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  Typee - A Peep at Polynesian Life

  Herman Melville

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  Inspired by Melville’s own experiences on the high seas, this classic adventure tale pits two sailors against an island of cannibals After six months of  relentless battering by the turbulent South Pacific, the whaling ship known as the Dolly is beginning to resemble a swollen and cracking prison. For Tommo, it’s been six months of little to eat but stale biscuits, six months of steady abuse and derision from his shipmates, six months with nothing to distract him from the daily drudgery of life aboard the boat. All that time and not even a hint of land—it’s enough to drive anyone mad. Thousands of miles from home, the Dolly finally chances upon a remote island, and Tommo and fellow sailor Toby resolve to strike out on their own. Intrigue and excitement ensue when they discover their new haven to be inhabited by a tribe of cannibals!   This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

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  Once We Sang Like Other Men

  John MacKenna

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  'I'm not an impulsive person. Twice in my life I've done impulsive things. The first time was when I packed a bag, walked out on my wife and kids, left my job and hit the road to follow the Captain. Goodbye was all she wrote.' These wide-ranging stories follow the disparate disciples of the Captain – a mysterious, powerful and magnetic figure whose violent and chaotic death at the hands of the army radically alters their lives in myriad ways. From rural North American farms and dive bars to the suburbs of Ireland and the sands of Palestine, we witness their struggles to find a place, a peace, in a world that is fractured and incomplete. Once We Sang Like Other Men is a surprising, mysterious, lyrical and affecting collection with a stunning range of voice from a recognised master of the form.

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  The Yellow Wallpaper - A...

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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  The story's protagonist and narrator is an unnamed woman whose husband, a doctor named John, makes her spend the summer in the country for her health. The woman, her baby, John, John's sister and some servants stay in a large rented house. John chooses a bedroom for himself and his wife, which is large and airy but otherwise quite unpleasant. The narrator takes an immediate dislike to the room's yellow wallpaper. She soon starts to see grotesque images in its pattern. After some time, the narrator becomes convinced that the wallpaper depicts a woman trapped behind a cage.The story's protagonist is confined to the house. She has to write in secret because she has been forbidden to do work of any kind. John, in his capacity as both a husband and a representative of the medical profession, is dismissive of her problems. John's treatment of his wife and patient means that her physical and mental health only got worse.

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  Short Story Press Presents...

  Short Story Press, Jasmine Bowen

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  They were princesses that were never supposed to inherit the throne, but to live happily ever after with their princes. 
  Everything changed when a mass slaughter took the lives of the generation before, leaving an elderly king with no heirs, save them. 
  Felicia rules the kingdom with a heavy heart, separated from her long term love to love a man who makes her choose; love or the throne. 
  Eva, the sickly but strong-hearted princess, and James, the navy commodore and trusted advisor of Felecia, no longer have to hide their long term love affair. 
  Eva and James think they finally have peace after being separated for 15 years by Eva's arranged marriage: an alliance once made to help fortify the country. 
  Now, Felicia must choose her own love and happiness or the throne. 
  Will she disrupt the finally peaceful and relaxing lives of Eva and James to have them take the throne? 
  Or will she choose to live in misery without the man she loves; a man she cannot marry? 
  “The Uncertain Throne” makes us realize what we must do in the most desperate of times and realize our true self. 
  Not all of us would respond the same way; not all of us would become the same person or make the same choices we think we would make. 
  Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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  Flappers and Philosophers

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  Flappers and Philosophers was the first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It includes eight stories:* "The Offshore Pirate"* "The Ice Palace"* "Head and Shoulders"* "The Cut-Glass Bowl"* "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"* "Benediction"* "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong"* "The Four Fists"(Introduction by Wikipedia)

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  Short Story Collection Vol 054

  Various Various

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  LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 054: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

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