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White-Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War, usually referred to as White-Jacket, is an 1850 novel by Herman Melville first published in England on January 23 by Richard Bentley and in the U.S. on March 21 by Harper & Brothers. Based on Melville''s experiences as a common seaman aboard the frigate USS United States from 1843 to 1844 and stories that other sailors told him, the novel is severely critical of virtually every aspect of American naval life and thus qualifies as Melville''s most politically strident work. At the time, though, the one thing that journalists and politicians focused on in the novel was its graphic descriptions of flogging and the horrors caused by its arbitrary use; in fact, because Harper & Bros. made sure the book got into the hands of every member of Congress, White-Jacket was instrumental in abolishing flogging in the U.S. Navy forever. Melville scholars also acknowledge the huge number of parallels between White-Jacket and Billy Budd and view the former as a rich source for possible interpretations of the latter. The mixture of journalism, history, and fiction; the presentation of a sequence of striking characters; the metaphor of a sailing ship as the world in miniature all of these prefigure his next novel, Moby-Dick. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Intuitive navigation. . Text annotation and mark-up. . Travel Guides, Maps, and Phrasebooks: FREE 25 Language Phrasebook, New York, Paris, London, Rome, Venice, Florence, Prague, Bangkok, Greece, Israel - Travel Guides for all major cities and national parks. Humanities: Philosophy, Psychology, Greek and Roman Mythology. Reference: Encyclopedia - the World''s Biggest English Encyclopedia. 1.5 Million Articles. CIA World Factbook. more...

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Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Table of Contents. List of Works in Alphabetical Order. List of Works in Chronological Order. Emma Orczy Biography. Short Stories / Collections of Detective Stories. Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Castles in the Air. Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The Old Man in the Corner. Skin o'' My Tooth. Unravelled Knots A sequel to The Old Man in the Corner. Novels. The Bronze Eagle. A Child of the Revolution. Eldorado. The Elusive Pimpernel. The First Sir Percy. I will Repay. In the Rue Monge. The Laughing Cavalier. Lord Tony''s Wife. Mam''zelle Guillotine. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk. Pimpernel and Rosemary. The Scarlet Pimpernel. Sir Percy Hits Back. Sir Percy Leads the Band. The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Unto Cæsar. The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel. . more...

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The Wrecker (1892) is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story revolves around the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island. Clues in a stamp collection are used to track down the missing crew and solve the mystery. It is only in the last chapter that different story elements become linked. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Intuitive navigation. . Text annotation and mark-up. . more...

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Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë''s only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres (as an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather). The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them. Now considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights'' innovative structure, which has been likened to a series of Matryoshka dolls, met with mixed reviews by critics when it first appeared, with many horrified by the stark depictions of mental and physical cruelty. Though Charlotte Brontë''s Jane Eyre was originally considered the best of the Brontë sisters'' works, many subsequent critics of Wuthering Heights argued that its originality and achievement made it superior. Wuthering Heights has also given rise to many adaptations and inspired works, including films, radio, television dramatisations, a musical by Bernard J. Taylor and songs (notably the hit Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush), ballet and opera. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. . more...

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