The Purgatory of St Patrick
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Translator Denis Florence MacCarthy
Publisher: Project Gutenberg
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Translator Denis Florence MacCarthy
Publisher: Project Gutenberg
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A glittering collection of humorous stories by classic authors. "The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown" by G.K. Chesterton "The Talking Horse" by Thomas Anstey Guthrie "The Seventh Pullet" by Saki "Biffin on the Bassoon" by Harry Graham "The Scharz-Metterklume Method" by Saki "The Chaplet" by Saki "The Facts" by Ring Lardner "A Dissertation Upon Roasted Pig" by Charles Lamb "Fur" by Saki "The Lumber Room" by SakiShow book
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the preeminent figure in late 19th-century detective fiction. A physician by profession, he soon found such popularity as a writer of detective stories that his writing was far more profitable than his medical practice.'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire' is a Sherlock Holmes mystery. Holmes and Watson are contacted by a country gentleman whose Peruvian wife has been caught red-handed sucking the blood from her baby's neck. Can there be any explanation other than that the woman is a vampire?Show book
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