Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, from The Arabian Nights
In the mystical land of Arabia, there is secreted a magical door that opens with the command, “Open, Sesame”. Inside lays the plunder of a century of robbers and mercenaries. And when Ali Baba witnesses 40 thieves open this door...
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Bartleby, the Scrivener
The life of a scrivener can be a dull one. After all, your entire occupation has to do with the hand-written copying of law documents. But when Bartleby arrives, he turns the office upside down with the enigmatic phrase: “I prefer not to.”
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Bernice Bobs Her Hair, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bernice has rare beauty and wealth, but is undeniably socially awkward. Her cousin Marjorie does he best to make her into a social vampire. To be a socialite in America in the 1920s, some of the more archaic feminine ideals need to go.
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Captain Blood, by Raphael Sabatini
Doctor. Scholar. Soldier. Peter Blood has been all these. But when he is exiled and sold unjustly into slavery, he finds there is another title he must own - Pirate. Now a man without a country, he wreaks his revenge upon the Spanish Main as a buccaneer.
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Dr. Ox's Experiment, by Jules Verne
The quiet community of Quiquendone can’t be found on any map. There is no crime, no raised voices, no conflict of any kind. And when the enigmatic Dr. Ox ventures into the town and proposes to light the town with a mysterious gas at his own expense....
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The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexandre Dumas
Thirty years after their first adventures in The Three Musketeers, we find Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan in very different situations, now.
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allan Poe
A mysterious double homicide positively baffles the Parisian police. But after a seemingly fruitless investigation, C. August Dupin discovers the heart of the impossible mystery. The roots of detective fiction are explored by the great Edgar Allan Poe.
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The Vampyre, by John Polidori
Young, impressionable Aubrey is fascinated by the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, and accompanies him on a tour to Europe. But Aubrey develops a growing distaste for Lord Ruthven’s sinister and grotesque conduct.
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