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Théophile Gautier, Perceval Gibbon, R Murray Gilchrist, Giovanni Boccaccio, George Gissing, Carlo Gozzi, Stefan Grabiński, Frederick Greenwood, George Griffiths, The Brothers Grimm, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, Augustus Hare, Headon Hill, Fergus Hume, Lionel Johnson, Mór Jókai

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Mark Rice-Oxley, Robert Maskell

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

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Victor Hugo, Henry James, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Howitt, William Makepeace Thackeray, Augustus J. C. Hare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bayard Taylor, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Grant Allen, John Ruskin, Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Graham Fairmere

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors (Vol. 1–8) is a richly curated literary itinerary through the landscapes, cities, monuments, and cultural memory of Europe. Combining travel writing, historical reflection, aesthetic criticism, memoir, and lyrical description, the collection situates place as both geography and imaginative inheritance. From meditations on cathedrals, ruins, rivers, and capitals to evocative encounters with Italy, France, Germany, and beyond, the anthology gathers works tha...

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Augustus John Cuthbert Hare

In "Epitaphs for Country Churchyards," Augustus John Cuthbert Hare presents a poignant collection of epitaphs that captures the essence of rural life and death in England. Through his intricate prose, Hare combines an ethereal literary style with a spirited exploration of themes such as mortality, memory, and the passage of time. This work is often regarded as a reflection of Victorian sensibilities, where pastoral imagery and an intimate connection to the land create a profound reverence ...

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Augustus J. C. Hare, Hailey Bishop

In "The Story of My Life," Augustus J. C. Hare presents a captivating autobiographical narrative that seamlessly intertwines personal anecdotes with wider historical contexts. Spanning three volumes, Hare's prose is marked by its introspective depth and rich descriptive quality, bringing to life his experiences across Victorian England and beyond. The work is not merely an autobiography; it is a tapestry of social observations, literary critiques, and reflections on mortality and friendshi...

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Francis Augustus Hare

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Autobiography and Biographies Library

The exploits of the Ned Kelly gang have entered legend. Seen now as a sort of Australian Robin Hood, and immortalised on screen by none other than Mick Jagger, and in paint by the great Australian artist Sidney Nolan, the reality - as related in this contemporary book written soon after the events it describes - was less romantic and more sordid than the myth. Kelly and his band were Irish 'larrikins' who preferred a career of brutal crime to honest toil. They operated as mounted bushrange...

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Augustus Hare

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David Shaw-Parker

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Augustus Hare.

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Bram Stoker, John William Polidori, Lord Byron, F. Marion Crawford, E. F. Benson, Alice Askew, Claude Askew, F. G. Loring, Hume Nisbet, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stanislaus Eric, Count Stenbock, Robert E. Howard, Mary E. Braddon, Victoria Glad, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Jan Neruda, Augustus Hare, T. F. Ridgwell, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Théophile Gautier, Warren Lapine

Collected here are twenty-two vampire stories by authors such as William Polidori, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard, Bram Stoker, and Warren Lapine. With more than 350 pages of vampires this anthology is a must have for any vampire enthusiast. The anthology ranges from classic stories such as "The Vampyre" and "Carmilla" to more modern takes on vampirism with "Mona Lisa" and "Each Man Kills." There's enough blood here for everyone.

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Augustus Hare

"Anyone requiring the perfect bedside book need look no further . . . a now-rediscovered masterpiece of character-painting, anecdote and understated wit." — Smithsonian MagazineAugustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834–1903) was a Victorian writer who had clung, so to speak, to the edges of fame. He was born into the maddest of upper-class English families and survived one of the cruelest of childhoods to write monumental travel guides to the Cont...

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The Brothers Grimm, Beatrice Grimshaw, Cosmo Hamilton, Augustus Hare, Beatrice Harraden, Wilhelm Hauff, Dorothy Havers, Eliza Haywood, Mary Anne Hoare, Tom Hood, Headon Hill, James Hilton, Holloway Horn

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Elliot Fitzpatrick, Robert Maskell, Michael Carleton

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

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Augustus John Cuthbert Hare

IN 1727, the year of George the First's death, Miss Grace Naylor of Hurstmonceaux, though she was beloved, charming, and beautiful, died very mysteriously in her twenty-first year, in the immense and weird old castle of which she had been the heiress. She was affirmed to have been starved by her former governess, who lived alone with her, but the fact was never proved. Her property passed to her first cousin Francis Hare (son of her aunt Bethaia), who forthwith assumed the name of Naylor. ...

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Francis Augustus Hare

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Gregory Dwyer

The book is written in the first person, giving a detailed, autobiographical account of Hare’s experiences as a superintendent in the Victorian Mounted Police, particularly during the pursuit and final capture of the Kelly Gang. Hare’s account offers insights into the social and criminal landscape of colonial Victoria, the operations of the police force, and the complexities of pursuing outlaws who were both feared and, by some, romanticized.

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Augustus J.C. Hare

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