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The Woman in White: A Complete Guide to Collins's Labyrinth

Explore The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins — the 1859 sensation novel of hidden identity, legal terror, and a woman who refuses to be replaced.

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August 29, 2026

Twenty-Five Ghost Stories: A Complete Guide to the Haunted Ant

Explore Twenty-Five Ghost Stories, W. Bob Holland's classic anthology of Victorian and Edwardian supernatural fiction — a quarter-century of hauntings in.

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August 29, 2026

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: A Complete Guide

Explore Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography — the remarkable life story of one of America's greatest founding fathers, told in his own timeless words.

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July 14, 2026

Blow The Man Down: A Guide to Holman Day's Coastal Romance

Explore Blow The Man Down by Holman Day — Captain Boyd Mayo risks everything for forbidden love aboard a Wall Street tycoon's yacht off the coast of Maine.

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July 14, 2026

Catriona: A Guide to Robert Louis Stevenson's Scottish Adventure

Explore Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson — the thrilling sequel to Kidnapped, following David Balfour through 18th-century Scotland in a tale of justice.

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July 14, 2026

Cranford: A Complete Guide to Elizabeth Gaskell's Victorian

Explore Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell — an affectionate chronicle of the widows and spinsters of Cranford, where tea parties, gossip, and quiet courage rule the day.

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July 14, 2026

Ferdinand Count Fathom: A Complete Guide to Tobias Smollett's

A complete guide to Smollett's The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — a charming rogue's rise through 18th-century Europe in the darkest picaresque satire.

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July 14, 2026

Henrietta Temple: A Guide to Benjamin Disraeli's Love Story

Explore Henrietta Temple by Benjamin Disraeli — a dashing heir falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Henrietta Temple, entangled in a web of debt.

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July 14, 2026

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: A Complete Guide

A complete guide to Frederick Douglass's 1845 slave narrative — his journey from bondage to freedom and rise as America's most powerful voice for abolition.

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July 14, 2026

Robert Orange: A Guide to John Oliver Hobbes's Victorian Classic

Explore Robert Orange by John Oliver Hobbes — a young parliamentarian torn between love, friendship, and a mysterious calling in Victorian high society.

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July 14, 2026