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  Before Insulin - From their pens...

  J Connington

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is J J Connington.

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  Laicus - or The Experiences of a...

  Lyman Abbott

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  A layman moves to a country town, joins the church committee, and discovers how a parish is actually run — the pew rents, the building fund, the minister's salary, the feuds. Abbott followed Henry Ward Beecher into the most famous pulpit in America and edited The Outlook, from which he told a suspicious public that Darwin need not be the enemy. This is church administration as comedy, and it is affectionate. Fifty-eight paintings from 1832 to 1895, among them Winslow Homer and George Inness, gather the American parish and its landscapes around a story of pew rents and building funds.

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  Three Short Works

  Three Short Works

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  A collection of three short stories: The Dance of Death; The Legend of Saint-Julian the Hospitaller; and, A Simple Soul. The collection was originally published in French in 1877.

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  The Trial

  Franz Kafka

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  A modern classic of psychological horror and political paranoia, The Trial is one of Kafka’s best-known works.Josef K. is an ordinary banker whose life changes overnight when he is arrested for a crime no one will identify to him. He is forced to navigate a bewildering court system filled with endless hearings and controlled by a distant authoritarian power. As K. struggles to defend himself against accusations he cannot understand, his work, relationships, and grip on reality begin to deteriorate. Though left unfinished at the time of Kafka’s death, The Trial remains one of literature’s most powerful portraits of life under authoritarian power.

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  Principles of literary criticism

  I. A. Richards

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  Principles of Literary Criticism by I. A. Richards is a groundbreaking study that transformed twentieth‑century literary theory by linking the close reading of texts to psychology, semantics, and the reader's emotional response. First published in 1924 and still a touchstone for students and scholars, this influential work explains how meaning is generated, how ambiguity enriches poetry, and why literature matters as a powerful instrument for ordering human experience. Richards introduces key concepts—such as "synesthetic rhythm," "stock response," and the "communication triangle"—that continue to shape modern criticism, making this volume essential for anyone who wants to understand how language, thought, and feeling interact on the page.

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  Hadji Murad

  Leo Tolstoy

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  Hadji Murad is a gripping and heroic tale by Leo Tolstoy, set against the backdrop of the Caucasian War. The story follows Hadji Murad, a legendary Chechen warrior, who finds himself caught between loyalty to his people and the oppressive forces of the Russian Empire. Tolstoy explores themes of honor, sacrifice, and the tragic consequences of war. The novel portrays Hadji Murad's internal conflict, his personal code of conduct, and the high price of resistance. With powerful narrative techniques and vivid battle scenes, Hadji Murad stands as a monumental work on human endurance and the complexities of war.

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