Classic Fiction
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
Daddy Long Legs ( An Original Classic ) by Jean Webster (Hardback)
- Page : 113
- ISBN : 978-9394885523
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
- Jerusha Abbott at 18 years is the eldest orphan at John Grier Homeorphanage. All petty responsibilities of the kids at the orphanage reston her tender shoulders. One fine day, her mundane life under goes a surprising change when an unknown trustee of the orphanage to pay for her college education as he is very impressed by one of her essays! He promises her a liberal monthly allowanceand insists on being anonymous. His only condition is that Jerushashould send him monthly letters and keep him posted about her life in college, but not to expect any replies from him.What follows is an insight into Jerusha’s unexplored, fascinating world of college life through the letters that she writes to her unknownbenefactor. She addresses him adoringly as “Daddy-Long-Legs” as she had seen his long shadow once while he was leaving the asylum.She shares a love–hate–anger–gratitude relationship with him.Finally, at the end of the story, The identity of Daddy-Long-Legs is reveal Ed. Is her godfather someone familiar or a total stranger?.
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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (Hardback)
- Page : 651
- ISBN : 9789393198532
- Dimensions : 25.2 x 19 x 4.5 cm
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. ”David Copperfield lives happily with his mother until she decides to marry the tyrannical Edward Murdstone. Abused and ill-treated by his stepfather, David is sent to the Salem House, a boarding school where he makes friends with the self-centred James Steerforth and the hapless Tom Taddles. David returns home upon his mother and half-brother’s demise, only to be neglected by his stepfather who sends him to work at their family bottling factory. What happens when after a miserable life at the factory, David runs away to his great-aunt Betsy Trotwood?A coming-of-age novel, David Copperfield presents Charles Dickens at his best. It is not only among his own personal favourites, but also draws on his life’s experiences. The novel has undergone several film and television adaptations and continues to be loved by the readers.
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Fairy Tales [hardcover] by Helena Blavatsky
This work is in the “public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, Literature & Fiction, Non-fiction
Five Weeks in a Balloon [hardcover] Jules Verne
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, Literature & Fiction, Non-fictionFive Weeks in a Balloon [hardcover] Jules Verne
A journey of discovery by three Englishmen in Africa: Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne, published in 1863. Readers get a peek at the discovery of Africa in this book, which was still mostly unknown to Europeans at the time. The mission of Samuel Fergusson aims to connect the expeditions of Heinrich Barth in the Sahara and Chad with those of Sir Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke in East Africa. Although it is truly a savanna, the novel refers to the uncharted interior of Africa around the present-day Central African Republic as a desert. Starting in Zanzibar, the journey continues through Agadez, Timbuktu, Djenné, Lake Victoria, Lake Chad, and Ségou.Finding the source of the Nile was a major goal of the early expedition. Bringing together the other explorers is the second leg. There are several action-packed sequences that either feature a battle with a local or one with the environment
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction, Novel
Free Air [hardcover] Sinclair Lewis
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction, NovelFree Air [hardcover] Sinclair Lewis
This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting and reformatting: the complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high-quality images and table elements, giving our readers The feel of holding a ‘fresh and newly’ reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned and printed (optical character recognition – ocr) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: as the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, Punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. Happy Reading!.
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Greatest Women Writers Set of 4 Books By Various (Author) (Hardcover)
Women novelists, particularly those of the nineteenth century, made significant contributions to the evolution of the English novel. This finely curated set features some of the best work from women writers of the nineteenth century. This box set is a collection of four books— Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Little Women. This classic box set is a must have for all! The book introduces some of the most celebrated women authors The words of these authors offer a multitude of perspectives on different issues These timeless stories comprise memorable and relatable characters that will keep the readers hooked The varied themes and thought-provoking ideas will take the reader on an incredible journey It is a wonderful keepsake gift to treasure and share.
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Grimms Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm (Hardcover)
- Page : 256
- ISBN : 9789356520042
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm
Once upon a time in a fairy tale world, There were magical mirrors and golden slippers,Castles and fields and mountains of glass, Houses of bread and windows of sugar.Frogs transformed into handsome Princes, And big bad wolves into innocent grandmothers.There were evil queens and wicked stepmothers,Sweethearts, true brides and secret lovers. In the same fairy world, A poor boy has found a golden key and an iron chest and “We must wait until he has quite unlocked it and opened the lid.”A classic collection of timeless folk tales by Grimm Brothers, Grimm’s Fairy Tales are not only enchanting, mysterious and amusing, but also frightening and intriguing. Delighting children and adults alike, these tales have undergone several adaptations over the decades. This edition with black-and-white illustrations is a translation by Margaret Hunt.
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Classic Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction
His Masterpiece [hardcover] Emile Zola
His masterpiece which in the original French bears the little of leuveree is a strikingly accurate story of artistic life in Paris during the latter years of the Second Empire. Amusing at times, extremely pathetic and even painful at others, it not only contributes a necessary element to the rougon0 macquart series of novels a series illustrative of all phases of life in France within certain dates but also represents a particular piece of m. Zola”s career and work
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How To Play Billiards by William Broadfoot,W.J.Ford,Dudley (Hardcover)
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.
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In the words of H.G. Wells [hardcover] H.G.Wells
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & FictionIn the words of H.G. Wells [hardcover] H.G.Wells
Herbert George Wells was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His nonfiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Hardcover)
- Hardcover : 544 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-8182476134
- Item Weight : 811 g
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 4 cm
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.
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Jean Valjean [hardcover] Victor Hugo
The two most memorable barricades that the observer of social maladies can name do not belong to the period in which the action of this work is laid. These two barricades, symbols in two different aspects of a redoubtable situation, sprang from the earth at the fatal insurrection of June 1848, the greatest war of the streets that history has ever beheld.
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King Solomon’s Mines [hardcover] H. Rider Haggard
Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near King Solomon’s spectacular diamond mines.
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