The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches
Автор: Марк Твен
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As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical". Taken individually, they speak the truth in different ways.
Sketches New and Old
Автор: Марк Твен
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A real storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial occurrence. The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches are indispensable to our understanding of a harried genius during thirteen quite amazing years.
Our village: sketches of rural character and scenery
Автор: Mary Russell Mitford
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Our village : sketches of rural character and scenery / by Mary Russell Mitford».
Biographical memoirs. Vol. 2
Автор: Вальтер Скотт
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Biographical mеmoirs : Vol. 2 : in 2 volumes / by Sir Walter Scott».
Biographical memoirs. Vol. 1
Автор: Вальтер Скотт
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «Biographical mеmoirs : Vol. 1 : in 2 volumes / by Sir Walter Scott».
