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Jack London was one of the first writers to earn a living in part from his writings in commercial fiction magazines. London became a socialist and his writings reflect this change in his political views. He is best known for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang. The Valley of the Moon tells the story of a man who is a teamster and ex-prizefighter and his love for a woman who is a laundry worker. They leave their deadening life in the...

Thomas Hardy was part of the English naturalist movement. He wrote short stories, novels, and poetry. Poems in this collection include The Temporary The All, Amabel, Hap, "In Vision I Roamed", At a Bridal, Postponement, A Confession to a Friend in Trouble, Neutral Tones, She, Her Initials, Her Dilemma, Revulsion, She, To Him, Ditty, The Sergeant's Song, Valenciennes, San Sebastian, The Stranger's Song, The Burghers, Leipzig, The Peasant's Conf...

George MacDonald was a 19th century Scottish writer, poet and minister. He is best known for his fairy tales and fantasies. His most popular works are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith. Weighed and Wanting is the story of a disfunctional family with a distant father and an emotionally weak mother. There is a rotten older brother and a physically weak younger brother. The sister is the main chara...

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I was apprenticed to the Sea when I was twelve years old, and I have encountered a great deal of rough weather, both literal and metaphorical. It has always been my opinion since I first possessed such a thing as an opinion, that the man who knows only one subject is next tiresome to the man who knows no subject. Therefore, in the course of my life I have taught myself whatever I could, and although I am not an educated man, I am able, I am th...

James Otis is credited with the phrase ôTaxation without representation is Tyrannyö. Otis was a strong opponent of the writs of assistance, which allowed the British to enter any colonistZs home without cause. James Otis Kaler (1848-1912) wrote many books for young boys around the turn of the century. The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley is the story of the siege of Fort Stanwix and the battle of Oriskany, which was a turning point in the Revo...

Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) is the author of A Guide to Biography--Men of Mind, A Soldier of Virginia, Days and DeedsÚpoetry, and Days and DeedsÚprose. Godwin is a newspaper reporter who was formerly a police detective. Lester, a lawyer, who follows along and reports what Godwin discovers is the Watson figure to GodwinZs Sherlock Holmes. Vantine, a wealthy friend of Lester's, purchases a Boule table made during the reign of one of the ...

Leo Tolstoy had a profound influence on people through out the Western world. Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher. Tolstoy was a member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family. He was known as an educational reformer, pacifist and Christian anarchist. His masterpiece War and Peace made him one of the worldZs greatest novelists. His ability to depict life in 19th century Russia made him a leader in realist fiction...

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: with clear heads, you will need to bring empty stomachs into this lecture-room. Why you are to do this will be gradually unfolded during our morning talks. It will be a trying experience for a few mornings, but it will only worry you while you are getting ready fo...

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Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: ôthe great unwashedö, ôpursuit of the almighty dollarö, ôthe pen is mightier than the swordö, and ôit was a dark and stormy nightö. Caleb Price wastes his early years and the money he had. He looses touch with his wealthy friends and ends up a poor clergyman in a small village. A visit from an old friend and performing ...

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