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"Better Than Life" is a short story by Louis Bromfield (1896–1956), an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition, winning the...

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Hermia Suydam is another of Atherton's controversial works, deemed immoral by London critics.

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

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"The Girl Who Knew Everybody" is a short story by Louis Bromfield (1896–1956), an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition,...

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"That Which Never Returns" is a short story by Louis Bromfield (1896–1956), an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition,...

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Mrs. Parkington, born in Leaping Rock, Nevada, has ascended the social ladder and is now a lady of great wealth. But the children of the wealthy often lack...

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Sixty year old Rex Pebble inadvertently discovers that the fountain of youth happens to be in his back yard swimming pool. A magical statue of a nymph by...

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Sally Willows envied her adman husband his glamorous work; Tim Willows felt Sally lived in ease and luxury while he was sweating to pay the bills. So an...

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In this incredibly original satirical novel we are introduced to the two main characters as The Gardener and The Suffragette, and so they remain throughout....

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The beloved characters—mortal and immortal—of Topper return in this uproarious romp through the south of France. One of Thorne Smith’s best-loved comedies,...

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"This is a most amusing little story of what we may call the “genteel farce” kind. Mrs. Pendleton, who has been a pronounced flirt in her married life,...

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Who hasn’t waited for a ride in the pouring rain and wondered if there wasn’t something more to life? This is exactly how we find poor Mr. Owen, hopeless...

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A photographer’s freak accident in the dark room produces a chemical concoction causing him (and his dog) to randomly switch back and forth between normal...

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Stella Benson (1892-1933) was a British author. Of delicate health she was educated at home. At the age of 20, she undertook a journey to the West Indies,...

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Atherton wrote Patience Sparhawk and Her Times, A Novel in 1897, but it proved too controversial. In 1898, and John Lane of The Bodley Head agreed to...

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One of Thorne Smith’s most popular books and made into a film. Topper is about a respectable banker called Cosmo Topper, married to a depressingly staid...

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The Poor Man is a vividly written love-story in which socially awkward Edward pursues bright and sociable Emily, with sidelights on San Francisco and China...