Samuel the Seeker. Upton Sinclair
1910. Sinclair, American novelist, essayist, playwright, and short story writer, whose works reflected his socialistic views. Among his most famous books is The Jungle, which launched a government investigation of the meatpacking plants of Chicago,
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Blix. Frank Norris
It had been easy to promise Blix that he would no longer gamble at his club with the other men of his acquaintance; but it was ""death and the devil,"" as he told himself, to abide by that promise. More than once in the fortnight following upon his
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Sterne. H. D. Traill
Sterne alighted from the York mail, just as Byron ""awoke one morning,"" to ""find himself famous."" Seldom indeed has any lion so suddenly discovered been pursued so eagerly and by such a distinguished crowd of hunters. The chase was remarkable
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The Kentucky Warbler. James Lane Allen
1918. With frontispiece. Allen was born on a farm near Lexington, Kentucky. As a young boy, he lived the life of the Southern ante-bellum gentry, but by the time he was a teenager the Civil War and Reconstruction had ushered in a new era for both
A History of the United States. John Fiske
1894. With topical analysis, suggestive questions and directions by Frank Alpine Hill. A text for schools by the American philosopher and historian who achieved popularity as a lecturer on history, both early in his career and in his later life.
The Turquoise Cup And The Desert. Arthur Cosslett Smith
""My lord,"" said the cardinal, ""if the cup were mine, I have a fancy that I would give it to you, with my blessing and my best wishes; but when you ask me to sell it to you, it is as though you asked your queen to sell you the Kohinoor. She dare
The Redemption of David Corson. Charles Frederic Goss
1900. American clergyman and novelist begins: Hidden away in this worn and care-encumbered world, scarred with its frequent traces of a primeval curse, are spots so quiet and beautiful as to make the fall of man seem incredible, and awaken in the
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My Reminiscences. George Houstoun Reid
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1917 года (издательство "London, New York [etc.] Cassell and Company, Ltd.").
Prester John. John Buchan
I mind as if it were yesterday my first sight of the man. Little I knew at the time how big the moment was with destiny, or how often that face seen in the fitful moonlight would haunt my sleep and disturb my waking hours. But I mind yet the cold
Паж цесаревны. Лидия Чарская
Кругом было безлюдно и тихо. Только где-то слева всплескивалась темная вода Фонтанной речки, одной из многих, прорезавших молодую еще
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Тайна высокого дома. Николай Эдуардович Гейнце
Первый роман, "Малюта Скуратов", Гейнце опубликовал в 1891 году, а всего на его счету несколько десятков романов ("Аракчеев", "Дочь Великого
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Два мага. Волконский Михаил Николаевич
Князь Михаил Николаевич Волконский (1860-1917) — беллетрист, драматург, в начале XX века был одним из самых популярных исторических
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Концы в воду. Николай Дмитриевич Ахшарумов
Детективная история, которая легла в основу романа "Концы в воду", под стать современным произведениям. Внезапная смерть молодой
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Алтарь победы. Валерий Яковлевич Брюсов
Среди многочисленных произведений известного русского поэта-символиста Валерия Яковлевича Брюсова особый интерес представляет
Поворот винта. Генри Джеймс
Повесть "Поворот винта" стала своего рода "визитной карточкой" Джеймса-новеллиста и удостоилась многочисленных экранизаций.
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Её величество Любовь. Л. А. Чарская
Давно уже старый дом в Отрадном не видал такого громадного стечения публики. На любезное приглашение радушных хозяев съехалось почти
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Монахиня. Дени Дидро
Выдающийся писатель и мыслитель эпохи Просвещения Дени Дидро известен, прежде всего, как издатель знаменитой "Энциклопедии, или