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 | |  | | Category: Classic Book Title: Dr. Moreau Author: Herbert George Wells Book Description: INTRODUCTION.
ON February the First 1887, the Lady Vain was lost by collision
with a derelict when about the latitude 1' S. and longitude 107'
W.
On January the Fifth, 1888--that is eleven months and four days after--
my uncle, Edward Prendick, a private gentleman, who certainly went
aboard the Lady Vain at Callao, and whoMore... | |
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 | |  | | Category: Classic Book Title: FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR Author: Mark Twain Book Description: CHAPTER I.
A man may have no bad habits and have worse.
--Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar.
The starting point of this lecturing-trip around the world was Paris,
where we had been living a year or two.
We sailed for America, and there made certain preparations. This took
but little time. Two members of my familyMore... | |
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 | |  | | Category: Classic Book Title: Extracts From Adam's Diary Author: Mark Twain Book Description: [NOTE.--I translated a portion of this diary some years ago, and
a friend of mine printed a few copies in an incomplete form, but
the public never got them. Since then I have deciphered some more
of Adam's hieroglyphics, and think he has now become sufficiently
important as a public character to justify this publication.--M.More... | |
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 | |  | | Category: Classic Book Title: A Dog's Tale Author: Mark Twain Book Description: CHAPTER I
My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a
Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice
distinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaning
nothing. My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, and
see other dogs look surprised andMore... | |
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