrocious. Why, but for me, do you suppose he'd be at this moment engaged to three thousand a year and—and the plainest girl in London?"

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Hope, Anthony: Father Stafford. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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The world considered Eugene Lane a very fortunate young man; and if youth, health, social reputation, a seat in Parliament, a large income, and finally the promised hand of an acknowledged beauty can make a man happy, the world was right. It is true that Sir Roderick Ayre had been heard to pity the poor chap on the ground that his father had begun life in the workhouse; but everybody knew that Sir Roderick was bound to exalt the claims of birth, inasmuch as he had to rely solely upon them for a reputation, and discounted the value of his opinion accordingly.

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Hope, Anthony: Frivolous Cupid. V1. 22 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

RELUCTANCE
WHY MEN DON'T MARRY
A CHANGE OF HEART
A REPENTANT SINNER
'TWIXT WILL AND WILL NOT
WHICH SHALL IT BE?
MARRIAGE BY COMPULSION
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

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Hope, Anthony: Half a Hero. V1. 22 July 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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In the garden the question was settled without serious difference of opinion. If Sir Robert Perry really could not go on—and Lady Eynesford was by no means prepared to concede even that—then Mr. Puttock, bourgeois as he was, or Mr. Coxon, conceited and priggish though he might be, must come in.

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Hope, Anthony: Quisanté. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Sandro Quisante has stirred comment among the gentile and proper -- for while he seems a bit ill-mannered and erratic, and certainly not wealthy of appearance, he has gained his toehold in the hallways of the mighty through the aid of Sir Richard Benyon -- for reasons inexplicable even to Lady Richard. And now he has gone wooing a woman decidedly above his standing, to her disgust.

As it happens, it is her friend May who receives the tentative, even clumsy attentions from the slender young man. The widowed Lady Attlebridge's slenderly dowered daughter, May does have a much more qualified suitor, Weston Marchmont -- who everyone thinks would be a superb match, being well above the ordinary run, well-educated and possessed with ample wealth and every prospect of a high career.

Yet a feeling stirs within May -- something almost like a sense of adventure unfulfilled by her everyday life -- that makes her not quite turn away when Quisante comes to call.

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Hope, Anthony: Rupert of Hentzau. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

A man who has lived in the world, marking how every act, although in itself perhaps light and insignificant, may become the source of consequences that spread far and wide, and flow for years or centuries, could scarcely feel secure in reckoning that with the death of the Duke of Strelsau and the restoration of King Rudolf to liberty and his throne, there would end, for good and all, the troubles born of Black Michael's daring conspiracy.

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Hope, Anthony: Ruritania Duology, v1, 11 Nov 2007

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Here is Anthony Hope's classic adventure novel The Prisoner of Zenda, together with its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau.

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Hope, Anthony: Simon Dale. V1. 25 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Her name was Nell Gwyn, the notorious mistress of the rake king of England, Charles II.
But was her heart set on our young hero, Simon Dale?
Find out through the steamy haze of Restoration passion and the flash of rapiers in this exciting historical adventure/romance by the author of The Prisoner of Zenda!

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Hope, Anthony: The Indiscretion of the Duchess. V1. 22 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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In accordance with many most excellent precedents, I might begin by claiming the sympathy due o an orphan alone in the world. I might even summon my unguided childhood and the absence of parental training toexcuse my faults and extenuate my indiscretions. But the sympathy which I hould thus gain would be achieved, I fear, by something very like false pretenses. For my solitary state sat very lightly upon me--the sad events which caused it being softened by the influence of time and habit--and had the recommendation of leaving me, not only free to manage my own life as I pleased, but also possessed of a competence which added power to my freedom.

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Hope, Anthony: The King's Mirror. V1. 23 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Before my coronation there was no event in childhood that impressed itself on my memory with marked or singular distinction. My father's death, the result of a chill contracted during a hunting excursion, meant no more to me than a week of rooms gloomy and games forbidden; the decease of King Augustin, my uncle, appeared at the first instant of even less importance.

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Hope, Anthony: The Prisoner of Zenda. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Five times made into film versions since its original publication in 1894, The Prisoner of Zenda is a perennially popular adventure and romance story. Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-paced adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll must impersonate the rightful king in order to rescue him from the castle Zenda, all the while facing tests of honor with the beautiful Princess Flavia, and enduring tests of strength in his encounters with the villainous Black Michael and his handsome, debonair bodyguard, Rupert of Hentzau.

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Hope, Anthony: The Secret of the Tower. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Mary shook her head. "No; you go, you two," she said. "I'm tired, and I want to think." She passed her hand across her eyes. She seemed to wipe away the mists of sleep. Her face suddenly grew animated and exultant. "No, I don't want to think! I know!" she exclaimed emphatically.

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Hope, Anthony: Tristram of Blent. V1. 25 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Tristram of Blent is a departure from Hope's normal adventure story. Subtitled "An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House," the protagonist is a man who throughout boyhood thinks of nothing but owning the House of Blent.
This desire is beset on every side by family entanglements and complications, and provides Hope with the opportunity for a lively character study.

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Hope, Laura Lee: Six Little Bunkers at Garndpa Ford's. v1.0. 8 December 2008

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, v.1, 16 May 2009

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The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, first published in 1915

The Bobbseys again visit Uncle Daniel's farm known as Meadow Brook. The twins have a most glorious time with cousin Harry and even attend a circus.

This is the seventh book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 22 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at School, v.1, 14 June 2008

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The Bobbsey Twins at School, first published in 1913.

Summer vacation has come to an end and the Bobbsey Twins must return home to Lakeport and the next school year. Adventures await them -- a mysterious fire and even troubles at school -- but the Bobbseys prevail.

This is the fourth book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 25 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, v.1, 2008-09-03

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The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, first published in 1913.

Just a couple of weeks before Christmas, the Bobbsey twins meet Mr. Carford who owns nearby Snow Lodge. Although the lodge has been closed for several years, Mr. Carford offers to let the Bobbsey family spend their winter vacation at the lodge.

This is the fifth book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 24 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, v.1, 13 June 2008

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The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, first published in 1907.

The summer vacation that began in [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country[/ concludes in [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore[/. The Bobbsey twins visit Ocean Cliff, the seaside home of their cousin Dorothy. While there they enter the water carnival, play on the beach, and witness a shipwreck.

This is the third book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope It is believed that this book was written by Lilian Garis, although authorship is disputed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins in the Country, v1.1, 2008-06-12

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The Bobbsey Twins in the Country, first published in 1907.

The school year has ended and the twins are off to spend a month with Aunt Sarah, Uncle Daniel, and cousin Harry at Meadow Brook. The two sets of twins have fun and adventures on the train, at the farm, and in the woods surrounding the farm.

This is the second book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children, not just the Bobbsey Twins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope It is believed that this book was written by Lilian Garis, although authorship is disputed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, v.1, 16 May 2009

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The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, first published in 1915

When Mr. Bobbsey purchases a houseboat named the Bluebird, the entire family goes on a long trip down Lake Metoka to Lemby Creek and through that to Lake Romano. Cousins Harry and Dorothy joined the Bobbseys and helped to solve a mystery -- finding out what made the queer noises.

This is the sixth book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 23 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins, v1.1, 2008-06-12

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The Bobbsey Twins, or Merry Days Indoors and Out, first published in 1904.

The Bobbsey Twins are two sets of fraternal twins. Bert and Nan, age 8, had dark brown hair and brown eyes, while Flossie and Freddie at age four had light hair and blue eyes. They live with their father who owns a lumber store and their home-maker mother. The family employ a black couple, Sam and Dinah, to cook and care for the home and property.

This is the first book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This first book was almost certainly written by Edward Stratemeyer, himself. Authorship of subsequent books in the series is disputed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Moving Picture Girls. v1. 4 Oct 2008

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The Moving Picture Girls, [or First Appearance in Photo Dramas[/, first published in 1914.

This is the first book in a series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children and young adults. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope

Actor Hosmer DeVere and his daughters Ruth and Alice struggle to make ends meet while Mr. DeVere is between theatrical engagements. Things look up when he wins a leading role in an upcoming play, but he is suddenly afflicted with hoarseness just before the play opens. When his voice does not improve, he loses his role in the play and must seek other work.

Russ Dalwood, a friend to Ruth and Alice, suggests that Mr. DeVere join his film company as an actor in the moving pictures. Considering the moving pictures to be vulgar and cheap, he refuses until the situation has become critical and the family is served with an eviction notice. Mr. DeVere gives in and accepts the job at the film company.

Over time, Alice and Ruth also gain positions with the film company where they experience many adventures and help Russ prevent thieves from stealing his newly invented film stabilizer from him.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of a Stuffed Elephant. v1.0. 8 December 2008

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of the Nodding Donkey. v1.0. 8 December 2008

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Horn, Alfred Aloysius: Trader Horn, Being the Life and Works. v1. 2 Dec 07

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Trader Horn spent a wild youth as an ivory trader in Central Africa. In this true story of his life, the thrills, adventure and danger abound.

He writes about his journeys into jungles teaming with buffalo, gorillas, man-eating leopards, serpents and savages. Along the way, he frees slaves, meets Cecil Rhodes (founder of Rhodesia) and liberates a princess from captivity.

I found this book by accident while researching the "Mokèlé-mbèmbé"--a large creature reported to live in the lakes and swamps of the Congo River basin. Some think it's a kind of dinosaur, seemingly akin to the brontosaur. Hey! I didn't say I believed it, just that I was researching it.. :)

This book isn't about this creature, but it does have a brief passage of Horn describing tales told to him by natives and explorers about a fearsome creature given two different names: "jago-nini" and "amali." The creature is said to be very large (can easily kill a hippo), have a long neck and it leaves large, round, three-clawed footprints.

From what I have read so far, this Trader Horn dude was a wild character. I thought it would be an interesting book to add to our library.

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Horning, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 25 Sep 2008

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1903 adventure story from the popular British novelist, E.W. Horning, best known for his [Raffles[/ stories.

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An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mother's influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in Mr. Hornung's new story. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of piquant hotel gossip, the narrative being in the words of a friend of the boy's mother who has undertaken the task of disillusioning the lad. The result is as unconventional as it is unexpected.

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Hornung, E. W: No Hero. V1. 27 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mother's influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in Mr. Hornung's new story. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of piquant hotel gossip, the narrative being in the words of a friend of the boy's mother who has undertaken the task of disillusioning the lad. The result is as unconventional as it is unexpected.

E. W. Hornung was friendly with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and married his sister. He is best known for having taken his brother-in-law's detective pair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and reincarnated them on the wrong side of the law as Raffles and Bunny, who pursued the business of getting a living by the entirely logical method of stealing it.

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Hornung, E. W: Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman. V1. 27 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

Probably the most famous thief of all fiction, Raffles was a man-about-town and famous cricketer by day and a master burglar by night. When they were first issued at the turn of the century, these stories rivaled the popularity of Sherlock Holmes and established the prototype for The Saint, James Bond, and the other gentleman-rogue figures of popular fiction. Raffles has been called "the greatest cracksman in the literature of roguery" by the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, while Ellery Queen has described Raffles as the "inspiration for the whole school of devil-may-care adventurers on the borderlines of the law, not least the eponymous James Bond."

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Hornung, E. W: The Amateur Cracksman, V1. 26 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

This work tells the tale of A.J. Raffles. Undoubtedly a gentleman, he lives in Piccadilly, and is one of England's finest cricketers. Courted by the great, the rich and the fashionable and invited to their houses, he robs them at night.

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Hornung, E. W: The Camera Fiend. V1. 26 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

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Pocket Upton had come down late and panting, in spite of his daily exemption from first school, and the postcard on his plate had taken away his remaining modicum of breath. He could have wept over it in open hall, and would probably have done so in the subsequent seclusion of his own study, had not an obvious way out of his difficulty been bothering him by that time almost as much as the difficulty itself. For it was not a very honest way, and the unfortunate Pocket had been called "a conscientious ass" by some of the nicest fellows in his house. Perhaps he deserved the epithet for going even as straight as he did to his house-master, who was discovered correcting proses with a blue pencil and a briar pipe.

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Hornung, E. W: The Shadow of the Rope. V1. 27 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

Accused of the murder of her own husband, Rachel Minchin is freed only to be rescued from a lynch mob by the enigmatic Steel, who lures her into a strange mockery of marriage and life on the fabulous estate. Rachel finds few...

E. W. Hornung was friendly with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and married his sister. He is best known for having taken his brother-in-law's detective pair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and reincarnated them on the wrong side of the law as Raffles and Bunny, who pursued the business of getting a living by the entirely logical method of stealing it.

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Hornung, E.W.: Dead Men Tell No Tales. v1, 25 Sep 2008

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1897 mystery story by E.W. Hornung. Ernest William Hornung (1866-1921) was an excellent Victorian author who is now mainly remembered for his [Raffles[/ stories (if he is remembered at all). Before [Raffles[/, though, in 1897 Hornung wrote this wonderful story. This story is exciting, with a wonderful mixture of adventure and suspense that will leave you on the edge of your seat!

Mr. Cole's search for wealth in the 1851 gold rush in Australia leaves him dispirited and broke. Taking the next available ship back for England, the [Lady Jermyn[/, he falls in love with Eva Denison, a beauty traveling with her exotic Portuguese stepfather. Disaster strikes when the ship catches fire, and Cole finds himself the sole survivor. Bereft after the loss of his true love, Cole seeks anonymity in London. But something is very strange; is he going mad, or is someone following him? If so, what do they want? Before the story is over, Cole with uncover a ghastly conspiracy, and propel him on an adventure that may cost him that which he loves the most.

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Hornung, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mothers influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in No Hero. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of piquant hotel gossip, the narrative being in the words of a friend of the boys mother who has undertaken the task of disillusioning the lad. The result is as unconventional as it is unexpected.

E. W. Hornung was friendly with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and married his sister. He is best known for having taken his brother-in-laws detective pair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and reincarnated them on the wrong side of the law as Raffles and Bunny, who pursued the business of getting a living by the entirely logical method of stealing it.

Harry has posted a Raffles Omnibus on this site for those interested.

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Hornung, E.W.: Raffles Omnibus. v7. 1st Jan 2011

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This omnibus edition contains the complete "Raffles" stories of E.W.Hornung, comprising three books of short stories, and a novel, as follows:

1. The Amateur Cracksman.
2. Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (aka "The Black Mask").
3. A Thief in the Night
4. Mr. Justice Raffles.

A bit of background to the series, courtesy of Wikipedia [Warning: if you're not familiar with the stories, there are some minor "spoilers" here!]

A.J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes — he is a "gentleman thief," living in "The Albany", a very upscale address in London, playing cricket for the "Gentlemen of England" and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the "Amateur Cracksman," and often, at first, differentiates between himself and the "professors" — professional criminals from the lower classes.

As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry "Bunny" Manders — a former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles, who persuaded him to accompany him on a burglary. While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders' relative innocence, and sometimes treats him with a certain amount of contempt, he knows that Manders' bravery and loyalty are utterly to be relied on. In several stories, Manders saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets into situations he cannot get out of on his own.

One of the things that Raffles has in common with Holmes is a mastery of disguise — during his days as an ostensible man-about-town, he maintains a studio apartment in another name in which he keeps the components of various disguises, and he can imitate the regional speech of many parts of Britain flawlessly, despite his lack of skill at foreign languages.

The "Raffles" stories have two distinct phases. In the first phase, Raffles and Bunny are men-about-town who also commit burglaries. Raffles is a famous gentleman cricketer, a marvellous spin bowler who is often invited to social events that would be out of his reach otherwise. "I was asked about for my cricket," he comments after this period is over. It ends when they are caught and exposed on an ocean voyage while attempting another theft; Raffles dives overboard and is presumed drowned. These stories were collected in "The Amateur Cracksman". Other stories set in this period, written after Raffles had been "killed off," were collected in "A Thief in the Night".

The second phase begins some time later when Bunny - having served a prison sentence - is summoned to the house of a rich invalid. This turns out to be Raffles himself, back in England in disguise. Then begins their "professional" period, exiled from Society, in which they are straightforward thieves trying to earn a living while keeping Raffles's identity a secret. They finally volunteer for the Boer War, where Bunny is wounded and Raffles dies in battle after exposing an enemy spy. These stories were originally collected in "The Black Mask".

Like Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance into the Reichenbach Falls, Raffles was never quite the same after his reappearance. The 'classic' Raffles elements are all found in the first stories: cricket, high society, West End clubs, Bond Street jewellers... and two men in immaculate evening dress pulling-off impossible robberies.

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Thoroughly proof-read against printed editions. Numerous errors corrected, and missing italics, accented letters, etc, re-added where there were missing. Uploaded v5.

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Sorted out some problems which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v6.

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An MR member very kindly provided me with a large number of corrections to the text. I've made all these and created a new version. Uploaded v7.

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Hornung, E.W.: Stingaree (Illustrated). v1, 25 Sep 2008

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1905 novel by E.W. Hornung, best known for his [Raffles[/ stories.

This book describes the adventures of Stingaree, an outlaw in the Australian "outback". Hornung himself lived for a time in the parts of Australia described in the book, and knew the country well.

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Horváth, Ödön. Der ewige Spießer. v1 24 may 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Der ewige Spießer

Edmund Josef von Horváth (bekannt als Ödön von Horváth; * 9. Dezember 1901 in Fiume, heute Rijeka; † 1. Juni 1938 in Paris) war ein bedeutender österreichisch-ungarischer Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bekannt wurde er unter anderem durch seine Stücke Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, Glaube Liebe Hoffnung und Kasimir und Karoline sowie durch seine zeitkritischen Romane Jugend ohne Gott und Ein Kind unserer Zeit.

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Horváth, Ödön. Ein Kind unserer Zeit. v1 24 may 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Ein Kind unserer Zeit

Ein Kind unserer Zeit ist ein Roman von Ödön von Horváth. Er erschien 1938, kurz nach dem Tod des Autors. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte eines Soldaten in einem Land mit diktatorischen Führern.

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Horváth, Ödön. Jugend ohne Gott. v1.2 31 july 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Jugend ohne Gott

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Jugend ohne Gott ist der dritte Roman (Sechsunddreißig Stunden, 1929; Der ewige Spießer, 1930; Jugend ohne Gott, 1937) des österreich-ungarischen Schriftstellers Ödön von Horváth. Er erschien im Jahr 1937 und wurde kurz danach, Anfang des Jahres 1938, in acht weitere Sprachen übersetzt.

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Horváth, Ödön. Sechsunddreißig Stunden. v1 24 may 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Sechsunddreißig Stunden

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Edmund Josef von Horváth (bekannt als Ödön von Horváth; * 9. Dezember 1901 in Fiume, heute Rijeka; † 1. Juni 1938 in Paris) war ein bedeutender österreichisch-ungarischer Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bekannt wurde er unter anderem durch seine Stücke Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, Glaube Liebe Hoffnung und Kasimir und Karoline sowie durch seine zeitkritischen Romane Jugend ohne Gott und Ein Kind unserer Zeit.

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Hossein, Rokheya Shekhawat: Sultana’s Dream, v.1, 9 November 2008.

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Sultana’s Dream (1905)
By Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein (1880–1932).

This short piece is an Indian feminist Utopia. The men retire to zenanas (the Indian purdah), while the ladies organise a state called Ladyland.

This version was transcribed from the Celebration of Women Writers website.

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Hough, Emerson: 54-40 or Fight. V1. 17 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882
"Then you offer me no hope, Doctor?" The gray mane of Doctor Samuel Ward waved like a fighting crest as he made answer:
"Not the sort of hope you ask." A moment later he added: "John, I am ashamed of you."
The cynical smile of the man I called my chief still remained upon his lips, the same drawn look of suffering still remained upon his gaunt features; but in his blue eye I saw a glint which proved that the answer of his old friend had struck out some unused spark of vitality from the deep, cold flint of his heart.

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Hough, Emerson: Heart's Desire. V1. 18 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide. We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines. This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views. Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,—the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains. We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.

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Hough, Emerson: Maw's Vacation. V1. 22 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Times has changed, says Maw to herself, says she. Things ain't like what they used to be. Time was when I worked from sunup to sundown, and we didn't have no daylight-saving contraptions on the old clock, neither. The girls was too little then, and I done all the work myself—cooking, sweeping, washing and ironing, suchlike. I never got to church Sundays because I had to stay home and get the Sunday dinner. Like enough they'd bring the preacher home to dinner.

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Hough, Emerson: The Covered Wagon. V1. 17 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"Look at 'em come, Jesse! More and more! Must be forty or fifty families."
Molly Wingate, middle-aged, portly, dark browed and strong, stood at the door of the rude tent which for the time made her home. She was pointing down the road which lay like an écru ribbon thrown down across the prairie grass, bordered beyond by the timber-grown bluffs of the Missouri.

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Hough, Emerson: The Girl at the Halfway House. V1. 18 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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The band major was a poet. His name is lost to history, but it deserves a place among the titles of the great. Only in the soul of a poet, a great man, could there have been conceived that thought by which the music of triumph should pass the little pinnacle of human exultation, and reach the higher plane of human sympathy.

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Hough, Emerson: The Lady and the Pirate. V1. 19 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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I WAS sitting at one of my favorite spots engaged in looking through my fly-book for some lure that might, perhaps, mend my luck in the afternoon’s fishing. At least, I had within the moment been so engaged; although the truth is that the evening was so exceptionally fine, and the spot always so extraordinarily attractive to me—this particular angle of the stream, where the tall birches stand, being to my mind the most beautiful bit on my whole estate—that I had forgotten all about angling and was sitting with rod laid by upon the bank, the fly-book scarce noted in my hand. Moreover, a peculiarly fine specimen of Anopheles, (as I took it to be) was at that very moment hovering over my hand, and I was anxious to confirm my judgment as well as to enlarge my collection of mosquitoes.

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Hough, Emerson: The Law of the Land. V1. 20 July

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Ah, but it was a sweet and wonderful thing to see Miss Lady dance, a strange and wondrous thing! She was so sweet, so strong, so full of grace, so like a bird in all her motions! Now here, now there, and back again, her feet scarce touching the floor, her loose skirt, held out between her dainty fingers, resembling wings, she swam through the air, up and down the room of the old plantation house, as though she were indeed the creature of an element wherein all was imponderable, light and free of hampering influences.

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Hough, Emerson: The Magnificent Adventure. V1. 21 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

A romance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Hough, Emerson: The Man Next Door. V1. 21 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Bonnie Bell was her real name—Bonnie Bell Wright. It sounds like a race horse or a yacht, but she was a girl. Like enough that name don't suit you exactly for a girl, but it suited her pa, Old Man Wright. I don't know as she ever was baptized by that name, or maybe baptized at all, for water was scarce in Wyoming; but it never would of been healthy to complain about that name before Old Man Wright or me, Curly. As far as that goes, she had other names too. Her ma called her Mary Isabel Wright; but her pa got to calling her Bonnie Bell some day when she was little, and it stuck, especial after her ma died.

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Hough, Emerson: The Mississippi Bubble. V1. 22 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"Gentlemen, this is America!"
The speaker cast upon the cloth-covered table a singular object, whose like none of those present had ever seen. They gathered about and bent over it curiously.
"This is that America," the speaker repeated. "Here you have it, barbaric, wonderful, abounding!"
With sudden gesture he swept his hand among the gold coin that lay on the gaming table. He thrust into the mouth of the object before him a handful of louis d'or and English sovereigns. "There is your America," said he. "It runs over with gold. No man may tell its richness. Its beauty you can not imagine."

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Hough, Emerson: The Passing of the Frontier. V1. 23 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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The frontier! There is no word in the English language more stirring, more intimate, or more beloved. It has in it all the elan of the old French phrase, En avant! It carries all of the old Saxon command, Forward!! It means all that America ever meant. It means the old hope of a real personal liberty, and yet a real human advance in character and achievement. To a genuine American it is the dearest word in all the world.

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Hough, Emerson: The Purchase Price. V1. 23 July 2101

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"Madam, you are charming! You have not slept, and yet you smile. No man could ask a better prisoner."
She turned to him, smiling faintly.
"I thank you. At least we have had breakfast, and for such mercy I am grateful to my jailer. I admit I was famished. What now?"
With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder.

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Hough, Emerson: The Sagebrusher. V1. 24 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"Sim," said Wid Gardner, as he cast a frowning glance around him, "take it one way with another, and I expect this is a leetle the dirtiest place in the Two-Forks Valley."
The man accosted did no more than turn a mild blue eye toward the speaker and resume his whittling. He smiled faintly, with a sort of apology, as the other went on.
"I'll say more'n that, Sim. It's the blamedest, dirtiest hole in the whole state of Montany—yes, or in the whole wide world. Lookit!"
He swept a hand around, indicating the interior of the single-room log cabin in which they sat.

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Hough, Emerson: The Story of the Outlaw. V1. 25 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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In offering this study of the American desperado, the author constitutes himself no apologist for the acts of any desperado; yet neither does he feel that apology is needed for the theme itself. The outlaw, the desperado—that somewhat distinct and easily recognizable figure generally known in the West as the "bad man"—is a character unique in our national history, and one whose like scarcely has been produced in any land other than this. It is not necessary to promote absurd and melodramatic impressions regarding a type properly to be called historic, and properly to be handled as such. The truth itself is thrilling enough, and difficult as that frequently has been of discovery, it is the truth which has been sought herein.

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Hough, Emerson: The Way of a Man. V1. 26 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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I admit I kissed her.
Perhaps I should not have done so. Perhaps I would not do so again. Had I known what was to come I could not have done so. Nevertheless I did.

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans in the Rockies. V1. 28 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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“Well, here we are, fellows,” said Jesse Wilcox, as he threw down an armful of wood at the side of the camp-fire. “For my part, I believe this is going to be about the best trip we ever had.”

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Missouri. V1. 28 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Well, sister,” said Uncle Dick, addressing that lady as she sat busy with her needlework at the window of a comfortable hotel in the city of St. Louis, “I’m getting restless, now that the war is over. Time to be starting out. Looks like I’d have to borrow those boys again and hit the trail. Time to be on our way!”

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Trail. V1. 28 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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It was a wild and beautiful scene which lay about the little camp in the far-off mountains of the Northwest. The sun had sunk beyond the loftier ridges, although even now in the valley there remained considerable light. One could have seen many miles over the surrounding country had not, close at hand, where the little white tent stood, the forest of spruce been very dense and green. At no great distance beyond its edge was rough and broken country. Farther on, to the southward, stood white-topped peaks many miles distant, although from the camp these could not be seen.

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans. V1. 26 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Steamboat! Steamboat!”
Rob McIntyre had been angling for codfish at the top of Valdez dock for the past half-hour. Now, hearing the hoarse boom of the ocean vessel’s whistle out in the fog-bank which covered the mouth of the harbor, he pulled in his fishing-line, hurriedly threw together his heap of flapping fish, and, turning, sent shoreward the cry always welcome to dwellers in Alaska coast towns.

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Hough, Emerson: Young Alaskans in the Far North. V1. 27 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Well, fellows,” said Jesse Wilcox, the youngest of the three boys who stood now at the ragged railway station of Athabasca Landing, where they had just disembarked, “here we are once more. For my part, I’m ready to start right now.”
He spoke somewhat pompously for a youth no more than fifteen years of age. John Hardy and Rob McIntyre, his two companions, somewhat older than himself, laughed at him as he sat now on his pack-bag, which had just been tossed off the baggage-car of the train that had brought them hither.

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House, Brant: Legion of the Living Dead. V1. 23 Dec 2008

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Secret Agent X was the title of a U.S. pulp magazine published by A. A. Wyn, and the name of the main character featured in the magazine. The magazine ran for 41 issues between February 1934 and March 1939.
The Secret Agent X stories were written by more than one author, but they all appeared under the "house name" of Brant House. The first Secret Agent X story, The Torture Trust was written by Paul Chadwick, who went on to write at least fifteen others. Later stories were produced by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Emile C. Tepperman and Wayne Rogers.
In the stories, the true identity of Secret Agent X is never revealed. He is a master of disguise, known as "the man of a thousand faces", who adopts several different identities in each story. Although he is a dedicated crime-fighter working undercover for the U.S. government, this is unknown to the police who consider him an outlaw. His true role is known only to newspaper reporter Betty Dale and his mysterious Washington controller, K-9. Agent X come close to being undone once by a woman who could recognise him no matter what his disguise. She turned out to be blind and recognised his manner of walking.
Wikipedia [Thanks, mtravellerh, for the pointer]

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House, Brant: The Fear Merchants. V1. 23 Dec 2008

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Secret Agent X was the title of a U.S. pulp magazine published by A. A. Wyn, and the name of the main character featured in the magazine. The magazine ran for 41 issues between February 1934 and March 1939.
The Secret Agent X stories were written by more than one author, but they all appeared under the "house name" of Brant House. The first Secret Agent X story, The Torture Trust was written by Paul Chadwick, who went on to write at least fifteen others. Later stories were produced by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Emile C. Tepperman and Wayne Rogers.
In the stories, the true identity of Secret Agent X is never revealed. He is a master of disguise, known as "the man of a thousand faces", who adopts several different identities in each story. Although he is a dedicated crime-fighter working undercover for the U.S. government, this is unknown to the police who consider him an outlaw. His true role is known only to newspaper reporter Betty Dale and his mysterious Washington controller, K-9. Agent X come close to being undone once by a woman who could recognise him no matter what his disguise. She turned out to be blind and recognised his manner of walking.
Wikipedia [Thanks, mtravellerh, for the pointer]

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House, Brant: The Torture Trust. V1. 24 Dec 2008

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crutledge

Secret Agent X was the title of a U.S. pulp magazine published by A. A. Wyn, and the name of the main character featured in the magazine. The magazine ran for 41 issues between February 1934 and March 1939.
The Secret Agent X stories were written by more than one author, but they all appeared under the "house name" of Brant House. The first Secret Agent X story, The Torture Trust was written by Paul Chadwick, who went on to write at least fifteen others. Later stories were produced by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Emile C. Tepperman and Wayne Rogers.
In the stories, the true identity of Secret Agent X is never revealed. He is a master of disguise, known as "the man of a thousand faces", who adopts several different identities in each story. Although he is a dedicated crime-fighter working undercover for the U.S. government, this is unknown to the police who consider him an outlaw. His true role is known only to newspaper reporter Betty Dale and his mysterious Washington controller, K-9. Agent X come close to being undone once by a woman who could recognise him no matter what his disguise. She turned out to be blind and recognised his manner of walking.
Wikipedia [Thanks, mtravellerh, for the pointer]

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Housman, Laurence: An Englishwoman's Love-Letters. V1. 28 Feb 2011

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Laurence Housman (pronounced /ÈhaŠsmYn/; 18 July 1865 - 20 February 1959)[1] was an English playwright, writer and illustrator.
A younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman, Laurence Housman was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. After education at Bromsgrove School, he went with his sister Clemence to study art at the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.

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It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to whom they were addressed. But a request, conveyed under circumstances which the writer herself would have regarded as all-commanding, urges that they should now be given to the world; and, so far as is possible with a due regard to the claims of privacy, what is here printed presents the letters as they were first written in their complete form and sequence.

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Housman, Laurence: King John of Jingalo. V1. 1 Mar 2011

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Laurence Housman (pronounced /ÈhaŠsmYn/; 18 July 1865 - 20 February 1959)[1] was an English playwright, writer and illustrator.
A younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman, Laurence Housman was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. After education at Bromsgrove School, he went with his sister Clemence to study art at the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.

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The King of Jingalo had just finished breakfast in the seclusion of the royal private apartments. Turning away from the pleasantly deranged board he took up one of the morning newspapers which lay neatly folded upon a small gilt-legged table beside him. Then he looked at his watch.

This action was characteristic of his Majesty: doing one thing always reminded him that presently he would have to be doing another. Conscientious to a fault, he led a harassed and over-occupied life, which was not the less wearisome in its routine because no clear results ever presented themselves within his own range of vision. By an unkind stroke of fortune he had been called to the rule of a kingdom that had grown restive under the weight of too much tradition; and constitutionally he was unable to let it alone. So must he now remind himself in the hour of his privacy how all too fleeting were its moments, and how soon he would have to project himself elsewhere.

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Housman, Laurence: The Blue Moon. V1. 27 Feb 2011

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Laurence Housman (pronounced /ÈhaŠsmYn/; 18 July 1865 - 20 February 1959)[1] was an English playwright, writer and illustrator.
A younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman, Laurence Housman was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. After education at Bromsgrove School, he went with his sister Clemence to study art at the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.

THE BLUE MOON
A CHINESE FAIRY TALE
THE WAY OF THE WIND
A CAPFUL OF MOONSHINE
THE MOON-STROKE
HOW LITTLE DUKE JARL SAVED THE CASTLE
THE WHITE DOE
THE GENTLE COCKATRICE
THE RAT-CATCHER'S DAUGHTER
WHITE BIRCH

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Housman, Laurence: The Field of Clover. V1. 28 Feb 2011

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Laurence Housman (pronounced /ÈhaŠsmYn/; 18 July 1865 - 20 February 1959)[1] was an English playwright, writer and illustrator.
A younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman, Laurence Housman was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. After education at Bromsgrove School, he went with his sister Clemence to study art at the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.

Five fairy tales: The Bound Princess; The Crown's Warranty; The Wishing Pot; The Feeding of the Emigrants; The Passionate Puppets.

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Howard, Robert E.: "She Devil" Plus Three: Newly Added Stories. v1. 29 Dec 08

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Dr. Drib

This is my title.

These are newly-added stories from Gutenburg, added last month. This compliments my almost 4,000 page omnibus of practically all of Howard's stort stories, novellas, and novelettes (with the exception of the Conan stories, which another assembler has made available here on MobileRead), that I assembled and made available here.

Here's the link to my omnibus collection, titled The Robert E. Howard Collection:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22321

This current collection contains these four stories:

1) She Devil
2) Old Garfield's Heart
3) Cupid VS Pollux
4) The Man On The Ground

This is a very minor set of tales, but they are enjoyable reads.

If you need a "Howard Fix," here's a complete listing of stories from my Robert E. Howard Collection. NOTE: This collection listed below is currently only available as an LRF (Sony) file:

WEIRD SOUTHWEST
Pigeons from Hell (1938)
The Horror From The Mound

WEIRD MENACE
Black Talons
Moon of Zambebwei
Skull-Face
Black Wind Blowing

JAMES ALLISON
The Valley of the Worm (1934)

WILD BILL CLANTON
The Purple Heart of Erlik (Nothing to Lose)

FANTASY ADVENTURE
Black Canaan
The House of Arabu
People of the Dark
The Voice of El-Lil
Spear and Fang

TERENCE VULMEA
Black Vulmea's Vengeance

STEVE HARRISON
Fangs of Gold
Graveyard Rats
Names in The Black Book

CTHULHU MYTHOS
The Black Stone
The Fire of Asshurbanipal
The Thing On the Roof

HORROR
The Cairn on the Headland
The Dream Snake
The Fearsome Touch of Death
The Hyena

FARING TOWN SAGA
Sea Curse

CONRAD AND KINROWAN
The Haunter of the Ring

BROCK ROLLINS
The Tomb's Secret

De MONTOUR
Wolfshead
In the Forest of Villefere

KULL
The Shadow Kingdom
The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune

KULL AND BRAN MAK MORN
Kings of the Night

BRAN MAK MORN
Worms of the Earth
The Lost Race

ACE JESSEL
Apparition In the Prize Ring

CONRAD AND KINROWAN
The Children of the Night

KIRBY O'DONNELL
The Treasures of Tartary

CORMAC FITZGEOFFREY
Hawks of Outremer
The Blood of Belshazzar

HISTORICAL ADVENTURE
Gates of Empire
Lord of Samarcand
The Lion of Tiberias
The Sowers of the Thunder

TURLOGH DUBH O'BRIEN
The Dark Man
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth

RED SONYA
The Shadow of the Vulture

WESTERN
Boot Hill Payoff
The Vultures of Whapeton

STEVE COSTIGAN
Blow the Chinks Down!
Breed of Battle
Dark Shanghai
The Pit of the Serpent
The Sign of the Snake
The TNT Punch

BRECKENRIDGE ELKINS
Evil Deeds at Red Cougar
A Gent From Bear Creek (Novella)
A Gent From Bear Creek (Short Story)
Cupid From Bear Creek
Guns of the Mountains
High Horse Rampage
Mountain Man
No Cowherders Wanted
Pilgrims To the Pecos
Texas John Alden
While Smoke Rolled
Pistol Politics
Sharp's Gun Serenade
The Apache Mountain War
The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts
The Feud Buster
The Haunted Mountain
The Riot at Cougar Paw
The Road to Bear Creek
The Scalp Hunter
War On Bear Creek

OTHER
Alleys of Darkness
Alleys of Peril
Champ of the Forecastle
Circus Fists
Fist and Fang
General Ironfist
Night of Battle
Sailors' Grudge
Sluggers on the Beach
Texas Fists
The Bull Dog Breed
The Slugger's Game
The Iron Man
Vikings of the Gloves
Waterfront Fists
Winner Take All
Almuric

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Howard, Robert E.: Almuric. V2. 22 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

Sword and Sorcery in the finest Howard tradition.

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Howard, Robert E.: Cthulhu Mythos. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

I could just had to use the cover.

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Howard, Robert E.: Fantasy Adventure. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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Howard, Robert E.: Savage Stories of Conan, v 3, 26 June 2009

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Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. His most known creation is probably the character of Conan the Cimmerian, which contributed establishing the genre of sword-and-sorcery fantasy.

I've created here a collection of all freely available original Conan stories by Howard. The stories are ordered by publication date, but I've also included a chronological (in-story time) list, and at the end of each story there is a link to the next one (if you want to read them in publication order, ignore the link and page forward).

At the end there is an essay about the Hyborian Age, the fictitious historical and geographical setting of the stories, and there is also a map (accessible through the "go to" menu in the Cybook, for instance).

I created this version because the previous one (v. 1) had some formatting problems and the original author seems to be inactive. The source for the texts is Project Gutenberg Australia. I've made some corrections and changes for consistency. The first four stories are proofread, the rest not yet.

As usual, all comments are welcome.

P.S. It would be perfect if someone could provide images (or links to images) I could use as cover for the book and for the individual stories...

EDIT (v3): After reading and correcting all the stories, this is the updated version. (It has a better cover, so update your thumbnails.)

(previous download count: 200)

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Howard, Robert E.: Sea Curse. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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Howard, Robert E.: Solomon Kane Omnibus. v1. 24 Apr 07

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I've collected all of Howard's Solomon Kane stories at PG into one volume.

Solomon Kane was Howard's swashbuckling Puritan whose adventures were originally published in Weird Tales.

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Howard, Robert E.: Tales of Horror. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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Howard, Robert E.: The Haunter of the Ring. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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Howard, Robert E.: The Stories of El Borak, V.2, 14 Nov.08

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crutledge

El Borak, otherwise known as Francis Xavier Gordon, is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. Gordon was a Texan gunfighter from El Paso who had travelled the world and settled in Afghanistan. He is famous across Asia for his exploits in that continent.

The character was originally created when Howard was only ten years old but he did not see print until The Daughter of Erlik Khan in the December 1934 issue of Top-Notch. He is likely to have been inspired by real people such as Richard Francis Burton, John Nicholson, "Chinese" Gordon and Lawrence of Arabia as well as the fiction of Talbot Mundy.

Although Howard is most famous today for his fantasy fiction, the El Borak stories are straight adventure fiction and only Three-Bladed Doom contains a fantasy element.

Wikipedia

Westerns in Afganistan.

The book contains:
The Daughter of Erlik Kahn (1934)
Blood of the Gods (1935)
Hawk of the Hills (1935)
Son of the White Wolf (1936)
The Country of the Knife (1937)

Fixed some paragraph formating and better images.

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Howard, Robert E.: The Sword of Solomon Kane.V1.17 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906  June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created  in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales  Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

These stories were posted by BenG in 2007. I have updated with full table of contents, toc for each book, and my own cover.

Another sample of the prodigious output of Robert E. Howard.

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Howard, Robert E.: The Tomb's Secret. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906  June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created  in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales  Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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Howard, Robert E.: Weird Menace. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906  June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created  in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales  Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

More of the prodigious output of Robert E. Howard. He was amazing.

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- Weird Menace.prc

Howard, Robert E.: Wolfshead. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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- Wolfshead.prc

Howard, Robert E.:Pigeons From Hell. v1. 30 Oct 07

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BenG

Voodoo in the Deep South.
This was adapted for an episode of Boris Karloff's Thriller in the early sixties.

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Howard, Robert E.:The Mountain Man. V 1. 16 Nov. 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906  June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created  in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales  Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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- Mountain Man.prc

Howard, Robert E: Savage Stories of Conan v1.00 May '08

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Spellbot 5000

Tsgreer did a great version of the collected Conan works from Robert E. Howard. I set out to create a Mobi version for those with a need for that format. Like Tsgreer, I grabbed the txt files of his works from Project Gutenberg Australia. This is my first eBook, so there may be some general errors in formatting or spelling.

Included stories are:

1.) The Phoenix on the Sword
2.) The Scarlet Citadel
3.) The Tower of the Elephant
4.) Black Colossus
5.) The Slithering Shadow
6.) The Pool Of The Black One
7.) Gods of the North
8.) Rogues in the House
9.) Shadows In The Moonlight
10.) Queen Of The Black Coast
11.) Conan - The Devil in Iron
12.) The People Of The Black Circle
13.) A Witch Shall Be Born
14.) Jewels of Gwahlur
15.) Conan - Beyond the Black River
16.) Shadows in Zamboula
17.) The Hour of the Dragon
18.) Red Nails
19.) The Hyborian Age

Much thanks to Tsgreer for inspiration!

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- Howard, Robert E - Savage Stories of Conan.mobi

Howdershelt, Ed:An Encounter in Atlanta. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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gwynevans

A Mandi Steele novel! Two terrorist attacks during a science fiction convention in Atlanta are foiled by a pair of rather unusual people - one distinctly human and one considerably more than human. Until that day, neither of them knew the other existed, but their encounter bonds them in ways neither could forsee.

By Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com

Converted from the RTF here, with permission of the Author here

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Howe, William and Hummel, Abraham.: Danger! v1, 2 Mar 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Subtitled:
[
A TRUE HISTORY OF A GREAT
CITY'S WILES and TEMPTATIONS
THE VEIL LIFTED, AND LIGHT
THROWN ON CRIME AND ITS
CAUSES, AND CRIMINALS AND
THEIR HAUNTS. FACTS AND
DISCLOSURES[/

From the Preface:

It may not be amiss to remark, in explanation of the startling and sensational title chosen for this production, that logic has not yet succeeded in framing a title-page which shall clearly indicate the nature of a book. The greatest adepts have frequently taken refuge in some fortuitous word, which has served their purpose better than the best results of their analysis. So it was in the present case. "Danger!" is a thrilling and warning word, suggestive of the locomotive headlight, and especially applicable to the subject matter of the following pages, in which the crimes of a great city are dissected and exposed from the arcanum or confessional of what we may be pardoned for designating the best-known criminal law offices in America.
So much for the title. A few words as to the motif of the publication. Despite the efficiency of our police and the activity of our many admirable reforming and reclaiming systems, crime still abounds, while the great tide of social impurity continues to roll on with unabated velocity. Optimists and philanthropic dreamers in every age have pictured in glowing colors the gradual but sure approach of the millennium, yet we are, apparently, still as far from that elysium of purity and unselfishness as ever. Whenever the wolf and the lamb lie down together, the innocent bleater is invariably inside the other's ravenous maw. There may be—and we have reason to know that there is—a marked diminution in certain forms of crime, but there are others in which surprising fertility of resource and ingenuity of method but too plainly evince that the latest developments of science and skill are being successfully pressed into the service of the modern criminal. Increase of education and scientific skill not only confers superior facilities for the successful perpetration of crime, but also for its concealment. The revelations of the newspapers, from week to week, but too plainly indicate an undercurrent of vice and iniquity, whose depth and foulness defy all computation.
We are not in accord with those pessimists who speak of New York as a boiling caldron of crime, without any redeeming features or hopeful elements. But our practice in the courts and our association with criminals of every kind, and the knowledge consequently gained of their history and antecedents, have demonstrated that, in a great city like New York, the germs of evil in human life are developed into the rankest maturity. As the eloquent Dr. Guthrie, in his great work, "The City, its Sins and its Sorrows," remarks: "Great cities many have found to be great curses. It had been well for many an honest lad and unsuspecting country girl that hopes of higher wages and opportunities of fortune, that the gay attire and gilded story of some acquaintance, had never turned their steps cityward, nor turned them from the simplicity and safety of their country home. Many a foot that once lightly pressed the heather or brushed the dewy grass has wearily trodden in darkness, guilt and remorse, on these city pavements. Happy had it been for many had they never exchanged the starry skies for the lamps of the town, nor had left their quiet villages for the throng and roar of the big city's streets. Weil for them had they heard no roar but the river's, whose winter flood it had been safer to breast; no roar but ocean's, whose stormiest waves it had been safer to ride, than encounter the flood of city temptations, which has wrecked their virtue and swept them into ruin."
By hoisting the Danger signal at the mast-head, as it were, we have attempted to warn young men and young women—the future fathers and mothers of America—against the snares and pitfalls of the crime and the vice that await the unwary in New York. Our own long and extensive practice at the bar has furnished most of the facts; some, again, are on file in our criminal courts of record; and some, as has already been hinted, have been derived from the confidential revelations of our private office. With the desire that this book shall prove a useful warning and potent monitor to those for whose benefit and instruction it has been designed, and in the earnest hope that, by its influence, some few may be saved from prison, penitentiary, lunatic asylum, or suicides' purgatory, it is now submitted to the intelligent readers of America.

Note: This book was first published in 1886, the cover I have used is a fairly recent photograph of New York City. I do not want to suggest that any of the "Great City's Wiles and Temptations" were going on at the time the photo was taken.

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Howells, William Dean: Christmas Every Day, v.1, 16 December 2008.

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Patricia

William Dean Howells (1837–1920)
Christmas Every Day

A Christmas short story suitable for children and adults.

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Howells, William Dean: Henry James, Jr. v.1, 16 March 2009.

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Patricia

William Dean Howells (1837–1920)
Henry James, Jr.

An article about the novelist and his work.
The source was PG.

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Hudson, W. H.: Green Mansions v1. 9 Dec 07

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tsgreer

[Thanks goes to Mobileread member Starfish for introducing me to this book in the Sony Reader upload section. He had no plans for making a mobi/prc file out of it, so I decided to make one since I wanted it on my Kindle. Any formatting issues with this file will be my fault and not his.[/ :o

Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (1904) is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling woman named Rima. [Interesting note: Rima was also the subject of a short-lived marvel comic book.[/

Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guyana. Surviving fever and hostile Indian attacks, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian village to waste away his life: playing guitar for old Cla-Cla, hunting badly with Kua-Ko, telling stories to the children. After some exploring, Abel discovers an enchanting forest where he hears a strange bird-like singing. His Indian friends avoid the forest because of its evil spirit-protector, "the Daughter of the Didi." Persisting in the search, Abel finally finds Rima the Bird Girl. She has dark hair, a smock of spider webs, is barefoot, and can communicate with birds in an unknown tongue. When she shields a coral snake, Abel is bitten and falls unconscious.

Hudson based Rima and her lost tribe on persistent rumors about a tribe of white people who lived in the mountains. Temple paintings often showed light-skinned people, and Spanish Conquistadors were at first thought to be gods.

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Hughes, Dora Morrell: Thrift in the Household, v.1, 28 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

Dora Morrell Hughes: Thrift in the Household

Lots of advice on domestic frugality, much of which is still relevant.

Published, March, 1918 by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
Norwood, Mass. U.S.A.

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- Hughes_Thrift Household.prc

Hughes, Thomas: Tom Brown's Schooldays. v1. 11 Sep 07

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HarryT

Thomas Hughes' classic novel, first published in 1857, telling the story of Tom Brown at Rugby School. The story is heavily influenced by the author's own experiences at Rugby, and the character of Tom Brown is based on the author's brother, George Hughes.

[Tom Brown[/ was tremendously influential on the genre of British school novels, which began in the 19th century, and is one of the few still in print. A sequel, [Tom Brown at Oxford[/, was published in 1861 but is not as well known.

Enjoy!

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Hugo, Victor: Les Miserables (Illustrated). v1, 18 August 2008

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HarryT

Description from Wikipedia:

[Les Misérables[/ is an 1862 novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that includes the Napoleonic wars and subsequent decades. Principally focusing on the struggles of the protagonist—ex-convict Jean Valjean—who seeks to redeem himself, the novel also examines the impact of Valjean's actions for the sake of social commentary. It examines the nature of good, evil, and the law, in a sweeping story that expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, law, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love.

English translation by Isabel F. Hapgood.

Enjoy!

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- Les Miserables.prc

Hugo, Victor: Notre Dame de Paris [Hunchback of Notre Dame], v.2, 29 July 2008

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Patricia

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Notre-Dame de Paris (1831)
[The Hunchback of Notre Dam
Translated by Isabel Florence Habgood. (1850-1928)
(With a few illustrations)

An epic story of tragic love, disability and Gothic architecture.

From Wikipedia:
“The novel is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The book tells the story of a poor Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the archdeacon (Claude Frollo).
English translations of the book are often titled The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which have led some to believe that Quasimodo is the main character. Hugo never liked this title, preferring the original Notre-Dame de Paris. He gave this title because he considered the cathedral itself to be the main "character" of the story. The story takes place around and inside the church, and Hugo spent much time describing the building as well as decrying its abandonment after the abuse it suffered during the French Revolution; during the Revolution, the church had been viewed as a symbol of the old regime and was pillaged and vandalized by angry mobs.
The book portrays the Gothic era as one of extremes of architecture, passion, and religion.”

The PG text file was in a bad way, with OCR errors, inaccurate transliteration and inconsistent italic markers. I’ve made a number of corrections. If you find errors then please PM me so that I can make a revised version.

[QUOT23 November 2009
I'm uploading a new version.
The original was downloaded 323 times.[/QUOT

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Hugo, Victor: The Last Day of a Condemned Man, v.1, 2 August 2008.

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Patricia

Victor Hugo
(1802–1885)
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
(Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné)
Translated by Eugenia de B.
(Translated from the 4th French edition of 1832.)

An account of the last day of a prisoner condemned to the guillotine. The text also includes Hugo’s Preface to the fourth Edition, in which he argues strongly against capital punishment, and ‘A Comedy Apropos Of a Tragedy’: a short dialogue used as an Introduction to the fourth edition.

From Wikipedia:
“A man that has been fated to death writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while he is waiting for his execution. He does not betray his name to the reader or what he has done, though he vaguely hints that he has killed someone. He describes his life in prison, everything from what his cell looks like to the personality of the prison priest. On the day he is to be executed he will see his three year old daughter for the first time…”

There are two translations freely availably on the web. One is heavily abridged. This is more complete but is actually a slight abridgement. The translator has mostly omitted passages to do with French legal procedure. This version is an improvement on the version at angelfire, which has a page missing.

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Hugo, Victor: The Man Who Laughs v.1.0 December 18, 2009

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Sonist

Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885) wrote L'Homme Qui Rit (The Man Who Laughs) in 1869. One of the greatest French novelists, poets, playwrights and socio-political figures of his time, he is probably best known for having written Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), but The Man Who Laughs is a romantic masterpiece that deserves an equal measure of acclaim. The incredible love story of the man whose face has been disfigured into a laughing mask in childhood, the loyal blind girl who gives him her heart, and the cruelty of the privileged aristocracy whose laughingstock and savior he becomes, is remarkable in its emotional impact. But do not be deceived. The timeless trope of Beauty and the Beast is redefined here, for surfaces are misleading, and not everything is as it seems. The slow-paced, stately richness of descriptive detail is reward in itself for the reader looking for delicious immersion in the drama of history, but coupled with the depth of human insight, and the glimpse into a historical era and mindset, this is a timeless classic.

From GoodReads

With endnotes.

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Huizinga, Johan: Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen v1.0, 8 feb 2008

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pvdv

"Johan Huizinga
[SIZE="1"]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/SIZ

Johan Huizinga (December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945), a Dutch historian, was one of the founders of modern cultural history. Born in Groningen, he started out as a student of Comparative linguistics, gaining a good command of Sanskrit. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in Indian drama in 1897. It was not until 1902 that his interest turned towards medieval and Renaissance history. He continued teaching as an Orientalist until he became a Professor of General and Dutch History at Groningen University in 1905. Then, in 1915, he was made Professor of General History at Leiden University, a post he held until 1942. From this point until his death in 1945 he was held in detention by the Nazis. He died in De Steeg in Gelderland, near Arnhem, and lies buried in the graveyard of the Reformed Church at 6 Haarlemmerstraatweg in Oegstgeest.

Huizinga had an aesthetic approach to history, where art and spectacle played an important part. His most famous work is Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen (1919), translated as The Waning of the Middle Ages (1924) and as The Autumn of the Middle Ages (1996). He here reinterprets the later Middle Ages as a period of pessimism and decadence rather than rebirth."
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This is the original Dutch text, based on the 5th edition of the book. I included hundreds of hyperlinks to translations of the numerous French, German and Latin texts which you'll find in the book. I also modernised the language as far as spelling goes... I did not change the writing style of course (!) but i merely made the text match the newer editions.

I realise most of you will not be able to read this specific book because it is written in Dutch. I wanted this book for myself however, and i thought i might as well share it with this community.
I strongly encourage you to find the English translation though, preferably the 1996 version. I know it's on the internet somewhere, at least the 1924 version is...This is a true Classic.

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- Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen V1.1.prc

Hume, David: A Treatise of Human Nature, v1, 31 Aug 2007.

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Patricia

From Wikipedia:
“A Treatise of Human Nature is a book by Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume, published in 1739–1740.
Hume wrote A Treatise of Human Nature in France at the age of twenty-six. Although many scholars today consider the Treatise to be Hume's most important work and one of the most important books in the history of philosophy, the public in Britain did not at first agree. Hume himself described the (lack of) public reaction to the publication of the Treatise by writing that the book "fell dead-born from the press."

I have zipped up all 3 volumes, adding some pictures TOCs etc..

Book 1: "Of the Understanding"
Hume opens by arguing for empiricism: that we have no ideas that are not derived in some way from sense-experience or emotions. (Hence, we cannot have an idea of , say apples, without an experience of apples. And an idea of unicorns is a compound of horse plus horn). Then Hume examines the idea of causality; analyzing it as constant conjunction. Finally, scepticism is discussed.
Book 2: "Of the Passions"Hume discusses the origin of emotions..
Book 3: "Of Morals" Moral ideas, justice, obligations, benevolence.

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- Hume Treatise 3 vols prc.zip (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Hume, David: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, v1, 19 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748)
Contains reworking of the main points of the Treatise, Book 1, with the addition of material on free will (adapted from Book 2), miracles, the Design Argument, and mitigated scepticism.

Section X, ‘On Miracles’ has often been published separately and contains an interesting sceptical viewpoint.

Contents:

I. Of The Different Species Of Philosophy.
II . Of The Origin Of Ideas.
III. Of The Association Of Ideas.
IV. Sceptical Doubts Concerning The Operations Of The Understanding.
V. Sceptical Solution Of These Doubts.
VI. Of Probability.
VII. Of The Idea Of Necessary Connexion.
VIII. Of Liberty And Necessity.
IX. Of The Reason Of Animals.
X. Of Miracles.
XI. Of A Particular Providence And Of A Future State.
XII. Of The Academical Or Sceptical Philosophy.
Footnotes
Index

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Hume, David: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. 19 Oct 2008

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RWood

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTDavid Hume (26 April 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, historian and an important figure in Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment. Together with John Locke, George Berkeley, and a handful of others, Hume is one of the principal early philosophers of empiricism.[/QUOT
[QUOTDialogues concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity.

In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design -- for which Hume uses a house -- and whether there is more suffering or good in the world (argument from evil).

Hume started writing the Dialogues in 1750 but did not complete them until 1776, shortly before his death. They are based partly on Cicero's De Natura Deorum. The Dialogues were published posthumously in 1779, originally with neither the author's nor the publisher's name.[/QUOT

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Hume, David: My Own Life, v1, 12 October 2009.

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Patricia

David Hume (1711–1776)
My Own Life (1776)

The Scottish Enlightenment philosopher and historian, David Hume, wrote this short autobiographical piece on his death-bed.

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- My Own Life.prc

Hume, Fergus: A Coin of Edward VII, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
A Coin of Edward VII: A Detective Story [1903]

A rather hysterical young woman is found stabbed on her father’s grave. Her former fiancé is both relieved and upset. He must find out the truth because an innocent woman is being accused of the murder…

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- A Coin of Edward VII.prc

Hume, Fergus: Hagar of the Pawn-Shop, v1, 21 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
Hagar of the Pawn-Shop: The Gypsy Detective [1898]

Hagar is a beautiful and intelligent young Romany woman, who finds herself in charge of a London pawn-shop. She turns detective in this collection of linked short stories, in order to solve mysteries connected with the objects that her clients bring in to hock.

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- Hagar of the Pawn-Shop.prc

Hume, Fergus: Madame Midas, v1, 19 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
Madame Midas [1888]

A melodramatic mystery, set in Melbourne and the Australian gold-mines. The evil anti-hero poisons people, ruins young girls and is generally despicable. But will he be unmasked? Or will an innocent young woman be found guilty of his crimes?

(The cover is a close-up of an Australian gold nugget.)

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Hume, Fergus: Red Money, v1, 20 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
Red Money [1911]

A house party visits a local gypsy encampment to have their fortunes told. Shortly afterwards, a murder is committed. Are the gypsies to blame? Or is it something more sinister?
The portrayal of the Romanies is romantic and stereotypical, but not unsympathetic. The cover image is Vincent van Gogh’s “Gypsy Encampment.”

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Hume, Fergus: The Bishop’s Secret, v1, 20 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Bishop’s Secret [1900]
(This novel has also been published under the title, “Bishop Pendle”)

Bishop Pendle comes to believe that he is not lawfully married, which is not good news for an Anglican bishop. And there is a local murder. On top of that, his son wants to marry a barmaid.
The novel is a sort of hybrid between a Victorian mystery and Anthony Trollope’s “Barchester Towers.”

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Hume, Fergus: The Crowned Skull, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Crowned Skull [1908]

Dericka is the daughter of a poor-ish county gentleman. When her father is suspected of murdering his wealthy tenant, she (and her fiancé) must help solve the crime. The secret lies in her father’s shady past in Africa.

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Hume, Fergus: The Green Mummy, v1, 19 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Green Mummy [1908]

An Egyptologist imports a Peruvian mummy, so as compare the mummification methods of the Egyptians and the Incas. But when the packing-case arrives there is a fresh corpse inside…
Contains an outrageously stereotypical black person, who is from an allegedly cannibal tribe.

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- The Green Mummy.prc

Hume, Fergus: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, v1, 17 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab [1886]

A somewhat melodramatic mystery, set in Melbourne. One of the city’s leading young men is accused of murder. But he won’t defend himself if it brings a woman’s good name into question…

From Wikipedia:
Finding that the novels of Émile Gaboriau were then very popular in Melbourne, he obtained and read a set of them and determined to write a novel of a similar kind. The result was the self-published novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), which became a great success. He based his descriptions of low life on his knowledge of Little Bourke Street. He sold the English and American rights to the novel for fifty pounds, and thus derived little benefit from its success. It eventually became the top selling mystery novel of the Victorian era, John Sutherland calling it the "most sensationally popular crime and detective novel of the century." This novel inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write "A Study In Scarlet", which introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes. As Doyle remarked, "Hansom Cab was a slight tale, mostly sold by "puffing".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_Hume

There’s a readable article about the novel here:
http://www.australianliterarycompend...humeessay.html

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Hume, Fergus: The Mystery Queen, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Mystery Queen [1912]

Sir Charles Moon is a millionaire but his daughter wants to marry a penniless young aviator. Then Sir Charles is murdered, and a strange secret society led by the mysterious Queen Beelzebub is involved.

The cover shows a Bristol Boxkite (1911) flying low over Stonehenge.

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Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent, v1, 19 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Opal Serpent [1905]

A mystery concerned with murder, inheritance and questions about the legitimacy of the heiress. It is not a good idea to make a will leaving everything to “my daughter” when one has two daughters, only one of whom is the product of lawful wedlock.
(At the time the novel was written, illegitimate children had very few rights in English law.)

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Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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Ferguson Wright Hume was born in England. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to New Zealand. He attended high school in Dunedin and studied law at the University of Orago. Short after graduation he left for Melbourne where he obtained a post as a barrister's clerk. After the success of his first novel, Hume returned to England. He resided in London for few years and then he moved to the Essex countryside where he lived in Thundersley for thirty years.

In [The Opal Serpent[/ an old pawnbroker is strangled and found with his lips pinned together by a brooch of opals in the design of a serpent. The pawnbroker has a beautiful daughter, who attempts to solve the mystery encountering many complications on the way.

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Hume, Fergus: The Pagan’s Cup, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Pagan’s Cup [1902]

A stranger gives a chalice to a village church. Is it a Roman antiquity? Or the Holy Grail? It gets stolen and young Leo must clear his name and discover the truth about his origins, if he is to marry the girl he loves.

The cover image shows Catherine of Aragon as Mary Magdalene by Michael Sittow [c.1501].

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Hume, Fergus: The Secret Passage, v1, 21 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Secret Passage [1905]

A little old lady is found murdered in her country cottage. Her new maid’s father had been poisoned some years previously. And there’s a Spanish adventuress with a gambling den living nearby. These events are all connected. Life in rural England is clearly more exciting than one might expect.

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Hume, Fergus: The Silent House, v1, 20 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Silent House [1907]
(This has also appeared under the title, “The Silent House in Pimlico.”)

A ‘locked room’ mystery, where a murder is committed in a house that has a reputation for being haunted. The first half of the book leads the reader to suppose that they know who did it. Then the second half is full of plot twists.
Contains a very stereotypical depiction of a Gipsy (Roma) woman.

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Humphrey, Mabel: The Book of The Cat, v.1, 23 Nov 2008

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Cute Kitteh Pics!

This 1903 book for children contains 9 stories and poems and 13 beautiful illustrations by Elisabeth F. Bonsall.

Enjoy! (Arf!)

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Hunter, Colonel William: Dollars and Sense, v.1, 13 March 2008.

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First published in 1906, this is the revised and enlarged 1908 edition.
It’s about how to mange money and have a successful career in business. Much of the advice is till relevant today.
I have generally left the author’s idiosyncratic spelling untouched.

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Hurll, Estelle M.: Rembrandt, v.1, 22 Dec 2008

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The full title of this 1899 publication is [Rembrandt: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter[/. The images from the original book have been replaced with modern color images.

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Hurst, Fannie: Every Soul Hath Its Song. V1.8 Oct 2009

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Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 - February 23, 1968) was an American novelist. Although her books are not well remembered today, during her lifetime some of her more famous novels were Stardust (1919), Lummox (1923), A President is Born (1927), Back Street (1931), and Imitation of Life (1933).

SEA GULLIBLES
ROLLING STOCK
HOCHENHEIMER OF CINCINNATI
IN MEMORIAM
THE NTH COMMANDMENT
T.B.
SUMMER RESOURCES
SOB SISTER
THE NAME AND THE GAME

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Hurst, Fannie: Gaslight Sonatas. V1. 9 Oct 2009

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Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 - February 23, 1968) was an American novelist. Although her books are not well remembered today, during her lifetime some of her more famous novels were Stardust (1919), Lummox (1923), A President is Born (1927), Back Street (1931), and Imitation of Life (1933).

I. BITTER-SWEET

II. SIEVE OF FULFILMENT

III. ICE-WATER, PL--!

IV. HERS _NOT_ TO REASON WHY

V. GOLDEN FLEECE

VI. NIGHTSHADE

VII. GET READY THE WREATHS

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Hurst, Fannie: Humoresque. V1. 9 Oct 2009

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Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 - February 23, 1968) was an American novelist. Although her books are not well remembered today, during her lifetime some of her more famous novels were Stardust (1919), Lummox (1923), A President is Born (1927), Back Street (1931), and Imitation of Life (1933).

HUMORESQUE
OATS FOR THE WOMAN
A PETAL ON THE CURRENT
WHITE GOODS
"HEADS"
A BOOB SPELLED BACKWARD
EVEN AS YOU AND I
THE WRONG PEW

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Hurst, Fannie: The Vertical City. V1. 11 Oct 2009

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Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 - February 23, 1968) was an American novelist. Although her books are not well remembered today, during her lifetime some of her more famous novels were Stardust (1919), Lummox (1923), A President is Born (1927), Back Street (1931), and Imitation of Life (1933).

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By that same architectural gesture of grief which caused Jehan at Agra to erect the Taj Mahal in memory of a dead wife and a cold hearthstone, so the Bon Ton hotel, even to the pillars with red-freckled monoliths and peacock-backed lobby chairs, making the analogy rather absurdly complete, reared its fourteen stories of “elegantly furnished suites, all the comforts and none of the discomforts of home.”

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Hurst, S.B.H: S.B.H Hurst Omnibus. V1. 25 Jan 2009

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Another Master of the Pulps. He wrote mostly of Oriental themes. Great stories.

The Ball of Fire
Hurst is in top form in this adventure of Bugs Sinnat, of the secret service, who made several appearances in Oriental Stories. In this tale, he travels from India to the wilds of Burma in search of a giant ruby, The Ball of Fire. A ripping yarn in the tradition of Kipling and Mundy.

The King of the Jerawahs
Danger, mystery, and exotic adventure in the serach for Alexander's tomb.

The People of the Fourth Dimension
A mysterious tale of mysterious India. At the behest of his young lover, an Englishman dares to stare into the saucer of ink, from which strange truths are revealed... Vague in style, but interesting.

The Spirit of France
A nice Burmese story by Hurst. A frequent contibutor to Adventure and Oriental Stories, he specialized in stories from the Asian sub-continent. (Reprinted from Adventure Trails, February 1929.)

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Hutcheson, John C: Afloat at Last. V1. 19 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This short book tells the adventures over just one voyage to Shanghai of the hero, Allan Graham, whose father is a country vicar. Allan is obtained a place as an apprentice aboard the Silver Queen, which he joins at Wapping Docks. An Irish bosun, Tim Rooney, takes a liking to the lad and helps him learn the ropes. Hutcheson nearly always has an Irish co-hero in his books. We get a good description of how the vessel is warped out of the dock, how she makes her way down river, assisted by a steam-tug, and then down the English Channel and into the wide Atlantic Ocean. Allan begins to learn a bit about navigation and ship-handling, when the movement of the vessel in the Bay of Biscay causes him to retire with sea-sickness. A stowaway is found on board, in the forepeak. Allan finds an ally in the Chinese cook, Ching Wang. On the other hand the Portuguese steward, Pedro, hates that cook.

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Hutcheson, John C: Bob Strong's Holidays. V1. 20 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
Bob Strong and his sister Nellie are the children of a busybarrister, too busy to take them on holiday, and they are sentby train down to Portsmouth to spend the summer holidays withtheir aunt. The dog Rover travels in the guard’s van, and inthe same compartment of the train there is an elderly gentlemanwho turns out to be a retired sea-captain.

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Hutcheson, John C: Crown and Anchor. V1. 20 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This book is by a really good contemporary authority on how vessels ofthe Royal Navy were managed in the late nineteenth century, thereforeevery page rings true. Some of the best parts are quite early in thebook, when our hero and his ship go to investigate a sinking wreck inthe Bay of Biscay, which had been reported to them by a French warshipthey had encountered.
The vessel is sent on to other stations, and in particular to the China one, where several notable incidents occur. This book is a very good yarn, and it makes a very good audiobook.

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Hutcheson, John C: Fritz and Eric. V1. 21 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

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This is rather an extraordinary book, because it consists of tworather different eras in the lives of two brothers. In thefirst the brother Fritz takes part in the Franco-Prussian war of1870-71, and is severely wounded, but survives - just. He istended by a beauteous maiden, with whom he falls in love.
Meanwhile the brother Eric has gone to sea in what turns out to be a rotten old vessel, which sinks in southern waters. There are some survivors, but Eric is not among them, and is presumed dead.

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Hutcheson, John C: On Board the Esmeralda. V1.22 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

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The hero, Martin Leigh, is the son of a brave British Naval officer, who was killed in Africa when the boy is very young. The mother also dies, and Martin is left an orphan, to be brought up by his father’s brother. He has a horrible time in this family, and Aunt Matilda is his chief tormentor. Eventually he is sent to a cheap boarding school with a prospectus in no way matched by reality. Again he has a horrible time, for several years, but is befriended by another boy, Tom. One year, on Guy Fawkes’ Day, they perpetrate a misdemeanour far beyond what they should have done, and are sentenced to be expelled. They run away, and stow away in a little coaster. When they are discovered, the captain beats them even worse than the Headmaster of their school had done. So Martin, aged thirteen, has known nothing but hard times.

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Hutcheson, John C: Picked up at Sea. v1. 23 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

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This is good book, well written, and interesting throughout. It starts off at sea, aboard the Susan Jane, when a piece of floating wreckage is seen. A body is found on it, that of a boy of fifteen or so, badly injured, and struck dumb, and apparently unaware of what is going on. Yet when Seth, one of the men on board, is in danger, the boy springs to his aid. When they get to America it is time for the vessel to have a full refit, so some of the crew and the only passenger, Mr Rawlings, together with the boy, now known as Sailor Bill, go off to work a mine that Rawlings has bought.

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Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 1. V1. 24 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

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I saw her first in church.
Do you happen to know a quaint, dreamy old region in the west of London, which bricks and mortar have not, as yet, overtaken, nor newfangled villas vulgarised?

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Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 2. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

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In Volume Two we have much the same personnel as in Volume One; the vicar and his sister Miss Pimpernell; Lady Dasher and her two daughters;Miss Spight and Mawley the curate; Min and Mrs Clyde; Catch the dog. Having set the scene in Volume One, Hutcheson goes on to weave abeautiful story round the love-affair between the hero, Lorton, and Min,she with the admirable grey eyes. We will not tell you how it fared—you must find that out for yourself.
While I think the story was well-written, and it makes a very good audiobook to listen to, Hutcheson is still up to his tricks. Just to prove how brainy he is, he quotes extensively from French, German, Italian, Latin, and even in one place, Greek. In these days when our educations have been so dummed down, I find this unhelpful. To read a quotation from a good English poet is a joy and a pleasure, so why go elsewhere for a poetic quotation, except it be to show off.

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Hutcheson, John C: Teddy. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This short book is probably of more interest to ten or eleven year olds, rather than any other age group, for much of the book is taken up with describing sundry very juvenile misdemeanours.
It is well written, but my personal opinion is that it is quite inconsequential. Still, it was quite amusing to scan it, OCR it, and edit it. N.H.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Ghost Ship. V1. 21 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as thetitle implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as theywork out their position, and yet again encounter the same vesselgoing in an impossible direction.
Having warned you of this, I must say that it is a well-written book about life aboard an ocean-going steamer at about the end of the nineteenth century.
You will find it worth listening to, or reading, and I recommend it.
N.H.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Island Treasure. V1. 22 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
Starting with excuses, this book was rather hard to transcribe to digital format. It was unevenly printed on a rather rough paper, so that many words were hard to read, even to the naked eye. Several of the characters in the book spoke in their own dialect or with a heavy foreign accent, so that many of the words in the book were not words in the English language. And if that were not all the copy used was somewhat spotted. But we seem to have come though those trials, and we present a very readable book.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Penang Pirate. V1. 22 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This is a fairly short book, consisting of two short stories.
The first of these, “The Penang Pirate”, describes how the Captain of the “Hankow Lin”, suspecting that there might be a piratical attack on his vessel on her return voyage from Canton to Australia, lays plans to spoil the pirates’ fun. As a result of this the attacking pirate vessel is soundly beaten, but there were some interesting events and confrontations before they actually met the pirate schooner.
The second story is “The Lost Pinnace”. HMS London is cruising the East Coast of Africa in search of any slaver dhows. One of these is met with and deleted, so the London, a midshipman with knowledge of the local language having overheard that there is a second slaver not far away, sets off in search of a further conquest.

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Hutcheson, John C: The White Squall. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
Tom is a thirteen year-old whose father is a Naval Officer onthe half-pay list. This dates the events, for Tom has read twoof Captain Marryatt’s books, which were published in the 1830s,while his father would have been recalled to duty in time forthe Crimean War, so we’ll put the date down as the 1840s.
The action starts in the West Indies, where Tom’s father has bought a property. Tom has an accident on his way to meet his father on the way from a short visit to another island. Tom is to be sent to an English school, and on his recovery he is taken down to the harbour, and put in charge of a ship’s Captain. The journey back to England has every misadventure that can be thought of, including a White Squall, which we would probably today call a Line Squall. The vessel is capsized. How do they recover it?
Eventually they arrive in England. And that is the end of the story, which really is an introduction to ships for young persons of about thirteen years of age. It isn’t too long, and you’ll enjoy it.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Wreck of the Nancy Bell. V1. 26 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
A well-written nautical novel by J.C. Hutcheson. The “Nancy Bell” appears to be a well-found ship, on its way out from the United Kingdom to New Zealand, but she is beset early on by a severe storm which leaves her rudderless and mastless. One of the passengers was an ex Royal Navy Commander who, for some reason, was travelling incognito. He had offered the Captain advice which was rejected as the Captain thought it came from a landsman. Very possibly, had he heeded that advice, the whole train of disasters might not have occurred.

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Hutcheson, John C: Tom Finch's Monkey. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt

This is quite a short book, containing five short late Victorian stories.
The first of these concerns a monkey on board ship, which was dressed up as an officer, and as such introduced to a visiting Admiral, who invites all the officers to dinner, stressing that he hoped to entertain the one who didn’t speak much.
The second story is an informative one about icebergs.
The third concerns a yachting cruise in the Aegean Sea, among the Greek Islands, in which they save the live of a Greek. There is an encounter with bandits, from which they are surprisingly released without further harm. Why would that be, I wonder.
The fourth concerns a “sighting of a sea-serpent of extraordinary dimensions”, by HMS Daedalus in 1848.
And the fifth is a story about the curious events at a cricket match.

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Hutcheson, John C: Young Tom Bowling. V1. 26 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This book fills a gap about just how boy seamen were trained at the endof the nineteenth century. From first to last it is very credible, andalso very readable. It was not very easy to transcribe, because theboys we meet come from a variety of country places, and hence have avariety of dialects. In particular one of the boys has a strong Irishbrogue, and another has an equally strong west Hampshire accent. It isthis boy, `Ugly’, that comes to a very sad and noble end.

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Hutcheson, John Conroy: Teddy - A Little Pickle v1 3 feb 2009

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This short book is probably of more interest to ten or eleven year olds, rather than any other age group, for much of the book is taken up with describing sundry very juvenile misdemeanours.

Some nice illustrations, great cover by ravenne

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Hutcheson, John Conroy: The Penang Pirate v1 26 jan 2009

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John C Hutcheson was born in St. Helier, Jersey, in mid 1840. He died in Portsea, Hampshire, England either at the end of 1896 or early in 1897. This information came from the Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages.(Athelstane)

This is a fairly short book, consisting of two short stories. The first of these, "The Penang Pirate", describes how the Captain of tHe "Hankow Lin", suspecting that there might be a piratical attack on his vessel on her return voyage from Canton to Australia, lays plans to spoil the pirates' fun. As a result of this the attacking pirate vessel is soundly beaten, but there were some interesting events and confrontations before they actually met the pirate schooner.

The second story is "The Lost Pinnace". HMS London is cruising the East Coast of Africa in search of any slaver dhows. One of these is met with and deleted, so the London, a midshipman with knowledge of the local language having overheard that there is a second slaver not far away, sets off in search of a further conquest.

It was the custom at that time for a ship's pinnace to be left behind under the command of a junior officer whenever the warship left the station on a chase. No junior officer being available the pinnace is left with the bosun in command.

All is well for a time, but there is a severe storm, and the pinnace is lost, several miles from the Madagascar shore. Some of the crew are lost, but the remainder, including the bosun, who is telling the tale years later to a friend back in England, reach the shore. Their journey to the capital of Madagascar is very difficult and dangerous, but most of them get there in the end.

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Hutcheson, John.: The Ghost Ship:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.

This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as the title implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as they work out their position, and yet again encounter the same vessel going in an impossible direction.

With illustrations.

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Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe.: The Lost Continent. v1. 02 Feb 2008

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This is a great little adventure story about Atlantis.

[QUOTStill, after a century or so, The Lost Continent remains an eminently readable and entertaining novel, nothing too profound, just a good lost race novel done the way it should be.[/QUOT
I included one illustration after the title page.

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Ibsen, Henrik: Brand [Norwegian].v1. 24 Oct 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Fra Wikipedia:
[QUOTIbsens gjennombruddsverk som dramatisk forfatter var Brand fra 1866. Stykket handler om en rettlinjet prest, som stiller et problematisk hardt krav om konsekvens overfor seg selv og sine nærmeste. Dette kravet fører ham til slutt opp i en umulig situasjon, men som alltid hos Ibsen er slutten åpen, og den avsluttende replikken, «Han er Deus Caritatis [kjærlighetens gud]», kan tolkes på forskjellige vis.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Bygmester Solness [Norwegian].v1. 1 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTByggmester Solness som kom i 1892, innledet en ny vending i Ibsens forfatterskap. Hovedpersonen er en gammel mann som har nådd toppen i sin karriere, men som oppdager at han ikke er tilfreds. Han synes at han egentlig ikke har oppnådd det han ville, hverken i kunsten eller i kjærligheten. Han frykter og undertrykker de som er yngre enn seg, men han lengter desperat etter ungdom, også. Den unge og forførende frekke Hilde Wangel (som også er med i Fruen fra havet) trenger inn i livet hans og tvinger ham til å se alt dette i øynene. [/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: De unges forbund [Norwegian].v1. 11 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTLystspillet er en politisk satire plassert på et storgods i nærheten av en østlands kjøpstad, der den unge, radikale Sagfører Steensgaard avsløres som en streber og opportunist, mens Kammerherre Bratsberg, som representerer de eldre, aristokratiske og høyreorienterte, ender som helten.[/QUOT
Teksten er hentet fre ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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Ibsen, Henrik: En folkefiende [Norwegian].v1. 27 Oct 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Fra Wikipedia:
[QUOTGjennom stykket ønsket Ibsen å ta et oppgjør med alle maktgrupperinger og politiske partier i sin samtid, og han stiller seg kritisk til flertallstyranniet på bekostning av individets rett til å tenke annerledes.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Et dukkehjem [Norwegian].v1. 2 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTEt dukkehjem kom to år etter i 1879 og er Ibsens mest berømte stykke. Nora og Torvald lever i et tilsynelatende lykkelig ekteskap helt til Nora får demonstrert Torvalds kynisme og forlater ham og deres tre barn for å finne sin egen vei til modenhet. Torvald representerer den konservative borgermoralen, Nora den frie vilje og individets rettigheter.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Fru Inger til Østråt [Norwegian].v1. 14 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Teksten er hentet fra ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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- Fru Inger til Østråt - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Fruen fra havet [Norwegian].v1. 30 Oct 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
Fra Wikipedia:
[QUOTFruen fra havet (1888) ble Ibsens lyseste og vennligste stykke på 1880- og 1890-tallet. Historien er enda et ekteskapsdrama fra en småby, der en kvinne har giftet seg med en mann hun ikke elsker for å komme unna en vanskelig fortid. Nå lever de to tilsynelatende ganske lykkelig sammen med mannens to døtre fra et tidligere ekteskap. Men er hun så lykkelig under overflaten, egentlig? Dessuten drømmer hun om en gammel elsker, en finsk morder med kniv, og en natt kommer han tilbake fra sjøen, Skal hun gå, eller skal hun bli?[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Gengangere [Norwegian].v1. 29 Oct 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTGengangere fra 1881 rører ved en rekke kontroversielle og forbudte temaer som syfilis, incest, ekteskap som institusjon, barn utenfor ekteskap, sosiale konvensjoner som ødeleggere av frihet og et lykkelig liv, og ikke minst aktiv dødshjelp. Ibsen anvender en retrospektiv teknikk som på en meget effektiv måte utfordrer ikke bare stykkets karakterer og dets samtid, men også vår egen tid. [/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Hedda Gabler [Norwegian].v1. 31 Oct 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTHedda Gabler er både et drama av Henrik Ibsen og et navn på en av rollene i stykket. Det ble først utgitt i 1890 og hadde premiere året etter i Tyskland men fikk negativ kritikk. Etterhvert har stykkets anseelse økt og det ansees idag som en klassiker innen realismen. I 1902 ble stykket satt opp på Broadway i New York, Minnie Maddern Fiske spilte Hedda og spilletiden ble forlenget grunnet stor interesse.

Rollefiguren Hedda Gabler er en av de store dramatiske rollene innen teateret, det kvinnelige motstykket til Hamlet og noen tolkninger har vært svært kontroversielle. Hedda har blitt fremstilt som en idealistisk heltinne i kamp mot samfunnet, et offer for sin samtid, en prototypisk feminist og en manipulerende skurk.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Hærmændene paa Helgeland [Norwegian].v1. 15 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Teksten er hentet fra ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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- Hærmændene på Helgeland - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: John Gabriel Borkman [Norwegian].v1. 13 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Teksten er hentet fra ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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- John Gabriel Borkman - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Kejser og Galilæer [Norwegian].v1. 14 Dec 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

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[QUOTDramaet er skrevet i to deler, og handler om keiser Julian «den frafalne» og hans eksistensielle vei bort fra kristendommen, og om hans økende selvbedrag. Diktverket regnes som svært krevende, men står i direkte sammenheng med Brand og Peer Gynt i Ibsens utvikling som dikter. Skal man forstå Ibsen kommer man i grunnen ikke utenom dette kjempeverket, som består av to skuespill: Cæsars frafald, og Kejser Julian.

Likevel er verket blant de dårligst kjente av hovedverkene til Ibsen. Få har lest det, og det blir nesten aldri spilt på scenen.[/QUOT

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- Kejser og Galilæer I - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

- Kejser og Galilæer II - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Kongs-emnerne [Norwegian].v1. 26 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
Fra wikipedia:
[QUOTKongs-Emnerne, som kom ut i oktober 1863 og hadde premiere 17. januar 1864, var Ibsens første store tragedie på 1860-tallet. Historien er fra første halvdel av 1200-tallet, der den tvisynte Hertug Skule kjemper om Norges trone med den unge kong Håkon Håkonsson, mens biskop Nikolas Arnesson intrigerer for å skape ondt blod mellom dem.[/QUOT
Teksten er hentet fra ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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- Kongs-emnerne - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Kærlighedens komedie [Norwegian].v2. 30 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Teksten er hentet fra ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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- Kærlighedens Komedie - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Lille Eyolf [Norwegian].v1. 12 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Teksten er hentet fra ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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- Lille Eyolf - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Olaf Liljekrans [Norwegian].v1. 1 Dec 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Teksten er hentet fra ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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- Olaf Liljekrans - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Peer Gynt [Norwegian].v1. 21 Sep 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Fra Wikipedia:
[QUOTNasjonaleposet Peer Gynt (1867) var en satirisk fantasi om en skryteglad egoist, den lettsindige og uansvarlige Peer, en figur fra norsk folklore. Peer dagdrømmer seg gjennom livet og unngår alle personlige, individuelle valg. Det som til syvende og sist blir Peers frelsesmulighet er Solveig og hennes valg og kjærlighet til ham. Men knappestøperen lar slutten stå åpen også her: «Ved siste korsvei vi møtes, Peer / og så får vi se om ... jeg sier ikke mer». Det er liten tvil om at tematikken skrev seg fra Ibsens desillusjonering og forakt for sine landsmenn, et ambivalent forhold som var avgjørende i hans diktning.[/QUOT

Teksten er hentet fra http://ibsen.net

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Ibsen, Henrik: Rosmersholm [Norwegian].v1. 28 Oct 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

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- Rosmersholm - Ibsen, Henrik.mobi

Ibsen, Henrik: Samfundets støtter [Norwegian].v1. 6 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
Fra Wikipedia:
[QUOTSamfundets støtter fra 1877 tar for seg en velstående og hyklersk forretningsmann, hvis risikable kurs nesten tar livet av hans sønn. Kvinnefrigjøring og de unges kamp for å frigjøre seg fra de gamle er også sentrale temaer.[/QUOT

Teksten er hentet fre ibsen.net og er basert på "Folkeutgaven" fra 1898-1902.

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Ignatius of Loyola, Saint: Autobiography, v.1, 8 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

Illustrated.
Edited by John Francis Xavier O’Conor, S.J.
(New York, 1900)

The founder of the Jesuits dictated his memoirs to Fr Louis Gonzalez, and this is an English version which has recently appeared on PG.

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- Ignatius_The Autobiography.prc

Ingram, Eleanor M.: The Thing From the Lake. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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From lwcurrey.com:

Imaginative weird thriller concerning a composer engaged in mental conflict with powerful beings from another dimension whose doorway to our dimension is a farm in Connecticut. Some claim Lovecraft was influenced by this novel.

From the opening:

The house cried out to me for help.

In the after-knowledge I now possess of what was to happen there, that impression is not more clearly definite than it was at my first sight of the place. Let me at once set down that this is not the story of a haunted house. It is, or was, a beleaguered house; strangely besieged as was Prague in the old legend, when a midnight army of spectres unfurled pale banners and encamped around the city walls.

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- The Thing From the Lake.prc

Ings, Simon: PainKillers. v1.0 19 March 2009

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[QUOTI remember them. Their mouths, and their needles. That is all. That, and their painted eyes. Their mouths. They never spoke...

So begins Adam's odyssey into a nightmare of corruption and violence, where it is only his forlorn hope that he is helping his autistic son Justin that offers any solace. As everything implodes around him, Adam risks everything – his marriage, his family, his life – to lay hands on the one thing that might save him. His way out. His grail. A small bakelite box with a dial.[/QUOT

http://www.simonings.net/homepages/s...gspainkil.html

Painkillers by Simon Ings is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

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- PainKillers.mobi

Inman, Henry: The Great Salt Lake Trail. V1. 24 Oct 2009

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Inman, Henry, 1837-1899

Excerpt
There are seven historic trails crossing the great plains of the interior of the continent, all of which for a portion of their distance traverse the geographical limits of what is now the prosperous commonwealth of Kansas.
None of these primitive highways, however, with the exception of that oldest of all to far-off Santa Fe, has a more stirring story than that known as the Salt Lake Trail.
Over this historical highway the Mormons made their lonely Hegira to the valley of that vast inland sea. On its shores they established a city, marvellous in its conception, and a monument to the ability of man to overcome almost insuperable obstacles—the product of a faith equal to that which inspired the crusader to battle to the death for the possession of the Holy Sepulchre.

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International Dialling Code List

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International Telephone Dialling Codes.
Even I cannot claim this to be riveting reading, however it may prove a useful addition to your EBook reader. The "book" is built as a Mobipocket "dictionary" with two look-up indexes - one to convert Country names to their International Telephone Dialling Codes and the other to allow the look-up of a code to convert to a Country.

BobC

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- ITU E164 Dictionary.prc

IRS: Publication 17 2009. 1.01. 16 Aug 2010

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Here's "Attachment 56848".

Publication 17 is the instruction book for filling out a US personal tax return. The IRS offers this as a PDF and a webpage, but nothing that quite fits onto an e-reader. This fetch of the web edition has been fixed a bit to look nice on the Kindle, and hopefully others.

If you want to convert your own pickings from the legion of IRS documents, here's how I did it. This was done with free apps on a Mac, your platform's ports may vary.

[codwget -rp --convert-links -I publications/p17,irs/cda/common/images,irs/cda/common/styleSheets,publications/images http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/index.html[/cod

Yeah, fix up that wget line to chage publications/p17 in BOTH places.

Make sure nothing important got left on the server. Fix up the wget line further to catch everything, and redo as needed.

Make an ecub document, starting from an outermost set of folders (one up from "www.irs.gov" folder is good), so the heirarchy to the /images folder falls therein.

Add in the html files in an appropriate order. The chapters all have the same header, so change the chapter names to match file names (just enough to recognize them, like ch01). Use the arrow buttons to shuffle the chapters into order. PT01 files may mix in-between chapter groups, ix01 is the index, and ar0# could fall either way. Use the view button to check a questionable file out.

Modify the .html files with a perl regex, turning those <p> tags within <li> into a <span>; that way lists don't have extra newlines. Set aside the p17 folder, and rename the fixed folder into its place. This bit assumes bash, not the Windows shell.

[codmkdir ../fixed ; for foo in *.html ; do perl -e ' $/=""; while(<>) { s#<li>[ \n\t]*<p>#<li><span class="listPara">#g; s#</p>[ \n\t]*</li>#</span></li>#g ; print} ' <"$foo" > ../fixed/"$foo" ;done
[/cod

Compile an epub. Rename the epub file to a zip, and replace wholesale what ecub included of the website rip file folder. Ecub didn't even include the images or the original style sheets, so get that whole heirarchy, such that the .html files still land at the same place as before. Re-zip the whole folder, and rename it back as an epub.

Give it to calibre, and convert into .mobi with Calibre's "look and feel" css entry filled with the IRS cleanup stylesheet for printing.

[cod
div#menu{display:none}
div.headerBar{display:none}
body div.content{float:left;display:block;border-left:0px;width:675px;}
div.contentPane{margin-left:0px;}
div.search{ display:block;background-color:#001E5A;}
body div.sub-nav-content {width:675px;}

div.navigation{ display:none;}
div.subNavigation { display:none;}

div.leftnav{ display:none}
div.leftnavxmlbc{ display:none}
div.footer#footerDiv{ display:none;}
div.footer{ display:none;}j

li.menuitem {
color:#000000;
padding-bottom:0px;
}

ul.menu {
list-style-type:square;
margin-left:0px;
}

li div.listPara{
margin: none !important;
text-indent: 4em !important;
text-align: none !important;
height: none !important;
width: none !important;
padding:none !important;
}
[/cod

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- IRS Publication 17 2009 - IRS Staff.mobi

Irving, H B: A Book of Remarkable Criminals, v1, 1 December 2009.

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H. B. Irving (Henry Brodribb Irving) (1870–1919)
A Book of Remarkable Criminals(1918)

H B Irving was the son of the actor, Sir Henry Irving. He trained as a lawyer, then joined his illustrious parent on the stage. During the First World War, he used his legal training to write this book.

Contents:
Introduction; The Life of Charles Peace; The Career of Robert Butler; M. Derues; Dr. Castaing; Professor Webster; The Mysterious Mr. Holmes; The Widow Gras; Vitalis and Marie Boyer; The Fenayrou Case; Eyraud and Bompard

We already have one version of this book in the MR library. Mine has curly quotes and emdashes. I have also restored accents and italics, linked the footnotes, and silently corrected some obvious typos.

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Irving, H.B.: A Book of Remarkable Criminals. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

"This is a book on some criminals that the author found interesting. It is a study of human nature. Each section is set up by telling of their life, the crimes and the fatal ending. It makes for an incredibly fascinating read.

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Irving, Washington: Knickerbocker's History of New York. 13 Oct 07

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I started formatting this back in August and one thing or another and it got pushed aside. I found it tonight when I was cleaning up and backing up the hard disk.

Dr. Drib has already posted Irving's other classic (and perfect for the coming Halloween period), [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.[/

This is a story of the history of New York as told by Diedrich Knickerbocker in 1809. Originally published in two volumes, both volumes are included in this one ebook. It is a wonderfully funny and rich history that at times even gets something right.

When it was published it was a blockbuster. The name knickerbocker has stayed in use for almost 200 years and is still used today. The name of the NBA team from New York City is the Knickerbockers or Knics (or Nics) for short.

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- Knickerbockers History of.prc

Irving, Washington: Old Christmas, v.1, 14 Dec 2008

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The complete title is [Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving[/. This 1886 edition contains five short stories with over a hundred illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.

From Wikipedia:

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783  November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent[/.
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One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way Americans perceive and celebrate Christmas. In his 1812 revisions to [A History of New York[/, Irving inserted a dream sequence featuring St. Nicholas soaring over treetops in a flying wagona creation others would later dress up as Santa Claus [see Book II Chapter V here]. Later, in his five Christmas stories in [The Sketch Book[/ [this work], Irving portrayed an idealized celebration of old-fashioned Christmas customs at a quaint English manor, which directly contributed to the revival and reinterpretation of the Christmas holiday in the United States. Charles Dickens later credited Irving as a strong influence on his own Christmas writings, including the classic [A Christmas Carol[/.

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Irving, Washington: Tales of a Traveller, v.1, 15 Dec 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent[/.
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In August 1824, Irving published the collection of essays [Tales of a Traveller[/—including the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker"—under his Geoffrey Crayon persona. "I think there are in it some of the best things I have ever written," Irving told his sister. But while the book sold respectably, [Traveller[/ largely bombed with critics, who panned both [Traveller[/ and its author. "The public have been led to expect better things," wrote the [United States Literary Gazette[/, while the [New-York Mirror[/ pronounced Irving "overrated." Hurt and depressed by the book's reception, Irving retreated to Paris where he spent the next year worrying about finances and scribbling down ideas for projects that never materialized
The work was written after Irving's visits to France and Germany.

Posted to fulfill a request.

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Ivan Turgenev, Ivan: A Desperate Character and Other Stories, v1, 13 Sept 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
A Desperate Character and Other Stories
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
1899

A collection of short stories, found at Project Gutenberg.

Contents:
Introduction
A Desperate Character
A Strange Story
Punin And Baburin
Old Portraits
The Brigadier
Pyetushkov

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Ives, Charles E: Essays Before a Sonata, v1, 5Feb2009

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The American composer Charles Ives, lived from 1874-1954.

In his Introduction, he writes: The following pages were written primarily as a preface or reason for the [writer' second Pianoforte Sonata--"Concord, Mass., 1845,"--a group of four pieces, called a sonata for want of a more exact name, as the form, perhaps substance, does not justify it. The music and prefaces were intended to be printed together, but as it was found that this would make a cumbersome volume they are separate. The whole is an attempt to present [one person' impression of the spirit of transcendentalism that is associated in the minds of many with Concord, Mass., of over a half-century ago.

The movements of the sonata correspond to the sections of this book:
I. Emerson
II. Hawthorne
III. The Alcotts
IV. Thoreau

Ives’ dedication reads: "These prefatory essays were written by the composer for those who can't stand his music--and the music for those who can't stand his essays; to those who can't stand either, the whole is respectfully dedicated."

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Jack, George: Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship, v.1, 28 June 2008

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From 1903, illustrated:

CHAPTER I - PREAMBLE
CHAPTER II - TOOLS
CHAPTER III - SHARPENING-STONES-MALLET AND BENCH
CHAPTER IV - WOODS USED FOR CARVING
CHAPTER V - SHARPENING THE TOOLS
CHAPTER VI - CHIP CARVING
CHAPTER VII - THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD
CHAPTER VIII - IMITATION OF NATURAL FORMS
CHAPTER IX - ROUNDED FORMS
CHAPTER X - THE PATTERNED BACKGROUND
CHAPTER XI - CONTOURS OF SURFACE
CHAPTER XII - ORIGINALITY
CHAPTER XIII - PIERCED PATTERNS
CHAPTER XIV - HARDWOOD CARVING
CHAPTER XV - THE SKETCH-BOOK
CHAPTER XVI - MUSEUMS
CHAPTER XVII - STUDIES FROM NATURE-FOLIAGE
CHAPTER XVIII - CARVING ON FURNITURE
CHAPTER XIX - THE GROTESQUE IN CARVING
CHAPTER XX - STUDIES FROM NATURE-BIRDS AND BEASTS
CHAPTER XXI - FORESHORTENING AS APPLIED TO WORK IN RELIEF
CHAPTER XXII - UNDERCUTTING AND "BUILT-UP" WORK
CHAPTER XXIII - PICTURE SUBJECTS AND PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER XXIV - ARCHITECTURAL CARVING
CHAPTER XXV - SURFACE FINISH-TEXTURE
CHAPTER XXVI - CRAFT SCHOOLS, PAST AND PRESENT
CHAPTER XXVII - ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN BUILDER AND CARVER

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Jackson, Andrew. State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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7th President of the USA. 1829-1837

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: A Calendar of Sonnets. V1. 8 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Excerpt
O winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire,
What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turn
Dismayed, and think thy snow a sculptured urn
Of death! Far sooner in midsummer tire

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Between Whiles. V1. 7 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

The Inn of the Golden Pear

The Mystery of Wilhelm Rütter

Little Bel's Supplement

The Captain of the "Heather Bell"

Dandy Steve

The Prince's Little Sweetheart

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Bits about Home Matters. V1. 7 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Anyone who thinks that all of our joys and sorrows unique to our age need only read this series of short, wonderful essays.
Excerpt
Not long ago a Presbyterian minister in Western New York whipped his three-year-old boy to death, for refusing to say his prayers. The little fingers were broken; the tender flesh was bruised and actually mangled; strong men wept when they looked on the body; and the reverend murderer, after having been set free on bail, was glad to return and take refuge within the walls of his prison, to escape summary punishment at the hands of an outraged community. At the bare mention of such cruelty, every heart grew sick and faint; men and women were dumb with horror: only tears and a hot demand for instant retaliation availed.

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Mercy Philbrick's Choice. V1. 9 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Excerpt
Stephen White stood with his arms folded, leaning on the gate which shut off, but seemed in no wise to separate, the front yard of the house in which he lived from the public highway. There is something always pathetic in the attempt to enforce the idea of seclusion and privacy, by building a fence around houses only ten or twelve feet away from the public road, and only forty or fifty feet from each other. Rows of picketed palings and gates with latches and locks seem superfluous, when the passer-by can look, if he likes, into the very centre of your sitting-room, and your neighbors on the right hand and on the left can overhear every word you say on a summer night, where windows are open.

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- Mercy Philbrick's Choice.prc

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Ramona. V1. 9 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Inspiration for the motion picture of the same title.
Excerpt
IT was sheep-shearing time in Southern California, but sheep-shearing was late at the Senora Moreno's. The Fates had seemed to combine to put it off. In the first place, Felipe Moreno had been ill. He was the Senora's eldest son, and since his father's death had been at the head of his mother's house. Without him, nothing could be done on the ranch, the Senora thought. It had been always, "Ask Senor Felipe," "Go to Senor Felipe," "Senor Felipe will attend to it," ever since Felipe had had the dawning of a beard on his handsome face.

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Saxe Holm's Stories. V1. 10 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Draxy Miller's Dowry

The Elder's Wife

Whose Wife Was She?

The One-Legged Dancers

How One Woman Kept Her Husband

Esther Wynn's Love-Letters

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: The Hunter Cats of Connorloa. V1. 8 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Excerpt
Once on a time, there lived in California a gentleman whose name was Connor,—Mr. George Connor. He was an orphan, and had no brothers and only one sister. This sister was married to an Italian gentleman, one of the chamberlains to the King of Italy. She might almost as well have been dead, so far as her brother George's seeing her was concerned; for he, poor gentleman, was much too ill to cross the ocean to visit her;[Pg 10] and her husband could not be spared from his duties as chamberlain to the King, to come with her to America, and she would not leave him and come alone.

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Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales (Illustrated) V1.0 November 3, 2009

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Text obtained from Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7885
Illustrations obtained from the scanned book on Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?id=MPD...age&q=&f=false

I. CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN
II. GULEESH
III. THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS
IV. THE HORNED WOMEN
V. CONAL YELLOWCLAW
VI. HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O'NEARY
VII. THE SHEPHERD OF MYDDVAI
VIII. THE SPRIGHTLY TAILOR
IX. THE STORY OF DEIRDRE
X. MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR
XI. GOLD-TREE AND SILVER-TREE
XII. KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE
XIII. THE WOOING OF OLWEN
XIV. JACK AND HIS COMRADES
XV. THE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIRE
XVI. THE STORY-TELLER AT FAULT
XVII. THE SEA-MAIDEN
XVIII. A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY
XIX. FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING
XX. JACK AND HIS MASTER
XXI. BETH GELLERT
XXII. THE TALE OF IVAN
XXIII. ANDREW COFFEY
XXIV. THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS
XXV. BREWERY OF EGGSHELLS
XXVI. THE LAD WITH THE GOAT-SKIN

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Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales. 28 Dec 2007

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Another great collection of fairy tales. I still enjoy reading them and I hope they bring a smile to you as well. They are wonderful to read to the little ones (of all ages) and to share.

This collection contains the following stories:

- CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN

- GULEESH

- THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS

- THE HORNED WOMEN

- CONALL YELLOWCLAW

- HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O’NEARY

- THE SHEPHERD OF MYDDVAI

- THE SPRIGHTLY TAILOR

- THE STORY OF DEIRDRE

- MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR

- GOLD-TREE AND SILVER-TREE

- KING O’TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE

- THE WOOING OF OLWEN

- JACK AND HIS COMRADES

- THE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIRE

- THE STORY-TELLER AT FAULT

- THE SEA-MAIDEN

- A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY

- FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING

- JACK AND HIS MASTER

- BETH GELLERT

- THE TALE OF IVAN

- ANDREW COFFEY

- THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS

- BREWERY OF EGGSHELLS

- THE LAD WITH THE GOAT-SKIN

[Many of them are new to me. Think of it as my second or third, or whatever childhood.[/

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Jacobs, Joseph: English Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007

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A collection of many I remember from my childhood. This group includes the following:

- TOM TIT TOT

- THE THREE SILLIES

- THE ROSE-TREE

- THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG

- HOW JACK WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE

- MR. VINEGAR

- NIX NOUGHT NOTHING

- JACK HANNAFORD

- BINNORIE

- MOUSE AND MOUSER

- CAP O’ RUSHES

- TEENY-TINY

- JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

- THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

- THE MASTER AND HIS PUPIL

- TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE

- JACK AND HIS GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX

- THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS

- JACK THE GIANT-KILLER

- HENNY-PENNY

- CHILDE ROWLAND

- MOLLY WHUPPIE

- THE RED ETTIN

- THE GOLDEN ARM

- THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB

- MR. FOX

- LAZY JACK

- JOHNNY-CAKE

- EARL MAR’S DAUGHTER

- MR. MIACCA

- WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT

- THE STRANGE VISITOR

- THE LAIDLY WORM OF SPINDLESTON HEUGH

- THE CAT AND THE MOUSE

- THE FISH AND THE RING

- THE MAGPIE’S NEST

- KATE CRACKERNUTS

- THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON

- THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK

- FAIRY OINTMENT

- THE WELL OF THE WORLD’S END

- MASTER OF ALL MASTERS

- THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL

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Jacobs, Joseph: European Folk & Fairy Tales. 14 Jan 2008

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You know them, you love them, you can't live without them.

In this volume:

- The Cinder Maid

- All Change

- The King of the Fishes

- Scissors

- Beauty and the Beast

- Reynard and Bruin

- The Dancing Water, Singing Apple, and Speaking Bird

- The Language of Animals

- The Three Soldiers

- A Dozen at One Blow

- The Earl of Cattenborough

- The Swan Maidens

- Androcles and the Lion

- Day Dreaming

- Keep Cool

- The Master Thief

- The Unseen Bridegroom

- The Master-Maid

- A Visitor From Paradise

- Inside Again

- John the True

- Johnnie and Grizzle

- The Clever Lass

- Thumbkin

- Snowwhite

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Jacobs, Joseph: Indian Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007

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A collection of all new to me fairy tales. Included in this offering are the following:

- THE LION AND THE CRANE

- HOW THE RAJA’S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABAM

- THE LAMBIKIN

- PUNCHKIN

- THE BROKEN POT

- THE MAGIC FIDDLE

- THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED

- LOVING LAILI

- THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL

- THE SOOTHSAYER’S SON

- HARISAMAN

- THE CHARMED RING

- THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE

- A LAC OF RUPEES FOR A BIT OF ADVICE

- THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT

- THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS

- A LESSON FOR KINGS

- PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL

- RAJA RASALU

- THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN

- THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER

- THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD AND A STAR ON HIS CHIN

- THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR

- WHY THE FISH LAUGHED

- THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR

- THE IVORYCITY AND ITS FAIRY PRINCESS

- HOW SUN, MOON, AND WIND WENT OUT TO DINNER

- HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED

- THE PIGEON AND THE CROW

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Jacobs, Joseph: More Celtic Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007

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In this group of fairy tales:

- The Fate of the Children of Lir

- Jack the Cunning Thief

- Powel, Prince of Dyfed

- Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel

- The Black Horse

- The Vision of MacConglinney

- Dream of Owen O'Mulready

- Morraha

- The Story of the McAndrew Family

- The Farmer of Liddesdale

- The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener

- The Russet Dog

- Smallhead and the King's Sons

- The Legend of Knockgrafton

- Elidore

- The Leeching of Kayn's Leg

- How Fin went to the Kingdom of the Big Men

- How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery

- The Ridere of Riddles

- The Tail

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Jacobs, Joseph: More English Fairy Tales. 31 Dec 2007

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Remember [The Pied Piper[/? Its here along with a few more:

- THE PIED PIPER OF FRANCHVILLE

- HEREAFTERTHIS

- THE GOLDEN BALL

- MY OWN SELF

- THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY

- YALLERY BROWN

- THREE FEATHERS

- SIR GAMMER VANS

- TOM HICKATHRIFT

- THE HEDLEY KOW

- GOBBORN SEER

- LAWKAMERCYME

- TATTERCOATS

- THE WEE BANNOCK

- JOHNNY GLOKE

- COAT O' CLAY

- THE THREE COWS

- THE BLINDED GIANT

- SCRAPEFOOT

- THE PEDLAR OF SWAFFHAM

- THE OLD WITCH

- THE THREE WISHES

- THE BURIED MOON

- A SON OF ADAM

- THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

- THE HOBYAHS

- A POTTLE O' BRAINS

- THE KING OF ENGLAND AND HIS THREE SONS

- KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY

- RUSHEN COATIE

- THE KING 'O THE CATS

- TAMLANE

- THE STARS IN THE SKY

- NEWS!

- PUDDOCK, MOUSIE AND RATTON

- THE LITTLE BULL-CALF

- THE WEE, WEE MANNIE

- HABETROT AND SCANTLIE MAB

- OLD MOTHER WIGGLE-WAGGLE

- CATSKIN

- STUPID'S CRIES

- THE LAMBTON WORM

- THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM

- THE PRINCESS OF CANTERBURY

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Jacobs, Joseph: The Story of Geographical Discovery. 02 Jan 2008

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[The Story of Geographical Discovery[/ or "How the World Became Known" is a departure from Jacobs' more known fare of fairy stories. It is an impressive work for the era. It traces the full span of the development of exploration from the earliest recorded map to the last part of the 19th century. It is an interesting read that I almost missed as it was not another fairy story.

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James, Hartwell: The Cat and The Mouse, v.1, 23 Dec 2008

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[The Cat and The Mouse - A Book of Persian Fairy Tales[/ was published in 1906 and contains four short stories. It also contains over 60 illustrations by John R. Neill who also made illustrations for many of the stories by L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson set in the [Land of Oz[/.

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James, Henry: A Bundle of Letters, v.1, 12 October 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Bundle of Letters
(Macmillan and Co.1877)

A short work, told as a series of letters.
A naïve young American girl visits Paris in an attempt to improve her French. She claims, tellingly, that: “I assure you I am often surprised at my own fluency, and, when I get a little more practice in the genders and the idioms, I shall do very well in this respect.”
It is astonishing what six weeks of private lessons can achieve…

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James, Henry: A Day of Days, v.1, 6 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Day of Days (1866, revised 1885)

An early story.
Young Miss Adela Moore lives alone in the countryside with her scientist brother. A visitor calls in his absence and she has a perfect afternoon with him. Will the relationship blossom and flourish?

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James, Henry: A Landscape Painter, v.1, 4 March 2009

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Landscape Painter (1866)

First published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1866. This is the original version of this early story, which has a delightfully ironic conclusion. (James later revised and softened it.)
A painter whose engagement has been broken off, goes to a fishing village to recuperate and paint. There he meets a beautiful young music teacher…

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James, Henry: A London Life and Other Tales, v.1. 22 May 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
‘A London Life and Other Tales’ (1889)

Contains the novella ‘A London Life,’ plus three short stories: ‘The Patagonia’, ‘The Liar’ and ‘Mrs. Temperly.’

From Wikipedia:
A London Life is a novella by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1888. The plot revolves around a crumbling marriage and its impact on many other people, especially Laura Wing, the sister of the soon-to-be-divorced wife. Laura is a classic Jamesian "central consciousness," whose reflections and emotions color the presentation of the storyline and the other characters. The tale is notable for its straightforward, even hard-edged approach to sexuality and divorce. This might reflect the influence of French naturalism on James during the 1880s.

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James, Henry: A New England Winter, v.1, 6 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A New England Winter (1884)

A tale, in which a Boston lady’s rather affected artist son is returning from a stay in Paris. She makes plans to keep him amused all winter. The results are not what she expects…

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James, Henry: A Passionate Pilgrim, v,1, 4 December 2008.

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A Passionate Pilgrim (1871)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

An elegiac novella.
A sick American gentleman, tired of his arid existence in the USA, visits England, where he has a tenuous claim on a country estate. Journeying with the narrator, he travels to the estate and falls for his distant cousin…
This early work of James’s has the most beautiful evocations of the English landscape. It also has an early treatment of the difference between Americans and Britons: a major theme in James’s later works.

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James, Henry: A Small Boy and Others, v1, 6 October 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Small Boy and Others (1913)

The first volume of Henry James’ autobiography, in which he remembers a childhood spent in the USA and Paris.

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James, Henry: A Tragedy of Error, v1, 5 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
A Tragedy of Error [1864]

A woman with a lover takes desperate steps when her husband is due to return from a prolonged absence. It’s a melodramatic story.

“A Tragedy of Error” is Henry James’s first known published short story. Written in four parts, it appeared without authorial attribution in the February 1864 issue of “The Continental Monthly.”

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James, Henry: An Animated Conversation, v1, 5 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
An Animated Conversation [1889]
First published in Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 3 (March, 1889) pp. 371–386. Later collected in “Essays in London and Elsewhere” (1893).

A surprisingly topical story.
A bunch of rather precious people have a wide-ranging conversation about reading, copyright and piracy.

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James, Henry: An International Episode, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
An International Episode (1879)

A long short story, or short novella.

From the Librivox summary:
“Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, miscommunication and cultural faux pas abound in this short but delightful novel.”
(Summary written by Kristen McQuillin)
http://librivox.org/an-international...y-henry-james/

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James, Henry: Benvolio, v1, 21 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Benvolio [1875]

A fable about a poet who hesitates between a countess and a poor girl.

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James, Henry: Broken Wings, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Broken Wings (1903)

A painter and a writer secretly admire each other. Each thinks that the other is too successful to approach. Will their love ever reveal itself?

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James, Henry: Brooksmith, v.1 6 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Brooksmith (1892)

The touching story of a sensitive butler.

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James, Henry: Collaboration, v1, 4 October 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Collaboration (1893)

A short story. Is it possible for an artistic collaboration between a Frenchman and a German to transcend anti-German prejudice?

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James, Henry: Confidence, v.1, 27 Jan 2008.

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Henry James, Confidence, (1879).

An early Henry James novel: a light comedy.. Two Americans in Europe – one an artist, the other a scientist – fall for the same girl. Many complications ensue.

The novel just might be wondering how far life and love can be conducted on rational, scientific lines. It might be intended as a light-hearted contrast between the outlook of Henry James (the artist) and his brother William (the scientist). But it’s largely light-hearted in tone.

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James, Henry: Covering End, v.1, 6 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Covering End (1898)

A novella which shows that American and British ways can be reconciled.
A rich American widow tours and English country house and becomes a fairy godmother…

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James, Henry: Daisy Miller, v.1, 3 Dec 2007.

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Possibly the most accessible of Henry James’s works.

From Wikipedia:
Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Her lack of understanding of the social mores of the society she so desperately wishes to enter ultimately leads to tragedy.

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James, Henry: De Grey: A Romance, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
De Grey: A Romance [1868]
First published in “The Atlantic Monthly,” Volume 22, Issue 129 (July 1868).

An early supernatural short story by Henry James.
The year is 1820. A young girl enters a widow’s household, falls in love with her son, and resolves to defy the family curse, even at the cost of her own life. However, there is a twist at the end of this Gothic tale.

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James, Henry: Embarrassments, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Embarrassments (1896)

A collection of novellas or long short stories.

Contents:
The Figure in the Carpet
Glasses
The Next Time
The Way It Came

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James, Henry: Eugene Pickering, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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A tale from 1874, set in the spas and casinos of Germany. A man finds himself torn between two women. Will he miss his chances with both of them?

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James, Henry: Europe, v.1, 6 December 2008.

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Europe (1899)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

A short story.
Chekhov’s Three Sisters wanted to go to Moscow. These three American sisters want to go to Europe, but their ancient mother mysteriously falls ill every time they plan to go. Will they find an exit strategy?

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James, Henry: Fordham Castle, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Fordham Castle (1909)

A short story set in Geneva.
Abel F. Taker is an American in his middle years. His wife has exiled him to unfashionable Geneva while she attempts to establish herself in English high society. He meets a lady in a similar predicament…

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James, Henry: Four Meetings, v.1, 13 March 2008.

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(1885)
A short story.
A naive but kind young American girl wants to visit Europe but is repeatedly frustrated. Will she ever succeed? Her story is told through four meetings with the narrator.

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James, Henry: Gabrielle de Bergerac, v1, 25 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Gabrielle de Bergerac (1869)

First published in The Atlantic Monthly in July, August, and September 1869, this novella was never collected by James in book form.

Set in 18th century France, this is a tale of love across the class divide.

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James, Henry: Georgina’s Reasons, v.1, 13 May 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
Georgina’s Reasons (1885)

A novella.
Georgina is a stubborn young woman. When her parents tell her to stop seeing a young naval officer she marries him in secret. This well have consequences, especially when she becomes pregnant…

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- James_Georgina’s Reasons.prc

James, Henry: Glasses, v.1, 16 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Glasses (1896)

A novella, in 13 short chapters.
Flora is extraordinarily beautiful. Her oculist tells her that she must wear extremely ugly thick glasses, otherwise she may lose her sight. But what will her fiancé, Lord Iffield think of them? Flora is desparate and fears rejection. She hits on a plan…

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James, Henry: Greville Fane, v.1, 17 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Greville Fane (1892)

A short story. The children of a popular novelist despise her alleged vulgarity, yet accept her money.

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James, Henry: Guest’s Confession, v1, 26 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Guest’s Confession (1872)

A financier swindles the narrator’s step-brother, who exacts retribution. But is the narrator also writing a confession?

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James, Henry: In the Cage, v.1, 9 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
In the Cage (1898).

From Wikipedia:
In the Cage is a novella by Henry James, first published as a book in 1898. This long story centers on an unnamed London telegraphist. She deciphers clues to her clients' personal lives from the often cryptic telegrams they submit to her as she sits in the "cage" at the post office. Sensitive and intelligent, the telegraphist eventually finds out more than she may want to know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Cage

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James, Henry: John Delavoy, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
John Delavoy (1900)

June Hee Chung’s summary:
‘The key conflict in “John Delavoy” (1898) is a popular magazine editor’s choice to reject an unnamed narrator’s critical review of a recently deceased “immense novelist,” John Delavoy , and instead to commemorate his life with a sketched picture and a biographical blurb by the deceased writer’s sister. Observing that the text serves “just to write round and round that portrait”, the narrator, turning an old proverb, grumbles, “I had always held that, like good wine, honest prose needed, as it were, no blush”’.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/henry_j...9.2.chung.html

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James, Henry: Julia Bride, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Julia Bride (1909)

A short story.
Julia Bride is not a bride. Nor is she likely to be, on account of her mother’s divorces and her own previous broken engagements…

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- julia bride.prc

James, Henry: Lady Barberina, v.1, 8 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Lady Barberina (1884)

Another of Henry James’s tales. It is relatively common for American girls to marry English lords. But Jackson Lemon, an American, finds that unexpected problems arise when he reverses the usual order of things by marrying into the British aristocracy.

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- Lady Barberina.prc

James, Henry: Louisa Pallant, v.1, 18 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Louisa Pallant (1887)

A short story about the difficulty in discerning a person’s motives.
While travelling in Europe with his nephew, the American narrator meets an old flame, Louisa Pallant, who is travelling with her daughter. The nephew and the daughter hit it off. Why is Louisa Pallant so reluctant to let romance blossom?

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- Pallant.prc

James, Henry: Madame de Mauves, v.1, 13 March 2008.

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(1874)
A novella.
Tragedy results when puritanical American values and lax European ways collide. Madame de Mauves is a virtuous young American, married to a rakish French count. His family try to find a complaisant young man to distract her from her husband’s infidelity. Will she succumb?

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- James_Madame De Mauves.prc

James, Henry: Master Eustace, v.1, 5 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Master Eustace (1885)

A widow spoils her young son. But how will he react to the prospect of a stepfather?

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- Master Eustace.prc

James, Henry: Maud-Evelyn, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Maud-Evelyn (1900)

A story about the construction of false memory; written long before false memory syndrome was acknowledged.
A man comes to believe that a fictional past life, in which he meets the dead Maud-Evelyn, is true. Then he embellishes the false recollection.

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James, Henry: Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie, v.1, 3 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie (1900)

A short story. Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie is a wealthy heiress. On her European travels she becomes engaged to an Italian prince. However, can she meet his family’s expectations? And will he live up to hers?

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James, Henry: Mora Montravers, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Mora Montravers (1910)

Why is the romantically-named Mora Montravers thinking about marrying someone with the prosaic name of Puddick?

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James, Henry: My Friend Bingham, v1, 9 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
My Friend Bingham [1867]

A man is the accidental cause of a child’s death. What possible reparation can he make to the mother?

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James, Henry: Nona Vincent, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Nona Vincent (1892)

A short story about a playwright and his leading lady and his patroness. He believes that only men have the ability to understand the “line and law” necessary to write. Women, with all their emotions, are only capable of acting. But perhaps the ladies will run rings round him…

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James, Henry: Osborne’s Revenge, v1, 8 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Osborne’s Revenge [1868]

An early short story. When his best friend commits suicide over an actress who breaks his heart, Mr Osborne is determined to seek revenge.

Made from a scan of the story. Includes an original illustration.

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James, Henry: Owen Wingrave, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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(1893)
A ghost story, later made into an opera by Benjamin Britten.

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James, Henry: Pandora, v.1, 18 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Pandora (1884)

A short story.
A young German diplomat, travelling to the USA for the first times, is bewildered by American ways. He is particularly bemused by the American Girl as personified by Miss Pandora Day. The result is an engaging comedy of manners.

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James, Henry: Paste, v.1, 4 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Paste (1899)

A short story, in which Henry James pays tribute to Guy de Maupassant by taking his famous short story, “The Necklace,” [“La Parure”] and giving it a new twist. Some jewellery is found among a dead woman’s possessions, to the surprise of her heirs…

(The original Maupassant short story has already been uploaded.)

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James, Henry: Poor Richard, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Poor Richard (1885)

Set in America during the Civil War, two soldiers and a young farmer compete for the attentions of a wealthy young lady.

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James, Henry: Professor Fargo, v1, 27 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Professor Fargo [1874]

A short story about a performing spiritualist/hypnotist and his mathematician companion.

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James, Henry: Roderick Hudson, v.1, 17 Jan 2007.

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This novel can be read as a prequel to the Princess Casamassima.

From Wikipedia:

Roderick Hudson is a novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, it is a bildungsroman that traces the development of the title character, a sculptor.

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James, Henry: Rose-Agathe, v.1, 9 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Rose-Agathe (1885)

A somewhat frivolous short story. The narrator’s artistic friend seems to have developed a passion for a fashionable hairdresser’s wife. Why else is he spending so much time there?

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James, Henry: Sir Dominick Ferrand, v.1, 14 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Sir Dominick Ferrand (1892)

A tale.
A young writer comes across a cache of discreditable letters and considers getting them published. Can a young woman prevent him?

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James, Henry: Sir Edmund Orme, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Sir Edmund Orme (1892)

A ghost story.
The ghost of a jilted lover appears in order to prevent more inconstant behaviour.

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James, Henry: Some Short Stories. V.1. 27 April 2008.

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Five short stories about social climbing and social decline.

Contents:
Brooksmith
The Real Thing
The Story of It
Flickerbridge
Mrs. Medwin

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James, Henry: The Abasement of the Northmores, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Abasement of the Northmores (1900)

A writer’s widow is upset when she sees her late husband’s reputation eclipsed. Can she ensure that his literary remains get their just deserts?

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James, Henry: The Altar of the Dead, v.1, 15 Dec 2007.

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A novella from 1895.

How far should we try to preserve the memory of the dead?

From Wikipedia:

“The story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events. He meets a woman who shares his ideals, only to find that the past places what seems to be an impassable barrier between them. Although James was not religious in any conventional sense, the story shows a deep spirituality in its treatment of mortality and the transcendent power of unselfish love.”

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James, Henry: The Ambassadors, v1, 09Jan08

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From Wikipedia:

The Ambassadors is a dark comedy that follows the trip of Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe in pursuit of his widowed fiancée’s supposedly wayward son. Strether is to bring the young man back to the family business, but he encounters unexpected complications.”

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version was downloaded 95 times.

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James, Henry: The American Scene, v1, 10 January 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The American Scene [1907]
This version of The American Scene is based on that of Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, 1907.

From Wikipedia:
“Without question the most controversial and critically discussed of James' travel books, The American Scene sharply attacked what James saw as the rampant materialism and frayed social structure of turn-of-the-century America. The book has generated controversy for its treatment of various ethnic groups and political issues. The book still has relevance to such current topics as immigration policy, environmental protection, economic growth, and racial tensions.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Scene

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James, Henry: The American, v.1, 11 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1877.

Christopher Newman is the eponymous American: gentle, chivalrous and noble-spirited. Visiting Paris, he falls for a young widow, Madame de Cintré. Her [ancien régime [/family disapprove of their engagement and do their best to separate the pair, playing on Madame de Cintré’s sense of duty. But Newman discovers a powerful family secret ...

I have added a picture, ToC, and restored italics and accents. The spelling is American English.

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James, Henry: The Awkward Age, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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Is it the young people who are at an awkward age? Or their elders who are awkward as they age? Or maybe it is the epoch? Decide for yourself.

From [Wikipedia[/:

“[The Awkward Age [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in [Harper's Weekly [/in 1898-1899 and then as a book later in 1899. Originally conceived as a brief, light story about the complications created in her family's social set by a young girl coming of age, the novel expanded into a general treatment of decadence and corruption in English fin de siècle life. James presents the novel almost entirely in dialogue, an experiment that adds to the immediacy of the scenes but also creates serious ambiguities about characters and their motives.”

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James, Henry: The Beast in the Jungle, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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From Wikipedia:
“The Beast in the Jungle” (1903) is almost universally considered one of James's finest short narratives, and has often been compared with The Ambassadors in its meditation on experience or the lack of it. The story also treats other universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny speaks to anyone who has speculated on the worth and meaning of human life.

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James, Henry: The Beldonald Holbein, v.1, 23 March 2008.

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A short story, written in 1899, first published in 1901. This is the 1903 edition.

The artistic eye causes havoc. The narrator, an artist, wants to paint Lady Beldonald. She always has an ugly paid companion as a foil for her beauty. But what will happen when he finds unsuspected beauties in her latest ugly old lady companion?

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James, Henry: The Bostonians, v.1, 30 Jan 2008.

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From Wikipedia:

[The Bostonians [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, an unbending political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a zealous Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the contest between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the novel also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics.
Unlike much of James' work, [The Bostonians [/deals with explicitly political themes: feminism and the general role of women in society. James was at best ambivalent about the feminist movement, and the early chapters harshly satirize Olive and her fellow ideologues. Another theme in the book, much discussed recently, is Olive's possible lesbian attraction to Verena. James is not explicit here, partially due to the conventions of the time. But this vagueness may actually enrich the novel because it creates possible ambiguity about Olive's motives.

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James, Henry: The Chaperon, v.1, 7 April 2008.

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A short story of 1893.
Rose Tramore is a young girl whose mother has disgraced herself many years before and is now ignored by London society. Rose has been brought up by her father and grandmother. On her father’s death she hits on a risky strategy to rehabilitate her mother. Will it work? Or will she too be condemned to social invisibility?

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James, Henry: The Coxon Fund, v.1, 3 December 2008.

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The Coxon Fund (1894)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

A novella.
An impoverished writer has a hard time, especially with his publishers.
Meanwhile, Lady Coxon's late husband has left her an Endowment of Research, the Coxon Fund, which she must pass on to someone financially hampered in their search for 'Moral Truth'.

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James, Henry: The Death of the Lion, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Death of the Lion (1894)

Journalists and fans circle round an ageing writer. When he dies, who will control the way he is remembered?

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James, Henry: The Diary of a Man of Fifty, v.1, 18 July 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
The Diary of a Man of Fifty (1879)

A short story, set largely in Italy. An unmarried military man visits Florence; the scene of a love affair of his youth. He befriends a young man and finds that history is repeating itself. Or is it?

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James, Henry: The Europeans, v.1 8 Dec 2007.

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From Wikipedia:
The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the 'new' world of New England. The novel first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly for July-October, 1878. James made numerous minor revisions for the first book publication.
F.R. Leavis, the influential English literary critic, had a high opinion of this brief work, claiming:
"The Europeans, the visiting cousins, are there mainly to provide a foil for the American family, a study of the New England ethos being James's essential purpose.... Nevertheless James's irony is far from being unkind; he sees too much he admires in the ethos he criticizes to condemn it.... James is not condemning or endorsing either New England or Europe.... This small book, written so early in James's career, is a masterpiece of major quality."

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James, Henry: The Figure in the Carpet, v.1, 18 July 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
The Figure in the Carpet (1896)

A novella. An author tantalises a group of young literary critics by claiming that there is a theme running through his work – a figure in the carpet – which no one has (so far) been able to discern.

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James, Henry: The Finer Grain, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Finer Grain (1910)

A collection of short stories.

Contents
“The Velvet Glove”
A Round of Visits
Crapy Cornelia
The Bench of Desolation

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James, Henry: The Friends of the Friends, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Friends of the Friends (1896)
Originally published in 1896 as ‘The Way It Came’.
This text is the New York Edition, 1896.

A ghost story. Or is it? We might have a deluded narrator, instead.
This dilemma also appears in the later tale, ‘The Turn of the Screw.’

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James, Henry: The Given Case, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Given Case (1900)

From Adrian Dover’s summary:
“The fate of two men, one in love with a separated but not divorced woman, and the other with an engaged girl, depend on their women friends’ view of the ‘givens’ in each case.”
http://www.henryjames.org.uk/givenc/intro_inframe.htm

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James, Henry: The Golden Bowl, v1, 09Jan08

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Prince Americo is in London to prepare for his marriage to Maggie Verver, daughter of a wealthy American financier. The Prince meets an inpoverished friend of Maggie's, Charlotte Stant, with whom he once had an affair, unbeknownst to Maggie, and who has come for the wedding. After the wedding, Maggie is afraid her father has become lonely and convinces him to marry Charlotte. The novel then focuses on the relationships between the four characters.

I've added accents and italics, and in one chapter, added a couple of paragraphs that were left out of the source document.

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James, Henry: The Great Condition, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Great Condition (1900)

A novella about the double standard of behaviour expected from men and women. Two men circle round an attractive widow but wonder about her sexual history. The lady parries their curiosity with considerable adroitness…

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James, Henry: The Great Good Place, v.1, 14 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Great Good Place (1900)
New York Edition, 1909.

A novella.
A famous writer is desperately tired and overwrought. The ‘Great, Good Place’ is his refuge. But what exactly is it?

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James, Henry: The Impressions of a Cousin, v.1, 16 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Impressions of a Cousin (1884)

A tale by Henry James. The narrator is paying a visit to her rich cousin and discovers her secret.

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James, Henry: The Ivory Tower, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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An unfinished novel by Henry James. I have added his working notes, so that one can see how his mind was working. For me, the notes are interesting and show the mind of a great writer at work.

The novel was written in 1914, but not published until 1917, after James’s death. Here’s what Wikipedia says:

The Ivory Tower is an unfinished novel by Henry James, posthumously published in 1917. The novel is a brooding story of Gilded Age America. It centers on the riches earned by a pair of dying millionaires and ex-partners, Abel Gaw and Frank Betterman, and their possibly corrupting effect on the people around them. … James clearly meant this novel as an attack on the gigantic wealth of the Gilded Age plutocrats. He presents Abel Gaw with almost Gothic intensity as a predatory financier, "with his beak, which had pecked so many hearts out, visibly sharper than ever." James shows Betterman, as his name suggests, in a slightly more favorable light if only because he has repented somewhat for his past financial sins.
The younger people are just as reprehensible, with the possible exceptions of Rosanna and Gray. "We're all unspeakably corrupt," says Vint, and the reader won't have much trouble agreeing. Vint and his lover Cissy Foy seem much like Amerigo and Charlotte in The Golden Bowl in their love of wealth and pleasure.
According to James' notes Fielder eventually comes to recognize "the black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions" and how those possessions have been "so dishonored and stained and blackened at their very roots, that it seems...they carry their curse with them." Which is probably as definite a statement of the novel's import as can be found.

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James, Henry: The Jolly Corner, v.1, 5 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Jolly Corner
First published in The English Review in December, 1908.
Transcribed from the 1918 Martin Secker edition by David Price.

A ghost story in which a man confronts his alter ego: the man he might have been.
The eponymous ‘jolly corner’ is his name for the old family home which is the scene of the encounter.

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James, Henry: The Last of the Valerii, v.1, 18 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Last of the Valerii (1885)

A short story, with a twist on the Pygmalion legend. An American girl marries an Italian count. While having his villa restored, an antique Greek statue is unearthed…

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James, Henry: The Lesson of the Master, v.1, 24 Dec 2007.

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A novella, first published in 1892.

A young novelist meets a great one.
How far is marriage compatible with literary life and artistic greatness?

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James, Henry: The Liar, v.1, 18 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Liar (1889)

An artist meets a woman to whom he had once proposed marriage. He then learns that her husband is an inveterate liar. He goes on to paint a truthful portrait of the man…

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James, Henry: The Logic of Marriage and Murder, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Logic of Marriage and Murder
First published in “The Atlantic Monthly” (June 1870): pp.744–49.

In this essay Henry James argues that there is a problem with marriage in contemporary society:

“Society, as constituted by the family bond, has no regard for marriage on its spiritual or religious, nor indeed on its moral, but only on its economic, side. It does not care a jot for it in its subjective aspect, or as it bears upon the parties to it, but only in its objective aspect, or as it bears upon the family, and thence upon itself. So far, consequently, as our existing civilization is concerned, the married pair are free to live like cat and dog; it is only when their discord threatens society, by loosening the family bond, that the latter is moved to interfere.”

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James, Henry: The Madonna of the Future, v.1, 22 March 2008.

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A short story (1887).
A brilliant artist follows his muse and loses touch with reality. Is there a way back?

This little story is Henry James’s tribute to Balzac. It is a re-telling of Balzac’s ‘Le chef d’oeuvre inconnu’, set in 19th century Italy.
(Incidentally, the original Balzac story – translated as ‘The Hidden Masterpiece’ – has already been uploaded.)

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James, Henry: The Marriages, v.1, 22 October 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Marriages
First published in The Atlantic Monthly (August 1891).

A short story.
A girl tries to prevent her widowed father from remarrying. But is she over-reacting? And why is her brother acting so oddly?

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James, Henry: the Middle Years, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Middle Years
First Published, 1893, in Scribner’s Magazine.
This is the text of the New York Edition, 1909.

A short story. A middle-aged and very sick writer has just finished a book called “The Middle Years.” He longs for a second chance to revise mistakes in his work and his life. Will it be forthcoming?

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James, Henry: The Modern Warning, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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An American woman marries an upper-class Briton, who dislikes America ways and wants to publish a tract against them, entitled, ‘The Modern Warning.’ This causes tension…

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James, Henry: The Next Time, v1, 2 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Next Time [1895]

A writer finds it difficult to write badly enough to be popular. This is a problem because he needs an income in order to support a family.

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James, Henry: The Outcry, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

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First published in 1911, this novel deals with the outcry caused by the export of art from aristoctatic British stately homes to the USA.

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James, Henry: The Patagonia, v.1, 3 December 2008.

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The Patagonia (1888)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

A short story.
A young woman, Grace Mavis is sent by her uncaring mother from the USA to England on the cruise liner, the Patagonia, in order to marry her slow-witted fiancé, whom she has not seen for seven years.
Is there any way that she can escape the marriage, which she is dreading?

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James, Henry: The Path of Duty, v.1, 20 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Path of Duty (1885)

The heir to a baronetcy is told that it is his duty to marry. So he engages himself to a suitable young woman, despite his long-standing liaison with a married lady. Then the lady is unexpectedly widowed. His naïve American friend decides to keep him on the straight and narrow, with surprising results…

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James, Henry: The Point of View, v.1, 2 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Point of View (1882)

A story told in a series of eight letters from several persons, concerning an American mother and daughter travelling in search of a husband for the latter.

The source was PG. I have restored the accents and italics. However, the PG file appears to have unsatisfactory paragraphing. I don’t have a text to correct this against.

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James, Henry: The Portrait of a Lady, v.1, 18 March 2008.

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A novel, first published in book form in 1881. This is James’s 1908 version, with his preface.

From Wikipedia:
“[The Portrait of a Lady [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 and then as a book in 1881. It is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her destiny" and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James' novels, it is set mostly in Europe, notably England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of his early phase of writing, this novel reflects James's absorbing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, betrayal, and sexuality.”

I have restored accents and italics, reformatted, and added a TOC.

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James, Henry: The Princess Casamassima, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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(1896)

From Wikipedia:

[The Princess Casamassima [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in [The Atlantic Monthly [/in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. It is the story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. The book is something of a lone sport in the Jamesian canon for dealing with such a violent political subject. But it is often paired with another novel published by James in the same year, [The Bostonians[/, which is also concerned with political issues, though in a much less tragic manner.

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James, Henry: The Pupil, v.1, 6 April 2008.

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A short story in eight chapters, first published in 1891. This is the 1916 edition.

From Wikipedia:
“[The Pupil [/is a short story by Henry James, first published in Longman's Magazine in 1891. It is the emotional story of a precocious young boy growing up in a mendacious and dishonorable family. He befriends his tutor, who is the only adult in his life that he can trust. James presents their relationship with sympathy and insight, and the story reaches what some would consider the status of classical tragedy.
“Critic Robert Gale flatly called [The Pupil [/‘one of the finest short stories ever written,’ and few commentators have disagreed. The brilliant and wise prose, the unforgettable portraits of Morgan, Pemberton and the entire Moreen family, and the genuine, deeply affecting tragedy of the conclusion all make this one of the world's most impressive short narratives. Mortimer Adler rightly included the story in his ‘Gateway to the Great Books’ series.”

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James, Henry: The Real Right Thing, v.1, 3 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Real Right Thing (1900)

A short story. The ghost of a writer attempts to deter his widow and another writer from writing his biography.

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James, Henry: The Reverberator, v1, 4 August 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Reverberator (1888)

from Wikipedia
The Reverberator is a short novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine in 1888 and then as a book later the same year. Accurately described by the leading web authority on Henry James as a "a delightful Parisian bonbon," this graceful comedy traces the complications that result when nasty but true stories about a Paris family get into the American scandal sheet of the novel's title.

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James, Henry: The Sacred Fount, v.1, 4 December 2008.

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The Sacred Fount (1901)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

From Wikipedia:
“The Sacred Fount is a novel by Henry James, first published in 1901. This strange, often baffling book concerns an unnamed narrator who attempts to discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow-guests at a weekend party in the English countryside. He spurns the "detective and keyhole" methods as ignoble, and instead tries to decipher these relationships purely from the behavior and appearance of each guest. He expends huge resources of energy and ingenuity on his theories, much to the bemusement of some people at the party.”

The narrator begins to theorize that two of the party are getting their vitality, vampire-like, from the "sacred fount" of their sexual partners' energy. But perhaps they have other, younger lovers? Or perhaps the narrator is an elaborate fantasist? Or do we all construct our reality from small – possibly inaccurate- clues?

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James, Henry: The Siege of London, v1, 5 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Siege of London [1883]

A short novel.
A beautiful, rich, but much-divorced American woman is determined to make her way in Society and marry yet again. Her fiancé’s mother is not happy…

Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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James, Henry: The Solution, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Solution (1892)

A former diplomat remembers a practical joke played on a youthful member of the diplomatic service in Rome. It had unexpected repercussions.

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James, Henry: The Special Type, v.1, 6 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Special Type (1903)

A short story. An artist tells how a woman selflessly agrees to help manufacture evidence for a divorce.

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James, Henry: The Spoils of Poynton, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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(1897)

A young woman, Fleda Vetch, meets Mrs Gereth, who has spent her married life filling her Jacobean house, Poynton, with beautiful things.She is now a widow and the house and its contents pass to her son who is planning to marry a philistine younng woman. Can the marriage be prevented? Will Mrs Gereth get to keep her beautiful things?

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James, Henry: The Story of a Year, v.1, 17 December 2008.

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The Story of a Year
By Henry James (1843–1916)

Appearing in The Atlantic Monthly in March, 1865, “The Story of a Year” was never collected by James in book form. It is his second published story.

A young couple get engaged just before his departure for military service in the American Civil War. A lot can happen in a year…

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James, Henry: The Suburbs of London, v.1, 6 December 2008

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Suburbs of London (1877)

An article describing the London suburbs in 1877 and the ways of the Londoner. There are trips to Hyde Park, Bushey Park, Windsor, and Hampton court Palace.

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James, Henry: The Sweetheart of M. Briseux, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Sweetheart of M. Briseux [1873]

A short story.
A young American woman travels in Europe with her fiancé, who fancies that he is a painter. But what will happen when she meets a real artist?

First published in “The Galaxy”. Vol. 15, no. 6. June, 1873. [New York]: Sheldon & Company. Made from a scan of the original publication.

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James, Henry: The Third Person, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Third Person (1900)

A light-hearted ghost story.
Two maiden ladies find themselves bothered by a ghost, and take steps to dispose it.

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James, Henry: The Tone Of Time, v.1, 28 February 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Tone Of Time (1903)

A woman artist receives a commission from an unknown lady to paint a portrait with “the tone of time.” The result is surprising for both, and cathartic for one…

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James, Henry: The Tragic Muse, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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(1890)

From [Wikipedia[/:

[The Tragic Muse [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in [The Atlantic Monthly [/in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. This wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists: Nick Dormer, who vacillates between a political career and his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress striving for artistic and commercial success. A huge cast of supporting characters help and hinder their pursuits.

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James, Henry: The Tree of Knowledge, v.1, 4 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Tree of Knowledge (1900)

A short story.
The secret of a happy family is to ignore inconvenient truths about the husband: a professional sculptor. But for how long can this ignorance be preserved?

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James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw, v.1, 6 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1898.

A governess has sole responsibility for two children. Strange things happen and an atmosphere of menace builds up. Either this is a ghost story or the governess is mad. Decide for yourself.

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James, Henry: The Two Faces, v.1, 26 February 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Two Faces (1903)

An English Lord marries an innocent young woman, then unwisely gets his discarded mistress to launch her into society. The jilted lady seeks a polite revenge…

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James, Henry: The Velvet Glove, v1, 9 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Velvet Glove [1909]

An American novelist meets a beautiful woman in Paris. She asks a favour, but can he bring himself to grant it?
Some people have suggested that the woman is based on Edith Wharton.

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James, Henry: The Wheel of Time, v1, 22 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Wheel of Time [1893]

A handsome man cannot bear to marry an eligible but plain woman. A generation later her handsome son debates whether to marry his plain daughter…

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James, Henry: The Wings of the Dove, v1, 09Jan08

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From Wikipedia:

"Kate Croy and Merton Densher are two engaged Londoners who desperately want to marry but have very little money. Kate is constantly put upon by family troubles, and is now living with her domineering aunt, Maud Lowder. Into their world comes Milly Theale, an enormously rich young American woman who had previously met and fallen in love with Densher, though she didn't reveal her feelings. Her travelling companion and confidante, Mrs. Stringham, is an old friend of Maud's. Kate and Aunt Maud welcome Milly to London, and the American heiress enjoys great social success. Milly becomes ill and Kate, suspecting that the illness is serious, develops a plan to have Densher marry Milly so that he can inherit her money which will then enable Kate and Densher to marry."

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version was downloaded 98 times.

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James, Henry: Two Ghost Stories, v.1, 18 Feb 2008.

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The Ghostly Rental (1876)
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes (1868)

Found at PG Australia.

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James, Henry: Washington Square, v.1, 5 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1880.

A wealthy but plain heiress falls for a fortune-hunter. Her father is not pleased.

From Wikipedia:

The novel is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. The narrator often offers his comments directly to the reader.
The novella begins at a distance from the characters, describing the background of the Sloper family. It then recounts in detail the story of Catherine's romance with Morris Townsend. When Morris jilts her, the focus shifts back to a long view. As James puts it: "Our story has hitherto moved with very short steps, but as it approaches its termination it must take a long stride." The final few chapters are taken once more in short steps, ending with the striking vignette of Catherine's refusal of Morris.
The bitterest irony in the story is that Dr. Sloper, a brilliant and successful physician, is exactly right about Morris Townsend, and yet shows complete cruelty to his defenseless and loving daughter. If the doctor was incorrect in his appraisal of the worthless Townsend, he would only be a stock villain. As it is, the doctor's head works perfectly but his heart has grown cold after the death of his beautiful and gifted wife.
Catherine gradually grows throughout the story into right judgment of her situation. As James puts it simply but memorably: "From her point of view the great facts of her career were that Morris Townsend had trifled with her affection, and that her father had broken its spring. Nothing could ever alter these facts; they were always there, like her name, her age, her plain face. Nothing could ever undo the wrong or cure the pain that Morris had inflicted on her, and nothing could ever make her feel towards her father as she felt in her younger years." Catherine will never be brilliant, but she learns to be clear-sighted.
"Everybody likes Washington Square, even the denigrators of Henry James," wrote critic Donald Hall, and most other commentators have echoed the sentiment. Although James himself regarded the novel with near contempt, readers have enjoyed its linear narrative technique, its straightforward prose (far removed from the convoluted language of James's later career), and the sharply etched portraits of the four main characters. Even the rusty plot revolving around "the will" has charmed many critics with its old-fashioned simplicity.
Catherine's slow but unmistakable development into independence and wisdom is a notable success for James and has been much appreciated by critics and readers in general.

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James, Henry: Watch and Ward, v1, 5 January 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Watch and Ward [1871]
This text is based on the original version of Watch and Ward as it appeared in The Atlantic Monthly from August to December of 1871. A book version was published (Houghton, Osgood and Company: Boston, 1878), for which James made hundreds of revisions. He later virtually disowned this melodramatic work, which was his first novel.

From Wikipedia:
Wealthy and leisured Roger Lawrence adopts twelve-year-old Nora Lambert after her father blows his brains out in the hotel room next to Lawrence's. Roger had refused financial assistance to the man, and he feels remorse. Nora is not a pretty child but she soon starts to develop, as does Roger's idea of eventually marrying her.
Unfortunately for Roger, once Nora matures into a beautiful young woman, she is attracted to two other men: worthless George Fenton and the somewhat hypocritical minister, Hubert Lawrence (Roger's cousin). After various adventures Nora winds up in the clutches of Fenton in New York…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_and_Ward

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James, Henry: What Maisie Knew, v.1, 3 Dec 2007.

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I’ve transcribed this because my paper copy is falling apart.

From Wikipedia:
What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in the Chap Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later in the same year. The story of the sensitive daughter of divorced and irresponsible parents, What Maisie Knew has great contemporary relevance as an unflinching account of a wildly dysfunctional family. The book is also a masterly technical achievement by James, as it follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.
The novel is also a thoroughgoing condemnation of parents and guardians abandoning their responsibilities towards their children. James saw English society as becoming more corrupt and decadent, and What Maisie Knew is one of his harshest indictments of those who can't be bothered to live reasonably responsible lives.
It might seem that such a book would become almost unbearably grim. But James leavens the sorry doings with a generous dose of admittedly dark humor. For instance, the dumpy Mrs. Wix falls victim to an unintentionally hilarious infatuation with the handsome Sir Claude. And James often plays Maisie's lightweight father for laughs, as when he gets involved with a woman he tells Maisie is an American "countess."
The way James convincingly follows the growth of Maisie's consciousness from its first faint glimmerings of awareness to its final comprehensive understanding of her situation has usually earned great respect. Though a lifelong bachelor, James was good with children and this book shows his ability to enter into the trials, fears and joys of a child's existence.

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James, M R: A Thin Ghost and Others, v.1 18 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James), (1862–1936)
A Thin Ghost and Others (3rd edition, 1920)

A collection of ghost stories. The source was PG

Contents
The Residence at Whitminster
The Diary of Mr. Poynter
An Episode of Cathedral History
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance
Two Doctors

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James, M R: A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories, v1, 25 October 2009.

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M.R. James (Montague Rhodes James) 1862–1936
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925)

A member asked for this collection of ghost stories, which I have pieced together from various sources.

Contents
The Haunted Dolls’ House
The Uncommon Prayer-Book
A Neighbour’s Landmark
A View from a Hill
A Warning to the Curious
An Evening’s Entertainment

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James, M R: A Warning to the Curious, v.1, 18 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James), (1862–1936)
A Warning to the Curious

A short story about the dangers of the supernatural, set in East Anglia.

The source was PG Australia.

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James, M R: After Dark in the Playing Fields, v1, 18 January 2010.

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M. R. James [1862–1936]
After Dark in the Playing Fields

“After Dark in the Playing Fields” was first published in issue 10 of “College Days,” an Eton school journal, on June 28, 1924. It later appeared in “Collected Ghost Stories” (1931).

The story is set in the playing fields of Eton at Midsummer Night’s Eve. Spooky things happen.

I’ve now uploaded all the ghost stories published by M R James in his lifetime.

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James, M R: Collected Ghost Stories, v.1 21 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Collected Ghost Stories

A Project Gutenberg Australia compilation of six short stories.

Contents
1. The Uncommon Prayer-Book
2. A Neighbour’s Landmark
3. Rats
4. The Experiment
5. The Malice of Inanimate Objects
6. A Vignette
Appendix: M. R. James on Ghost Stories

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James, M R: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, v.1, 21 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

A collection of eight classic ghost stories.

Contents:
Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book
Lost Hearts
The Mezzotint
The Ash-Tree
Number 13
Count Magnus
‘Oh, Whistle, And I’ll Come To You, My Lad’
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

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James, M R: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 23 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911)

Another collection of classic ghost stories.

Contents:
A School Story
The Rose Garden
The Tractate Middoth
Casting the Runes
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Martin’s Close
Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

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James, M R: Old Testament Legends, v1, 8 December 2009.

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M. R. James, (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Old Testament Legends
Being Stories Out of Some of the Less-Known Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament (1913)

Contains the following stories:
Adam
The Death of Adam and Eve
Abraham
The Story of Aseneth, Joseph’s Wife
Job
Solomon and the Demons
The Story of Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, And of the Death of Jeremiah
Ahikar

The cover image is Dürer’s “Adam and Eve.”

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James, M R: The Five Jars, v.1, 16 March 2009.

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M. R. James (1862–1936)
The Five Jars (1922)

In this novella, either a man is recounting magical adventures or something much more sinister is going on.

The source was PG Canada.

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James, M R: There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard, v1, 23 October 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James), (1862–1936)
There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard (1924)

A short ghost story, found at Wikilivres.
James imagines what the ghost story told by Mamilius, in Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale,” might have been.

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James, M R: Wailing Well, v.1, 21 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Wailing Well (1931)

A short story in which a reckless boy scout encounters the supernatural and gets his just deserts.

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James, M. R.: A Thin Ghost And Others, v.1, 15 Dec 2007

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This volume of M.R. James's classic ghostly fiction contains: "Preface," "The Residence at Whitminster," "The Diary of Mr. Poynter," "The Episode of Cathedral History, "The Story of a Disappearance and an appearance," and "Two Doctors."

About this volume, the author wrote: "I have had my doubts about the wisdom of publishing a third set of tales; sequels are, not only proverbially but actually, very hazardous things. However, the tales make no pretence but to amuse, and my friends have not seldom asked for the publication. So not a great deal is risked, perhaps, and perhaps also some one's Christmas may be the cheerfuller for a storybook which, I think, only once mentions the war.

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James, M. R.: Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary and More, v1.0, 2007-12-01

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This ebook includes James' Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary(1904) and More Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary(1911).
These two books contain some of James' finest stories including 'The Ash-Tree', 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad', 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-book', 'Casting the Runes' and others.

Montague Rhodes James, OM (August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936), who published under the byline M. R. James, was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered today for his ghost stories in the classic Victorian Yuletide vein, which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

The BBC produced five of James' stories for their annual 'A Ghost Story for Christmas' series, but I've only seen the excellent ['Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad'[/ with Michael Hordern.

Also Fritz Lieber's Our Lady of Darkness was written as an homage to James.
Enjoy!

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James, Will: Home Ranch. V1. 1 May 2011

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Will James (June 6, 1892 - September 3, 1942) was an artist and writer of the American West.
James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada. He started drawing at the age of four on the kitchen floor. James, a Canadian Francophone, settled in the new French-Saskatchewan settlement of Val Marie in 1910 and learned to be a western cowboy. Accused of cattle theft, he left three years later and traveled to the United States with a new name, William Roderick James

Excerpt
This is the story of a regular ranch and cow outfit and of regular range folks and cowboys. It's of one ranch and holdings from the start of it when the range was free up till now in 1935 when the range land is still mighty open in parts but no longer free.
In this writing I might be doubted by some as to there being any more such ranches as I tell of, of the range men and women and honest to God cowboys that are in these pages. But them that do have a very narrow backyard or a well travelled route and never get out of it, and partly for that reason I have such people who invite themselves to this perticular ranch, and they find out a lot of things they didn't learn in their trips "abroad."

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James, Will: Lone Cowboy. V1. 30 Apr 2011

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Will James (June 6, 1892 - September 3, 1942) was an artist and writer of the American West.
James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada. He started drawing at the age of four on the kitchen floor. James, a Canadian Francophone, settled in the new French-Saskatchewan settlement of Val Marie in 1910 and learned to be a western cowboy. Accused of cattle theft, he left three years later and traveled to the United States with a new name, William Roderick James

1930. Illustrated by the author. The narrative of Lone Cowboy tells how a little boy, hardly more than a baby, becomes an orphan in the West; how an old French trapper, whom the boy calls Bopy, adopts him and takes him on his long, long hunts; how when he is hardly more than a little boy Bopy is lost in an icy river and the child, heartbroken, rides down into the prairie region alone-on his own. James gives a complete and varied idea of how a cowboy lives as he moves toward his remote objective-becoming an artist.

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James, Will: Smoky The Cowhorse. V1. 30 Apr 2011

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Will James (June 6, 1892 - September 3, 1942) was an artist and writer of the American West.
James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada. He started drawing at the age of four on the kitchen floor. James, a Canadian Francophone, settled in the new French-Saskatchewan settlement of Val Marie in 1910 and learned to be a western cowboy. Accused of cattle theft, he left three years later and traveled to the United States with a new name, William Roderick James

The story details the life of a horse in the western United States from his birth to his eventual decline. It takes place after the 1910s, during which the West dies away and there are cars. Smoky is born in the wild, but is captured and trained by a cowboy named Clint. Clint is taken by Smoky's intelligence and spirit, and uses him as his personal steed. Under his guidance, Smoky soon becomes known as the best cowhorse around. Unfortunately, Smoky is among a number of horses stolen by a horse thief. When Smoky refuses to allow the thief to ride him, being loyal only to Clint, he is beaten repeatidly in punishment. Developing an intense hatred for humans from this treatment, Smoky eventually attacks and kills the thief.

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James, William: A World of Pure Experience, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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William James (1842–1910)
A World of Pure Experience (1904)
First published in the Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 1, 533–543, 561–570.

An article defending radical empiricism.
The cover image is of Harvard Memorial Hall, which is referred to in the text.

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James, William: Are we Automata? v.1, 12 December 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
Are We Automata?

An article. I won’t spoil the suspense by giving away the ending.

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James, William: Great Men, Great Thoughts, and the Environment, v1, 4 August 2009

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William James (1842–1910)
Great Men, Great Thoughts, and the Environment
Lecture delivered before the Harvard Natural History Society.
Published in the Atlantic Monthly, October, 1880.

How far are we the product of our environment?
This essay suggests that a crude determinism is not an answer.

The cover image is by Henri (Douanier) Rousseau.

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James, William: Human Immortality, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine (1898)
By William James (1842–1910)

William James defends a notion of human immortality as coherent.

(William James the psychologist and philosopher was the brother of the novelist, Henry James.)

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James, William: Pragmatism, v.1, 3 December 2008.

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Pragmatism
A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907)
By William James (1842–1910)

The book is composed of James’ lectures on Pragmatism.

I have reformatted, linked the notes and added an unusual cover picture. (The explanation is at the beginning of Lecture 2.)

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James, William: The Consciousness of Lost Limbs, v1, 9 March 2009.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Consciousness of Lost Limbs (1887)

First published in Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1, 249-258.
An article about phantom limb sensation.

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James, William: The Hidden Self, v.1, 8 March 2009.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Hidden Self
First published in Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 3. March 1890.

William James discusses hysteria and multiple personality, and reports on the findings of researchers at the Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, and of Dr Janet at Nancy.

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James, William: The Meaning of Truth, v.1, 1 December 2008.

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The Meaning of Truth (1909)
By William James (1842–1910)

A defence of the pragmatic theory of truth.

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James, William: The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life
An address to the Yale Philosophical Club, published in the International Journal of Ethics, April 1891.

From the opening:
‘The main purpose of this paper is to show that there is no such thing possible as an ethical philosophy dogmatically made up in advance. We all help to determine the content of ethical philosophy so far as we contribute to the race’s moral life. In other words, there can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say. In the one case as in the other, however, the hypotheses which we now make while waiting, and the acts to which they prompt us, are among the indispensable conditions which determine what that “say” shall be.’

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James, William: The Varieties of Religious Experience, v1, 18 Sept 2007.

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William James: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature.
Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902

I was prompted to tackle this for several reasons.
1. Occasionally I use it for teaching, and enjoy reading it.
2. Some people here are interested in mysticism, and James has an interesting chapter on this topic.
3. Strether has been regaling us with the novels of William James’s younger brother, Henry, which reminded me of this book. Both brothers share a desire to describe complex and elusive emotions.

I have added a TOC, reformatted, and removed some spelling errors. There are 362 notes in the text. Both PG and the other online sources have left them at the end of the adjacent paragraph. I have done the same because I couldn’t face the thought of moving and hyperlinking them all.

From Wikipedia:
James did important work in philosophy of religion. In his Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh he provided a wide-ranging account of The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) and interpreted them according to his pragmatic leanings. Some of the important claims he makes in this regard:
• Religious genius (experience) should be the primary topic in the study of religion, rather than religious institutions—since institutions are merely the social descendant of genius.
• The intense, even pathological varieties of experience (religious or otherwise) should be sought by psychologists, because they represent the closest thing to a microscope of the mind—that is, they show us in drastically enlarged form the normal processes of things.
• In order to usefully interpret the realm of common, shared experience and history, we must each make certain "over-beliefs" in things which, while they cannot be proven on the basis of experience, help us to live fuller and better lives.
The investigation of mystical experience was constant throughout the life of James, leading him to experiment with chloral hydrate (1870), amyl nitrite (1875), nitrous oxide (1882), and even peyote (1896). James claimed that it was only when he was under the influence of nitrous oxide that he was able to understand Hegel. He concluded that while the revelations of the mystic hold true, they hold true only for the mystic; for others, they are certainly ideas to be considered, but can hold no claim to truth without personal experience of such.

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James, William: The Will to Believe, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Will to Believe (1897)

From Wikipedia:
"The Will to Believe" is a lecture by William James, published in 1897, which defended the adoption of beliefs as hypotheses and self-fulfilling prophecies even without prior evidence of their truth. Many philosophers would agree with James that we have a right to hypothesize and to adopt self-fulfilling beliefs without evidence; James, however, extends this idea to argue that, using this doctrine, adopting beliefs like God, freewill, possibility, and morality would cause evidence to come into existence, thus verifying beliefs that could not have been verified otherwise. James' rationale for this more controversial idea is in combining it with his pragmatic theory of truth, the idea that a belief is verified if it causes better interaction with the world. For example, while no evidence can justify the initial adoption of a belief in God, the adoption of such a belief as a hypothesis without evidence would cause one to succeed better in the world, thus verifying the belief. This does not entail that it will be verified for everyone, but rather, for many, that it would cause their lives to be better, thus making it true for them

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James, William: What is an Emotion? v.1, 6 December 2008

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What is an Emotion?
By William James (1842–1910)
First published in Mind, 9, pp.188–205.

James proposes an unusual thesis:
“Common sense says, we lose our fortune, are sorry and weep; we meet a bear, are frightened and run; we are insulted by a rival, are angry and strike. The hypothesis here to be defended says that this order of sequence is incorrect, that the one mental state is not immediately induced by the other, that the bodily manifestations must first be interposed between, and that the more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble…”

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James, William: What is an Instinct? v.1, 14 December 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
What is an Instinct? (1887)

This paper discusses instincts in squirrels, hens, and other animals. It promotes the reflex-arc theory.

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Jameson, Malcolm: Malcolm Jameson Omnibus. V2. 3 May 2011

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Malcolm Jameson (December 21, 1891 – April 16, 1945) was an American science fiction author. An officer in the US Navy, he was active in American pulp magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. His story "Doubled and Redoubled" may be the earliest work of fiction to feature a time loop. His stories of Solar System exploration about "Bullard of the Space Patrol" were posthumously collected in 1951 as a fixup novel and won the Boys Clubs of America Award.

Children of the Betsy B
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Train for Flushing
Tricky Tonnage
Wreckers of the Star Patrol

Note: Inserted a story I missed.

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Jefferies, Richard: After London. v1, 7 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

After London (1885) is of the type that could be best described as "post-apocalyptic fiction"; after some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first chapters consist solely of a loving description of nature reclaiming England: fields becoming overrun by forest, domesticated animals running wild, roads and towns becoming overgrown, the hated London reverting to lake and poisonous swampland. The rest of the story is a straightforward adventure/quest set many years later in the wild landscape and society; but the opening chapters set an example for many later science fiction stories.

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Jefferson, Thomas. State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

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Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).

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Jenkins, Herbert George: Malcolm Sage Detective v1 16 feb 2009

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Malcolm Sage
Created by Herbert Jenkins (1876-1923)

MALCOLM SAGE had been a hot shot intelligence agent for Britain's Division Z during the Great War, but when the fighting ceased, his thirst for action and adventure didn't. Fortunately, his old chief from division Z helped him set up the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau, and much merry mayhem and more than a few ripping good yarns ensued.

This all sounds pretty much like Boy's Own-type adventures, but for his time, Sage was considered pretty high-tech, utilizing such nifty new-fangled gadgets as telephones, buzzers, and other such wonders of technology. Sage is serious, and even haughty, and has been known to chase away customers if he has too much business, or other matters on his mind. Fortunately he has a secretary (to make the tea, no doubt) and an office boy to put him in his place every now and then. The boy, a devout reader of detective fiction, in fact serves as a sort of welcome comic foil to the occasionally pompous master detective.

The Sage stories appeared in various British pulps of the time, and were also collected in several books. I'm not sure who Mr. Dene of Toronto is, but the name pops up several times. So there might even be some Canadian connection here...

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Jerome, Jerome K.: Diary of a Pilgrimage, v1 9 July 2008

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While it is beyond doubt that Jerome K. Jerome is most well known for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat, the range of his other literary achievements is staggering. Journalist, playwright and author, a wealth of his writing has remained just beyond the public gaze. [Diary of a Pilgrimage[/ is one such work. The pilgrimage of the title is a journey to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau, which has been performed every ten years since 1634, the middle of the Thirty Years War. Diary is a typically witty account of this journey, part travelogue and part social commentary. It is also a work which has long deserved its place in the sun, outside of the benevolent shade of Jerome’s more famous writing.

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Jerome, Jerome K.: Three men in a Boat v1.0 2008-01-16

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[Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)[/, published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.

The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers. The jokes seem fresh and witty even today.

The three men were based on (the un-named narrator), Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who went on to become a senior manager in Barclays Bank) and Harris, who was in reality Carl Hentschel. The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, "had much of me in it." The holiday was a typical boating holiday of the time, carried out in a Thames Camping Skiff.

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Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men on the Brummel. 21 Aug 07

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The sequel to [Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)[/ is a delightful (although not as commercially successful) extension of the three fellows.

The alternative title for the book is [Three Men on Wheels[/. I rather favor the original.

Spelled brummel or bummel it is defined as:

[QUOT“A ‘Bummel’,” I explained, “I should describe as a journey, long or short, without an end; the only thing regulating it being the necessity of getting back within a given time to the point from which one started.[/QUOT

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Jerrold, Douglas: Mrs Caudle’s Curtain Lectures, v.1, 10 Nov 2007.

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If you liked ‘The Diary of a Nobody’ then you may enjoy this.

The synopsis from Amazon.co.uk:

First published in "Punch" in 1845, this book gives Mrs Caudle's incessant petty lectures to her unfortunate husband - enacted in the matrimonial bed at the close of each day when he is compelled to lie and listen. In Mrs Caudle's eyes he can do no right and she lays the blame for all their ills squarely at his feet. Mrs Caudle is adept at inconsistency and her melodramatic talent for turning molehills into mountains means her husband's most innocent acts - from eating out to lending an umbrella - are construed as monstrous deeds that will surely lead their whole family to death and damnation. The lectures are a war of attrition between the irresistible force of Mrs Caudle's tongue and the stamina of her poor husband's tortured ears. With no means of escape, the doomed Mr Caudle's only means of defence is to alternate mustering the odd rejoinder and attempting to feign sleep. Resistance, however, is always futile.

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Jevsejeva, Ljudmila Ivanovna: Donacetoj por infanoj. (Esperanto) v1, 31 August 2008

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Ludmila Ivanovna JEVSEEVA (ruse N48;0 20=>2=0 2A5520; aliaj esperantigoj de la nomo: Ljudmila, Evseeva), naskiis la 14-an de amgusto 1913 en urbo Riga, forpasis la 28-an de januaro 1980 en Riga, rusino, lois en urbo Riga, strato Reformatu, d. 15, lo. 5, laboris en librotenista fako de efpo]toficejo. Talenta Esperanto-poetino, instruistino, aktiva aganto de Esperanto-movado en Latvio.

La fundamenton de sia klereco ]i akiris en Lomonosova gimnazio en Riga. \i ellernis Esperanton dum sia junao, kiam kristaliis ]iaj interesoj kaj streboj. \ia unua Esperanto-instruisto estis G. Tupicin - tre aktiva esperantisto kaj amtoro de pluraj E-lernolibroj. Poste L. Jevsejeva sian tutan vivon dedi is al Esperanto. Antam la Dua mondmilito ]i estis la redaktorino de E-revuo "Ondo de Daugava", la sekretario de Latva Esperanto Societo, laboris en diversaj E-komisionoj, ofte prelegis, aktoris en E-teatra5oj, iam mem verkinte tekstojn por ili, gvidis E-karavanojn al najbaraj landoj. Tamen la efa okupo por ]i estis versfarado.

\i verkis originale multajn versojn, kiuj traktas tre vivoproksime interesajn temojn. La versoj legias tre facile kaj flue. La lingvo estas iam senripro a, temas pri la beleco de la mondo, traktas pri homo mem. Tre simpatiaj kaj ]atataj estas ]iaj porinfanaj versa5oj.

Bedamrinde dum ]ia vivo ili ne aperis libroforme. Tamen ili estis presitaj en multnombraj E-revuoj: "Ondo de Damgava", "Litova Stelo", "Norda Prismo", "Heroldo de Esperanto" ktp. \i aperigis verkojn siatempe en "Literatura mondo" kaj "La suda stelo" kaj ankam kontribuis al la rara poemvolumo "Nam poetoj" (1938). Dum la lastaj jaroj, porinfanaj versa5oj ]iaj aperis en "Heroldo de Esperanto".

AL JUNAJ AMIKOJ

Al legemaj amiketoj
Trans arbaro, stepo, mar’
Mi adresas kor-deziron
En kuranta Nova jar’!
Estu vi plej belaj floroj
De pacema famili’,
Kresku korpe kaj spirite,
Miaj karaj, pli kaj pli!

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John A. Hammerton, Ed: The World's Greatest Books -Vol.1-Fiction. V1. 27 July 2009

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Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as 'the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known'.
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (born Aberdeen, October 21, 1860-died Llanishen, January 15, 1926) was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer.

An early version of Readers Digest
ABOUT, EDMOND
King of the Mountains
AINSWORTH, HARRISON
Tower of London
ANDERSEN, HANS
Improvisatore
APULEIUS
The Golden Ass
ARABIAN NIGHTS
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
AUERBACH, BERTHOLD
On the Height
AUSTEN, JANE
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park
Emma
Persuasion
BALZAC, HONORE DE
Eugenie Grandet
Old Goriot
Magic Skin
Quest of the Absolute
BECKFORD, WILLIAM
History of the Caliph Vathek
BEHN, APHRA
Oroonoko
BERGERAC, CYRANO DE
Voyage to the Moon
BJOERNSON, BJOERNSTJERNE
Arne
In God's Way
BLACK, WILLIAM
Daughter of Heth
BLACKMORE, R.D.
Lorna Doone
BOCCACCIO
Decameron

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John A. Hammerton, Ed: The World's Greatest Books -Vol.1-Fiction. V2. 29 July 2009

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The Table of Contents is simplified and minor errors corrected.

Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as 'the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known'.
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (born Aberdeen, October 21, 1860-died Llanishen, January 15, 1926) was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer.

An early version of Readers Digest
ABOUT, EDMOND: King of the Mountains
AINSWORTH, HARRISON: Tower of London
ANDERSEN, HANS: Improvisatore
APULEIUS: The Golden Ass
ARABIAN NIGHTS
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
AUERBACH, BERTHOLD: On the Height
AUSTEN, JANE:: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion
BALZAC, HONORE DE: Eugenie Grandet; Old Goriot; Magic Skin; Quest of the Absolute
BECKFORD, WILLIAM: History of the Caliph Vathek
BEHN, APHRA: Oroonoko
BERGERAC, CYRANO DE: Voyage to the Moon
BJOERNSON, BJOERNSTJERNE: Arne; In God's Way
BLACK, WILLIAM: Daughter of Heth
BLACKMORE, R.D: Lorna Doone
BOCCACCIO: Decameron

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Johnson, Andrew. State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

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Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Johnson, E. Pauline: The Moccasin Maker. V1. 19 Mar 2010

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Emily Pauline Johnson (Mohawk: Tekahionwake –pronounced: dageh-eeon-wageh, literally: 'double-life') (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century. Johnson was notable for her poems and performances that celebrated her First Nations heritage; she also had half English ancestry. One such poem is the frequently anthologized "The Song My Paddle Sings". Her poetry was published in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. Johnson was one of a generation of widely read writers who began to define a Canadian literature.

My Mother
Catharine of the "Crow's Nest"
A Red Girl's Reasoning
The Envoy Extraordinary
A Pagan in St. Paul's Cathedral
As It Was in the Beginning
The Legend of Lillooet Falls
Her Majesty's Guest
Mother o' the Men
The Nest Builder
The Tenas Klootchman
The Derelict

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Johnson, Lyndon. State of the Union. v1.0 19 October 2007

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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). Johnson served a long career in the U.S. Congress, and in 1960 was selected by then-Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to be his running-mate. Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including civil rights laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and a "War on Poverty". Simultaneously, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968.

He was elected President in his own right in a landslide victory in 1964, but his popularity steadily declined after 1966 and his reelection bid in 1968 collapsed as a result of turmoil in his party. He withdrew from the race to concentrate on peacemaking. Johnson was renowned for his domineering personality and the "Johnson treatment," his arm-twisting of powerful politicians.

Johnson suffered a massive heart attack in 1973, the third in his lifetime. He died January 22, 1973.

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Johnson, Samuel: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, v2, 23 November 2009.

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Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
First published 1759

The plot of this short novel has similarities with Voltaire’s “Candide:” an oriental prince and his friends travel in order to find out the secret of happiness. However, the tone is quietly melancholic, perhaps because Johnson had recently lost his mother.
I’ve remade the LRF version and have now made this available in other formats.

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Johnston, Mary. To Have and to Hold. v1 26 Oct 07

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A romantic adventure set in 1600's colonial Virginia. There are a few illustrations included.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900 were:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Johnston, Mary: 1492. V1. 19 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
THE morning was gray and I sat by the sea near Palos in a gray mood. I was Jayme de Marchena, and that was a good, old Christian name. But my grandmother was Jewess, and in corners they said that she never truly recanted, and I had been much with her as a child. She was dead, but still they talked of her. Jayme de Marchena, looking back from the hillside of forty-six, saw some service done for the Queen and the folk. This thing and that thing. Not demanding trumpets, but serviceable. It would be neither counted nor weighed beside and against that which Don Pedro and the Dominican found to say. What they found to say they made, not found. They took clay of misrepresentation, and in the field of falsehood sat them down, and consulting the parchment of malice, proceeded to create. But false as was all they set up, the time would cry it true.

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Johnston, Mary: Audrey. V1. 19 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
The valley lay like a ribbon thrown into the midst of the encompassing hills. The grass which grew there was soft and fine and abundant; the trees which sprang from its dark, rich mould were tall and great of girth. A bright stream flashed through it, and the sunshine fell warm upon the grass and changed the tassels of the maize into golden plumes. Above the valley, east and north and south, rose the hills, clad in living green, mantled with the purpling grape, wreathed morn and eve with trailing mist. To the westward were the mountains, and they dwelt apart in a blue haze. Only in the morning, if the mist were not there, the sunrise struck upon their long summits, and in the evening they stood out, high and black and fearful, against the splendid sky. The child who played beside the cabin door often watched them as the valley filled with shadows, and thought of them as a great wall between her and some land of the fairies which must needs lie beyond that barrier, beneath the splendor and the evening star. The Indians called them the Endless Mountains, and the child never doubted that they ran across the world and touched the floor of heaven.

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Johnston, Mary: Foes. V1. 20 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
Said Mother Binning: "Whiles I spin and whiles I dream. A bonny day like this I look."
English Strickland, tutor at Glenfernie House, looked, too, at the feathery glen, vivid in June sunshine. The ash-tree before Mother Binning's cot overhung a pool of the little river. Below, the water brawled and leaped from ledge to ledge, but here at the head of the glen it ran smooth and still. A rose-bush grew by the door and a hen and her chicks crossed in the sun. English Strickland, who had been fishing, sat on the door-stone and talked to Mother Binning, sitting within with her wheel beside her.

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Johnston, Mary: Lewis Rand. V1. 20 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
The tobacco-roller and his son pitched their camp beneath a gum tree upon the edge of the wood. It was October, and the gum was the colour of blood. Behind it rolled the autumn forest; before it stretched a level of broom-sedge, bright ochre in the light of the setting sun. The road ran across this golden plain, and disappeared in a league-deep wood of pine. From an invisible clearing came a cawing of crows. The sky was cloudless, and the evening wind had not begun to blow. The small, shining leaves of the gum did not stir, and the flame of the camp-fire rose straight as a lance. The tobacco cask, transfixed by the trunk of a young oak and drawn by strong horses, had come to rest upon the turf by the roadside. Gideon Rand unharnessed the team, and from the platform built in the front of the cask took fodder for the horses, then tossed upon the grass a bag of meal, a piece of bacon, and a frying-pan. The boy collected the dry wood with which the earth was strewn, then struck flint and steel, guarded the spark within the tinder, fanned the flame, and with a sigh of satisfaction stood back from the leaping fire. His father tossed him a bucket, and with it swinging from his hand, he made through the wood towards a music of water. Goldenrod and farewell-summer and the red plumes of the sumach lined his path, while far overhead the hickories and maples reared a fretted, red-gold roof. Underfoot were moss and coloured leaves, and to the right and left the squirrels watched him with bright eyes. He found the stream where it rippled between banks of fern and mint. As he knelt to fill the pail, the red haw and the purple ironweed met above his head.

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Johnston, Mary: Prisoners of Hope. V1. 21 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
"She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk. They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face. The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace. The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.

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Johnston, Mary: Sir Mortimer. V1. 22 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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“But if we return not from our adventure,” ended Sir Mortimer, “if the sea claims us, and upon his sandy floor, amid his Armida gardens, the silver-singing mermaiden marvel at that wreckage which was once a tall ship and at those bones which once were animate,—*if strange islands know our resting-place, sunk for evermore in huge and most unkindly forests,—*if, being but pawns in a mighty game, we are lost or changed, happy, however, in that the white hand of our Queen hath touched us, giving thereby consecration to our else unworthiness,—*if we find no gold, nor take one ship of Spain, nor any city treasure-stored,—*if we suffer a myriad sort of sorrows and at the last we perish miserably—*”

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Johnston, Mary: The Long Roll. V1. 22 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

A novel of the War Between the States
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The people of Botetourt County, in general meeting assembled, believe it to be the duty of all the citizens of the Commonwealth, in the present alarming condition of our country, to give some expression of their opinion upon the threatening aspect of public affairs....
In the controversies with the mother country, growing out of the effort of the latter to tax the Colonies without their consent, it was Virginia who, by the resolution against the Stamp Act, gave the example of the first authoritative resistance by a legislative body to the British Government, and so imparted the first impulse to the Revolution.

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Johnston, Mary: To Have and to Hold. V1. 19 Jan 2009

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[SIZE="3"][/SIZStanart posted this book on 26 Oct 07. He obviously did not have access to the tools that we now have. The TOC is not centered and the imp file seems not to be fully implemented. This version was edited in Book Designer, compiled by MobiPocket Creator, converted to lrf with Calibre, and to imp with MOBI2IMP. All versions are now "prettied up." The new tools are fantastic. "BD ROCKS."

Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
THE work of the day being over, I sat down upon my doorstep, pipe in hand, to rest awhile in the cool of the evening. Death is not more still than is this Virginian land in the hour when the sun has sunk away, and it is black beneath the trees, and the stars brighten slowly and softly, one by one. The birds that sing all day have hushed, and the horned owls, the monster frogs, and that strange and ominous fowl (if fowl it be, and not, as some assert, a spirit damned) which we English call the whippoorwill, are yet silent. Later the wolf will howl and the panther scream, but now there is no sound. The winds are laid, and the restless leaves droop and are quiet. The low lap of the water among the reeds is like the breathing of one who sleeps in his watch beside the dead.

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Jones, H. Bedford: D'Artagnan. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

More Adventurers of the Three Musketeers

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Jones, H. Bedford: Irregular Brethren. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

(The Blue Book Magazine, August 1919)
[This story, told in a quaint Oriental Masonic lodge-meeting, has all the tropical color and dramatic intensity which Mr. Bedford-Jones handles so skillfully.]

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Jones, H. Bedford: Saint Michael's Gold. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

The Adventures of an American in the Chaos and Dangers of the French Revolution.

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Jones, H. Bedford: The Blue Beetle. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

(Short Stories, May 25, 1932)
[Gambling with death in collecting fines for a Chinese governor.]
[Author of "The Devil's Hatrack"—in which the two American adventurers of this story start their devious careers in Chinese politics.]

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Jones, H. Bedford: The King's Passport. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

Another Adventure of Cyrano de Bergerac

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Jones, H. Bedford: The Thrust of a Finger. V1. 16 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

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SHUTZ, balanced on the prow of the launch, flung out the order: "Slower! This is the place, all right. Somebody ahead of us. Have your gun handy."
A grunt of assent made answer.
Shutz appeared to be the only person aboard the wallowing fishing launch, as she headed in by the low, sandy point. Ruthven, in the engine cockpit, did not show at all. He had to keep a sharp eye on the engines, which were shaky at best.

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Jones, H. Bedford: Three Smart Silks. V1. 16 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

Detective-Dragnet, December, 1930

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Jones, Henry Festing: Diversions in Sicily, v1, 03 Feb 2009

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[q_index]Henry Festing Jones (1851-1928) was the friend and posthumous biographer of Samuel Butler. His biography of Butler, entitled Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon (1835-1902) - A Memoir, won the inaugural James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography in 1919.[/quot

[q_index]...so I took out a packet of cigarettes and offered them round. In those days there used to be in every packet of Italian cigarettes a loose piece of paper about the size of a postage stamp with a number on it. Boxes of biscuits in England sometimes have a similar paper to identify the person responsible for the packing should anything be found to be wrong. In my packet there happened to be two pieces of paper which fluttered out upon the table as I opened it. The brigadier instantly pounced upon them. There was silence in the room. Every one watched and waited. Each of my pieces of paper bore the number thirty-three. The brigadier did me the honour of cancelling all his previous orders to Angelo and of putting his money for next week’s lottery on thirty-three. The corporal and several of the men who had not intended to gamble changed their minds and gave similar instructions.[/quot

This book strikes a personal cord; my grandparents were born around this time near Trapani, Sicily.

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Jones, Raymond F: The great gray Plague v1 24 feb 2009

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There is no enemy so hard to fight as a dull gray fog. It's not solid enough to beat, too indefinite to kill, and too omnipresent to escape.

This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact and Science Fiction February 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

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Jones, Susan Morrow: The La Chance Mine Mystery. V1. 2 Aug 2010

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Jones, Susan Morrow, 1864?-1926

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Hungry, dog-tired, cross with the crossness of a man in authority whose orders have been forgotten or disregarded, I drove Billy Jones's old canoe across Lac Tremblant on my way home to Dudley Wilbraham's gold mine at La Chance, after an absence of months. It was halfway to dark, and the bitter November wind blew dead in my teeth. Slaps of spray from flying wave-crests blinded me with gouts of lake water, that was oddly warm till the cutting wind froze it to a coating of solid ice on my bare hands and stinging face, that I had to keep dabbing on my paddling shoulder to get my eyes clear in order that I might stare in front of my leaky, borrowed canoe.

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Jonson, Ben: Cynthia's Revels. V1. 11 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love is a late Elizabethan stage play, a satire written by Ben Jonson, The play was one element in the so-called Poetomachia or War of the Theatres between Jonson and rival playrwights John Marston and Thomas Dekker.

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Jonson, Ben: Discoveries and Some Poems. V1. 17 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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Ben Jonson’s “Discoveries” are, as he says in the few Latin words prefixed to them, “A wood - Sylva - of things and thoughts, in Greek “Å»·” [which has for its first meaning material, but is also applied peculiarly to kinds of wood, and to a wood], “from the multiplicity and variety of the material contained in it. For, as we are commonly used to call the infinite mixed multitude of growing trees a wood, so the ancients gave the name of Sylvæ - Timber Trees - to books of theirs in which small works of various and diverse matter were promiscuously brought together.”

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Jonson, Ben: Epicoene or, the Silent Woman. V1. 18 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: Every Man in His Humor. V1. 18 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: Sejanus: His Fall. V1. 20 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: The Alchemist. V1.10 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: The Poetaster. V1. 19 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jordan, William George: The Majesty of Calmness, v.1, 31 August 2008.

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The Majesty of Calmness: Individual Problems and Possibilities…
(First published c.1900)
by
William George Jordan (1864–1928)[Author of “The Kingship of Self-Control”]

A little book of calm from a hundred years ago, and still relevant today.

Contents:
I. The Majesty of Calmness
II. Hurry, the Scourge of America
III. The Power of Personal Influence
IV. The Dignity of Self-Reliance
V. Failure as a Success
VI. Doing Our Best at All Times
VII. The Royal Road to Happiness

(It was mentioned with approval in the London Guardian of 30 August 2008, in the Magazine supplement, which inspired me to find and convert it.)

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Joyce, James: Dubliners. v1, 12 Aug 2010

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOTDubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.[/QUOT

Includes linked TOC and some typical formatting fixes.

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Joyce, James: Pomes Penyeach, v1, 17 February 2010.

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James Joyce [1882–1941]
Pomes Penyeach [1927]

Thirteen short poems.

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Pomes Penyeach is a collection of thirteen short poems. It was written over a twenty-year period from 1904 to 1924 by the novelist James Joyce and originally published on 7 July 1927 by Shakespeare and Co. for the price of one shilling (twelve pennies) or twelve francs. The title is a play on "poems" and “pommes” (the French word for apples) which are here offered at “a penny each” in either currency. It was the custom for Irish tradespeople of the time to offer their customers a “tilly” (in Irish, tuilleadh) or extra serving – just as English bakers had developed the tradition of the “Baker's dozen”, offering thirteen loaves instead of twelve. The first poem of Pomes Penyeach is entitled “Tilly” and represents the bonus offering of this penny-a-poem collection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomes_Penyeach

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Joyce, James: Ulysses v1. 26Dec2009

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Attachment 41969Previous e-book versions of this novel that I've looked at haven't given any indication that Joyce divided his novel into three books and 18 chapters. This follows Gutenburg's presentation of the book as just divided into three books. But as the following quote from Wikipedia indicates, the novel somewhat followed Homer's Odyssey:

"Structure
See also: Linati schema for Ulysses and Gilbert schema for Ulysses
Joyce divided Ulysses into eighteen chapters or "episodes". At first glance much of the book may appear unstructured and chaotic; Joyce once said that he had "put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant", which would earn the novel "immortality".[9] The two schemata which Stuart Gilbert and Herbert Gorman released after publication to defend Joyce from the obscenity accusations made the links to the Odyssey clear, and also explained the work's internal structure.

Every episode of Ulysses has a theme, technique, and correspondences between its characters and those of the Odyssey. The original text did not include these episode titles and the correspondences; instead, they originate from the Linati and Gilbert schema. Joyce referred to the episodes by their Homeric titles in his letters. He took the titles from Victor Bérard's two-volume Les Phéniciens et l’Odyssée which he consulted in 1918 in the Zentralbibliothek of Zürich. Bérard's book served as the source of Joyce's idiosyncratic rendering of some of the Homeric titles: 'Nausikaa', the 'Telemachia'."

Not having at least a break between chapters is very confusing and a lack of a complete toc makes it difficult to get around an ebook version of the novel. So I adopted the Linati and Gilbert Schema in naming each chapter and thus being able to provide a more user-friendly toc.

Jim

2/11/11-This new version tidies the book a bit. Italicized poetry tags are properly indented, I've made a jpeg out of the table in the Ithica chapter, and page numbering is supported in the Kindle 3 reader.

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Kafka, Franz: Amerika; german; v1; may 23rd 2009

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Zu diesem Buch lasse ich einen Zeitgenossen Kafkas sprechen, den nicht ganz so bekannten Kurt Tucholsky:

[q_index][SIZE="3"]Franz Kafka, ›Amerika‹[/SIZ[/CENTER]

Zum Beispiel Banken. Und wenn die groß geworden sind, so groß, dass sie ein Land überschatten, dann heißt das Land Amerika, und nun wollen wir einmal ein Amerika-Buch begucken, das eigentlich gar keines ist und doch eines ist. Es ist von jenem großen Prosaiker Franz Kafka, auf den immer wieder hinzuweisen das schönste Verdienst Max Brods ist – das Buch heißt ›Amerika‹ (und ist bei Kurt Wolff in München erschienen). Das Werk stammt aus der Zeit vor dem Kriege, Brod sagt in seinem Nachwort, dass es schon viele zarte Lichter des Chaplinschen Humors enthält. Es ist etwas ganz und gar Wunderbares, an innerer Musik und dem Pianissimo der Töne nur noch mit Hamsun zu vergleichen.

Ich habe mich mit dem ›Schloß‹ Kafkas nicht im gleichen Maße befreunden können – es ist das ein Buch, in dem eine ›Deutung‹ der Vorgänge fast unumgänglich nötig erscheint, und weder hat mir die Deutung noch die Handlung gefallen. Hier in ›Amerika‹ aber ist jeder Vorgang Selbstzweck, dichterische Frucht und Blüte schmerzlicher Erkenntnis. Es läuft da ein Band vom Dostojewskischen Idioten über Schwejk zu der Hauptfigur des kleinen Karl – sie wehren sich gegen das Leben nicht, aber sie sind so allein und siegen noch in den Niederlagen. Was immer wieder an Kafkas Werk zur größten Bewunderung zwingt, ist die Unwiderruflichkeit der Szenen und ihre traumhafte Eindringlichkeit ... Da nimmt der Nicht-Held eine Stellung in einem Hotel an, wo man ihn in eine Liftjungenuniform preßt. »Beim Hotelschneider wurde ihm die Liftjungenuniform anprobiert, die äußerlich sehr prächtig mit Goldknöpfen und Goldschnüren ausgestattet war, bei deren Anziehen es Karl aber doch ein wenig schauderte, denn besonders unter den Achseln war das Röckchen kalt, hart und dabei unaustrockenbar naß von dem Schweiß der Liftjungen, die es vor ihm getragen hatten.« Dieser unerschütterliche Glaube an die Wahrheit des Geschilderten läßt nie fragen: »Woher wissen Sie das, Kafka?« – die Frage will nicht über die Lippen – es ist wie in der ›Schönsten Geschichte der Welt‹ bei Kipling, wo der Banklehrling eben im Innern fest und sicher weiß, wie die Galeerensklaven einmal gelebt haben ... er ist vielleicht in einem früheren Leben einer gewesen.

Es wimmelt von Formulierungen, die unvergeßlich sind. Von der Justiz: »Die ganze Geschichte konnte er hier nicht erzählen, und wenn es auch möglich gewesen wäre, so schien es doch aussichtslos, ein drohendes Unrecht durch Erzählung eines erlittenen Unrechts abzuwehren.« Oder: »›Und ohne Rock bist du entlassen worden?‹ fragte der Polizeimann. ›Nun ja‹, sagte Karl; also auch in Amerika gehörte es zur Art der Behörden, das, was sie sahen, noch eigens zu fragen.« So tausendmal.

Am schönsten an diesem großen Werk ist die tiefe Melancholie, die es durchzieht: hier ist der ganz seltene Fall, dass einer ›das Leben nicht verstehe‹ und recht hat. Niemals ist das, was da geschieht, ganz auszudeuten; schicksalhaft, wie im Traum, fallen die Bestimmungen, die Gesetze, die Gebräuche auf den Leidenden herunter, der auch nicht fragt; das machen die andern eben so – er also auch. Nie läßt sich der ganze Apparat völlig übersehen; in allen Büchern Kafkas gibt es solch einen ungeheuern, umständlichen, endlosen Apparat, der keine Allegorie ist, sondern Niederschlag des Lebens in einem sieghaft Wehrlosen. Daß Karl jemals den Hoteldirektor selbst erblicken könnte, ist unausdenkbar; es langt allenfalls bis zum Oberkellner, und das ist nun keineswegs komisch gedeutet, sondern tragisch: er weiß nicht ... Die leise, bescheidene Art, mit der er die Gesten der ernsten und werktätigen Menschen nachahmt, ohne eigentlich ihren Inhalt zu verstehen oder etwa zu bejahen, erinnert sehr stark an Chaplin; doch ist bei dem eine Ironie dabei, die hier fast ganz fehlt, und beide beschämen die Nachgeahmten, ›Amerika‹ ist eines der schönsten Bücher, die die deutsche Prosa aufzuweisen hat; ich bin mit Max Brod der festen Meinung, dass die Zeit dieses wahren Klassikers der deutschen Prosa noch einmal kommen wird.

Sie meinen, das Buch sei schon vor langer Zeit erschienen? Ich meine, dass es eine Albernheit ist, nur ›Neuerscheinungen‹ zu kaufen – als ob man der Literatur mit der Fixigkeit nahe käme! Wir wollen nicht das Neuste lesen – wir wollen das Beste, das Bunteste, das Amüsanteste lesen. Ja, also Amerika.[/QUOT

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Kafka, Franz: Blumfeld - ein älterer Junggeselle, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Blumfeld, ein älterer Junggeselle ist eine Erzählung, die 1915 verfasst und postum veröffentlicht wurde. Sie handelt von den skurrilen Schwierigkeiten eines Junggesellen in seinem Privat- und Berufsleben - Kafka voller Ironie!

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Brief an den Vater, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Der Brief an den Vater ist ein 1919 verfasster, jedoch niemals abgeschickter Brief Franz Kafkas an seinen Vater. Er wurde postum 1952 in der Neuen Rundschau veröffentlicht und ist ein bevorzugter Text für psychoanalytische und biographische Studien über Kafka.

Nachdem Kafka im Januar 1919 bei einem Kuraufenthalt in Schelesen (Böhmen) Julie Wohryzeck kennen gelernt hatte und sich einige Monate später mit ihr verlobte, reagierte sein Vater ungehalten auf seine neuen und unstandesgemäßen Heiratspläne. Es wird angenommen, dass dies der Auslöser für die Verfassung des Briefes zwischen dem 10. und 13. November 1919 war. Die Hochzeit war ursprünglich für den November geplant, fand jedoch nicht statt. (wikipedia)

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Franz Kafka

Das Schloß

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Das Schloss ist neben Amerika und Der Process einer der drei unvollendeten Romane von Franz Kafka. Das 1922 entstandene Werk wurde 1926 von Max Brod postum veröffentlicht. Es schildert den vergeblichen Kampf des Landvermessers K. um Anerkennung seiner beruflichen und privaten Existenz durch ein geheimnisvolles Schloss und dessen Vertreter.

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Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. [German]. V2. 15 Jan 2011

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Das Schloß ist neben Der Verschollene (auch bekannt unter Amerika) und Der Prozeß einer der drei unvollendeten Romane von Franz Kafka. Das 1922 entstandene Werk wurde 1926 von Max Brod postum veröffentlicht. Es schildert den vergeblichen Kampf des Landvermessers K. um Anerkennung seiner beruflichen und privaten Existenz durch ein geheimnisvolles Schloß und dessen Vertreter. (Wiki)

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Kafka, Franz: Das Urteil (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008

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Franz Kafka: Das Urteil (1912)
Diese Erzählung von Franz Kafka handelt von Georg Bendemann, dem Sohn eines Kaufmanns. Er ist verlobt und und korrespondiert mit einem bedauernswerten Freund in Petersburg. Um diesen zu schützen, verschweigt Georg in seinen Briefen viel von seinem eigenen erfolgreichen Leben. Doch schließlich möchte er ihm doch in einem Brief von seiner bevorstehenden Hochzeit erzählen. Als Georg mit dem Brief zu seinem Vater geht, kommt es zum Streit, in dessen Verlauf der Sohn erfährt, dass sein Vater schon lange mit dem Petersburger Freund in Verbindung steht und dieser von ihm alles erfährt. Der Vater macht Georg außerdem schwere Vorwürfe, die Leitung des Geschäftes an sich gerissen zu haben und eine nicht ehrenhafte Verlobte gewählt zu haben. Der Streit spitzt sich zu und gipfelt in den Worten des Vaters: „Ich verurteile dich jetzt zum Tode des Ertrinkens!“, die Georgs Selbstmord besiegeln.

Der Autor:
Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Der Bau, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Der Bau ist eine 1923–1924 entstandene, unvollendete Erzählung von Franz Kafka. Sie beschreibt den verzweifelten Kampf eines Tieres um die Perfektionierung seines riesigen Erdbaus. Sein Ziel: der wirkungsvolle Schutz vor Feinden. Sein Schicksal: die Verstrickung im selbst geschaffenen Labyrinth, die zunehmende zur Paranoia führt.

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Der Gruftwächter, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Der Gruftwächter ist das einzige Drama von Franz Kafka. Er schrieb es zwischen 1916 und 1917, veröffentlicht wurde es allerdings erst postum.

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Der Prozess (german), v1, 06 Dec 2008

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Franz Kafka: Der Prozess (1925)
"Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet." Mit diesen Worten beginnt Franz Kafka (1883 bis 1924) die alptraumhafte Geschichte des Josef K., dem an seinem 30. Geburtstag von einer fragwürdigen Behörde der Prozess gemacht werden soll. Alle Beteuerungen seiner Unschuld bleiben fruchtlos und K. versinkt sukzessive im Labyrinth undurchschaubarer Gesetze und surrealer Bürokratie. Schließlich muss K. erkennen, dass der "Sinn dieser großen Organisation, dieser korrupten Bande", der Sinn dieses geheimnisvollen Prozesses die Sinnlosigkeit selbst ist.
Der Prozess ist der erste Roman Franz Kafkas und entstand zwischen 1914 und 1915. Er wurde 1925 zum ersten Mal publiziert.

Der Autor:
Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

Note:
Das ist mein erster eBook-Versuch. Verbesserungsvorschläge und Hinweise sind herzlich willkommen.
This is my first ebook. Any advice or suggestions for improvement are welcome.

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Kafka, Franz: Die Verwandlung (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008

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Franz Kafka: Die Verwandlung (1912)
"Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt". So beginnt die Geschichte des jungen Handlungsreisenden Gregor Samsa, der unter seinem Beruf und der Lieblosigkeit seiner Umwelt leidet und sich über Nacht in ein riesiges Insekt verwandelt. Zur Arbeit kann er in diesem Zustand nicht. Und so taucht ob seines Fernbleibens schon bald ein erboster Prokurist auf. Gezwungenermaßen muss Gregor sich ihm und seiner Familie zeigen. Letztere ist angewidert, lässt ihn aber bei sich wohnen, bis sich die Situation zuspitzt und es für das Ungeziefer Gregor nur noch eine Lösung geben kann.

Der Autor:
Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Ein Landarzt, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009

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"Ein Landarzt" ist eine Sammlung kürzerer Erzählungen Kafkas.

Das Buch beinhaltet:

- Der neue Advokat
- Ein Landarzt
- Auf der Galerie
- Ein altes Blatt
- Vor dem Gesetz
- Schakale und Araber
- Ein Besuch im Bergwerk
- Das nächste Dorf
- Eine kaiserliche Botschaft
- Die Sorge des Hausvaters
- Elf Söhne
- Ein Brudermord
- Ein Traum
- Ein Bericht für eine Akademie

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: In der Strafkolonie, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009

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"In der Strafkolonie" ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 veröffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das Rechtssystem einer Strafkolonie demonstriert: Die Exekution dauert zwölf Stunden, dabei wird der Delinquent bäuchlings in eine Maschinerie eingespannt, die ihm das übertretene Gebot mit eisernen Nadeln in den Körper einschneidet, bis er verblutet.

Typisch Kafka: skurril, verstörend, gewaltig. Und durchaus als eine Art Forsetzung von "Der Prozess" zu verstehen.

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: In the Penal Colony, v1, 4 Oct 2007.

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Franz Kafka: In the Penal Colony, (In der Strafkolonie)
(1919)
(Translated from the German by Ian Johnston)

A short story of about 12,000 words.

Set in an un-named penal colony, this is at first sight very similar to Octave Mirbeau’s ‘The Torture Garden’. In both cases the torturer gets a taste of their own medicine.

But this is an incomparably greater work than Mirbeau’s (which I find merely nasty) because it is enigmatic and capable of many interpretations.

Some have seen it as a metaphor for Christianity: the Jehovah-like Commandant has devised a machine to implement retributive justice in a world where all are guilty. When the visitor points out that this system is unfair, the young Officer submits to the torture-machine in a Christ-like atonement. Or it may be a comment on the Great War. Or something else. Decide for yourself.

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“This translation, which has been prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, is in the public domain and may be used by anyone, in whole or in part, without permission and without charge, provided the source is acknowledged. Released October 2003. ”

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Kafka, Franz: Metamorphosis, v1, 03 Oct 2007

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Franz Kafka: Metamorphosis
(1916)
Translated from the German by David Wyllie

A short novella.

Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed into some sort of verminous insect.

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Kafka, Franz: Selected Shorter Writings, v1, 4 Oct 2007.

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Selected shorter writings, transl. by Ian Johnston (Before the Law, The Hunter Gracchus, Up in the Gallery, An Imperial Message, Jackals and Arabs)

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“This translation, which has been prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, is in the public domain and may be used by anyone, in whole or in part, without permission and without charge, provided the source is acknowledged. Released October 2003. ”

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Kafka, Franz: The Trial, v.1, 11 Nov 2007.

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Franz Kafka: The Trial (Der Process)
(1925)

“Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.” So begins Kafka’s nightmarish story.

Translated from the German by David Wyllie.
Copyright (C) David Wyllie

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Kallis, Stephen A: The Untouchable. V1. 23 Dec 2009

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Kallis, Stephen A., 1937-

A little gem. I would like to see more of his work.

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“You can see it—you can watch it—but mustn’t touch!” And what could possibly be more frustrating… when you need, most violently, to get your hands on it for just one second…

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Kant, Immanuel: An Answer to the Question: “What is Enlightenment?”. 11 Oct 2008

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For me this is a good touchstone to start or to restart in understanding Kant.

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[QUOT"Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" (German: "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?") is the title of a 1784 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant. In the December 1784 publication of the Berlinische Monatsschrift (Berlin Monthly), edited by Friedrich Gedike and Johann Erich Biester, Kant replied to the question posed a year earlier by the Reverend Johann Friedrich Zöllner, who was also an official in the Prussian government. Zöllner's question was addressed to a broad intellectual public, in reply to Biester's essay entitled: "Proposal, not to engage the clergy any longer when marriages are conducted" (April 1783) and a number of leading intellectuals replied with essays, of which Kant's is the most famous and has had the most impact. Kant's opening paragraph of the essay is a much-cited definition of a lack of Enlightenment as people's inability to think for themselves due not to their lack of intellect, but lack of courage.

Kant's essay also addressed the causes of a lack of enlightenment and the preconditions necessary to make it possible for people to enlighten themselves. He held it necessary that all church and state paternalism be abolished and people be given the freedom to use their own intellect. Kant praised Frederick II of Prussia for creating these preconditions. Kant focused on religious issues, saying that "our rulers" had less interest in telling citizens what to think in regard to artistic and scientific issues.[/QUOT

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Kant, Immanuel: Metaphysical Elements of Ethics. 13 Oct 2008

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I have one additional volume to complete, [The Critique of Pure Reason[/ and it is proving to be a bit of a bear to format correctly. I hope to complete it shortly. Until then, enjoy this rather interesting little gem.

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Kant, Immanuel: The Critique of Practical Reason. 12 Oct 2008

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[QUOTThe Critique of Practical Reason (Kritik der praktischen Vernunft in the original German) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788. It follows on from his Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy.

The second Critique exercised a decisive influence over the subsequent development of the field of ethics and moral philosophy, beginning with Fichte's Doctrine of Science and becoming, during the 20th century, the principal reference point for every moral philosophy of a deontological stamp.
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Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der praktischen Vernunft; german v1 10th July 2009

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Immanuel (ursp. Emanuel) Kant war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Philosophen. Kant erstellte eine neue Philosophie in Bezug auf Recht, Religion und Geschichte, die die Geschichte der Philosophie weit über seine Zeit hinaus beeinflußte. Er formulierte den bekannten Satz „sapere aude“ (Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!) und deklarierte die Aufklärung als: „Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbst verschuldeten Unmündigkeit“. Auch weithin bekannt sind die vier „Kantischen Fragen“: Was kann ich wissen? Was soll ich tun? Was darf ich hoffen? Was ist der Mensch?

Die Kritik der praktischen Vernunft ist nach der Kritik der reinen Vernunft sein zweites Hauptwerk und wird manchmal auch als "zweite Kritik" bezeichnet. Sie wird nicht nur als eines der Hauptwerke Immanuel Kants sondern auch als eines der wichtigsten der Praktischen Philosophie. In diesem Buch formulierte Kant den Satz, der zu einem der bekanntesten aus seiner Feder geworden ist:

[QUOTHandle so, daß die Maxime deines Willens jederzeit zugleich als Prinzip einer allgemeinen Gesetzgebung gelten könne[/QUOT

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Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der reinen Vernunft; german v1.1 19th June 2009

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Immanuel (ursp. Emanuel) Kant war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Philosophen. Kant erstellte eine neue Philosophie in Bezug auf Recht, Religion und Geschichte, die die Geschichte der Philosophie weit über seine Zeit hinaus beeinflußte. Er formulierte den bekannten Satz „sapere aude“ (Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!) und deklarierte die Aufklärung als: „Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbst verschuldeten Unmündigkeit“. Auch weithin bekannt sind die vier „Kantischen Fragen“: Was kann ich wissen? Was soll ich tun? Was darf ich hoffen? Was ist der Mensch?

In seinem Hauptwerk: „Kritik der reinen Vernunft“ setzt er sich mit den Bedingungen der Möglichkeit einer absoluten Erkenntnis auseinander. Er befasst sich mit den zwei Stämmen der Erkenntnis, der transzendentalen Ästhetik (Theorie der sinnlichen Wahrnehmung) und der transzendentalen Logik (Theorie der Verstandesleistungen). Die trans. Logik ist in die transzendentale Analytik (Theorie des Denkens) und der transzendentalen Dialektik. Die transzendentalen Methodenlehre befasst sich schlussendlich wie man mit den Erkenntnissen umzugehen ist und welche Bedeutung die Ideen der Philosophie für das praktische Leben des Menschen haben.

Neue Version. Vorher fehlte die transzendentale Logik, ich bitte um Entschuldigung.

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Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der Urteilskraft; german v 1.0; July 11th 2009

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Immanuel (ursp. Emanuel) Kant war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Philosophen. Kant erstellte eine neue Philosophie in Bezug auf Recht, Religion und Geschichte, die die Geschichte der Philosophie weit über seine Zeit hinaus beeinflußte. Er formulierte den bekannten Satz „sapere aude“ (Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!) und deklarierte die Aufklärung als: „Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbst verschuldeten Unmündigkeit“. Auch weithin bekannt sind die vier „Kantischen Fragen“: Was kann ich wissen? Was soll ich tun? Was darf ich hoffen? Was ist der Mensch?

Die Kritik der Urteilskraft ist Kants drittes Hauptwerk nach der Kritik der reinen und der Kritik der praktischen Vernunft. Es besteht aus zwei Teilen, in denen sich Kant zum einen der Ästhetik zum Anderen der Teleologie widmet. Es wird zwischen dem Schönen und dem Erhabenen unterschieden, Letzteres unterteilt er noch in das mathematische und dynamische Erhabene.

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Kant: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, v1, 04 Sep 2007.

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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
(Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten)
(1785)
by
Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804)
Translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott.

This work has been translated under a number of titles, including ‘Groundwork for the Metaphysic of Morals’; ‘Grounding for the Metaphysic of Morals’; and (in the Paton translation, which is still under copyright) as ‘The Moral Law’.

A concise statement of Kant’s moral thinking. Ethics should be detached from thoughts about consequences. Instead it should be based on a priori reasoning, using the Categorical Imperative.

I have added a TOC, restored italics, and hyperlinked notes.

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karenB: Karen's Scribbles, v1, 29 August 2009

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Just as an experiment for my first and probably my only book I've put it together some short stories as a mobi ebook and attached it. Calibre doesn't recognise the author automatically so I've probably done something incorrectly but it does show on my Cybook.

It's full of boy toys, a few naughty bits and even one or two social comments but they aren't too blatant. I wasn't too sure if it belonged under fantasy but it certainly doesn't belong under young adult.

Try it, if you don't like it you know where the delete key is and the price is right.

Luv Karen

:fingersx:

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Karillon, Adam: Erlebnisse eines Erdenbummlers [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010

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Adam Karrillon (* 12. Mai 1853 in Wald-Michelbach; † 14. September 1938 in Wiesbaden) war ein deutscher Arzt und Schriftsteller, der durch Heimatromane aus dem Odenwald sowie Reiseerzählungen bekannt wurde. Er lebte lange Zeit in Weinheim an der Bergstraße, wo er 1923 Ehrenbürger wurde, und war im selben Jahr erster Träger des Georg-Büchner-Preises.

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Keary, A, & Keary, E: The Heroes of Asgard, v.1, 13 October 2008.

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The Heroes of Asgard: Tales From Scandinavian Mythology
By A. & E. Keary
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891.
With Illustrations by Huard.

An illustrated collection of Scandinavian myths, concentrating on the gods of Asgard: Odin, Thor, Freyja, Baldur and Loki.

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Keats, John: Gedichte von einem... german v1 10 feb 2009

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Gedichte von einem, dessen Name in Wasser geschrieben wurde

John Keats. Was könnte man noch über diesen großartigen Poeten schreiben, das nicht bereits Generationen von inspirierten Dichtern, Philosophen und Künstlern unter dem Einfluß seiner wundervollen Wortmagie versuchten auszudrücken?
Pure, unglaublich schöne und doch auch traurige Romantik. Selbst dem Tod konnte er noch Poesie abringen:

[Here lies one whose name was writ in water.[/
[SIZE="1"](Hier liegt jemand, dessen Name in Wasser geschrieben wurde.)[/SIZ

Inschrift auf Keats Grabstein.

Diese Zusammenstellung beinhaltet 37 Dichtungen, einschließlich des unvollendeten und doch unsterblichen [Hyperion[/...

Vielen Dank an ravenne für die Auswahl dieses unglaublich passenden Coverbildes.

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Keith, Marian: The End of the Rainbow v1 10 mar 2009

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Marian Keith was a pseudonym for Mary Esther Miller MacGregor (1874-1961).

The End of the Rainbow was first published in 1913.

I quite liked this adventure romance with nautical background. Here is a small excerpt:

[QUOTRoderick felt impatient. To him the affair was no laughing matter. To lose Graham's business was unthinkable, to keep out of this troublesome temperance campaign seemed impossible. One moment he felt he must come out right boldly for the cause, the next he called himself a fool, for letting such a doubtful thing stand in the way of his best interests.

But before the necessity for declaring himself came upon him, the temperance campaign suffered a severe check. The trouble arose in an unexpected quarter, not from the enemy, but in the ranks of the advancing army itself. The temperance ship ran against the rock that threatened to split it altogether, on the last Sunday in November. This day was celebrated as St. Andrew's Sunday, the day when the society of the Sons of Scotland, with bonnets on their heads, plaidies on their shoulders and heather in their button-holes, paraded to church in a body and had a sermon preached to them by a minister brought up from the city for the purpose of glorifying Scotland and edifying her sons. As nearly all the Presbyterian congregation of Algonquin was Scotch, every one else was as much edified as the Sons themselves; but there was one prominent exception and that was J. P. Thornton.

Mr. Thornton was an Englishman, born within the sound of Bow Bells, and, like a true Briton, intensely proud of the fact, and though he was as liberal in his general views as he was in politics, and had delivered many a fine speech on Imperialism, yet some stubborn latent prejudice arose in his heart and threatened to overflow every St. Andrew's Sunday. [/QUOT

No illustrations, sadly, but a cover of my own faction.

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Kelland, Clarence Budington: Scattergood Baines. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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Part Cracker-Barrel Philosopher, part back woods tycoon... this book is great fun to read, but read it with your eyes wide open and learn how an entrepreneur thinks.

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Keller, Gottfried: Der Schmied seines Glücks german v1 11 apr 2009

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Gottfried Keller (* 19. Juli 1819 in Zürich; † 15. Juli 1890 ebenda) war ein Schweizer Dichter und Politiker. Keller begann eine Künstlerlaufbahn als Landschaftsmaler, wandte sich im Vormärz zur politischen Lyrik und beschloss sein Leben als einer der erfolgreichsten deutschsprachigen Schriftsteller des 19. Jahrhunderts. Von 1861 bis 1876 bekleidete er das Amt des Staatsschreibers der Republik Zürich. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind der Roman Der grüne Heinrich und der Novellenzyklus Die Leute von Seldwyla. Keller gilt als Meister der Novellendichtung und als einer der bedeutendsten Erzähler des bürgerlichen Realismus.

Der Selwyler Johann Kabis sucht schon sein Leben lang, das für in vorbestimmte Glück. Um sich für das Ungewöhnliche bzw. Glückhafte zuzubereiten ändert er schon mit jungen Jahren sein Namen Johannes in das englische John, damit er sich von den anderen Selwylern hervorhob. Weiters trägt er schon immer eine Ansammlung von Kleinoden, wie zum Beispiel eine vergoldete Brille, emailierten Hemdknöpfen oder einer goldenen Uhrkette mit sich, um auch damit seinen Glück etwas Nachhilfe zu geben.

Doch als das Glück nicht anbeißen will ändert er auch noch seinen Familiennamen von Kabis in Kabys, was nichts anderes als Weißkohl bedeutet.

Zynisch, ironisch oder ganz einfach Satire?

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Keller, Paul: Das letzte Märchen. german. v1. 3 may 2009

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Paul Keller (* 6. Juli 1873 in Arnsdorf, Kreis Schweidnitz; † 20. August 1932 in Breslau) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Publizist. Keller gehörte zu den meistgelesenen Autoren in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, was sich in einer Gesamtauflage seiner Bücher 1931 bei 5 Millionen widerspiegelt und wurde in 17 Sprachen übersetzt. Schriftsteller wie Wilhelm Raabe oder Peter Rosegger schätzten den Autor sehr. Die Sprache und Gestaltung von Kellers Werken ist ausgesprochen gemütvoll und zielt auf das Gefühl des Lesers ab.

Der 1905 erschiene Roman [Das letzte Märchen[/ ist ein Werk zwischen Märchen und Fantasy. Der Autor selbst nennt ihn ein "Idyll". Er sagt:
["In diesem Buch will ich alles retten, was in mir noch jung ist, nein, was in mir noch ein Kind ist. Kommt mit! Nicht alle! Nur die, die in ihres Lebens heimlichen Stunden in der Brust das alte Kinderherz noch einmal ein paar Schläge fühlen, die manchmal eine Sehnsucht haben, in die Heimat zu gehen und die Spielplätze neu aufzusuchen. Im letzten Märchen liegt der ersten Märchen Erfüllung."[/

Ein Journalist wird in ein unterirdisches Märchenreich eingeladen, um dort eine Zeitung aufzubauen. Schnell gerät er in dem wundersamen Land in Intrigen innerhalb des Königshauses. Er findet die Liebe, sucht Rübezahls Grab und andere "Märchenstätten" auf und muss die dunkelste Stunde des Märchenreiches miterleben.

Dieses eigenwillige Werk Kellers wird von einer ungeheueren Stimmung beherrscht. Wilhelm Raabe, der berühmte deutsche Vertreter des "Poetischen Realismus", zählte "Das letzte Märchen" zu seinen liebsten Büchern. Und wie sehr er es schätzte, besagt die Tatsache, daß der damals schon gealterte Raabe Bekannte auf der Straße anhielt und ihnen empfahl, in die Buchhandlung zu gehen und Das letzte Märchen zu kaufen.

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Kelley, Edna: The Book of Hallowe’en, v1, 16 Oct 2007.

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Uploaded because we are approaching that time of year.

From the Author’s Preface:
This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe’en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other days in the year,—such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas. The context is illustrated by selections from ancient and modern poetry and prose, related to Hallowe’en ideas.

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Kelly, Florence Finch: With Hoops of Steel v1 25 apr 2009

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I don't know anything about Florence Finch Kelly except that she was born 1858 and died in 1939

From the publisher's note:

[QUOTOwen Wister’s The Virginian and Florence Finch Kelly’s With Hoops of Steel were the first of the modern cow-boy novels. Twenty-five years have passed since Mrs. Kelly’s enthralling story first appeared—September, 1900. Most of the novels published then and since, are dead and forgotten. Not so With Hoops of Steel. It was in continuous demand from its first friendly welcome by the critics until the World War turned public attention to Europe. Even so its vitality persisted, justified this new edition, and seems to warrant the belief that the present generation will find its story interest as vivid and as exciting as did the past, and its value even greater, for it presents an authentic portrait of the old southwestern cattlemen and a fascinating picture of a phase of national development now passed into history.[/QUOT

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Keyhoe, Donald: The Flying Saucers Are Real v1. 9 Dec 07

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I felt that I needed to do my part to expose the conspiracy! Who else would have designed the Amazon Kindle with buttons this big? Had to be aliens...

From Wikipedia:

[The Flying Saucers Are Real[/ by Donald Keyhoe, investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs between 1947 and 1950.

Keyhoe contended that the Air Force was actively investigating these cases of close encounter, with a policy of concealing their existence from the public until 1949. He stated that this policy was then replaced by one of cautious, progressive revelation.

Keyhoe further stated that Earth had been visited by extraterrestrials for [two centuries[/, with the frequency of these visits increasing sharply after the first atomic weapon test in 1945. Citing anecdotal evidence, he intimated the Air Force may have attained and adapted some aspect of the alien technology: its method of propulsion and perhaps its source of power. He believed the Air Force or the US Government would eventually reveal these technologies to the public when the Soviet Union was no longer a threat.

The book cites a panoply of sources: newspapers, magazines, Air Force records and press statements, and personal interviews. It's written in a dramatic, narrative style reminiscent of mystery novels and spy thrillers [(Keyhoe also wrote fiction in these genre[/s)

The book was a huge success and popularized many ideas in ufology that are still widely believed today.

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Keynes, John Maynard: The Great Slump of 1930, v.1, 15 November 2008.

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John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
The Great Slump of 1930 (1930)
First published in The Nation & Athenaeum, issues of December 20 and December 27, 1930.

A short article on the causes of the recession of 1930. Could this be a case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’? Decide for yourself.

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Kielland, Alexander: Garman & Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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Fra Wikipedia:
[Garman & Worse er Alexander Kiellands første roman, utgitt i 1880, og er av mange ansett som hans beste. Bokens handling er lagt til Kiellands hjemby, Stavanger i 1870-årene (selv om byens navn aldri nevnes), og skildrer en del av byens mange særpreg. Midtpunktet i romanen er handelshuset Sandgaard, som er basert på Kielland-familiens eget handelshus, «Jacob Kielland & søn». Rollefigurene er i stor grad basert på folk i hans egen familie og omgangskrets; både moren og faren, samt flere av hans forfedre, kan kjennes igjen i flere av karakterene i boken. Kielland utga i 1882 oppfølgerromanen Skipper Worse, som utspiller seg i det samme handelshuset og miljøet én generasjon tidligere, i 1840-årene.[/

Teksten er hentet fra Project Runeberg, http://runeberg.org, og er opprinnelig lagt inn av Anders Christensen

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Kielland, Alexander: Skipper Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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Fra WIkipedia:
[Romanen foregår i Stavanger, i og rundt handelshuset Sandgaard, som Kielland skapte med familiens eget handelshus, «Jacob Kielland & søn», som modell. Romanen er en oppfølger til Garman & Worse, som utkom i 1880. Men mens den første romanens handling er lagt til 1870-årene, foregår oppfølgeren en drøy generasjon tidligere, i 1840-årene.[/

Teksten er hentet fra Project Runeberg, http://runeberg.org, og er opprinnelig lagt inn av Anders Christensen

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Kierkegaard, Sören: Fear and Trembling, v.1, 22 October 2008.

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Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855)
Fear and Trembling: A Dialectical Lyric (1843)
Translated from the Danish by Walter Lowrie (1868–1959)

Kierkegaard explores the nature of religious commitment by looking at the story of Abraham and Isaac.

A Note on the Source
The text of this book was acquired from Religion Online:
http://www.religion-online.org/
This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock
The site includes this copyright notice:
“Copyright and Use
For each entry, use permission has been obtained or the book is out of print or copyright is believed to have expired. You may download the material, print or quote it for educational purposes, but may not use it for profit. Quotations should be cited. In most cases the print origin of the piece is indicated in the heading. If the document is original to this site, then Religion Online should be cited.”
http://www.religion-online.org/about.htm

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Kierkegaard, Sören: Philosophical Fragments, v.1, 5 November 2008.

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Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855)
[Philosophical Fragments[/
Translated from the Danish by David F. Swenson (1876–1940), translation revised by Howard V. Hong. Originally published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1936.

From Norman Wirzba’s review:
“Soren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous work, [Philosophical Fragments[/, is a deceptively simple text. Its central concern is to delineate, via a "thought experiment," the possibility of "going beyond Socrates." Kierkegaard, under the guise of Johannes Climacus, wants not only to show the pitfalls of Socrates' position and the merits of Christianity, but that these two worlds of thought are categorically different. The difficulty in delineating this difference becomes most acute when we realize that the Socratic thought world represents the highest human achievement. In effect we cannot think Christianity from within our own human resources because those resources always bear the stamp of Socrates. And so the problem becomes, How can we think Christianity at all, given that this thought will not be determined by ourselves? In other words, revelation is never something we expect. It is unthinkable.”
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...10/ai_13405375

A Note on the Source
The text of this book was acquired from Religion Online:
http://www.religion-online.org/
This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock
The site includes this copyright notice:
“Copyright and Use
For each entry, use permission has been obtained or the book is out of print or copyright is believed to have expired. You may download the material, print or quote it for educational purposes, but may not use it for profit. Quotations should be cited. In most cases the print origin of the piece is indicated in the heading. If the document is original to this site, then Religion Online should be cited.”
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Kierkegaard, Sören: Purity of Heart, v.1, 23 October 2008.

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Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855)
Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing (1846)
Translated from the Danish by Douglas V. Steere (1901–1995)
Harper, 1938.

From amazon:
“This work aims at preparing the reader to enter into the "office of confession," and probes deeply into the inner motivations for choosing to become an authentic self. Considered a classic of devotional literature, it sometimes reads obscurely (e.g., the "Good" is never really defined), yet at other times is radiantly clear (e.g., on the call to live self-consciously and with responsibility). As with all of SK's non-pseudonymous works, "Purity of Heart" makes for worthy reading which will provoke and challenge you.”
http://www.amazon.com/Purity-Heart-T.../dp/0061300047

A Note on the Source
The text of this book was acquired from Religion Online:
http://www.religion-online.org/
This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock
The site includes this copyright notice:
“Copyright and Use
For each entry, use permission has been obtained or the book is out of print or copyright is believed to have expired. You may download the material, print or quote it for educational purposes, but may not use it for profit. Quotations should be cited. In most cases the print origin of the piece is indicated in the heading. If the document is original to this site, then Religion Online should be cited.”
http://www.religion-online.org/about.htm

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Kierkegaard, Sören: Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard, v.1, 19 October 2008

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Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855)
Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard
Translated by L.M. Hollander
Adjunct Professor of Germanic Languages
University of Texas Bulletin. No. 2326: July 8, 1923.

This book was the first appearance in English of any of Kierkegaard's writings. The translator was then adjunct professor of Germanic Languages at the University of Texas. The selections are from Either/Or, Stages in Life’s Way, Fear and Trembling, and two shorter works. It was an important step in the dissemination of Kierkegaard's works.

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Kierkegaard, Sören: The Sickness unto Death, v.1, 20 October 2008.

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Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855)
“The Sickness unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening”
By‘Anti-Climacus’
(1849)
Translated from the Danish by Walter Lowrie (1868–1959).
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1941.

The “sickness unto death” of the title, is despair. Kierkegaard (under the pseudonym ‘Anti-Climacus’) analyses the causes of despair (Angst) and notes:
“The greatest danger, that of losing one’s own self, may pass off as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, that of an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc., is sure to be noticed.”
For Kierkegaard, autonomy is possible only via direct accountability to God.
This work greatly influenced later existentialist philosophers.

A Note on the Source
The text of this book was acquired from Religion Online:
http://www.religion-online.org/
This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock
The site includes this copyright notice:
“Copyright and Use
For each entry, use permission has been obtained or the book is out of print or copyright is believed to have expired. You may download the material, print or quote it for educational purposes, but may not use it for profit. Quotations should be cited. In most cases the print origin of the piece is indicated in the heading. If the document is original to this site, then Religion Online should be cited.”
http://www.religion-online.org/about.htm

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Kilner, Dorothy: THE LIFE AND PERAMBULATIONS OF A MOUSE (1783-1784). v1, 21 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

This very interesting and charming narrative chronicles the life of a mouse. All the animals have been invested with a unique persona. The work is made unique by the fact that the attitudes, feelings and thoughts of the animal are presented by an animal itself. Interspersed with moral lessons on how to treat the weak, this is a brilliant work.

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King, Charles: A Daughter of the Sioux v1 23 dec 2008

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

1902.

Also illustrated by Edwin Willard Deming. While many of his books were written under the name Captain Charles King, for some he is listed as General. The literary novels of Charles King are ones of Victorian ideals, morals and views played out on western frontiers, the Civil War, and the Spanish Philippines. His often melodramatic stories are based on personal adventures and experiences with detailed observations and opinions arising from specific times and places. Publishing over 60 novels and numerous short stories, King was a popular author in his day, yet today is known mostly for one title, Campaigning With Crook. The book begins: [QUOT
The major commanding looked up from the morning report and surveyed the post adjutant with something of perturbation, if not annoyance, in his grim, gray eyes. For the fourth time that week had Lieutenant Field requested permission to be absent for several hours. The major knew just why the junior wished to go and where. The major knew just why he wished him not to go, but saw fit to name almost any other than the real reason when, with a certain awkward hesitancy he began: W-ell, is the post return ready?
[/QUOT

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King, Charles: An Apache Princess v1 13 dec 2008

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Classic western novel.

According to Wikipedia:

"Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – 17 March 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody.

King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silents films.... In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The fighting with Spain was over by the time he arrived, but he assisted in the surrender negotiations. During the following Philippine-American War, King was placed in command of the 1st Brigade in Henry W. Lawton's division. He led his brigade during the Battle of Manila and sailed for Santa Cruz with Lawton's division.

He was incapacitated by sickness during the Battle of Santa Cruz, but he returned to fight in the following Battle of Pagsanjan. He took part in the final major campaigns before the fighting turned primarily to guerilla warfare. He returned to the United States and was active in the Wisconsin National Guard and in training troops for World War I. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels. Among his list of titles are Campaigning with Crook, Fort Frayne, Under Fire and Daughter of the Sioux."

Added original cover (lightly illustrated)

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King, Charles: Starlight Ranch v1 25 nov 2008

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GENERAL CHARLES KING
(October 12, 1844: Albany, NY ~ March 17, 1933: Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

King, who was credited with seventy years of active military service, was the only soldier in American history to serve in five American wars: The Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Phillipine Insurrection and World War I.

Novelist:Author of over 60 books and hundreds of articles and short stories

Historian:His novels, although they all follow virtually the same plot, draw from personal experience and are exciting narratives full of accurate, detailed descriptions of army life and Indian wars in the American West.

King was one of the biggest role models of ERB.

Got this text from PG and gave it the MTH treatment.

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King, Martin Luther: Letter from the Birmingham Jail, v1, 18 January 2010

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As part of my MLK Day of Service rituals every year I always enjoy reading Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter which he wrote from the jail in Birmingham, Alabama after being arrested along with several hundred others for disobeying a court injunction against peaceful civil rights actions he helped to organize there. While in solitary confinement, he was slipped a newspaper advertisement written by eight clergymen from several faiths. They criticized the demonstrations that King was leading calling the participants extremists, law breakers, and believers in anarchy. Concerned, upset, and righteously indignant, he wrote a response in the margins of the paper.

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The Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail, is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr., an American civil rights leader. King wrote the letter from the city jail in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was confined after being arrested for his part in the Birmingham campaign, a planned non-violent protest conducted by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference against racial segregation by Birmingham's city government and downtown retailers.

King's letter is a response to a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen on April 12, 1963, titled "A Call For Unity". The clergymen agreed that social injustices existed but argued that the battle against racial segregation should be fought solely in the courts, not in the streets. King responded that without nonviolent forceful direct actions such as his, true civil rights could never be achieved. As he put it, "This 'Wait' has almost always meant 'Never.'" He asserted that not only was civil disobedience justified in the face of unjust laws, but that "one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."

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Kingsley, Charles: Hypatia, v.1 20 Nov 2007.

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First published in two volumes in 1853, this is the first historical novel of Charles Kingsley.

It is loosely based on the true story of the early 5th-century philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria. She was a noted mathematician and Neo-Platonic philosopher. Together with her father, she has been credited with the invention of the astrolabe and hydrometer.

She was massacred by a Christian mob. Bertrand Russell noted, “After this, Alexandria was no longer troubled by philosophers.” Wikipedia has a useful article on her life.

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Kingston, W. H. G.: Hurricane Hurry, v.1, 11 Sept 2008

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William Henry Giles Kingston (1814 - 1880) was a popular English novelist who wrote over 130 books over 30 years. These were primarily adventure books and many of them were set at sea. The son of a wine merchant, Kingston had spent much of his early life in Portugal and fell in love with seafaring.

[Hurricane Hurry[/, first published in 1873, is meant to be based on the journal of a Royal Naval officer participating in the American war of Independence including the surrender of Cornwallis.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Afar in the Forest v1 1 feb 2009

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This is not one of Kingston's naval stories, but it describes the adventures and daily life of early settlers of America. Fights with bears, wolves and natives are usual for a family of Brits.

This tale is quite PI, as "savages" are shot on sight and animals killed randomly. Please refrain from reading this book if such things affect you.

Apart from this warning, this action-based read is entertaining and features great illustrations and a great cover by ravenne.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Eastern Seas v1 2mar 2009

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The book, quite a long one, is concerned with the adventures of a boy, Walter Heathfield, and of his sister Emily. They appear on the scene in chapter one, in rather a dramatic fashion, as they are rescued from a sinking ship, along with their dying father, moments before the ship finally vanishes. On reaching London their relations are traced, but none appear at all interested in them, except for Uncle Tom, who has but little money, and who unfortunately dies before the chapter is done, of a horse-riding accident.

As a result the ship's captain and his family decide to look after them.

The captain has a daughter, Grace, and a kindly wife. He asks them all to accompany him on the ship's next voyage, which is to the eastern seas. There is a passenger, a Mr. Nicholas Hooker, who is a naturalist, and who of course delivers himself of numerous speeches describing the animals and plants they see during the trip.

They have numerous adventures, including of course (as you would expect in a Kingston novel) the loss of the ship. Walter keeps a journal, though at times Emily has to write it for him. When they finally get back to Old England, the old relative, Lord Heatherly, who had refused to help them, dies, and it turns out Walter is his heir. So the fortunes of Walter and Emily are very much changed.

Illustrated adventures for the young (at heart)

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Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Florida v1 24 mar 2009

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The edition used is dated 1932. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.

In this book by Kingston we are introduced to Florida in the mid-19th century, when the tail-end of the wars between the Cherokee and Seminole Indians was still rumbling on, and the white man was still occasionally disturbed by attacks by Indians.

Large areas of the territory are swamp, water, and densely overgrown plains. All this is described in detail.

Our hero this time is a “school-leaver” from Ireland, whose father seems to have had just one too many sons for him to be able to provide for all of them. His estate is a little encumbered by debt: he is what was known as a squireen. While trying to make up his mind what to do the boy decides to visit relatives in the USA, and that is why he went to Florida.

It must be said that he appeared quite thankful to get back more or less in one piece! (www.athelstane.co.uk)

Glorious cover by ravenne

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Kingston, W.H.G.: On the Banks of the Amazonas v1 23 jan 2009

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This is a quite long book, very well written, about a trip down the Amazon. There is rather a lot of "Natural History", but not too much, because it has all been made easy to follow, and is very interesting. All sorts of interesting things happen on this voyage.(Athelstane)

Great cover by ravenne, some good illustrations inside. Entertaining!

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter the Whaler v1 12 jan 2009

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eter’s father is a country vicar in Ireland, and Peter is a naughty teenager, who has got in with friends who encourage poaching, at that time a most serious offence. His father confiscates the gun, but one night Peter recovers the gun and has another coaching expedition, during which he is caught by the gamekeepers. The magistrate releases him to his father, who travels with him to Liverpool. For fifteen pounds Captain Swales of the Black Swan agrees to take him and to teach him the rudiments of seamanship on a return voyage to Canada. It turned out she was an ill-managed emigrant ship, and the emigrants were very badly treated. Captain Swales and his officers are as nasty as they come. There is a fire on board, and the people are rescued by the Mary, Captain Dean, who is a very different kind of man than the despicable Captain Swales. At Quebec Peter joins the Foam, Captain Hawk. There then follows a series of events, some good, and some bad, but all well-written.

It must be remembered that Peter the Whaler was probably the first seafaring book by Kingston, although he had written several books during the previous twenty years or so, The book was very well received by the public, and Kingston took up writing adventure novels for teenagers as a permanent occupation, until his death about thirty years later. (Athelstane)

Cover by Ravenne.Good read, one illustration only

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Sunshine Bill v1 20 mar 2009

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Bill's father is a wherry-man in Portsmouth Harbour, who one day has an accident and is killed. Bill's mother is a seller of apples. The whole family are a happy, good-humoured lot. Bill is befriended by a Captain Trevelyan, who offers him a boy seaman's place in his ship, the Lilly. So Bill goes off to sea, knowing that it would be perhaps four years or more before he would see his family again.

His companions as boy seamen include Tommy Rebow, a somewhat weaker lad than Bill. The crew are all reasonably pleasant people, maybe grumbling
occasionally, but all getting on well together.

But all is not sunshine, for there are hurricanes, fallings overboard, and other serious mishaps resulting in some swimming. Some fighting with the French, some encounters with sharks, some days with little or no food and water. But they get through it all, giving heartfelt thanks to God for each release from their ordeals. They were taking a captured prize to Jamaica, when a lot of this occurred, and it was a considerable time before they found themselves back on board the Lilly, and homeward bound.

Kingston, William Henry Giles (1814-1880), English novelist, son of Lucy Henry Kingston, was born in London on the 28th of February 1814. Much of his youth was spent at Oporto, where his father was a merchant, but when he entered the business, he made his headquarters in London. He early wrote newspaper articles on Portuguese subjects. These were translated into Portuguese, and the author received a Portuguese order of knighthood and a pension for his services in the conclusion of the commercial treaty of 1842.

In 1844 his first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared, and in 1845 The Prime Minister, a Story of the Days of the Great Marquis of Pombal. The Lusitanian Sketches describe Kingston’s travels in Portugal.

In 1851 Peter the Whaler, his first book for boys, came out. These books proved so popular that Kingston retired from business, and devoted himself to the production of tales of adventure for boys. Within thirty years he wrote upwards of one hundred and thirty such books. He had a practical knowledge of seamanship, and his stories of the sea, full of thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes, exactly hit the taste of his boy readers.

Characteristic specimens of his work are The Three Midshipmen; The Three Lieutenants; The Three Commanders; and The Three Admirals. He also wrote popular accounts of famous travellers by land and sea, and translated some of the stories of Jules Verne.

In all philanthropic schemes Kingston took deep interest; he was the promoter of the mission to seamen; and he acted as secretary of a society for promoting an improved system of emigration. He was editor of the Colonist for a short time in 1844 and of the Colonial Magazine and East Indian Review from 1849 to 1851. He was a supporter of the volunteer movement in England from the first.

He died at Willesden on the 5th of August 1880.(www.athelstane.co.uk)

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Pirate of the Mediterranean v1 23 dec 2008

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Kingston, William Henry Giles (1814-1880), English novelist, son of Lucy Henry Kingston, was born in London on the 28th of February 1814. Much of his youth was spent at Oporto, where his father was a merchant, but when he entered the business, he made his headquarters in London. He early wrote newspaper articles on Portuguese subjects. These were translated into Portuguese, and the author received a Portuguese order of knighthood and a pension for his services in the conclusion of the commercial treaty of 1842.

A long book full of adventure and tense situations. I was a bit disappointed to find that the Pirate was a Greek who preyed mostly upon Italian, Greek and Turkish vessels in the Eastern Mediterranean, because I had hoped that Kingston would address himself to the problem in the previous century, where Barbary and Algerine pirates were harrying European craft, taking their passengers prisoner as slaves, whom they used to carry out the building works of their cities.

Great book. If you like pirate tales, this one's for you!

Have fun!

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The three Midshipmen v1 12 jan 2009

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The tale of the Three Midshipmen is carried on to the Three Lieutenants, the Three Commanders, and the Three Admirals. The book starts with the arrival of three new boys at a boarding school for young gentlemen. One boy is English, one is Scottish, and the third is Irish. Under the influence of various bullies and other schoolboy adversities the three lads learn to stick together, and to look after each other. They join the Navy, and get various postings by which from time to time they meet, usually under the most difficult circumstances. Of course they each survive bravely, though any of the boats’ crews that they have the honour to command are mowed down by the enemy. In other words, some of it is pretty tall stuff, but it was very good fare for the nineteenth century and early twentieth century English schoolboy.(Athelstane)

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Shipmates v1 3 jan 2009

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This is only a short book, but it is beautifully written, and it packs a punch.

The two people designated as shipmates start off at the beginning of the book as reasonably close friends, but a weakness for alcohol causes Dick Bracewell to behave more and more badly, while the real hero, Ralph Michelmore, despite being taken by the Press-gang, behaves more and more nobly as the story progresses.

Ralph is already Mate of the Amity when pressed into the Royal Navy, but he had accidentally gone out that evening without his "Protection", a document attesting to his rank in the Merchant Navy. He had that very evening become engaged to Jessie, who waits for him for years.

With a couple of curious twists it all works out well in the end; Ralph is reunited with Jessie, and the wicked shipmate, Dick, meets a suitable doom.(Athelstane)

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Kingston, W.H.G: Ron Morton v1 3 mar 2009

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This is quite a difficult book to get the gist of. It is a tale of inheritance. A family inhabiting a castle in Shetland, a group of islands to the north of Scotland, is also apparently entitled to a title and lands in Spain and elsewhere. But who of the Shetland family is the rightful heir? The Spanish usurpers are well aware that the true heir is in Shetland, and their agent is a priest who appears several times in the book.

Apart from all this there is a background of seamanship and sailing vessels, for the time is just after the Napoleonic War with France. This of course is the setting in which Kingston excels as an author.(S: www.athelstane.co.uk)

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Kingston, WHG: The Young Llanero v1 20 sep 2009

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WHG Kingston:
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.
His first book, [The Circassian Chief[/, appeared in 1844. His first book for boys, [Peter the Whaler[/, was published in 1851, and had such success that he retired from business and devoted himself entirely to the production of this kind of literature, in which his popularity was deservedly great; and during 30 years he wrote upwards of 130 tales, includ