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Charles Dickens was one of the great pioneers of detective fiction. While the larger-than-life characters in his novels have settled themselves in the public imagination. Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, England. His father, John Dickens, was a clerk in the Navy...

It is a Saturday afternoon of blue and yellow autumn time, and the scene is the High Street of a well-known market-town. A large carrier's van stands in the quadrangular fore-court of the White Hart Inn, upon the sides of its spacious tilt being painted, in weather-beaten letters: 'Burthen, Carrier...

"The Fiddler of the Reels" is a short story by British writer Thomas Hardy. It was first published in Scribner's Magazine, volume 13 issue 4, April 1893. It was included in Life's Little Ironies, a collection of Thomas Hardy's short stories first published in 1894. Hardy was the eldest of the four...

The Great English Short-Story Writers by Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, England. His father, John Dickens, was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office at Portsmouth, and his wife Elizabeth Dickens (née Barrow, 1789–1863) was a housewife. In 1814, John...

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens Three Ghost Stories is just that: a collection of three different stories that are true Gothic classics. Charles Dickens was born on February 7,...

The Reverberator is a short novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine in 1888 and then as a book later the same year. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London, England), American novelist and, as a naturalized English...

He was also given a substance to drink which he was told would bolster his immune system response to the alien materials with which he might come into contact.  He drank the liquid which he said smelled like "pine".  Later that night, he suffered severe abdominal cramps undoubtedly related...

Illustrated below are the various combinations of gravity amplifier lensing directions and states of operation and how they influence the movement of the craft. See also DELTA & OMICRON configurations. The illustration below left indicates how the craft achieves lateral movement....

One of the motifs that appears again and again in Henry James' work is the often-fraught relationship between the artist and the audience. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London, England), American novelist and, as a naturalized English citizen...

A London Life is a novella by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1888. The plot revolves around a crumbling marriage and its impact on many other people, especially Laura Wing, the sister of the soon-to-be-divorced wife. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died...

An after-dinner conversation, the focal point of this short story, manages to monopolize the reader's attention from the very beginning. An American artist is longing to create his masterpiece. Henry James, (born April 15, 1843, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1916, London, England),...

Vaninka by Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre Dumas, pere (French for "father," akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1802-1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors...

Urbain Grandier by Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 - 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.

L'histoire de la première période est toute entière du domaine de la fable. D'après la légende, ce serait le centaure CHIRON qui aurait été le fondateur de la Médecine et de la Chirurgie. Il aurait été en outre, le premier ophtalmologiste puisqu'il aurait rendu la vue à de jeunes phéniciens...