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More than a landmark of American literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin makes a powerful anti-slavery statement about the inhumanity of the "peculiar institution." Throughout Stowe's sentimental tale ...
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Captures, disguises, chases, and daring escapes, all set against a backdrop of war: this is the stirring adventure story you've been looking for
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The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens's first novel, published in serial form in 1837. This is the story of the "Pickwick Club," a private society of eccentric gentlemen who feel themselve ...
Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant
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Civil War hero and former President Ulysses S. Grant penned this autobiography in 1885, at the end of his life. In his Memoirs, he describes various life events, but devotes the most attention to his ...
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Here is the very heart of English poetry, still beating strong and clear after nearly four centuries. Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in their entirety in 1609. They feature some of the mos ...
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In Jules Verne's 1874 novel The Mysterious Island, the Civil War is raging in the United States. Five Northern men have been taken prisoner by the Confederate army in Richmond, Virginia. The city is e ...
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One of the great German philosopher Fredric Nietzsche's signature works, Thus Spake Zarathustra offers a radical revisionist theory of the universe. Zarathustra is a wandering prophet, offering his ea ...
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Joseph Conrad weaves a startling tale of espionage, political unrest, and personal turmoil in his 1907 novel The Secret Agent. Set in 1886, it is the story of a man known as Verloc. Life is a humdrum ...
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A vacation to the exotic location of Bath brings excitement and novelty to teenager Catherine Morland's life. Eager for a grand adventure to begin once she arrives, Catherine is delighted to receive t ...
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By the turn of the twentieth century, the rise of big business in America had brought huge changes to the lives of people everywhere. Some enjoyed major success, while others struggled desperately to ...
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Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters
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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 dramatic conclusion to the saga of d'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers—and the revelation of the mysterious man in the iron mask
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A lonely young orphan struggling with a physical deformity, Philip Carey is sent to live with his cold and aloof aunt and uncle. His only joy in their home comes from reading. Great works of literatur ...
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Little Mary Lennox is orphaned and alone in India, where her parents had settled during British colonial rule of the country. Sent far away to live with her uncle in England, Mary is angry with the wo ...
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On a very special Christmas Eve, a hard-hearted man is given a wonderful and terrifying gift. Ebeneezer Scrooge sees no point in Christmas fun. He forces his employee, Bob Cratchit, to work in his fre ...
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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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Lucy Snowe is seeking some much-needed stability and security when she takes a job as a teacher in the faraway city of Villette. What she does not realize is that she's in for a wild ride of mystery, ...
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A young man weighs two very different options for his future at the start of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Robinson can either settle down to a comfortable career in law or set sail for faraway plac ...
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2 Replies Add a ReplyClassics: Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Nothing to be sorry about at all. Thanks!
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Glad to hear it, imnayda! And sburkett, love the avatar (I have the edition with that cover).
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