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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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"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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"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...

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"Good Time Bessie" 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 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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A story of WWII in Paris. Louis Bromfield (1896–1956) was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition, winning the...

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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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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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Depressed and indifferent heir of a vast coffee import fortune, Peter Van Dyke finds his life and high society engagement turn upside down when his...

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The book gives, perhaps, the most vivid and coherent account in literature of the Suffragette Movement in England, written with an insight and sympathy that...

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Thorne Smith's comic mystery novel, in the vein of Topper and Turnabout.

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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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In Witch Wood, John Buchan spins a mesmerizing tale of mysterious events in seventeenth-century rural Scotland. At the time the novel appeared, Samuel...

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The collection is made up of eight stories, all set in the Scottish Highlands and with an element of the supernatural.

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Set during the tumultuous reign of King Henry VIII, The Blanket of the Dark offers readers an intimate look at 16th century English society. From the...

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This 1929 adventure novel by John Buchan features his popular character Sandy Arbuthnot. The story is set in the fictional South American country of Olifa....

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A young boy, Bill, buys a walking stick from a roadside pedlar. He discovers that it's a magic stick that will take the owner to anywhere he wishes....

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Regarded by many critics as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Midwinter tells the tale of Alastair Maclean, confidant of Prince Charles...