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  Middlemarch (Book 5: The Dead Hand)

  George Eliot

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  Middlemarch (Book 5: The Dead Hand), A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. It appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midlands town, from 1829 to 1832, it follows distinct, intersecting stories with many characters. Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Leavened with comic elements, Middlemarch approaches significant historical events in a realist mode: the Reform Act 1832, early railways, and the accession of King William IV. It looks at medicine of the time and reactionary views in a settled community facing unwelcome change. Eliot began writing the two pieces that formed the novel in 1869–1870 and completed it in 1871. Initial reviews were mixed, but it is now seen widely as her best work and one of the great English novels.

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  Tom Sawyer Detective

  Mark Twain

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  In Tom Sawyer, Detective, Tom attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this satirical take on the immensely popular detective novels of the 1800s. Like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the story is told in the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.
  
  Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was the celebrated author of several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur, and inventor.

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  The Holy Night

  Selma Lagerlöf

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  As part of her collection "Christ Legends" Selma Lagerlöf wrote the story "The Holy Night," a Christmas-themed tale first published in sometime in the early 1900s but before her death in 1940. It tells the story of the author at five years old who experienced a great sadness when her grandmother passed which made her recall a story the old woman used to tell about the Holy Night.
  The story the grandmother tells is about a poor man who wanders around the village asking people for a single live coal to light his own fire, but keeps getting met with rejection until he runs into a shepherd who finds compassion in his heart to help, especially after seeing the state of the man's home and wife and child.

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  Shinobi Hiro - You can never...

  Fritz Angelo

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  "A story about a young shinobi student who thought cheating his way through everything will make everything easy, but little does he know...something is about to change his life forever."

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  The Ernest Hemingway Collection...

  Ernest Hemingway

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  The Ernest Hemingway Collection brings together three of Hemingway's classic novels—A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, and The Torrents of Spring—in an illustrated edition that highlights the emotional depth, iconic style, and thematic resonance of his work. Each novel captures Hemingway's unique approach to storytelling, balancing simplicity and poignancy in narratives that explore themes of love, identity, and the search for purpose in an often chaotic world.
  In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway tells a story of love and sacrifice during World War I. The novel follows the relationship between Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American in the Italian army, and Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. Their romance provides a fleeting refuge from the surrounding devastation, but the couple is ultimately challenged by the unrelenting realities of war, fate, and loss. With minimalistic prose and powerful imagery, Hemingway crafts a haunting portrayal of the human cost of conflict.
  The Sun Also Rises, one of Hemingway's most famous works, delves into the lives of disillusioned expatriates in post-World War I Europe. The story centers on Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley, whose unrequited love is complicated by a sense of existential detachment common among the "Lost Generation." Set in Paris and Spain, the novel explores the characters' pursuit of pleasure, purpose, and identity amid a world struggling to find meaning after the horrors of war. Hemingway's sharp, descriptive prose captures both the glamour and emptiness of their lives.
  Finally, The Torrents of Spring, a satirical work, reveals Hemingway's humorous side while serving as a parody of the romanticism that often permeated American literature of the time. Through witty characterization and exaggerated situations, Hemingway critiques the literary norms of his era, particularly the style of Sherwood Anderson.
  Illustrated with carefully selected imagery, this collection provides visual depth to Hemingway's layered storytelling, enriching readers' experience of each novel's setting and tone. This collection is ideal for those seeking to understand Hemingway's diverse styles and narrative power across romance, existential exploration, and literary satire.
   
  A Farewell to Arms
  The Sun Also Rises
  The Torrents of Spring

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  The Brothers Karamazov

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the "wicked and sentimental" Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.

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