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  • The Blue Rose Fairy Book

    In this collection, readers can expect to encounter a variety of enchanting tales featuring typical fairy tale elements such as magic, mythical creatures, heroic quests, and moral lessons. The title suggests a central theme or motif of a "blue rose," which in literature often symbolizes mystery, the unattainable, or something extraordinarily rare and beautiful. This motif might recur in several ... Read more

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  • Darby And Joan

    A series of romances, missed chances, and disasters befall the lives of Joan Brendon and Alexander Luttrell in a real life game of snakes and ladders, as each falls for others who enter their lives at seemingly unpropitious moments. Tragic misunderstandings, old flames turning up on wedding days, and bizarre coincidences are all the result of a missed letter! The Island of Malta features in this ... Read more

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  • Daphne Adeane

    Barrister Basil Wake and his arresting wife Hyacinth lead a well-appointed existence in the social whirl of London’s early 1900s. For eight years Hyacinth has conducted a most discreet affair with Parliamentarian Michael Choyce, who seems to fit into the Wakes’ lives so conveniently. But an invitation to attend a Private View and a startling portrait of the mysterious and beautiful Daphne Adeane ... Read more

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  • Lost Diaries

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    Maurice Baring's Lost Diaries turns history, legend, and literature into a string of private confessions, each voice sharp with wit, irony, and unexpected intimacy. From schoolboy squabbles and imperial embarrassment to medieval war reporting and tragic romance, these imagined diary entries make famous figures feel comic, human, and strangely immediate. The collection opens in the noisy, rule ... Read more

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  • Passing By

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    Maurice Baring's Passing By unfolds through the dry, observant diary of Godfrey Mellor and the brisk, witty letters of Guy Cunninghame, drawing readers into a world of London dinners, concerts, and cultivated talk. From the Housmans' house-warming to the elegant circles of bankers, diplomats, artists, and critics, the novel turns social ritual into a study of character, revealing how music, art, ... Read more

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  • Overlooked

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    Maurice Baring's Overlooked unfolds as a witty, psychologically alert comedy of manners shaped by memory, misreading, and the elusive truth of other people. In the spa town of Haréville, the blind narrator Anthony Kay turns observation into art, drawing novelist James Rudd into a social experiment among Princess Kouragine, Mrs. Lennox, and the enigmatic Jean Brandon. What begins as lively holiday ... Read more

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  • The Blue Rose Fairy Book

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    The Blue Rose Fairy Book gathers Maurice Baring's richly atmospheric fairy tales into a world of music, wonder, and transformation. Across orchards, moonlit villages, royal courts, and hidden kingdoms, humble wanderers, gifted artists, princesses, and dragons are tested by quests that reveal hidden truths and the power of enchantment. The collection's lyrical, old-world charm is at its strongest ... Read more

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  • Landmarks in Russian Literature

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    Maurice Baring's Landmarks in Russian Literature is a vivid, sympathetic guide to the spirit behind Russia's greatest writers. Moving from national character to literary achievement, it asks why Russian books seem at once harsh and tender, fatalistic and deeply humane, and why their power lies so often in contradiction. Baring opens by arguing that Russian literature can only be understood through ... Read more

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  • Russian Essays and Stories

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    Maurice Baring's Russian Essays and Stories is a witty, personal, and deliberately unpolitical portrait of Russia, built from travel scenes, cultural sketches, literary criticism, and fiction. In his playful introduction, Baring rejects false modesty and partisan simplification alike, insisting that Russia should be seen through sympathy, observation, and a clear eye for human character rather ... Read more

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  • The Puppet Show of Memory

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    Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels begins as a dazzling voyage of shipwrecks, strange lands, and savage comic reversals, but quickly reveals itself as one of literature's fiercest satires. Through Gulliver's extraordinary travels, Swift mocks politics, science, government, and human vanity, turning each adventure into a sharp critique of civilization itself. In Lilliput, a shipwrecked Gulliver ... Read more

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  • Landmarks in Russian literature

    "Landmarks in Russian Literature" by Maurice Baring is a profound exploration of the significant works and authors that have shaped Russian literary tradition. Baring delves into the lives and writings of iconic figures such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Pushkin, providing insightful commentary on their contributions to literature and culture. His analysis not only highlights the thematic depth of ... Read more

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  • Russian essays and stories

    Maurice Baring's Russian essays and stories offers an unusually intimate introduction to Russian life and letters, combining reflective criticism with finely observed fiction. The volume moves between essayistic interpretation and narrative sketch, illuminating Russian character, literature, religion, and social atmosphere with clarity and tact. Baring's prose is elegant, restrained, and ... Read more

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