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The royal yacht dropped anchor to the roar of the cannons, and the king went ashore. The city was hung with flags; a thousand whistles sounded. Up the...

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The author gives a satirical view of village life, which is so present in the work of her famous predecessors. The moral here may well be that swearing to...

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Two surviving American sailors, Mark and Bob, found themselves on a bare volcanic rock in the middle of the ocean. Gradually, they manage to form a soil...

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The novel is set in the fictional town of Templeton, modeled after the village of Cooperstown. In the novel, the Effingham family returns to Templeton from...

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This book is meant to be read by young women at that tender age, when the feelings of their nature begin to act most insidiously on them, and when their...

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‟Precaution” was written in the spirit of sentimental English novels on the theme of marriage. The author clearly holds the idea that the choice of a groom...

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This is a historical novel written in the 1900s but set in 1680s Jamestown, Virginia. The plot revolves around the anger of the colonists over the...

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This novel was published as a series in several Australian newspapers. The action takes place on a small Victorian gold mine. This is a story about murder,...

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The idea behind this book is that before going to bed, Yorkshire farmer Mr. Poskitt liked to tell a little story or „nightcap”. Thus, J.S. Fletcher recorded...

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Mary Helena Fortune is one of the first female authors who became famous for detectives. My Lodger is no exception. This work captivated readers with a...

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In this collection of short stories, the reader learns the killer’s identity long before the brilliant medical detective takes the stage. These are...

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Jaragu, a boy from the jungle, was surprised in his life when a giant bird, making a loud buzzing sound, descended on a beach in Central America and froze...

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The story begins with Annette Georges choosing between two evil destinies. She is rescued by a kind woman who looks after her until she can live with her...

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Dr. John Thorndike is a fictional detective in a series of novels. He is a medical lawyer – a doctor by origin, he turned to the bar and became one of the...

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A tale of the sinister afterlife of Sir Robert Depard, a local magnate who lived a dissolute life in Yorkshire. The story is told by an unnamed gentleman...

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This is a historical saga about the fate of three generations of the Littlepage family living in the New World. The novel tells about the people who...

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Calvin Gray is a swindler who won immediate sympathy from readers. It’s sleek, stylish, smart and full of life. However, the best thing about him is that he...

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On the same night, two brothers were killed at a distance of 400 miles from each other. Their bodies were apparently searched by the killers, but money and...

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The action of the novel refers us to the events that took place on the eve of the struggle for the independence of the North American colonies. The heroes...