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Set in early eighteenth-century Scotland, the novel recounts the corruption of a boy of strict Calvinist parentage by a mysterious stranger under whose influence he commits a series of murders. The st…
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"Day after day, day after day,
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We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
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The Romance of the Forest
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E.B. White's classic novel tells the story of one small mouse on a very big adventure!
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Jonathan Swift’s classic essay A Modest Proposal is one of the most iconic essays ever written and is a perfect example of hyperbole and satire.
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The Trumpet of the Swan
Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trumpet of the Swan, about a cygnet who finds his voice, is now a full-length animated film from Sony. Now…
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Mrs. Warren's Profession
Middle-aged Mrs. Warren is a madam, proprietress of a string of successful brothels. Her daughter, Vivie, is a modern young woman, but not so modern that she's not shocked to discover the source of he…
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An Ideal Husband
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'He now saw himself stained with the most loathed and monstrous sins, the object of universal execration ... doomed to perish in tortures the most severe'
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The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch.
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