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  • Memoirs of a Cavalier

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Series series World Classics
    "Memoirs of a Cavalier" is a literary sleight of hand. Written in the style of an eyewitness account, it's actually a work of fiction—a trick Defoe would repeat in his later book "A Journal of a Plague Year". Originally published anonymously, many readers of the time were fooled into thinking it was real.The book's unnamed protagonist is an English gentleman with a lust for adventure. He details ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Series series World Classics
    Daniel Defoe's last novel, 'Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress' is a biographical account of a woman's fight for survival. Having recently become penniless, Roxana is forced to resort to sexual services in order to keep herself afloat. Defoe's flair for depicting female struggle render this a deeply human novel, unmissable for those who enjoyed Defoe's own 'Moll Flanders'. ... Read more

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  • Colonel Jack

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Series series World Classics
    Jack lives his life as an outcast. He cares only about two things - trade and crime. Together with his two brothers, he wreaks havoc and indulges in a multitude of different professions, not all of them legitimate. There is no end to Jack's escapades, nor his luck, originality, and cunning, all of which he has in spades. A genuine adventure novel, this is unmissable for fans of Robert Louis ... Read more

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  • Robinson Crusoe

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Series series World Classics
    "Robinson Crusoe" is Daniel Defoe's best and most popular novel. It is structured like an autobiography of the main character, depicting his castaway adventures on a lonely island for 28 years. Defoe's novel abounds in detailed natural descriptions, moments of calm before the stormy action, and powerful character development. It is the story of quite an ordinary man who struggles to survive in ... Read more

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  • The Storm

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Series series World Classics
    "The Storm" (1704) is a founding document of modern journalism. It tells of the events of November 1703, when a hurricane struck Britain. It is composed of verbatim eyewitness accounts, solicited from survivors through a newspaper advertisement that Defoe placed shortly after the hurricane struck.This account remains a required reading for journalism students to this day. ... Read more

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  • A Journal of the Plague Year

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Series series World Classics
    'Lord have mercy upon us'. If these words were painted on your door, it could only mean one thing—you were one of the infected.In the years 1665 and 1666, the bubonic plague ravaged London. Bodies piled up on the streets, families quarantined themselves indoors. 100,000 people would perish, a quarter of the city's population.In "A Journal of the Plague Year", Daniel Defoe offer a fictionalised ... Read more

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  • Life in a Tudor Palace

    Series series The Sutton Life Series
    Take a tour with the author round a courtly palace and see what the kitchens, the bakery, the laundry, the bedrooms, the gardens and the privvies were like. Everything you could wish to know is here, as the book describes the different lifestyles of the court, and the people who served them. ... Read more

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  • Life in a Victorian Household

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    by Pamela Horn ...
    Series series The Sutton Life Series
    What was it like to live in a Victorian Household? What time did the servants have to get up? What was the food like and who cooked it? How did the clothing differ for the different types of servants? How much did the servants get paid? This book shows you what it was really like to live in Victorian times, for those both above and below stairs. ... Read more

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  • Into the Darkness

    Our Lancaster raced over the perimeter track and then tore down the slope through the dispersal area... with its wheels thumping on the grass but still firmly on the ground. It now seemed that nothing could save us and that, in the next couple of moments, we would disappear in a great explosion. I could hear Bob saying "Get off the ground, you bastard, get off," while Harry just said nothing... ... Read more

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  • Mrs Dalloway

    Virginia Woolf's Modernist Masterpiece of Time, Memory, and the Inner Life

    One day. One woman. A lifetime in her thoughts. Mrs Dalloway is Virginia Woolf's luminous exploration of a single day in post–World War I London, where the external bustle of city life mirrors the intricate web of thoughts, memories, and emotions within. As Clarissa Dalloway prepares for a high-society party, her mind drifts between past and present, grappling with questions of love, loss, time, ... Read more

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  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K Chesterton is a carefully prepared Arkenza Books digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful ... Read more

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  • The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. HydeThe Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

    Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil ... Read more

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