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Have you ever wished that you could talk with the great minds of the past? Or attend a party where all of your favorite authors would be in attendance? Many Thoughts of Many Minds is an invaluable col ...
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Perhaps one of the most revered works in all of literature, Tolstoy's War and Peace is an epic story of Russian life in the days of Napoleon. Here are the sagas of five families who must face the ups ...
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In Anna Karenina, faith is challenged, bonds are broken, love dies and is reborn. Originally published in serial form between 1873 and 1877, the novel is set in the glamorous world of the aristocracy ...
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The Count of Monte Cristo is Alexandre Dumas's riveting tale of romantic rivalries, struggles for power, daring escapes, clever disguises, buried treasure, and solemn promises. What more could an adve ...
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It's an impossible crime: two women are brutally murdered in a room locked from the inside, inaccessible by windows and on the fourth floor of a building. Enter brilliant detective C. Auguste Dupin, t ...
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The carefully controlled and chess-like movements of polite society often conceal passionate hearts, keen minds, and rebellious wills. High-spirited Elizabeth Bennet attempts to stay true to her ideal ...
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Don Quixote is a reader who has lost sight of the horizon between fiction and reality. Full to the brim of tales of adventure and romance, Quixote comes to believe that he himself is a knight straight ...
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"Call me Ishmael." So begins Melville's tale of adventure on the high seas. Long ago an enormous white whale ruined the boat and ravaged the body of Captain Ahab. When unsuspecting sailor Is ...
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From the seclusion of her modest New England home, the Belle of Amherst wrote hundreds of poems that perplex and delight readers to this day. As unusual as their creator, Dickinson's poems remained la ...
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Leaves of Grass is a groundbreaking collection of poems by nineteenth century poet Walt Whitman. An early free spirit, Whitman was inspired to put what he felt was the voice of the American everyman o ...
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In this, his last work, Russian master Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of one family torn apart by greed, jealousy, and tragedy. Fyodor Pavlovich is a poor father: he's never shown an interest in an ...
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Les Miserables, Victor Hugo's 1862 masterpiece, tells a story of personal turmoil in the midst of the traumatic political and social upheaval of nineteenth century France. At its heart is Jean Valjean ...
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Love, mystery, and danger combine in Wilkie Collins's haunting tale of The Woman in White. A young art teacher falls in love with one of his students, a girl who is promised to another man. Although ...
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The wild and mysterious moors of Yorkshire are the setting for a passionate connection between childhood friends Catherine and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. Though they grow up and marry other peop ...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Here are twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, the first to feature his immortal detective, Sherlock Holmes. A man of reason and astute reflection, Sherlock Holmes brings order and answers to the myst ...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula is full of the kind of chills and thrills that mark the very best horror stories and films. Jonathan Harker, a freshly-minted English lawyer, travels to Transylvania to take on a ...
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The four March sisters come of age against the backdrop of a nation forever changed by the Civil War. While their father serves in the conflict, the sisters—dutiful Meg, fiery Jo, gentle Beth, a ...
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On the Origin of Species is Charles Darwin's groundbreaking 1859 work that first introduced the theory of natural selection and evolution. The book was the result of years of research, travel, and col ...
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Gormenghast is truely a Wonderful book!
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Five classics that I would probably bring to a desert island:
1) Pride and Prejudice: This could ...
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@lat62: Great--hope you enjoy the Wikipedia Tour!
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