Download or read book The Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories written by Thomas Hardy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three of the finest of the author's numerous short stories include the romantic title tale, the comic "The Distracted Preacher," and "The Three Strangers," a tribute to community life.

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Download or read book Jude the Obscure written by Thomas Hardy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: London: Macmillan, 1912.

Download or read book The War of the Worlds written by H. G. Wells and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894

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