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  The Lost World

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin in Brazil that encountered prehistoric animals. It has been the inspiration for subsequent fiction, including Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park.

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  The Daughter of Time

  Josephine Tey

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  The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before her death. In 1990 it was voted number one in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list compiled by the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA). 
  Plot: 
  Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant (a character who also appears in five other novels by the same author) is feeling bored while confined to bed in hospital with a broken leg. Marta Hallard, an actress friend of his, suggests he should amuse himself by researching a historical mystery. She brings him some pictures of historical characters, aware of Grant's interest in human faces. He becomes intrigued by a portrait of King Richard III. He prides himself on being able to read a person's character from his appearance, and King Richard seems to him a gentle, kind and wise man. Why is everyone so sure that he was a cruel murderer? 
  With the help of other friends and acquaintances, Grant investigates Richard's life and the case of the Princes in the Tower, testing out his theories on the doctors and nurses who attend to him. Grant spends weeks pondering historical information and documents with the help of Brent Carradine, a likable young American researcher working in the British Museum.[2] Using his detective's logic, he comes to the conclusion that the claim of Richard being a murderer is a fabrication of Tudor propaganda, as is the popular image of the King as a monstrous hunchback. 
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  Narrated by Nick Donovan 
  Author: Josephine Tey 
  Date of original publication: 1951 
  Genre: detective novel 
  Language : English 
  Version : unabridged, full/complete 
  Without subtitles

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  Noticeable Conduct of Professor...

  G. K. Chesterton

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  "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" is a Story by G. K. Chesterton. First appeared in Harper's Weekly (June 25 1904). Basil Grant finds out why Professor Chadd insists on dancing.
  Basil Grant had comparatively few friends besides myself; yet he was the reverse of an unsociable man. He would talk to any one anywhere, and talk not only well but with perfectly genuine concern and enthusiasm for that person's affairs.

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  Lord Peter Views the Body

  Dorothy L. Sayers

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  "Lord Peter Views the Body," first published in 1928, stands as a brilliant testament to Dorothy L. Sayers' mastery of the detective genre. This collection of short stories offers readers an intimate glimpse into the world of Lord Peter Wimsey, one of the most beloved detectives in literary history. With his characteristic charm, incisive wit, and an unerring sense of justice, Lord Peter navigates a series of perplexing cases, each showcasing Sayers' exceptional storytelling prowess.

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  Desiree's Baby

  Kate Chopin

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  Desiree's Baby BY Kate Chopin is about the daughter of Monsieur and Madame Valmondé, who are wealthy French Creoles in antebellum Louisiana. Abandoned as a baby, Desiree was found by Monsieur Valmondé lying in the shadow of a stone pillar near the Valmondé gateway. She is courted by the son of another wealthy, well-known and respected French Creole family, Armand. They marry and have a child. People who see the baby have the sense it is different. Eventually they realize that the baby's skin is the same color as a quadroon (one-quarter African)—the baby has African ancestry. At the time of the story, this would have been considered a problem for a person believed to be white.

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  Под знаком незаконнорожденных

  Владимир Набоков

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  "Под знаком незаконнорожденных» ("Bend Sinister», 1947) — второй 
  англоязычный роман Владимира Набокова и первый роман, написанный им в 
  Америке.
  Действие романа разворачивается в некоем полицейском государстве, где 
  правит партия "эквилистов» ("уравнителей») во главе с диктатором 
  Падуком. В центре повествования всемирно известный философ Адам Круг, 
  бывший одноклассник Падука, издевавшийся над ним в детстве. Пытаясь 
  добиться от Круга публичной поддержки своей власти, Падук одного за 
  другим арестовывает всех его друзей и знакомых, однако сломить философа 
  удается, лишь разлучив его с маленьким сыном Давидом.
  По словам Набокова, "рассказ... ведется не о жизни и смерти в гротескном
   полицейском государстве.  Главной темой... является... 
  биение любящего сердца Круга, мука напряженной нежности, терзающая его, —
   и именно ради страниц, посвященных Давиду и его отцу, была написана эта
   книга, ради них и стоит ее прочитать».

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