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The Nabob
The Nabob
by Alphonse Daudet
Translated by W. Blaydes
INTRODUCTION
Daudet once remarked that England was the last of foreign countries to welcome his novels, and that he wa ...
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The Mystery of Orcival
The Mystery of Orcival
by Emile Gaboriau
I
On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, well known at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at t ...
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The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
PART 1 - DROPPED FROM THE CLOUDS
Chapter 1
"Are we rising again?" "No. On the contrary." "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, captain! we ...
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
A Romance
Interspersed With Some Pieces of Poetry
Fate sits on these dark battlements, and frowns,
And, as the portals open to rece ...
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The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants
The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants
by Charles Darwin
PREFACE
This Essay first appeared in the ninth volume of the 'Journal of the Linnean Society,' published in 1865. It i ...