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Dora Sigerson Shorter - Fairy Changeling and Other Poems
This is a volume of poetry by Dora Sigerson Shorter. As much of her other poetry, this volume also succeeds in connecting a modern style of poetry with deep emotion and themes of Irish mythology. — Summary by Carolin
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Anthologies
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Kenneth Grahame - Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too-common subject of death. Selected and edited by Kenneth Grahame. — Summary...
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Anthologies
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Henry Norman - Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean
This special anthology, published in 1885, is formed of seven stories, together with an introductory chapter setting up a framing narrative by Henry Norman, which is returned to at the end of each subsequent tale....
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Fantastic Fiction
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Adelbert von Chamisso - wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl, the Man who lost his Shadow
Peter Schlemihl is an ordinary man until one day he bargains with the devil: He trades his shadow for a bottomless purse. While this sounds like a good idea at first, it turns out that having no shadow is considered...
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