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The Wondrous Child : Under the Sunset and Other Stories by Bram Stoker The Wondrous Child By Bram Stoker The Wondrous Child Far away on the edge of a great creek, that stretched inland from the endless sea, there lay a peaceful village. Here the husbandmen led a happy, prosperous life. They rose early, so […]

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The Mystery Of Sasassa Valley by Arthur Conan Doyle The Mystery Of Sasassa Valley by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Do I know why Tom Donahue is called “Lucky Tom”? Yes, I do; and that is more than one in ten of those who call him so can say. I have knocked about a deal in […]

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The Hunting of The Snark Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) The Hunting of The Snark Poem an Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) The Hunting of The Snark Poem Preface If—and the thing is wildly possible—the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but instructive […]

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The Chain of Destiny by Bram Stoker First published in four instalments between May 1st 1875 and May 22nd 1875 : The Shamrock, Irish National Newspaper and Publishing Co., Dublin The Chain of Destiny By Bram Stoker The Chain of Destiny Contents The Chain of Destiny Chapter I A Warning The Chain of Destiny Chapter […]

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Buried Treasures by Bram Stoker First published in two installments March 13th 1875 and March 20th 1875 : The Shamrock, Irish National Newspaper and Publishing Co., Dublin Buried Treasures By Bram Stoker Buried Treasures Contents Buried Treasures Chapter I The Old Wreck Buried Treasures Chapter II Wind and Tide Buried Treasures Chapter III The Iron […]

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The Crystal Cup by Bram Stoker First published September 1872 : London Society, An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for Hours of Relaxation, W. Clowes and Sons, London The Crystal Cup by Bram Stoker The Crystal Cup Contents The Crystal Cup Chapter I. The Dream-Birth The Crystal Cup Chapter II. The Feast of […]

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Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Through the Looking-Glass Contents Through the Looking-Glass Chapter I. Looking-Glass house Through the Looking-Glass Chapter II. The Garden of Live Flowers Through the Looking-Glass Chapter III. Looking-Glass Insects Through the Looking-Glass Chapter IV. […]

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Jabberwocky Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poem from chapter II of Through the Looking-Glass. Jabberwocky Poem ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. ‘Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the […]

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Phantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Phantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) With Illustrations By Arthur B. Frost Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea. Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet […]

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Echoes Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. Echoes Poem Lady Clara Vere de Vere Was eight years old, she said: Every ringlet, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden thread. She took her little porringer: Of me she shall not win renown: For the baseness of its nature shall have […]

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Phantasmagoria Poem, in Seven Cantos by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. Phantasmagoria Poem, in Seven Cantos Phantasmagoria Contents Lewis Carroll – Phantasmagoria Poem, in Seven Cantos Lewis Carroll – Phantasmagoria Poem : Cantos I. The Trystyng Lewis Carroll – Phantasmagoria Poem : Cantos II. Hys Fyve Rules Lewis Carroll – […]

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A Sea Dirge Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. A Sea Dirge Poem There are certain things—as, a spider, a ghost, The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three— That I hate, but the thing that I hate the most Is a thing they call the Sea. Pour some salt […]

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