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The Happy Prince and Other TalesWilde Oscar The Happy Prince and Other Tales THE HAPPY PRINCE High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his...

The Battle of Life. A Love StoryDickens Charles The Battle of Life. A Love Story PART THE FIRST Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a wild...

Jennie Gerhardt: A NovelDreiser Theodore Jennie Gerhardt: A Novel CHAPTER I One morning, in the fall of 1880, a middle-aged woman, accompanied by a young girl of eighteen, presented herself at the clerk's desk of the principal hotel in Columbus, Ohio, and made inquiry as to whether there was anyt...

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AbandonedVerne Jules Abandoned INTRODUCTION The present romance, the second in the Mysterious Island triad, was originally issued in Paris with the title of L'Abandonné. Jules Verne's list of stories already ran then to some twenty volumes – a number which has since grown to almost Dumasien propo...