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    • Just David

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      by Eleanor H. Porter — If you’re seek­ing a start­ing point in the phi­los­o­phy of Hen­ri Berg­son, I rec­om­mend read­ing The Cre­ative Mind (1903). In this work, Berg­son dis­tills many of his key ideas about intu­ition, intel­lect, and the nature of real­i­ty. It pro­vides a clear and acces­si­ble intro­duc­tion to his thoughts on how human con­scious­ness and cre­ativ­i­ty can tran­scend mech­a­nis­tic ways of think­ing, encour­ag­ing a deep­er con­nec­tion with…

    • A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson

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      by Henri Bergson — If you’re inter­est­ed in explor­ing the phi­los­o­phy of Hen­ri Berg­son, I high­ly rec­om­mend start­ing with his sem­i­nal work Cre­ative Evo­lu­tion (1907). In this text, Berg­son chal­lenges the mech­a­nis­tic view of life and argues for a more dynam­ic, flu­id under­stand­ing of evo­lu­tion dri­ven by “élan vital” (vital force). His dis­tinc­tion between time as lived expe­ri­ence (la durée) and time as mea­sured by clocks offers a…

    • Aucassin and Nicolete

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      by Andrew Lang — Aucassin and Nico­lete is a 12th-cen­tu­ry French romance that blends ele­ments of court­ly love with play­ful humor and adven­ture. The sto­ry fol­lows Aucassin, a noble young man, and Nico­lete, a beau­ti­ful Sara­cen woman, who are sep­a­rat­ed by soci­etal and famil­ial obsta­cles yet remain devot­ed to one anoth­er. Writ­ten in a mix­ture of prose and verse, the nar­ra­tive cap­tures Aucassin’s poet­ic laments for Nico­lete and…

    • Gulliver of Mars

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      by Edwin L. Arnold — Gul­liv­er of Mars is a sci­ence fic­tion nov­el by Edwin L. Arnold, first pub­lished in 1905. The sto­ry draws inspi­ra­tion from Jonathan Swift’s Gul­liv­er’s Trav­els while tak­ing a more adven­tur­ous and fan­tas­ti­cal approach to space explo­ration. In Gul­liv­er of Mars, the pro­tag­o­nist, Cap­tain Gul­liv­er Jones, is a sol­dier who finds him­self mys­te­ri­ous­ly trans­port­ed to Mars, a plan­et inhab­it­ed by strange civ­i­liza­tions and fan­tas­tic crea­tures.…

    • The Ways of Men

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      by Eliot Gregory — The Ways of Men is a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries writ­ten by Amer­i­can author and jour­nal­ist, Eliot Gre­go­ry, first pub­lished in 1904. The sto­ries in this col­lec­tion are cen­tered around the com­plex­i­ties of human nature and the var­ied ways in which men nav­i­gate the chal­lenges of life, love, and per­son­al ambi­tion. Gre­go­ry’s keen obser­va­tions of social inter­ac­tions and the inter­nal strug­gles of his char­ac­ters…

    • The Witchand Other Stories

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      by Anton Chekhov — The Witch and Oth­er Sto­ries is a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries by the acclaimed Amer­i­can writer, Mary E. Wilkins Free­man, first pub­lished in 1902. The title sto­ry, The Witch, explores themes of super­sti­tion, guilt, and the haunt­ing nature of the past, revolv­ing around a woman accused of witch­craft and the psy­cho­log­i­cal com­plex­i­ties of those around her. Free­man, known for her sharp insights into New…

    • The Circus Boys in Dixie Land

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      by Edgar B. P. Darlington — The Cir­cus Boys in Dix­ie Land is an adven­tur­ous nov­el writ­ten by Edgar B. P. Dar­ling­ton, first pub­lished in 1915 as part of the Cir­cus Boys series. The sto­ry fol­lows the dar­ing exploits of young pro­tag­o­nists, Fred and Jack, who are part of a trav­el­ing cir­cus. In this par­tic­u­lar install­ment, the boys find them­selves on a jour­ney through the south­ern Unit­ed States, encoun­ter­ing new…

    • Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

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      by Edwin A. Abbott — Flat­land: A Romance of Many Dimen­sions by Edwin A. Abbott, pub­lished in 1884, is a satir­i­cal novel­la that explores the lim­i­ta­tions of per­cep­tion and social struc­ture through the sto­ry of A Square, a res­i­dent of a two-dimen­sion­al world. In Flat­land, soci­ety is divid­ed by the shapes and num­ber of sides one pos­sess­es, with high­er sta­tus grant­ed to more com­plex poly­gons. The nar­ra­tive takes a…

    • The Beasts of Tarzan

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      by Edgar Rice Burroughs — The Beasts of Tarzan is the third book in the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Bur­roughs, first pub­lished in 1916. In this install­ment, Tarzan, the leg­endary “Lord of the Jun­gle,” embarks on a grip­ping adven­ture that sees him con­fronting both human and ani­mal foes, all while explor­ing deep­er themes of civ­i­liza­tion ver­sus the wild, loy­al­ty, and iden­ti­ty. Fol­low­ing the events of The Return of…

    • Tales of Troy

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      by Andrew Lang — Tales of Troy, writ­ten by Andrew Lang, is a retelling of the ancient Greek myths and leg­ends sur­round­ing the Tro­jan War, aimed at younger read­ers but still rich with the dra­mat­ic inten­si­ty and intrigue of the orig­i­nal tales. First pub­lished in 1907, Lang’s book offers a vibrant col­lec­tion of sto­ries drawn from Homer’s Ili­ad and Odyssey, as well as oth­er clas­si­cal sources, with an…
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