What the Shepherd Saw
By: Thomas Hardy
3.68
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
It might have been about eleven o'clock when he awoke. He was so surprised at awaking without, appa…
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1. Et In Sempiternum Pereant
By: Charles Williams
3.53
Format: 7 pages, ebook
First published in 1986, "Et in Sempiternum Pereant" is a short story by British writer Charles W. … read more
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- short stories
2. Gooseberries and other stories
By: Anton Chekhov , Constance Garnett
3.76
Format: None pages, ebook
"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish. "Good God..." 'Gooseberries' is accompanied h… read more
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- classics
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"The Lie which elates us is dearer than a thousand sober truths"-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths."-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"Человеку нужно не три аршина земли, не усадьба, а весь земной шар, вся природа, где на просторе он мог бы проявить все свойства и особенности своего свободного духа."-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"Happiness does not exist, nor should it, and if there is any meaning or purpose in life, they are not in our peddling little happiness, but in something reasonable and grand. Do good!"-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
3. The Masque of the Red Death
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.06
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more
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- short stories
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
4. No Fond Return of Love
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Dulcie Mainwaring, the heroine of the book, is one of those excellent women who is always helping o… read more
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- classics
5. Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom #4)
By: John Updike
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In John Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-bas… read more
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6. The Dark Horse
By: Rumer Godden
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dark Invader is a beautifully bred racehorse, but after a disappointing first season he is sold in … read more
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7. The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
By: Leo Tolstoy , Hugh McLean
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Leo Tolstoy combined detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight to sweep a… read more
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- classics
- short stories
8. Harrison Bergeron
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3.93
Format: None pages, ebook
It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is… read more
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- short stories
9. The Fisherman and His Soul
By: Oscar Wilde
3.60
Format: 253 pages,
Playwright, poet, essayist, flamboyant man-about-town, Oscar Wilde pack an astonishing amount of wo… read more
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- short stories
10. A Hunger Artist
By: Franz Kafka , Kevin Blahut , None , Helen Vlcnovska
3.74
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The last book published during Kafka's lifetime, A Hunger Artist(1924) explores many of the themes … read more
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- short stories
11. My Lady Ludlow
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
3.91
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Lady Ludlow is absolute mistress of Hanbury Court and a resolute opponent of anything that might di… read more
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- classics
12. Miss Mole
By: E.H. Young
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Miss Mole is set between the wars and is the story of Hannah Mole, a fortyish spinster who ekes out… read more
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"Without actually making that confession, her mind went on to imagine what a real love might have been. But such loves do not come in the way of the Miss Moles of this world, and now she was nearly fo…"-E.H. Young, Miss Mole
13. The Chosen
By: Chaim Potok
3.89
Format: 384 pages,
Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, thei… read more
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14. The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury
By: Neil Gaiman
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Audiobook
Neil Gaiman, has posted an audio recording of him reading his story "The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbur… read more
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15. The Bottle Imp
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
2.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Offering an engrossing spin on a time-honored theme--the risky business of making a pact with the d… read more
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16. The Door in the Wall
By: H.G. Wells
4.06
Format: 368 pages,
The Door in the Wall, considered by both readers and critics, to be Wells's finest tale, examines a… read more
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17. The Eyes
By: Edith Wharton
3.40
Format: None pages,
Phil, my dear boy, really -- what's the matter? Why don't you answer? Have you seen the eyes?' Fren… read more
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18. Nicholas Nickleby
By: Charles Dickens , Mark Ford
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I shall never regret doing as I have--never, if I starve or beg in consequence' When Nicholas Nick… read more
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19. Call Me Joe
By: Poul Anderson , Frank Kelly Freas
3.98
Format: 240 pages,
Call Me Joe is a science fiction novelette written by Poul Anderson and published in 1957. The plot… read more
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20. The Night Before Christmas
By: Nikolai Gogol , Anna Summers , None , None , None
4.07
Format: None pages,
Gogol's classic, uproarious folktale, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving… read more
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21. Comment Wang Fô Fut Sauvé
By: Marguerite Yourcenar
4.20
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
Voici l'histoire d'un vieux peintre chinois tres pauvre du nom de Wang-Fo. Il a un pouvoir magique … read more
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22. Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power
By: Louisa May Alcott , A.M. Barnard
3.49
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Originally published in 1866 under the pseudonym "A. M. Barnard." Louisa May Alcott's novel of roma… read more
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23. Ivanhoe
By: Walter Scott
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Ivanhoe(1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his fi… read more
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24. Big Two-Hearted River
By: Ernest Hemingway
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Audio CD
Big two-hearted river -- A way you'll never be -- In another country. read more
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25. The Monkey's Paw
By: W.W. Jacobs
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more
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"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
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27. Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories
By: Anthony Trollope
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Christmas at Thompson Hallbrings together the best of the Christmas stories of Anthony Trollope, on… read more
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28. Is She His Wife? Or, Something Singular, a Comic Burletta
By: Charles Dickens
3.37
Format: 86 pages, Hardcover
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more
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29. Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce In One Act
By: Charles Dickens
3.08
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain… read more
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30. What the Shepherd Saw
By: Thomas Hardy
3.68
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
It might have been about eleven o'clock when he awoke. He was so surprised at awaking without, appa… read more
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31. Christmas at Thompson Hall
By: Anthony Trollope
3.86
Format: 43 pages, Paperback
Christmas at Thompson Hall by Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 "Rediscover This Timeless Classic - The … read more
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