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  The Hand of Ethelberta - A...

  Thomas Hardy

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  "The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters" diverges from Thomas Hardy's traditional rural settings, offering a witty satire on the social mores and pretensions of Victorian England. Ethelberta Petherwin, a butler's daughter turned poetess and storyteller, navigates the complexities of rising through the social ranks while keeping her family's lowly origins concealed. With sharp wit and a cunning mind, Ethelberta maneuvers through love, ambition, and societal expectations, challenging the conventions of her day. Hardy crafts a comedic yet insightful exploration of class, gender, and the pursuit of happiness in a rigid social hierarchy.

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  A Rich Woman - From their pens...

  Katharine Tynan

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  Katharine Tynan was born on 23rd January 1859 into a large family in Clondalkin, County Dublin. 
  The family business was cattle rearing and the farmhouse, set with the mountains for a backdrop, was a wonderful world for a young mind to learn and imagine. 
  She was educated at the convent school, St Catherine of Sienna, in Drogheda.  A stubborn streak inhibited her ability to learn as easily as the school wished. However she did learn on her own terms and soon began to take her ‘forbidden literature’, hidden in her clothing, to her loft in a stable hideaway.  
  Until she turned seventeen nothing appeared to point to a literary career.  But some verse printed in a Dublin newspaper changed everything. It led to a sonnet being printed in the Spectator.  Thereafter the Graphic published several others and even paid a half guinea for the privilege.   
  In 1884 Katharine dispatched herself to London and made an abiding friendship in Alice Meynell.  Alice was an established poet and helped, with her husband Wilfred, to publish many poets. The following year it was arranged for the publication of her first poetry volume, ‘Louise de la Vallière’.  
  She formed valuable friendships with the poets Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Butler Yeats and later Francis Ledwidge.  
  As she gathered friends and contacts into her life her literary output began to gather pace. Katharine had begun to write prose for the Speaker and for the Scots and National Observer.  
  In 1892 she married Henry Albert Hinkson, a fellow writer and a barrister.  They moved to England and had five children although two were to tragically die in infancy.   
  By now her output was prolific and ranged from poetry to novels to short stories.  It would later include a biography and further extend to editing and reviewing.   
  In 1912 the family returned to Claremorris, County Mayo, when her husband was appointed magistrate, a post he held until his early death in 1919.     
  Tynan is sometimes grouped amongst the War Poets of the First World War. Her experience was not direct but as a Mother with one son serving in France and another in Palestine, the emotions, fears and doubts are expressed in a beautiful and heart-felt way.  
  Involved in the Irish Literary Revival, Tynan expressed concern for feminist causes, the poor, and the effects of World War I in her work. She also meditated on her Catholic faith. 
  She is said to have written over 100 novels, 12 collections of short stories, plays and many volumes of enduring poetry as well as five volumes of autobiography. 
  Katharine Tynan Hinkson died at age 72 on 2nd April 1931 in London and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

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  The Depot Master

  Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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  The stationmaster of a Cape Cod town — depot master, unofficial magistrate, and the only man everyone tells things to — is handed a runaway boy, a disputed will and a summer visitor with an alias. Lincoln built a whole career out of one place; the humour is in the talk, and the talk is transcribed from a village he had listened to all his life.

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  Edward Mills and George Benton...

  Mark Twain

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  Edward Mills and George Benton (A Tale): These two were distantly related to each other seventh cousins, or something of that sort. While still babies they became orphans, and were adopted by the Brants, a childless couple, who quickly grew very fond of them. The Brants were always saying: “Be pure, honest, sober, industrious, and considerate of others, and success in life is assured.” The children heard this repeated some thousands of times before they understood it; they could repeat it themselves long before they could say the Lord's Prayer; it was painted over the nursery door, and was about the first thing they learned to read. It was destined to be the unswerving rule of Edward Mills's life. Sometimes the Brants changed the wording a little, and said: “Be pure, honest, sober, industrious, considerate, and you will never lack friends.”
  
  The Wounded Soldier: In the course of a certain battle a soldier whose leg had been shot off appealed to another soldier who was hurrying by to carry him to the rear, informing him at the same time of the loss which he had sustained; whereupon the generous son of Mars, shouldering the unfortunate, proceeded to carry out his desire. The bullets and cannon-balls were flying in all directions, and presently one of the latter took the wounded man's head off without, however, his deliverer being aware of it. In no long time he was hailed by an officer, who said: “Where are you going with that carcass?”

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  The Complete Christmas Books and...

  Charles Dickens

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  What if Christmas could change a heart—and a life—forever?
  
  The Complete Christmas Books and Stories of Charles Dickens brings together all of Dickens's beloved holiday writings in one heartwarming collection. Best known for A Christmas Carol, Dickens defined the spirit of Christmas through stories of generosity, redemption, compassion, and human connection.
  
  This collection includes Dickens's classic Christmas books and seasonal stories, filled with memorable characters, emotional depth, and moral insight. Set in Victorian England, these tales illuminate the struggles of the poor, the power of kindness, and the joy of second chances—messages that remain as meaningful today as when they were first written.
  
  Warm, humorous, and deeply moving, Dickens's Christmas writings helped shape modern holiday traditions and the very idea of Christmas as a time of goodwill.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll enjoy:
  
  All of Charles Dickens's Christmas books and stories in one volume
  
  Iconic works including A Christmas Carol and other seasonal classics
  
  Themes of redemption, generosity, and human dignity
  
  A cornerstone collection of classic Christmas literature
  
  Read aloud with family, revisited every December, and cherished across generations, Dickens's Christmas stories remain the heart of the holiday season.
  
  Celebrate Christmas with the stories that defined it. Buy now and enjoy the complete Christmas works of Charles Dickens.

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  Wuthering Heights by Emily...

  Emily Brontë

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  A storm is brewing on the Yorkshire moors, bringing with it a tale of love so fierce it destroys everything in its path. 
  When Mr. Lockwood seeks refuge from the bitter snow in the gloomy, forbidding manor known as Wuthering Heights, he unwittingly steps into a world haunted by the ghosts of a devastating past. His hostile landlord, the brooding and enigmatic Heathcliff, harbors a darkness born of a tortured childhood and an agonizing, thwarted love. 
  Through the eyes of the housekeeper, Nelly Dean, the tempestuous history of the Earnshaw family is laid bare. At its center is the intense, almost feral bond between Heathcliff and the beautiful, headstrong Catherine Earnshaw. Theirs is not a gentle romance, but a primal force of nature—a connection so deep that neither marriage, nor betrayal, nor even death itself can sever it. 
  Emily Brontë's masterful Gothic novel transcends the boundaries of traditional Victorian literature. Wuthering Heights is an exploration of obsession, revenge, and the chilling echoes of a love that refuses to die. 
  Prepare to be swept away by a literary masterpiece that will haunt your waking thoughts and linger in your dreams.

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