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The Nebuly Coat

Автор:

John Meade Falkner

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2025-04-02

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English

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117

Description The tower of Cullerne Minster, a vast church dating from the twelfth century, serves as a landmark on the south English coast, even though the town of Cullerne is no longer a port. The oversized parish church has fallen into some disrepair, and its rector has managed to secure funds for renovations to begin. The young architect, Edward Westray, is dispatched by his firm to oversee the work. As Westray settles to the task, he becomes embroiled in the small but dense web of social affairs in the town, and develops a deeper relationship with his fellow lodger, an embittered church organist. The history of the church, it transpires, is bound up with the local aristocracy—the lords Blandamer—with the Blandamer coat of arms featuring in the...

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Manhattan Transfer

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John Dos Passos

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2025-04-02

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English

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125

Description The scene is the end of the Gilded Age in New York City. Ellen Thatcher is a young girl who aspires to be an actress. Young Jimmy Herf returns after years abroad, and rejects business school, becoming a reporter. George Baldwin is a lawyer who wins a big case, but continues to struggle to grow his business, eventually entering politics. The novel weaves the lives of these characters together throughout the narrative. Manhattan Transfer also has a good number minor characters, some of whom only appear briefly, while others connect to the several plot lines. They range from a lowly street beggar to an aspiring architect, chasing after love and excitement in the fast pace of New York City, often encountering both frustration and...

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William—An Englishman

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Cicely Hamilton

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2025-03-31

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English

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Description William Tully is an unremarkable English clerk, passing his mundane and well-ordered life by doing what others tell him and trying to live up to their expectations. But when his mother passes away suddenly, William finally decides to take control of his own life and discover his purpose in the world. Inspired by a coworker’s advice, William becomes immersed in political activism and eventually meets Griselda Watkins, a young suffragette. The two fall in love and get married, and decide to spend their honeymoon in the Belgian Ardennes during the summer of 1914, away from everything and everyone they know in England. The looming shadow of World War I draws nearer with each day. William and Griselda may have suffered hostility and...

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The Trachiniae

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Sophocles

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2025-03-31

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English

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Sophocles’ lesser-known plays, yet it remains a powerful exploration of fate, suffering, and human fallibility. Though its exact date of composition is uncertain, scholars often place it later in the playwright’s career, possibly between 450 and 425 BCE. The play’s title refers to the women of Trachis, the chorus who witness and reflect on the unfolding catastrophe.

The play begins with Deianeira, wife of the absent hero Heracles, expressing her fears about his long absence and possible infidelity. Her anxieties are confirmed when she learns that Heracles has sacked a city to claim the young princess Iole as his concubine. Desperate to regain his..." data-title="Книга The Trachiniae">

Description The Trachiniae is one of Sophocles’ lesser-known plays, yet it remains a powerful exploration of fate, suffering, and human fallibility. Though its exact date of composition is uncertain, scholars often place it later in the playwright’s career, possibly between 450 and 425 BCE. The play’s title refers to the women of Trachis, the chorus who witness and reflect on the unfolding catastrophe. The play begins with Deianeira, wife of the absent hero Heracles, expressing her fears about his long absence and possible infidelity. Her anxieties are confirmed when she learns that Heracles has sacked a city to claim the young princess Iole as his concubine. Desperate to regain his...

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Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man

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Siegfried Sassoon

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2025-03-26

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English

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101

Siegfried Sassoon had built a reputation as a poet and man of letters, though he had not yet published prose. It wasn’t until the end of the decade that he finally made the attempt with Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, the first volume of his fictionalized autobiography—and he was so nervous about the prospect of publishing prose that he published it anonymously.

George Sherston, the semi-autobiographical stand-in for Sassoon, is a young boy growing up in the English countryside under the gentle care of his aunt Evelyn. His youth is idyllic, and he spends many afternoons..." data-title="Книга Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man">

Description By the 1920s, Siegfried Sassoon had built a reputation as a poet and man of letters, though he had not yet published prose. It wasn’t until the end of the decade that he finally made the attempt with Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, the first volume of his fictionalized autobiography—and he was so nervous about the prospect of publishing prose that he published it anonymously. George Sherston, the semi-autobiographical stand-in for Sassoon, is a young boy growing up in the English countryside under the gentle care of his aunt Evelyn. His youth is idyllic, and he spends many afternoons...

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The Giant Raft

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Jules Verne

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2025-03-26

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English

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Voyages Extraordinaires series, The Giant Raft combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and fauna of the majestic..." data-title="Книга The Giant Raft">

Description An ex-slave trader named Torres comes across a secret encrypted note and schemes to figure out what it means. Meanwhile, Joam Garral, who runs a farm in Peru near the source of the Amazon river and is an outlaw from Brazil, accedes to his daughter’s wishes to get married to her love at the mouth of the Amazon. They decide to travel down the Amazon with the entire family and servants in a giant raft, encountering many adventures on the way. 21st in the Voyages Extraordinaires series, The Giant Raft combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and fauna of the majestic...

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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

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Jules Verne

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2025-03-26

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English

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Voyages Extraordinaires series, Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and..." data-title="Книга Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon">

Description An ex-slave trader named Torres comes across a secret encrypted note and schemes to figure out what it means. Meanwhile, Joam Garral, who runs a farm in Peru near the source of the Amazon river and is an outlaw from Brazil, accedes to his daughter’s wishes to get married to her love at the mouth of the Amazon. They decide to travel down the Amazon with the entire family and servants in a giant raft, encountering many adventures on the way. 21st in the Voyages Extraordinaires series, Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and...

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A Woman of No Importance

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Oscar Wilde

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2025-03-19

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English

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Oscar Wilde’s second drawing-room play, following his successful Lady Windermere’s..." data-title="Книга A Woman of No Importance">

Description During a Victorian high society party, Gerald Arbuthnot is offered a coveted position with Lord Illingworth, a charismatic nobleman. But when Gerald introduces his mother, Mrs. Arbuthnot, to Lord Illingworth, she refuses to give her permission for him to accept the position. Gerald is confused, but Mrs. Arbuthnot is determined to keep her reasons a secret. A Woman of No Importance explores themes of marriage and morality, and satirizes the hypocrisy of Victorian society. It premiered in London in 1893, and is Oscar Wilde’s second drawing-room play, following his successful Lady Windermere’s...
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Allan Quatermain Stories

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H. Rider Haggard

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2025-03-19

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English

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Allan Quatermain’s short stories take the reader into the heart of the unforgivable African jungles. These short vignettes tell of the titular hunter’s various adventures, told in his own voice over dinners or in old journals. From buffaloes, to lions, to inter-tribe battles, Quatermain’s scars and stories prove that he has the grit and steady shot to overcome what other men would never..." data-title="Книга Allan Quatermain Stories">

Description Published in different magazines across forty years, Allan Quatermain’s short stories take the reader into the heart of the unforgivable African jungles. These short vignettes tell of the titular hunter’s various adventures, told in his own voice over dinners or in old journals. From buffaloes, to lions, to inter-tribe battles, Quatermain’s scars and stories prove that he has the grit and steady shot to overcome what other men would never...

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The Footsteps at the Lock

Автор:
Ronald A. Knox

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2025-03-19

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English

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66

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Description Derek Burtell is a boorish young man with a devotion to drink and drugs, and deeply in debt. His younger cousin, Nigel Burtell, is a pompous aesthete finishing his studies in Oxford. They share a childhood without parents, and a mutual antipathy. Derek is due to inherit a family fortune from his grandfather’s estate when he turns twenty-five, but if he should die before attaining that age, Nigel becomes the beneficiary. Complicating matters is the further possibility of a legacy from their great-aunt, if they can demonstrate that their hostilities have ceased. These are the factors leading to their decision to share a summer canoe holiday on the Thames, in spite of their animosity. As they are on the return leg of their excursion, Nigel...

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Understood Betsy

Автор:
Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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2025-03-19

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English

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47

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Description Nine-year-old orphan Elizabeth Ann has led a sheltered life ever since she was adopted by her Great-Aunt Harriet and Aunt Frances. Their overprotective parenting never let Elizabeth Ann fully experience her childhood or get along with other kids her age. When Great-Aunt Harriet takes ill, Aunt Frances is not able to care for both her mother and their young niece, so she’s forced to send Elizabeth Ann away to stay with her late mother’s cousins in a rural farm in Vermont. This drastic change in environment creates an opportunity for the young girl to discover who she really is and develop her own outlook on life, leaving behind the fragile and fearful nature of Elizabeth Ann to transform into the healthy, proud and confident...

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The Homemaker

Автор:
Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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2025-03-13

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English

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69

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Description Helping raise three children while her husband goes out to work for a local department store has taken its toll on Evangeline Knapp, as she can’t help feeling unhappy despite doing her best to fulfill her role as a mother and housekeeper. Meanwhile her husband Lester, working a monotonous accounting job that only serves to keep him away from his family, shares similar feelings. An unfortunate accident soon leads to a big change in their lifestyle, with Evangeline becoming the breadwinner while Lester takes care of their ill son Henry, their timid daughter Helen, and the young and impulsive Stephen. In The Homemaker Dorothy Canfield Fisher tells a story...

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Savrola

Автор:
Winston Churchill

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2025-03-12

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English

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57

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Description Set in the fictional European republic of Laurania, Savrola follows a popular opposition leader who clashes with an unpopular president who is tightening his grip on power. After a controversial government decision disenfranchises political rivals, riots erupt and spiral into violence, forcing the leader to navigate a dangerous balancing act: can he keep his supporters from running rampant, while removing the president from power? Complicating his efforts is his close friend, the president’s wife, who is torn between loyalty to her husband and sympathy for the opposition. Savrola was serialized in 1898 before being published in a single volume in 1900. ...

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The Secret of the Caves

Автор:
Franklin W. Dixon

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2025-03-07

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English

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40

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Hardy boys and their friends. To celebrate, they decide to take a trip to Honeycomb Caves, which are fabled to have hidden treasure, to explore and see if they can uncover the riches rumored to lie within. A wanted criminal prowling around nearby, and reports of screams and gun shots near the caves, aren’t enough to deter the boys, who are out for adventure and mystery. But with stolen food, a harrowing storm, and steep cliffs where one misstep is the last step, have the boys put themselves in more danger than they bargained for?

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Description Summer holidays are here for the Hardy boys and their friends. To celebrate, they decide to take a trip to Honeycomb Caves, which are fabled to have hidden treasure, to explore and see if they can uncover the riches rumored to lie within. A wanted criminal prowling around nearby, and reports of screams and gun shots near the caves, aren’t enough to deter the boys, who are out for adventure and mystery. But with stolen food, a harrowing storm, and steep cliffs where one misstep is the last step, have the boys put themselves in more danger than they bargained for? This book was published in 1929 and then rewritten in 1965. This Standard Ebooks edition follows the original...

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Trafalgar

Автор:
Benito Pérez Galdós

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2025-03-06

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English

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57

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Description Gabrield de Araceli is a young orphan living in Cádiz, Spain. His caretakers, a retired naval officer and his wife, keep a close eye on him until one of their old navy friends comes to visit to tell of a grand upcoming battle between England on one side, and France and Spain allied on the other. Gabriel’s master is stirred by memories of daring and adventure, and, when his disapproving wife is otherwise occupied, steals away with Gabriel to board the Santísima Trinidad—then the largest battleship in the world—and sail off to cover themselves in glory. The action they encounter later becomes known worldwide as the Battle of Trafalgar, one of England’s greatest naval victories and one of Spain’s most tragic...

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The Purple Land

Автор:
W. H. Hudson

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2025-03-05

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English

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96

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W. H. Hudson’s first novel. Ill-received by both critics and the public when first published, it was reevaluated in later years, with Jorge Luis Borges saying that it was “perhaps unexcelled by any work of Gaucho literature.”

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Description The Englishman Richard Lamb is forced to flee to Montevideo, Uruguay after marrying an Argentinian girl without her father’s permission. When he’s unable to find work in the city, he curses the country and its inhabitants, wishing that it was still ruled by England. Looking for work in the countryside, he finds adventure and romance while reexamining his beliefs about freedom and civilization. The Purple Land is W. H. Hudson’s first novel. Ill-received by both critics and the public when first published, it was reevaluated in later years, with Jorge Luis Borges saying that it was “perhaps unexcelled by any work of Gaucho literature.” Hudson was raised in...

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Representative Men

Автор:
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2025-03-05

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English

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59

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Ralph Waldo Emerson that were published as a book of essays in 1850. In the first essay Emerson discusses the role of great men and the importance they have on society. He argues that great men with their actions and achievements inspire others to reach for their own greatness. Emerson then examines the lives and works of six men he considers examples of what is possible for the rest of humanity: Plato the philosopher, Swedenborg the mystic, Montaigne the skeptic,

Description Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson that were published as a book of essays in 1850. In the first essay Emerson discusses the role of great men and the importance they have on society. He argues that great men with their actions and achievements inspire others to reach for their own greatness. Emerson then examines the lives and works of six men he considers examples of what is possible for the rest of humanity: Plato the philosopher, Swedenborg the mystic, Montaigne the skeptic, ...

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Midwinter

Автор:
John Buchan

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2025-03-04

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English

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88

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Robert Louis Stevenson, John Buchan was fascinated by the mid-18th century Jacobite uprising which pitted those loyal to the Stuarts—a faction largely based in Scotland—against those content with the Hanoverians then on the throne. Buchan was hard at work during the 1920s on his biography of the Marquess of Montrose which further deepened his historical inclinations. It was during this period that Midwinter was written. It’s generally regarded as one of Buchan’s more “serious” works of fiction, but for all that it retains moments of excitement and whimsy.

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Description Like Robert Louis Stevenson, John Buchan was fascinated by the mid-18th century Jacobite uprising which pitted those loyal to the Stuarts—a faction largely based in Scotland—against those content with the Hanoverians then on the throne. Buchan was hard at work during the 1920s on his biography of the Marquess of Montrose which further deepened his historical inclinations. It was during this period that Midwinter was written. It’s generally regarded as one of Buchan’s more “serious” works of fiction, but for all that it retains moments of excitement and whimsy. Midwinter tells the story...

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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Автор:
L. Frank Baum

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2025-03-04

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English

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42

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He and his balloon were also swallowed up by an earthquake, trapping him just like Dorothy and friends. Dorothy, the Wizard, and the rest of their companions proceed to embark a perilous journey through the..." data-title="Книга Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz">

Description Dorothy Gale, accompanied by her cat, Eureka, is traveling to visit her Uncle Henry and her other relatives in California, when she encounters her second cousin, Zeb. While en route in a horse-drawn buggy, an earthquake strikes, creating a vast crevasse into which Dorothy, Zeb, Eureka, and a cab-horse named Jim fall. While underground, they encounter the Wizard, who was last seen flying off in a balloon at the end of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He and his balloon were also swallowed up by an earthquake, trapping him just like Dorothy and friends. Dorothy, the Wizard, and the rest of their companions proceed to embark a perilous journey through the...

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The Fur Country

Автор:

Jules Verne

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2025-03-04

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English

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123

Description Lieutenant Hobson is an officer employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company, tasked with the mission of traveling to the Arctic Circle and building an outpost there in order to collect valuable furs. After a long voyage, the Lieutenant and his party settle on a small peninsula and build a modest fort. Though initially successful, the colony soon finds itself in grave danger when an earthquake severs their settlement from the mainland. Written during a period in which the fur trade was an important economic enterprise and the northern regions of America were still unexplored, The Fur Country follows the attempts of colonial settlers to claim and subdue “savage” territories. Like many of ...

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