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  Lady Susan

  Jane Austen

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  This epistolary novel was probably written in 1794, but was not published until 1871. 
  Lady Susan Vernon, middle-aged and recently widowed, has retained her looks and appealing vivacity. She makes use of her bereavement and her loss of wealth by imposing herself on the hospitality of relatives, and by amusing herself in flirtation with the various men who fall under her spell. 
  Lady Susan has a daughter, Frederica, who is bashful and innocent—in stark contrast to her unfeeling and manipulative mother. Her mother is anxious to marry Frederica off to a spouse of appropriate wealth and social standing, and also, perhaps, to capture a new mate for herself.  
  The forty-one letters between the various parties in this tale of twisted courtship describe Lady Susan’s path to marital satisfaction for her daughter and herself.

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  The women novelists

  R. BRIMLEY JOHNSON

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  Although women wrote novels before Defoe, the father of English fiction, or Richardson, the founder of the modern novel, we cannot detect any peculiarly feminine elements in their work, or profitably consider it apart from the general development of prose. In the beginning they copied men, and saw through men's eyes, because—here and elsewhere—they assumed that men's dicta and practice in life and art were their only possible guides and examples. Women to-day take up every form of fiction attempted by men, because they assume that their powers are as great, their right to express themselves equally varied. But there was a period, covering about a hundred years, during which women "found themselves" in fiction, and developed the art, along lines of their own, more or less independently. This century may conveniently be divided into three periods, which it is the object of the following pages to analyse: From the publication of Evelina to the publication of Sense and Sensibility, 1778-1811. From the publication of Sense and Sensibility to the publication of Jane Eyre, 1811-1847. From the publication of Jane Eyre to the publication of Daniel Deronda, 1847-1876.

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  The Millionaire's Telegram -...

  Barry Pain

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  Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children. 
  He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he read classics and contributed to and edited Granta. 
  Four years of service as an Army coach followed before he moved to London. In 1889, Cornhill Magazine published his short story ‘The Hundred Gates’.  This opened the way for Pain to advance his literary career on several fronts. He became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as joining the staff of both the Daily Chronicle and Black and White.  
  In 1897 he succeeded Jerome K Jerome as editor of To-Day but still contributed regularly, until 1928, to the Windsor Magazine. 
  It is often said that Pain was discovered by Robert Louis Stevenson, who compared his work to that of Guy de Maupassant.  It’s an apt comparison. Pain was also a master of disturbing prose but able to inject parody and light comedy into many of his works.  A simple premise could in his hands suddenly expand into a world very real but somehow emotionally fraught and on the very edge of darkness as many of these short stories demonstrate.   
  Despite applying his talents to several genres and forms today Pain is more readily thought of, especially during the first decade of the 20th Century, as perhaps the leading British humorist of his day.  These stories reveal a darker side and beg to differ. 
  Barry Pain died on 5th May 1928 in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

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  500 of the best cockney war stories

  Various Various

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  To dig out the character of a General even from the plans of his General Staff is difficult; how much more difficult to dig out the adventures of Number 1000 Private Thomas Atkins from those of the other 999 who went "like one man" with him over the top? In the side-shows there was more scope for the individual and in the Victorian wars much more scope. To show the sort of thing I mean I am going to put down here for the first time an old story, almost forgotten now, in the hopes that it may interest by its contrast to barrages and barbed wire. Although only an old-fashioned affair of half a dozen bullets and three or four dead men it was a great event to me as it led to my first meeting with the great little Bobs of Kandahar...FROM THE BOOKS.

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  Hamlet

  William Shakespeare

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  A troubled prince faces a devastating secret that forces him to question loyalty, justice, and the meaning of life itself.
  
  William Shakespeare's Hamlet is one of the most celebrated tragedies in world literature, exploring the complex emotions and moral dilemmas of a young prince confronting betrayal and loss.
  
  Following the death of his father, Prince Hamlet encounters revelations that challenge his understanding of family, loyalty, and justice. Torn between thought and action, he struggles with grief, uncertainty, revenge, and the consequences of difficult choices.
  
  Through unforgettable characters and some of the most powerful reflections in English drama, Shakespeare examines ambition, corruption, mortality, madness, and the complexities of human nature.
  
  Experience the timeless tragedy of Hamlet and discover why Shakespeare's masterpiece continues to captivate readers and audiences across generations.

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  The trial

  Franz Kafka

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  A haunting, surreal novel of law, bureaucracy, and existential dread. Kafka's protagonist, Josef K., is trapped in an incomprehensible legal system, making The Trial a masterpiece of modernist literature and psychological allegory.

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