Viva La Vida Complete

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Noelle was the long-lost daughter everyone had been searched for, yet the family brushed her off and fawned over her stand-in. Tired of scorn, she walked away and married a man whose influence could shake the country. Dance phenom, street-race champ, virtuoso composer, master restorer-each secret triumph hit the headlines, and her family's smug smiles cracked. Father charged back from abroad, mother wept for a hug, and five brothers knelt in the rain begging. Beneath the jeweled night sky, her husband pulled her close, his voice a velvet promise. "They're not worth it. Come on, let's just go home."

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Lucretia, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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First published 1892. Author was a soldier, composer and French dramatist who received the Legion of Honour.

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Coniston -- Complete by Winston Churchill

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Coniston, Complete by Winston Churchill

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Gerfaut, Complete by Charles de Bernard

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Pelham, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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George Meredith was both a novelist and poet. Born in Portsmouth, England , his work is used as a classic example of Victorian literature.

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Gerfaut -- Complete by Charles de Bernard

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Harold, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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You must often have felt, gentlemen, -- each and all of you, -- especially when sitting alone at night, a strange and unaccountable sensation of coldness and awe creep over you; your blood curdles, and the heart stands still; the limbs shiver, the hair bristles; you are afraid to look up, to turn yo

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Gilbert Parker was a late 19th and early 20th century politician and novelist who wrote prodigiously. The British-Canadian's works are still popular in the 21st century.

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Extrait : "En mer, aux environs de deux heures du matin, par une nuit calme, sous un ciel plein d'étoiles. Yves se tenait sur la passerelle auprès de moi, et nous causions du pays, absolument nouveau pour nous deux, où nous conduisaient cette fois les hasards de notre destinée. C'était le lendemain

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No Defense, Complete by Gilbert Parker

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Ragged Lady, Complete by William Dean Howells

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The Caxtons, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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The Crisis, Complete by Winston Churchill

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The Red Lily, Complete by Anatole France

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Complete Project Gutenberg Oliv by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The Wandering Jew, Complete by Eugene Sue

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Beauchamp's Career, Complete by George Meredith