Obscure Novels
The Toilers of the Sea
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Among the more obscure of Victor Hugo`s novels, first published in 1866, TOILERS OF THE SEA is about a man who must free a ship that has gone aground. In return for his labors, he will win the hand of the ship owner`s beautiful daughter.
The World`s Shortest Stories of Love and Death
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Gathers stories of 55 or fewer words, contributed by obscure and well-known authors writing new creations or parodies of famous novels, addressing love, romance, death, and suspense. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only.
Brewer`s Curious Titles
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Find the origins of obscure titles of over 1, 500 films, novels, plays, paintings, and musical compositions. Some are humorous or ironic, others risque or purposely baffling.
Acme Novelty Library 18
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This collection of pages unseen except in obscure alternative weekly periodicals and sophisticated expensive coffee-table magazines reintroduces Ware`s Building Stories, which move from the straightforward to the mnemonically complex as it focuses Copyrig
The Bear Comes Home
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A debut novel about Bear, a black Grizzly who plays alto saxophone well enough to make his mark in the world of Manhattan`s jazz clubs.
The Grasshopper King
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Set on the campus of a college in Nowheresville, U.S.A., this satirical novel features as a main character Stanley Higgs, who becomes unexpectedly famous while working on the long-lost manuscripts of an obscure English expatriate poet named Hender...