The Wouldbegoods

The Wouldbegoods, a sequel to The Treasure Seekers, reacquaints us with the six Bastable children: Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noël, and H.O. Again, the story is told by you-may-not-know-who, and the children find all sorts of ways in which to amuse themselves in the country during the summer holidays."Children are like jam," says the Indian uncle, "all very well in the proper place, but you can\'t stand them all over the shop - eh, what?" Well, the children do their best, but they do get themselves into trouble, right from the beginning, when their latest brainwave is to create a jungle in the garden.
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The Queen of Spades and Other Stories

Known as Russia's greatest poet, Pushkin was equally at ease working in other literary forms. The prose collected here includes The Captain's Daughter," which chronicles the Pugachev Rebellion of 1770, "The Negro of Peter the Great," and "Dubrovsky.""
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The Incredible Honeymoon

TO understand this story you will have to believe in the Greater Gods—Love and Youth, for example, and Adventure and Coincidence; also in the trusting heart of woman and the deceitful spirit of man. You will have to reconcile yourself to the fact that though daily you go to London by the nine-seven, returning by the five-fifteen, and have your accustomed meals at eight, one, and half-past six, there are those who take neither trains nor meals regularly. That, while nothing on earth ever happens to you, there really are on earth people to whom things do happen. Nor is the possibility of such happenings wholly a matter of the independent income—the income for which you do not work. It is a matter of the individual soul. I knew a man whose parents had placed him in that paralyzing sort of situation which is symbolized by the regular trains and the regular meals.
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Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood

The first 50 chapters of the classic Victorian-era "Penny Dreadful" serial, concerning the misadventures of the vampire Sir Francis Varney.
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Là-bas

Les Soirées de Médan est un recueil collectif de six nouvelles, publié le 15 avril 1880, réunissant Émile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, J. K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans, Henry Céard, Léon Hennique et Paul Alexis. l\'idée et le nom même du recueil auraient germé au cours d\'un repas hivernal dans l\'appartement parisien de Zola, ce jour-là entouré de Hennique, Guy de Maupassant, Huysmans, Céard et Alexis, lorsqu\'a Émile Zola, après l\'évocation de divers souvenirs respectifs des six amis relatifs à la guerre de 1870
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Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories

Eight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself," highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Antigonick

Antigonick is a translation of Sophokle's Antigone only in the loosest sense – with significant changes and metatextual additions to the original, an extra character, and illustrations with interpretations left open to the reader, it could easily be considered a different work altogether. With text blocks hand-inked on the page by Anne Carson and her collaborator Robert Currie, Antigonick features translucent vellum pages with stunning drawings by Bianca Stone that overlay the text. Anne Carson has published translations of the ancient Greek poets Sappho, Simonides, Aiskhylos, Sophokles and Euripides. Antigonick is her first attempt at making translation into a combined visual and textual experience: it will provoke poetry readers, classical scholars, theatre people and comic-book aficionados.
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Anthony Trent, Master Criminal

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Anthony Trent, Master Criminal<author> Wyndham Martyn<contributor> null<publisher> Moffat, Yard & Company, 1918<subjects> Criminals</b></div><div class="theloai descript">Views: 419</div></div><div class="right"><div class="chap"><a href="//wyndham-martyn.freenovelread.com">Wyndham Martyn</a></div></div></div><div class="table"><div class="icon left"><div class="icon"></div></div><div class="-center"><div class="title"><h3><a img="/img/jack-london/the_people_of_the_abyss_preview.jpg" href="//jack-london.freenovelread.com/34099-the_people_of_the_abyss" title="The People of the Abyss">The People of the Abyss</a></h3><b>From the author's preface: "The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the underworld of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. 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