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  Revelations

  Katherine Mansfield

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  "Revelations" is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was published in Bliss and Other Stories.
  From eight o’clock in the morning until about half-past eleven Monica Tyrell suffered from her nerves, and suffered so terribly that these hours were—agonizing, simply. It was not as though she could control them.

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  The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the tenth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in April 1892.The story entails the disappearance of Hatty, Lord St. Simon's bride on the day of their marriage. She participates in the wedding, but disappears from the reception.The events of the wedding day are most perplexing to Lord St. Simon as it seemed to him that his bride, Miss Hatty Doran of San Francisco, was full of enthusiasm about their impending marriage. St. Simon tells Holmes that he noticed a change in the young lady's mood just after the wedding ceremony. She was uncharacteristically sharp with him. The only thing out of the ordinary at the church where the wedding took place was Hatty's little accident: she dropped her wedding bouquet and a gentleman in the front pew picked it up and handed it back to her.Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle's: "A Study in Scarlet", "Silver Blaze", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Yellow Face", "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-Headed League", A Case of Identity", "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", "The Five Orange Pips", "The Man with the Twisted Lip", "The Blue Carbuncle", "The Speckled Band", "The Engineer's Thumb", "The Noble Bachelor", "The Beryl Coronet", "The Copper Beeches" and many more.

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  King Midas - A Romance

  Upton Sinclair

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  This captivating novel weaves the tale of two idealistic lovers, Billy Fairfax and Ethel Hever, whose dreams clash with the greed and materialism of their families. As they navigate love and ambition, they encounter the timeless tale of King Midas, drawing poignant parallels between myth and their reality. Sinclair's richly detailed romance explores the moral dilemmas of wealth and the enduring power of true love, making it a deeply touching and thought-provoking read.

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  Les Misérables: Volume 1:...

  Victor Hugo

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  Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, and letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose.
  BOOK 7: THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR: The incidents the reader is about to peruse were not all known at M. sur M. But the small portion of them which became known left such a memory in that town that a serious gap would exist in this book if we did not narrate them in their most minute details. Among these details the reader will encounter two or three improbable circumstances, which we preserve out of respect for the truth.

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  The Blue Castle - A Classic...

  Anonyme

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  What if one shocking secret could unlock the life you were always meant to live? In "The Blue Castle" by L. M. Montgomery, 29-year-old Valancy Stirling has spent her entire life trapped - by her overbearing family, by stifling expectations, and by the fear of disappointing everyone around her. But everything changes the moment she receives unexpected news that shakes her world and awakens a daring new courage inside her. For the first time, Valancy dares to follow her own desires - embracing freedom, chasing beauty, and choosing joy over duty. The timid woman they once controlled transforms into someone radiant, bold, and unapologetically alive. Montgomery’s writing shines with wit, warmth, and gentle humor, wrapping listeners in a story of self-discovery, romance, and the magic of choosing the life your heart has been begging for. Press play and escape into "The Blue Castle", where courage blooms, love surprises, and a forgotten dream finally comes true.

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  Two Views of a Cheap Theatre...

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
  TWO VIEWS OF A CHEAP THEATRE: As I shut the door of my lodging behind me, and came out into the streets at six on a drizzling Saturday evening in the last past month of January,
  all that neighbourhood of Covent-garden looked very desolate.

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