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  Pointed Roofs

  Dorothy Richardson

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  Miriam Henderson is one of what novelist Dolf Wyllarde (in her great work, The Pathway of the Pioneer) termed "nous autres," i.e., young gentlewomen who must venture forth and earn their living after their fathers have been financially ruined. Also, she has read Villette; she thus applies for and is offered a job teaching conversational English at a girls' school, albeit in Germany rather than France. Pointed Roofs describes her year abroad, as she endeavors to make her way in the hotbed of seething female personalities that populate the school, overseen by her employer, the formidable Fraulein.  
   
  Richardson is adroit at conveying nuances of human perception through acutely observed physical and emotional detail. She was unfortunately labeled the inventor of stream of consciousness, and her later novels suffered when she started believing her own press; but her early ones (the first half-dozen are pre-1923) are free from stylistic excess, and are poignant -- or in this case -- pointed explorations of the workings of the human mind. (Introduction by Grant Hurlock)

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  Horrid Henry; Animal Antics

  Lucinda Whiteley

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  Yeah yeah yeah! Join Henry and all his animal friends as he starts a petsitting service, goes to a pet show and more! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast - includes  "Name Game", "Petsitting Service", "Pet Show", "Titanic TV" and "Purple Penny Dragon". 

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  Redburn: His First Voyage

  Herman Melville

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  Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head was filled with dreams of foreign travel and adventure. In Redburn, the protagonist enlists for a stint as a seaman aboard Highlander, a merchant ship running between New York and London. As with many of Melville's works, this one is as much about class and race as it is about the sea.

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  The Secret of Father Brown

  G.K. Chesterton

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  Father Brown, an unassuming and shabbily dressed priest, possesses an incredible ability to solve crimes and murders. Here he reveals the secret of his success. He discovers the culprit by imagining himself to be inside the mind of the criminal. This fourth collection of Father Brown stories contains the magnificent 'The Chief Mourner of Marne'- a fascinating story with unexpected twists – about a duel and a case of mistaken identity.

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  Short Stories About American...

  O Henry, Kate Chopin, Ambrose...

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  Art and life. Each the mirror of the other.  This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is.  Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive.  We are drawn into characters and landscapes that we can empathize with, we can, metaphorically speaking, help shoulder their burden, be on the long trail with them whatever the landscapes, the hurdles, incidents and other people may place in their literary way.  
   
  In this volume such luminaries as Jack London, Kate Chopin, O Henry, Bret Harte and many others bring their talents to this remarkable volume. 
   
  1 - Short Stories - American Realism - An Introduction 
  2 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry 
  3 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin 
  4 - To Build a Fire by Jack London 
  5 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  6 - The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte 
  7 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce 
  8 - A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin 
  9 - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane 
  10 - A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett 
  11 - The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin 
  12 - The Furnished Room by O Henry 
  13 - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte 
  14 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 
  15 - The Ransom of Red Chief by O Henry

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  Colonel Benyon's Entanglement -...

  Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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  Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born in London on the 4th October 1835. 
   
  At age 5 her parents separated but her ambition to succeed was not daunted.  After being privately educated she took to acting, and the minor roles she obtained where enough to support both her and her mother.  This potential career waned as soon as she began writing and secured an income from it. 
   
  In 1860, she met John Maxwell, a publisher of periodicals, and moved in with him the following year.  At the time Maxwell was already married with five children but his wife was confined to an Irish mental asylum.  On her death they married and she had six children by him. 
   
  Braddon was prolific and wrote over 80 novels, perhaps the most famous is ‘Lady Audley's Secret’ (1862), which won her both sales and a fortune as a bestseller.  She also wrote a number of historical fiction novels which again increased her reputation. 
   
  She was equally prolific as a short story writer, primarily supernatural and ghost stories, all of which continue to be anthologized to this day, such is the high regard they are kept in. 
   
  Braddon founded Belgravia magazine in 1866, its fare being serialised sensation novels, poems, travel narratives and biographies, along with essays on fashion, history and science, all lavishly illustrated.  She also edited Temple Bar magazine. 
   
  Mary Elizabeth Braddon died on 4th February 1915 and is buried in Richmond Cemetery. 
   
  In this story Colonel Benyon returns from service abroad on sick leave to find that England is very much changed.  He accepts a friend’s invitation to take a short recuperation at his home in Cornwall, which has lain empty for some time.  The Colonel takes up the offer, but things do not go quite as planned.

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