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The still-hilarious parodies in this humorous collection offer ample evidence of Leacock's first-rate comic sensibilities. Highlights include "Maddened by Mystery," a send-up of the detective novel, "Gertrude the Governess," a bodice-ripping romance gone wrong, and "Man in Asbestos," a sci-fi laugh riot.
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Brought together here in this volume is a classic collection of satirical works from Jonathan Swift, perhaps one of the greatest satirist in the English language. While Swift is probably best known for his novel "Gulliver's Travels", he was a brilliant satirist with a cutting wit and mastery of language. His skills with the pen, which made him both famous and feared by the powerful, can be seen in "A Modest Proposal". Swift's famous essay, originally...
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This massive work in two volumes, includes all 180 short stories written by the nineteenth-century French master of the genre, Guy de Maupassant.
Guy de Maupassant is one of the modern masters of the art of the short story and has influenced practitioners of that genre from his time to the present.
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"The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories" collects six of Tolstoy's finest short stories into one edition. In "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", Tolstoy explores this very question through the story of a peasant with an increasing appetite for land-an appetite which becomes his ruin. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", one of Tolstoy's short masterpieces, tells of the early death of a high-court judge in 19th century Russian. "Family Happiness" explores the...
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In 'Dynamo' the antics of a dog cause trouble for his owners. In 'Running the Gauntlet' two wannabee cattle rustlers start out on a hapless pursuit. A year 10 student finds a hoped-for friend has a dark side in 'Killing Two Birds'. A teenager's yearning for more height has a strange outcome in 'There Are More Things'. Enjoy these and six more stories in this diverse collection.
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Guy de Maupassant died insane due to venereal disease in 1893 at the young age of 43. He died but his great novels and particularly his short stories have endured. Anyone who loves fiction will enjoy this book including his great tales such as The Necklace and The Horla. (Amazon)
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Waiting For A Friend is a stage play about a fifty-something-year old man who is confronted by the unexpected visit of his best friend, who died tragically when they were kids in high school.
The man must come to terms with his lost youth and innocence, and the unstoppable passage of time, while a painful but heartfelt conversation with his teenage friend puts into perspective a life cut short versus what it means to have lived a full life.
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This delightful eBook presents seven pieces from the rich heritage of Lafcadio Hearn-one of the first and most preeminent scholars to travel to and write about Japan. They are a natural outgrowth of Hearn's peerless philosophy: "If you have any feeling-no matter what-strongly latent in the mind (even only a haunting sadness or a mysterious joy), you may be sure that it is expressible." Hearn's language, his incomparable prose, ripened and mellowed...
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The book title "A Telling Experience" has a double meaning: 1) something curious that you were part of, and 2) the sharing of your particular story. An experience becomes even more meaningful by being, told. The thing may be familiar, or it may be as strange as The Twilight Zone (but true). The idea of this book is that everybody's life is somehow a Tall Tale. This book is my Tall Tale; my ordinary, strange, telling experience: A bewildered youth,...
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Renowned Baptist preacher Frank W. Boreham was known for his unusual ability to spin moving religious lessons from the stuff of everyday life. In the unique collection A Handful of Stars, Boreham takes this approach a step further. Drawing on excerpts from famous novels and nonfiction works, the author summarizes each work's theme and then relates it to a Christian concept or parable. Frank W. Boreham (3 March 1871 — 18 May 1959) was a Baptist preacher...
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Journalist, short story writer, poet, and critic Ambrose Bierce has been called one of America's greatest wits and an uncompromising satirist. He wrote unsparingly and with haunting realism of his Civil War experiences. His finest and most famous Civil War writings are gathered in this volume of six essays and twenty stories, including "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "What I Saw of Shiloh," and "A Horseman in the Sky." Edited and introduced by...
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This eBook presents a collection of all-major works of Rabindranath Tagore, including poems, novels, short stories, dramas, and essays. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Tagore's literary reputation is disproportionately, influenced very much by regard for his poetry; however, he also wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, dramas, and thousands of songs. The poems of Rabindranath Tagore are among...
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Extrait : "Monsieur de Manerville le père était un bon gentilhomme normand bien connu du maréchal de Richelieu, qui lui fit épouser une des plus riches héritières de Bordeaux dans le temps o le vieux duc y alla trner en sa qualité de gouverneur de Guienne."
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Les héroïnes mathématiciennes ont bouleversé l'humanité, chacune à leur manière. Du XVIIe siècle à nos jours, dans ce livre, ces femmes sont discrètes mais fascinantes. Véritables « Femmes Savantes », elles émergent désormais dans une société soucieuse d'égalité et les réseaux informatiques sont une boîte aux trésors. La liste de ces femmes d'exception se révèle impressionnante dans le temps comme dans l'espace. L'univers est...
16) The Last Galley
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A collection of fantastic short stories by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In these stories, Doyle explores many different genres, from historical adventure, to pirate romance, to mystery. From the author's preface: I have written "Impressions and Tales" upon the title-page of this volume, because I have included within the same cover two styles of work which present an essential difference. The second half of the collection...
17) Modeste Mignon
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Extrait: "Vers le milieu du mois d'octobre 1829, monsieur Simon Babylas Latournelle, un notaire, montait du Havre à Ingouville, bras dessus bras dessous avec son fils, et accompagné de sa femme, près de laquelle allait, comme un page, le premier clerc de l'Etude, un petit bossu nommé Jean Butscha."
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18) Cavalerie rouge
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Entré en 1920 dans l'Armée rouge, Isaac Babel participa avec la Première Armée de Cavalerie soviétique de Semion Boudienny à la guerre contre les Blancs aux frontières de la Pologne. Il retraça cette épopée tragique et violente à travers une série de courts récits, publiés en revue et réunis en 1926.
« On ne saurait trouver nulle part une évocation plus cruelle, plus sauvagement belle, d'une époque extraordinaire o les pires horreurs...
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