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  Chronicles of Avonlea

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

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  Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, first published in 1912.   Support us at https://manifoldmedia.net/donate  Set in the fictional town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, the stories explore the lives of its inhabitants, focusing on the themes of family, love, and friendship. Through the tales of the characters, Montgomery tells stories of romance, loyalty, and the importance of faith. The stories are full of adventure, humour, and heartfelt moments that will warm readers' hearts. Chronicles of Avonlea is a timeless classic that will remain beloved for generations. Support us at https://manifoldmedia.net/donate

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  The Valley of Fear

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard arrives to 221B Baker Street with a case: a Mr. John Douglas has been found murdered at a remote English manor.  
  As Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate, they uncover strange clues pointing to a shadowy secret society and a dark history that stretches across the Atlantic—all the way to a mining town in America. As the case deepens, so does the danger, testing the limits of both their wit and mettle.  
  The fourth and final of the Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear was first serialized in Strand Magazine from September 1914 to May 1915.

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  The Horse of Selene

  Juanita Casey

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  On a remote island off the West coast of Ireland in the 1970s, young farmer Miceal catches sight of a girl on a beach with long hair so blonde it could be white. Befriending the girl and her travelling companions, a world of possibility opens up to Miceal – but where there's opportunity, there is also peril ... Juanita Casey's astounding first novel is a cult classic ready to be rediscovered by a new generation of readers. Drawing on her own life and speaking for her marginalised community, Casey offers a feminist and class-conscious story that explores the eternal choices of youth, between the comfort of a stifling domesticity and the promise and risk of the unknown, characterised in the incomparable wildness of the West of Ireland. The bestselling Casey takes her place alongside such writers as JM Synge and Kevin Barry – the missing connection between the two.

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  The Breaking Point

  Mary Roberts Rinehart

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  ""The Breaking Point" by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a captivating mystery novel that weaves together suspense, romance, and intrigue. Let's delve into the intriguing plot:    Summary  Setting: The story unfolds in a New York suburban town shortly after the end of World War I.  Protagonist: Meet Dr. Dick Livingston, a quiet man with a mysterious past. He can only remember the last ten years of his life.  Love and Mystery: As Dick practices medicine, he falls in love with Elizabeth Wheeler, a young lady who sings in a church choir.  Unexpected Revelation: One evening, while attending a play, Dick is recognized by the main actress' manager. He is identified as Jud Clark, wanted for questioning in a potential homicide that occurred ten years earlier in Wyoming.  Themes: The novel explores identity, memory, and the consequences of a hidden past.  Mary Roberts Rinehart, often called "America's Agatha Christie," crafted this tale with her signature blend of suspense and character-driven storytelling. As you follow Dick's journey, you'll unravel secrets and confront the breaking point where past and present collide."

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  A Farewell to Arms

  Ernest Hemingway

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  A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is a poignant love story set against the brutal backdrop of World War I. The novel follows Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American serving in the Italian army, and his passionate romance with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. As the war rages on, their relationship deepens, but they are constantly tested by the harsh realities of life, loss, and fate. Hemingway’s stark, minimalist style captures the grimness of war and the fragile beauty of love, making it a timeless classic about human resilience and longing.

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  Great Gatsby The: Original 1925...

  F Scott itzgerald

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  The Great Jazz Age Novel 
  The 1925 Original Version 
  The Great Gatsby is considered F. Scott Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, exploring themes of decadence, idealism, social stigmas, patriarchal norms, and the deleterious effects of unencumbered wealth in capitalistic society, set against the backdrop of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. At its heart, it’s a cautionary tale, a revealing look into the darker side to the American Dream. 
  “When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away. This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the “creative temperament”—it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again. No—Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men...”

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