 |  Letters of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson
Lovingly compiled by a close friend, this first collection of Dickinson's letters originally appeared in 1894, only eight years after the poet's death. Dickinson's famous wit sparkles from every page. read more
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|  Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, these letters contain many of the themes that later appeared in his best works. Essential reading for scholars and poetry lovers.
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|  Life on the Mississippi
by Edmund Henry Garrett
Mark Twain
A.B. Shute
John Harley
Hardcover edition of Twain's memoirs recounts his pre–Civil War days as a steamboat pilot and a passenger trip undertaken years later from St. Louis to New Orleans. More than 300 atmospheric black-and-white illustrations. read more
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|  Lilith: A Romance
by George MacDonald
In this novel by the father of fantasy literature, a man travels through time to meet Adam and Eve and to explore humanity's fall from grace and ultimate redemption. read more
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|  Listen and Color: Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales Book and CD
by Dover
Joan O'Brien
Listen to "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Princess on the Pea," while coloring 40 scenes from these and 5 other tales. The 60-minute CD features 3 stories.
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|  Literary Greats Paper Dolls
by Tim Foley
The perfect gift for literary types, this novelty book features 35 caricatures of famous authors — Shakespeare, Dickens, Poe, and others — accompanied by three costumes offering droll references to characters from their most popular works. read more
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|  Literary Theory and Criticism
by Edgar Allan Poe
Leonard Cassuto
Essential anthology of Poe's critical works reviews works by Dickens, Hawthorne, many others. Includes Theory of Poetry ("The Philosophy of Composition," "The Rationale of Verse," "The Poetic Principle"). Introduction. read more
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|  Manalive
by G. K. Chesterton
Light-hearted work introduces Innocent Smith, a bubbly, eccentric gentleman of questionable character, into the lives of a group of young disillusioned people — and the result is inspired, high-spirited nonsense. read more
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|  Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft
William S. Godwin
A pioneer champion of women's rights illustrates the grim reality of 18th-century England's draconian marriage laws in the tale of a wife locked up in an asylum by her abusive spouse. read more
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|  Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
by Mark Twain
Caroline Thomas Harnsberger
Gathered from Twain's classic novels, diary entries, newspaper articles, and correspondence, this collection of wry quips and quotes offers the great humorist and storyteller's observations on animals, critics, politics, youth, and more. read more
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|  McTeague
by Frank Norris
Inspired by an actual crime, this riveting tale of avarice, degeneration, and death chronicles the demise of an ignorant charlatan and his avaricious wife as they descend into moral corruption. read more
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|  Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
by Marie de France
Eugene Mason
This collection features the best works of the Middle Ages' greatest female author, including captivating variations on Arthurian myths and other stories of magic and mystery. read more
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