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  Man with the Twisted Lip The - A...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Man with the Twisted Lip", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the sixth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine in December 1891. Doyle ranked "The Man with the Twisted Lip'' sixteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.Late at night, Kate Whitney, a friend of Dr. Watson's wife, calls on them. Her husband Isa has been absent for several days. Frantic with worry, she begs Dr. Watson to fetch him home from the opium den where he goes. Watson does this, but he also finds his friend Sherlock Holmes in the den, disguised as an old man, seeking for clues among the habitués of the place...

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  Child's History of England A...

  Charles Dickens

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  A Child's History of England is a book by Charles Dickens. It first appeared in serial form in Household Words, running from 25 January 1851 to 10 December 1853. Dickens also published the work in book form in three volumes: the first volume on 20 December 1851, the second on 25 December 1852 and the third on 24 December 1853. Although the volumes were published in December, each was postdated the following year. Dickens dedicated the book to "My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject". The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the accession of Queen Victoria.[2] In a letter to his friend Douglas William Jerrold, Dickens confessed that he was composing the book so that he could prevent his children from embracing conservatism: I am writing a little history of England for my boy...For I don't know what I should do, if he were to get hold of any conservative or High Church notions; and the best way of guarding against any such horrible result is, I take it, to wring the parrots' neck in his very cradle."A Child's History was included in the curricula of British schoolchildren well into the 20th century, with successive editions published from 1851 to World War II.

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  Silas Marner (Argo Classics)

  George Eliot

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  William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. 
  Unfairly accused of stealing money from his community’s church, Silas Marner has become bitter and misanthropic – and wealthy. One New Year’s Eve, however, he rescues a small child from the snowstorm outside: and his life changes forever. 
  A deeply moving exploration of loneliness and redemption, Silas Marner is a beloved and timeless classic. Judi Dench brings its humanity to life with unmatchable warmth and elegance. 
  For fans of Jane Austen (Mansfield Park), Rick Moody (Genoa), Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell), Charlotte Brontë (The Professor), and Rocket Classic Collection (Emma).

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  Best of Poe The (A Graphic Novel...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  You'll be kept in suspense with these four Edgar Allan Poe short stories! "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."

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  The Birthday Dinosaur

  Alison Larkin

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  The night before his fifth birthday, a young boy who can't wait to grow up receives a visit from the Birthday Dinosaur. Together they fly off on a magical adventure, high above the earth. 
  Cover illustration by Charles Wynd. With music by Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Faure, Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy, and Richard Wagner, performed by Sara Edelstein and arranged by Jason Brown.

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  Whisperer in Darkness The...

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  The Whisperer in Darkness is a 26,000-word novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written February-September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931.[1] Similar to The Colour Out of Space (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction. Although it makes numerous references to the Cthulhu Mythos, the story is not a central part of the mythos, but reflects a shift in Lovecraft's writing at this time towards science fiction. The story also introduces the Mi-Go, an extraterrestrial race of fungoid creatures.

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