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  • How a Farthing Made a Fortune or "Honesty is the best policy"

    by C. E. Bowen ...
    The novel follows the story of a young protagonist who starts with very little, symbolized by a farthing, which is a small denomination of currency. The protagonist's journey begins with modest means but is driven by a strong sense of honesty and integrity.The central theme of the novel is the idea that "honesty is the best policy." As the story progresses, the protagonist's adherence to this ... Read more

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  • Tales of Struggle: A Collection of 23 Storybooks from the Depths of Poverty

    Stories of Poverty, Labor, Hunger, Charity, and the Fight for Justice

    by Bernie Babcock, Emile Zola, Francis Brett Young, Sarah Knowles Bolton, George Haw, Maksim Gorky, William Booth, Nassau William Senior, Lyndon B. Johnson, Da Parma Giovanni, Anzia Yezierska, Ruth Russell, Edwin Gifford Lamb, Pansy, Horatio Jr. Alger, Susan Warner, Anna Bartlett Warner, Hesba Stretton, C. E. Bowen, Edward Abbott Sir Parry ...
    Tales of Struggle gathers twenty-three narratives that confront poverty not as an abstraction but as a lived condition shaped by labor, migration, childhood, charity, gender, and social exclusion. Moving between realist fiction, moral tale, social-problem narrative, memoir-inflected observation, and reformist writing, the volume traces a broad literary history of deprivation. Its most compelling ... Read more

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  • How a Farthing Made a Fortune; or "Honesty is the best policy"

    Enriched edition. A Tale of Integrity and Prosperity in Victorian England

    by C. E. Bowen, Jasmine Lee ...
    In "How a Farthing Made a Fortune; or 'Honesty is the Best Policy,'" C. E. Bowen crafts a captivating narrative that intertwines themes of morality, economic wisdom, and social responsibility. Set against the backdrop of the late 19th century, Bowen employs a vivid and engaging literary style characterized by rich characterization and ironic humor. The story explores the journey of its protagonist ... Read more

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  • How a Farthing Made a Fortune

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by C. E. Bowen ...
    Dick Nason is a ragged London child born into poverty, neglect, and drink, yet his love of flowers and his quick, wondering heart hint at a better nature struggling to emerge. Wandering Covent Garden Market in cast-off clothes, he seems an unlikely candidate for grace until a small theft of apples brings him face to face with old John Walters, a Bible-loving man whose kindness and plain speech ... Read more

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  • Sherlock Holmes re-told for children: The Engineer's Thumb

    British-English edition

    by Mark Williams ...
    Series Book 4 - Sherlock For Kids
    How old were you when you discovered Sherlock?As part of the Sherlock For Kids series, international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this adaptation for children of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Engineer's Thumb.This is the British-English edition.British-English? Although we speak the same language, we spell many words differently depending on which side of the ... Read more

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  • Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Mrs Lirriper is an involving story of people thrown together by chance, that moves from the squalors of Victorian London to the sunnier climes of southern France. Recently widowed, Mrs. Lirriper devotes her energies to attending to the needs of her assorted lodgers ... Read more

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  • A Case of Identity

    by Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    Series Book 3 - Sherlock Holmes
    Mary Sutherlands fiancé, Hosmer Angel, has disappeared on their wedding day, leaving Mary alone at the altar with a broken heart and no explanations. She knows very little about him, and the letters he wrote to her were typed. She wants answers but is she ready to get them?"A Case of Identity" is part of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ... Read more

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  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Solitary Cyclist

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man. It is safe to say that there was no public case of any difficulty in which he was not consulted during those eight years, and there were hundreds of private cases, some of them of the most intricate and extraordinary character, in which he played a prominent part. Many startling successes and a few unavoidable failures ... Read more

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  • The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter

    by Wilkie Collins ...
    This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1854. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school, and completed his education in 1841, after which he was apprenticed to the tea merchants Antrobus ... Read more

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  • Hunted Down: the detective stories of Charles Dickens

    by Charles Dickens ...
    "Hunted Down: the detective stories of Charles Dickens" is a collection of detective stories written by Charles Dickens. However, this title is incorrect. Charles Dickens did write several detective stories, but "Hunted Down" is not among them.Some of Dickens' detective stories include "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," which remained unfinished due to Dickens' death, and "The Signal-Man," a short ... Read more

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  • Cry, the Beloved Country

    by Alan Paton ...
    **“The greatest novel to emerge out of the tragedy of South Africa, and one of the best novels of our time.” —The New Republic“A beautiful novel…its writing is so fresh, its projection of character so immediate and full, its events so compelling, and its understanding so compassionate that to read the book is to share intimately, even to the point of catharsis, in the grave human experience.” —The ... Read more

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  • MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)

    Novels, Satire, Short Stories, Essays & Travel

    by Mark Twain ...
    This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Gilded Age The Prince and the Pauper A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court The American Claimant Tom Sawyer Abroad Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Pudd'nhead Wilson Tom Sawyer, Detective A Horse's ... Read more

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