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.
La monarchie vengee des attentats des republicains modernes
Автор: Группа авторов
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Полный вариант заголовка: «La monarchie vengee des attentats des republicains modernes : ou Refutation de l'ouvrage de M. de la Vicomterie, intitule les сrimes des Rois de France / par M. C***».
Corona poetica in lode della serenissima republica di Venezia
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Corona poetica in lode della serenissima republica di Venezia : dal medesimo di note illustrata / di Quireno Telpusiaco ; insieme con un poemetto proemiale dello stesso ; colle annotazioni di Agamiro Pelopideo».
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Автор: Эдгар Аллан По
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A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Margaret Naudi.
The human mind is a dark, bottomless pit, and sometimes it works in strange and frightening ways. That sound in the night… is it a door banging in the wind, or a murdered man knocking inside his coffin? The face in the mirror… is it yours, or the face of someone standing behind you, who is never there when you turn round?
These famous short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, that master of horror, explore the dark world of the imagination, where the dead live and speak, where fear lies in every shadow of the mind…