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  The Lost World

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Edward Malone is a newspaperman with an ultimatum: in order to marry the girl of his dreams, he must go on a grand adventure and make a name for himself. He is directed to interview one of the irascible and volatile characters in all literature – Professor George Edward Challenger. By the time the week is out, Edward Malone is one of an elite expedition led by Professor Challenger into an area that has been isolated from all the natural changes of time. It is a lost world of gigantic insects, warring barbaric tribes, and dinosaurs. But once they discover it, they find themselves absolutely, positively trapped in a land that time has forgotten.

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  The Governor of St Kitt's

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Governor of St. Kitt's is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Pearson's Magazine in january 1897. 1st story of the Captain Sharkey saga.Captain John Scarrow, of the ship Morning Star, rescues Hiram Evanson, the sole survivor of a schooner which had been scuttled by the dreadful pirate Sharkey. When they sail back to Basseterre, Sharkey is in jail. The Governor of St. Kitt's, Sir Charles, with a weak health accompanied by his doctor Dr. Larousse ask Captain Scarrow to sail them back to England. The voyage on the Morning Star is a successful one, and in about three weeks she is at the mouth of the British Channel. Captain Scarrow, the Governor and Dr. Larousse meet for a last turn of cards in the captain cabin. The Governor suddenly gets all the big stake and reveals he is Captain Sharkey, helped by his quartermaster Ned Galloway which was a fake doctor. Scarrow is tied in his cabin and Sharkey leaves the boat, which he had previously scuttled. With a dinghy, he then meets a fishermen boat, kills the crew, and the little craft crept out with her nose to the Atlantic.

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  A Predicament

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "A Predicament" is a humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, usually combined with its companion piece "How to Write a Blackwood Article". It was originally titled "The Scythe of Time". The paired stories parody the Gothic sensation tale, popular in England and America since the early 19th century.
  The story follows a female narrator, Signora Psyche Zenobia. While walking through "the goodly city of Edina" with her 5-inch-tall (130 mm) poodle and her 3-foot-tall (0.91 m) black servant, Pompey, she is drawn to a large Gothic cathedral. At the steeple, Zenobia sees a small opening she wishes to look through. Standing on Pompey's shoulders, she pushes her head through the opening, realizing she is in the face of a giant clock...

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  The Moonstone

  Wilkie Collins

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  This is heralded as the very first mystery novel. Collins, in his great work, created the guidelines for the genre as we know it today: a fabulous diamond stolen, everyone in the house is suspected, three mysterious Indians sworn to protect the jewel at all costs, the upstairs/downstairs tension from the servants, and a brilliant detective who is eccentrically fond of roses.

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  The Wisdom Of Father Brown -...

  G.K. Chesterton

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  'You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.'
  
  First published in 1914, The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second collection of thrilling short stories starring G.K. Chesterton's most iconic creation: the priest detective, Father Brown.
  
  The humble yet shrewd Father Brown returns in a series of epic mysteries that see him use his gift of human understanding to solve the crimes at play. After all, it is not just logic and rational thinking that can get to the root of these crimes – but moral reasoning too. In these twelve tales, we see a man seemingly disappear from a locked room, a staged robbery, a fatal love triangle and much more. Rather than mere criminal tricks, these stories offer profound psychological and spiritual truths. Effortlessly blending moral insight, philosophical reflection and wit, The Wisdom of Father Brown is another Chesterton classic for the ages. This audiobook edition is expertly narrated by Nicholas Boulton.
  Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was an English novelist, philosopher, journalist and critic. A Christian apologist, he is famed for creating the fictional priest-detective Father Brown. His writing was also renowned for his sense of humour: known as 'the prince of paradox', Chesterton often turned common sayings upside down. Admired by several of his literary contemporaries, Chesterton's work is still widely read today.

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  The Golden Slipper and Other...

  Anna Katharine Green

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  The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange introduces one of Anna Katharine Green’s most distinctive detective heroines: Violet Strange, a young society woman whose charm, wit, and social position conceal an unexpected gift for solving delicate mysteries. 
  Across nine intriguing cases, Violet moves through drawing rooms, country houses, fashionable gatherings, and private scandals, uncovering thefts, hidden motives, suspicious deaths, missing evidence, and secrets too sensitive for ordinary police work. From “The Golden Slipper” to “Violet’s Own,” each problem reveals a different side of her intelligence, courage, and emotional complexity. 
  First published in the early twentieth century, this collection is an important classic of female detective fiction from Anna Katharine Green, one of the pioneering voices of American mystery writing.

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