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  Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor...

  Clara Venn

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Clara Venn.

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  A Scene from the Ghetto of...

  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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  Anthology of Classic Short...

  O. Henry, Mark Twain, Saki Saki,...

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  Satire, Humor and Irony in some cases have been regarded as the most effective source to understand a society, the oldest form of social study.
  Contents:
  The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry
  The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry
  What Stumped the Blue Jays by Mark Twain
  The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
  The Toys of Peace by Saki (H. H. Munro)
  The Artful Hussar by Johann Peter Hebel
  From The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
  The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner
  When I Was a Witch by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  Micromegas: A Philosophical History by Voltaire

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  Tales From An Ironic Mind Two

  Paul A. Hernandez

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  TALES FROM AN IRONIC MIND TWO 
  Come take a little journey, maybe just a bit out of your comfort zone, maybe dancing a bit on that line of sanity and madness. Maybe you are one of those people who see things a bit differently, from an angle not often noticed. Do you walk on that road not often traveled? Do you sometimes want to take just a little peak at that great abyss? Do you find life sometimes mystical and magical while others are complaining about the gray? Go ahead, try and guess where the story is going and how it is going to end. Maybe you too, have an ironic mind.  

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - Anton...

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Chekhov is amongst the most vaunted of authors. His tales can take a small fragment of a person’s life and turn it into a narrative of unrivalled and compelling power.   This volume perfectly illustrates Chekhov and his miniature masterpieces. 
   
  1 - The Top Ten - Anton Chekhov 
   
  2 - The Bet 
   
  3 - Vanka 
   
  4 - Misery 
   
  5 - The Lady with the Dog 
   
  6 - The Kiss 
   
  7 - The Death of a Government Clerk 
   
  8 - Volodya 
   
  9 - The Student 
   
  10 - About Love 
   
  11 - Gooseberries

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  Short Stories Set on Holiday - A...

  John Buchan

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  The expected joy that a few days in a different setting can, and most probably will, make is one of life’s most pleasant pleasures.  Usually.  But in this volume our classic authors including John Buchan, Edith Wharton, E M Delafield, M R James and a host of others really do seem to want to make some of those few days of indolent pleasure into something rather unpleasant. 
   
  1 - Short Stories Set on Holiday  - An Introduction 
  2 - Roman Fever by Edith Wharton 
  3 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner 
  4 - An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr 
  5 - No Man's Land by John Buchan 
  6 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  7 - The Blank Cheque by Lewis Carroll 
  8 - A Little Holiday by Oswald Sickert 
  9 - Strychnine for Village Dogs by Arthur Gask 
  10 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett 
  11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda 
  12 - Holiday Group by E M Delafield 
  13 - Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House by Clara Venn 
  14 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet

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