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The 1994 CIA World Factbook
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
The 1994 CIA World Factbook, published by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, is a reference-style compendium that compiles global information across dem…
The Europeans
James, Henry, 1843-1916
The Europeans, by Henry James, is a novel first published in 1878. Two sophisticated siblings from Europe, Eugenia and Felix, travel to puritanical New England to m…
Confidence
James, Henry, 1843-1916
“Confidence” is a novel by Henry James first published in 1879. Set in a social world where relationships are constantly interpreted and reinterpreted, it centers o…
The American
James, Henry, 1843-1916
The novel The American by Henry James, published in 1877, follows Christopher Newman, a wealthy American businessman who travels to Europe in search of culture and …
Roderick Hudson
James, Henry, 1843-1916
Rowland Mallet, a wealthy Boston art patron, encounters a talented young sculptor, Roderick Hudson, and decides to sponsor his artistic education in Rome. Although …
The Phantom of the Opera
Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927
First published in 1909–1910, this Gothic horror novel by Gaston Leroux is set under the grand Paris Opera House, where a mysterious, disfigured figure known as the…
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, is a Gothic horror and philosophical novel published in 1890. It centers on a beautiful young man whose wish becomes rea…
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
Rohmer, Sax, 1883-1959
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1913 novel by Sax Rohmer. It follows Dr. Petrie after Nayland Smith arrives unexpectedly from Burma and shares news of a sinister t…
The Haunted Bookshop
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957
The Haunted Bookshop is a 1919 novel set in Brooklyn near the end of World War I. The story centers on Aubrey Gilbert, a young advertising man, whose search for ans…
Charlotte Temple
Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824
Charlotte Temple, by Mrs. Rowson, was first published in England in 1791. The novel follows Charlotte, a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl whose life is upended when a Br…
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
Doctor Wybrow, a well-known physician from London, reluctantly agrees to see a foreign woman whose appearance is described as unnervingly pale and intense. She come…
The Well at the World's End: A Tale
Morris, William, 1834-1896
Ralph, the youngest son of a king, chooses to defy his father’s wishes and set out on a quest for adventure. His search carries him beyond familiar borders into dan…
The History and Practice of the Art of Photography
Snelling, Henry Hunt, 1816-1897
Henry Hunt Snelling’s mid-19th-century work, The History and Practice of the Art of Photography, combines historical context with practical guidance for readers int…
American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight), 1823-1883
American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by S. D. Humphrey is a mid-19th-century scientific manual that presents the daguerreotype process as an emerging photographi…
Summer
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Summer is a novel by Edith Wharton published in 1917. Set in rural New England, it centers on Charity Royall, a seventeen-year-old living in a small mountain town u…