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Cover of Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, all five volumes
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes the classic ghost stories: Schalken the Painter (1851), An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853), An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House (1862), Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen (1861) , The Haunted Baronet (1871), Ghost Stories of Chapelizod (1851),...
Cover of Literary Lapses
by Stephen Leacock
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines...
Cover of Wodehouse Collection #4: seven books in a single file
by P. G. Wodehouse
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This collection includes: Something New, The Swoop, Tales of St. Austin's, Three Men and a Maid, The White Feather, and A Wodehouse Miscellany. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 1881 14 February 1975) was an English writer whose body of work includes novels, collections...
Cover of Wodehouse Collection #1: ten books in a single file
by P. G. Wodehouse
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This collection includes: The Adventures of Sally, The Clicking of Cuthbert, The Coming of Bill, A Damsel in Distress, Death at the Excelsior and Other Stories, The Gem Collector, The Girl on the Boat, The Gold Bat, The Head of Kay's, and The Intrusion of Jimmy. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Pelham Grenville...
Cover of Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
by Wilkie Collins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Short novel. According to Wikipedia: "William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name."
Cover of The Tragic Comedians: a Study in a Well-Known Story, all three volumes in a single file
by George Meredith
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters.[1] His mother died when he was five. ...He read law and was articled as a solicitor,...
Cover of Rosinante to the Road Again
by John Dos Passos
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: " John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 September 28, 1970) was an American novelist and artist... Considered one of the Lost Generation writers, Dos Passos's first novel was published in 1920. Titled One Man's Initiation: 1
Cover of One Man's Initiation -- 1917
by John Dos Passos
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 September 28, 1970) was an American novelist and artist….Considered one of the Lost Generation writers, Dos Passos' first novel was published in 1920. Titled One Man's Initiation: 1917
Cover of Marie, an Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain, fifth of the Quatermain novels
by H. Rider Haggard
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Adventure novel, first published in 1912. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 1925), was a prolific writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential to this day."
Cover of Finished, eighth of the Quatermain novels
by H. Rider Haggard
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Adventure novel, first published in 1917. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 1925), was a prolific writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential to this day."
Cover of Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Element of Sculpture
by John Ruskin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic, stage writer, and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras."
Cover of O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark, and My Antonia
by Willa Cather
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Three classic novels by Willa Cather. According to Wikipedia: "Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873[1] April 24, 1947) was an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she...
Cover of Canterbury Pieces
by Samuel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 - 18 June 1902) was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works, including the Utopian satire Erewhon and the posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, his two best-known works, but also extending to examinations of Christian...
Cover of Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics: With Some of Their Applications
by William Thomas Thornton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Book on ethics, first published in 1873.
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