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Mr. Justice Raffles : A. J. Raffles Series, Book 4
Hornung, E. W.Duke Classics 2022First published in 1909, A Thief in the Night is the first novel detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. The novel is a dar...
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Winesburg, Ohio : A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
Anderson, SherwoodDuke Classics 2022Winesburg, Ohio is a series of loosely linked short stories set in the fictional town of Winesburg. The stories are held together by George Willard, a resident to whom the communit...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button : And Other Tales of the Jazz Age
Fitzgerald, F. ScottDuke Classics 2024Recently the basis for a major motion picture starring Hollywood golden boy Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was written in 1922 by the golden boy of early twentiet...
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The Black Mask: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman : A. J. Raffles Series, Book 2
Hornung, E. W.Duke Classics 2021First published in 1901, The Black Mask is the second collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian London. Raffles...
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The Madman : His Parables and Poems
Gibran, KahlilDuke Classics 2022The poetry of Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), a Lebanese-American writer, is the third best-selling in the world, after Shakespeare and Laozi. Much of his work deals with Christianity...
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle, Sir Arthur ConanDuke Classics 2022The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes collects together eleven stories detailing the famous exploits and adventures of Baker Street's greatest detective. Arthur Conan Doyle's compilation...
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Plain Tales from the Hills
Kipling, RudyardDuke Classics 2022Plain Tales from the Hills contains 40 stories written by Rudyard Kipling, the author of The Jungle Book and Kim. Published in 1888, this was the first short story collection by Ki...
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The Amateur Cracksman : A. J. Raffles Series, Book 1
Hornung, E. W.Duke Classics 2021First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England....
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New Arabian Nights
Stevenson, Robert LouisDuke Classics 2022Considered by many to contain pioneering works of English writing, Robert Louis Stevenson's New Arabian Nights collects together his short stories that were originally published in...
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The New Atlantis
Bacon, Sir FrancisDuke Classics 2022The New Atlantis is Sir Francis Bacon's creation of an ideal land where its citizens uphold the common qualities of "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and p...
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The Gift of the Magi
Henry, O.Duke Classics 2021The Gift of the Magi is a treasured short story written by O. Henry. A young and very much in love couple can barely afford their one-room apartment, let alone the extra expense of...
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The Awakening : And Selected Short Stories
Chopin, KateDuke Classics 2024The Awakening (1899) appears in this collection of short stories. Upon publication of the story Chopin's writing was highly praised, but the public was outraged by the content and...
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Bierce, AmbroseDuke Classics 2023An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge opens with the story's hero, Peyton Farquhar, hanging bound from a bridge, awaiting hanging. Farquhar is a Confederate sympathizer in the American...
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In a Glass Darkly
Le Fanu, SheridanDuke Classics 2021In a Glass Darkly collects together five short stories from gothic horror and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu. The book, published in 1872 a year before Le Fanu's death, is named f...
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The Vampyre : A Tale
Polidori, John WilliamDuke Classics 2024The Vampyre is a short story written by John William Polidori and first published in 1819. Christopher Frayling wrote that it was "the first story successfully to fuse the disparat...
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Wild Cards
Martin, George R. R.ibooks, Inc. 2024The alien virus arrived on Earth just after World War II—and the world was never the same. For those who become infected, there are two results: death, or transformation. And depen...