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In 1816, Austen succeeded in recovering the unpublished manuscript of "Northanger Abbey" from her publisher. She then worked upon it further; yet, she was still doubtful whether she should publish it or not, and, at last, it was posthumously published in two volumes in 1818, at the same time as "Persuasion"... |
In 1916, William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) travelled to the Pacific. This was the first of those journeys through the late-Imperial world of the 1920s and 1930s which were to establish Maugham forever in the popular imagination as the chronicler of the last days of colonialism in India, Southeast Asia, China and the Pacific, |
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eleny or The Reverse of the Medal. (Gay Erotic Classic. Adult Literature) |
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Mysterious Affair at Styles. The Secret Adversary.Two Novels. Agatha Christie's first two novels, introducing Hercule Poirot and Tommy and Tuppence. |
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Jerome K. Jerome |
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Rudyard Kipling |
Howard Overing Sturgis' "All That Was
Possible" is a successful psychologic
study about a certain "Mrs." Sibyl Crofts,
who discreetly retires to a Welsh
countryside after her London "past."
There, she meets Robert Henshaw, a rigidly |
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In his remarkably interesting novel,
Howard Overing Sturgis, with a skilful
touch, describes life in the rich and
self-indulgent aristocratic society.
It traces the career of a young man,
Sainty, brought up in the midst of great luxury. ... |
"Tim" (1891; sometimes subtitled "A Story of a School Life") is a delicate portrayal
of a sensitive boy's devoted affection
for an older boy - a very touching
story of a tender and self-forgetful
character. ... |
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