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Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (illustrated)
Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (illustrated)
Lewis Carroll
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Complete fictional writings of Lewis Carroll with 285 original illustrations. The collection comes with inline tables of contents and links after each text/chapter which lead back to the respective tables. -------------------------- Contents: Novels ? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Illustrated by John Tenniel) ? Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. (Illustrated by John Tenniel) ? Sylvie and Bruno. (Illustrated by Harry Furniss) ? Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. (Illustrated by Harry Furniss) Stories ? A Tangled Tale. (Illustrated by Arthur B. Frost) ? Bruno's Revenge and Other Stories. ? What the Tortoise Said to Achilles. Poems ? Early Verse. ? Puzzles from Wonderland. ? Prologues to Plays. ? Rhyme? And Reason? (Illustrated by Arthur B. Frost & Henry Holiday) ? College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel. ? Acrostics, Inscriptions and Other Verses. ? Three Sunsets and Other Poems. (Illustrated by E. Gertrude Thomson)
The Dualitists
The Dualitists
Bram Stoker
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Twins and their strange taste for destruction. Bram Stoker short stories
A Dream of Red Hands
A Dream of Red Hands
Bram Stoker
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"A Dream of Red Hands" is a short story by Bram Stoker. It was first published in the July 11, 1894 issue of The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, London.
The Lair of the White Worm
The Lair of the White Worm
Bram Stoker
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In a tale of ancient evil, Bram Stoker creates a world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens: a demented mesmerist, hellbent on mentally crushing the girl he loves; a gigantic kite raised to rid the land of an unnatural infestation of birds, and which receives strange commands along its string; and all the while, the great white worm slithers below, seeking its next victim... Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula, is one of the most enduring and masterful influences on the literature of terror.
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon
Kenneth Grahame
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The Reluctant Dragon is an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame (originally published as a chapter in his book Dream Days), which served as the key element to the 1941 feature film with the same name from Walt Disney Productions. The story has also been set to music as a children's operetta by John Rutter, with words by David Grant. The story takes place in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire (where the author lived and where, according to legend, St George did fight a dragon). It is Grahame's most famous short story. It is arguably much more well-known than Dream Days itself or the related The Golden Age. It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympathetic character rather than a threat. In Grahame's story, a young boy discovers an erudite, mushroom-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. The two become friends, but soon afterwards the dragon is discovered by the townsfolk, who send for St George to rid them of it.
L'Homme qui revient de loin
L'Homme qui revient de loin
Gaston Leroux
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Jacques voit réappara?tre son frère qu'il a assassiné pour s'approprier sa fortune. Sa femme Fanny découvre le crime mais ne crois pas au revenant...
Le Fauteuil hanté
Le Fauteuil hanté
Gaston Leroux
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Le quarantième siège de l?Académie va-t-il donc rester vide ? Tous les prétendants à la succession du défunt Mgr d?Abbeville s?écroulent, raides morts, en pronon?ant leur discours de réception. Pas un coup de feu, pas un éclat de voix, mais la menace d?un prétendu mage plane et alimente leshypothèses les plus farfelues. Funeste hasard ou malédiction ? Gaspard Lalouette, simple antiquaire,propose sa candidature et mène l?enquête. Cependant, même s?il parvient à percer le mystère de lachanson qui tue, il risque fort de déshonorer à son tour l?illustre assemblée. Une qualité essentielle lui fait en effet cruellement défaut
Hamlet
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
The Tempest
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
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The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him, although some scholars have argued for an earlier dating. While listed as a comedy in its initial publication in the First Folio of 1623, many modern editors have relabelled the play a romance.
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."
Complete Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Complete Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of comic short stories by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity – he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, most accomplished horseman and most gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong, since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often. Obsessed with honour and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady.
The Head of the House of Coombe
The Head of the House of Coombe
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The Head of the House of Coombe follows the relationships between a group of pre–World War One English nobles and commoners. It also offers both some interesting editorial commentary on the political system in prewar Europe that Burnett feels bears some responsibility for the war and some surprisingly pointed social commentary.
Riders of the Silences
Riders of the Silences
Max Brand
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The Great West prior to the century's turn abounded in legend. Stories were told of fabled gunmen whose bullets always magically found their mark of mighty stallions whose tireless gallop rivaled the speed of the wind of glorious women whose beauty stunned mind and heart. But nowhere in the vast spread of the mountain-desert country was there a greater legend told than the story of Red Pierre and the phantom gunfighter McGurk.
The Untamed
The Untamed
Max Brand
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Brand's career as an author of Westerns began with this tale set in an otherworldly Wild West, which first appeared as a serial in All-Story magazine and was soon transformed into a film starring Tom Mix.
Le Bon Dieu de Chemillé qui n'est ni pour ni contre
Le Bon Dieu de Chemillé qui n'est ni pour ni contre
Alphonse Daudet
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"Le curé de Chemillé s'en allait porter le Bon Dieu à un malade. Vraiment, c'était pitié de songer que quelqu'un pouvait mourir par un si beau jour d'été, en plein Angélus de midi, le moment de la vie et de la lumière. C'était pitié aussi de songer que ce pauvre curé avait été obligé de se mettre en route tout de suite en sortant de table, à l'heure où d'habitude il allait – le bréviaire aux mains – faire un bout de sieste sous sa petite tonnelle de vigne, au frais et au repos d'un joli jardin plein de pêches m?res et de roses trémières."
Jack
Jack
Alphonse Daudet
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En décembre 1858, refusé par l'institution jésuite de Vaugirard, Jack, fils adultérin d'Ida de Barancy, une demi-mondaine, échoue dans le collège insalubre du mul?tre Moronval. Ida succombe au charme d'un des professeurs, le rimailleur d'Argenton, et quitte son riche amant pour son poète. Jack s'enfuit du collège et rejoint le couple après maintes tribulations. L'intelligence de l'enfant se développe au contact du docteur Rivals. Mais d'Argenton, qui ne l'aime pas, décrète qu'il sera ouvrier. Dans une ?le bretonne, Jack apprend son dur métier de fondeur chez les Roudic... Roman noir, comme le Petit Chose, inspiré par une histoire authentique, Jack reprend la trame d'une enfance malheureuse, alors à la mode. La narration se centre sur le destin de Jack et en souligne l'implacable et fatal développement.
Tartarin sur les Alpes: Nouveaux exploits du héros tarasconnais
Tartarin sur les Alpes: Nouveaux exploits du héros tarasconnais
Alphonse Daudet
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Tartarin s'essaie à l'alpinisme afin de redorer son blason et déjouer les remises en cause de son statut de gloire tarasconnaise. En chemin, il multiplie les péripéties : infiltrations de cercles anarchistes russes en exil, visite touristique de monuments historiques, catastrophes de montagne... Ce roman est le second volet des aventures de Tartarin, explorant les mentalités tarasconnaises toujours aussi savoureuses. Au menu : vantardise, extravagance et mensonge, matinés de l?cheté, de peur et de jalousie, faiblesses ? combien humaines...
Souvenirs d'un homme de lettres
Souvenirs d'un homme de lettres
Alphonse Daudet
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Alphonse Daudet évoque, sur un ton parfois passionné, la genèse de deux de ses oeuvres (Numa Roumestan, Les Rois en exil), ses rencontres avec les écrivains (Edmond de Goncourt), les hommes politiques (Gambetta) et les acteurs et actrices (Déjazet) marquants de son époque, le siège de Paris pendant la guerre de 1870 et la Commune.
Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore
Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore
Luigi Pirandello
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Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore è il dramma più famoso di Luigi Pirandello. Esso fu rappresentato per la prima volta il 9 maggio 1921 al Teatro Valle di Roma, ma in quell'occasione ebbe un esito tempestoso, perché molti spettatori contestarono la rappresentazione al grido di "Manicomio! Manicomio!". Fu importante, per il successivo successo di questo dramma, la terza edizione, del 1925, in cui l'autore aggiunse una prefazione nella quale chiariva la genesi, gli intenti e le tematiche fondamentali del dramma. ? considerata la prima opera della trilogia del teatro nel teatro, comprendente Questa sera si recita a soggetto e Ciascuno a suo modo.
The Lone Star Ranger
The Lone Star Ranger
Zane Grey
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When he is forced to kill a man after a deadly attack, Buck Duane begins a life on the run while trying to clear his name, and his fortunes are changed by a beautiful woman and a Texas Ranger who offers to pardon him for a price.
The Light of Western Stars
The Light of Western Stars
Zane Grey
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A New York society girl buys a ranch which becomes the center of frontier warfare. Her loyal superintendent rescues her when she is captured by bandits. A surprising climax brings the story to a delightful close.