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  Our Honourable Friend (Unabridged)

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.OUR HONOURABLE FRIEND: We are delighted to find that he has got in! Our honourable friend is triumphantly returned to serve in the next Parliament. He is the honourable member for Verbosity-the best represented place in England.

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  £1000000 Bank-Note & Other New...

  Mark Twain

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  collection contains: -The £1,000,000 Bank-Note -Mental Telegraphy -A Cure for the Blues -The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant -About all Kinds of Ships -Playing Courier -The German Chicago -A Petition to the Queen of England -A Majestic Literary Fossil This Mark Twain short story collection was published in 1893, in a disastrous decade for the United States, a time marked by doubt and waning optimism, rapid immigration, labor problems, and the rise of political violence and social protest.

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  Tales of the Dark Romantics -...

  Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis...

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  Representing the dark underbelly of Romanticism and beyond, these stories reach the shadowy corners of the human soul as seen through the writings of some of the most prominent authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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  Note on Realism A (Unabridged)

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.A NOTE ON REALISM: Style is the invariable mark of any master; and for the student who does not aspire so high as to be numbered with the giants, it is still the one quality in which he may improve himself at will. Passion, wisdom, creative force, the power of mystery or colour, are allotted in the hour of birth, and can be neither learned nor simulated.

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  Leo Tolstoy Short Story Collection

  Leo Tolstoy

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  Unearth a deep and philosophical short story collection from a literary legend. 
  As the celebrated and critically-acclaimed author of War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy is a literary master and is considered to be one of the greatest authors of all time. His books, ranging from gritty war stories steeped in realism to profoundly spiritual and religious works, have enabled his legacy to transcend the 19th century and resonate with modern-day readers of all backgrounds. 
  Inside this brilliant collection, you’ll explore Tolstoy’s most famous and beloved short stories, delving into his most influential ideas and offering a unique glimpse into his life and lessons. Having inspired the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. with his belief in pacifism and Christian ethics, Tolstoy’s artful prose and mastery of language is as powerful as his vivid settings and unforgettable characters. 
  Books included:What Men Live ByMaster and ManHow Much Land Does a Man NeedIvan the FoolWhere Love Is, God IsGod Sees the Truth, But WaitsA PrisonerThe Snowstorm 
  This collection brings Tolstoy’s work to life like never before, offering a selection of his finest and most memorable works to enchant and inspire contemporary readers just like they did well over a hundred years ago.

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  A Deal in Ostriches

  H. G. Wells

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  Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels, and is credited with being the father of science fiction.""A Deal in Ostriches"" is an amusing tale about a situation on a ship returning from the Indies with several passengers and five ostriches on board. One of the ostriches swallows a valuable diamond - but nobody knows which bird it was. This leads to an auction of the ostriches, at which the bidding is frantic as the passengers calculate their chances for recovering the precious stone."

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