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The Village

Автор:

Ivan Bunin

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2026-05-29

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English

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70

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Ivan Bunin’s first full novel, and portrays the Russian peasantry in a very different light to how they had previously been idealized. While there’s a physical village in the novel, the village of the title is a reference to Russian society: Bunin said that “my novel depicts the life of rural Russia; along..." data-title="Книга The Village">

Description Tikhon and Kuzma Krasoff, brothers from a long line of petty criminals, manage to work together long enough to start a business selling sundries from a roving cart, but a dispute over the division of profits forces them apart. Tikhon is content to stay near the old family village in the southwest of Russia and grow his business, but Kuzma has bigger dreams. The Village is Ivan Bunin’s first full novel, and portrays the Russian peasantry in a very different light to how they had previously been idealized. While there’s a physical village in the novel, the village of the title is a reference to Russian society: Bunin said that “my novel depicts the life of rural Russia; along...

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My Life in China and America

Автор:

Yung Wing

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2026-05-29

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English

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58

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Yung Wing was educated in an English-language mission school. As a teenager, he was given the opportunity to attend a boarding school in Massachusetts. Afterwards, he enrolled at Yale and graduated in 1854, becoming the first Chinese graduate of an American university, as well as a naturalized citizen of the United States.

In his memoir My Life in China and America, Yung Wing recounts his experiences, beginning with his childhood and ending with his civil service in the Chinese government. He gives a firsthand account of major historical events like the Taiping Rebellion, the Qing dynasty’s modernization efforts, and Empress Dowager..." data-title="Книга My Life in China and America">

Description Born to a family of humble origins near Macau, Yung Wing was educated in an English-language mission school. As a teenager, he was given the opportunity to attend a boarding school in Massachusetts. Afterwards, he enrolled at Yale and graduated in 1854, becoming the first Chinese graduate of an American university, as well as a naturalized citizen of the United States. In his memoir My Life in China and America, Yung Wing recounts his experiences, beginning with his childhood and ending with his civil service in the Chinese government. He gives a firsthand account of major historical events like the Taiping Rebellion, the Qing dynasty’s modernization efforts, and Empress Dowager...

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The Rover

Автор:

Joseph Conrad

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2026-05-27

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English

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88

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Conrad completed before his death in 1924. The book is in part a retelling of the myth of Acis and Galatea, and was adapted into a film in 1967. The epigraph, taken from Spenser’s

Description Having spent his life roving faraway seas, Peyrol returns to his birthplace on the French coast to retire on a small fortune acquired through piracy. Meanwhile, the historical events of the French Revolution and France’s war with England make Peyrol reconsider his withdrawal to undertake a patriotic mission. The Rover, published in 1923, is the last novel Conrad completed before his death in 1924. The book is in part a retelling of the myth of Acis and Galatea, and was adapted into a film in 1967. The epigraph, taken from Spenser’s ...

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Short Fiction

Автор:

Catherine Louisa Pirkis

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2026-05-27

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English

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85

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Catherine Louisa Pirkis was a Victorian author who wrote primarily romance and mystery novels and short fiction, serialized in the literary magazines of the day.

Pirkis’s typical story revolves around the difficulties of maintaining social standing as a young Victorian woman while something bigger than society is happening to you. The stories are written with warmth for the always strong-spirited lead, and typically blend a wry sense of humor into the challenges her characters face. Pirkis was fond of animals in her stories, especially the dogs that appear many times over; the last short story in this collection—“Jack: A Mendicant”—is a tragedy that was..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Catherine Louisa Pirkis was a Victorian author who wrote primarily romance and mystery novels and short fiction, serialized in the literary magazines of the day. Pirkis’s typical story revolves around the difficulties of maintaining social standing as a young Victorian woman while something bigger than society is happening to you. The stories are written with warmth for the always strong-spirited lead, and typically blend a wry sense of humor into the challenges her characters face. Pirkis was fond of animals in her stories, especially the dogs that appear many times over; the last short story in this collection—“Jack: A Mendicant”—is a tragedy that was...

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The Sword of Damocles

Автор:

Anna Katharine Green

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2026-05-25

Язык книги:

English

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139

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Anna Katharine Green’s Detective Gryce series, but in this story, Detective Gryce plays a minor role and isn’t involved in the central mystery. Instead, the novel focuses on themes of guilt, repentance, redemption, mercy, and, of course, the main characters’ love..." data-title="Книга The Sword of Damocles">

Description Edward is a successful businessman and president of a bank—but his success is founded on a secret that leaves him haunted and guilt-ridden. When the exposure of this secret threatens to undo the life of his nephew Bertram, he wrestles with how to maintain his honor while accepting the consequences of his past decisions. This is the third in Anna Katharine Green’s Detective Gryce series, but in this story, Detective Gryce plays a minor role and isn’t involved in the central mystery. Instead, the novel focuses on themes of guilt, repentance, redemption, mercy, and, of course, the main characters’ love...

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The Great Illusion

Автор:

Norman Angell

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2026-05-21

Язык книги:

English

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107

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Norman Angell argues that human development has reached a critical turning point where the traditional spoils of war—territory, trade, and tribute—are no longer attainable through force. In a global system defined by complex financial and commercial interdependence, a nation cannot capture the wealth of a rival without simultaneously destroying the credit-built foundation of its own economy. Angell doesn’t claim that military conflict is impossible, but rather that war is fundamentally futile for securing the material or moral needs of civilized..." data-title="Книга The Great Illusion">

Description The Great Illusion challenges the deeply ingrained theory that military dominance secures national wealth and prosperity. Norman Angell argues that human development has reached a critical turning point where the traditional spoils of war—territory, trade, and tribute—are no longer attainable through force. In a global system defined by complex financial and commercial interdependence, a nation cannot capture the wealth of a rival without simultaneously destroying the credit-built foundation of its own economy. Angell doesn’t claim that military conflict is impossible, but rather that war is fundamentally futile for securing the material or moral needs of civilized...

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Moving the Mountain

Автор:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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2026-05-20

Язык книги:

English

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48

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Description John, a man who has spent the last thirty years in Tibet recovering from a head injury and totally unaware of his surroundings, regains consciousness and returns home, only to find that society has rapidly and drastically changed. The world as he knew it has become a feminist utopia, where civil rights, efficiency, and quality are of the utmost importance. The residents do their best to explain all of the societal changes that have happened in the past thirty years to John—who they consider to be a sociological dinosaur—while also pointing out all the flaws in the system they left behind. Food production and nutrition have been completely overhauled, work is nothing but a pleasure for every worker, and poverty is a concept that only exists in...

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Bel Ami

Автор:

Guy de Maupassant

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2026-05-19

Язык книги:

English

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107

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Guy de Maupassant’s second novel. It was first published in 1885 and was an instant success, with fifty more editions appearing in the following two years. This translation by Vizetelly & Co. was published in 1888. Bel Ami shows the rampant corruption prevalent in 19th century French high..." data-title="Книга Bel Ami">

Description Georges Duroy returns to Paris from military service in Algeria penniless. After meeting up with an old friend, he finds journalism work at a renowned newspaper. He gradually climbs the ranks to chief-editor—but all this time, he hasn’t been using his wit as a writer, but rather the clever manipulation of the women around him, to get ahead. Bel Ami is Guy de Maupassant’s second novel. It was first published in 1885 and was an instant success, with fifty more editions appearing in the following two years. This translation by Vizetelly & Co. was published in 1888. Bel Ami shows the rampant corruption prevalent in 19th century French high...

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Banjo

Автор:

Claude McKay

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2026-05-19

Язык книги:

English

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92

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Claude McKay’s second novel, follows a band of beachcombers made up of members of the African diaspora as they live as vagrants in Marseilles. Their de facto leader is the titular Banjo, an easygoing African-American musician and veteran of World War I, who aspires to assemble the band of beach boys into an orchestra. The novel also follows Ray, an itinerant Haitian writer and intellectual who debuted in McKay’s first novel, Home to Harlem. Structured as a series of vignettes, Banjo explores themes of Pan-Africanism and transnational racial identity in its depiction of the international..." data-title="Книга Banjo">

Description Banjo, Claude McKay’s second novel, follows a band of beachcombers made up of members of the African diaspora as they live as vagrants in Marseilles. Their de facto leader is the titular Banjo, an easygoing African-American musician and veteran of World War I, who aspires to assemble the band of beach boys into an orchestra. The novel also follows Ray, an itinerant Haitian writer and intellectual who debuted in McKay’s first novel, Home to Harlem. Structured as a series of vignettes, Banjo explores themes of Pan-Africanism and transnational racial identity in its depiction of the international...

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Bel Ami

Автор:

Guy de Maupassant

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-18

Язык книги:

English

Кол-во страниц:

107

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Guy de Maupassant’s second novel. It was first published in 1885 and was an instant success, with fifty more editions appearing in the following two years. This translation by Vizetelly & Co. was published in 1888. Bel Ami shows the rampant corruption prevalent in 19th century French high..." data-title="Книга Bel Ami">

Description Georges Duroy returns to Paris from military service in Algeria penniless. After meeting up with an old friend, he finds journalism work at a renowned newspaper. He gradually climbs the ranks to chief-editor—but all this time, he hasn’t been using his wit as a writer, but rather the clever manipulation of the women around him, to get ahead. Bel Ami is Guy de Maupassant’s second novel. It was first published in 1885 and was an instant success, with fifty more editions appearing in the following two years. This translation by Vizetelly & Co. was published in 1888. Bel Ami shows the rampant corruption prevalent in 19th century French high...

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Saïd the Fisherman

Автор:

Marmaduke Pickthall

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-14

Язык книги:

English

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113

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Description Saïd is a fisherman who has carefully saved up a small fortune to buy a coffeehouse. He imagines this to be the start of his upward climb in social status, until his savings mysteriously disappear. Convinced that this is the work of a jinni, he packs up his belongings and leaves with his wife, headed for a new start somewhere else. Along the way, Saïd gets ahead smoothly by cunning and thievery, yet his fortunes are just as easily reversed by a turn of luck or the trickery of others. After some rises and falls in his fortunes, Saïd is finally established as a merchant—but will his relentless greed cause his...

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Perishable Goods

Автор:

Dornford Yates

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-13

Язык книги:

English

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65

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Description Jonathan Mansel, leader of the Blind Corner expedition, has been robbed; but they’ve taken none of the money in his safe—just a bundle of letters. The thieves, however, knew specifically what they were looking for: the letters were from the wife of a close friend, and Mansel is worried that the contents may have exposed his weakness to his enemies. Sure enough, when she goes missing during a riding excursion while on holiday in Austria, and a ransom demand for half a million pounds arrives, it’s obvious who’s behind this. The next day, Mansel along with his friends and trusty dog are back in the Rolls and speeding through Europe on a rescue mission. In Perishable Goods, set six months after the events of ...

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The Fifth Queen Crowned

Автор:

Ford Madox Ford

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-13

Язык книги:

English

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60

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Ford Madox Ford’s concluding volume of The Fifth Queen trilogy traces the arc of Katharine’s..." data-title="Книга The Fifth Queen Crowned">

Description With Thomas Cromwell fallen and her rival’s schemes in ruins, Katharine Howard stands at the summit of Tudor power as Henry VIII’s crowned queen. Yet the court she now presides over is no less treacherous for the removal of its greatest schemer. Around her, Protestant and Catholic factions maneuver ceaselessly for mastery of the king’s conscience, and the very virtues that won Katharine Henry’s devotion—her candor, her learning, her uncompromising piety—make her enemies as readily as they make her friends. Ford Madox Ford’s concluding volume of The Fifth Queen trilogy traces the arc of Katharine’s...

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Dr. Wortle’s School

Автор:

Anthony Trollope

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-09

Язык книги:

English

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76

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Trollope’s death, Trollope uses the Doctor’s predicament to explore the difficult choices that must be made when rigid social and moral codes stand in conflict with personal integrity and simple human..." data-title="Книга Dr. Wortle’s School">

Description Dr. Wortle, village rector and headmaster, needs a respectable married couple to serve as assistant master and matron of the school he runs. Mr. and Mrs. Peacocke seem to be the perfect candidates, and soon settle into life in the quiet town of Bowick. But in a society where reputation is everything, rumors about their past cause a scandal that threatens to upend the Doctor’s quiet life. In this 1879 novel, written just three years before Trollope’s death, Trollope uses the Doctor’s predicament to explore the difficult choices that must be made when rigid social and moral codes stand in conflict with personal integrity and simple human...

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The Nature of a Crime

Автор:

Joseph Conrad

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2026-05-09

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English

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17

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Joseph Conrad and

Description The unnamed narrator of “The Nature of a Crime” is a lawyer in a difficult situation: he has been entrusted with looking after the assets of a wealthy family—but he’s lost most of it gambling. Some small portion remains, and he still has hopes of recovering his losses. But when his client announces that he’s getting married and requires his funds returned immediately, the narrator finds himself on the verge of suicide. He writes letters to his lover explaining his predicament in an attempt to come to terms with his actions. This short story, first published in 1909, is the last of three collaborations between Joseph Conrad and ...

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Hamilton

Автор:

Mary P. Hamlin

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-08

Язык книги:

English

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28

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Alexander Hamilton is enticed into an extramarital affair by Mrs. Reynolds, perhaps with the connivance of his political enemies, then blackmailed by her husband. When his payments to her husband are exposed, Hamilton is accused of exploiting his office. Will Hamilton sacrificing his personal honor and future ambitions to preserve the integrity of the office? The play is based on historical fact, but condenses the timeline, capturing the essence of Hamilton’s sincerity, dedication, honor, and..." data-title="Книга Hamilton">

Description Founding father Alexander Hamilton is enticed into an extramarital affair by Mrs. Reynolds, perhaps with the connivance of his political enemies, then blackmailed by her husband. When his payments to her husband are exposed, Hamilton is accused of exploiting his office. Will Hamilton sacrificing his personal honor and future ambitions to preserve the integrity of the office? The play is based on historical fact, but condenses the timeline, capturing the essence of Hamilton’s sincerity, dedication, honor, and...

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The Walls of Jericho

Автор:

Rudolph Fisher

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-06

Язык книги:

English

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45

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Description When Fred Merrit, a wealthy and light-skinned black lawyer, decides to move into an exclusively white neighborhood in Manhattan, he hires three of the toughest movers in Harlem, Joshua “Shine” Jones, Jinx Jenkins, and Bubber Brown, to bring his possessions safely into his new home. Under the surface, all is not well. Fred Merrit’s new neighbors, like the haughty Miss Agatha Cramp, resent his intrusion into their neighborhood, while the working-class “rats” of the Harlem community resent the cultural mores of professional “dickties” like Fred Merrit. These confrontations all come to the fore in The Walls of Jericho, a comedy of manners depicting everyday life during the Harlem...

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The Wolf-Leader

Автор:

Alexandre Dumas

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-04

Язык книги:

English

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88

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Description Thibault, a French shoemaker in his mid twenties, has his craft and the possibility of marriage with Agnelette, but he’s unhappy with his status in society and wants to move up the social ladder. A contretemps with the Baron of Vez leads to Thibault’s failed attempt to poach a deer from the Baron’s land, but Thibault’s wishes are unexpectedly answered when a black wolf that walks on its hind legs—and speaks!—delivers him the buck. The wolf explains that Thibault can have anything he desires, in exchange for just a few of his hairs. The wishes granted by this compact become reality—but not necessarily in the way that Thibault expects. The Wolf-Leader, written in 1857, isn’t considered to be one of ...

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Gullible’s Travels

Автор:

Ring Lardner

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2026-05-04

Язык книги:

English

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50

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Ring Lardner to satirize marriage, social dynamics, and the newly emerging middle class of the late 1910s.

In 1917, the first five stories about the unnamed narrator and his “Missus” were compiled in book form as Gullible’s Travels, Etc. This Standard Ebooks edition also includes a later sixth story, “A Friendly Game,” which didn’t make it to print until..." data-title="Книга Gullible’s Travels">

Description Published in The Saturday Evening Post between 1916 and 1917, the stories that make up Gullible’s Travels follow the comical misadventures of a long-suffering husband and his aspiring socialite wife. The unnamed protagonists and their hapless attempts to climb the social ladder serve as a canvas for Ring Lardner to satirize marriage, social dynamics, and the newly emerging middle class of the late 1910s. In 1917, the first five stories about the unnamed narrator and his “Missus” were compiled in book form as Gullible’s Travels, Etc. This Standard Ebooks edition also includes a later sixth story, “A Friendly Game,” which didn’t make it to print until...

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The Adventures of Sally

Автор:

P. G. Wodehouse

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Дата добавления:

2026-05-04

Язык книги:

English

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77

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Wodehouse wrote and collaborated on numerous Broadway shows during and after World War I. This novel reflects his both Broadway experiences and English origins, combining them with his signature wit and humor into a feel-good love..." data-title="Книга The Adventures of Sally">

Description New Yorker Sally Nicholas turns twenty one, comes into an inheritance, and bids her boardinghouse and ballroom dance life goodbye. She funds her fiancé’s new Broadway play when it loses its original backer, and takes a vacation to France where she has a chance encounter with a man named Ginger Kemp. Both her and Ginger’s family force her to navigate many unexpected challenges and new adventures, all while trying to maintain her financial independence. Wodehouse wrote and collaborated on numerous Broadway shows during and after World War I. This novel reflects his both Broadway experiences and English origins, combining them with his signature wit and humor into a feel-good love...

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