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Edward Gibbon
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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This is an abridged edition of Gibbon's classic. Concentrating on the centuries from the age of the Antonines to the fall of the empire in the West, this volume chronicles "the triumph of barbarism and religion" in the disruption of the unified empire, the rise of Christianity, the progress of... more
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Edith Wharton
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Old New York glitters before your very eyes in The Age of Innocence . A study in contrasts, the novel examines with exquisite detail the old and the new in regard to New York’s architecture, fashion, and people. It expands upon the theme of duality in the love affairs of... more
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A Trollope
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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Written as a sequel to The Warden , this is the second book of the Barsetshire novels. Described as humorous, this wonderful novel that interweaves power, love, greed, and deceit in Barchester. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images... more
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Voltaire
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2005]
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Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way... more
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G Boccaccio
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Description: In this collection of tales, Boccaccio has presented an assortment of emotions and experiences. The work is a testament to the creative abilities of its author. Some tales satirize the church; others picturesquely depict diverse incidents in a true-to-life manner. Engrossing! A new translation of the fourteenth-century tales recounted... more
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Anthony Tollope
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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With three anonymous, contemporary reviews. 'You must give up this mad idea, Frank ... there is but one course left open to you. You MUST marry money' Dr Thorne , considered by Trollope to be the best of his works, is a telling examination of the relationship between money and... more
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Ivan Turgenev
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2003]
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Fathers and Sons takes the conflict between generations as its subject. The novel's central characters, Yevgeny Bazarov and his disciple and fellow student, Arkady Kirsanov, are self-proclaimed Nihilists: repudiators of all the received truths of art, religion, and politics-all claims to truth, in fact, except those verifiable by scientific experiment.... more
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Charles Dickens
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2012]
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In Hard Times (1854), Charles Dickens, always keenly aware of the social situation around him, turned his attention to the morality of the Industrial Revolution and its effects on the possibilities of human happiness. The novel is more of a simple fable than anything else that the mature Dickens wrote,... more
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Anthony Trollope
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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The final novel of the popular Barset series contains one of Trollope's strongest characters, as well as affectionate farewells to many of those readers have come to know in earlier novels. The major character is Mr. Crawley, who is a minor character in Framley Parsonage; he is the extremely poor... more
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Charles Dickens
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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'"I may grow rich!" repeated Nicholas, with a mournful smile, "ay, and I may grow old. But rich or poor, or old or young, we shall ever be the same to each other, and in that our comfort lies"' The work of a young novelist at the height of his... more
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Jane Austen ,
Marilyn Butler
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At Northanger Abbey Jane Austen's charmingly imperfect heroine, Catherine Morland, meets all the trappings of gothic horror and imagines the worst. Fortunately she has, at hand, her own fundamental good sense and the irresistible but unsentimental hero, Henry Tilney. Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days.... more
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Homer
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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A vivid adventure on the Aegean waters spurts out pure poetry. Travel with the cunning Odysseus around the world. Along the way, the courageous Greek will face the wrath of gods and monsters in this epic mythological work. Also look for the Barnes & Noble World Digital Library Edition of... more
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George Mac Donald
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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This novel was one of J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood favorites. Though George MacDonald's stories are based on some of the themes and characteristic attributes of classical European fairy tales, he has replaced meaningless and ghoulish plots with a layer of Christian reference. Here, the eight-year-old Princess Irene lives in a mountaintop... more
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D H Lawrence
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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A novel, which chronicles the lines of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of 60 years, set against the emergence of modern England. A novel, which chronicles the lines of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of 60 years, set against the emergence of... more
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Thomas Paine
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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Description: Written in a fit of pique brought about by Edmund Burke's blistering attack of the French Revolution, Paine's The Rights of Man has come to be regarded as one of the most important works in the realm of Western political philosophy. In it, Paine contends that some rights that... more
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F Scott Fitzgerald
[Ebook, Open epub]
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Life at Princeton smacks of disillusionment. College years are a time for self-discovery, but for Amory Blaine, attending Princeton in the aftermath of World War I, this stage of life takes on additional struggles. He chose the university, saying, “I think of Princeton as being lazy and good-looking and aristocratic,”... more
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A Trollope
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying not allowed. Printing allowed, 1314 pages every 365 days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. Lily Dale is sublimely happy when she becomes engaged to Adolphus Crosbie, assistant secretary in a government agency. Lily is the niece of Squire Dale, an embittered... more
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J Buchan
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2013]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: I returned from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life. I had been... more
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Leo Tolstoy
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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"War and Peace" is a novel whose story takes place in early 19th century Russia in the midst of Russia's War of 1812. The elaborate plot is the tale of three affluent families over a term of fifteen years throughout Russia's hostilities with Napoleonic Europe. Her early defeats are recounted... more
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S Butler
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2013]
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Spanning four generations, Way of All Flesh critiques Victorian philosophy through Ernest Pontifex. Our unlikely hero rejects the life of religious responsibility forced upon him for one of freedom only to find that life on the other side can be lonely when no one else has risen to the occasion... more
