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Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

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Songling Pu


"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly sup…

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii

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David Kalakaua


A collection of legends and myths of the Hawaiian islands and their 'strange people' as told by His Majesty King Kalakaua, the last king of …

Gleanings in Buddha Fields

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Lafcadio Hearn


Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known fo…

Sir Thomas More

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Anthony Munday


Sir Thomas More is a collaborative Elizabethan play by Anthony Munday and others depicting the life and death of Thomas More. It survives on…

Hagar's Daughter. A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice

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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins


Hagar's Daughter was first published serially in "The Colored American Magazine" in 1901-1902 by Pauline E. Hopkins, a prominent A…

The House of Mirth (Version 2)

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Edith Wharton


Wharton's classic story of an aging (by Victorian-era standards) spinster socialite who would rather marry for money than for true love. (Su…

Clog Shop Chronicles

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John Ackworth


John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…

The Norwegian Fairy Book

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Klara Stroebe


These Norwegian tales of elemental mountain, forest and sea spirits, have been handed down by hinds and huntsmen, wood choppers and fisher f…

Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories

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Giovanni Verga


The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in r…

Oldtown Folks

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Harriet Beecher Stowe


1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partia…

Le Mari de Charlotte

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Hector Malot


En Bretagne, puis en Bourgogne et à Paris. Voici Charlotte, son cousin Georges, et Emmanuel, ami de Georges.Monsieur de la Hér…

The Mentor: Benjamin Franklin

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Albert Bushnell Hart


This is Vol. 6, No. 7, Serial No. 155 of The Mentor, published May 15, 1918.Benjamin Franklin was one of the leading figures of the 18th cen…

Life's Enthusiasms

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David Starr Jordan


The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and r…

Mémoires d'outre-tombe. Tome 1

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François-René de Chateaubriand


Ouvrage relatant, depuis l'enfance, la vie de CHATEAUBRIAND, avec l'Histoire de France , Bonaparte, Napoléon, la Restauration, etc...…

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Volume 2

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Songling Pu


"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai" is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly super…

William, An Englishman

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Cicely Hamilton


William – an Englishman is a 1919 novel by Cicely Hamilton. The novel explores the effect of the First World War on a married couple during …

Contes du soleil et de la brume

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Anatole Le Braz


Anatole Le Braz fut un écrivain de talent, recueillant des contes, des traditions, des us et coutumes, des croyances, en Bretagne. Br…

Harrington

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Maria Edgeworth


Harrington follows the protagonist of the same name who tries to explore his memories in order to understand his views on Jews. It begins wi…

Java Head

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Joseph Hergesheimer


Java Head is a novel of the American merchant marine at the beginning of the great clipper ship era. It is laid in Salem, when that city was…

The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt

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Théophile Gautier


The account he gives, in his novel, of the ancient city of Thebes, of the great necropolis in the valley of Biban el Molûk, of the sub…

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