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  A Profitable Weakness - From...

  George Gissing

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  George Robert Gissing was born on November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire.  
  He was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield. Gissing loved school. He was enthusiastic with a thirst for learning and always diligent.  By the age of ten he was reading Dickens, a lifelong hero. 
  In 1872 Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College. Whilst there Gissing worked hard but remained solitary. Unfortunately, he had run short of funds and stole from his fellow students. He was arrested, prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in 1876. 
  On release he decided to start over.  In September 1876 he travelled to the United States. Here he wrote short stories for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. On his return home he was ready for novels. 
  Gissing self-published his first novel but it failed to sell.  His second was acquired but never published. His writing career was static.  Something had to change.  And it did. 
  By 1884 The Unclassed was published.  Now everything he wrote was published. Both Isabel Clarendon and Demos appeared in 1886. He mined the lives of the working class as diligently as any capitalist. 
  In 1889 Gissing used the proceeds from the sale of The Nether World to go to Italy. This trip formed the basis for his 1890 work The Emancipated. 
  Gissing's works began to command higher payments. New Grub Street (1891) brought a fee of £250.  
  Short stories followed and in 1895, three novellas were published; Eve's Ransom, The Paying Guest and Sleeping Fires. Gissing was careful to keep up with the changing attitudes of his audience.  
  Unfortunately, he was also diagnosed as suffering from emphysema. The last years of his life were spent as a semi-invalid in France but he continued to write. 1899; The Crown of Life. Our Friend the Charlatan appeared in 1901, followed two years later by The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. 
  George Robert Gissing died aged 46 on December 28th, 1903 after catching a chill on a winter walk.

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  The Last of the Mohicans

  James Fenimore Cooper

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  "The spirit of the forest speaks through those who know its secrets."
  
  It is 1757, the third year of the war between France and Great Britain for control of the North American colonies. In the dense wilderness of New York, the scout Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his Mohican companions—the wise Chingachgook and his valiant son Uncas—embark on a perilous mission. They must guide the daughters of a British commander, Cora and Alice Munro, through territory crawling with hostile Huron warriors. Their journey takes them through the blood-stained siege of Fort William Henry and into a tragic confrontation that will determine the fate of the "last" of the Mohican line.
  
  The Archetype of the American Hero: Hawkeye stands as one of literature's most enduring figures. A white man who has adopted the skills and philosophy of the Indigenous peoples, he represents the bridge between two worlds. His skill with his long rifle, "Killdeer," and his unwavering moral code make him the ultimate frontier protagonist.
  
  The Dual Duel: Uncas vs. Magua: The emotional weight of the novel rests on the rivalry between the noble Uncas and the vengeful Huron chief, Magua. Their conflict is more than a personal vendetta; it represents the clashing fates of different nations amidst the interference of European powers. Cooper's portrayal of Magua remains one of the most complex and terrifying villain archetypes in literary history.
  
  A Tragic Romanticism: Cooper's New York frontier is a place of breathtaking beauty and sudden, brutal violence. Through the tragic romance of Uncas and Cora Munro, the novel explores the social and racial tensions of the 18th century, culminating in a finale that has moved readers for two hundred years.
  
  Witness the birth of an American legend. Purchase "The Last of the Mohicans" today and experience the epic that defined a genre.

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  King Pest

  Sampi Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  "King Pest" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe in which two drunken sailors, Legs and Hugh, enter a strange house during a plague in London. There, they encounter a bizarre court led by King Pest and his grotesque entourage, resulting in strange and darkly funny events.

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  The Tragedy of Coriolanus

  William Shakespeare

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  Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. The tragedy is one of the last two tragedies written by Shakespeare, along with Antony and Cleopatra.
  Coriolanus is the name given to a Roman general after his military success against various uprisings challenging the government of Rome. Following this success, Coriolanus becomes active in politics and seeks political leadership. His temperament is unsuited for popular leadership and he is quickly deposed, whereupon he aligns himself to set matters straight according to his own will. The alliances he forges along the way result in his ultimate downfall.
  The play opens in Rome shortly after the expulsion of the Tarquin kings. There are riots in progress, after stores of grain were withheld from ordinary citizens. The rioters are particularly angry at Caius Marcius, a brilliant Roman general whom they blame for the loss of their grain. The rioters encounter a patrician named Menenius Agrippa, as well as Caius Marcius himself. Menenius tries to calm the rioters, while Marcius is openly contemptuous, and says that the plebeians were not worthy of the grain because of their lack of military service. Two of the tribunes of Rome, Brutus and Sicinius, privately denounce Marcius. He leaves Rome after news arrives that a Volscian army is in the field.
  Among the most significant works William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Orpheus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, The Tempest, Venus and Adonis, Antony and Cleopatra, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale and many more.

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  The Horse Dealer's Daughter

  D H Lawrence

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  ‘The Horse Dealer's Daughter’ is a story, gripping in its content. It encompasses the terror of death and disgrace which is  redeemed by passion and sexuality. The question Lawrence leaves open is whether the doctor's avowal of love is genuine or driven by the awakening of his own sexuality and pity for the woman.

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  The Tree

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Title: The Tree 
  Author: H. P. Lovecraft 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1921 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 33 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  The Tree by H. P. Lovecraft is a haunting parable of art, envy, and the quiet vengeance of nature — a story where beauty and death grow from the same root. Set in ancient Greece, it tells of two sculptors, Musides and Kalos, whose friendship and creative genius draw the admiration of all who know them. Yet when jealousy, death, and strange growths intertwine, the boundaries between art and decay dissolve into something both poetic and terrible. 
  Lovecraft’s tale departs from his usual cosmic scale to reveal horror in the natural and the human — a mythic meditation on pride, mortality, and the price of creative rivalry. Beneath its serene surface lies a creeping inevitability, where the living and the dead are bound by the same relentless cycle. 
  Narrated by horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance evokes the story’s classical rhythm and tragic atmosphere — the stillness of marble, the whisper of leaves, and the final, inescapable judgment of the earth itself. While the text itself is in the public domain, this narration is an original performance and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  Part of Timeless Terrors, a series dedicated to resurrecting the great voices of the uncanny, The Tree stands as a tale of eerie beauty and timeless punishment — where the roots of envy reach far deeper than the grave. 
  Prepare for a story carved in stone and shadow, where art becomes epitaph and the living are outlasted by what they create.

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