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Dead Souls

Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol's political fiction novel Dead Souls exposed the political scams in the 18th century Russian Empire. Farm labors called Serfs are allowed to be owned by Landlords in the then Russia. Landlords are taxed based on the Serfs they own, and the delay in Serf Census lead to to unnecessary expense of paying tax for Serfs who are d..

The House on the Borderland

by William Hope Hodgson

The House on the Borderland is an occult novel written by William Hope Hodgson. On a holiday in rural Ireland, Tonnison and Berreggnog spends their time in fishing and found a diary of a man who owned a haunted house. The man through the diary narrates his strange experiences happened around the house such as he travels to a remote land which conta..

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

by Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding's bildungsroman The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling narrates the story of an illegitimate child who grows up in an aristocratic society. Tom's controversial birth status haunts him when his proposal to marry Sophia. The novel progress with low quality content once Tom is expelled from Allworthy's estate and forced to lead his life ..

The Moon and Sixpence

by William Somerset Maugham

The Moon and Sixpence is a novel written by William Somerset Maugham. Though the author does not disclose, it is persumed the central character resembles the life of painter Paul Gauguin. Strickland, a London stock broker in search of carreer in painting moves to Paris leaving his family without any financial support. His miserable life at Paris co..

The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories

by Rabindranath Tagore

A collection of 13 short stories by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who is well known Indian scholar. Some othe stories other than the Title The Hungry Stones are The Victory, Once there was a King, The Home-coming, The Kingdom of cards, Living or dead,.. etc. Tremendous support has been provided in translating this work by many people includin..

Three Ghost Stories

by Charles Dickens

Among the three Ghost stories of this Charles Dickens collection, The Signal Man is based on the true incident of 1861 Clayton Tunnel crash. The story is told by an unnamed narrator who meets the signal man works nearby a tunnel. The signal man could visualize tragic incidents through a spectre before it happens. At first a spectre waves a hand to ..

Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens

by Charles Dickens

Hunted Down is a short story of suspense genre written by Charles Dickens. It looks like Dickens has greatly influenced by Wilkie Collins and Arthur Conan Doyle when working on this manuscript as the narration style mostly resemble the masters of detective fiction works. One can notice the missing elements of suspense and mystery in this story, tho..

The Variable Man

by Philip K. Dick

The Variable Man written by Philip K Dick opens up stating the war between Centaurian and Terra. Icarus, a deadly weapon created by Terra could travel faster than light can destroy their enemy Centaurian Empire. Unfortunately it does not work and Thomas Cole had been brought from the past to fix it. When he fixed the bug, Icarus explodes and the un..

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