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The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy marks the beginning of the espionage narrative vogue of the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth century.…
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Poetry
The Gomatos Collection has a varied selection of poetry, ranging from single-author works to anthologies compiled for the purposes of education or…
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The Botanic Garden: A Poem in Two Parts
Erasmus Darwin’s The Botanic Garden, originally published in two volumes in 1792, was praised as a bestseller. Part Two: The Loves of the Plants was…
The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony, in Eight Fits
Published in 1876, The Hunting of The Snark by Lewis Carroll is a poem about nine men and a beaver on a quest for a snark. The poem focuses on the…
Fables
As described by the Oxford English Dictionary, a fable is “a short story devised to convey some useful lesson" and especially "one in which animals or…