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The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure

Dewey, Edward Hooker, 1837?-1904

Explore The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition u...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

A portrait separates outward beauty from the visible effects of conduct. Read provocative conversations against the consequences of Dorian’s choices, disti...

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The Sundering Flood

Morris, William, 1834-1896; Morris, May, 1862-1938 [Editor]

Explore The Sundering Flood through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Fantasy literatur...

Fantasy literature
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The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

An invasion unsettles familiar confidence in human control and technological strength. Follow the narrator’s limited knowledge during the disruption, compa...

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The Water of the Wondrous Isles

Morris, William, 1834-1896

Explore The Water of the Wondrous Isles through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Fanta...

Fantasy fiction
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The Wood Beyond the World

Morris, William, 1834-1896

Explore The Wood Beyond the World through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Fantasy fic...

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