The Iliad

By Homer

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War. Love. Betrayal. Revenge. These are the forces that define the Iliad, an ancient work by the Greek poet Homer. Here, Homer sings of the tense and violent days of the Trojan War, a battle of gods a ...

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Who is Mark Twain?

By Mark Twain

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Never-before-published essays by American legend Mark Twain.

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Secret Adversary

By Agatha Christie

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Down on their luck and without any prospect of employment, Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley, the hero and heroine of Agatha Christie’s 1922 mystery novel The Secret Adversary come up with a plan ...

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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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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 ...

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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Mansfield Park

By Jane Austen

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Mansfield Park is a witty social comedy, weighing predictable propriety against the consequences of carelessness. Young Fanny Price, born to a large and struggling family, is taken to live at Mansfiel ...

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Poems Every Child Should Know

By Various

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Is this another collection of stupid poems that children cannot use? Will they look hopelessly through this volume for poems that suit them? Will they say despairingly, "This is too long," and "That ...

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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.

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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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Treasure Island

By Robert Louis Stevenson

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This swashbuckling story of adventure follows young man Jim Hawkins as he sets out on a quest for buried treasure. Robert Louis Stevenson’s ageless classic begins when Billy Bones, an old sea captai ...

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Madame Bovary

By Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert's 1856 novel, for all of its modern sense of honesty and power, could have been written yesterday. Here we have one of literature's tragic heroines—the beautiful Emma Bovary&mda ...

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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 ...

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The Beautiful and Damned

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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In 1922 the Jazz Age was at its height—night after night, the privileged class danced till dawn, fueled by money, alcohol, and a taste for fun. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned, ...

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Little Dorrit

By Charles Dickens

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Thirty years ago, Marseilles lay burning in the sun, one day. A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then, than at any other time, before or since. Everything ...

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Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters

By Austen-Leigh and Austen-Leigh

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Enter the world of the woman behind the beloved classics. Here, in her own words and in the stories of those who knew her best, Jane Austen comes alive.

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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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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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