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43) Polonaises
Author
Series
Publisher
G. Schirmer
Pub. Date
c1894
Physical Desc
107 pages of music ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Works volume 7
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1895
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Works volume V
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
c1896
Physical Desc
293 p.
Language
English
Author
Series
Works volume 17-18
Language
English
Formats
Description
First appearing as an anonymous serial in "Harper's Magazine" in 1895, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" was Mark Twain's final novel and was published as a complete work under his name in 1896. The novel is a stark departure from Twain's usual comic and satirical writings, which is why Twain insisted it initially be published anonymously so that the public would take it seriously. The work is told from the perspective of a fictionalized version...
Author
Series
Works volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling, Volume XI
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49) The wrecker
Author
Series
Works volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
This sprawling nautical adventure tale from Robert Louis Stevenson adds a dash of humor and mystery to the formula that the author perfected in classic yarns like Kidnapped and Treasure Island. Co-written with Lloyd Osbourne, Stevenson's stepson, this novel is a must-read for fans of the action-adventure genre.
Author
Series
Works volume 11
Publisher
Scribner's
Pub. Date
1897
Physical Desc
399 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wrong box. The Finsbury family has long been involved in a tontine--a scheme in which subscribers invest money in a fund which then falls to the last survivor. Now there are only two aged uncles between Morris and John Finsbury and their fortune. A railway accident appears to dispose of one, and then the farce begins. A masterpiece of black comedy, turning on mistaken identity, the disappearance of a corpse, and several makeshift coffins -- Ebb tide...
Author
Series
Works volume 10-11
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Pub. Date
c1901
Edition
Author's national ed.
Physical Desc
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Works volume 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Published in 1875, this generous collection of sixty-three sketches and short stories includes the classic "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," as well as other standouts like "To Raise Poultry," "How the Author Was Sold in Newark," and "My Bloody Massacre."
54) Joseph Balsamo
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joseph Balsamo is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, inspired by the life and personality of Giuseppe Balsamo, commonly referred to as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro.
55) The black tulip
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A prize of 100,000 guilders awaits the gardener who can produce a black tulip, a rich reward that incites a bitter competition in 17th-century Holland. Cornelius von Baerle, a gifted and passionate florist, has dedicated himself to cultivating the elusive flower. But a ruthless rival, capitalizing on accusations that led to the assassination of Cornelius's godfather, falsely accuses the young horticulturist of treason. Sentenced to life imprisonment,...
59) Cymbeline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Performed as early as 1611 and published in the "First Folio" in 1623, Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" weaves an elaborate tale of palatial envy and power in Ancient Britain. Cymbeline, King of Britain, commands that his lovely young daughter Imogen marry Cloten, the violent and callous son of the current Queen by her former husband. With her heart already promised to the poor yet heroic Posthumus, Imogen refuses. Disgusted at the prospect of his daughter...
Author
Series
Works volume 6
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
c1906
Edition
Copyright ed.
Physical Desc
409 p.
Language
English
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