Classic Fiction
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The Invisible Man [hardcover] H.G. Wells
Dive into the gripping world of The Invisible Man. H.G. Wells’ timeless classic takes readers on a thrilling journey into the realm of science fiction and suspense. Follow the mysterious story of an invisible scientist as he grapples with power, isolation, and the consequences of his extraordinary discovery. Includes a new introduction and insightful commentary Features the consequences of invisibility and isolation A beautifully designed edition Perfect for fans of science fiction Explores the themes of power and morality in literature
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The Joy of Life By Emile Zola (Hard Cover)
The Joy of Life is the twelfth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. A popular novel of the 19th and 20th Centuries was was adapted as a 2012 French TV film, also called La joie de vivre, directed by Jean-Pierre Améris. The main character is Pauline Quenu, the daughter of Parisian charioteers Lisa Macquart and M. Quenu, who are central characters in Le ventre de Paris (published 1873). Pauline plays a small part in that novel.
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & FictionThe Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum and Mary Cowles Clark collaborated on the 1902 children’s novel The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World, discovers Santa Claus while he is a little child in the Forest of Burzee. As an adult, he is unable to live in Burzee, so he moves to the adjacent Laughing Valley of Hohaho. To avoid mentioning Necile to the kids, he creates a clay figurine that looks a lot like Necile and calls it a “dolly.” Two deer named Glossie and Flossie help him by pulling his toy-filled sleigh. The gifts that Claus is giving the kids are stolen by the Awgwas, malevolent creatures with the ability to become invisible because the toys keep the kids from misbehaving. Claus gains the label “Santa” as he keeps providing gifts. As Santa Claus approaches the end of his life, the Immortals decide to bestow immortality on him. After considerable discussion, he receives immortality just as the Spirit of Death approaches him. Four special deputies are assigned to Santa Claus: Wisk the Fairy, Peter the Knook, Kilter the Pixie, and Nuter the Ryl.
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The Mystery
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White, a mystery novel and early “sensation novel”, and for The Moonstone, which established many of the
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The White Company [hardcover] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & FictionThe White Company [hardcover] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A historical adventure set during the Hundred Years’ War. The story follows a young man as he leaves the shelter of an abbey in England and becomes involved with Edward, the Black Prince’s campaign in Spain.
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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (H.B)
“But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand. Published in 1889, three men in a Boat is the most widely acclaimed novel by English author Jerome K. Jerome. Jerome wrote the novel after going on a boating trip along river Thames. Intended initially to serve as a tour guide, the novel, however, was soon overtaken by the comical elements and transformed into the humorous travelogue that is a classic today. Three friends, J. (Jerome), Harris and George, are apparent hypochondriacs in need of a vacation. A two-week long boating trip, they feel, would be good for their health. Narrated by “J.”, An embodiment of Jerome K. Jerome himself, the story chronicles in the form of ramblings and digressions, the hilarious adventures and mishaps of the three friends. The novella success led to a sequel, three men on the bummel (1900) and was adapted in several art-forms including film and theatre.”.
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Treasure Island [hardcover] by Robert Louis Stevenson
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & FictionTreasure Island [hardcover] by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim Hawkins is a young boy who helps his parents run their seaside inn. When their lodger Billy Bones dies, Jim gains possession of a map that indicates the location of a hoard of gold hidden by pirates on a Caribbean island. Jim seeks the advice of Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney, and together they decide to set out on a treasure hunt. The adventure starts with their journey in the schooner Hispaniola. The majority of the crew is a group of bloodthirsty pirates, led by the wily Long John Silver, preparing a mutiny. Silver also assumes the role of a father figure for Jim. The novel is filled with buried treasure and treasure maps, pirates and mutinies, gunfights and sword fights, narrow escapes, and a young hero who manages to save the day.
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Wonderful Tales For Children [hardcover] Kate Douglas Wiggin
Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction, NovelWonderful Tales For Children [hardcover] Kate Douglas Wiggin
There is a Chinese tale, “The Singing Prisoner, ” in which a friendless man is bound hand and foot and thrown into a dungeon, where he lies on the cold stones unfed and untended. He has no hope of freedom and as complaint will avail him nothing, he begins to while away the hours by reciting poems and stories he had learned in youth. So happily does he vary the tones of the speakers, feigning, in turn, the voices of kings and courtiers, lovers and princesses, birds and beasts, that he speedily draws all his fellow prisoners around him, beguiling them by the spell of his genius.
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