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  Cousin Phillis

  Elizabeth Gaskell

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  Immerse yourself in the poignant and pastoral world of "Cousin Phillis" by Elizabeth Gaskell. This novella follows Paul Manning, a young engineer, who forms a deep and introspective bond with his innocent and intellectual cousin, Phillis Holman. Set against the serene backdrop of a rural 19th-century English village, the story explores themes of unspoken love, personal growth, and the impact of industrialization. Gaskell's delicate prose and rich characterization paint a touching portrait of human emotion and the complexities of life.

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  The Hand

  Guy de Maupassant

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  The Hand by Guy de Maupassant is presented in a clean English digital edition with active navigation. The book belongs to classics and preserves the character of the source text for sustained ebook reading. The opening pages establish the work's atmosphere with this first movement: All were crowding around M. Bermutier, the judge, who was giving his opinion about the Saint-Cloud mystery. For a month this in explicable crime had been the talk of Paris. Nobody could make head or tail of it. M. Bermutier, standing with his back to the fireplace, was talking, citing the evidence, discussing the vario. Detected sections include: Chapter 1. This edition is prepared for a fluent reading experience with clear typography and no extraneous promotional material.

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  The Private Memoirs And...

  James Hogg

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  We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? The "sinner" in this engrossing and strange novel is Robert Wringham, the son of a Scottish laird and a much more religious mother, who quickly separates from her free-living husband under the encouragement of an influential minister. When it's time to be baptized, Robert takes the preacher's last name, and a bit later the reverend decides that Robert is also one of God's chosen. Robert believes that as a member of the elect he can never be damned, no matter what he does. One day Robert becomes fast friends with a man with mysterious powers and a strange name. This Gil-Martin takes on the appearance of different people, and can even learn their "most secret thoughts." He's also good at arguing Scripture—and capitalizing on Robert's pride, and other faults. Soon they're scheming together to get the better of their enemies—and their plans include murder. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner was a failure when it was first published anonymously in 1824, though it was ahead of its time in its blend of mystery, psychological horror, tall tales, comedy, metafiction, and social criticism. It was only in the twentieth century that it became more broadly known, gaining admirers that included the writers André Gide, Muriel Spark, Philip Pullman, and Ian Rankin. James Hogg (died 1835) was a celebrated writer of the Romantic era. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. As a work of classic literary fiction, The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of A Justified Sinner exemplifies the narrative craft and social insight that defined great storytelling of its era. Literary fiction of this period was characterized by careful attention to character psychology, social milieu, and the moral questions that animated public discourse.

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  A Changed Man and Other Tales -...

  Thomas Hardy

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  Twelve Wessex tales, including the one about a captain who becomes a curate and the wife who cannot forgive it, and Alicia's Diary, and the Waterloo veteran's story. Hardy trained as an architect and restored churches; these are the late gleanings, and several of them are as good as the novels — the title story turns on cholera, and he does not flinch at it.

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  The Secret of the Growing Gold

  Bram Stoker

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  The Secret of the Growing Gold by Bram Stoker is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within horror and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: When Margaret Delandre went to live at Brent's Rock the whole neighbourhood awoke to the pleasure of an entirely new scandal. Scandals in connection with either the Delandre family or the Brents of Brent's Rock, were not few; and if the secret history of the county had been written in full both name This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.

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  Mrs Amworth - From their pens to...

  E F Benson

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  Edward Frederic Benson was born in Berkshire, England on 24th July 1867. 
  Educated at Marlborough and Kings College Cambridge he began his career as a writer at an early age and was published whilst still studying. 
  Benson was also a gifted athlete and represented his country at figure skating. 
  His career was prodigious and widely acknowledged.  Perhaps he is best known for his collection of novels about ‘Mapp & Lucia’ which have proved very popular throughout the decades.   
  Benson was also well regarded as a writer of ghost stories—‘spook stories’ in the then vernacular—as well as biographies.  His ghost and supernatural fiction covered a range of subjects but all were exceptionally well-written, drenched in atmosphere, riven with chills and have stood the test of popularity over the decades as testament to his literary talents.  
  Benson was never married and practised his homosexuality discreetly. 
  E F Benson died on 29th February 1940 at University College Hospital, London of throat cancer.  He was 72.

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