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Morning and Evening Thoughts

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James Allen


James Allen was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. Alle…

If I May

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A. A. Milne


A. A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for…

All the Sad Young Men

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F. Scott Fitzgerald


A collection of short stories featuring a suite of wealthy protagonists navigating the perceived hardships of 1920s society. The themes cent…

This Giddy Globe (Version 2)

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Oliver Herford


A geography of the world at the time, told with a wit and humor unusual in non-fiction and historical texts while staying true to the subjec…

Representative Men

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Ralph Waldo Emerson


A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. Th…

Kenilworth

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Sir Walter Scott


An Elizabethan era historical novel by Scotland's master of fiction, Sir Walter Scott. With a cast of historical and created characters, inc…

Victory: An Island Tale

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Joseph Conrad


Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific…

The Antiquary

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Andrew Lang


Illegitimacy, false identity, and bankruptcy are the major elements of Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel, The Antiquary. Set in the period of th…

In a German Pension

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Katherine Mansfield


The first collected volume of short stories of the New Zealand modernist. Inspired by her own travels, Mansfield begins to refine her craft …

The Sacred Fount

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Henry James


Published in 1901, The Sacred Fount delves into the interior observations and obsessions of one Englishman during a weekend gathering in the…

In the Year of Jubilee

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George Gissing


The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Jubilee depicts the har…

The Union-Street Car

In Vignettes of San Francisco

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Almira Bailey


A collection of observations and stories about San Franciscan life - the people, the buildings, the parks, the food, the street-cars, the ba…

Frankenstein II

In The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories

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Leonard Merrick


This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed …