Barbara of the House of Grebe
By: Thomas Hardy
3.63
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
Desiderio femminile, pazzia, ruoli sociali. Un lungo racconto magistrale, narrato con maestria e co…
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1. The Jolly Corner
By: Henry James
3.13
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Jolly Corner was first published in 1908 in The English Review. Henry James describes the adven… read more
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"...he felt the whole vision turn to darkness and his very feet give way. His head went round; he was going; he had gone."-Henry James, The Jolly Corner
"He was a dim secondary social success -- and all with people who had truly not an idea of him. It was all mere surface sound, this murmur of their welcome, this popping of their corks -- just as his …"-Henry James, The Jolly Corner
"The image of the "presence," whatever it was, waiting there for him to go--this image had not yet been so concrete for his nerves as when he stopped short of the point at which certainty would have c…"-Henry James, The Jolly Corner
"I know at least what I am,' he simply went on; 'the other side of the medal's clear enough. I've not been edifying--I believe I'm thought in a hundred quarters to have been barely decent. I've follow…"-Henry James, The Jolly Corner
2. A Wagner Matinee
By: Willa Cather
3.64
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Willa Cather is considered to be one of the best chroniclers of pioneer life in the 20th century. S… read more
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3. The Offshore Pirate
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.95
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
From time to time there was the bright flare of a match as one of them lighted a cigarette, but exc… read more
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". . . confirmed libertines don't reform until they're tired . . ."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
"You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
"And courage to me meant ploughing through that dull gray mist that comes down on life--not only overriding people and circumstances but overriding the bleakness of living."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
"The idea of a slow approach to the luxury of leisure drove him wild. He was, of course, progressing toward it, but, like a child eating his ice cream so slowly that he couldn't taste it at all."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
4. The Revolt of "Mother" and Other Stories
By: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
3.66
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Eight poignant tales vividly portray patient, self-reliant heroines living in small New England vil… read more
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5. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more
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"Fou!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"Boil my brains!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
6. A Gentleman of Leisure
By: P.G. Wodehouse
3.57
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
'A Gentleman of Leisure' concerns a young man, his love life & a burglary. Familiar Wodehouse chara… read more
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7. Tickets, Please!
By: D.H. Lawrence
4.00
Format: 162 pages,
'Tickets Please' returns Lawrence to his native Nottingham during the war. The social revolution of… read more
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8. La casa y el cerebro
By: Edward Bulwer-Lytton , Arturo Agüero Herranz
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
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9. The Machine Stops
By: E.M. Forster
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial… read more
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10. The Mortal Immortal, and the Evil Eye
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (nee Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She r… read more
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11. The Ambitious Guest
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne , B.J. Harrison
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Audiobook
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12. The Lifted Veil
By: George Eliot
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Paperback
Horror was my familiar. Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work… read more
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13. The Wind in the Rosebush and Other Stories of the Supernatural
By: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Freeman began writing stories and verse for children while still a teenager to help support her fam… read more
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14. The Man Who Would Be King
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.95
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
"My gord, Carnehan," says Daniel, "This is a tremenjus business, and we've got the whole country as… 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 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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17. To Build a Fire
By: Jack London
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
To Build a Fire is one of Jack London's most beloved short stories. A heartbreaking tale set in the… read more
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18. Washington Square
By: Henry James , Michael Cunningham
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
The plot of Washington Squarehas the simplicity of old-fashioned melodrama: a plain-looking, good-h… read more
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19. The Treasure in the Forest:
By: H.G. Wells
4.00
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
The canoe was now approaching the land. The bay opened out, and a gap in the white surf of the reef… read more
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20. The Most Dangerous Game
By: Richard Connell
3.94
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more
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"But you can’t mean—"-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
21. Christmas at Red Butte
By: L.M. Montgomery , Joanne Panettieri
3.92
Format: None pages,
A delightful tale of a Christmas sacrifice by renouned storyteller Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of … read more
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22. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more
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"For the love of God, Montresor!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
23. The Magic Shop
By: H.G. Wells , François Roca
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Out for a walk in London one day, Gip and his father happen upon a magic shop. At Gip's urging, the… 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
26. Rappaccini's Daughter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
4.01
Format: 532 pages,
Part fairy tale, part Gothic horror story, "Rappaccini's Daughter" is an inspired tale of creation … read more
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27. Barbara of the House of Grebe
By: Thomas Hardy
3.63
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
Desiderio femminile, pazzia, ruoli sociali. Un lungo racconto magistrale, narrato con maestria e co… read more
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28. The Closed Cabinet
By: Anonymous
3.35
Format: 58 pages, Hardcover
In the hall I was met by the housekeeper, who informed me that, owing to a misunderstanding about d… read more
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29. Let's Get Together
By: Isaac Asimov
3.68
Format: 18 pages, ebook
"Let's Get Together" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was origi… read more
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30. The Lost Phoebe
By: Theodore Dreiser
3.71
Format: None pages, None
Tormented to distraction by the death of his true love, an old man embarks on a quixotic quest to f… read more
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31. The Dead and the Countess
By: Gertrude Atherton
3.22
Format: None pages, None
The dead sleep peacefully -- until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest wor… read more
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