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The Tomb
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The Alchemist
The story is recounted by the protagonist, Count Antoine de C-, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The…
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Oblomov
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Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model ci…
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Berserk, Vol. 1 (Berserk, #1)
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Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories.
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We enter the mind of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The dank prison room is without light and he begins to feel hi… -
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Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?
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Bleak House
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The Plague
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947.
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A Doll's House
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A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
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"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?"
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Watchmen
Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, presents a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history—the U.S. won the Vietnam War…
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