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The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance.
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This recording includes a selection of Jane Austen's letters. The letters are mostly addressed to Austen's sister Cassandra, with whom she was very close, with details about her family life.
Three little kittens unwisely leave their mittens on the bank of the pond when they go ice-skating one day, and they return to find the mittens have vanished. What follows is the exciting tale of how the kittens finally retrieve their mittens.
This is a short novel based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on the subject, Crane's novel does not concentrate on the big picture or the glory of war but on the psychology of one of its soldiers.
The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi. By exploring the nature of dualities and complements, Laozi dissects strength and weakness; presence and absence; life and death. The Tao Te Ching has...
