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B. J. Harrison Reads Kaa's Hunting
Kipling, RudyardSaga EgmontWe have all heard about Mowgli and his adventures. In this story, Baloo the bear teaches Mowgli the Law of the Jungle. Bagheera, however, doubts Baloo’s teaching style. Mowgli is l...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Rain
Maugham, W. Somerset.Saga Egmont"Rain" is a short story by Somerset Maugham in which a missionary attempts to convert a prostitute and lead her away from her sinful life. The story takes place on a ship, which dr...
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Master of Ballantrae
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga EgmontBallantrae and Henry are two brothers and Scottish noblemen, whose family is torn apart during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Ballantrae is an unscrupulous and bold man, who joins th...
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Vampyre
Polidori, JohnSaga EgmontAubrey is a young Englishman, who meets Lord Ruthven – a mysterious man who has recently entered London’s upper class. The two men travel to Rome. There Ruthven does something that...
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B. J. Harrison Reads She, A History of Adventure
Haggard, H. Rider.Saga EgmontB. J. Harrison reads 'She,' a fantasy adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard from the late 19th century. Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey are traveling to Eastern Africa. On their...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Mixer Moves in Society
Wodehouse, P.G.Saga EgmontB. J. Harrison brings us yet another classic from the master of humor, P. G. Wodehouse. Our narrator is a sociable dog who goes by the name of Mixer. One day, he is hit by a car, a...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Love Among the Chickens
Wodehouse, P.G.Saga EgmontJeremy Garnet is a writer living peacefully in London with his wife when he is presented with a somewhat a peculiar opportunity. His old friend is starting a chicken farm and invit...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Right Ho, Jeeves
Wodehouse, P.G.Saga EgmontB. J. Harrison reads P. G. Wodehouse's second full-length novel featuring the beloved characters Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. Bertie returns from a trip to find his friend...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 of 2
, PlutarchSaga EgmontIf you want to start a study of the classical world, this is the right book to begin with. Written by one of the greatest biographers of all time, "Plutarch’s Lives" tells us the b...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 of 2
, PlutarchSaga EgmontThis second volume of "Plutarch’s Lives" introduces the reader to even more important figures of the ancient world. Sertorius, Eumenes, Pompey, Alexander, Caesar and Cicero are onl...
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B. J. Harrison Reads King Solomon's Mines
Haggard, Henry RiderSaga EgmontAllan Quatermain is a hunter who lives in South Africa. One day, after he returns home from an unsuccessful elephant hunt, he meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good. The two...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Phantoms
Turgenev, IvanSaga EgmontThe narrator is under the spell of Ellis – a female vampire – who takes him on series of flights to different places, such as Paris, St. Petersburg and the Isle of Wight. At these...
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B. J. Harrison Reads The 200,000 Franc Reward
Leblanc, MauriceSaga EgmontFrom the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. There is a mystery to be solved. A baroness and a great deal of money have disappeared from Paris, and nei...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Moby Dick
Melville, HermanSaga EgmontAhab is the captain of a whaling ship named the Pequod. His great obsession with the giant whale, Moby Dick, makes him embark on a dangerous voyage. Some years before, the captain...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Lamia
Keats, JohnSaga EgmontThe Greek god Hermes descends from Olympus in search of an invisible nymph. He sees a snake who speaks with the voice of a woman named Lamia. She tells Hermes, that her spirit is t...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Rappaccini's Daughter
Hawthorne, NathanielSaga EgmontDr. Giacomo Rappaccini is a scientist who grows poisonous plants in his garden. The only person who can tend to the plants is his own daughter Beatrice who has not only become resi...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Thanksgiving in New York
Henry, O.Saga EgmontIt is Thanksgiving day. Stuffy Pete has just come out from an unexpected feast but he is now waiting for his companion, "The Old Gentleman". They only ever meet on this one day of...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Kidnapped
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga EgmontDavid Balfour is a young Scottish man whose parents have recently died. The seventeen-year-old orphan decides that the time has come for him to seek his fortune. Right before Balfo...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Olalla
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga EgmontA nameless Scottish soldier is recovering from his wounds in a Spanish hospital. He takes a temporary residence with a local family. Felipe and Olalla are two siblings living with...
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B. J. Harrison Reads Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Kipling, RudyardSaga EgmontOne day, a little English boy called Teddy finds a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in the family house garden. He thinks that the poor animal is dead, but his mother takes it insid...