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An Accursed Race
Gaskell, ElizabethSaga EgmontA short essay by acclaimed Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell, ‘An Accursed Race’ is a study of the plight of the much-persecuted minority group the Cagots. In her essay, Gaskell e...
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American Notes
Dickens, CharlesSaga Egmont"All that is loathsome, drooping, or decayed is here." In 1842 Dickens sailed to America to observe The New World that held such fascination for the English. He went to magnificent...
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Bethink Yourselves!
Tolstoy, LeoSaga Egmont'Bethink yourselves!' Or, in more modern parlance: 'Wake up! Get a grip!' Leo Tolstoy, known for the epic 'War and Peace', is far more blunt in this book.The Russian novelist and p...
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The Book of Snobs
Makepeace Thackeray, WilliamBlue of NoonThe Book of Snobs, by one of themselves was originally a series of weekly articles published in Punch in 1848, in which Mr. Snob attempted to make the notion of snobbery clearer th...
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The Book of the Hamburgs
Baum, L. Frank.Saga EgmontBest known as the author of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ series of children’s stories, L. Frank Baum also worked as a poultry farmer before he found literary fame. ‘The Book of the Hamburgs’...
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Canterbury Pieces
Butler, SamuelSaga EgmontCanterbury Pieces is a classic collection of essays, newspaper articles and letters by the English novelist and critic, Samuel Butler. It includes correspondence between the author...
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Certain Personal Matters
Wells, H. G.Saga Egmont‘Certain Personal Matters’ is an intriguing and entertaining collection of essays by H.G. Wells that range from satirical political sketches to scientific speculations. Wells’ shor...
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Clergymen of the Church of England
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontAnthony Trollope’s ‘Clergymen of the Church of England’ is a collection of amusing and insightful character portraits of members of the clergy. First appearing in The Pall Mall Gaz...
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Clocks
Jerome, Jerome K.Saga Egmont"There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right—except when you...
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The Common Reader, First Series
Woolf, VirginiaSaga Egmont"There is a sadness at the back of life which some people do not attempt to mitigate. Entirely aware of their own standing in the shadow, and yet alive to every tremor and gleam of...
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A Confession
Tolstoy, LeoSaga Egmont"With all my soul I longed to be in a position to join with the people in performing the rites of their faith, but I could not do it. I felt that I would be lying to myself, mockin...
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The Crime of the Congo
Doyle, Arthur ConanSaga EgmontBest-known as the author of the Sherlock Holmes series of detective novels, in ‘The Crime of the Congo’ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attempts to lay bare the atrocities which had taken p...
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A Cynic Looks At Life
Bierce, AmbroseSaga EgmontIn this collection of satiric essays, Ambrose Bierce offers his provoking outlook on a series of subjects. This collection includes, "Civilization", "Immortality", "The Death Penal...
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The Decay of Lying
Wilde, OscarAnncona MediaThe Decay of Lying – An Observation is an essay by Oscar Wilde included in his collection of essays titled Intentions, published in 1891. Wilde presents the essay in a Socratic di...
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The Decay of Lying
Wilde, OscarSaga EgmontCould it be that people who never lie are devoid of creativity? If that’s true, then all creative art must be founded in lies. ‘The Decay of Lying’ is a beguiling essay on the natu...
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Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga Egmont‘Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes’ is a love letter to home in many ways. In a collection of essays renowned author, Robert Louis Stevenson, recounts historic areas of the city, and t...
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The Effeminates
de Maupassant, GuySaga EgmontDespite its title. ‘The Effeminates’ has nothing to do with sexuality. Instead, it’s a satire on the fickle natures of Parisians and those who work in the Chamber of Deputies (a F...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Volume One
Locke, JohnSaga Egmont‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ is philosopher John Locke's pioneering examination of the origins of human knowledge and understanding. First published in 1690, it set th...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Volume Two
Locke, JohnSaga Egmont‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ is philosopher John Locke's pioneering examination of the origins of human knowledge and understanding. First published in 1690, it set th...
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Fantasia of the Unconscious
Lawrence, D.H.Saga Egmont'Fantasia of the Unconscious' is Lawrence's profound reflection on the nature of our consciousness and our unconsciousness. He delivers a convincing, accurate, and somewhat controv...