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  Martin Eden

  Jack London

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  Smitten with a beautiful and cultivated young woman, a bright but uncultured sailor determines to better himself intellectually and socially. Martin Eden turns his attention and energy from drinking and brawling to an aggressive pursuit of self-education through reading. Martin's determined striving leads to a resolve to become a writer himself, but his success comes at the price of disillusionment, leaving him stranded between his proletariat origins and the bourgeois world. Originally published in 1909, Jack London's semi-autobiographical novel reflects the painful struggles with learning that led to his eventual achievement of literary fame. Martin Eden addresses the author's internal conflict between his dream of a cooperative socialist utopia and his survival-of-the-fittest evolutionary views. Widely considered London's most mature work, the book abounds in memorable characters and settings as well as thought-provoking explorations of the nature of love, the importance of remaining true to personal aspirations rather than others' expectations, and the injustice of class divisions.

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  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the most famous novella of Stevenson. The story is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson, who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. The work is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often called "split personality", where, within the same body, there exists more than one distinct personality. The work is frequently interpreted as an examination of the duality of human nature, usually expressed as an inner struggle between good and evil. It has also been noted as "one of the best guidebooks of the Victorian era" because of its piercing description of the fundamental dichotomy of the 19th century "outward respectability and inward lust", as this period had a tendency for social hypocrisy.

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  Surprising Adventures of Baron...

  Rudolph Erich Raspe

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  Baron Munchausen recounts his entertaining tall-tale adventures to his friends. His adventures in Volume I include: a big storm, a battle against a lion and crocodile, his amazing marksmanship, hunting conquests, an insane cloak, amazing feats on an extraordinary horse, time spent as a prisoner of war and slave, a trip to North America and one to Constantinople, the rescuing of a woman, journeys to the moon, among others. Volume II tells of the Baron's preparations for a trip to Africa and the host of adventures he encounters there. He then continues on with his travels - England, North America, Russia. Each of the Baron's tales are more fanciful than the last.

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  The Invisible Man

  H. G. Wells

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  In the village of Iping, a strange man arrives at a local inn wrapped in bandages. He refuses to leave his room where he is carrying out experiments to make himself invisible. The stranger's success has grave implications for everyone. When he realises that he cannot reverse the experiment, he is gradually driven insane. 
   
  This seminal tale acts as a powerful warning about unintended consequences. The journey on which the invisible man embarks turns out to be a penetrating, unflinching, and unsettling look into the heart of human nature.

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  The Cop and the Anthem

  O. Henry

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  O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories, known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.In The Cop and the Anthem, a New York tramp, Soapy, is determined to be arrested and sent to jail on 'The Island' for three months during the coldest part of the winter. But it proves astoundingly difficult to get arrested...however hard he tries, no policeman seems inclined to take him into custody.

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  The Dabblers

  W. F. Harvey

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  William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres.Born into a wealthy Quaker family in Yorkshire, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, and took a degree in medicine at Leeds. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted much of his recuperation to writing short stories.The Dabblersis a mysterious tale of strange rituals in the grounds of a boarding school on a particular night in June every year. Weird singing can be heard...and the locals mutter that The Dabblers are abroads.But who are the mysterious Dabblers, and what are they doing abroad at midnight? One schoolteacher sets out to discover the secret....

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