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In den Cordilleren (Ungekürzt)

Karl May

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In den Cordilleren (Ungekürzt)

Karl May

In den Cordilleren ist der zweite von zwei zusammenhängenden Südamerika-Romanen (der erste heißt Am Rio de la Plata), die Karl May in den Jahren 1888-1890 schrieb. Ursprünglich wurden beide Te...

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Aus dem Leben meiner alten Freundin (Ungekürzt)

Wilhelmine Heimburg

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Aus dem Leben meiner alten Freundin (Ungekürzt)

Wilhelmine Heimburg

Emilie Wilhelmine Bertha Behrens wurde am 7. September 1848 in Thale, Sachsen-Anhalt geboren und starb am 9. September 1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden. Nach der Schulzeit in Quedlinburg und einigen J...

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A Picture from the Ramparts

H.C. Andersen

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A Picture from the Ramparts

H.C. Andersen

In this short tale, Hans Christian Andersen depicts a castle's ramparts on an autumn day. A bird flies through the prison cell window and softens the heart of the miserable prisoner with its s...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener

Herman Melville

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B. J. Harrison Reads Bartleby, the Scrivener

Herman Melville

The narrator of this story is a successful lawyer on Wall Street. He hires a scrivener named Bartleby to help him with all the papers and relieve the load of work. Bartleby quickly gains the lawye...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Casting the Runes

M. R. James

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B. J. Harrison Reads Casting the Runes

M. R. James

Mr. Edward Dunning is a researcher studying "The Truth of Alchemy" by Mr. Karswell. He starts seeing the name "John Harrington" everywhere he goes and finds out that Harrington was...

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B. J. Harrison Reads After Twenty Years and Mammon and the Archer

O. Henry

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B. J. Harrison Reads After Twenty Years and Mammon and the Archer

O. Henry

Two friends make a pact: no matter what happens, they will meet at a certain place twenty years later. The years go by and it's time for them to reunite. While Bob is waiting for his friend Ji...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving

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B. J. Harrison Reads Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving

"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by Washington Irving about a man who drinks some liquor then falls asleep for 20 years amidst the hills. Having missed the American Revolution, Rip Van Wi...

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B. J. Harrison Reads A Marine Excursion

Stephen Leacock

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B. J. Harrison Reads A Marine Excursion

Stephen Leacock

"The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" is the third story from Stephen Leacock's masterpiece story sequence "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town". It deals with an exp...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Rain

W. Somerset Maugham

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B. J. Harrison Reads Rain

W. Somerset Maugham

"Rain" is a short story by Somerset Maugham in which a missionary attempts to convert a prostitute and lead her away from her sinful life. The story takes place on a ship, which drops anch...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Captain Blood

Raphael Sabatini

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B. J. Harrison Reads Captain Blood

Raphael Sabatini

Dr. Peter Blood is an Irish physician who served in the Dutch and French navies. He now works as a doctor in the city of Bridgwater in southwestern England. During the rebellion of the Duke of Mon...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde, and Other Stories

Robert Louis Stevenson

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B. J. Harrison Reads Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde, and Other Stories

Robert Louis Stevenson

Henry Jekyll is an idealistic young scientist whose main goal it is to unlock the secrets of the human soul. He creates many different potions and chemical mixtures in his lab, but still struggles...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Beyond the Broken Glacier

Robert William Chambers

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B. J. Harrison Reads Beyond the Broken Glacier

Robert William Chambers

We all have heard about the great glaciers. Some may have even seen them. But did you ever wonder what is hidden behind the great and treacherous Canadian glacier? Now you have the opportunity to ...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Olalla

Robert Louis Stevenson

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B. J. Harrison Reads Olalla

Robert Louis Stevenson

A nameless Scottish soldier is recovering from his wounds in a Spanish hospital. He takes a temporary residence with a local family. Felipe and Olalla are two siblings living with their mother, wi...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rudyard Kipling

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B. J. Harrison Reads Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rudyard Kipling

One day, a little English boy called Teddy finds a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in the family house garden. He thinks that the poor animal is dead, but his mother takes it inside the house and ...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Bill the Bloodhound

P.G. Wodehouse

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B. J. Harrison Reads Bill the Bloodhound

P.G. Wodehouse

Henry Pitfield Rice is an unglorified detective leading an uneventful life, making ends meet by keeping up with the comings and goings of certain people. One day, he comes across the chorus girl A...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Death at the Excelsior

P.G. Wodehouse

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B. J. Harrison Reads Death at the Excelsior

P.G. Wodehouse

With "Death at the Excelsior" the master of humor, P.G. Wodehouse, entertains his readers with a classic detective story. When a sea captain dies under terribly mysterious circumstances on...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Gismondi's Wage

Raphael Sabatini

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B. J. Harrison Reads Gismondi's Wage

Raphael Sabatini

Benvenuto Gismondi is sitting on his horse, breathing hard and grinning, while looking at Messer Crespi. Crespi is also grinning while laying in the snow with his arms flung wide. The only problem...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Ayesha, The Return of She

H. Rider Haggard

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B. J. Harrison Reads Ayesha, The Return of She

H. Rider Haggard

In "Ayesha, The Return of She" (1905) the white queen is feared not to be dead after all. After eighteen years, Horace and Leo once again set out on a journey, this time to Asia, where the...

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B. J. Harrison Reads Allan Quatermain

H. Rider Haggard

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B. J. Harrison Reads Allan Quatermain

H. Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard's 19th-century novel "Allan Quatermain," is the sequel to the novel "King Solomon's Mines"(1885). In this novel, adventurer Allan Quaterman's son has p...

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B. J. Harrison Reads King Solomon's Mines

Henry Rider Haggard

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B. J. Harrison Reads King Solomon's Mines

Henry Rider Haggard

Allan Quatermain is a hunter who lives in South Africa. One day, after he returns home from an unsuccessful elephant hunt, he meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good. The two men are looking ...

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