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  A Tale of The Ragged Mountains

  SAMPI Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  In "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains", Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of Augustus Bedloe, who, during a walk in the Ragged Mountains, experiences a series of supernatural events and a visible temporal overlap, culminating in an intriguing revelation about his own identity and destiny.

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  War and Peace Book 1

  Leo Tolstoy

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  "War and Peace," an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, unfolds during the Napoleonic era in Russia. The narrative intertwines five aristocratic families amidst the tumult of war and societal change. Amidst political intrigue and military campaigns, Pierre Bezukhov inherits a vast fortune, embarking on a quest for meaning and spiritual fulfillment. Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, disillusioned by the futility of war after severe injury, grapples with love, despair, and the search for purpose. Natasha Rostova, a vivacious young woman, experiences passionate love, heartbreak, and personal growth. The novel masterfully juxtaposes individual destinies against the sweeping backdrop of history, exploring themes of free will versus historical determinism, the human capacity for change, and the timeless questions of war's destructive nature and peace's elusive pursuit.

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  The Venetian Silk-Mercere - A...

  Carlo Gozzi

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  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Grazia Deledda.

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  The Undying Thing

  Barry Pain

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  The Undying Thing by Barry Pain is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Up and down the oak-panelled dining-hall of Mansteth the master of the house walked restlessly. At formal intervals down the long severe table were placed four silver candlesticks, but the light from these did not serve to illuminate the whole of the surroundings. It just touched the portrait of a f This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.

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  How Old Tomofei Died Singing -...

  Rainer Maria Rilke

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  René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke was born into a troubled marriage on the 4th December 1875 in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  His mother, having previously lost a baby girl, would dress the young boy up in girl’s clothing.   
  Later his father dispatched him to a military academy at age 10 but after a miserable 5 years the young Rilke left due to illness and instead entered first Prague and then Munich and finally Berlin university to study art history, philosophy and literature. 
  His initial forays into literature was in poetry.  His intense, mystical and lyrical style was much admired and over time inspired many in succeeding generations.    
  His short prose collection ‘Stories of God’, written in an impassioned burst over several nights was published in 1900 and offers a beguiling view of much of Rilke’s influences and outlook.  
  The following year he married the pioneering sculptor and artist Clara Westhoff.  The union produced one child, a daughter Ruth.   
  He lived in Paris for most of the Century’s first decade where he mixed with many great minds of the time.  Although he continued to write he also worked as a secretary to the sculptor, Rodin.   
  It was only after they settled in Switzerland in 1919 that his writing output was in full flow.  Here he wrote profusely in both German and French, which included much on his previous travels, his left-wing sympathies, his religious and existential thoughts, all part of a unique and consummate style. 
  From 1923 on, Rilke increasingly struggled with his health which was now in constant decline and often spent time rehabilitating at a sanatorium.   
  Rainer Maria Rilke died of leukaemia on the 29th December 1926 in Montreux, Switzerland.  He was 51.

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  The Kellys And The O'kellys

  Anthony Trollope

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  The Kellys And The O'kellys by Anthony Trollope is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: First published in 1848, Trollope's second novel tells the story of Lord Ballindine, and his near neighbours Mrs. Kelly and her son Martin. This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.

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