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  Initials Only

  Anna Katharine Green

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  A woman is stabbed in the palm court of a New York hotel with a room full of witnesses, and nobody saw it happen; the only clue is a set of initials. Green published The Leavenworth Case in 1878, nine years before Sherlock Holmes, and is called the mother of the detective novel; here, late in her career, she gives the work to Violet Strange, a society girl who detects for money her family knows nothing about.

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  The Lonely God - A Short Story

  Agatha Christie

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  In the quiet halls of the British Museum, a forgotten stone idol sits unnoticed on a high shelf—its features eroded by time, its purpose long-lost. But for Frank Oliver, a lonely man recently returned to England, the little god becomes something more: a symbol of connection in a world that has passed him by. 
  When Frank notices a young woman visiting the same statue, day after day, something begins to shift. In their quiet devotion to a nameless figure, two strangers begin to find the possibility of something else—companionship, perhaps even love. 
  Agatha Christie’s The Lonely God is a tender and thoughtful departure from her usual crime stories. In this short tale, she explores isolation, identity, and unexpected human connection with quiet grace. 
  Perfect for fans of classic literature, character-driven stories, and emotional fiction with a hint of mystery.

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  One None and a Hundred-thousand

  Luigi Pirandello

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  A seemingly ordinary man's world shatters when his wife points out a minor physical flaw. This sparks an existential crisis in Vitangelo Moscarda, as he realizes everyone perceives him differently, creating "a hundred thousand" versions of himself. Trapped by societal masks and questioning his own sanity, Vitangelo embarks on a radical journey to break free and discover his true identity. This thought-provoking novel by Luigi Pirandello explores the fluidity of self, the power of perception, and the struggle for authenticity in a world obsessed with masks.

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  Christian Gellert's Last Christmas

  Berthold Auerbach

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  Christian Gellert's Last Christmas by Berthold Auerbach 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: Three o'clock had just struck from the tower of St. Nicholas, Leipzig, on the afternoon of December 22d, 1768, when a man, wrapped in a loose overcoat, came out of the door of the University. His countenance was exceedingly gentle, and on his features cheerfulness still lingered, for he had been gaz 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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  A Christmas Tree and a Wedding

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  This short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published in 1848. A man walking past a wedding is reminded of a children's New Year's Eve party he attended 5 years previously – a party that was clearly an excuse for the parents to make advantageous connections in a casual setting. As an outsider at the party, he was able to observe the guests in greater detail than most, and took particular note of the children playing by the Christmas tree, and the social hierarchy they unwittingly participated in. This recording is based on the 1918 translation by Constance Garnett.

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  The Burial of the Guns

  Thomas Nelson Page

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  A Confederate battery, cut off at the end of the war and with no army left to surrender to, takes its guns up a mountain and buries them. Around that: Virginia after Appomattox, old soldiers, mortgaged land, and the world that ended. Page was born on a Virginia plantation and became the most popular voice of the Old South's afterlife; the title story is the best thing he wrote, and the sentiment elsewhere in his work is worth reading with your eyes open.

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