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  Orlando

  Virginia Woolf

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  Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. Inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, Woolf's lover and close friend, it is arguably one of her most popular novels; Orlando is a history of English literature in satiric form. The book describes the adventures of a poet who changes sex from man to woman and lives for centuries, meeting the key figures of English literary history. Considered a feminist classic, the book has been written about extensively by scholars of women's writing and gender and transgender studies.
  The novel has been adapted a number of times. 1981, Ulrike Ottinger adapted it for her film Freak Orlando, with Magdalena Montezuma in the title role. In 1989, director Robert Wilson and writer Darryl Pinckney collaborated on a single-actor theatrical production. This had its British premiere at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996, with Miranda Richardson playing the title role; Isabelle Huppert performed in the version in French, which opened at the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1993. A film adaptation by Sally Potter, simply titled Orlando, was released in 1992, starring Tilda Swinton in the title role. A stage adaption by Sarah Ruhl premiered in New York City in 2010, with another version premiering at the Garrick Theatre, London in 2022 starring Emma Corrin and directed by Michael Grandage. The novel has also been adapted into operatic works.

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  Emma

  Jane Austen

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  "Emma" is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1815. The story revolves around Emma Woodhouse, a well-off young woman who prides herself on her matchmaking abilities. Despite her best intentions, her meddling often leads to misunderstandings and complications. As Emma navigates the challenges of friendships, romance, and social standings in her small English village, she also undergoes a journey of personal growth and self-discovery. The novel deals with themes of social class, marriage, and individual agency within the context of early 19th-century England.

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  HorrorBabble's Ghost Stories

  H. R. Wakefield, H. P....

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  A broad selection of ghost stories both classic and obscure. 
  Contents: 
  "The Phantom Coach" by Amelia B. Edwards 
  A man becomes lost on the moors during a snow storm. 
  "Blind Man's Buff" by H. R. Wakefield 
  A cheap piece of real estate... 
  "The Third Coach" by H. R. Wakefield 
  A strange train crash. 
  "That Time of the Night" by Ian Gordon 
  That peculiar period in the early hours... 
  "The Late Mourner" by Julius Long 
  The man received a shock when he saw the face in the coffin... 
  "There Was A Man Dwelt by a Churchyard" by M. R. James 
  A watcher of nightly funerals. 
  "The Malice of Inanimate Objects" by M. R. James 
  Inanimate objects are out to harm us... 
  "An Evening's Entertainment" by M. R. James 
  Strange goings-on in a quiet English village. 
  "Masquerade" by Mearle Prout 
  Stark horror in a lantern-lit garden. 
  "At the Gate" by Myla Jo Closser 
  What happens to our beloved dogs when they pass on? 
  "Lucy Comes to Stay" by Robert Bloch 
  Lucy is a 'bad influence'. 
  "The Last Incarnation" by Wallace West 
  An evil presence lingering close to a dying boy. 
  "He" by H. P. Lovecraft 
  A strange man reveals the secrets of Greenwich Village. 
  "The Tomb" by H. P. Lovecraft 
  A man becomes obsessed with a mausoleum. 
  "Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie" by William A. P. White 
  A chilling chamber...

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  Lady of the Camellias The -...

  fils Alexandre Dumas

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  La Dame aux Camélias is a tragic love story by Alexandre Dumas fils, inspired by his real-life affair with the courtesan Marie Duplessis. The novel tells the tale of Marguerite Gautier, a beautiful and elegant woman who falls in love with the young Armand Duval. Despite their genuine affection, social judgment, illness, and sacrifice ultimately doom their romance.This powerful story of devotion and redemption explores themes of morality, social hypocrisy, and the price of love. Its emotional depth and poetic prose made it a sensation in its time and inspired Verdi's famous opera La Traviata.

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  Story of Keesh The (Unabridged)

  Jack London

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  Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.
  THE STORY OF KEESH: Keesh lived long ago on the rim of the polar sea, was head man of his village through many and prosperous years, and died full of honors with his name on the lips of men. So long ago did he live that only the old men remember his name, his name and the tale, which they got from the old men before them, and which the old men to come will tell to their children and their children's children down to the end of time.

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  Sweetheart Roland - Story Time...

  Brothers Grimm

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  Sweetheart Roland is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm .A wicked witch had an evil daughter, whom she loved, and a good stepdaughter, whom she hated. One day, the witch decided she would kill the stepdaughter at night, and the daughter was told to make sure she lay by the wall, and her stepsister in the front of the bed. The stepdaughter overheard this and, after her stepsister slept, she shifted their places. The witch instead killed her own daughter, and the stepdaughter rose and went to her sweetheart Roland, telling what had happened, and that they had to flee.

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