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  Vanka

  Anton Chekhov

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  The story relates the plight of a nine-year-old orphan boy, Vanka, who has been apprenticed to a cobbler in Moscow. He writes a letter to his grandfather in the countryside, begging to be rescued from his cruel master. "Vanka" was published in 1886.

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  The Masque of the Red Death

  Sampi Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", Prince Prospero isolates himself and his wealthy guests to avoid a deadly plague. Despite his efforts to escape death, it invades his masked ball, proving that no one can escape fate.

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  Baffling Beasts - 15 Tales of...

  Walter De la Mare, Arlton Eadie,...

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  Fifteen horror stories about strange beings and behaviours that defy conventional definitions. 
  Contents: 
  Warning Wings by Arlton Eadie (Weird Tales, 1929) 
  A seemingly insignificant white moth. 
  Mother of Toads by Clark Ashton Smith (WT, 1938) 
  An unusual witch. 
  The Destroying Horde by Donald Wandrei (WT, 1935) 
  The first BLOB story? 
  Caterpillars by E. F. Benson (The Room in the Tower, 1912) 
  Terrible things in an Italian villa. 
  The Urbanite by Ewen Whyte (WT, 1950) 
  The great city is never still. 
  Rats by F. A. M. Webster (At Dead of Night, 1931) 
  A plague of rats. 
  The Malignant Invader by F. B. Long (WT, 1932) 
  A creature from the bowels of the earth. 
  The Horror in the Museum by H. P. Lovecraft (WT, 1933) 
  A private wax museum that specialises in the grotesque. 
  My Father, the Cat by H. Slesar (Fantastic Universe, 1957) 
  A most unusual cat. 
  The Seeking Thing by Janet Hirsch (Magazine of Horror, 1964) 
  Something in the middle of the road. 
  They by R. B. Johnson (WT, 1936) 
  They dwell in Dead Man's Canyon. 
  The Hyena by Robert E. Howard (WT, 1928) 
  A man with an unusual ability. 
  Sredni Vashtar by Saki (The Chronicles of Clovis, 1911) 
  A secret in the garden shed. 
  Demons of the Film Colony by Theodore LeBerthon (WT, 1932) 
  A tale of 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein'. 
  A:B:O. by Walter de la Mare (Cornhill, 1896) 
  The excavation of a metallic chest.

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  The Scarlet Pimpernel

  Baroness Orczy

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  A timeless novel of adventure, intrigue, and romance is sparked by one man's defiance in the face of authority...Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the Scarlet Pimpernel. But the ruthless French agent Chauvelin is sworn to discover his identity and to hunt him down.There have been many imitations of The Scarlet Pimpernel, but none has ever equaled its superb sense of color and drama and its irresistible gift of wonderfully romantic escape.An Author's Republic audio production.

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  The Locket

  Kate Chopin

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  In “The Locket”, a confederate soldier declines his fellow soldiers’ request to reveal the contents of the locket around his neck. The locket, which holds pictures of his fiancée’s parents and the date of their wedding is found on the battlefield after a battle. Later, the soldier’s fiancée visits the battlefield with the soldier’s father, both shaken with grief. The soldier’s father asks his son’s fiancée to remove her veil, as it contrasts too sharply with the beautiful day and adds that on such a day miracles seem ready to happen. Returning home, something extraordinary happens to make her believe he may be right.

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  Thuvia Maid of Mars - Barsoom...

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth of the Barsoom series. The principal characters are Carthoris (the son of John Carter of Mars) and Thuvia of Ptarth, each of whom appeared in the previous two novels.

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