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His Last Bow: A Complete Guide to the Sherlock Holmes Collection
Explore His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle — the 1917 Sherlock Holmes collection that closes the Victorian era and opens the Great War, with a full guide to the DodaBooks Annotated Edition.
Lady Audley's Secret: A Complete Guide to the Sensation Classic
Explore Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon, the 1862 sensation novel of bigamy, beauty, and a dangerous hidden identity — with a full guide to the DodaBooks Annotated Edition.
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London Globe and Traveller
All honour and praise to Fenimore Cooper… He has left a worthy successor in the person of Herman Melville, whose new work, ‘The …
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For vigour, originality, and interest, has never been surpassed. — October 20, 1851 — earliest known review
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