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  The Wind in the Rose-Bush - And...

  Mary Wilkins

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  Ford Village has no railroad station, being on the other side of the river from Porter’s Falls, and accessible only by the ford which gives it its name, and a ferry line.The ferry-boat was waiting when Rebecca Flint got off the train with her bag and lunch basket. When she and her small trunk were safely embarked she sat stiff and straight and calm in the ferry-boat as it shot swiftly and smoothly across stream. There was a horse attached to a light country wagon on board, and he pawed the deck uneasily. His owner stood near, with a wary eye upon him, although he was chewing, with as dully reflective an expression as a cow. Beside Rebecca sat a woman of about her own age, who kept looking at her with furtive curiosity; her husband, short and stout and saturnine, stood near her. Rebecca paid no attention to either of them. She was tall and spare and pale, the type of a spinster, yet with rudimentary lines and expressions of matronhood. She all unconsciously held her shawl, rolled up in a canvas bag, on her left hip, as if it had been a child. She wore a settled frown of dissent at life, but it was the frown of a mother who regarded life as a forward child, rather than as an overwhelming fate. Listen and enjoy.

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  Daemonologie

  King James The First

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  Daemonologie is a historical work on witchcraft, demons, and the supernatural written by King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) and published in 1597. Written in the form of a philosophical dialogue, the book discusses beliefs about witchcraft, sorcery, spirits, and demonic activity during the late 16th century. King James wrote the book partly to support the persecution of witches and to explain why he believed witchcraft and evil spirits were real dangers to society and religion. The work reflects the fears, superstitions, and religious attitudes of its time and had a strong influence on later witch trials and supernatural literature.

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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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  Wise Words in Forgotten Times -...

  Daniel Sheehan

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  One of the ‘truths’ about writers is that after a successful first book the agonies of the second devour both time and talent.  For Daniel Sheehan that seems to have been turned on its head.  Rather than go forward it was easier to look back, to dredge rather than furrow, gathering words, lines and phrases from the past and re-fashioning, distilling and evolving stories of simplicity, complexity, light and dark. Sometimes very dark. 
  His work is often characterized by a modern, intimate, and somewhat mysterious style, focusing deeply on the emotional connection between lovers.

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  Romance

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Romance: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories.
  
  Romance, who loves to nod and sing,
  With drowsy head and folded wing,
  Among the green leaves as they shake
  Far down within some shadowy lake,
  To me a painted paroquet

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  Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  "Man is not truly one, but truly two."
  
  In the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London, the respected and brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll has made a terrifying discovery. Believing that every human soul is a battleground between good and evil, he develops a chemical potion to separate the two. But the experiment goes horribly wrong. Out of the laboratory emerges Edward Hyde—a man of pure, unadulterated malice who prowls the night committing acts of unspeakable violence. As Hyde's influence grows, the boundary between the two men begins to dissolve, leading to a desperate race for control and a shocking final revelation that changed the face of horror fiction forever.
  
  A Masterpiece of Suspense: Told through the eyes of the lawyer Gabriel Utterson, the story unfolds like a Victorian detective novel. Stevenson expertly builds dread through the "mystery of the door" and the unsettling physical descriptions of Hyde, whom people find "deformed" without being able to specify how—a brilliant psychological touch that suggests his evil is felt rather than seen.
  
  The Birth of Psychological Horror: Long before modern psychiatry, Stevenson explored the "repressed" desires of the Victorian gentleman. The tragedy of Dr. Jekyll isn't just his transformation into a monster, but his addiction to the freedom that being a monster provides. It is a searing critique of a society that demands outward perfection while ignoring the shadows within.
  
  Why It Endures: The phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has entered our daily language for a reason. This novella remains a terrifyingly relevant look at the masks we wear and the consequences of trying to split our own nature. It is a fast-paced, atmospheric, and profoundly philosophical journey into the heart of human darkness.
  
  Face the monster in the mirror. Purchase "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" today.

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