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  Chimes The (Unabridged)

  Charles Dickens

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  "The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Veck, a poor working-class man. When Trotty has lost his faith in Humanity and believes that his poverty is the result of his unworthiness he is visited on New Year's Eve by spirits to help restore his faith and show him that nobody is born evil, but rather that crime and poverty are things created by man.

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  Angel in Disguise An

  T. S. Arthur

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  Timothy Shay Arthur (1809 – 1885) who wrote as T.S. Arthur, was a popular 19th-century American author. "An Angel in Disguise" is an uplifting story of a childless couple who reluctantly take in a disabled child and discover what joy and fulfillment it brings them.

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  The Path to the Spiders' Nests

  Italo Calvino

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  Italo Calvino was only 23 when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at a seedy bar where he amuses the adult patrons. 
  After a mishap with a Nazi soldier, Pin becomes involved with a band of partisans. Calvino's portrayal of these characters, seen through the eyes of a child, is not only a revealing commentary on the Italian resistance but an insightful coming-of-age story. 
  Updated to include changes from Calvino's definitive Italian edition, previously censored passages, and his newly translated, unabridged preface—in which Calvino brilliantly critiques and places into historical context his own youthful work—The Path to the Spiders' Nests is animated by the formidable imagination that has made Italo Calvino one of the most respected writers of our time.

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  The Three Musketeers

  Alexandre Dumas

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  One of the most celebrated and popular historical romances ever written, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D'Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King's Musketeers—Athos, Porthos and Aramis. 
  Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de Treville, the four defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honour of the queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself as the power struggles of seventeenth century France are vividly played out in the background. 
  But their most dangerous encounter is with the Cardinal's spy, Milady, one of literature's most memorable female villains, and Alexandre Dumas employs all his fast-paced narrative skills to bring this enthralling novel to a breathtakingly gripping and dramatic conclusion.

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  The Last Man

  Mary Shelley

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  The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The novel was harshly reviewed at the time, and, except for a 1924 silent film based on it, was virtually unknown – having been eclipsed by Shelley's more popular works – until a scholarly revival in the 1960s. It contains semi-biographical portraits of Romantic figures in Shelley's circle, particularly Shelley's late husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.

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  Mark Twain: The Complete Novels

  Mark Twain

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  This Audiobook contains the complete novels of Mark Twain: 
  The Gilded Age: A Tale of TodayThe Adventures of Tom SawyerThe Prince and the PauperThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtThe American ClaimantTom Sawyer AbroadThe Tragedy of Pudd'nhead WilsonTom Sawyer, DetectivePersonal Recollections of Joan of ArcA Horse's TaleThe Mysterious Stranger

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