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  Microcosmography - or A Piece of...

  John Earle

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  Seventy-eight portraits of English types drawn in 1628: a plain country fellow, a she-precise hypocrite, a young raw preacher, a downright scholar, a tavern. John Earle was a young Oxford don when he wrote them and later a bishop; the book circulated anonymously and made his name. Each character is a paragraph long and cuts exactly as deep as it needs to. Fifty-nine plates after Hogarth and Gainsborough extend Earle's gallery of types into the satirical prints and portraits of eighteenth-century England.

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  The Day's Work - Stories of Men...

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Twelve stories about work and the men and machines that do it: a bridge that must hold in flood, a ship's engines talking among themselves, a polo pony, an Indian famine, a gathering of Vermont horses. Kipling wrote them at the height of his powers, in the years he was living in America, and made competence itself the subject. "The Bridge-Builders" and ".007" are the two that engineers still read. Sixty plates of painting, from Menzel's ironworks and Eakins's rowers to Towne's birds and Daubigny's rivers, supply the visual counterpart to Kipling's labouring men.

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  The Children's Pilgrimage -...

  L. T. Meade

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  Two London orphans, Cecile and Maurice D'Albert, children of a French father and a Spanish mother, set out from London for the Pyrenees to find the grandmother they have never seen. L. T. Meade wrote for a Victorian public that liked its poverty rescued in the last chapter, and she gives them the rescue — after two hundred pages that are exact about hunger, cold and the price of a night's shelter. Cecile is ten, and the book knows what it is asking of her. Thirty-seven plates of London streets and hard roads by Luke Fildes and Thomas Creswick carry the children's journey out of the city and onto the open road.

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  When I Was Dead - A creepy...

  Vincent O'Sullivan

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  Vincent O'Sullivan was born on the 28th November 1868 in New York City.  He was initially educated through the New York public school system before finishing his studies in England.  As a young man he remained in London and travelled often to Paris.  
  O’Sullivan lived a very comfortable life with income from the family coffee business.  He had no real need to work but decided that a literary lifestyle was for him.   
  In 1896 he released his first volume of supernatural fiction ‘A Book of Bargains’.  Within its pages were classic stories that involved pacts with the Devil, reanimated corpses and psychic vampires. 
  Over the course of his career, he wrote a mere 10 volumes of short stories, novels, poetry together with some occasional criticism. 
  In 1909 his brother, who ran the company, entered its resources into some terribly mis-timed trades in coffee futures and ruin for both the company and the family quickly followed. 
  From now until his death O’Sullivan was destitute, life was exceedingly difficult. 
  Vincent O’Sullivan died on the 18th July 1940 in Paris.  He was 71.  He was buried in a paupers grave along with the remains of others.

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  Scenes of Clerical Life

  George Eliot

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  Three novellas that brilliantly portray English country and clergy life at the turn of the nineteenth century from the author of Middlemarch.   Initially appearing in Blackwood’s Magazine, this trio of linked stories comprises George Eliot’s first published work. Together they form a portrait of small-town life in Midlands, England, where changes are affecting both society at large and religious beliefs and institutions.   In “The Sad Fortunes of Reverend Amos Barton,” the clergyman struggles to raise funds for church repairs and perform his parochial duties, while a target of gossip—both good and bad. Meanwhile, few in Shepperton can find fault with his shy and hardworking wife, who cares for their six children, stretching Barton’s meager salary—and herself—to the limit.   Set before the arrival of Amos Barton, “Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story” features well-liked parish priest Maynard Gifil, who is known for smoking long pipes and preaching short sermons. Shockingly tumultuous events lead up to his marriage—including a love triangle, deception, and a murder plot.   An argument over religious doctrine splits the market town of Milby into two factions in “Janet’s Repentance.” With the arrival of Reverend Tryan, a rumor spreads that Evangelicalism has invaded the parish, angering local lawyer Robert Dempster. But his long-suffering wife finds in Tryan a kindred spirit, leading her to embark on a new life.  “The exquisite truth and delicacy, both of the humour and the pathos of those stories, I have never seen the like of.” —Charles Dickens “A first-rate novel, and its author takes rank at once among the masters of the art.” —The Times

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  Chronicles of Avonlea

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

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  Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, first published in 1912.   Support us at https://manifoldmedia.net/donate  Set in the fictional town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, the stories explore the lives of its inhabitants, focusing on the themes of family, love, and friendship. Through the tales of the characters, Montgomery tells stories of romance, loyalty, and the importance of faith. The stories are full of adventure, humour, and heartfelt moments that will warm readers' hearts. Chronicles of Avonlea is a timeless classic that will remain beloved for generations. Support us at https://manifoldmedia.net/donate

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