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The Permanent Husband
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
THE PERMANENT HUSBAND, also published as The Eternal Husband, is a psychological novella by the acclaimed Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.…
Nothing of Importance
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John Bernard Pye Adams
Fighting in France during the Great War, Bernard Adams, an officer with a Welsh battalion, was moved to chronicle what he saw and experience…
The Flirt
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Booth Tarkington
Laura and Cora Madison and their younger brother Hedrick live with their parents in a Midwestern American town that is fairly bursting with …
Rebellion
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Joseph Patterson
Cinematic in style and rich in characterization, this novel is set in early 20th century Chicago – in a barroom, at home, and in the workpla…
Inside the Lines
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Earl Derr Biggers
As World War I commences, a plucky young American woman in Europe on a business trip begins to realize that she may have remained too long. …
A Slav Soul and Other Stories
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Aleksandr Kuprin
Novelist and short story writer Alexandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was one of the most widely read authors of his time. Nabokov called hi…
Doctor Izard
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Anna Katharine Green
The opening scene takes place in a hospital ward where two patients lie, apparently dying, when a man enters and offers a proposition to one…
The Doom of London
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Fred M. White
Here are six stories, each one describing a disaster afflicting London, that were popularly serialized during 1903-1904 in Pearson’s Magazin…
Fresh Every Hour
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John Peter Toohey
This book is best described by its subtitle: “DETAILING the Adventures, Comic and Pathetic of one Jimmy Martin, Purveyor of Publicity, a You…
The Power of a Lie
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Johan Bojer
Norby is requested to guarantee a bank loan for Wangen and he obliges, signing the loan document in the presence of a witness. Some time lat…
Pierre & Jean
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Guy de Maupassant
This short novel’s titular characters are brothers. An old family friend dies, leaving without explanation his entire fortune to Jean, the y…
Washington and the Riddle of Peace
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H. G. Wells
As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great…
The Four Stragglers
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Frank L. Packard
This thrilling novel teems with intrigue and unforgettable characters. It opens during WWI with a few allied soldiers lost at night behind G…
The Heir
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Vita Sackville-West
This collection’s title is taken from its first story, a novella, which is followed by four shorter tales, all expertly and sensitively draw…
The Lonely Warrior
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Claude Washburn
An idealistic American enlists and fights in The Great War. This novel focuses on his life after returning to the US “hard-boiled” and cynic…
Moments With Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
These selections from the works of Mark Twain are presented in chronological order. They include the memorable whitewashing of the fence in …
Reveries of a Bachelor
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Ik Marvel
Reveries of a Bachelor, or A Book of the Heart, is a novel by American author Donald Grant Mitchell published under the pseudonym Ik Marvel.…
Black Pawl
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Ben Ames Williams
This riveting novel takes place on a whaling ship, where its captain, Black Pawl, has a troubled relationship with the first mate, his son. …
Arrowsmith
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Sinclair Lewis
This 1926 Pulitzer Prize winning novel centers on the title character, a promising medical student who, as a doctor and following several in…
Captures
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John Galsworthy
Brief plot lines of these 16 stories by Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy: 01, 02, 03 "A Feud" The breaking of an engagem…