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Tales of Space and Time
H. G. Wells
Modern · Introductory
This volume gathers three short stories and two novellas written between 1897 and 1898, exploring realms both distant and familiar.
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Tales of the Unexpected
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
The opening portion introduces the first story, "The Case of Davidson's Eyes," where the narrator witnesses a mysterious incident involving a man named Sidney Davidson at a technical college.
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Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
H. G. Wells
Modern · Advanced
The work serves as an educational text focused on the study of vertebrates, detailing various aspects of their anatomy, physiology, and biology, particularly through dissection.
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The Cave Girl
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
When frail, bookish Waldo Emerson Smith-Jones is swept overboard onto a mysterious jungle island, he encounters primitive tribes and a beautiful cave girl named Nadara.
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The Chessmen of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
When Tara, princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter, crashes her flier in a storm, she finds herself captured by the horrific Kaldanes—large heads with crab-like legs who ride headless human bodies.
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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
H. G. Wells
Modern · Introductory
First published in 1911, this anthology represents what Wells considered his short fiction worth preserving.
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The Critique of Pure Reason
Immanuel Kant
Early modern · Advanced
Kant's first Critique: an examination of what human reason can know independently of experience, and where its limits lie.
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The Dialogues of Plato in Five Volumes, Vol. 2 (of 5)
Plato
Ancient · Advanced
The second of five volumes of Plato's dialogues in Benjamin Jowett's English translation, each dialogue with the translator's introduction.
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The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
The opening story, "The Door in the Wall," introduces Lionel Wallace, a man who recounts a fantastical memory from his childhood about a door that leads to an enchanted garden.
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The Dream: A Novel
H. G. Wells
Modern · Introductory
Through this dream, Wells contrasts an utopian future with the "Age of Confusion" of Victorian and Edwardian England, exploring themes of class, family dysfunction, love, jealousy, and war through one ordinary man's tumultuous journey.
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The First Men in the Moon
H. G. Wells
Modern · Introductory
Two Englishmen journey to the Moon using a gravity-defying substance called cavorite, hoping to find valuable minerals.
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
H. G. Wells
Modern · Introductory
The narrative centers around the scientists Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood, who discover a substance called Herakleophorbia that dramatically enhances growth in living organisms, leading to potentially consequences.
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The Game of Logic
Lewis Carroll
Modern · Introductory
Using a playful board game with colored coins, Carroll transforms abstract logical propositions into tangible puzzles.
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The Gods of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
After ten years away, John Carter returns to Mars only to materialize in the Valley Dor—the Martian afterlife from which no one may leave.
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The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance
H. G. Wells
Modern · Introductory
Griffin, a scientist, discovers how to make himself invisible by altering his body's refractive index.
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells
Modern · Introductory
Shipwrecked scientist Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote island inhabited by Doctor Moreau, a disgraced physiologist conducting horrific experiments.
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The Land That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
When a German U-boat and its captors are sabotaged off course during World War I, they discover Caspak, a mysterious island where prehistoric creatures still roam and evolution unfolds in strange ways.
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The Last Man
Mary Shelley
Modern · Advanced
Set in late 21st-century Europe, the story follows humanity's struggle as a devastating plague sweeps across the globe, threatening extinction.
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The Lost Continent
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future where the Eastern Hemisphere has been cut off from the West for over 200 years following a devastating war.
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The Master Mind of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
The sixth book in the Barsoom series introduces Ulysses Paxton, an Earthman transported to Mars, where he becomes assistant to Ras Thavas, an elderly mad scientist who transplants brains into younger bodies.
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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern · Intermediate
Two Scottish brothers find their family torn apart when the Jacobite rising of 1745 forces them to choose opposite sides in the conflict.
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The Monster Men
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
Professor Arthur Maxon retreats to a remote island in the East Indies to conduct forbidden experiments in creating artificial human life.
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The Moon Maid
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
When humanity reaches the Moon in 1967 after decades of global war, they encounter inhabited worlds within—and unwittingly enable a catastrophic alliance.
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The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
Modern · Intermediate
Five Union prisoners escape the American Civil War by balloon, crash-landing on a remote volcanic island in the Pacific.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens
Modern · Introductory
Dickens's final and unfinished work centers on John Jasper, a cathedral choirmaster and opium addict who desires his pupil Rosa Bud—the fiancée of his nephew Edwin Drood.
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The New Teaching of History
H. G. Wells
Modern · Advanced
This book serves as a companion piece and a critical response to his preceding work, "The Outline of History.
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The People That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
This sequel follows Tom Billings as he mounts a daring rescue expedition to the lost Antarctic island of Caprona, where prehistoric creatures from multiple eras still roam.
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The Plattner Story, and Others
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
The book delves into themes of the supernatural and the bizarre, with a focus on the character of Gottfried Plattner, whose experiences challenge the boundaries of reality and existence.
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The Poison Belt
Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Introductory
Professor Challenger summons his companions to his Sussex home with urgent instructions to bring oxygen.
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The Republic
Plato
Ancient · Intermediate
Socrates and his companions ask what justice is, and build in conversation the plan of a just city to find the answer.
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The Republic of Plato
Plato
Ancient · Intermediate
Socrates and his companions ask what justice is, and build in conversation the plan of a just city to find the answer.
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The Salvaging of Civilization
H. G. Wells
Modern · Advanced
This work reflects on the disastrous consequences of war and the urgent necessity for humanity to create an unified global state capable of addressing the threats posed by modern conflict and societal disintegration.
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Modern · Advanced
Set in Puritan Massachusetts during the 1640s, it follows Hester Prynne, who bears a child outside marriage and must wear a scarlet "A" as punishment for adultery.
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The Secret of the Island
Jules Verne
Modern · Intermediate
It serves as a sequel to "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and follows a group of British adventurers who find themselves stranded on an island in the Pacific after a ballooning expedition goes awry.
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The Secret Places of the Heart
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
The story centers around Sir Richmond Hardy, a man immersed in the complexities of modern society and struggling with his mental state amidst the pressures of his work on the Fuel Commission.
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The Sleeper Awakes
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
A man falls into a coma in 1897 London and awakens 203 years later to discover he has become the world's wealthiest person.
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The Star
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
When a mysterious luminous object enters the Solar System and collides with Neptune, it creates a massive fireball hurtling toward Earth.
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
Published in 1895 as Wells's first short story collection, these fantasy and science fiction tales explore strange orchids, mysterious bacilli, diamond makers, and exotic islands.
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The Story of a Great Schoolmaster
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
It chronicles Frederick William Sanderson, headmaster of Oundle School and Wells's personal friend.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern · Intermediate
When London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson investigates strange occurrences involving his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde, he uncovers a disturbing mystery.
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The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
A Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller journeys to the year 802,701, where he discovers humanity has evolved into two distinct species: the childlike Eloi and the savage Morlocks.
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The War in the Air
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
The story follows Bert Smallways, an ordinary bicycle engineer who accidentally stumbles upon secret aircraft technology and gets swept into a catastrophic global conflict.
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The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
When Martians with superior intelligence and advanced weapons invade Earth, humanity faces extinction.
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The Warlord of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
John Carter races across the frozen polar regions of Mars to rescue his imprisoned wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from vengeful enemies who have abducted her.
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The Way the World Is Going
H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
Articles by H. G. Wells on the politics of the late 1920s: China, Fascism, democracy, British government, communism and the future of labour.
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The Works of Plato (Vol. 1 of 6)
Plato
Ancient · Advanced
The first of six volumes of an English translation of Plato's works, with the dialogues given in full.
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 12
Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern · Intermediate
This tale unfolds the complex dynamics between two brothers, the Master of Ballantrae and Mr. Henry Durie, set against the backdrop of the Jacobite risings in Scotland.
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Theaetetus
Plato
Ancient · Advanced
Socrates asks the young mathematician Theaetetus a single question: what is knowledge?
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