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Margaret Oliphant's novel 'The House on the Moor' was first published in 1861. Susan and her brother Horace live a lonely life on Lanmoth Moor in Cumbria. Their mother died long ago, and their father is a bitter, controlling recluse who shows them little love. Susan has a sweet nature, but Horace bears bitterness and hatred towards everyone. Their father is bitter about a will, but why? When Susan meets Roger Musgrave they become attracted to each...
13122) Les Aventures d'un blaireau
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Extrait : "Le blaireau CAMBOUIS avait pour voisin le renard Faupli. Un jour Cambouis dit à Faupli : J'ai pêché deux belles carpes... En voici une ; l'autre est dans la poêle pour mon déjeuner. Malheureusement le pain me manque pour compléter mon repas."
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Que de changements entre le jeune homme timide qui franchit le seuil d'une imposante demeure pour y devenir précepteur et le prisonnier qui sort crânement de sa cellule pour affronter une ultime épreuve! Entre ces deux moments, une multitude d'événements qui mêlent histoires d'amour et intrigues politiques, amitiés et déceptions... Un classique de la littérature française revisité par Book Prunelle.
13124) Joan of Naples
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In the night of the 15th of January 1343, while the inhabitants of Naples lay wrapped in peaceful slumber, they were suddenly awakened by the bells of the three hundred churches that this thrice blessed capital contains. In the midst of the disturbance caused by so rude a call the first thought in the mind of all was that the town was on fire, or that the army of some enemy had mysteriously landed under cover of night and could put the citizens to...
13126) The Mirror: A Short Story
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A short story by Francine Prose from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. 'The Mirror' boldly imagines Jane Eyre's married life after the novel ends. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing novel and its beloved narrator....
13127) Poems
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A great collection of poems by G. K Chesterton. Always a treat. Chesterton is simply a great master of the essay and English prose.
13128) Mina de Vanghel
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Extrait: "Mina de Vanghel naquit dans le pays de la philosophie et de l'imagination, à Kœnigsberg. Vers la fin de la campagne de France, en 1814, le général prussien comte de Vanghel quitta brusquement la cour et l'armée."
13129) A Journey in Other Worlds
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Author John Jacob Astor met his end in the sinking of the Titanic. Though he was born into wealth, Astor achieved fame as a popular science fiction writer. In this, his best-known work, Astor spins a captivating tale of what life would be like in the twenty-first century, including many technological predictions that are amazingly accurate. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp....
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Extrait : "On doit à l'esprit philosophique, plus encore qu'à la piété religieuse, la consécration de ce monument. C'est dire que la Morgue (bâtiment dont l'appellation est sans étymologie précise) date d'une époque peu éloignée. Il n'y a guère plus de vingt ans qu'elle existe telle qu'elle est aujourd'hui. Auparavant les corps des personnes, mortes de mort violente, ailleurs que chez elles, étaient déposés au petit Châtelet, dans...
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Originally published as a serial from 1855 to 1857, Dickens's novel "Little Dorrit" tells the story of Amy Dorrit, the youngest child of her family born and raised in a debtor’s prison whose life is changed when she meets Arthur Clennam, returning home from a 20-year absence. "Little Dorrit" heavily criticises societal shortcomings of the time, in particular the existence of debtors prisons-where Dickens's own father was incarcerated. This classic...
13132) Grimms' Fairy Stories
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From famous stories like "Hansel and Grethel" and "Cinderella" to the lesser-known "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes," this collection of twenty-five fairy tales was created and revised over the years by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm to preserve German folklore.
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Thrilling stories starring America's smartest-and most unscrupulous-lawyer During the gold rush, Richard Warren and Samuel Walcott set out from New York to strike it rich. When fortune does not find them, Samuel saves himself from the gutter by marrying a saloonkeeper's daughter. Jealous of his friend's beautiful wife, Richard kills Samuel and flees the desert with the woman and a trove of stolen gold dust. He assumes his dead friend's identity and...
13134) Peter and His Shadow
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Peter Pan has lost his shadow. Can Wendy Darling help him get it back? Introduce early readers to the character Peter Pan with this beautifully illustrated fiction reader. With high-frequency words and simple, repetitive sentences, this book builds foundational reading skills and supports early literacy.
13135) The Little Lame Prince
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Yes, he was the most beautiful Prince that ever was born. Of course, being a prince, people said that; but it was true besides. The Prince's christening was to be a grand affair. By six in the morning all the royal household had dressed itself in its very best; and then the little Prince was, dressed in his best -his magnificent christening- robe, which proceeding his Royal Highness did not like at all, but kicked and screamed like any common baby....
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Extrait : "Les murs de la cellule étaient nus, peints à la chaux. Une fenêtre étroite et grillée, percée très haut de façon qu'on ne pût pas y atteindre, éclairait cette petite nièce claire et sinistre ; et le fou, assis sur une chaise de paille, nous regardait d'un œil fixe, vague et hanté"
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13137) Derues
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One September afternoon in 1751, towards half-past five, about a score of small boys, chattering, pushing, and tumbling over one another like a covey of partridges, issued from one of the religious schools of Chartres. The joy of the little troop just escaped from a long and wearisome captivity was doubly great: a slight accident to one of the teachers had caused the class to be dismissed half an hour earlier than usual, and in consequence of the...
13138) A Phyllis of the Sierras
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Though born in Albany, New York, American author Francis Bret Harte went on to become one of the foremost chroniclers of pioneer life in the American West, with a particular focus on California. "A Phyllis of the Sierras" highlights Harte at his gritty, authentic best. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works...
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Step into the magical world of Ali Baba, a young Persian boy who discovers a cave filled with gold and jewels, the hidden treasures of forty deadly thieves. Unfortunately, his greedy brother, Kassim, cannot wait to get his hands on the riches. Returning to the cave, he is, captured by the thieves and killed, and now the evil men want, revenge on Ali Baba as well.
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Extrait: "EMILIE: Au milieu toutefois d'une fureur si juste, J'aime encor plus Cinna que je ne hais Auguste, Et je sens refroidir ce bouillant mouvement Quand il faut, pour le suivre, exposer mon amant. Oui, Cinna, contre moi, moi-même je m'irrite Quand je songe aux dangers o je te précipite."
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