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Long essay that begins: "There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. All our arts and occupations lie...

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This collection of essays includes: VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES, SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS, WALT WHITMAN, HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS,...

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Historical novel, first published in 1822. Set in London and Greenwich, England, in 1616-1618. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771...

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The action is completely framed as a fantasy. In this story, the atmosphere of the imprisonment of a madman (and possible recovery) and a villain, the story...

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Historical novel set in Perthshire, Scotland, 1745-1746. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771 – 1832) was a prolific Scottish...

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This book includes: Life of Franklin Pierce, Chiefly about War Matters, Alice Doane's Appeal, and The Ancestral Footstep. According to Wikipedia:...

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First published in 1831, historical novel set in Constantinople and Scutari in 1097, at the time of the Crusades. One of Sir Walter Scott's "Tales of My...

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Book-length collection of essays. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and...

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Historical novel, set in the early 18th century. From the Preface: "For records of the doings of some of the regiments of the Irish Brigade, during the...

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This book-collection file includes five books: The Mirror of the Sea, Notes on Life and Letters, Notes on My Books, A Personal Record, and Some...

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Short stories by the author of "Little Women", including A MODERN CINDERELLA: OR, THE LITTLE OLD SHOE, DEBBY'S DEBUT, BROTHERS, and NELLY'S HOSPITAL....

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Historical novel, first published in 1818. Set in Edinburgh, Richmond, and London in 1736. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771 –...

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The author's journals. Both volumes in a single file. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 –1864) was an American novelist and short story...

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Historical novel, first published in 1825. Set during the Crusades, in Syria in 1191. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771 – 1832)...

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Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by...

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Collection of humorous historical essays. According to Wikipedia: "Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was an influential English writer of the early...

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Historical novel, set in the 16th century, with privateer Sir Francis Drake hunting Spanish treasure ships. According to Wikipedia: "George Alfred Henty (8...

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Historical novel set in British India in the 19th century. The Introduction begins: ""Rujub, the Juggler," is mainly an historical tale for young and old,...

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Short collection of short essays, including "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" and "A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget". According to Wikipedia: "Samuel...