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The story of Ebenezer Scrooge opens on a Christmas Eve as cold as Scrooge's own heart. That night, he receives three ghostly...

The setting is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor...

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Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure...

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure...

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary...

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Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he...

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