The haunted dolls house and other ghost stories by m. From the epic of gilgameshto the poetry of the first world war, and covering all the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history and philosophy in between, this readers companion encompasses 500 authors, 1,200 books and 4,000 years of world literature. You could just read the first chapter of this book and save yourself the time of reading the. Ragtime an extraordinarily deft, lyrical, rich novel that catches the spirit of this. The penguin book of first world war stories by barbara korte. Start reading my life and work the autobiography of henry ford on your kindle in under a minute. The penguin book of first world war poetry penguin.
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