Dangerous Connections by Choderlos de Laclos

God forbid I should ever intend making a general apology for all novels! that would be the idea of a Demoniac; I only mean to justify useful novels. If any one makes a bad use of this kind of writing, I most willingly acquiesce in their condemnation. Let us now examine whether the author of Dangerous Connections deserves to suffer.

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe

Etext prepared by Emma Dudding, emma_302@hotmail.com Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN By Rudolph Erich Raspe Published in 1895. INTRODUCTION It is a curious fact that of that class of literature to which Munchausen belongs, that namely of /Voyages Imaginaires/, the three great types should have all been created
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

CHAPTER 1 The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner
Mansion House with large manicured lawn

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the
Rooftop view of the City of Bath

Persuasion, by Jane Austen

“If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk.”

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

MANSFIELD PARK (1814) by Jane Austen CHAPTER I About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the comforts
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

Captain Fracasse by Theophile Gautier

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