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  A Mummer's Wife

  George Moore

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  "A Mummer's Wife" by George Moore is a stark portrayal of the theatrical world's underbelly in Victorian London. The novel follows Kate Ede, a young woman who marries a traveling actor, and delves into her struggles, desires, and the harsh realities of her life. Moore's narrative exposes the tension between public performance and private identity, exploring themes of love, infidelity, and societal expectations. With gritty realism, the novel offers a candid look at the sacrifices and compromises individuals make in pursuit of artistic and personal fulfillment in a society marked by hypocrisy and judgment.

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  Two Temptations - The Fragile...

  George Eliot

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  In the intricately woven society of Middlemarch, the threads of respectability are beginning to snap. 
  What happens when the life you promised yourself becomes a cage of your own making? 
  In Book 7: Two Temptations of George Eliot's masterpiece, the suffocating grip of financial ruin forces proud men to their knees. Dr. Tertius Lydgate, once fueled by brilliant medical ambition, now finds himself drowning in debt and completely isolated by the glacial, secret-keeping defiance of his beautiful wife, Rosamond. As the auctioneer's hammer looms over their home, Lydgate is driven to the brink, eyeing the billiard tables and the intoxicating, destructive lure of chance. 
  Meanwhile, the pious and wealthy banker Nicholas Bulstrode faces a reckoning of a different kind. A ghost from his unsavory past has arrived on his doorstep, demanding a price for his silence. As Bulstrode's carefully constructed empire of morality threatens to collapse, the desperation of these two very different men collides in a heart-wrenching climax of betrayal and pride. 
  Beautifully narrated by Evelia Farias this explosive installment of Middlemarch dives deep into the dark waters of human frailty, the bitter ironies of marriage, and the agonizing compromises we make when everything is on the line. It is a timeless exploration of temptation that will leave you breathless.

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  Peace on the Western Front - The...

  Mattia Signorini

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  THE WORST OF ENEMIES. THE BEST OF FRIENDS. A powerful, emotional novel of peace and friendship against the greatest of odds . . .1914. A boy enrols in the army, hoping to find peace in the great adventure of war. Handed a rifle, he discovers the grim reality: grey days distinguished only by the ever-present spectre of death. In the midst of horror, he finds close friendships, love and companionship. In an unexpected act of courage, he changes the course of history, bringing German and Brits to put down their weapons for a celebration of peace.  In 1933, a father and son set out for Flanders. The former soldier carries more of the war with him than his maimed left hand. The British man he met in the forest of Ypres is a memory passed down from father to son, a story of friendship across enemy lines, forged by one uniting belief: the need for peace . . .'A small gem of a novel about the folly and wickedness of war' A. N. Wilson

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  Joel a Boy of Galilee

  Annie Fellows Johnston

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  Joel, a crippled boy, cannot play with the children and has nothing to care about. Rabbi Phineas helps him to find something he can do and tells him the reason that he is so kind is because of a boy from his hometown of Nazareth. Soon stories are going about everywhere of miracles, and some people think that the Messiah has come. Then someone tells Joel he should ask for his back to be healed. Will Joel be able to find the miracle worker? (Summary by AdeledePignerolles)

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  Dance of Hearts - A Cinderella...

  Byrd Nash

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  In Regency England, 1816, it is not fashionable to display fairy blood. 
  With her mother’s dubious bloodline, and her father’s death, Miss Wychwood acts as her cousin’s unpaid housekeeper and companion. However, when a childhood friend returns, will she remain a dowdy chaperone or take a chance at love? 
  Sweet Romance (fade to black) 
  Written in a Jane Austen (book) style 
  Childhood love returns 
  Poor girl makes good 
  Fairy Godmother Magical dress and ball scene 
  Dance of Hearts is a quick read, short story fantasy fairytale for fans of Regency romances who want a dash of fairy magic with their tea and cake. 
  Appropriate for 12+ up readers.

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  Photography - A Short Story...

  Lewis Carroll, H P Lovecraft,...

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  Since its inception in the 19th Century photography has been a trusted source capturing both truth and reality.  It cannot lie.  Our eyes may deceive us, but the camera cannot.  It is also an Art.  Down through the decades this art has produced stunning images that literally capture a story whether it be in War photography, celebrity mishaps, even political downfalls and much else besides.   
   
  In this volume whilst our classic authors are at the early edge of photography’s development, they use it in ways that are both innovative and atmospheric as very often the camera and the photographer become a central part in many fascinating stories.  
  1 - Photography - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - Photography Extraordinary by Lewis Carroll 
  3 - Pickman's Model by H P Lovecraft 
  4 - The Eye of the Camera by Fred M White 
  5 - The Eidoloscope by Robert Duncan Milne 
  6 - Photographer and Philosopher by August Strindberg 
  7 - The Sapient Monkey by Headon Hill 
  8 - Behind the Curtain by Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens 
  9 - His Secret Sin by Aleister Crowley 
  10 - With Other Eyes by Luigi Pirandello 
  11 - His Dead Wife's Photograph by S Mukerji 
  12 - The Man With The Roller by E G Swain 
  13 - The Blue Laboratory by L T Meade 
  14 - The Hair by A J Alan

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