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  Treasure Island

  Robert Lewis Stevenson

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  A children's classic for young adventurers. 
  When an old sea Captain named Billy Bones leaves behind a mysterious chest at Jim Hawkins' parents inn, Jim discovers a map to the legendary Treasure Island! Jim sets sail to Treasure Island with Long John Silver and his ragtag crew but can they be trusted?

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  Masque of the Red Death

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Masque of the Red Death, a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, has a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. When Prospero confronts this stranger, he falls dead. The story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the disease of the "Red Death."

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  Five Children and It

  Edith Nesbit

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  After moving into a house in kent, five children go exploring and in a gravel pit, find a Sand Fairy, known as a "Psammead" who says he will give them one wish each day. What follows are eleven misadventures where it is discovered that making a good wish is actually much harder than it first appears... The first in E.Nesbit's "The Psammead" trilogy, published in the Strand Magazine from 1902.  
  Narrated by Michael

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  The Beast in the Jungle

  Henry James

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  The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James finest short narratives, this story treats appropriately universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny has spoken to many readers who have speculated on the worth and meaning of human life.

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  Yoruba Speaking Peoples of the...

  A. B. Ellis

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  The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (1894) is an important work of in-depth research into one of the principal indigenous communities of West Africa. The territory of the Yoruba peoples extends over the southern parts of western Nigeria and eastern Dahomey, and this book examines their religion, customs, laws and language, and contains an extensive appendix comparing the Tshi (Oji), Gã, Ewe and Yoruba languages.

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  Faithful Margaret - A Romance of...

  Mrs. J. M. Simpson

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  A young woman is cheated of her inheritance and takes a place in the household of the man who holds it, under a name that is not hers. Mrs Simpson wrote for the Victorian circulating libraries, where a wronged heroine, a disputed will and a villain with excellent manners were what the subscription bought — and she supplied them with a straight face and considerable pace. Fifty-nine plates, from Frith to Collier, picture the fortunes of the poor, the sick and the newly dressed, the very world of the wronged heroine and the disputed will.

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