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Полный вариант заголовка: «The works of Alexander Pope. Vol. 4. Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The life of Shakespeare : Vol. 1 : enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots and characters : and essays on the ancient theatres and theatrical usages : in 2 volumes / by Augustine Skottowe».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The doctrine of life for the New Jerusalem, from the commandements of the Decalogue / translated from the latin of Emanuel Swedenborg origanally published at Amsterdam in the year 1763».

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».

Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the Hundred Years' War, by the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1906, it describes the early life of that book's hero Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the H…

Полный вариант заголовка: «The select works of the minor British poets : Vol. 1 : in 5 volumes / collated with the best editions by Thomas Park».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The select works of the minor British poets : Vol. 3 : in 5 volumes / collated with the best editions by Thomas Park».

At age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how that can affect a y…

Emily Brontë's only novel is famous the world over and is the favorite classic of many readers. It is easy to see why, with hardship, insanity, cruelty, frustrated love, and ghosts.

"The American Claimant" is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches―fertile and familiar Mark Twain territory. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by Ame…

"Eureka" (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled «A Prose Poem», though it has also been subtitled as «An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe». Adapted from a lecture he had pres…

One of the most renowned public speakers of his day, Mark Twain was often asked to give speeches to mark public holidays or important anniversaries, for school graduations, at banquets for distinguished visitors, and at events sponsored by charitable…

A real storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial occurrence. The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches are indispensable to our understanding of a harried genius during thirteen quite amazing years.

The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled by literary conventions.