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  Notes From the Underground

  Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky

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  A powerful exploration of the human mind, self-consciousness, and the contradictions within us all.
  
  Notes from the Underground is a groundbreaking psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky, often considered one of the earliest works of existential literature.
  
  The story is narrated by an unnamed former civil servant who lives in isolation beneath society, reflecting on his thoughts, resentments, desires, and struggles with his own identity. Through his sharp observations and contradictions, he challenges ideas about reason, happiness, progress, and human behavior.
  
  With its deep psychological insight and philosophical intensity, the novella explores themes of free will, alienation, self-awareness, pride, and the complexity of human motivation.
  
  A foundational work in modern philosophy and literature, Notes from the Underground remains a profound examination of the inner conflicts that shape human existence.

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  The moat house or sir jasper's...

  Eleanora H. Stooke

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  Celia made no reply, but a look of decided discontent crept over her face. She was a very pretty little girl, with fair hair, blue eyes, and a delicate pink and white complexion. Her sister was a pale, sallow child whose one beauty was a pair of large grey eyes, which rendered her otherwise plain countenance remarkably attractive. Both girls were neatly attired in serviceable blue serge dresses, somewhat the worse for wear; but whereas Joy wore no ornament whatever, the neck of Celias frock was fastened by a cheap brooch, set with imitation brilliants, which she had saved her pocket-money to purchase, and her golden locks were tied back with a bright blue ribbon. Celia was the greater favourite of the sisters with people, as a rule, for she was invariably good-tempered before strangers, and eager to please; it was only at home that she ever allowed her discontent with the circumstances of her life to be apparent, and then, when her mothers face saddened at her grumblings, she would become repentant, and declare that she had not meant all she had said, that she was quite happy really, only it would be so nice to have a little more money to spend...FROM THE BOOK.

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  The Jelly-Bean

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  The Jelly-Bean - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Tales of the Jazz Age" (1922). 
  This is a Southern story, with the setting laid in the small Lily of Tarleton, Georgia. Fitzgerald wrote that he had "a profound affection for Tarleton, but somehow whenever I write a story about it I receive letters from all over the South denouncing me in no uncertain terms." Written shortly after his first novel was published, the author also collaborated with his wife on certain scenes.
  The story momentarily follows the life of a "jelly-bean", or idler, named Jim Powell. An invitation to a dance with the old crowd revives his dreams of social advancement and love, until the consequences of drink and power of money come through and ruin them.

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  Myths & Legends of Japan

  F. Hadland Davis

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  Myths & Legends of Japan is a comprehensive anthology of folklore from Japan, ranging from creation myths, to animal stories, to legends of mountains, along with discussions and opinions on them. Some might find the presentation a bit dated, with Davis giving his very early twentieth century take on Japanese culture. Stories include: Heroes And Warriors; The Period Of The Gods; Buddha Legends; Jizō, The God Of Children; Legend In Japanese Art; Legends Of Mount Fuji; Yuki-Onna, The Lady Of The Snow; Animal Legends; Bird And Insect Legends; Legends Of The Sea; Supernatural Beings, and more. Full chapter list

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  Srnedi Vastar - From their pens...

  Saki Saki

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  Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral. 
  When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a strict, puritanical household near Barnstaple, Devon. Educated by governesses Saki used many of these women as character models for his later writing. 
  At 17 his father retried and returned to England and then embarked on a series of European travels with Saki and his siblings. 
  After a short stint working in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police Saki decided to move to London to make a living as a writer. Initially he wrote as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines before attempting an historical study, ‘The Rise of the Russian Empire’, whose real value lay in directing him to writing short stories instead, the first of which, ‘Dogged’, he published in 1899. 
  From here it was a short stab of the pen to writing political satire before in 1902 he became the foreign correspondent for The Morning Post, first in the Balkans, then Russia, Paris and back to London in 1908, where 'the agreeable life of a man of letters with a brilliant reputation awaited him.'  
  Collections of his short stories full of witty, mischievous and often macabre stories that satirized Edwardian society and two novels now appeared in the years up to the Great War.  At its’ outbreak he was 43 but managed to join as an ordinary trooper. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially too sick or injured.  
  On 14th November 1916 Hector Hugh Munro was sheltering in crater during the Battle of the Ancre, when he was shot and killed by a German sniper. According to several sources, his last words were "Put that bloody cigarette out!"

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  The Talking Bird Singing Tree...

  Kate Douglas Wiggin

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  In the bustling streets of Persia, Emperor Kosrouschah wanders in disguise and overhears three sisters dreaming out loud—one craving the royal baker, another the chief cook, and the youngest daring to wish for the emperor himself… and children touched by wonder: hair of gold and silver, tears like pearls, a smile like a rose. 
  Kosrouschah grants every wish. But inside the palace, jealousy turns vicious. A queen is shamed, cast out, and left to suffer beneath the gaze of the public—while her lost children are secretly saved and raised far from court, growing into brilliant, accomplished heirs who don’t know their true blood. 
  When a mysterious holy woman speaks of three marvels—the Talking Bird, the Singing Tree, and the Golden Water—the siblings’ quiet life ignites into a perilous journey of illusion, courage, and trial. At the edge of a mountain haunted by unseen voices, one sister must do what no one else can: claim the wonders, reclaim her family, and let the truth finally speak.

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