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The Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

* * * OLALLA * * * 'Now,' said the doctor, 'my part is done, and, I may say, with some vanity, well done. It remains only to get you ...
( Category: Anthologies August 7,2019 )
An Inland Voyage by Robert Louis Stevenson
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

* * * ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOITE * * * THE COMPANY AT TABLE Although we came late for dinner, the company at table treated us to sparkling wine. 'That is how ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense August 7,2019 )
Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson
epub | | | Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

Chapter III above.] [Note 34: _Robert Hunter, Sheriff of Dumbarton_. Hunter recognised the genius in Stevenson long before the latter became known to the world, and gave him much friendly ...
( Category: Essays August 7,2019 )
The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
epub |eng | | Author:Samuel Butler (1835-1902)

CHAPTER XLVII * * * Ernest returned to Cambridge for the May term of 1858, on the plea of reading for ordination, with which he was now face to face, ...
( Category: Victorian August 7,2019 )
The Fair Haven by Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
epub |eng | | Author:Samuel Butler (1835-1902)

CHAPTER VI --MORE DISINGENUOUSNESS * * * [Here, perhaps, will be the fittest place for introducing a letter to my brother from a gentleman who is well known to the ...
( Category: History & Criticism August 7,2019 )
Cat and Mouse by Gunter Grass
epub |eng | 2012-11-05 | Author:Gunter Grass [Grass, Gunter]

Chapter VIII The investigation dragged on, ruining our Saturday afternoon and bringing no results. I remember few details and those are hardly worth talking about, for I had to keep ...
( Category: European August 7,2019 )
The Tale of Genji: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Shikibu Murasaki
epub, azw3 |eng | 2006-01-30 | Author:Shikibu, Murasaki

Two monks “What could possibly prick your conscience this way? His Grace has never betrayed any such feelings. It has surprised and pained him to learn how ill you are, ...
( Category: Japanese August 7,2019 )
Wieland; or, The Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown
epub |eng | | Author:Charles Brockden Brown

* * * Chapter XIII Here was wrought a surprizing change in my friend. What was it that had shaken conviction so firm? Had any thing occurred during my fit, ...
( Category: Epistolary August 7,2019 )
The Unknown Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac
epub |eng | | Author:Honore de Balzac

“The prophecy is interrupted by a chorus of victorious Arabs (twelve-eight time, allegretto). Trumpets and brasses accompany the various tribes which now enter. A general festivity in which all the ...
( Category: Surrealism August 7,2019 )
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes I and II) by Songling Pu
epub |eng | 2013-09-02 | Author:Songling Pu [Pu, Songling]

LXIX. THE PRINCESS OF THE TUNG-T‘ING LAKE. Ch‘ên Pi-chiao was a Pekingese; and being a poor man he attached himself as secretary to the suite of a high military official ...
( Category: Ghosts August 7,2019 )
The Empire Trilogy by J.G. Farrell
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | | Author:J.G. Farrell

27 At first, there had been great enthusiasm over the Collector’s decision to suppress the rights of property in the food that was to have been auctioned and to give ...
( Category: War August 7,2019 )
Mastering Your Mean Girl: The No-BS Guide to Silencing Your Inner Critic and Becoming Wildly Wealthy, Fabulously Healthy, and Bursting With Love by Melissa Ambrosini
mobi |eng | 2016-03-22 | Author:Melissa Ambrosini

Inspo-action Are you up for a little challenge? If you have never quit the bottle, I encourage you to give it a go for twenty-one days and see how you ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory August 6,2019 )
Poetry 180 : a turning back to poetry by Collins Billy
epub |eng | 2003-08-05 | Author:Collins, Billy

index of titles A The Accompanist, 250Acting, 10 Advice from the Experts, io3After Us, 85 Alley Cat Love Song, 187Alzheimer's, 55Animals, 244 The Assassination of John Lennonas Depicted by the ...
( Category: Renaissance August 6,2019 )
Letters of Anton Chekhov by Chekhov Anton Pavlovich
epub |eng | 2012-05-11 | Author:Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich [Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich]

TO N. A. LEIKIN. GORBITSA, June 20, 1890. Greetings, dear Nikolay Alexandrovitch! I wrote you this as I approached Gorbitsa, one of the Cossack settlements on the banks of the ...
( Category: Letters August 6,2019 )
War and Peace (Coterie Classics) by Tolstoy Leo
epub |eng | 2016-09-12 | Author:Tolstoy, Leo [Tolstoy, Leo]

CHAPTER VI Though Balashev was used to imperial pomp, he was amazed at the luxury and magnificence of Napoleon's court. The Comte de Turenne showed him into a big reception ...
( Category: War August 6,2019 )

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