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  • Bartleby, the Scrivener

    A Story of Wall Street

    Series series World Classics
    The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs ... Read more

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  • Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street

    Series series World Classics
    "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story from 1852 by Herman Melville.Bartleby is hired to work as a scrivener alongside two other clerks, Nippers and Turkey, for an unnamed, elderly lawyer in New York. At first, he produces high-quality work but suddenly his work ethic takes a turn, and Bartleby reply to every task he is given becomes "I would prefer not to."The story was ... Read more

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  • Bartleby, the Scrivener

    A Story of Wall Street

    Series series World Classics
    The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds. One day, Bartleby, a relatively new employee is asked to help proofread a document and Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his stock response: I would prefer not to. To the dismay of the narrator and to the irritation of the other employees, Bartleby performs ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Typee

    A Romance of the South Seas

    Series series World Classics
    "Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a classic adventure novel set in the South Pacific. The protagonist, Ishmael, joins a whaling ship and becomes shipwrecked on the island of Typee. He lives among the Typee tribe and experiences their unique culture and way of life, falling in love with a beautiful native girl. However, Ishmael must make a choice between staying with the ... Read more

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  • Typee

    A Romance of the South Seas

    Series series World Classics
    "Typee: A Romance of the South Seas" by Herman Melville is a classic adventure novel set in the South Pacific. The protagonist, Ishmael, joins a whaling ship and becomes shipwrecked on the island of Typee. He lives among the Typee tribe and experiences their unique culture and way of life, falling in love with a beautiful native girl. However, Ishmael must make a choice between staying with the ... Read more

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  • The Piazza Tales

    Series series World Classics
    "The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville is a collection of short stories exploring the complexities of human experience. From the eerie "Bartleby, the Scrivener" to the adventurous "Benito Cereno," the tales traverse a range of themes. They delve into the enigmatic Bartleby's passive resistance, the dark secrets aboard a slave ship in "Benito Cereno," and the haunting quest for the White Whale in ... Read more

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  • The Piazza Tales

    Series series World Classics
    "The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville is a collection of short stories exploring the complexities of human experience. From the eerie "Bartleby, the Scrivener" to the adventurous "Benito Cereno," the tales traverse a range of themes. They delve into the enigmatic Bartleby's passive resistance, the dark secrets aboard a slave ship in "Benito Cereno," and the haunting quest for the White Whale in ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Shakespeare's Sonnets

    Exploring Love, Beauty, and Time in Timeless Poetry

    William Shakespeare's "Sonnets" stands as a monumental testament to his profound exploration of love, time, beauty, and mortality. Comprising 154 sonnets composed in iambic pentameter, the collection reveals a remarkable command of both form and language, employing intricate metaphors and vivid imagery. These poems primarily address themes of romantic desire, the pain of unrequited love, and the ... Read more

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  • A Modest Proposal

    A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of L. Frank Baum

    by L. Frank Baum ...
    Series Book 18 - Delphi Series Two
    For the first time ever in print or digital publishing, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete fictional works of master storyteller L. Frank Baum. This monumental eBook offers hundreds of beautiful illustrations, lost works, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (83MB Version 1)* The complete Oz books and ALL fully illustrated with their original artwork* ... Read more

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  • Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of the D'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask). The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English ... Read more

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