Father Sergius is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy in 1873. It follows the path of Prince Stefan Kasatzky who becomes a monk after his wife's affair on the eve of their wedding with Tsar Nicholas I.
Forest & Frontiers by G. A. Henty is also know by the title Adventures among the Indians. It is also claimed that it was Mr Roualeyn Gordon Cummings who wrote the back and not G. A. Henty.
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Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling is a children's story written initially for his own children. In the book, Dan and Una are transported back into history discovering the history of old England.
Tales and Fantasies is a collection of three short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Body-Snatcher, The Misadventures of John Nicholson and The Story of a Lie.
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