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Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, fusing together several stories, from 1871-72, into a coherent whole.
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Michel de Montaigne was a contemporary of Shakespeare who, after having played his part in France's terrible wars of religion, retired to his estates and decided to write about what he knew best--himself. And so in his likes and dislikes, his reflections on history, his loves and his travels, he brought to life, not just one man, but all human experience. "What do I know?" he asked. If not himself and his own soul, …
Robert Southey, named Poet Laureate in 1813, crafted an influential biography, The Life of Nelson, honoring Britains greatest Naval hero, Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson. Nelson, who fell in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, remains in memory for his...
Dive into the incredible journey of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, a 16th-century Polish novice in the Society of Jesus, who defied his familys expectations to follow his spiritual calling. Despite facing discouragement from his nobleman father, John...
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