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  A Change of Air

  Anthony Hope

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  " ... A highly clever performance with little touches that recall both Balzac and Meredith ... is endowed with exceeding originality. In this 1893 novel, a young poet, Dale Bannister, suddenly finds himself possessed of fame and fortune. He moves to the town of Denborough, where he acquires an enemy, Squire Delane, and an equally unwelcome acolyte, Dr. Roberts. In his speech at the annual banquet of the Royal Academy in 1894, among many other good things, Mr. Andrew Lang said:"The thrifty plan of giving us sermons, politics, fiction, all in one stodgy sandwich, produces no permanent literature, produces but temporary 'tracts for the times ..."--

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  The Travelling Musicians

  Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

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  Four unlikely companions set out on a journey—and discover that courage, friendship, and a little cleverness can change everything. 
  When an aging donkey is cast aside by his master, he decides to seek a new life as a musician in the great city. Along the road, he is joined by a weary dog, a clever cat, and a proud rooster—each fleeing a similar fate. Though none are young or strong anymore, together they form an unexpected fellowship bound by hope and determination. 
  As night falls, their journey leads them to a lonely house in the woods—one occupied by a band of robbers. With nothing but their voices and their wits, the four animals devise a daring plan that turns fear into triumph and danger into opportunity. 
  The Traveling Musicians, one of the most beloved fairy tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, is a timeless story of resilience, loyalty, and finding purpose when the world says you are finished. Warm, humorous, and quietly heroic, this classic tale reminds listeners that even the forgotten can still make themselves heard. 
  Narrated with warmth and storytelling charm by Richard Stibbard, this production brings new life to a fairy tale that has delighted generations.

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  14000 miles a carriage and two...

  Frances S. Howe

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  Our first day's ride took us around Wachusett. We did not delay to climb its woody slopes, for we had many times visited our little mountain, and knew its charms by heart. It was new scenes we were seeking, and we were eagerly anticipating the drive along the Connecticut, fancying that much more beautiful and romantic than the familiar hills. It was not until we reached the hot, sandy roads, and were surrounded by tobacco fields, with rarely a glimpse of the river, that we realized that valleys are most enjoyable when seen from the hill-tops. The peculiar charm of the view from Mt. Holyoke we can never forget. A picture like that of the Northampton meadows, with the silvery river winding through them, we have found on no other hill or mountain-top...FROM THE BOOKS.

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  His Excellency - A Minister of...

  Émile Zola

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  Eugène Rougon loses office, spends the book intriguing to get it back, and discovers that power was the only thing he ever wanted. Zola drew the parliament from the official records, and the portrait of Rougon is the coldest in the cycle. This edition includes fifty-two plates of painting by Jean Béraud, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Félicie Schneider and Camille Pissarro, dated 1852 to 1910, in the translation by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly.

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  A Farewell to Arms

  Ernest Hemingway

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  A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (Italian: tenente) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The novel describes a love between the American expatriate and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley.

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  Frankenstein; or The Modern...

  Mary Shelley

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  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a ground-breaking work of gothic fiction and one of the earliest science fiction novels. This original 1818 text tells the haunting tale of Victor Frankenstein, a driven scientist whose unrelenting ambition leads him to create life from death. But his triumph gives rise to horror as his creature, abandoned and shunned, turns to vengeance. 
  Exploring themes of ambition, responsibility, and the consequences of playing God, Frankenstein is a timeless masterpiece that raises profound questions about humanity, morality, and the pursuit of knowledge. A cornerstone of literature, the 1818 text retains its raw power and chilling relevance to this day.

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