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  Orthodoxy (Unabridged)

  G.K. Chesterton

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  This book is meant to be a companion to "Heretics," and to put the positive side in addition to the negative. Many critics complained of the book because it merely criticised current philosophies without offering any alternative philosophy. This book is an attempt to answer the challenge. It is the purpose of the writer to attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian Faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it. The book is therefore arranged upon the positive principle of a riddle and its answer. It deals first with all the writer's own solitary and sincere speculations and then with the startling style in which they were all suddenly satisfied by the Christian Theology. The writer regards it as amounting to a convincing creed. But if it is not that it is at least a repeated and surprising coincidence.

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  Guy de Maupassant - Six of the...

  Guy de Maupassant

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master.

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  The Woman in White

  Wilkie Collins

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  A trailblazing work in the mystery and sensation fiction genres, "The Woman in White" enthralls readers with its complex plot, intriguing characters, and spine-tingling atmosphere. The story begins with Walter Hartright's chance encounter with a mysterious woman in white, setting off a chain of events that unravels dark secrets, mistaken identities, and psychological suspense. As the narrative unfolds through multiple narrators, including the unforgettable character of the cunning Count Fosco, the novel keeps readers guessing until its thrilling conclusion. 
   
  Wilkie Collins, an English novelist, and playwright, is renowned as a pioneer of the detective fiction genre. His most famous work, "The Woman in White," published in 1859, captivated readers with its intricate plot, suspenseful narrative, and innovative use of multiple narrators. Collins' contributions to mystery and sensation fiction significantly influenced the development of crime literature.

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  The Confidence-Man

  Herman Melville

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  From the author of Moby Dick: A con artist swindles his fellow passengers on a Mississippi River steamboat in this exploration of human nature. A mysterious stranger boards a steamboat bound for New Orleans on April Fools’ Day. But just who is this confidence-man?   At first, he is a mute, clad in cream-colored clothes and a white fur hat, boarding the steamer Fidèle in St. Louis. The man transforms when he meets a group of passengers. He assumes the identities of a crippled beggar named “Black Guinea,” an agent from the Seminole Widow and Orphan Society, and the president of the Black Rapids Coal Company, among other disguises. As the ship makes its way to its final destination and the huckster’s deceptions lead to thefts, everyone on board will be left wondering whom they can trust.   A cultural satire, allegory, and metaphysical treatise, The Confidence-Man is one of the most unconventional works by the legendary author of Moby Dick and Billy Budd, Sailor.

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  The Taming of the Shrew

  William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit

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  Petruchio tames Katherina, an unwilling participant in the relationship, with various psychological torments, such as keeping her from eating and drinking, until she becomes a desirable, compliant, and obedient bride. This edition of The Taming of the Shrew is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's work. Read in English, unabridged.

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  The Gospel In Brief

  Leo Tolstoy

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  In this book, Tolstoy seeks to condense the four Gospels of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, into one, by looking along the lines of the teachings of Jesus Christ found in each book. In doing so, he discovers that the Lord's Prayer is the best summation of all that Christ taught in the Gospels.

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