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The Parasite was an 1894 novelette about Austin Gilroy who studied physiology and knows a professor who studies the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. Gilroy b…

Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre has been enjoyed by readers around the world for over 160 years. The eldest of the Brontë sisters, this is Charlotte's most famous and influential novel. Written as a fictitious 'autobiography', it follows the stor…

The Professor is Charlotte Brontës first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a l…

Полный вариант заголовка: «Asiatic researches : Vol. 8 : or transactions of the society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia / printed verbatim from the Calcutta edition».

Полный вариант заголовка: «History of the expedition to Russia : Vol. 1 : in 2 volumes : undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the year 1812 / by General, Count Philip de Segur ; a biographical sketch of the author».

Полный вариант заголовка: «An accont of the native africans in the Sierra Leone to which is added of the present state of medecine among them. Vol. 2 / By Thomas Winterbottom».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Notes on Mexico : Made in the autumn of 1822 : accompanied by an historical sketch of the revolution, and translations of official reports on the present state of that country / by J.R. Poinsett».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Two years in ava : From may 1824, to may 1826 / By an officer on staff of the quarter-master-general's department».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The poetical works of Sir Samuel Garth : with the life of the author».

A group of European and American tourists is enjoying its trip in Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in a "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko. They intend to travel to Abousir at the southern frontier o…

This spirited account of the exploits of a crew of Saxon archers during the Hundred Years War features cameo appearances by historical figures such as Edward III and the Black Prince. Flavorful and realistic in its depictions of medieval life, the no…

Written at the end of Twain's career, Extracts from Adam's Diary was first published in 1897. Twain's Adam was based on himself.

Typical Mark Twain slightly caustic, complex humor. Six of Mark Twain's recollections his early experiences in newspaper work on topics such as his first editorship at age 13, the weaponry needed to edit a newspaper in Tennessee, a character study, a…

The story projects Twain’s lifelong struggles with his conscience. Here the conscience admits to being the “most pitiless enemy” of its host, whom it is supposed to “improve” but only tyrannizes with gusto while refusing to praise the host for anythi…

A great writing by Mark Twain based on the short story of classic humour.

"In Defense of Harriet Shelley" is an excellent literary classic for all ages. Twain took much of his ideas and inspiration for his stories and tall tales from real experiences as a river boat pilot, his world travels, friendships, well known people,…

"On the Decay of the Art of Lyingis" a short essay written by Mark Twain in 1885 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. In the essay, Twain laments the dour ways in which men of America's Gilded Age employ man'…

Written for the Atlantic magazine in 1877, this is a collection of stories about a trip Mark Twain made with some friends to Bermuda.

The book bears no relationship to Twain's actual life. The two short stories present fictional characters who are supposedly part of Twain's lineage.