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The Middle of Things

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J. S. Fletcher

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2024-12-23

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English

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J. S. Fletcher took at least some inspiration for this work from the famous..." data-title="Книга The Middle of Things">

Description Shortly after Richard Viner complains to his murder-mystery-loving aunt with whom he lives that such fiction couldn’t possibly “really represent life,” he himself finds a dead body in the lane behind his home. It turns out to be his neighbor, a man in his sixties, recently returned to England from Australia to care for the affairs of his ward, an accomplished young woman not long out of school. The police seem content to regard the crime as motivated by robbery, but Viner and his aunt, like the lawyers who get embroiled in the case, are convinced there is more to it than that. It seems clear that J. S. Fletcher took at least some inspiration for this work from the famous...

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A Marriage Settlement

Автор:

Honoré de Balzac

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2024-12-23

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English

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Description Paul de Manerville is the scion of a well-known and wealthy family in Bordeaux. After his father’s death, he leaves the family estate and spends several years in various positions in prominent cities in Europe. Although well-traveled, Paul is not wise to the ways of the world or of the people in it. So when he decides he wants to find someone to marry, his close friend argues strenuously against it. As with all men who think more of themselves than they should, Paul ignores his friend, and soon focuses his attentions on Natalie Evangelista, the daughter of a wealthy Spaniard and his Creole wife who settled at Bordeaux in the earlier years of the century. Her father passed away when she was a child, and she has been brought up by her...

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Uller Uprising

Автор:

H. Beam Piper

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2024-12-20

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English

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H. Beam Piper that establishes his Terro-Human Future History..." data-title="Книга Uller Uprising">

Description General Carlos von Schlichten is overseeing operations of the Chartered Uller Company on the colony world of Uller when a violent riot breaks out between native Ullerans and colonist Terrans. As the conflict expands to a full rebellion he must restore order to the planet while managing the complex political dynamics of the different alien factions. Published in 1952, Uller Uprising is the first novel by H. Beam Piper that establishes his Terro-Human Future History...

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Brewster’s Millions

Автор:

George Barr McCutcheon

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2024-12-18

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English

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Description Twenty-five-year old Montgomery Brewster, after being orphaned at a young age, was taken under the wing of his elderly and extremely rich grandfather. So it’s not a total surprise to Monty that after receiving the news of his grandfather’s death, he finds himself richer to the tune of a million dollars. What is surprising, however, is a letter from attorneys Grant & Ripley with notification of a second and dramatically larger legacy, this time from an uncle he had completely forgotten about. Even more surprising is the condition attached: he’ll only receive this fortune if he can be absolutely penniless within the year. Brewster’s Millions was ...

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A Personal Record

Автор:

Joseph Conrad

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2024-12-18

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English

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Joseph Conrad. In it he narrates a number of episodes in his life, including his first introduction to the English language, his childhood in Poland, his experiences as a sailor in Marseilles and England, and the work on his debut novel Almayer’s Folly.

Originally serialized in the English Review from 1908 to 1909, the book was published under the title A Personal Record in 1912 with the addition of the “Familiar Preface.” The “Author’s Note” was added in 1919. The book was also published as Some..." data-title="Книга A Personal Record">

Description A Personal Record is the second of two memoirs by Joseph Conrad. In it he narrates a number of episodes in his life, including his first introduction to the English language, his childhood in Poland, his experiences as a sailor in Marseilles and England, and the work on his debut novel Almayer’s Folly. Originally serialized in the English Review from 1908 to 1909, the book was published under the title A Personal Record in 1912 with the addition of the “Familiar Preface.” The “Author’s Note” was added in 1919. The book was also published as Some...

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The National Being

Автор:
George William Russell

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2024-12-13

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English

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George William Russell, also known by the pseudonym Æ, was a prominent Irish polymath who wrote on many topics related to Irish independence. In the The National Being Russell outlines a vision of how the an independent Ireland could create a unifying national spirit. This spirit would respect the rural roots of Ireland and draw heavily on ideas from the cooperative movement. Russell is very aware of the difficulties in solving the multifaceted problem of creating a nation, and he describes in detail many of the pitfalls that could occur: from a centralized representative democracy failing to respect individual rights, to a press that would rather stir resentments than..." data-title="Книга The National Being">

Description George William Russell, also known by the pseudonym Æ, was a prominent Irish polymath who wrote on many topics related to Irish independence. In the The National Being Russell outlines a vision of how the an independent Ireland could create a unifying national spirit. This spirit would respect the rural roots of Ireland and draw heavily on ideas from the cooperative movement. Russell is very aware of the difficulties in solving the multifaceted problem of creating a nation, and he describes in detail many of the pitfalls that could occur: from a centralized representative democracy failing to respect individual rights, to a press that would rather stir resentments than...

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Poetry

Автор:
Georgia Douglas Johnson

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2024-12-12

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English

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13

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Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the leading female poets of the Harlem Renaissance, who held the “S Street Salon” that brought her fellow African-American writers to her home in Washington, D.C. Her poetry collections The Heart of a Woman and An Autumn Love Cycle center nonracial, feminine themes, whereas her collection Bronze includes several poems explicitly addressing racial subjects. Along with the poems from these collections, this Standard Ebooks edition compiles all of her other published poems that are in the public..." data-title="Книга Poetry">

Description Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the leading female poets of the Harlem Renaissance, who held the “S Street Salon” that brought her fellow African-American writers to her home in Washington, D.C. Her poetry collections The Heart of a Woman and An Autumn Love Cycle center nonracial, feminine themes, whereas her collection Bronze includes several poems explicitly addressing racial subjects. Along with the poems from these collections, this Standard Ebooks edition compiles all of her other published poems that are in the public...

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Murder in the Maze

Автор:
J. J. Connington

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2024-12-12

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English

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77

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J. J. Connington. It was first published in Britain in 1927 and introduces his best-known detective character, Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. The author’s academic and scientific background adds significant verisimilitude to the..." data-title="Книга Murder in the Maze">

Description After twin brothers Neville and Roger Shandon are both found murdered on the same afternoon in the hedge maze on the grounds of their country estate outside London, the local county’s Chief Constable must solve the mystery of their deaths and bring the perpetrator to justice. Murder in the Maze is the first of seventeen detective novels by J. J. Connington. It was first published in Britain in 1927 and introduces his best-known detective character, Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. The author’s academic and scientific background adds significant verisimilitude to the...

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Poetry

Автор:
Thomas Gray

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2024-12-10

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English

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16

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Thomas Gray was an English poet best known for his “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” Despite producing a relatively small body of work, Gray has had a lasting impact on English literature. This collection contains the eleven poems published by Gray in his lifetime, and over twenty more that have been published since his death.

As a Cambridge professor, Gray drew from classical structures and themes for inspiration. His annotations to his published works show the depth of his knowledge of classical and contemporary literature. Building upon these foundations, Gray’s work is also strongly romantic in style. His “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” explores..." data-title="Книга Poetry">

Description Thomas Gray was an English poet best known for his “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” Despite producing a relatively small body of work, Gray has had a lasting impact on English literature. This collection contains the eleven poems published by Gray in his lifetime, and over twenty more that have been published since his death. As a Cambridge professor, Gray drew from classical structures and themes for inspiration. His annotations to his published works show the depth of his knowledge of classical and contemporary literature. Building upon these foundations, Gray’s work is also strongly romantic in style. His “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” explores...

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Oedipus Rex

Автор:
Sophocles

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2024-12-10

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English

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Description Many years after Oedipus famously solved the riddle of the Sphinx and ascended to the throne, a curse descends upon Thebes in the form of a terrible plague. This persistent blight ravages the land: crops wither in the fields, livestock succumbs to sickness, and families lose women and children. In this dire time, Creon, Oedipus’s brother, returns from the Oracle of Delphi. He brings news of a cure: the plague will lift once the murderer of the late King Laius is identified and banished from the city. To save his people, Oedipus embarks on a quest to uncover the killer’s identity. However, as he delves deeper into his investigation, he begins to unearth shocking revelations about his own origins, and of the prophetic actions that brought the...

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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D. H. Lawrence

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2024-12-10

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English

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D. H. Lawrence’s earlier novels

Description One of the most controversial novels of the twentieth century, Lady Chatterley’s Lover follows the story of Lady Constance Chatterley, unhappily married to disabled World War I veteran and coal tycoon Sir Clifford Chatterley, as she takes as a lover the gamekeeper of her estate, Oliver Mellors, a working class man of the earth. Constance struggles with the guilt of her infidelity, but realizes that her marriage is over and wants to get more out of her life. Oliver, a veteran himself with some education, enjoys her company but worries about his own position in society. Like D. H. Lawrence’s earlier novels ...

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Cornelli

Автор:
Johanna Spyri

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2024-12-09

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English

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Johanna Spyri is best known for her children’s classic,

Description As the only child of a widowed and wealthy father, Cornelli is accustomed to having her own way. When business calls her father away one summer, he leaves her under the care of his cousin and her friend. Cornelli’s father’s assumption is that these refined ladies will instill some more elegant manners in his rambunctious daughter. But it soon all goes wrong, as Cornelli suffers stifling injustices under the new regime. Things begin to change, however, when a boy her age comes to stay in her alpine town for a period of recuperation. Johanna Spyri is best known for her children’s classic, ...

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The Starvel Hollow Tragedy

Автор:
Freeman Wills Crofts

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2024-12-09

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English

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88

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Description Leaving her home, the isolated house on the Yorkshire moors called Starvel, Ruth Averill heads off to stay with a family friend. Little does she know that she will never see it again: the following evening a fire utterly destroys the building, killing her rich and reclusive uncle, along with the two servants. At first this is seen as nothing but a horrible tragedy—a tragedy that’s compounded when it’s discovered that the vast majority of Ruth’s legacy from her uncle was paper money stored in a safe that didn’t survive the fire. The safe, however, was reputed for being fireproof, and soon an errant £20 note brings Inspector French onto the scene. This, the third in the ...

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A Woman of Thirty

Автор:
Honoré de Balzac

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2024-12-09

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English

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71

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Description A Woman of Thirty is unusual in that the protagonist is thirty years of age in just one of the six vignettes that make up the novel. As the novel opens, Julie is a young girl in her late teenage years. She and her father are going to see Napoleon and his army as they embark on the campaign that ended with his defeat at Leipzig. Julie is in love with a colonel, which is an unpleasant surprise to her father. He warns her of the man’s many weaknesses and tells her she’s not ready for married life—and definitely not married life with him. Like most young woman of that age, she doesn’t listen, and quickly finds herself in a marriage with a man who’s not what she imagined. The remaining five vignettes drop in on Julie at various...

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Quicksand

Автор:
Nella Larsen

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2024-12-07

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English

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47

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Larsen’s debut novel, opens with Helga Crane, a biracial woman, struggling to fit in at Naxos, a fictional Negro school where she works as a teacher. Dissatisfied, Helga embarks on a journey to find herself, moving through Harlem and Copenhagen in search of a place where she belongs. The novel explores themes of identity and race through the struggles of the mixed-race protagonist.

The novel was published in 1928 during the heart of the Harlem renaissance. Larsen herself was of mixed Danish and African American heritage, and the character and struggles of Helga Crane were heavily influenced by Larsen’s own life.

Today, the novel continues to be read..." data-title="Книга Quicksand">

Description Quicksand, Larsen’s debut novel, opens with Helga Crane, a biracial woman, struggling to fit in at Naxos, a fictional Negro school where she works as a teacher. Dissatisfied, Helga embarks on a journey to find herself, moving through Harlem and Copenhagen in search of a place where she belongs. The novel explores themes of identity and race through the struggles of the mixed-race protagonist. The novel was published in 1928 during the heart of the Harlem renaissance. Larsen herself was of mixed Danish and African American heritage, and the character and struggles of Helga Crane were heavily influenced by Larsen’s own life. Today, the novel continues to be read...

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The Mirror of the Sea

Автор:
Joseph Conrad

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2024-12-06

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English

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62

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Joseph Conrad. Prior to his career as a writer, Conrad spent two decades as a sailor, working in the French and British merchant marine from 1874 to 1894. Published in 1906, The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of essays on Conrad’s relationship with the sea, sailing, and ships.

The book’s fifteen essays explore a wide range of maritime topics: from a seafarer’s perspective on departure and landfall, to the nature of the East and West Winds, and the symbolism of the anchor. These thematic reflections are mixed with personal anecdotes and autobiographical chapters in which Conrad reflects on..." data-title="Книга The Mirror of the Sea">

Description The Mirror of the Sea is the first of two autobiographical memoirs by Joseph Conrad. Prior to his career as a writer, Conrad spent two decades as a sailor, working in the French and British merchant marine from 1874 to 1894. Published in 1906, The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of essays on Conrad’s relationship with the sea, sailing, and ships. The book’s fifteen essays explore a wide range of maritime topics: from a seafarer’s perspective on departure and landfall, to the nature of the East and West Winds, and the symbolism of the anchor. These thematic reflections are mixed with personal anecdotes and autobiographical chapters in which Conrad reflects on...

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The Secret of Chimneys

Автор:
Agatha Christie

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2024-12-04

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English

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73

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Description Anthony Cade, a quick-witted rogue spending some time working as a tour guide in Zimbabwe, meets a friend who hands him a manuscript with instructions to deliver it to its publishers in London. Cade agrees, and quickly discovers that the manuscript is desperately sought after by high-level dignitaries—and revolutionaries—of the country of Herzoslovakia. As he does his best to complete his task in bustling London, he soon finds himself a guest of one Lord Caterham for a weekend party at his country estate, Chimneys. Chimneys, legendary for its long history of esteemed guests ranging from politicians to business magnates to royalty, is an ideal location for a murder mystery: it’s palatial, filled with secret rooms, and surrounded by...

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The Viaduct Murder

Автор:
Ronald A. Knox

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2024-12-02

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English

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59

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Ronald A. Knox was something of a polymath, who as a boy was fascinated by Sherlock Holmes. He was so interested mysteries that he wrote and promulgated the “Ten Commandments” for..." data-title="Книга The Viaduct Murder">

Description As the fog and rain clear one Tuesday afternoon in October, four members of a village golf club decide to fit in a match before evening sets in. One of them slices his drive off the third tee. Following his ball to the foot of the neighboring railway viaduct, he stumbles upon a body. The police soon arrive, but they seem to ignore some odd circumstances noticed by the friends, and the four decide to investigate themselves. Ronald A. Knox was something of a polymath, who as a boy was fascinated by Sherlock Holmes. He was so interested mysteries that he wrote and promulgated the “Ten Commandments” for...

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The Man of Destiny

Автор:
George Bernard Shaw

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2024-11-30

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English

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17

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Description After the Battle of Lodi, General Napoleon is sitting in an inn and eating his dinner when a Lieutenant arrives to tell him that some of his dispatches have been stolen. Napoleon determines that a strange lady also staying in the inn has them in her possession, and thus begins a battle of wits for the papers—and over Napoleon’s philosophy. The Man of Destiny was written and first performed in 1897, and has been adapted for radio and television. It was first published in the collection Plays...

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The Maid of Sker

Автор:
R. D. Blackmore

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2024-11-30

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English

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212

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Description Having been invalided out of the British navy, Davy Llewellyn plies his trade as a fisherman on the south coast of Wales. Investigating the wreck of a boat during a wild storm, he discovers an infant girl—the eponymous “maid of Sker”—whom he adopts. Her beauty and wit win a place in his heart that his own orphaned granddaughter can’t compete with. Llewellyn’s maritime activities also bring him to the Devonshire coast opposite his home, where he becomes embroiled with a corrupt parson. Years pass, during which Davy finds himself once again enlisted into the navy and involved in many adventures, some of which edge him closer to finding out the truth of the maid of Sker’s identity—but it’s almost twenty years before her full story is...

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