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  The Comet - From their pens to...

  W E B Du Bois

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  William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on the 23rd February 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.   
  He was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1895.  As a sociologist his writing, including the classic 1903 work ‘The Souls of Black Folk’, introduced the concept of "double consciousness"—the sense of 'twoness' felt by Black Americans—and his famous statement, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." 
  Du Bois was a seminal figure in the long fight for the full and immediate introduction of Civil Rights.  He was the only Black co-founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and served as the editor of its influential magazine, ‘The Crisis’, which was not only a widely applauded platform for protest against segregation but a valuable literary space for black authors to gain an audience for their stories. 
  As well as writing widely and prolifically in non-fiction he also wrote novels and short story fiction, many of which were surprising in their choice of genre, including science fiction. 
  Although he embraced socialism and later Communism he became further disillusioned with the slow progress of the US Government to act on its promises and renounced his American citizenship and moved to Ghana in 1961. 
  W E B du Bois deid in Accra, Ghana on the 27th August 1963, one day before the March on Washington.  He was 95.

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  The Merle

  Henry C. Rowland

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  The Merle by Henry C. Rowland is presented in a clean English digital edition with active navigation. The book belongs to classics and preserves the character of the source text for sustained ebook reading. The opening pages establish the work's atmosphere with this first movement: "DID you see any of the angels of Mons, Casey?" I asked of the new fishwarden whom I had employed at the Chain Lakes Club on the recommendation of Paul Revanche. Casey's blue eyes twinkled and he shifted his short leg, which had been taken up five inches at the knee owing to loss of material torn away by shrapnel. An i. Detected sections include: The Merle. This edition is prepared for a fluent reading experience with clear typography and no extraneous promotional material.

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  Skulls in the Stars - From their...

  Robert E. Howard

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  The bookshelves of American 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 Robert E Howard.

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  The Wedding Knell - From their...

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, a town synonymous with the earlier Salem Witch Trials. It was instrumental in Hawthorne’s later use of American Gothic and dark romanticism in his writing. 
  He was a mere four years old when his father died and his mother took him and his two sisters to live with her family and then on to their own home in Raymond, Maine. The young Hawthorne had a passion for fiction and poetry and voraciously read the works of Ann Radcliffe, Henry Fielding and Lord Byron.  
  He was sent to college at his maternal uncle’s insistence. During these years he met and befriended Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and future U S president Franklin Pierce. These friendships were lifelong and to have a crucial impact on his writings and career.  
  At college Hawthorne had made attempts at writing short stories and essays but without opportunities to publish. It was only in 1828 that he finally published his novel ‘Franshawe’ to little success and so he began work as editor for the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge.  
  Hawthorne’s short stories were first published in magazines but in 1837 were collected and published as ‘Twice-Told Tales’. A steady literary career still did not come his way and so he worked in a good position at Salem’s port and married the love of his life Sophia Peabody. They moved to live in ‘The Old Manse’ at Concord, Massachusetts.   
  Finally. in 1850 came spectacular literary and commercial success with ‘The Scarlet Letter’ followed by ‘The House of the Seven Gables’ the following year.  
  In 1852, Hawthorne published a biography of presidential candidate Franklin Pierce. After Pierce’s victory he was appointed consul in Liverpool, a position that offered prestige, money and fame. At the end of this appointment he returned several times to Europe before settling in Massachusetts and resuming writing and publication. 
  During the early 1860’s his health declined and on 19th May 1864 during a trip to Plymouth, New Hampshire. He was 59 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.

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  Pride and Prejudice

  Jane Austen

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  Jane Austen's literary classic.   
  This is the love story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who misjudge, then challenge and change each other. 
  It is also a novel about the search for happiness and self- knowledge in a world of strict social rules, where a woman must marry well to survive.

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  A Christmas Carol

  Charles Dickens

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  "A Christmas Carol" is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Through these supernatural encounters, Scrooge learns about the errors of his ways and transforms into a kinder, more generous person. The novella is one of Dickens's most famous works and has been adapted into numerous forms of media over the years. It's widely regarded as a classic of both English literature and holiday storytelling.

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