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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective.
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Barchester Towers
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This is the second in Trollope’s ‘Barsetshire’ series of novels.
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Beowulf
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This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English.
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Beyond Good and Evil
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First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important.
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The Book of Art for Young People
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This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.
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Christmas Holidays at Merryvale
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"Toad" Brown, his brother, and their friends have a jolly time at the Christmas holidays. They daydream at a toyshop window, chop down a Christmas tree in the woods, have a grand snowball fight, and plan a surprise for a friend in this tale of early 20th-century small-town life.
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Country of the Pointed Firs
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The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett's finest work, described by Henry James as her "beautiful little quantum of achievement."
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A Day at the County Fair
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Three little friends are taken to the County Fair in Uncle Billy's motorcar, but a slight delay occurs on the way. How they finally arrived at the fair ground and their amusing experiences are most entertainingly told in this short book for younger readers and listeners.
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Dracula
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The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity.
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The Eclogues
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This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today.
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