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  Bel Ami or the History of a...

  Guy de Maupassant

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  "Bel-Ami ([bɛlami], "Dear Friend") is the second novel by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885. An English translation titled Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel first appeared in 1903.    The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor former cavalry NCO in France's African colonies to one of the most successful men in Paris. Duroy achieves this by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy women. The novel is set in Paris among the upper-middle class environment of leading journalists and their friends."

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  Some Words with A Mummy

  SAMPI Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  "Some Words with a Mummy" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe that satirizes 19th-century science and attitudes, featuring gentlemen who awaken an ancient Egyptian mummy, challenging their views on life, technology, and health.

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  Edgar Allan Poe - Selected Tales

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe will always be associated with the macabre and mysterious. In this selection of 11 of his short stories Poe's unique voice can be heard in all its Gothic splendour. 
  "The Fall of the House of Usher" a death obsessed man, in his desperate attempt to save his sister from premature burial, seals his own fate. 
  "The Masque of the Red Death" A nobleman uses his wealth to protect himself from the Red Death only to find it stalks his palace of pleasure and privilege as a guest. 
  " The Premature Burial" Fearful that his cataleptic illness may lead to premature interment, the narrator becomes obsessed with avoiding such an horrific end. 
  "The Tell-Tale Heart" A murderer's frenzied guilt over his deadly deed manifests itself in a bizarre incriminating manner. 
  "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" A macabre and violent double murder in Paris attracts the attention of Dupin, an amateur detective whose powers of deduction foreshadow the techniques of Sherlock Holmes nearly 50 years later. 
  "The Oblong Box" While on a sea voyage the narrator mistakes his old friend's mysterious reticence regarding his cargo of an "Oblong Box" for rudeness, with tragic consequences. 
  "The Oval Portrait" While convalescing in an old castle, a man becomes intrigued by a portrait of a young woman and soon learns of its sad history. 
  "The Black Cat" A Man spirals down into an existence of increasing drunkenness and violence. Those he once loved are dragged down with him, but one is bent on revenge. 
  "The Raven" A short poem in which a Raven enters a lovelorn man's room only to be the unexpected prophet of the poet's bleak and lonely future. 
  "The Sphinx" The oppressive atmosphere of a Cholera epidemic causes the writer to overestimate the evidence of his own eyes. 
  "The Pit and the Pendulum" A claustrophobic masterpiece, describing the experience of a man undergoing the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition.

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  Master and Man

  Leo Tolstoy

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  "The thought that he might, and very probably would die that night occurred to him, but did not seem particularly unpleasant or dreadful."
  Master and Man is the haunting tale of a landowner and his servant caught in a snowstorm, where survival hinges not on status but on sacrifice. As the cold deepens and death looms, Tolstoy strips away social pretenses to reveal the redemptive power of selflessness.
  Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, and social reformer, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. He is best known for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, both celebrated for their intricate character development and profound exploration of moral dilemmas and human nature. In his later years, Tolstoy experienced a spiritual awakening which led him to reject materialism and embrace a life of simplicity, seeking to align his life with his beliefs about nonviolence and compassion. Tolstoy's legacy endures not only through his literary masterpieces but also through his profound impact on literature and philosophy.

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  Tarzan of the Apes

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  An adventure tale that has capture the ages! The first book in the legendary Tarzan series tells the story of John Clayton, born in the coastal jungles of Africa to a marooned couple from England, adopted as an infant by apes after they die, then raised in ignorance of his human heritage. Through sheer force of will Tarzan becomes king of the jungle and slowly learns of his origin.This is the exciting novel that began it all.

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  The Devoted Friend

  Oscar Wilde

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  Once upon a time, there was a kind and honest man named Hans. He lived alone in a tiny cottage.
  Hans was a little man who owned a beautiful garden, where he grew flowers of all kinds and colours which were sold in the market to make some money. He enjoyed the company of another man called Hugh, a miller who used to visit Hans very often during the summer time and with whom he shared thoughts about friendship and loyalty. Hans was so devoted to Hugh that he even gifted him whole bunches of flowers from his own garden.

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