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The Hero

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W. Somerset Maugham

James Parsons comes home to Little Primpton after serving in the Boer War. The whole town is proud of their new hero, who was awarded the Vi…

The Explorer

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W. Somerset Maugham

An early novel by W. Somerset Maugham about conflicting feelings of self-integrity, filial love, romantic love. Lucy Allerton and Alec MacKe…

The Trembling of a Leaf

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W. Somerset Maugham

A collection of short stories on the South Sea Islands, among which are the famous "Red," "Rain," and "The Fall of …

Orientations

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W. Somerset Maugham

This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…

The Book of Sir Tristram Part 2 Second

In The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

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Howard Pyle

The second of four volumes of Pyles' retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, which tells the stories of Percival, Trist…

Chapter I The Coming of the Terror

In The Terror: A Mystery

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Arthur Machen

In rural England during the time of war, a rash of unsolved murders spawns conspiracy theories, paranoia, and fear as they search for a cul…

The Shadow in the Moonlight, part I

In Uncanny Tales

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Mary Louisa Molesworth

Mrs. Molesworth was during her time best known for her many children's books. It is not so well known that she also wrote some uncanny tales…