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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The bright-eyed and sharp-tongued Elizabeth Bennet lives with her parents and her four sisters in an estate called Longbourn. The family isn’t rich, and there are no sons, so Mrs. Bennet is intent on getting her daughters married off to the best suitors possible as soon as possible. When Mr. Bingley moves into town with his friend, the wealthy Mr. Darcy, in tow, Mrs. Bennet exults. Unfortunately, things don’t go off quite as she hopes. Mr. Darcy is proud. Elizabeth dislikes him, preferring to associate with the charming young officer, Mr. Wickham. Jane...

Thoughts are Things by Prentice Mulford. Thought movement, published in 1889, that teaches how to use the power of thought to improve one's life, health, and happiness. It explains that individuals have two minds—a limited "mind of the body" and a higher "mind of the spirit"—and that by aligning with the spiritual mind, one can manifest positive changes through mental discipline, personal responsibility, and understanding the "law of attraction". The book argues that thoughts are real forces that shape our physical reality, a concept that became a cornerstone of self-help and ...

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days by Nellie Bly. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is the 1890 travel narrative by American journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) detailing her record-breaking journey around the globe, inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days. Published in book form after being serialized in the New York World, it chronicles her 24,899-mile trip, which she completed in 72 days, beating the fictional record and even meeting Verne in France. The book recounts her experiences with steamships, trains, and various cultures, from England and ...

The Saga of the Greenlanders by Unknown. The Saga of the Greenlanders is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North America, along with the Saga of Erik the Red. The two accounts describe many of the same events leading to Norse contact with the North American coastline almost five hundred years before Columbus, but contradict each other in a number of mysterious and fascinating ways. Containing less fantastic material than the Saga of Erik the Red (though not without its own ghost stories), the Saga of the Greenlanders details the ...

The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism by Harriet Beecher Stowe; Samuel Robert Wells. The object in reprinting this most interesting review is simply to show the progress made in moral, intellectual, and physical science. The reader will go back with us to a time—not very remote—when nothing was known of Phrenology and Psychology; when men and women were persecuted, and even put to death, through the baldest ignorance and the most pitiable superstition. If we were to go back still farther, to the Holy Wars, we should find cities and nations drenched in ...

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and originally published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. This 1890 edition published by the American Tract Society includes a memoir of the author condensed from his "Grace Abounding," and "Life of Bunyan" by Canon Edmunds Venables.

The Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley. The Book of Lies, or Liber 333, is a holy book in the Western occult tradition of Thelema, consisting of 91 short chapters of poems, aphorisms, rituals, and metaphysics. This recording is of the original 1913 publication, and thus omits the further commentaries added by Crowley for subsequent additions. Those familiar with Crowley’s hermetic writings will recognize his subversive and playful style. Beneath the layers of symbolism, contradiction, and blasphemy lies a biting critique of the puritanical social, political, and religious values of the ...

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. The American Minister and his family have bought the English stately home Canterville Chase, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville - blood-stains, clanking chains and all. But these modern Americans will have no truck with ghostly goings-on, and set out to beat the spectre at his own game.

The Spiritual Life by Andrew Murray. In this book, Andrew Murray explores the dynamics of the Christian life as Jesus means it to be lived. He explains how the Holy Spirit is essential to living effectively as a believer. Christians are often all too well aware of the feebleness of their life and testimony. This most encouraging book, consisting of a series of lectures given to students at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in 1895, shows how the working of the Holy Spirit in the Christian’s life makes all the difference. It shows how God’s power is made perfect in weakness, and how ...

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche. First published in 1886 at Nietzsche's own expense, the book was not initially considered important. In it, Nietzsche denounced what he considered to be the moral vacuity of 19th century thinkers. He attacked philosophers for what he considered to be their lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian premises in their considerations of morality and values. Beyond Good and Evil is a comprehensive overview of Nietzscheâs mature philosophy.

Bladys of the Stewponey by Sabine Baring-Gould. Bladys of the Stewponey is a historical romance set at the close of the seventeenth century, a time when the country on the road to Chester is infested with highwaymen and the caves pockmarking the Red Sandstone country surrounding Shrewsbury are their refuge. Bladys Rea, daughter of the landlord of the Stewponey Inn near Stourton Castle, is powerless to do anything but endure the shame of being offered as the prize of a bowling match by her own father. But when Bladys is whisked away by the winner to wed a man she barely knows, she chooses ...

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby by John S. Mosby. This is not a work of fiction! These are the actual memoirs of a legendary leader of partisans who bedeviled the Union army for years, almost within sight of the capitol. With only a few local men under command, John Singleton Mosby's ability to strike fast and then melt away before an effective pursuit could be organized kept the Yankee forces awake and often snarled in knots. With daring feats like capturing a Yankee general out of his bed within his defended headquarters, Mosby made his name a synonym for guerrilla warfare. Even today...

Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen. This year marks the hundredth anniversary of J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. It is one of the bestselling religious books ever published in America. Even now it sells more copies annually, is read more widely, and is cited more often than any book if not all the books by all the professors of any seminary if not all the seminaries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). There is no question about its significance. It set the terms but also the tone of many debates between American liberals, conservatives, fundamentalists, ...

Il Ritratto del Diavolo di Anton Giulio Barrili. "Il ritratto del diavolo" di Anton Giulio Barrili è un'opera che si colloca all'interno del panorama letterario italiano di fine Ottocento, caratterizzata da un forte impronta romantica e simbolista. La narrazione si sviluppa attorno a un intreccio affascinante e complesso, in cui il diavolo diviene non solo protagonista, ma anche simbolo delle ambiguità umane e delle passioni inespresse. Barrili, con uno stile evocativo e ricco di dettagli sensoriali, riesce a catturare l'attenzione del lettore, trasportandolo in un universo dove il confine...

Le meraviglie del Duemila di Emilio Salgari. Pubblicato nel 1907 ed ambientato nel 1903, il romanzo in poche pagine proietta il lettore nell'anno 2003: uno scienziato, scopritore di una tecnica ibrida botanica/criogenica, decide di sperimentare un lungo sonno centenario per poi “risorgere” e scoprire le "meraviglie" che attendono le generazioni future, coinvolgendo nella sua avventura un giovane avventuriero milionario e annoiato dalla vita. Emilio Salgari, utilizzando lo pseudonimo di Guido Altieri (suo presunto nipote), anticipa la corrente futurista italiana e con questo romanzo, ...

The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against their own people and sided with the men of Terra; not from fear, but from a sense of dedication. There has never been open war. The battle for these worlds is fought in the minds of a few men who stand between worlds; bound to one world by interest, loyalties and ...

Les forceurs de blocus: Jules Verne. 1862. Le « Delphin » conçu comme le plus rapide navire à vapeur de son temps, quitte Glasgow en vue de relier Charleston afin d’y faire une opération commerciale. Des armes et vivres y sont nécessaires. En effet, c’est la guerre de sécession. La ville sudiste est sous l’emprise d’un blocus mis en place par les états du nord. Le capitaine James Playfair représente les intérêts de la maison Playfair et Cie. Un bien étrange marin se fait enrôler sur le navire en compagnie de son neveu. Ce dernier est en fait une jeune fille travestie. ...

The City at World's End by Edmond Hamilton. The City at World's End finds the pleasant little American city of Middletown victim to the first punch of an atomic war, a super--hydrogen bomb which explodes thousand yards above the city. Instead of blowing Middletown to smithereens, the blast blows it right off the map--to somewhere else. First there is the new thin coldness of the air, the blazing corona and dullness of the sun, the visibility of the stars in high daylight. Then comes the inhabitants' terrifying discovery that Middletown is a twentieth--century oasis of paved streets and ...

La Mare au diable: George Sand. Sur l'avis de son beau-père, malgré sa réticence, le laboureur Germain, veuf de vingt-huit ans, va se rendre à Fourche pour rencontrer celle qui deviendra peut-être la nouvelle mère de ces trois petits enfants, la fille du père Léonard, jeune veuve elle aussi. Apprenant ce déplacement, la mère Guillette demande qu'il emmène avec lui sa fille, Marie, qui s'en va travailler comme bergère dans la région. En cours de route, la nuit tombe. Le brouillard se lève et les voilà perdus, dans les bois, au bord d'une mare... His father-in-law ...