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  Odyssey of the North An

  Jack London

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  An Odyssey of the North  is a  short storiy by Jack London that explore the wild and rugged nature of the northern coast of British Columbia. This storiy is filled with adventure and capture the beauty of nature and the mysteries of the sea. 
  Naass, a young Aleut man, wins a young woman of the tribe, Unga, only to have her stolen from him on the night of their marriage celebration by a seven-foot-tall, yellow-haired white man, Axel Gunderson. Naass spends years tracking his nemesis, determined to claim his bride and take vengeance...

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  The Oval Portrait

  SAMPI Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe's "The Oval Portrait" recounts the obsession of a painter who captures his wife's vitality in a portrait, consuming her life in the process. The narrative unfolds through the observation of a wounded man who discovers the tragic story behind the painting in an abandoned castle.

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  Some Recollections of Mortality...

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
  SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF MORTALITY: I Had parted from the small bird at somewhere about four o'clock in the morning, when he had got out at Arras, and had been received by two shovel-hats in waiting at the station, who presented an appropriately ornithological and crow-like appearance.

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Oscar Wilde

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine issue. The novel-length version was published in April 1891.The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian desires to sell his soul to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade.The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and visually records every one of Dorian's sins.

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  Notes from Underground

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  "I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man."
  
  From the dark, damp recesses of a crawlspace in St. Petersburg, a retired civil servant launches a scathing attack on the modern world. The "Underground Man" is one of literature's first and greatest anti-heroes—a man who chooses to be miserable, spiteful, and irrational simply to prove that he is free. In a world obsessed with logic, progress, and "enlightened self-interest," he stands as a disturbing reminder that human beings will often destroy their own happiness just to assert their individuality.
  
  A War Against Rationality: The Underground Man's primary target is the "Palace of Crystal"—a metaphor for a perfect, scientifically organized society where all human needs are met. Dostoevsky argues that such a world would be a prison. Through his protagonist's chaotic internal monologue, he asserts that man's "most advantageous advantage" is the freedom to act against his own interests, even if it leads to suffering.
  
  A Tragic Human Encounter: The second half of the book moves from philosophy to a painful, cringe-inducing narrative. We see the Underground Man in his youth, attempting to assert power over his former schoolmates and the vulnerable prostitute, Liza. These encounters reveal the true tragedy of the "underground": the paralyzing self-consciousness and vanity that make it impossible for a man to love or be loved.
  
  The Mirror of the Modern Mind: Notes from Underground is a bridge between the classic novels of the 19th century and the modernist masterpieces of the 20th. It is a raw, uncomfortable, and essential read for anyone who has ever felt at odds with the "logical" flow of society. It is a scream from the depths of the human spirit that still resonates today.
  
  Dare to look into the underground. Purchase "Notes from Underground" today and confront the darker side of freedom.

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  As the Crow Flies - From their...

  John Davys Beresford

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  John Davys Beresford was born on 17th March 1873.  His life was blighted by infantile paralysis which left him partially disabled. 
  After an education at Oundle school he trained to be an architect.  However, he quickly decided that his life was to be centred on a literary career.  His first offerings were in drama and as a journalist. 
  As well as being a book reviewer for the Manchester Guardian he contributed to New Statesman, The Spectator, Westminster Gazette, and the Theosophist magazine The Aryan Path.   
  His spiritual journey in early adulthood had claimed him as an agnostic, in defiance of his clergyman father.  This view he later abandoned in preference to describing himself as a Theosophist and a pacifist. 
  As well as many novels, many themed with spiritual and philosophical elements.  Beresford was also a gifted short story writer particularly across the science-fiction, horror and ghost genres. 
  All of these elements helped him to obtain a prominent place in Edwardian Literary London. 
  John Davys Beresford died on the 2nd February 1947. He was 73.

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