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  • The Wood Beyond the World (EN) - – William Morris
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    The Wood Beyond the World (EN)

    – William Morris: When his wife cheats on him, Golden Walter leaves his mundane life to start a new one at sea. Horrific news forces him to turn around, however, but before he can reach home, a storm carries his ship to a faraway country. A country inhabited by people he

    – William Morris
  • The Grand Babylon Hotel (EN) - Arnold Bennett
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    The Grand Babylon Hotel (EN)

    Arnold Bennett: Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim – and then finds out there are strange things going on – a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found

    Arnold Bennett
  • Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue (EN) - Laura Lee Hope
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    Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue (EN)

    Laura Lee Hope: This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6 year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5 year old little girl. You will enjoy learning of their adorable antics and delightful chatter. The Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue series were

    Laura Lee Hope
  • Tales of the Five Towns (EN) - Arnold Bennett
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    Tales of the Five Towns (EN)

    Arnold Bennett: This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of Staffordshire, England, known as the Potteries.

    Arnold Bennett
  • In the Closed Room (EN) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
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    In the Closed Room (EN)

    Frances Hodgson Burnett: One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants‘ apartments, the girl sets o

    Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Heart of the World (EN) - Henry Rider Haggard
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    Heart of the World (EN)

    Henry Rider Haggard: This romance set in Mexico tells of the journey of a native and a white man in search of the fabled Golden City of the Indians.

    Henry Rider Haggard
  • De Profundis (EN) - Oscar Wilde
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    De Profundis (EN)

    Oscar Wilde: “But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality. ” Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897

    Oscar Wilde
  • Old Mother West Wind (EN) - Thornton W. Burgess
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    Old Mother West Wind (EN)

    Thornton W. Burgess: A racoon awakes from his winter nap to find his tree being chopped down. An old frog decides that now is the time to see more of the world. A mouse gets upset because his tail is short – and because an owl wants to eat him for dinner. With his love a

    Thornton W. Burgess
  • The Trees of Pride (EN) - G. K. Chesterton
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    The Trees of Pride (EN)

    G. K. Chesterton: Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the mor

    G. K. Chesterton
  • Tom Sawyer Abroad (EN) - Mark Twain
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    Tom Sawyer Abroad (EN)

    Mark Twain: Tom, Huck, and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with robbers, lions and fleas to see some of the world’s greatest wonders, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Tw

    Mark Twain
  • Tom Sawyer, Detective (EN) - Mark Twain
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    Tom Sawyer, Detective (EN)

    Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn attempts to solve a mysterious murder which takes them onboard a steamboat back to Arkansas, gets them tangled up with diamond thieves and the ghost of a missing burglar. In this burlesque of the immensely popular detectiv

    Mark Twain
  • Totem and Taboo (EN) - Sigmund Freud
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    Totem and Taboo (EN)

    Sigmund Freud: Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud, published in German in 1913. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912-13), employing the application of psycho

    Sigmund Freud
  • Treasure Island (EN) - Robert Louis Stevenson
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    Treasure Island (EN)

    Robert Louis Stevenson: When an old sea captain dies mysteriously in his parent‘s inn, young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map in the captain‘s possessions that will spark a wild and adventures treasure hunt. Joined by a handful of untrustworthy pirates, he meets the antagon

    Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Typee (EN) - Herman Melville
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    Typee (EN)

    Herman Melville: The young adventurous sailors, Tommo and Toby, abandon ship and flee into the jungle of an island in French Polynesia. But their feelings of victory will be short-lived. Because they are about to run straight into the hands of the Typee, the most feared

    Herman Melville
  • Summer (EN) - Edith Wharton
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    Summer (EN)

    Edith Wharton: Wharton’s 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity Royall longs to escape the claustrophobic confines of North Dormer and the inappropriate advances of her guardian Mr. Royall, wh

    Edith Wharton
  • What Maisie Knew (EN) - Henry James
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    What Maisie Knew (EN)

    Henry James: `What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of e

    Henry James
  • The Slipper-point Mystery (EN) - Augusta Huiell Seaman
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    The Slipper-point Mystery (EN)

    Augusta Huiell Seaman: When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn’t possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them!.

    Augusta Huiell Seaman
  • On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War (EN) - G. A. Henty
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    On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War (EN)

    G. A. Henty: With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England’s many little wars have been so fatal in proportion to the number of those engaged as our first expedition to Burma. The Burman policy of carrying off every boat on the river, l

    G. A. Henty
  • Jane Eyre (EN) - Charlotte Brontë
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    Jane Eyre (EN)

    Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been though

    Charlotte Brontë
  • Rose in Bloom (EN) - Louisa May Alcott
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    Rose in Bloom (EN)

    Louisa May Alcott: After traveling around the world for several years, Rose Campbell returns home to find her boy cousins all grown up. In this upbeat sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose has become an attractive heiress and is now drawing the attention of several male suiters.

    Louisa May Alcott
  • Youth, a Narrative (EN) - Joseph Conrad
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    Youth, a Narrative (EN)

    Joseph Conrad: Youth’ is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. It was written in 1898, first published in Blackwood’s Magazine, and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories. The volume also included Heart of

    Joseph Conrad
  • An Unexpected Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 33) (EN) - Barbara Cartland
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    An Unexpected Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 33) (EN)

    Barbara Cartland: “Protected by loving parents, young, beautiful and happy, Lady Ravina Ashley has the world at her feet. Unused to harsh words, she is taken aback when a stranger at a ball in London takes her to task for her behaviour towards a clumsy suitor. But Ravina

    Barbara Cartland
  • For Ever and Ever (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 32) (EN) - Barbara Cartland
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    For Ever and Ever (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 32) (EN)

    Barbara Cartland: “Viola Brookfield has not a care in the world until the awful day when her parents are tragically killed in a road accident, leaving her all alone in the world. So when her Aunt Mary, Lady Wakefield, writes to invite her to come and live with her in Indi

    Barbara Cartland
  • The Richness of Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 31) (EN) - Barbara Cartland
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    The Richness of Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 31) (EN)

    Barbara Cartland: “There is nothing for it – we will have marry for money! The Strathcarrons have lived in splendour in Lednock Castle in Scotland for many generations, but the family fall on hard times when their fortunes become depleted. An American guest, Larry Harwo

    Barbara Cartland