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It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ...

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name.]]> 1184 Stephen King 0450411435 Dream 0 public-domain 4.28 1986 It
author: Stephen King
name: Dream
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1986
rating: 0
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]]> Emma 6969 The newest edition is here. Another alternate cover can be found here.

Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect.]]> 474 Jane Austen 0141439580 Dream 0 4.05 1815 Emma
author: Jane Austen
name: Dream
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]]> That Affair Next Door 6953575 That Affair Next Door is another fascinating study in human motivations intertwined with bits and pieces of circumstantial evidence that at first make very little sense. True to Green’s style, she calls up and explains each motivation, each piece of evidence with mathematical precision until the mystery unravels and the perpetrator is punished in a most fitting fashion.]]> Anna Katharine Green Dream 0 300-400, public-domain, find 3.40 1897 That Affair Next Door
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name: Dream
average rating: 3.40
book published: 1897
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]]> Evelina 37638
As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an image-conscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasure-gardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelina's innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities of manners and social ambitions—as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville.

Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of women's position in the late eighteenth century, and a love story. The new introduction and full notes to this edition help make this richness all the more readily available to a modern reader.]]> 455 Frances Burney 0192840312 Dream 0 public-domain, average 3.69 1778 Evelina
author: Frances Burney
name: Dream
average rating: 3.69
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]]> The Beautiful and Damned 4708 The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau riche, and the New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects of wild ambition, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerald's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day. Pocket Book's Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. Special features include critical perspectives, suggestions for further read, and a unique visual essay composed of period photographs that help bring every word to life.]]> 422 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743451503 Dream 0 public-domain, average 3.74 1922 The Beautiful and Damned
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Dream
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1922
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]]> <![CDATA[Laddie: A True Blue Story (Library of Indiana Classics)]]> 823516 Laddie is a double tale—the classic poor-boy/rich-girl romance and the story of a child of nature and her idyllic childhood.]]> 416 Gene Stratton-Porter 0253204585 Dream 0 public-domain, average 4.24 1913 Laddie: A True Blue Story (Library of Indiana Classics)
author: Gene Stratton-Porter
name: Dream
average rating: 4.24
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]]> The Pastor's Wife 1003617 492 Elizabeth von Arnim 0140161775 Dream 0 3.83 1914 The Pastor's Wife
author: Elizabeth von Arnim
name: Dream
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1914
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]]> Sense and Sensibility 14935 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662

'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.]]> 409 Jane Austen 0141439661 Dream 0 4.10 1811 Sense and Sensibility
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Sonnets and Poems]]> 42051 768 William Shakespeare 019281933X Dream 0 public-domain, intellectuals 4.42 The Complete Sonnets and Poems
author: William Shakespeare
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]]> <![CDATA[Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs]]> 24322886
From the moment they met as young children, Bee and George have been bound together by a deep love. But when George goes off on a quest to a forbidden lake, home to dangerous water nymphs, it is up to Bee to rescue him. On her adventure she meets Loc, the king of the dwarfs, who proves to be more kind and generous than the humans she knows. Even as he showers her with riches in an attempt to make her stay, Bee never loses sight of her finding George. She will do anything to get him back.

A fairy tale for all ages, The Princess of the Dwarfs is a classic that has delighted children and adults alike for more than a century with its ebullient characters and wondrous worlds.

This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.]]> 80 Anatole France 150400244X Dream 0 public-domain, unknown, story 3.56 1883 Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs
author: Anatole France
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]]> <![CDATA[Fabella de Jemima Paludivaga: The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck (Latin Edition)]]> 50610285 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is an original classic by Beatrix Potter.

Poor Jemima. All she wants to do is lay her eggs in peace, and be allowed to hatch them herself. At last she flies off and finds the perfect place. Little does the silly duck realise that the charming gentleman who has lent her his woodshed is busily planning a delicious meal of . . . roast duck!

Jemima was a real duck belonging to Beatrix Potter, who lived at her farm, Hill Top. The story also features Beatrix's own sheepdog, Kep, who thankfully manages to save Jemima from a nasty fate!
Beatrix Potter is regarded as one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time. From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, published by Frederick Warne in 1902, she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-duck, Mr. Jeremy Fisher and Tom Kitten.

Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful illustrations have become a natural part of childhood. With revenue from the sales of her books, Beatrix Potter bought a farm - Hill Top - in the English Lake District, where she later became a farmer and prize-winning sheep breeder. She launched the now vast merchandise programme by patenting the very first Peter Rabbit doll in 1903. The product range continues to grow today with licences around the world including baby clothing and bedding, nursery decor products and collectables. Upon her death, Beatrix Potter left 14 farms and over 4000 acres of Lake District farmland to the National Trust so that the place that she loved would remain undeveloped and protected for future generations to enjoy.

Today Beatrix Potter's original 23 tales are still published by Frederick Warne, alongside a wide range of other formats including baby books, activity books and gift and sound books.

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is number nine in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books. Look out for the rest!

1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit
2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
3 The Tailor of Gloucester
4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice
6 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
7 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
8 The Tale of Tom Kitten
9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
11 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
13 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
14 The Tale of Mr. Tod
15 The Tale of Pigling Bland
16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
17 The Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan
18 The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
20 The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
21 The Story of Miss Moppet
22 Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
23 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes]]> 58 Beatrix Potter 1944503552 Dream 0 public-domain, story 0.0 1908 Fabella de Jemima Paludivaga: The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck (Latin Edition)
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]]> Alice in Wonderland 13023 This is an adaptation. For the editions of the original book, see here .

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.]]> 96 Jane Carruth 0517223627 Dream 0 4.03 1865 Alice in Wonderland
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tale of Tom Kitten (World of Beatrix Potter, #11)]]> 885500 57 Beatrix Potter 0723247773 Dream 0 public-domain, story 4.08 1907 The Tale of Tom Kitten (World of Beatrix Potter, #11)
author: Beatrix Potter
name: Dream
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1907
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (World of Beatrix Potter, #8)]]> 375711 "Once upon a time, there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond..."

'The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher', like Peter Rabbit, began life as an illustrated letter to a young child. It was written when Beatrix Potter was on holiday in Scotland where her father and his friends enjoyed fishing expeditions. Mr. Jeremy has a day full of the worst fisherman's mishaps when he sets out to catch minnows for his dinner.

The landscape that Peter Rabbit first introduced to us in 1902 is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved worlds. What started as an endearing story about a bunny rabbit would soon become the first ember for the illustrious series that is 'The World of Beatrix Potter' and a story which has endured retelling after retelling at bedtimes all over the world.

Beatrix Potter (1866�1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, was her first book. She later went on to publish more than twenty tales and collections of rhymes.

Age Rating: 3�12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure 840L]]> 57 Beatrix Potter 0723247765 Dream 0 public-domain, story 4.16 1906 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (World of Beatrix Potter, #8)
author: Beatrix Potter
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tailor of Gloucester (World of Beatrix Potter, #3)]]> 345188 "In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta—there lived a tailor in Gloucester..."

Potter described 'The Tailor of Gloucester' as her own favorite among her books. It was based on the true story of a tailor who left the unsewn pieces of a coat in his shop and found that the garment had been mysteriously finished for him in the night. It turned out that the real tailor's assistants were his apprentices, but in Beatrix Potter's version of the story the secret helpers are skillful little brown mice.

Beatrix Potter (1866�1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. The landscape that Peter Rabbit first introduced to us in 1902 is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved worlds. What started as an endearing story about a bunny rabbit would soon become the first ember for the illustrious series that is 'The World of Beatrix Potter', and a story which has endured retelling after retelling at bedtimes all over the world.

Age Rating: 3�12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure 960L]]> 57 Beatrix Potter 0723247722 Dream 0 public-domain, story 4.07 1903 The Tailor of Gloucester (World of Beatrix Potter, #3)
author: Beatrix Potter
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (World of Beatrix Potter, #6)]]> 543505 "Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm called Little-town..."

'The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle' was first published in 1905, and is as charming today as it was then. It tells the tale of a hidden home, high in the hills. A little girl called Lucie discovers it one day, while in search of her missing pocket handkerchiefs. She knocks on the tiny door, and meets Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, who does all the washing and ironing for the neighboring animals. Lucie spends a lovely day helping her, and it's only right at the end of the day that she realizes that the small, round, twinkly-eyed washerwoman with prickles under her cap might not be all that she seems.]]> 57 Beatrix Potter 0723247757 Dream 0 public-domain, story 4.17 1905 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (World of Beatrix Potter, #6)
author: Beatrix Potter
name: Dream
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (World of Beatrix Potter, #4)]]> 756712 Meet Benjamin Bunny, Peter Rabbit's cousin!

Peter Rabbit's cousin, Benjamin Bunny, has been a very popular character since this book's first publication in 1904. In this tale, we hear all about his and Peter's adventures in Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden, and what happens to them when they meet a cat! And perhaps even more frightening, what happens to the two cheeky bunnies when Old Mr. Benjamin Bunny finds out what they have been up to!

The world that Peter Rabbit first introduced to us in 1902 is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved worlds. What started as an endearing story about a bunny rabbit would soon become the first ember for the illustrious series that is 'The World of Beatrix Potter', and a story which has endured retelling after retelling at bedtimes all over the world.

Beatrix Potter (1866�1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, was her first book. She later went on to publish more than twenty tales & collections of rhymes.

Age Rating: 3�12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure 890L]]> 58 Beatrix Potter 0723247730 Dream 0 public-domain, story 4.22 1904 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (World of Beatrix Potter, #4)
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)]]> 19321 "Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden."

Follow the story of naughty Peter Rabbit as he squeezes—predictably—under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden and finds himself in all kinds of trouble! But how does Peter Rabbit get himself out of this tricky situation? Beatrix Potter's story about one mischievous but ultimately endearing little creature will tell us, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and timeless verses which have transcended generations.

'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It is the first of the illustrious series that is The World of Beatrix Potter', and a story which has endured retelling after retelling at bedtimes all over the world.

Beatrix Potter (1866�1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, was her first book. She later went on to publish more than twenty tales and collections of rhymes.

Age Rating: 3�12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure AD660L]]> 72 Beatrix Potter 0723247706 Dream 4 4.23 1902 The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
author: Beatrix Potter
name: Dream
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1902
rating: 4
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]]> The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse 885498 64 Beatrix Potter 0723247803 Dream 0 public-domain, story 3.95 1910 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
author: Beatrix Potter
name: Dream
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1910
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]]> <![CDATA[Works of Elizabeth Robins Pennell]]> 25030784 758 Elizabeth Robins Pennell Dream 0 public-domain, thicc 5.00 2013 Works of Elizabeth Robins Pennell
author: Elizabeth Robins Pennell
name: Dream
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]> 747746
In 1860 Benjamin Button is born an old man and mysteriously begins aging backward. At the beginning of his life he is withered and worn, but as he continues to grow younger he embraces life -- he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, goes to college and prep school, and, as his mind begins to devolve, he attends kindergarten and eventually returns to the care of his nurse.

This strange and haunting story embodies the sharp social insight that has made Fitzgerald one of the great voices in the history of American literature.]]> 56 F. Scott Fitzgerald 1416556052 Dream 0 hoopla, libby, public-domain 3.56 1922 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Dream
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1922
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I like that Benjamin asks for a cane to walk home from the hospital. Would have liked a little more detail about how his mind transitions from college to infancy.
]]> Daisy Miller 16204 164 Henry James 1592243002 Dream 0 hoopla, public-domain 3.38 1879 Daisy Miller
author: Henry James
name: Dream
average rating: 3.38
book published: 1879
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i liked the observations on decorum and propriety as it pertains to Americans... a semi-interesting story... a bit tragic...
]]> A Doll's House 37793

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on the stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life".Ìý

The Student Edition contains these exclusive features:

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý A chronology of the playwright's life and work

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý An introduction giving the background of the play

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Commentary on themes, characters. language and style

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Notes on individual words and phrases in the text

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Questions for further study

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bibliography for further reading.

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]]> 122 Henrik Ibsen 1406914835 Dream 0 hoopla, libby, public-domain little lark 3.76 1879 A Doll's House
author: Henrik Ibsen
name: Dream
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1879
rating: 0
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little lark
]]> <![CDATA[Letters of a Woman Homesteader]]> 685735
A series of letters make for a fascinating narrative and descriptive journal of Mrs. Stewart's life, moving from the city to a Wyoming homestead, marrying and still having the determination to homestead on her own. Stewart's captivating missives bring to full life the beauty, isolation, and joys of working the prairie.]]> 320 Elinore Pruitt Stewart 0395911516 Dream 0 to-read, public-domain 3.89 1914 Letters of a Woman Homesteader
author: Elinore Pruitt Stewart
name: Dream
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1914
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes]]> 6794918
An excerpt from the book:But a very significant noise to Miss Nathalie Rogers, or Nattie, as she was usually abbreviated; a noise that caused her to lay aside her book,and jump up hastily, exclaiming, with a gesture of impatience:--"Somebody always 'calls' me in the middle of every entertaining chapter!"For that noise, that little clatter, like, and yet too irregular to be the ticking of a clock, expressed to Nattie these four mystic letters:--"B m--X n;"which same four mystic letters, interpreted, meant that the name, or, to use the technical word, "call," of the telegraph office over which she was present sole presiding genius, was "B m," and that "Bm" was wanted by another office on the wire, designated as "X n."A little, out-of-the-way, country office, some fifty miles down the line, was "X n," and, as Nattie signaled in reply to the "call" her readiness to receive any communications therefrom, she was conscious of holding in some slight contempt the possible abilities of the human portion of its machinery.For who but an operator very green in the profession would stay _there_?Consequently, she was quite unprepared for the velocity with which the telegraph alphabet of sounds in dots and dashes rattled over the instrument, appropriately termed a "sounder," upon which messages are received, and found herself wholly unable to write down the words asfast as they came.]]> 288 Ella Cheever Thayer Dream 0 to-read, public-domain 3.88 1879 Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
author: Ella Cheever Thayer
name: Dream
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1879
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]]> The Enchanted April 19182691 186 Elizabeth von Arnim Dream 0 brief, public-domain 4.01 1922 The Enchanted April
author: Elizabeth von Arnim
name: Dream
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1922
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Penguin Classics)]]> 821176 The Damnation of Theron Ware (published in England as Illumination) is an 1896 novel by American author Harold Frederic. It is widely considered a classic of American literature by scholars and critics though the common reader often has not heard of it. The novel reveals a great deal about early 20th century provincial America, religious life, and the depressed state of intellectual and artistic culture in small towns. It is similar to Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh and Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry. It is written in a realistic style.

The novel centers on the life of a Methodist pastor named Theron Ware who has recently moved to a fictional small town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, which Frederic modeled after Utica, New York. A promising young pastor recently married, Theron has a number of experiences that cause him to begin to question the Methodist religion, his role as a minister and even the very existence of God. His moral decline (or illumination) is heightened through his dealings with Father Forbes, the town's Catholic priest; Dr. Ledsmar, a local atheist, philosopher, and man of science; and Celia Madden, a local Irish Catholic girl, with whom Theron becomes hopelessly infatuated.]]> 384 Harold Frederic 0140390251 Dream 0 to-read, public-domain 3.79 1894 The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Penguin Classics)
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name: Dream
average rating: 3.79
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]]> Twilight Sleep 410296 Twilight Sleep. The extended family of Mrs. Manford is determined to escape the pain, boredom and emptiness of life through whatever form of 'twilight sleep' they can devise or procure. And though the characters and their actions may seem more in keeping with today's society, this is still a classic Wharton tale of the upper crust and its undoing - wittily, masterfully told.]]> 318 Edith Wharton 0684839644 Dream 0 to-read, public-domain 3.59 1927 Twilight Sleep
author: Edith Wharton
name: Dream
average rating: 3.59
book published: 1927
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]]> The Trial 17690 The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.]]> 255 Franz Kafka Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.00 1925 The Trial
author: Franz Kafka
name: Dream
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1925
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]]> <![CDATA[The Waste Land and Other Poems]]> 400412 Librarian Note: Also available as an Alternate Cover Edition.

“And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you
I will show you fear in a handful of dust�

When The Waste Land was published in 1922, initial reaction to the poem was decidedly negative. Critics attacked the poem's "kaleidoscopic" design, and nearly everyone disagreed furiously about its meaning. The poem was even rumored to a hoax. Eventually, though, The Waste Land went on to become what many regard as the most influential poem written in English in the twentieth century.

"In ten years' time," wrote Edmund Wilson in Axel's Castle (1931), "Elliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than that of any other poet writing in English." In 1948, T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Price "for his work as a trail-blazing pioneer of modern poetry."

In addition to the title poem, this selection includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Geronition," "Ash-Wednesday," and other poems from Eliot's early and middle work.

Includes:
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- Preludes
- Gerontion
- Sweeney Among the Nightingales
- The Waste Land:
I. The Burial of the Dead
II. A Game of Chess
III. The Fire Sermon
IV. Death by Water
V. What the Thunder Said
Notes on 'The Waste Land'
- Ash-Wednesday
-J ourney of the Magi
- Marina
- Landscapes:
I. New Hampshire
II. Virginia
III. USK
- Two Choruses from 'The Rock']]> 88 T.S. Eliot Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.24 1922 The Waste Land and Other Poems
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]]> This Side of Paradise 46165 This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the Jazz Age, based on Fitzgerald's original manuscript. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgerald's youth and offers a poignant portrait of the "Lost Generation."]]> 275 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0684843781 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.66 1920 This Side of Paradise
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]]> <![CDATA[Land of the Burnt Thigh: A Lively Story of Women Homesteaders on the South Dakota Frontier]]> 891681
"Interesting in its spirit and atmosphere, and it is told simply and well. . . This is an unusual record, well worth reading."—New York Times Book Review

"Mrs. Kohl has told this story of South Dakota with a simplicity, a directness, and an understanding of its quietly heroic element which make her book an appealing as well as a significant contribution to the latter-day history of the pioneers."-Saturday Review]]> 332 Edith Eudora Ammons Kohl 0873511999 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.93 1938 Land of the Burnt Thigh: A Lively Story of Women Homesteaders on the South Dakota Frontier
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name: Dream
average rating: 3.93
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]]> A Cigarette-Maker's Romance 11459568 174 F. Marion Crawford Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.88 1890 A Cigarette-Maker's Romance
author: F. Marion Crawford
name: Dream
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1890
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]]> <![CDATA[The Troll Garden and Selected Stories]]> 20977321 217 Willa Cather 1609773365 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.67 The Troll Garden and Selected Stories
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]]> Our Mutual Friend 11292942 Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heap’s expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights “Noddy� Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes “the Golden Dustman.� Charles Dickens’s last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend encompasses the great themes of his earlier the pretensions of the nouveaux riches, the ingenuousness of the aspiring poor, and the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt all who crave it. With its flavorful cast of characters and numerous subplots, Our Mutual Friend is one of Dickens’s most complex—and satisfying—novels.]]> 37 Charles Dickens Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.17 1865 Our Mutual Friend
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name: Dream
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]]> Barnaby Rudge 9592119 82 Charles Dickens Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.57 1841 Barnaby Rudge
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]]> Love Stories 3123741 276 Mary Roberts Rinehart 1421815915 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.70 1919 Love Stories
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]]> A Gold Slipper 2096288 48 Willa Cather 1425478573 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.94 2005 A Gold Slipper
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]]> <![CDATA[Overland Red: A Romance of the Moonstone Canon Trail]]> 2596412 284 Henry Herbert Knibbs 1406529230 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.00 1914 Overland Red: A Romance of the Moonstone Canon Trail
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name: Dream
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1914
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]]> Greyfriar's Bobby 2948095 272 Eleanor Atkinson 014036742X Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.85 1912 Greyfriar's Bobby
author: Eleanor Atkinson
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]]> The Firefly of France 19473131 166 Marion Polk Angellotti Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.33 2004 The Firefly of France
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> The Flirt 2644541
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist from Indiana best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novels Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons, which also became a film by Orson Welles. Tarkington chronicled Midwestern American life, and the changes wrought by the economic boom times following the Civil War and up to World War I.]]> 176 Booth Tarkington 1603127461 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.25 1913 The Flirt
author: Booth Tarkington
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]]> <![CDATA[Land of the Burnt Thigh: A Lively Story of Women Homesteaders on the South Dakota Frontier]]> 8081631 332 Edith Eudora Ammons Kohl 0873516788 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.20 1938 Land of the Burnt Thigh: A Lively Story of Women Homesteaders on the South Dakota Frontier
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]]> The Street of Seven Stars 2799990 248 Mary Roberts Rinehart 1406562793 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.00 1914 The Street of Seven Stars
author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
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]]> Our Elizabeth 10007378 Punch.]]> 156 Florence A. Kilpatrick 1406519243 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.50 1924 Our Elizabeth
author: Florence A. Kilpatrick
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]]> A Simple Soul 28389408 39 Gustave Flaubert Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.67 1877 A Simple Soul
author: Gustave Flaubert
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]]> The Blotting Book 2301362 272 E.F. Benson 0701207639 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.11 1908 The Blotting Book
author: E.F. Benson
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]]> <![CDATA[Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summertime and Teh Baxter Family Especially William]]> 1938140 168 Booth Tarkington 160312327X Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.60 1915 Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summertime and Teh Baxter Family Especially William
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]]> Gigolo 11459610 291 Edna Ferber Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.71 1922 Gigolo
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name: Dream
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]]> <![CDATA[Alexander's Bridge (Vintage Classics)]]> 17182214 Alexander’s Bridge, Willa Cather’s first novel, is a taut psychological drama about the fragility of human connections. Published in 1912, just a year before O Pioneers! made Cather’s name, it features high society on an international stage rather than the immigrant prairie characters she later became known for. The successful and glamorous life of Bartley Alexander, a world-renowned engineer and bridge builder, begins to unravel when he encounters a former lover in London. As he shuttles among his wife in Boston, his old flame in London, and a massive bridge he is building in Canada, Alexander finds himself increasingly tormented. But the threatened collapse of his marriage presages a more fatal catastrophe, one he will risk his life to try to prevent.]]> 146 Willa Cather 0307831965 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.50 1912 Alexander's Bridge (Vintage Classics)
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]]> Daddy-Long-Legs 971263 224 Jean Webster 0679423125 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.34 Daddy-Long-Legs
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]]> Buttered Side Down 11353864
Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner redolent of the kitchen hearth; and was it never necessary that he remind her to be more careful of her finger-nails and grammar? After Puss in Boots had won wealth and a wife for his young master did not that gentleman often fume with chagrin because the neighbors, perhaps, refused to call on the lady of the former poor miller's son?

It is a great risk to take with one's book-children. These stories make no such promises. They stop just short of the phrase of the old story writers, and end truthfully, thus: And so they lived. E. F.

(Summary from the Foreword to "Buttered Side Down".)]]> 230 Edna Ferber 1411444868 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.71 1912 Buttered Side Down
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]]> Miss Mapp (Lucia #2) 19190588 207 E.F. Benson Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.03 1922 Miss Mapp (Lucia #2)
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name: Dream
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]]> <![CDATA[Dandelion Cottage (Dandelion Cottage, #1)]]> 630309 229 Carroll Watson Rankin 0938746006 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.13 1904 Dandelion Cottage (Dandelion Cottage, #1)
author: Carroll Watson Rankin
name: Dream
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1904
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]]> <![CDATA[Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed]]> 1274116 228 Edna Ferber 0809595486 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.83 1911 Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed
author: Edna Ferber
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]]> Under Western Eyes 13121935 384 Joseph Conrad Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.71 1911 Under Western Eyes
author: Joseph Conrad
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)]]> 10155 272 Arthur Conan Doyle 0812967259 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.92 1912 The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
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]]> My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) 200572 My Man Jeeves is sure to please anyone with a taste for pithy buffoonery, moronic misunderstandings, gaffes, and aristocratic slapstick.

Contents:
"Leave It to Jeeves"
"Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest"
"Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg"
"Absent Treatment"
"Helping Freddie"
"Rallying Round Old George"
"Doing Clarence a Bit of Good"
"The Aunt and the Sluggard"

Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Bertie Wooster.

Revised versions of all the Jeeves stories in this collection were later published in the 1925 short story collection Carry On, Jeeves. One of the Reggie Pepper stories in this collection was later rewritten as a Jeeves story, which was also included in Carry On, Jeeves.]]> 256 P.G. Wodehouse 1585678759 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 4.07 1919 My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)]]> 4921
"We agree that we are overworked, and need a rest - A week on the rolling deep? - George suggests the river -"

And with the co-operation of several hampers of food and a covered boat, the three men (not forgetting the dog) set out on a hilarious voyage of mishaps up the Thames. When not falling in the river and getting lost in Hampton Court Maze, Jerome K. Jerome finds time to express his ideas on the world around - many of which have acquired a deeper fascination since the day at the end of the 19th century when this excursion was so lightly undertaken.]]> 185 Jerome K. Jerome Dream 0 3.86 1889 Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
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]]> Mrs. Dalloway 14942 194 Virginia Woolf 0151009988 Dream 0 public-domain, brief 3.80 1925 Mrs. Dalloway
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]]> Praise of Folly 449017 256 Erasmus 0140446087 Dream 0 brief, 200-300, public-domain 3.92 1508 Praise of Folly
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]]> Utopia 18414 Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and all property is communal. Through dialogue and correspondence between the protagonist Raphael Hythloday and his friends and contemporaries, More explores the theories behind war, political disagreements, social quarrels, and wealth distribution and imagines the day-to-day lives of those citizens enjoying freedom from fear, oppression, violence, and suffering. Originally written in Latin, this vision of an ideal world is also a scathing satire of Europe in the sixteenth century and has been hugely influential since publication, shaping utopian fiction even today.]]> 113 Thomas More 0140449108 Dream 0 3.53 1516 Utopia
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]]> The Communist Manifesto 30474 The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels' revolutionary 1848 summons to the working classes, is one of the most influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property, or a state. They argue that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which capitalism is overthrown. Their vision transformed the world irrevocably, and remains relevant as a depiction of global capitalism today.]]> 288 Karl Marx 0140447571 Dream 0 brief, 200-300, public-domain 3.67 1848 The Communist Manifesto
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]]> Plato's Symposium 30296 Symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. This new edition brings together the English translation of the renowned Plato scholar and translator, Seth Benardete, with two illuminating commentaries on it: Benardete's "On Plato's Symposium" and Allan Bloom's provocative essay, "The Ladder of Love." In the Symposium, Plato recounts a drinking party following an evening meal, where the guests include the poet Aristophanes, the drunken Alcibiades, and, of course, the wise Socrates. The revelers give their views on the timeless topics of love and desire, all the while addressing many of the major themes of Platonic philosophy: the relationship of philosophy and poetry, the good, and the beautiful. ---

The dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues is delightfully evident in the Symposium. The marriage between character and thought bursts forth as the guests gather at Agathon's house to celebrate the success of his first tragedy. With wit and insight, they each present their ideas about love from Erixymachus' scientific naturalism to Aristophanes comic fantasy. The unexpected arrival of Alcibiades breaks the spell cast by Diotima's ethereal climb up the staircase of love to beauty itself. Ecstasy and intoxication clash as Plato concludes with one of his most skillful displays of dialectic.]]> 199 Plato 0226042758 Dream 0 4.09 -380 Plato's Symposium
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]]> <![CDATA[Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass]]> 36529
An astonishing orator and a skillful writer, Douglass became a newspaper editor, a political activist, and an eloquent spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans. He lived through the Civil War, the end of slavery, and the beginning of segregation. He was celebrated internationally as the leading black intellectual of his day, and his story still resonates in ours.]]> 158 Frederick Douglass 1580495761 Dream 0 4.08 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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]]> <![CDATA[A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works]]> 2677 Gulliver’s Travels is, of course, his world renowned masterpiece in the genre; however, Swift wrote other, shorter works that also offer excellent evidence of his inspired lampoonery. Perhaps the most famous of these is A Modest Proposal, in which he straight-facedly suggests that Ireland could solve its hunger problems by using its children for food. Also included in this collection are The Battle of Books, A Meditation upon a Broomstick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operations of the Spirit and An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity in England.
This inexpensive edition will certainly be welcomed by teachers and students of English literature, but its appeal extends to any reader who delights in watching a master satirist wield words as weapons.]]> 64 Jonathan Swift 0486287599 Dream 0 4.05 1729 A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
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