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The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard

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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Rudolf Erich Raspe · 140 pages

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The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy · 242 pages

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Captain Blood Returns

Rafael Sabatini · 296 pages

This book explores the further adventures of Captain Peter Blood part time doctor, full time pirate

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Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson · 278 pages

KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in 1751, the flight of David Balfour and Alan Breck across the Highlands of Scotland is based on real events. Though he wrote the book to make money, while living as an invalid in Bournemouth. Stevenson was proud of it; he inscribed a presentation copy with the couplet. Here is the one sound

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Conan (Book 1)

Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter · 221 pages

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle · 247 pages

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood retells the legends of the English outlaw Robin Hood, adapting the old ballads to be read by children. The story sees Robin become an outlaw and follows his adventures as he recruits Merry Men and outwits the local authorities. Pyle's stories set a precedent for much of the modern Robin Hood mythology and storytelling.

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With Fire and Sword

Henryk Sienkiewicz · 745 pages

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Mr. Midshipman Easy

Frederick Marryat · 349 pages

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce · 36 pages

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", it was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). The story, which is set

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The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas · 555 pages

Three great swordsmen, Porthos, Aramis, and Anthos, with their protege, D'Artagnan, match wits with the sinister Cardinal Richelieu who seeks to divide the royalty in his own quest for power.

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The Long Ships

Frans G. Bengtsson · 503 pages

Med en stor portion humor och en berättarglädje som knappast har något motstycke i den svenska litteraturen är Röde Orm en av våra få verkligt levande klassiker som har fängslat generationer av läsare. Orms äventyr börjar när han som yngling av en slump hamnar på ett vikingaskepp. Hans fortsatta öden berättas i dråpliga episoder om hans tid som galärslav och livvakt hos kalifens visir Almansur

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Ivanhoe

Walter Scott · 484 pages

The father of the historical novel, Sir Walter Scott invented a literary form that has remained popular for over one hundred and fifty years. Infusing his works with romance, action, and suspense, he brought long-gone eras back to life with splendor and spectacle.Set in England just after the Third Crusade, Ivanhoe is the tale of Wilfrid, a young Saxon knight, and his love for the royal princess R

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The Golden Ocean

Patrick O'Brian · 288 pages

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The Sebastopol Sketches

Leo Tolstoy

This collection comprises three short stories, all set in and around Sebastopol in Crimea, ‘Sebastopol in December’, ‘Sebastopol in May’ and ‘Sebastopol in August’. Collectively they pose a moving argument for the senselessness and brutality of war.

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King Solomon's Mines

H. Rider Haggard · 220 pages

King Solomon’s Mines was published in September 1885, becoming an immediate best seller by tapping into people’s excitement for the unknown: in this case, the unexplored regions of Africa. Haggard wrote the novel in a very short period, between six and sixteen months, on a bet with his brother to try to match Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. In the process he created a new literary ge

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Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories

Sholem Aleichem · 330 pages

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John Carter: Adventures on Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 664 pages

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Miguel Street

V.S. Naipaul · 176 pages

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The Dark Frigate

Charles Boardman Hawes · 247 pages

A young man dares not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he becomes a member of their crew.

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The Unvanquished

William Faulkner · 293 pages

Set in Mississippi during the Civil War and Reconstruction, THE UNVANQUISHED focuses on the Sartoris family, who, with their code of personal responsibility and courage, stand for the best of the Old South's traditions.

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