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Anna Karenina, Book 1

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Leo Tolstoy


Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfol…

The Practice of the Presence of God

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Brother Lawrence


The Practice of the Presence of God is a collection of letters and transcriptions of conversations, compiled by a disciple of Brother Lawren…

On Loving God

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Saint Bernard Of Clairvaux


On Loving God is one of the best-known and most influential works of Medieval Christian mysticism. Written at the request of one of the card…

The Leavenworth Case

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Anna Katharine Green


Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, …

The Tales of Chekhov Vol. 01

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Anton Chekhov


This is the first of thirteen volumes of Anton Chekhov's short stories, translated by Constance Garnett.Anton Chekhov was a Russian doctor w…

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged)

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Lewis Carroll


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a work of children's literature by the English mathematician and author, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge D…

Sonnets from the Portuguese

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of forty-four love sonnets written by Elizab…

From The Temple

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George Herbert


George Herbert was a country minister and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In From The Temple, Herbert com…

Chapter 08

In Beowulf

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Tr. Francis Barton Gummere, Unknowntranslated Byfrancis Barton Gummere and Translated Byfrancis Barton Gummere


This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a my…

Section 05

In Dear Enemy

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Jean Webster


Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs. The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, J…

When the Gringo Came/recipe, Early Italian Impression

In Bohemian San Francisco

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Clarence Edwords and Clarence Edgar Edwords


While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…

The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe:I (Marian Halcombe)

In The Woman in White

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Wilkie Collins


The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 18…

Chapter 39

In Sense and Sensibility

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Jane Austen


The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gi…

Chapter 20

In The Red Badge of Courage

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Stephen Crane


This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on…