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The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. ScottDuke Classics 2021Nick Carraway meets Jay Gatsby, a young millionaire with shady business connections and who is love with Daisy Buchanan, Nick's cousin.
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The Bag of Diamonds
Fenn, George ManvilleDuke Classics 2015In this suspenseful tale geared for younger audiences, a London physician becomes obsessed with the prospect of creating an elixir that can promise eternal youth. Along the way, Fe...
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Baseball Joe at Yale : Or Pitching for the College Championship
Chadwick, LesterDuke Classics 2015During his stint as a college player at Yale, Baseball Joe's reputation as an ace player continues to grow — so much so that he provokes the envy of many of his teammates and falls...
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Baseball Joe in the Central League : Or, Making Good as a Professional Pitcher
Chadwick, LesterDuke Classics 2015"Lester Chadwick" was one of the many pen names used by Howard R. Garis, a remarkably prolific author of books geared to younger audiences. In Baseball Joe in the Central League, J...
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Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars : Or, The Rivals of Riverside
Chadwick, LesterDuke Classics 2015A move to a new town forces Baseball Joe to adapt to his new environment, and his quest to play on a local team doesn't go as smoothly as he had hoped. Meanwhile, Joe faces down a...
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Baseball Joe Around the World : Pitching on a Grand Tour
Chadwick, LesterDuke Classics 2015Astoundingly talented athlete and all-around good guy Baseball Joe is at it again in Baseball Joe Around the World. When the Giants head off on a global tour, the action — on the d...
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Baseball Joe in the Big League : Or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles
Chadwick, LesterDuke Classics 2015The beloved character Baseball Joe has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream of playing in the major leagues. Picked up by the St. Louis Cardinals, Joe helps turn the team around wi...
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The Bee Hunters : A Tale of Adventure
Aimard, GustaveDuke Classics 2015French-born writer Gustave Aimard penned numerous action-adventure novels over the course of his literary career, many of which are set in Latin America and the western territories...
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Begumbagh : A Tale of the Indian Mutiny, and Three Other Short Stories
Fenn, George ManvilleDuke Classics 2015Begumbagh is a short novel targeted to younger audiences that presents a view of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Though Fenn's account is slanted toward the British military's perspe...
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The Black Bar
Fenn, George ManvilleDuke Classics 2015Younger readers will be able to imagine the sea spray splashing on their faces when they immerse themselves in this high-seas adventure from George Manville Fenn. The tale follows...
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The Buccaneer Chief : A Romance of the Spanish Main
Aimard, GustaveDuke Classics 2015From the 1500s to the 1800s, a vast swath of what is now North America, Central America, and South America was a hub of great wealth and power controlled by Spain. Not surprisingly...
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By Birth a Lady
Fenn, George ManvilleDuke Classics 2015In George Manville Fenn's By Birth a Lady, a chance encounter in the aftermath of a riding accident paves the way for a romantic entanglement that seems to be doomed from the start...
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Caper-Sauce : A Volume of Chit-Chat about Men, Women, and Things
Fern, FannyDuke Classics 2015This charming collection brings together dozens of popular newspaper columns written by acclaimed essayist Sara Willis (pen name Fanny Fern). On topics ranging from marriage to fri...
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The Choir Invisible
Allen, James LaneDuke Classics 2015In the late 1700s, stalwart schoolmaster John Gray is one of the hearty pioneers who helped settle what is now Kentucky. However, Gray is chronically unlucky in love, and in the af...
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Cinderella : And Other Stories
Davis, Richard HardingDuke Classics 2015Though journalist Richard Harding Davis was best known for his battlefield reports from the front lines of a number of conflicts, he also produced many amusing short stories over t...
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The Conduct of Life
Emerson, Ralph WaldoDuke Classics 2015With his famed 1836 essay "Nature," Transcendentalist leader Ralph Waldo Emerson argued that interactions with nature are the most valuable form of spiritual experience. But how do...
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Crocker's Hole : From "Slain by the Doones"
Blackmore, R. D.Duke Classics 2015In this humorous excerpt from the novel Slain by the Doones, the protagonist has a very memorable experience trying to capture and vanquish a prize fish that seems to be quite unwi...
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Cripps, the Carrier : A Woodland Tale
Blackmore, R. D.Duke Classics 2015Set in rural Oxfordshire, Cripps, the Carrier centers around a diabolical kidnapping plot set in motion by nefarious lawyer Luke Sharp. However, an eccentric salt-of-the-earth type...
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The Fighting Chance
Chambers, Robert W.Duke Classics 2015Stephen Siward and Sylvia Landis first lay eyes on one another during an innocent conversation about a hunting dog. Though both are smitten, there are formidable obstacles that sta...
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George Silverman's Explanation
Dickens, CharlesDuke Classics 2015The last major story that Dickens completed before his death, "George Silverman's Explanation" is something of a departure for the famed master of Victorian fiction. One of the rar...