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Book Title: 1601
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
INTRODUCTION
"Born irreverent," scrawled Mark Twain on a scratch pad, "--like all
other people I have ever known or heard of--I am hoping to remain so
while there are any reverent irreverences left to make fun of."
--[Holograph manuscript of Samuel L. Clemens, in the collection of the
F. J. Meine]
Mark Twain was just asMore... | |
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Book Title: The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe
Book Description:
CHAPTER I - REVISITS ISLAND
THAT homely proverb, used on so many occasions in England, viz. "That what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh," was never more verified than in the story of my Life. Any one would think that after thirty-five years' affliction, and a variety of unhappy circumstances, which fewMore... | |
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Book Title: Blue Fairy Book
Author: Andrew Lang
Book Description:
THE BRONZE RING
ONCE upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were many and the soil was good, this garden yielded neither flowers nor fruits, not even grass or shady trees.
The King was in despair about it, when a wise old manMore... | |
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Book Title: The Prince
Author: Nicolo Machiavelli
Book Description:
INTRODUCTION
Nicolo Machiavelli was born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. He was the
second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli, a lawyer of some repute,
and of Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli, his wife. Both parents were
members of the old Florentine nobility.
His life falls naturally into three periods, each of whichMore... | |
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| | | | Category: Classic, Romance
Book Title: The Mysterious Stranger
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
Chapter 1
IT WAS IN 1590 -- winter. Austria was far away from the world, and
asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so
forever. Some even set it away back centuries upon centuries and said that
by the mental and spiritual clock it was still the Age of BeliefMore... | |
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Book Title: As you Like it
Author: William Shakespeare
Book Description:
Actus primus. Scoena Prima.
Enter Orlando and Adam.
Orlando. As I remember Adam, it was vpon this fashion
bequeathed me by will, but poore a thousand
Crownes, and as thou saist, charged my brother
on his blessing to breed mee well: and
there begins my sadnesse: My brother Iaques he keepes
at schoole, and reportMore... | |
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