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  King Richard the Second

  William Shakespeare

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  The Rescue

  Joseph Conrad

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  The Rescue is a richly atmospheric adventure novel by Joseph Conrad that combines romance, moral conflict, and the author's deep fascination with the sea. Set in the remote islands of the Malay Archipelago, the novel explores the tension between idealism and action, and the cost of remaining true to one's inner code.
  
  The story follows Tom Lingard, a seasoned sea captain known for his strength of will and commanding presence. When political unrest threatens a local ruler and his followers, Lingard becomes deeply entangled in their fate. Determined to orchestrate a daring rescue, he commits himself to a course of action driven by loyalty and personal honor.
  
  As events unfold, Conrad shifts the focus inward, revealing the psychological struggles that accompany heroic ambition. Lingard's certainty is tested by doubt, delay, and the unpredictable forces of nature and human emotion. The novel examines how pride, patience, and moral responsibility shape decisions when lives and ideals are at stake.
  
  Written in Conrad's characteristically evocative prose, The Rescue is less a tale of swift action than a meditation on suspense, restraint, and the inner drama of choice. The slow-building narrative reflects the complexities of leadership and the burden of commitment in moments of crisis.
  
  Thoughtful, intense, and philosophically rich, The Rescue offers readers a compelling blend of maritime adventure and psychological depth. It stands as a testament to Conrad's enduring ability to transform seafaring tales into profound studies of human character and moral resolve.

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  Amerika

  Franz Kafka

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  'Karl continued to push through, but he no longer had any real hope of achieving anything.' 
   
  Unexpected adventures and whirlwind encounters await Karl Rossman when he arrives in New York from Europe. Cast out by his family and determined to make a better life, he soon finds himself making friends as well as enemies in a bizarre and chaotic new world brimming with unknown places, eccentric characters, and ulterior motives. 
   
  First published in 1927 and newly translated here, Franz Kafka's Amerika is a gripping and humorous tale of a young exile searching for new opportunities while navigating hope and disillusionment in his pursuit of belonging.

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  A Study in Scarlet

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal.In A Study in Scarlet , Holmes and Watson's first mystery, the pair are summoned to a south London house where they find a dead man whose contorted face is a twisted mask of horror. The body is unmarked by violence but on the wall a mysterious word has been written in blood. The police are baffled by the crime and its circumstances. But when Sherlock Holmes applies his brilliantly logical mind to the problem he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deadly revenge . . .Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.

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  Parnassus on Wheels

  Christopher Morley

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  Roger Mifflin is part pixie, part sage, part noble savage, and all God’s creature. With his traveling book wagon named Parnassus, he moves through the New England countryside of 1915 on an itinerant mission of enlightenment. 
  Mifflin’s delight in books and authors is infectious—with his singular philosophy and bright eyes, he comes to represent the heart and soul of the book world. But a certain spirited spinster, disgruntled with her life, may have a hand in changing all that. 
  This roaring good adventure yarn is spiced with fiery roadside brawls, heroic escapes from death, the most groaning boards in the history of Yankee cookery, and a rare love story—not to mention a glimpse at a feminist perspective from the early 1900s.

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  Requital - From their pens to...

  Maud Diver

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  Katherine Helen Maud Marshall was born on the 9th September 1867 in Murree, then part of British India, but now Pakistan. 
  For much of her early years she was raised in India and Sri Lanka but returned to England to receive her education. 
  Around 1896 she married Thomas Diver, an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.  Some years later they returned to England to settle and raise their son. 
  In 1907 her first novel, Captain Desmond VC., was published.  This and later works were commercially successful.  She specialised in the popular genre of imperial romance and whilst they depicted how the English should behave in India, they also included, somewhat daringly for their time, accounts of mixed marriages.  She was a literary contemporary of Kipling’s and great friends with his sister.    
  During Diver’s literary career she wrote novels, short stories, biographies, histories and journalistic items on Indian topics and the English in India.  She faded into obscurity after her death. 
  Her philosophy can best be summed up with her words:― 
  ‘’East and West are not antagonistic, but complementary: heart and head, thought and action, woman and man. Between all these 'pairs of opposites' fusion is rare, difficult, yet eminently possible. Why not, then, between East and West?’’ 
  Maud Diver died on the 14th October 1945.  She was 78.

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