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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also to a certain degree a hoax, as it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication (1845) took it to be a factual account. Poe…
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Dracula's guest, and other weird stories
Although Bram Stoker is best known for his world-famous novel Dracula, he also wrote many shorter works on the strange and the macabre. This collection, comprising Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, a volume of spine-chilling short stories collected and published by Stoker's widow after his death, and The Lair of the White Worm, an intensely intriguing novel of myths, legends and…
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The White People
"The White People" is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlick's Magazine, edited by Machen's friend A. E. Waite, then reprinted in Machen's collection The House of Souls.
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Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. PROLOGUE: LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
Sonnet---To Science (1829) / Edgar Allan Poe
The Belfast Address (1874) / John Tyndall
From Science and Culture (1880) / Thomas Henry Huxley
Literature and Science (1882) / Matthew Arnold
MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY. Mathematics.
Sketch of the Analytical Engine (1843) / Ada Lovelace
From Formal…
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The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.]
The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of…
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The troll garden
"This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society.
The passions, ambitions, and pretensions, the cant and the pathos of…
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The ruling passion
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true…
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La fête du mais
It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place was straight out of a bygone era, with well-cared-for Colonial houses, a white-steepled church fronting a broad Common. Ned and Beth Constantine chanced upon the hamlet and immediately fell in love with it. This was exactly the haven they dream of. Or so they thought.
For Ned and his family,…
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The women on the wall
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The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales
The sun was going down on the Dedlow Marshes. The tide was following it fast as if to meet the reddening lines of sky and water in the west, leaving the foreground to grow blacker and blacker every moment, and to bring out in startling contrast the few half-filled and half-lit pools left behind and forgotten. The strong breath of the Pacific fanning their surfaces at times kindled them into a…
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White Nights
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant short story about love, loneliness, and fleeting human connections. Set in St. Petersburg during the ethereal "white nights" of summer, it follows a dreamy, solitary narrator who meets a young woman named Nastenka. Over four nights, he shares his fantasies and feelings, while she confides her longing for a lost lover.
As the narrator falls in love…
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I Sing the Body Electric!
Eighteen stories with bizarre and whimsical themes which transcend time and space.
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Doce cuentos peregrinos
Analyse: Contes
A l'image des histoires qui les animent, ces vagabonds sont d'étranges pèlerins, tous latino-américains, projetés aux quatre coins d'une Europe insolite, en des aventures où la magie et l'humour sont articulés par ce que Gabriel Garda Marquez considère comme essentiel à la construction de cet ouvrage: la perspective du temps." Je crois avoir ainsi réussi le livre de contes qui se…
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Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection first published in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.
Contains:
The Gray Champion
Sunday At Home
The Wedding Knell
The Minister's Black Veil
The Maypole of Merry Mount
The Gentle Boy
Mr Higginbotham's Catastrophe
Little Annie's Ramble
Wakefield
A Rill From the…
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Selected Tales and Sketches
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The Four Million
The Four Million is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry originally released in 1906. There are twenty five stories of various lengths including several of his best known works such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem". The book's title refers to the then population of New York City where many of the stories are set.
The stories include;
Tobin's Palm The…
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West of Dodge
WHERE THE REAL FRONTIER BEGINSA young cowpuncher stakes a claim that can only be sealed with fists and a .44 Colt. . . . A gunfighter, tired of violence, finds himself pushed down a trail of bloody revenge. . . . From purple sage to gambler’s gold, from a señorita’s tempting smile to a splash of blood in the dust, here are stories with a distinctive L’Amour twist. A quiet farmer defends his honor…
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Danse Macabre
This is a non-fiction study of the horror genre including books, movies, television, etc.
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Also contained in:
Works (Danse Macabre / Salem's Lot / Shining
[1]: https://stephenking.com/library/nonfiction/danse_macabre.html
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