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And Then There Were None by dilaurentisx
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Based on Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None'. - "10 little Soldier Boys going out to dine, One went and choked himself and then there were nine." 10 strangers are invited to an island off the coast of England under the pretext of a summer vacation. But soon they realise they are all victims to a game in which they get killed off one by one. 10... They all have secrets to hide. 9... By the end of the first night, one of the guests is dead. 8... One murderer, ten figures. 7... Who is the killer and how many will survive. Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Soldier Island. All rights and credits to Agatha Christie.
Hercule Poirot - Murder in the Spotlight by hxlnyh
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Elizabeth Tipton: the woman with everything. When Betty Tipton receives a threatening note, she takes upon every precaution possible. With a dozen constables by the spotlight, it's almost impossible for anything to happen, but once murder occurs, chaos arouses, and while Inspector Gleb is thrown into confusion as he struggles to deliver the truth, Hercule Poirot is already collecting the facts.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie by gutenberg
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Rose in Bloom by LouisaMayAlcott
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Rose in Bloom, by Louisa May Alcott, depicts the story of a nineteenth-century girl, Rose Campbell, finding her way in society. It is Alcott's sequel to Eight Cousins. Cover by the wonderful @ESJohnson.
Eight Cousins by LouisaMayAlcott
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Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden great aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, he takes over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about child-rearing, she becomes happier and healthier while finding her place in her family of seven boy cousins and numerous aunts and uncles. She also makes friends with Phebe, her aunts' young housemaid, whose cheerful attitude in the face of poverty helps Rose to understand and value her own good fortune. Cover by the lovely @FaithMurri.
Jo's Boys by LouisaMayAlcott
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Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1886. The novel is the final book in the unofficial Little Women series. In it, Jo's "children," now grown, are caught up in real world troubles. The book mostly follows the lives of Plumfield boys who were introduced in Little Men, particularly Tommy, Emil, Demi, Nat, Dan, and Professor Bhaer and Jo's sons Rob and Teddy, although the others make frequent appearances as well. The book takes place ten years after Little Men. Dolly and George are college students dealing with the temptations of snobbery, arrogance, self-indulgence and vanity. Cover by the lovely @-gozi- .
WAR AND PEACE (Completed) by LeoTolstoy
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CONTINUED FROM BOOK ONE
The Count of Monte Cristo (1845) (Completed) by AlexandreDumas
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"The Count of Monte Cristo" focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty. Cover by xflowerpetalsx
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (Completed) by AlexandreDumas
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Alexandre Dumas elaborated on the story in the novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, the final installment of his D'Artagnan saga: here the prisoner is forced to wear an iron mask and is Louis XIV's identical twin. Dumas also presented a review of the popular theories about the prisoner extant in his time in the chapter "L'homme au masque de fer" in the sixth volume of his Crimes Célèbres.