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Stewed Squid with Honey by TalkingTomatoh
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Young, famous online cover singer of Japanese songs, Tong Nian experiences love at first sight when one night, a man happens to walk into the cybercafe she is helping out at. Her "digging" into who he is and her reverse pursuing of him brings this highly book-smart but low EQ girl, who is also a complete gaming idiot, into the world of eSports (professional gaming). Author: Mo Bao Fei Bao Translated by: hoju (hui3r.WordPress.com) I DO NOT OWN THE STORY, I DID NOT TRANSLATE THE STORY, POSTED THIS FOR (my selfish) OFFLINE PURPOSES ONLY. I DID NOT MARK IT "PRIVATE" TO SHARE THIS CUTE, FLUFFY AND FUNNY STORY SO EVERYONE CAN ENJOY.
The Ivory Star by TravisHeermann
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Eric Corbin, a deep space explorer, finds himself marooned on an unknown planet, along with his friend Angus MacTavish. The planet is home to medieval human society, four countries played against each other by the thousand-year-old sorcerer named Uhr. Taken prisoner, Eric and Angus soon discover that they are pawns in a thousand-year-old struggle. Surrounded by the mysterious Eagle Knights, the deadly Red Priests, and the rebellious Lord Valerion, Eric and Angus have no idea whom to trust. And all, it seems, are pawns in Uhr's deadly game.
Mansfield Park (1814) by JaneAusten
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Fanny Price is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. She had previously lived with her own parents, Lieut. Price and his wife, Frances (Fanny), Lady Bertram's sister. She is the second child and eldest daughter, with seven siblings born after her. She has a firm attachment to her older brother, William, who at the age of 12 has followed his father into the navy. With so many mouths to feed on a limited income, Fanny's mother is grateful for the opportunity to send Fanny away to live with her fine relatives.
Great Expectations (1861) by CharlesDickens
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On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive older sister and her kind, passive husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. The next day, soldiers recapture the convict while he is engaged in a fight with another convict; the two are returned to the prison ships from which they escaped...