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The History of the Caliph Vathek

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William Beckford

This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not …

The Beckoning Fair One

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Oliver Onions

A classic ghost story of a haunted house, and the haunted man who lives in it.

Chapter LXIV: Moguls, Ottoman Turks Part IV

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. VI

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Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

bk1_08 - The Legende of the Knight of Redcrosse - Canto 08

In The Faerie Queene Book 1

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Edmund Spenser

"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…

Berenice

In Horror Story Collection 005

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Edgar Allan Poe

An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusi…

Ch. XI. Lissa

In Famous Sea Fights

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John R. Hale

I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…

Chapter 4

In Herodotus' Histories Vol 2

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Herodotus

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…

Book 3, Chapter 1

In History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1

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Niccolò Machiavelli

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli. Toward the end of 1520, the Cardinal…

Book V Chapter 07: A Bold Stroke

In Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress

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Frances Burney

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find…