The Half-Hearted
Category: Author:John Buchan
For the convenience of the reader it may be stated that the period of this tale is the closing years of the 19th Century.
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Category: Author:John Buchan
For the convenience of the reader it may be stated that the period of this tale is the closing years of the 19th Century.
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Category: Author:Charles Dickens查尔斯·狄更斯
The pages of this little book were in type and about to be sent for correction to my sister—who had been for some months in very delicate health—when she suddenly became still more gravely ill. The hand which had traced the words of love and veneration dedicated to our father’s memory grew too feeble to hold a pen, and before the proo...
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Category: Author:Charles Reade
It's a long and winding picaresque novel set in 15th century Europe, telling the story of the love between Gerard Eliason, an artist turned priest, and Margaret Brandt, the daughter of a poor scholar, and reflects the conflict between family and church which overshadowed the lives of so many in medieval times.
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Category: Author:A. A. Milne
Like all really nice people, you have a weakness for detective stories, and feel that there are not enough of them. So, after all that you have done for me, the least that I can do for you is to write you one. Here it is: with more gratitude and affection than I can well put down here.
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Category: Author:Geraldine Bonner
The Black Eagle Mystery is a novel written by Geraldine Bonner ,published in 1916.This was a frustrating mystery. To have everything hinge upon a mere romance made the whole intrigue fall awfully short.
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Category: Author:novel
She is very fair, my little sister.I mean, not only she is good to look upon. I mean that she is white and golden, and always seemed to bring a shining where she went.
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Category: Author:Owen Wister
To Messrs. Harper & Bothers and Henry Mills Alden whose friendliness and fair dealing I am glad of this chance to record
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Category: Author:Jules Verne儒勒·凡尔纳
"An island to sell, for cash, to the highest bidder!" said Dean Felporg, the auctioneer, standing behind his rostrum in the room where the conditions of the singular sale were being noisily discussed.
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