The Moonstone

By Wilkie Collins

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On her eighteenth birthday, beautiful Rachel Verinder receives a present like no other—an enormous, glittering, diamond. Little does she know that this legendary stone will bring with it a world ...

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Democracy in America, Book One

By Alexis De Tocqueville

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A valuable consideration of the American political system through the eyes of an outsider, Democracy in America is based on the French Alexis de Toqueville's 1831 visit to the young United States. Toq ...

Paradise Lost

By John Milton

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As Adam and Eve make their debut in the world, as pure and innocent as can be, a vengeful Satan enlists a dark army to wreak havoc on the earth. Milton's 1667 epic offers a still-revolutionary and mod ...

Life on the Mississippi

By Mark Twain

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Before he became one of America's best-loved authors, Mark Twain lived out his own adventures as a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River. The waterway that would run through the heart of some of ...

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The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories

By P. G. Wodehouse

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P.G. Wodehouse’s The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories is an early collection of works written just as the author’s celebrated comic genius was reaching its razor-sharp peak. Whether encoun ...

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Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln

By Abraham Lincoln

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From his humble beginnings in a log cabin to his brave leadership and tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln rose to legendary status in American history. With a weary nation in the midst of turmoil an ...

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The Prince

By Niccolò Machiavelli

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Published in 1532, The Prince is a shockingly frank guide to the art of cultivating power. How does one establish power and maintain control over other people—or an entire nation? How does a pri ...

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Andersen's Fairy Tales

By Hans Christian Andersen

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Beloved children's classics like The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, and The Princess and the Pea come alive in Andersen's enchanting collection of stories.

Oliver Twist

By Charles Dickens

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Born into poverty and hardship, Oliver Twist is an unfortunate young boy. An orphan, he is sent to a workhouse at a tender age, forced to labor all day with very little to eat. Oliver creates a scanda ...

Vanity Fair

By William Makepeace Thackeray

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Becky Sharp is a keen navigator of the ranks of Victorian society. With no family fortune or pedigree to invite her into the finest circles, Becky relies on determination and her sly intelligence to p ...

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The Canterbury Tales

By Geoffrey Chaucer

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In the middle of a springtime pilgrimage, several weary travelers on their way to Canterbury decide to stop for the night. The men and women gather at an inn and begin a story-telling contest to see w ...

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Beyond Good and Evil

By Friedrich Nietzsche

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Beyond Good and Evil heralds a new generation of thinkers and a bold new way of living in the world. One of the most famous works by the German philosopher Fredrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil dec ...

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Middlemarch

By George Eliot

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One of the most famous novels of the Victorian age and a fabulously juicy read to this day, Middlemarch is George Eliot's masterpiece. At the heart of the story are sisters Dorothea and Cecilia Brook ...

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Essays

By Michel de Montaigne

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What is human nature? What can a single person know of himself, the world around him, or even of God? Since their publication in 1580, Montaigne's Essays have been a fixture in the field of philosophy ...

The Odyssey

By Homer

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The Trojan War is over. A hero longs for home. And his wife, ever faithful, longs for his return. So begins The Odyssey, Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's journey home. Although the fighting ...

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Lincoln's Yarns and Stories

By Alexander Kelly

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This 1901 collection of personal anecdotes and fables brings warmth and humanity to our image of Abraham Lincoln. Insightful and often humorous, these stories capture the essence of a man who has gone ...

How to Speak and Write Correctly

By Joseph Devlin

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The English language is quirky, to say the least. The twists and turns of sentences, the difficulty of finding just the right words—we all could use a helpful hint from time to time. This 1910 g ...

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Anne of Green Gables

By L. M. Montgomery

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Anne Shirley, the heroine of L.M. Montgomery's 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, is a girl like no other. Growing up in an orphanage, Anne quickly learns the value of a powerful imagination. It comes i ...

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