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A real storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial occurrence. The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches are indispensable to our understanding of a harried genius during thirteen quite amazing years.


The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches

Автор: Марк Твен

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As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical". Taken individually, they speak the truth in different ways.


Our village: sketches of rural character and scenery Our village: sketches of rural character and scenery

Автор: Mary Russell Mitford

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Our village : sketches of rural character and scenery / by Mary Russell Mitford».


Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden. Vol. 2 Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden. Vol. 2

Автор: Robert Ker Porter

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden : Vol. 2 : during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 : with 41 plates : in 2 volumes / by Robert Ker Porter».


Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland

Автор: William Coxe

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland : in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq. / from William Coxe».


Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden. Vol. 1 Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden. Vol. 1

Автор: Robert Ker Porter

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden : Vol. 1 : during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 : with 41 plates : in 2 volumes / by Robert Ker Porter».