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Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales". The material in the first three of these sections is non-fiction[citation needed]. The last section comprises fictional stories. Originally, the sketches were published in various newspapers and periodicals from 1833–1836.The popularity of Dickens’ writings was enhanced by the regular inclusion of detailed illustrations to highlight key scenes and characters. The stories typically featured two black-and-white illustrations per instalment, plus an illustrated cover design for the wrapper. The images were created with wood engravings or metal etchings. Dickens worked closely with several illustrators during his career, including George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (aka "Phiz"), and John Leech, although Browne is typically considered to be most strongly identified with Dickens’ stories. The accuracy of the illustrations was of utmost importance to Dickens, as the drawings portrayed the characters just as he envisioned them, and they gave valuable insight to the reader about the characters’ personalities and motives, as well as the plot.The Mudfog Papers relates the proceedings of the fictional 'The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything', a Pickwickian parody of the British Association for the Advancement of Science[1][2] founded in York in 1831, one of the numerous Victorian learned societies dedicated to the advancement of Science. Like The Pickwick Papers, The Mudfog Papers claim affinity with Parliamentary reports, memoirs, and posthumous papers. The serial was illustrated by George Cruikshank.The fictional town of Mudfog was based on Chatham in Kent, where Dickens spent part of his youth. Mudfog was described by Dickens as being the town where Oliver Twist was born and spent his early years when the story first appeared in 'Bentley's Miscellany' in February 1837, making it a continuation of The Mudfog Papers, but this allusion was removed when the story was printed in book form.

-With 120 original Illustrations. -All Illustrations are High Definition for a better experience with kindle fire devices. -Table of contents to every chapters in the book. -Complete and formatted for kindle to improve your reading experience Sketches New and Old is a group of fictional stories by Mark Twain. It was published in CONTENTS1875. It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.SKETCHES NEW AND OLDPREFACE.MY WATCH-AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE [Written about 1870.]POLITICAL ECONOMYTHE JUMPING FROG [written about 1865]JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE [written about 1871]STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY [written about 1865]STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY [Written about 1865]TWO POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE [written about 1865]A VISIT TO NIAGARA [written about 1871]ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS [written about 1865]TO RAISE POULTRY Written about 1870.]THE EXPERIENCES OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUPMY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE [written about 1865]HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK [written about 1869]THE OFFICE BORE [written about 1869]JOHNNY GREERTHE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT [written about 1867]THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER, DECEASEDDISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOYTHE JUDGE’S “SPIRITED WOMAN”INFORMATION WANTEDSOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLSSOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLSSOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLSTHE FACTS CONCERNING THE LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP [written about 1867]A FASHION ITEM [written about 1867]RILEY-NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTA FINE OLD MANSCIENCE V.S. LUCK [written about 1867]THE KILLING OF JULIUS CæSAR “LOCALIZED » [Written about 1865.]THE WIDOW’S PROTESTAN ITEM WHICH THE EDITOR HIMSELF COULD NOT UNDERSTAND [written about 1865]A MEDIÆVAL ROMANCE [written about 1868]PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHTAFTER-DINNER SPEECHLIONIZING MURDERERSA NEW CRIMEA CURIOUS DREAM [Written about 1870.]A TRUE STORY WORD FOR WORD AS I HEARD IT-[Written about 1875]PERSONNAL HABITS OF THE SIAMESE TWINS [Written about 1868.]SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET AT LONDON [Written about 1872.]A GHOST STORYLEGEND OF THE CAPITOLINE VENUSSPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCEJOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORKHOW I ONCE EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER [Written about 1870.]THE PETRIFIED MANMY BLOODY MASSACRETHE UNDERTAKER’S CHATCONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDSAURELIA’S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN [Written about 1865.]“AFTER” JENKINSABOUT BARBERS“PARTY CRIES” IN IRELANDTHE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION [Written about 1867]HISTORY REPEATS ITSELFHONORED AS A CURIOSITYTHE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [written about 1870]THE « BLIND LETTER » DEPARTMENT, LONDON P. O.FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD [Written about 1870.]CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS [Written about 1867.]THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST [Written about 1866.]CURING A COLD [Written about 1864]A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSIONRUNNING FOR GOVERNOR [Written about 1870.]A MYSTERIOUS VISIT

-With 55 original Illustrations by Lester Ralph. -Table of contents to every chapters in the book. -Complete and formatted for kindle to improve your reading experienceEve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in book format in June 1906 by Harper and Brothers[1] publishing house. It is written in the style of a diary kept by the first woman in the biblical creation story, Eve, and is claimed to be "translated from the original MS." The "plot" of this novel is the first-person account of Eve from her creation up to her burial by, her mate, Adam, including meeting and getting to know Adam, and exploring the world around her, Eden. The story then jumps 40 years into the future after the Fall and expulsion from Eden. It is one of a series of books Twain wrote concerning the story of Adam and Eve, including 'Extracts from Adam's Diary,' 'That Day In Eden,' 'Eve Speaks,' 'Adam's Soliloquy,' and the 'Autobiography of Eve.' Eve's Diary has a lighter tone than the others in the series, as Eve has a strong appreciation for beauty and love. The book may have been written as a posthumous love-letter to Mark Twain's wife Olivia Langdon Clemens, or Livy, who died in June 1904, just before the story was written. Mark Twain is quoted as saying, "Eve's Diary is finished — I've been waiting for her to speak, but she doesn't say anything more." The story ends with Adam's speaking at Eve's grave, "Wherever she was, there was Eden."The book version of the story was published with 55 illustrations by Lester Ralph, on each left hand page. The illustrations depicted Eve and Adam in their natural settings. The depiction of an unclothed woman was considered pornographic when the book was first released in the United States, and created a controversy around the book. One library in Charlton, Massachusetts banned the book for the depictions of Eve in "summer costume."When contacted Twain replied:“The action of the Charlton library was not of the slightest interest to me.”Two weeks later, after testifying before Congress, he elaborated as reported in the Washington Herald,“The whole episode has rather amused me. I have no feeling of vindictiveness over the stand of the librarians there — I am only amused. You see they did not object to my book; they objected to Lester Ralph's pictures. I wrote the book; I did not make the pictures. I admire the pictures, and I heartily approve them, but I did not make them.It seems curious to me — some of the incidents in this case. It appears that the pictures in Eve's Diary were first discovered by a lady librarian. When she made the dreadful find, being very careful, she jumped at no hasty conclusions — not she — she examined the horrid things in detail. It took her some time to examine them all, but she did her hateful duty! I don't blame her for this careful examination; the time she spent was, I am sure, enjoyable, for I found considerable fascination in them myself.Then she took the book to another librarian, a male this time, and he, also, took a long time to examine the unclothed ladies. He must have found something of the same sort of fascination in them that I found…”In a letter to a friend, Harriett E. Whitmore, he commented:“the truth is, that when a Library expels a book of mine and leaves an unexpurgated Bible lying around where unprotected youth and age can get hold of it, the deep unconscious irony of it delights me and doesn't anger me.

This collection contains 10 classic novels, 16 short stories, and 4 collections of poetry by Herman Melville! All pieces are equipped with an active Table of Contents for smooth navigation, and the collection has been formatted for optimal viewing on the Kindle! This classic collection includes:Novels:TYPEEOMOO: ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEASMARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHERREDBURN. HIS FIRST VOYAGEWHITE-JACKETMOBY DICK; OR THE WHALEPIERRE:ISRAEL POTTERTHE CONFIDENCE-MAN: HIS MASQUERADE.BILLY BUDDShort Stories:THE PIAZZA TALES, containing:• THE PIAZZA• BARTLEBY• BENITO CERENO• THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN• THE ENCANTADAS• THE BELL-TOWERCOCK-A-DOODLE-DOO !POOR MAN’S PUDDING, RICH MAN’S CRUMBSTHE HAPPY FAILURETHE FIDDLERTHE PARADISE OF BACHELORSTHE TARTARUS OF MAIDSJIMMY ROSETHE ‘GEESI AND MY CHIMNEYTHE APPLE-TREE TABLEPoetry Collections:BATTLE-PIECES AND ASPECTS OF THE WAR.CLARELJOHN MARR AND OTHER POEMSTIMOLEON

Travel with Dorothy, Toto, The Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and others to the Marvelous land of Oz! This collection contains 15 novels and 1 short story collection, the completes Oz series! The collection has been formatted for optimal viewing on the Kindle and is equipped with an active Table of Contents for smooth navigation! The collection includes:THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZTHE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZOZMA OF OZDOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZTHE ROAD TO OZTHE EMERALD CITY OF OZTHE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZLITTLE WIZARD STORIES OF OZTIK-TOK OF OZTHE SCARECROW OF OZRINKITINK IN OZTHE LOST PRINCESS OF OZTHE TIN WOODMAN OF OZTHE MAGIC OF OZGLINDA OF OZTHE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ