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The very concept of „The Power of Darkness” for Tolstoy corresponds to the Gospel, where darkness is identified with the concept of hell and death, and...

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„The Lover’s Baedeker and Guide to Arcady” book is the author’s description of a fantasy land inhabited by lovers. It is a travel guide to the mythic...

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Positively every one, with two unimportant exceptions, had called upon us. The Countess had driven over from Sysington Hall, twelve miles away, with two...

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The eighth issue features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction. These are the next to last of the series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan...

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„Prince Zaleski” (1895) represents Shiel’s contribution to the mystery genre, and is his answer to Sherlock Holmes. This is a set of three short...

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A daring daylight art theft from a crowded museum, a secret document centuries old, and a hidden treasure, these are the elements of the title story in...

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A young man, Richard Anson is a crewman on board Sir Francis Drake’s „Golden Hind”, which is travelling north to the coast of what will one day become...

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A child of Irish immigrants, writer May Agnes Fleming was born in Canada and has lived in the United States in recent years. The exciting romance novel...

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Le comte Franz de Telek, après la mort de sa femme, la chanteuse d’opéra Stilla, entreprend un voyage en Transylvanie (qui faisait alors partie de...

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Kipling wrote the first novel, “The Light That Failed” in many ways an autobiographical novel, having already gained fame with his poems and stories. In...

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Dédié à ses compagnons du Redoutable, La Troisième Jeunesse de madame Prune est un merveilleux badinage de Pierre Loti sur le Japon. Mais c’est surtout...

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include „The Four Just Men”, „Sanders of the...

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When George Furnace, instructor of the Baston Aero Club, is found dead in the wreck of his crashed plane, everyone assumes it was a tragic accident, even...

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Settle in for a whimsical, thoroughly enjoyable whirlwind tour through the prodigious imagination of American short-story master O. Henry. When he wrote...

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„The Mystery Road” an antique book written by E Phillips Oppenheim follows the heroine on her journey to true love and independence from family...

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„Sky Island” was the second of three titles written by Baum featuring a spunky girl from California, Trot, and her companion, the old sailorman, Cap’n...

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The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed. „You’d have to come and be a nurse,” he suggested. „Oh, I’d go as a drummer-boy. I’d look fine in...

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”Lukundoo and Other Stories” is one of those stories that are scary to read. The story of a man who breaks a taboo, then bears a cruel punishment. Curse...

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Frederick Merrick White wrote a number of short stories, including By Order of the League. The story of the Order By the Order of the League begins with...