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  The Princess and Curdie

  George MacDonald

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  George MacDonald’s The Princess and Curdie is a tale that lingers in the imagination long after its final page, filled with mystery, adventure, and a profound moral vision. First published in 1883 as a sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, this novel continues the journey of the humble miner’s son, Curdie, as he is called upon to aid a kingdom teetering on the brink of ruin. Guided by the enigmatic and benevolent Princess Irene’s great-great-grandmother, Curdie embarks on a quest that is both outwardly heroic and deeply spiritual, confronting corruption, deception, and his own capacity for courage. 
  MacDonald was more than a storyteller; he was a visionary whose works shaped some of the greatest literary minds of the 20th century. C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, credited MacDonald as his spiritual mentor, saying, "I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master." J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of The Lord of the Rings, also drew inspiration from MacDonald's mythic sensibility, seeing in his tales the power of Faërie—a realm that reveals deeper truths about our own world. Their admiration speaks to the enduring power of MacDonald’s storytelling, which blends the childlike wonder of fairy tales with the weighty themes of faith, virtue, and redemption. 
  The Princess and Curdie is more than a children’s book; it is a meditation on trust, transformation, and the unseen forces at work in the world. Readers who venture into its pages will find not only a compelling story but also an invitation to consider the nature of goodness, the reality of unseen guidance, and the calling to stand against corruption. As with all great fairy tales, MacDonald's world is both magical and profoundly real, whispering truths that resonate across generations.

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  The Two Barques

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Two Barques is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Pearson's Magazine in march 1897. 2nd story of the Captain Sharkey saga.In Kingston, an elderly logwood-cutter saw Captain Sharkey's pirate barque, the Happy Delivery, careening at Torbec on the south-west of Hispaniola, as well as Sharkey himself, with four men, buccaneering on the outlying island of La Vache. Stephen Craddock, an adventurer comes to the Governor Sir Edward Compton with a plan for the extirpation of Sharkey. He want to use the sister ship of the Happy Delivery, the White Rose, and set sail for the Island of La Vache, where Sharkey is slaying the wild oxen. When Sharkey will see the White Rose he will surely mistake it for his own vessel which he is awaiting, and he will come on board to his own undoing. The plan is accepted by the Governor and Craddock set sail to La Vache with a crew of volunteers. When they arrive to La Vache, no sign of Sharkey. They search him in the forest for a few days but finally they decide to return to their boat. When they arrive on board something is strange, as if it was not the same ship, and suddenly they are captured by Sharkey on the deck. They are on the pirate ship the Happy Delivery which came back from its careening upon the very day that they left in the forest. Then the White Rose is scuttled in the bay. Craddock, bruised and wounded in soul and body, is thrown into a dark sail-room. For two days, the Happy Delivery set sail to Jamaica. When he arrives to Port-Royal, Sharkey, with that diabolical cunning and audacity which were among his main characteristics, is simulating the part which Craddock would himself have played had he come back victorious. Sharkey exhibits Craddock on the deck so that the other side could fall into the trap but the later has sprung the bulwarks and is swimming for his life. He is hit and hit again by pistol shots but is still swimming. Irritated, Sharkey takes his musket and fired a fatal blow on Craddock.

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  Half a Sheet of Foolscap - From...

  August Strindberg

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  The bookshelves of European 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 Giovanni Verga.

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  Bank Holiday

  Katherine Mansfield

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  "Bank Holiday" is a story by Katherine Mansfield: A stout man with a pink face wears dingy white flannel trousers, a blue coat with a pink handkerchief showing, and a straw hat much too small for him, perched at the back of his head.

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  Mother and Daughter

  D H Lawrence

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  'Mother and Daughter' can be read as one of Lawrence's diatribes against women. Two women do their best to get along without men but in the end, as Lawrence always proposed, a woman cannot be fulfilled without a dominant man, however unsuitable he may be.

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  Jewel of Seven Stars The...

  Bram Stoker

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  The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common fin de siècle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.

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