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This volume collects twelve of Canadian author Mazo de la Roche's classic short stories. Included are: The Sacred Bullock Electric Storm Tiny Tim...

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Immaculate, charming, fearless wanderer, Jim Maitland, has a peculiar code of morals and an unforgettable character. Our enthusiastic narrator, Leyton,...

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Martin Saint-Denys, an English nobleman fallen on financial hard times, is suffering from extreme ennui. In desperation, he puts up posters offering a...

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An American best-selling author of the early twentieth century, Winston Churchill wrote the historical novel ‘Richard Carvel’, which was a huge phenomenon...

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When Sir Percy, alias the Scarlet Pimpernel, delivers the Dauphin to his monkish protectors (continuing the storyline of Eldorado ), he finishes his part...

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Set in England and Russia, this fine historical adventure novel that takes place against the thrilling backdrop of the Russian Revolution.

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A fascinating look at the impact of war, not only at the military front, but also on issues of social class and the role of women at the "home front."

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The tale of how Sir Roger Hering's wife spent the most memorable Christmas eve in her life.

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When Timothy O'Clerigh is cheated out of his inheritance by an unscrupulous woman, he works to gain a new fortune. His quest leads him to South America and...

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When intrepid adventurer, Jim Maitland, returns to England for a brief visit, he meets a charming young woman named Judy Draycott, who solicits his help in...

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A fine historical romance-adventure novel set in Union-occupied New Orleans after the Civil War.

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"These are stories, for the most part, of women. And what women! Hogarth and Daumier might have battled for them as models...hags, harlots, spinsters,...

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Richard Meaney returns to his native Colorado after three years at Oxford, accompanied by his tutor, Mr. Chatsworthy. "As swift in pace and as highly...

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This is a Bromfield in the class with Until the Day Break, definitely not top drawer. There's a bit of diluted Mrs. Parkington in the blend, as poor girl...

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"The Hand of God" is a short story by Louis Bromfield (1896–1956), an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition, winning the...

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"This is good Bromfield, in the tradition of his earlier work, The Green Bay Tree, Possession, etc. It probably won't have the popular appeal of his later...

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"Three long short stories: Kenny, a charming and rather eerie tale of a fawn-like boy who wins a place for himself on an Ohio farm, grows up there, and when...

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Louis Bromfield (1896–1956) was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition, winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering...

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"The story of a rich and successful playwright, playboy of society, facing in middle life the emptiness of his grasp on real life, the incompleteness of his...