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The dragonfly Pool
The Dragonfly Pool is a children's historical adventure novel by Austro-British author Eva Ibbotson, published in 2008. Set against the backdrop of the looming and outbreak of World War II, the novel blends natural beauty, progressive ideals, and a classic Ruritanian-style rescue mission. It follows a plucky young English girl who finds herself swept up in a dangerous cross-continental plot to …
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The Island
The Island is a 2005 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay and starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Set in a sleek, ominous dystopian future, the film follows inhabitants of a secure, sterile compound who believe they are the sole survivors of a global ecological apocalypse, waiting for their chance to win a lottery and move to "The Island"—the last uncontamin…
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Orlando
Orlando: A Biography is a groundbreaking, genre-defying modernist novel by English author Virginia Woolf, published in 1928. Written as a playful love letter and biographical tribute to her close friend and lover, poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, the novel spans over three centuries, blending historical satire, fantasy, and deep philosophical reflections on gender, identity, and the fluid…
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- 4.823.0306.B.U
The Strange Case of Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1886. Set in foggy, Victorian London, the story explores the dual nature of humanity, morality, and the destructive consequences of suppressing or unleashing one's darker impulses. It remains one of the most famous pieces of horror and psychological literature ever written, giving b…
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem written by the poet Virgil between 29 and 19 BCE. It tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan warrior who survived the fall of Troy and was fated to travel to Italy to become the ancestor of the Roman people.
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Don Quixote
The story follows Alonso Quixano, a middle-aged Spanish country gentleman who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind. Convinced he is a heroic knight-errant destined to revive chivalry and protect the helpless, he renames himself Don Quixote de la Mancha. Decked out in a rusty, mismatched suit of armor and riding a scrawny old horse named Rocinante, he recruits a simple, pra…
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The Best of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) remains one of the most brilliant, witty, and flamboyant figures in literary history. As a leading champion of the aesthetic movement (art for art's sake), Wilde infused his work with sparkling epigrams, profound social satire, paradoxical philosophy, and rich, gothic beauty. Below is an overview of his finest and most enduring masterpieces across plays, fiction, an…
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A Journey to The Center of The Earth
One of the foundational masterpieces of science fiction, Jules Verne’s thrilling adventure novel combines 19th-century geology, paleontology, and harrowing underground exploration. It captures the eternal human drive to uncover the unknown secrets hidden beneath our feet.
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Treasure Island
Widely considered the quintessential pirate adventure story, Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel established almost every major pirate trope we know today—including tropical islands, black spots, buried treasure, parrots, and one-legged sailors with wooden peg-legs.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel written by French author Jules Verne and published in serialized form between 1869 and 1870. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of speculative fiction, the novel anticipated many modern technologies—such as advanced submarines and deep-sea diving gear—long before they were inv…
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