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100 Great American Short Stories by John Grafton (Editor)
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A remarkable celebration of America's literary legacy, this superb selection includes the very best tales from the 19th and 20th centuries. Features "The Man With Two Lives," Ambrose Bierce; "The Locket," Kate Chopin; "Out of Season," Ernest Hemingway; "In a Far Country," Jack London; "The Fiddler," Her ...Show more
A John Brown Reader by Dover Dover Publications
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This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, ...Show more
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
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The book is written in the third person, but is mostly written from the perspective of Niel Herbert, a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the decline of Mrs. Forrester, for whom he feels very deeply, and also of the West itself from the idealized age of noble pioneers to the age of capi ...Show more
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
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We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this ...Show more
An Outpost of Progress and Other Stories by Joseph Conrad
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Drawing upon his experiences as the captain of a steamer on the Congo River, Joseph Conrad wrote "An Outpost of Progress," a sharp critique of British colonialism that the master storyteller considered his best tale. A precursor to Heart of Darkness, it traces the physical and moral degradation of two E ...Show more
Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Antichrist is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. Although it was written in 1888, its controversial content made Franz Overbeck and Heinrich K selitz delay its publication, along with Ecce Homo. The German title can be translated into English as both "The An ...Show more
Beau Geste by Percival Christopher Wren
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A cavalry unit, having crossed the Sahara to relieve a besieged French Foreign Legion fort, arrives to an eerie silence -- the enemy has vanished, and the post's walls and ramparts are defended by dead men. The fort's commander, slain by a bayonet through the heart, clutches a letter that links the ridd ...Show more
Best Critical Writing by Oscar Wilde; Mark Twain; Edgar Allan Poe; John Grafton (Editor); Nora Rawn (Editor)
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A carefully curated library of the world's greatest literature, Dover Thrift Editions are the most affordable choice for today's readers. The series offers a vast selection of complete and unabridged titles, each a classic work of fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama. Book jacket.
Bostonians by HENRY JAMES
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The Bostonians By Henry James Basil Ransom, an attractive young Mississippi lawyer, is on a visit to his cousin Olive, a wealthy feminist, in Boston when he accompanies her to a meeting on the subject of women's emancipation. One of the speakers is Verena Tarrant, and although he disapproves of all she ...Show more
Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
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Here, in a dazzling panoply, are the legendary figures from the age of chivalry: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood, Richard the Lionhearted and his crusaders, and a host of other famous and lesser-known characters. This collection includes tales from Camelot, dramatic narratives ...Show more
Cane by Jean Toomer
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"[Cane] has been reverberating in me to an astonishing degree. I love it passionately; could not possibly exist without it." - Alice Walker. Historically important as one of the earliest expressions of the Harlem Renaissance and as an experiment in modernism, this landmark work combines poetry, drama, a ...Show more
Carry on, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
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Bertie Wooster's life is in disarray. He has just fired his personal valet for stealing and his fiancée Florence wants Bertie to destroy his uncle's memoirs. And then everything changes. He hires Jeeves as his valet and Jeeves takes charge. His taste is impeccable, his judgment infallible. Bertie and hi ...Show more