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“william thackery”

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  • Vanity Fair

    by William Thackery ...
    Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray. The subtitle, A Novel without a Hero, is apt because the characters are all flawed to a greater or lesser degree; even the most sympathetic have weaknesses, for example Captain Dobbin, who is prone to vanity and melancholy. The human weaknesses Thackeray illustrates are mostly to do with greed, idleness, ... Read more

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  • The Bedford-Row Conspiracy

    by Makepeace Thackery,William ...
    The affection of protagonists, John and Lucy, and the turmoil that they pass through are beautifully captured here. The gripping novel showcases Thackeray's true genius as a writer. He introduces the reader to characters and scenarios which are based on real life and can easily be related to. ... Read more

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  • Barry Lyndon

    by William Thackery ...
    Barry Lyndon is a picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy. Redmond Barry of Bally Barry, born to a genteel but ruined Irish family, fancies himself a gentleman. He is a hot-tempered, passionate lad, and falls madly in love with his cousin, Nora. The lad tries to engage in a duel with Nora's suitor, an ... Read more

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  • The Semi-Attached Couple

    by Emily Eden ...
    The worst thing to happen to the season's perfect couple: marriageWhen the young and gorgeous Helen Eskdale met the wealthy aristocrat Lord Teviot, everything clicked. This was a couple that was meant to be—the match of the year, if not the ages. But in the rush to the altar, there was no time for bride and groom to actually get to know each other. Now the question is: Can they keep their marriage ... Read more

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  • The Four Just Men

    by Edgar Wallace ...
    IF you leave the Plaza del Mina, go down the narrow street, where, from ten till four, the big flag of the United States Consulate hangs lazily; through the square on which the Hotel de la France fronts, round by the Church of Our Lady, and along the clean, narrow thoroughfare that is the High Street of Cadiz, you will come to the Café of the Nations. At five o'clock there will be few people in ... Read more

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  • Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

    by E. W. Hornung ...
    Series Book 1 - A. J. Raffles, the Gentleman Thief
    The cracking debut of A. J. Raffles, proper English gentleman and jewel thief extraordinaireSometimes the greatest of partnerships are born in the direst of moments. For Bunny Manders and A. J. Raffles, such a moment comes when a bad night at the baccarat tables threatens to end in suicide. Hundreds of pounds in the red, Bunny grows so desperate that he asks Raffles, a former classmate who ... Read more

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  • The Molly Maguires and the detectives

    by Allan Pinkerton ...
    In The Molly Maguires and the Detectives, Allan Pinkerton offers a vivid, quasi-documentary account of the secretive Irish-American society accused of violence in the Pennsylvania coal fields after the Civil War. Combining sensational narrative with investigative detail, the book reconstructs labor unrest, ethnic tension, and clandestine justice through the perspective of detective infiltration. ... Read more

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  • The Old Man In The Corner (Mobi Classics)

    by Baroness Orczy ...
    Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man In the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories.This is one of three books of short stories featuring Bill Owen, Orczy's armchair detective, and although published after The Case of Miss Elliot it is first ... Read more

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  • Sanders of the River

    by Edgar Wallace ...
    Series Book 1 - The Commissioner Sanders Stories
    Thrilling adventures of colonial Africa from the creator of King KongIn the jungles of West Africa, Commissioner Sanders is the highest representative of the British crown. The health and safety of a quarter-million natives—who speak countless languages and worship untold gods—are his responsibility. Whether disciplining a boy king, expelling troublesome missionaries, or fighting to contain ... Read more

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  • The Custom of the Country

    by Edith Wharton ...
    Classic turn-of-the-century novel. According to Wikipedia: "Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... The Age of Innocence (1920), perhaps her best known work, won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award." ... Read more

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  • Through Five Administrations

    Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook, Body-Guard to President Lincoln

    by William H. Crook ...
    A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of life at the White House in the second half of the nineteenth centuryHired in January 1865 as one of four White House bodyguards assigned to protect the president, Colonel William H. Crook—a Union army veteran and member of the Washington Police Force—developed a close, mutually respectful relationship with Abraham Lincoln. To his profound regret, Crook ... Read more

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  • One of Ours

    by Willa Cather ...
    The winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, this novel by Willa Cather follows the son of a successful farmer and a dearly religious mother who, despite his destiny to live a comfortable life, continues to ail under the pressure of his father's success. Claude Wheeler is living the typical college life at Temple College, a Christian university in the area. After failing to convince his parents to ... Read more

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