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An affordable compilation of more than a dozen of the best American short stories features tales by Hawthorne, Twain, James, Cheever, Wharton, and Cather. Contents include "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," and "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.

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Collection of Milton's most significant prose works features the famous tract "Areopagitica," a defense of freedom of speech, plus "Of Education," "Autobiographical Extracts," "The Doctrine and Disciple of Divorce," other essays.

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An innocent young man is falsely accused of inciting mutiny in this haunting tale. Melville's final novel offers a profoundly moving examination of the balance between authority and individual rights.

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Based on myths of an early Celtic ruler of Britain, this fairy tale-like drama involves duels, kidnappings, disguised identities, and other dramatic events surrounding the secret marriage of a king's daughter.

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The most important documents in American history: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, presidential speeches, Supreme Court decisions, Acts and Declarations of Congress, essays, letters, and much more.

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Compilation of all the poems from The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) and Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921) includes "The Second Coming," "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," many others.

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Over 170 beloved poems by the major poets of the 19th century, including works by Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Rossetti, Meredith, Swinburne, Hopkins, Kipling, and others. An introduction and biographical notes on the poets are included. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

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Inexpensive but substantial anthology begins with Thoreau's 19th-century essay and concludes in the present day. Contributors include Tolstoy, Bertrand Russell, Gandhi, Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dalai Lama, Andrei Sakharov, others.

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Written in the form of letters, this witty satire of 18th-century society chronicles a young woman's transition from provincial life into the smart sets of London and a resort community.

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This wide-ranging collection of romantic tales features an international array of authors, including Chekhov's "Misfortune," Lawrence's "The White Stocking," and stories by Pushkin, Trollope, Verga, von Kleist, and many others.

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Compilation of more than 400 poems of 12 lines or less, dating from ancient and medieval times to the 19th and 20th centuries and in moods from serious to lighthearted. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

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The final installment of this historical trilogy chronicles the devastating effects of the War of the Roses, exploring the ways in which the struggle for power divides a kingdom.

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A literary landmark and a gem of German Romanticism, this unfinished experimental novel recounts a young poet's quest for a blue flower representing desire, love, and the metaphysical longing for the infinite.

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A tale of espionage rather than a mystery, His Last Bow finds Holmes conducting his patriotic duty at the brink of World War I. Seven additional short stories recount the detective's continuing adventures.

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Tennyson interprets the Arthurian myth as an epic poem, tracing the birth of a king; the founding, fellowship, and decline of the Round Table; and the king's inevitable departure.

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Includes 34 nonsense verses and parodies: "The Walrus and the Carpenter," "Father William," "My Fancy," "A Sea Dirge," "Hiawatha's Photographing," "The Mad Gardener's Song," "Poeta Fit, non Nascitur," and many others.

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Lively recollections of Twain's salad days as a novice steamboat pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Engrossing and entertaining anecdotes by a peerless storyteller.

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The most eloquent of American presidents, Lincoln offered sagacious and frequently humorous comments on everything that mattered. This volume features his thoughts and opinions concerning politics, human nature, and many other topics.

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Zorro, the Robin Hood of California, has captivated audiences for nearly a century. The daring masked man poses as a feckless aristocrat to disguise his true passions, defending the helpless and punishing their oppressors.

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This 1905 novel blends philosophical discussion with an imaginative narrative. Wells's depiction of a world united in sexual, economic, and racial equality offers a persuasive and ever-valid argument for his socialist ideals.

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Memoir of escape from slavery by someone who hid inside a crate shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia. "Just as relevant now as it was 150 years ago." - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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This compilation of classic short fiction presents stories inspired by life in the great metropolis. Contributors include F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Herman Melville, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, and others.

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In powerful and persuasive prose, Mill asks and answers provocative questions relating to the boundaries of social authority and individual sovereignty. This edition offers students of political science and philosophy one of the most influential studies on the nature of individual liberty and its role in a democratic society.

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This travelogue recounts the great storyteller's sojourns in Genoa, Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples. Dickens evokes the region's dramatic contrasts, from scenes of glorious buildings on blighted streets to vignettes of modern life amid ancient monuments.