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  Glinda of Oz (Unabridged)

  L. Frank Baum

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  Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth Land of Oz book written by children's author L. Frank Baum, published on July 10, 1920. It is the last book of the original Oz series, which was later continued by other authors. Like most of the Oz books, the plot features a journey through some of the remoter regions of Oz; though in this case the pattern is doubled: Dorothy and Ozma travel to stop a war between the Flatheads and Skeezers; then Glinda and a cohort of Dorothy's friends set out to rescue them. The book was dedicated to Baum's second son, Robert Stanton Baum.

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  The Adventure of the Western Star

  Agatha Christie

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  In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Adventure of the Western Star,” Poirot investigates the case of a missing diamond, “The Star of the East”, belonging to Lady Yardly. But what is the connection between it and a similar diamond owned by the famous American film actress Mary Marvell? And why does a Chinese man want it returned? This short story originally appeared in the April 11, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

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  Zinotchka

  Anton Chekhov

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  "Zinotchka" is a short story by Anton Chekhov that follows a group of sportsmen discussing love and hatred during an evening in a peasant's hut. One of the men shares his personal experience of being passionately hated by a young governess named Zinotchka when he was just a child. As he recounts the story, he reveals how he stumbled upon a secret rendezvous between Zinotchka and his elder brother Sasha. The young boy, relishing in his power to expose their secret, blackmails Zinotchka, causing her great distress. However, his actions ultimately lead to her departure from their household and her eventual marriage to his brother. Despite the passage of time, the narrator reveals that Zinotchka still harbors lingering animosity towards him, highlighting the enduring nature of both love and hatred. Read in English, unabridged.

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  David Copperfield

  Charles Dickens

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  David Copperfield was Dickens's favorite novel. Strikingly autobiographical in its childhood scenes, it relates David's history from birth to manhood, and the classic Dickensian characters he meets on his journey of self-knowledge: Mr. Micawber, the Peggottys, Betsey Trotwood, Steerforth and Uriah Heep among many.

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  Love and Friendship

  Jane Austen

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  Austen's early novel, now in this amazing audiobook version.
  This book is the basis for Whit Stillman's feature film Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny.
  An Author's Republic audio production.

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  Outcast Of The Islands An...

  Joseph Conrad

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  An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the Vigar. The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter. The story features Conrad's recurring character Tom Lingard, who also appears in Almayer's Folly (1895) and The Rescue (1920), in addition to sharing other characters with those novels. This novel was adapted for the screen in 1952 by director Carol Reed, featuring Trevor Howard as Willems, Ralph Richardson as Lingard, Robert Morley, and Wendy Hiller.

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