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The Passionate Elopement

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The Passionate Elopement is a sparkling satire of manners set in Curtain Wells, a fashionable inland spa where health cures, flirtation, gossip, and social display are all part of the same ritual. From the disciplined morning promenades at the Pump Room to masquerades, valentine schemes, tea tables, and carefully staged public entertainments, the novel delights in exposing the absurd machinery of ... Read more

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The Passionate Elopement is a sparkling satire of manners set in Curtain Wells, a fashionable inland spa where health cures, flirtation, gossip, and social display are all part of the same ritual. From the disciplined morning promenades at the Pump Room to masquerades, valentine schemes, tea tables, and carefully staged public entertainments, the novel delights in exposing the absurd machinery of
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Compton MacKenzie: The Best Works

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The Best Works of Compton MacKenzieCarnivalGuy and PaulinePlashers MeadSinister Street, vol. 1Sylvia & MichaelThe Altar StepsThe Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett ... Read more

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The Best Works of Compton MacKenzieCarnivalGuy and PaulinePlashers MeadSinister Street, vol. 1Sylvia & MichaelThe Altar StepsThe Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
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Plashers Mead

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In Plashers Mead, Compton Mackenzie follows Guy Hazlewood as he arrives in the countryside to begin a self-chosen life at his new home, bringing his books, his hopes, and his unease with him. Across the turning seasons of a single year, the novel traces his attempt to live as a poet in rural seclusion, balancing ambition, loneliness, and the comic inconveniences of daily existence. His father's ... Read more

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In Plashers Mead, Compton Mackenzie follows Guy Hazlewood as he arrives in the countryside to begin a self-chosen life at his new home, bringing his books, his hopes, and his unease with him. Across the turning seasons of a single year, the novel traces his attempt to live as a poet in rural seclusion, balancing ambition, loneliness, and the comic inconveniences of daily existence. His father's
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Poor Relations

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Poor Relations follows John Touchwood, a witty but self-dramatizing playwright whose life is thrown into comic confusion by success, gossip, and the demands of family. On the Atlantic crossing home from New York, he basks in theatrical triumphs, rereads affectionate and exasperating letters from relatives, and falls into a flirtation with the reserved Miss Hamilton and her sharp companion Miss ... Read more

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Poor Relations follows John Touchwood, a witty but self-dramatizing playwright whose life is thrown into comic confusion by success, gossip, and the demands of family. On the Atlantic crossing home from New York, he basks in theatrical triumphs, rereads affectionate and exasperating letters from relatives, and falls into a flirtation with the reserved Miss Hamilton and her sharp companion Miss
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Rich Relatives

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Jasmine Grant arrives alone at York railway station, exhausted after a long journey from southern Italy to the chill of the north, and at once feels herself a stranger in England. Draggled, grieving, and out of place, she wanders the city walls in a state of exile and memory, mourning the island home of Sirene, her dead father, and the mother she barely knew. Compton Mackenzie turns her ... Read more

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Jasmine Grant arrives alone at York railway station, exhausted after a long journey from southern Italy to the chill of the north, and at once feels herself a stranger in England. Draggled, grieving, and out of place, she wanders the city walls in a state of exile and memory, mourning the island home of Sirene, her dead father, and the mother she barely knew. Compton Mackenzie turns her
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Kensington Rhymes

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In these vivid Kensington poems, an ordinary house, a square, and a round pond are transformed through a child's imagination into a whole world of wonder, embarrassment, rivalry, and fear. The speaker moves from family rooms and social rituals to dancing class, parties, and playground games, observing childhood with playful wit and a sharp eye for manners, teasing, and longing. As the collection ... Read more

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In these vivid Kensington poems, an ordinary house, a square, and a round pond are transformed through a child's imagination into a whole world of wonder, embarrassment, rivalry, and fear. The speaker moves from family rooms and social rituals to dancing class, parties, and playground games, observing childhood with playful wit and a sharp eye for manners, teasing, and longing. As the collection
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99 Classic Thriller Short Stories:

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by Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pushkin, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur O. Friel, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Arthur Stringer, Arthur Train, Baroness Orczy, Barry Pain, Charles E. Van Loan, Cleveland Moffett, Compton Mackenzie, Cy Warman, E.Nesbit, E.W. Hornung, Edgar Wallace, Edward S. Ellis, Ethel Turner, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Frank L. Packard, Fred M. White, G.B. Lancaster, George Newnes, Gilbert Parker, Guy Boothby, H. Bedford-Jones, H.A. Lamb, H.C. Bailey, H.G. Wells, Hapsburg Liebe, Harold Bindloss, Harold Titus, Harvey J. O'Higgins, Henry C. Rowland, Jack Holt, James Aquila Kempster, James B. Connolly, Josephine Dodge Daskam, Mary Heaton Vorse, Mary Shipman Raymond Andrews, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, O.Henry, Philip K. Dick, Rafael Sabatini, Sax Rohmer, Stewart Edward White, W.W. Jacobs, Wadsworth Camp, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Wilkie Collins, William McLeod Raine, Readym Anthologies ...

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CONTENTS: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1. The Queen of Spades ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: 2. Confession 3. S. O. S. 4. The Wings of Horus ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5. B. 24 ARTHUR O. FRIEL: 6. The Spider 7. The Vulture ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH: 8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman 9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands 10. The Countess of Bellarmine ARTHUR STRINGER: 11. The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven 12. The Button ... Read more

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CONTENTS: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1. The Queen of Spades ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: 2. Confession 3. S. O. S. 4. The Wings of Horus ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5. B. 24 ARTHUR O. FRIEL: 6. The Spider 7. The Vulture ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH: 8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman 9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands 10. The Countess of Bellarmine ARTHUR STRINGER: 11. The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven 12. The Button
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The Altar Steps

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"The Altar Steps" is set in the Hebrides, a group of islands off the northwest coast of Scotland, and explores the clash between tradition and modernity in a small island community. The novel delves into the lives of the inhabitants, their relationships, and their struggles with religious and moral dilemmas.The story follows the main character, Archibald Munro, a young man who returns to his ... Read more

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"The Altar Steps" is set in the Hebrides, a group of islands off the northwest coast of Scotland, and explores the clash between tradition and modernity in a small island community. The novel delves into the lives of the inhabitants, their relationships, and their struggles with religious and moral dilemmas.The story follows the main character, Archibald Munro, a young man who returns to his
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Whisky Galore

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It's 1955 and the Pallas Players, an all-female theatre company, are putting on a play: Whisky Galore.They transport us back to 1943 on the Scottish islands of Great and Little Todday, where the whisky supply has dried up because of the war, leaving tensions running high. Relief seems to be at hand when a ship carrying 50,000 bottles of whisky is wrecked just offshore. Then it's every thirsty man ... Read more

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It's 1955 and the Pallas Players, an all-female theatre company, are putting on a play: Whisky Galore.They transport us back to 1943 on the Scottish islands of Great and Little Todday, where the whisky supply has dried up because of the war, leaving tensions running high. Relief seems to be at hand when a ship carrying 50,000 bottles of whisky is wrecked just offshore. Then it's every thirsty man
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Sinister Street, vol. 1

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"Sinister Street" is a bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, that follows the life and experiences of its protagonist, Michael Fane. The novel begins with Michael's childhood in the fictional English village of Scarsmoor and traces his journey to adulthood in London.As Michael grows older, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the constraints of small-town life and yearns for adventure and ... Read more

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"Sinister Street" is a bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, that follows the life and experiences of its protagonist, Michael Fane. The novel begins with Michael's childhood in the fictional English village of Scarsmoor and traces his journey to adulthood in London.As Michael grows older, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the constraints of small-town life and yearns for adventure and
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Rich Relatives

by Compton MacKenzie ...

The story revolves around Jasmine Grant, a young woman of modest means who finds herself entangled with her wealthy relatives. Through Jasmine's interactions with her eccentric and affluent family members, Mackenzie offers a satirical look at the upper echelons of British society. The novel humorously critiques the quirks and excesses of the rich, while also highlighting the contrasts between ... Read more

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The story revolves around Jasmine Grant, a young woman of modest means who finds herself entangled with her wealthy relatives. Through Jasmine's interactions with her eccentric and affluent family members, Mackenzie offers a satirical look at the upper echelons of British society. The novel humorously critiques the quirks and excesses of the rich, while also highlighting the contrasts between
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Rogues And Vagabonds

by Compton MacKenzie ...

Rogues and Vagabonds by Compton MacKenzie is a captivating and witty novel that offers a rich portrayal of life and society in early 20th-century Britain. Through a series of engaging and often humorous episodes, MacKenzie delves into the lives of a diverse cast of characters, revealing the complexities and eccentricities of human nature.The story follows the exploits of several roguish and ... Read more

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Rogues and Vagabonds by Compton MacKenzie is a captivating and witty novel that offers a rich portrayal of life and society in early 20th-century Britain. Through a series of engaging and often humorous episodes, MacKenzie delves into the lives of a diverse cast of characters, revealing the complexities and eccentricities of human nature.The story follows the exploits of several roguish and
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