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The Old Curiosity Shop is the 1840 novel by the famous author Charles Dickens. The story follows the life of Nell Trent, a young orphan who lives with her maternal grandfather in the shop for which the title is named. The story is a sad story about the trials and lose of the poor in London in the nineteenth century. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Moby Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville was originally published in 1851. The story is told by a sailor Ismael about a captain Ahab, obsessed with revenge on a whale, Moby Dick, a white whale, that on a previous voyage had maimed Ahad by biting off his leg. The Novel was a disaster when published and didn't gain notoriety until after Melville's death during the 20th century at the time of the "Great American Novel." Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama. This is the larger 12 point print version of the book.

My Secret Life by an anonymous author is the eighteenth century memoir of a gentleman describing his sexual encounters. It was originally published in private editions. The book has been criticized and praised for its writing style, which has been described as disorganized and flighty and fantastical and deep. Weather fact or fiction may never be known, it has had a long history of inciting conversation. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation is a nonfiction book, first published in 1917, by the American novelist and muck-raking journalist Upton Sinclair. It is a snapshot of the religious movements in the U.S. before its entry into World War I. The book is the first of the "Dead Hand" series: six books Sinclair wrote on American institutions. The series also includes The Brass Check (journalism), The Goose-step (higher education), The Goslings (elementary and high school education), Mammonart (art) and Money Writes! (literature). The term "Dead Hand" ironically refers to Adam Smith's concept that allowing an "invisible hand" of individual self-interest to shape economic relations provides the best result for society as a whole. In this book, Sinclair attacks institutionalized religion as a "source of income to parasites, and the natural ally of every form of oppression and exploitation."

The Deserter; and Other Stories is an illustrated collection of short stories by the famous author Harold Frederic.

Tales of Terror and Mystery Tales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of short stories by Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is his most famous collection apart from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, though one of the stories is implied to be about the famous detective, even though it is never explicitly stated. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine from February-July, 1912. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th-century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a subgenre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elements of the Western. The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment. This vision of Mars was based on the work of the astronomer Percival Lowell, whose ideas were widely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Barsoom series inspired a number of well-known 20th-century science fiction writers, including Jack Vance, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, and John Norman. The series was also inspirational for many scientists in the fields of space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life, including Carl Sagan, who read A Princess of Mars when he was a child.

The Purple Pileus, The Red Room, and Under the Knife is a collection of short stories by the famous author H. G. Wells. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Wells's earliest specialized training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context. He was also from an early date an outspoken socialist, often (but not always, as at the beginning of the First World War) sympathizing with pacifist views. His later works became increasingly political and didactic, and he wrote little science fiction, while he sometimes indicated on official documents that his profession was that of journalist. Novels like Kipps and The History of Mr Polly, which describe lower-middle-class life, led to the suggestion that he was a worthy successor to Charles Dickens, but Wells described a range of social strata and even attempted, in Tono-Bungay (1909), a diagnosis of English society as a whole. A diabetic, in 1934, Wells co-founded the charity The Diabetic Association (known today as Diabetes UK). Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Childhood by Leo Tolstoy is the first of three novels, the second being, Boyhood, and the third, Youth. The series follows a boy, Nikolenka, and explores his inner self. The expressionistic style mixes fact and fiction to stir emotion and garner reaction. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Parasite The Parasite is the 1894 novelette by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a young man named, Austin Gilroy. Gilroy is a young physioligy student under the tutelage of a professor of the occult. In his studies, Gilroy is introduced to an older woman, Miss Penclosa, who claims to have mystical powers. Gilroy's fiancée is skeptical until a series of unfortunate events may convince the young couple that Miss Penclosa is more than she seems. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Complete Caspak Series is a series of novels by the famous Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book contains all three novels; The Land That Time Forgot The People That Time Forgot Out of Time's Abyss Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Mucker is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Originally two stories, The Mucker begun in August 1913 and published by All-Story Weekly in October and November 1914; and The Return of the Mucker begun in January 1916 and published by All-Story Weekly in June and July 1916. The book version was first published by A. C. McClurg on 31 October 1921. From January 1922 to August 1939, Methuen (UK) published a version of The Return of the Mucker under the title The Man Without A Soul. In 1917, Burroughs wrote a third Mucker story entitled The Oakdale Affair featuring the Return of The Mucker sidekick, Bridge. The story was serialized the next year. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Best Russian Short Stories is a collection of works by famous Russian authors such as Leo Tolstoy, A.S. Pushkin, and Chekov. The stories include: THE QUEEN OF SPADES A.S. Pushkin, THE CLOAK N.V. Gogol, THE DISTRICT DOCTOR I.S. Turgenev, THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING F.M. Dostoyevsky, GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS L.N. Tolstoy, HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS M.Y. Saltykov, THE SHADES, A PHANTASY V.G. Korolenko, THE SIGNAL V.N. Garshin, THE DARLING A.P. Chekhov, THE BET A.P. Chekhov, VANKA A.P. Chekhov, HIDE AND SEEK F.K. Sologub, DETHRONED I.N. Potapenko, THE SERVANT S.T. Semyonov, ONE AUTUMN NIGHT M. Gorky, HER LOVER M. Gorky, LAZARUS L.N. Andreyev, THE REVOLUTIONIST M.P. Artzybashev, THE OUTRAGE A.I. Kuprin, Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Illustrated copy of The Woggle-Bug Book. The Woggle-Bug Book is a 1905 children's book, written by L. Frank Baum, creator of the Land of Oz, and illustrated by Ike Morgan. It has long been one of the rarest items in the Baum bibliography. Baum's text has been controversial for its use of ethnic humor stereotypes. The book grew out of another promotional project, Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904-5), a popular comic strip that promoted Baum's second Oz book, The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904). The comic strip, written by Baum and illustrated by Walt McDougall, brought Oz characters including the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and others to the United States for various humorous adventures. The Woggle-Bug Book employs the same concept: H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E. is shown maladjusted to life in an unnamed American city. The book's artist, Ike Morgan, was a Chicago cartoonist who had earlier provided illustrations for Baum's American Fairy Tales (1901). Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen published in 1913 is the first sequel to Jane Austen's work not authored by Jane Austen and is widely considered the first piece of fan fiction. The plot incorporates characters from Austen's six stand alone novels into one overarching story. Alond with Austen's characters, Brinton introduces a few of her own, all the while keeping the whit and humor Austen was known for. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Complete Herland Trilogy includes Moving the Mountain, Herland, and With Her in Ourland. Moving the Mountain is the utopian novel by the predominant feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman published in 1915. It is among the classic utopian and dystopian novels of the early twentieth century. The plot involves two siblings meeting after 25 years outside Tibet. The protagonist returns to America to discover it has changed into a society unrecognizable from before. It is described as "beyond Socialism", a strain of nationalism. Themes such as "new humanitarianism," eugenics, renewable resources are discussed in restructuring society. Herland is the utopian novel by the predominant feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman published in 1915. It is among the classic utopian and dystopian novels of the early twentieth century. The plot involves three explorers that discover a previously uncharted land filled only with women. The society is free from war, conflict, and inequity. With Her in Ourland is the utopian novel by the predominant feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman published in 1916. It is among the classic utopian and dystopian novels of the early twentieth century. The book starts where Herland ends and continues to follow the protagonists established in Herland as they confront the inequities of our land.

The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist's Guide: A Practical Manual of Fireside Magic and Conjuring Illusions, Containing also, Complete Instructions for Acquiring & Practising the Art of Ventriloquism. Published in 1876, this book is a resource for magic tricks. It has several detailed drawings to aid in the learning of many of the tricks. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The illustrated copy of Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Forbidden Fruit: Luscious and Exciting Story and More Forbidden Fruit or Master Percy's Progress In and Beyond the Domestic Circle is the 1898 erotica novel by an anonymous author. It remains one of the most famous erotica novels written to this date.

This book contains both Letters to an Old Garibaldian And Divorce versus Democracy.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; or Nicholas Nickleby. Is the 1839 novel by the author Charles Dickens that chronicles the life and adventures, or humorous misadventures, of the young man Nicholas Nickleby that must support his widowed mother and sister in Victorian era England. Nicholas Nickleby is considered one of Dickens' first romances. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

An Island in the Moon is the name generally assigned to an untitled, prose satire by William Blake, written in late 1784. Containing early versions of three poems later included in Songs of Innocence (1789) and satirising the "contrived and empty productions of the contemporary culture," An Island demonstrates Blake's increasing dissatisfaction with convention and his developing interest in prophetic modes of expression. Referred to by William Butler Yeats and E. J. Ellis as "Blake's first true symbolic book," it also includes a partial description of Blake's soon-to-be-realised method of illuminated printing. The piece was unpublished during Blake's lifetime, and survives only in a single manuscript copy, residing in the Fitzwilliam Museum, in the University of Cambridge. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the 1850 novel by Herman Melville that was based on his life in the United States Navy aboard the Frigate The USS United States and the stories of other sailors. The novel focuses on a frigate named the USS Neversink and its exploits on the seas. White Jacket became instrumental in abolishing flogging aboard US Navy ships doe to its graphic descriptions. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy. In antiquity, it was attributed to Aeschylus, but now is considered by some scholars to be the work of another hand, and perhaps one as late as c. 430 BC. Despite these doubts of authorship, the play's designation as Aeschylean has remained conventional. The tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods and gives fire to mankind, acts for which he is subjected to perpetual punishment.

Pierre; or The Ambiguities is a novel by Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick. First published in 1852, the tale uses many plot devices from Gothic fiction novels. A psychological thriller, the book was condemned in its day as disturbing due to its unnatural sexual tension. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

This book contains the complete series of short stories of Brigadier Gerard, both The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard and The Adventures of Gerard. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard is a collection of historical short stories about a fictional hero during the Napoleonic Wars. It was written in 1895 and follows a Hussar Officer in the French Army named, Etienne Gerard. He is noted as a stereotypical Frenchman from a Englishman's point of view. He is brash and full of vanity, though it is written from a perspective of the French to satirize the British attitude. The Adventures of Gerard is a collection of historical short stories about a fictional hero during the Napoleonic Wars written in 1902. It is the sequel to the Exploits of Brigadier Gerard and follows Gerard on even more adventures.

An illustrated copy of The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is the 1843 novel by Charles Dickens. It is Dickens best work according to his own account, though it was his least popular novel. Known as his last picaresque novel, it follows Martin Chuzzlewit, a man born to low social status in England, as he struggles against selfishness among his family and others. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Complete Volumes I and II of The Portrait of a Lady. The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who, in "confronting her destiny", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal.

Famous Impostors is the fourth nonfiction book by the Irish author Bram Stoker. Published in 1910 it deals with doxing and exposing famous impostors and hoaxers. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.