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Classic-Literature

1894

The Complete Sherlock Holmes


Arthur Conan Doyle - 1894
    Volume 2. Introduction / by Loren D. Estleman --The hound of the Baskervilles --The valley of fear --His last bow : The adventure of Wisteria Lodge : The singular experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles ; The tiger of San Pedro ; The adventure of the cardboard box ; The adventure of the red circle ; The adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans ; The adventure of the dying detective ; The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax ; The adventure of the devil's foot ; His last bow --The case-book of Sherlock Holmes : The adventure of the illustrious client ; The adventure of the blanched soldier ; The adventure of the Mazarin stone ; The adventure of the three gables ; The adventure of the Sussex vampire ; The adventure of the three Garridebs ; The problem of Thor Bridge ; The adventure of the creeping man ; The adventure of the lion's mane ; The adventure of the veiled lodger ; The adventure of Shoscombe old place ; The adventure of the retired colourman.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 (The Works of Edgar Allan Poe #1)


Edgar Allan Poe - 1894
    F Collier & Son published a five volume collection of Poe's work in hardback in 1903. This is volume 1, with a frontspiece in color from a painting by Arthur E. Becher.contains:Edgar Allan Poe, An Appreciation, by W.H.R.Life of Poe, by James Russell LowellDeath of Poe, by N. P. WillisThe Unparalled Adventures of One Hans PfallThe Gold BugFour Beasts in OneThe Murders in the Rue Morgue (Audio version)The Mystery of Marie RogêtThe Balloon HoaxMS. Found in a BottleThe Oval Portrait

Complete Shorter Fiction


Oscar Wilde - 1894
    W.H.;" and the parables Wilde referred to as "Poems in Prose," including "The Artist," "The House of Judgment," and "The Teacher of Wisdom."

Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson


Alfred Tennyson - 1894
    It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, stories and poems. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography. Table of Contents List of Works by Genre and TitleList of Works in Alphabetical OrderList of Works in Chronological OrderAlfred Lord Tennyson BiographyPoetry Books :: Poems :: PlaysPoetry BooksIdylls of The KingEnoch Arden, &CPoemsA Farewell All Things Will Die And Ask Ye Why These Sad Tears Stream? Break, Break, Break By An Evolutionist The Brook The Burial of Love The Charge of the Heavy Brigade The Charge of the Light Brigade Come Down, O Maid Come not, when I am dead Crossing the Bar De Profundis Dedicatory Poem to the Princess Alice The Defence of Lucknow FatimaFlower in the Crannied Wall The Higher Pantheism In Memoriam A. H. H. In the Garden at Swainston The Kraken Lady Clare The Lady of ShalottLilian Locksley Hall The Lotos-Eaters The Lover's TaleMariana The Miller's Daughter Miscellaneous Poems and Contributions to Periodicals, 1833-68MontenegroNow Sleeps The Crimson Petal The Oak Ode to Memory The Palace of Art The Princess Ring Out Wild Bells Sir Galahad Spring St. Agnes' Eve Summer Night TimbuctooTo Victor Hugo To Virgil UlyssesPlaysBecket The Cup The Falcon Harold The Promise of May Queen Mary

Tevye's Daughters: Collected Stories of Sholom Aleichem


Sholom Aleichem - 1894
    This movie brought us such famous and universally recognizable songs as “If I were a Rich Man”, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a Match", “Tradition" and "Sunrise, Sunset". Tevye the dairyman is one of the most delightful and amusing characters in all of fiction, and this chronicle of Tevye and his daughters is, beyond question, the great Jewish humorist's masterpiece. Tevye was baffled by his daughters. That he had seven daughters and no sons--well, that was God's will, and Tevye loved them all dearly. And the girls--ah, their world revolved around papa and they gave him all their devotion. But as they grew up, they saw that the world was big and changing, that there were other ideas and other people. What made it so difficult for Tevye was not that they were such fine and lovely girls--dark-eyed Beilke, laughing Sprintze, brave Hodel--but that they had minds and wills of their own. Tevye couldn't quite understand that - it wasn't supposed to be that way. His gay heart was heavy at times, and the girls mixed tears with their laughter. When you have read this book, you will know why many Jews refer to Sholom Aleichem not as "the great Jewish humorist," but rather as one of "the greatest writers of our time." There are short stories in this book too: "If I Were Rothschild," "The Littlest of Kings," and a dozen others that display Sholom Aleichem's wonderful storytelling gift at its best.

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson/Those Extraordinary Twins


Mark Twain - 1894
    It began life as a slapstick comedy about Siamese twins, but as he wrote, something deepened. "The tale kept spreading along, and spreading along, and other people got to intruding themselves and taking up more and more time with their talk and their affairs. It changed from a farce to a tragedy while I was going along with it," Twain wrote in his frank afternote to the novel. In the end, the voice that comes to dominate the tale is Roxana's, a light-skinned slave who switches her infant son with her master's son to keep him from being sold down the river. Roxana, Twain's most complex and fully-realized adult female character, is a compelling and memorable tragic heroine, trapped with her son by the brutal system of slavery and by their own inescapable racial identities. At his best, Twain is the most uniquely American of writers, and it is inevitable that his best work revolves around the issues of race and of slavery embedded in the American psyche. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson is a dark and powerful novel of race in America, written by the American master.