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  Walking

  Henry David Thoreau

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  In this essay, Henry David Thoreau expounds upon the virtues of a simple walk in the wild. One of his most read lectures, this piece was originally published in 1851. 

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  Bullet-proof - From their pens...

  Bernard Capes

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  Bernard Edward Joseph Capes was born on the 30th August 1854 in London.  He was one of 11 children. 
  His early work was as a journalist and this developed into writing many short stories for the periodicals of the time including Blackwood's, Cassell's, Cornhill Magazine, Illustrated London News, Macmillan's Magazine, Mall Magazine, Pearson's Magazine, The Idler, and The Queen. 
  It took him many years to decide that writing full-time could be a sustainable career path.  His initial success came with ‘The Mill of Silence’.  As well as being published it garnered second prize at a competition sponsored by the Chicago Record.  He exceeded that by winning it the following year with ‘The Lake of Wine’.   
  Capes quickly became both prolific and popular.  As well as his stories and articles for the periodicals he wrote around 40 volumes across novels, poetry, history as well as romance and mystery novels. 
  Bernard Capes died on 2nd November 1918 in the flu epidemic.

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  Twelfth Night - Full Cast Drama

  William Shakespeare

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  "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare is a timeless and enchanting comedy that invites you into a world of mistaken identities, love, and laughter. Set in the colorful and lively backdrop of Illyria, this play is a masterpiece of Shakespearean wit and humor. 
   
  The story revolves around Viola, who is shipwrecked and finds herself stranded in a foreign land. To survive, she disguises herself as a young man named Cesario and becomes entangled in the lives of the Duke Orsino, who employs her as a messenger of love, and the beautiful Countess Olivia, who unwittingly falls in love with her. 
   
  This delightful tale of love triangles and hidden desires is a rollercoaster of emotions, from heartwarming moments to hilarious mishaps. The comic characters, such as Sir Toby Belch and Maria, add a touch of mischievousness to the plot, while the pompous Malvolio provides a humorous contrast. 
   
  Shakespeare's mastery of language is on full display in "Twelfth Night." The play features some of his most famous lines and witty wordplay. The themes of love, disguise, and the absurdity of human behavior are explored in a way that remains relevant and relatable even today. 
   
  "Twelfth Night" is a play that continues to captivate audiences with its enduring charm and humor. It's a celebration of the human spirit's capacity for love and the folly that often accompanies it. Whether you're a seasoned theatergoer or a newcomer to Shakespeare's works, this play promises an unforgettable journey into the realm of romance and laughter.

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  The Minerva Club

  Victor Canning

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  The Minerva Club might look like any other London gentlemen’s club but behind its respectable and discreet façade, some of the most ambitious schemes for heists, money-making and evasion of the law are being worked out. It’s an exclusive club for criminals. Entry qualification: members must have served a prison sentence of two years minimum. Though the club’s criminal ventures don’t always go as planned… 
  From trying to break into an old prison cell and stealing a stash of jewels hidden during a previous incarceration, love getting in the way during a hideout from the police, a cleverly planned break-in being interrupted by an unexpected guest, to figuring out where to steal a last-minute wedding cake – the club’s amiable criminals somehow always achieve their goal in the most surprising ways.   
  This collection of five short stories follows the Minerva Club’s (mis)adventures and evokes the very best of humorous classic crime fiction.

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  In Kent With Charles Dickens

  Thomas Frost

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  By his own admission, Thomas Frost found it hard to make a living from his writing, and no doubt he used the name of Dickens in the title of this book to boost sales. Frost tells a good tale, and the book is not only of interest to enthusiasts of Dickens and the county of Kent. He includes some of Dickens' own descriptions of locations, as well as regaling us with anecdotes about towns and villages which he visits, including an account of the last armed rising on British soil - the Battle of Bossenden Wood. As well as accounts of his travels through the highways and byways of Kent in the footsteps of Dickens and his characters, he also wanders into the lanes of myth and legend, sometimes making up his own stories along the way.Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

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  Guy de Maupassant - Six of the...

  Guy de Maupassant

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master.

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