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  Vincent O'Sullivan - A Short...

  Vincent O'Sullivan

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  Vincent O'Sullivan was born on the 28th November 1868 in New York City.  He was initially educated through the New York public school system before finishing his studies in England.  As a young man he remained in London and travelled often to Paris.  
  O’Sullivan lived a very comfortable life with income from the family coffee business.  He had no real need to work but decided that a literary lifestyle was for him.   
  In 1896 he released his first volume of supernatural fiction ‘A Book of Bargains’.  Within its pages were classic stories that involved pacts with the Devil, reanimated corpses and psychic vampires. 
  Over the course of his career, he wrote a mere 10 volumes of short stories, novels, poetry together with some occasional criticism. 
  In 1909 his brother, who ran the company, entered its resources into some terribly mis-timed trades in coffee futures and ruin for both the company and the family quickly followed. 
  From now until his death O’Sullivan was destitute, life was exceedingly difficult. 
  Vincent O’Sullivan died on the 18th July 1940 in Paris.  He was 71.  He was buried in a paupers grave along with the remains of others.

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  Uncle Wiggily and Puss in Boots

  Howard R. Garis

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  Uncle Wiggily and Puss in Boots is written by Howard R. Garis. The gentleman rabbit Uncle Wiggily is out and he hears a cat crying. "Without my boots they will take me out of all the story books!". He finds Puss in Boots, but without his boots! Uncle Wiggily helps out. The moral of the story is: Put good out, you get good back. Recommended for age 3+.

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  Wuthering Heights

  Emily Bronte

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  Step into the windswept Yorkshire moors in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights — a story of passion, vengeance, and haunting devotion that defies time itself. 
  When the brooding orphan Heathcliff is taken in by the Earnshaw family, his deep, fierce love for Catherine Earnshaw becomes both his salvation and his ruin. Torn apart by pride and circumstance, their bond transforms into an obsession that spans generations, binding the fates of all who live at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. 
  Through the eyes of the outsider Mr. Lockwood and the housekeeper Nelly Dean, Brontë unravels a gothic masterpiece where love becomes indistinguishable from torment, and memory itself refuses to rest. 
  Darkly poetic and emotionally raw, Wuthering Heights remains one of the most powerful explorations of human desire and self-destruction ever written — a tale where the moors echo with the ghosts of hearts that could never let go.

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  The Cricket on the Hearth

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens wrote The Cricket on the Hearth in 1845, at a time when the warmth of hearth and home was a cherished ideal, providing comfort amidst the rapid changes of Victorian England. Unlike Dickens’ earlier social critiques, this novella is a quieter, more introspective work—a celebration of domestic life, love, and the enduring power of hope. Through the tale of the Peerybingle family and their trials, Dickens invites readers into a cozy household where even the smallest, most seemingly inconsequential creature—a cricket—can become a symbol of resilience and joy.

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  Robinson Crusoe

  Daniel Defoe

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  "One man, one island, and twenty-eight years of impossible survival."
  
  Against the advice of his father, young Robinson Crusoe sets out to sea in search of adventure. His journey ends in disaster when a violent storm shipwrecks him on a remote, uninhabited island off the coast of South America. Armed with only the meager supplies he can salvage from the wreck, Crusoe must reinvent civilization from scratch. From building a fortified home and taming wild goats to the psychological battle against utter loneliness, his story is a gripping account of how the human spirit triumphs over isolation. But when he discovers a single footprint in the sand, Crusoe realizes he may not be as alone as he thought.
  
  The Master of Realism: Daniel Defoe's writing was so detailed and "journalistic" that many original readers believed it was a true autobiography. His meticulous descriptions of how Crusoe makes pottery, bakes bread, and sews clothes from goatskins turned the struggle for survival into a fascinating technical achievement.
  
  A Complex Partnership: The arrival of Friday, a man Crusoe rescues from cannibals, marks a turning point in the novel. Their relationship explores themes of language, culture, and companionship, even as it reflects the colonial perspectives of the 18th century. Together, they transform the island from a prison into a home.
  
  Why It Is a Global Icon: Robinson Crusoe created the "Robinsonade" genre, inspiring everything from Swiss Family Robinson to modern survival films. It is a profound meditation on faith, the value of hard work, and the incredible things a human being can accomplish when forced to rely solely on their own mind and hands.
  
  Embark on the original castaway adventure. Purchase "Robinson Crusoe" today.

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  Frau Fischer

  Mansfield Katherine

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  In Frau Fischer by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of independence, letting go, acceptance change, trust, control, gender roles and conflict. Taken from her In a German Pension collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed British woman and after reading the story the reader realises that Mansfield may be exploring the theme of independence.

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