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Roughing It
by Mark Twain
My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as o...
Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social critic...
by Matthew Arnold, Matthew Arnold
IN one of his speeches a year or two ago, that fine speaker and famous Liberal, Mr Bright, took occasion to have a fling...
An Arabian tale
by William Beckford, Samuel Henley
VATHEK, ninth Caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid.
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
by James Weldon Johnson
I know that in writing the following pages I am divulging the great secret of my life, the secret which for some years I...
The Code Book
by Simon Singh
On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 1586, Queen Mary entered the crowded courtroom at Fotheringhay Castle.
Elizabeth and Essex
by Giles Lytton Strachey
THE English Reformation was not merely a religious event; it was also a social one.
