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Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville is a profound and haunting tale that explores themes of isolation, free will, and the dehumanizing effects of modern work. The story is narrated by a Wall Street lawyer who hires a quiet and enigmatic scrivener named Bartleby. Initially diligent, Bartleby soon begins to refuse his tasks with the simple yet unsettling phrase, “I would prefer not to.” As his passive resistance escalates, his employer struggles to understand the man’s mysterious behavior, leading to a meditation on society’s treatment of those who refuse to conform.

Das Vermächtnis des Inka ist eine Erzählung Karl Mays, die er in der Zeit von Januar bis vermutlich April 1891 für die Zeitschrift Der Gute Kamerad schrieb, in der sie vom Oktober 1891 bis zum September 1892 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde. Der Deutsche Karl Hammer, genannt "Vater Jaguar", übernimmt in Buenos Aires den Auftrag, den jungen Anton Engelhardt zu seinem Vater nach Lima zu bringen. Da noch weitere Personen die Anden überqueren wollen, wächst die Reisegesellschaft - teilweise ohne Erlaubnis des Reiseleiters - schnell an.

At a Victorian dinner party in Richmond, London, the Time Traveller tells his extraordinary tale of humankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers.

The Ruby of Kishmoor tells the adventure of Jonathan Rugg. A mysterious woman masked behind a veil of silver. She gives Jonathan a small ball covered in beautiful markings. The ivory ball is cursed. Jonathan must defend himself against the attacks of several pirates.

Jerome Klapka Jerome was born on the 2nd May 1859 at Belsize House in Caldmore, Walsall, England. His family were reduced to poverty whilst he was a toddler owning to failed investments in the local mining industry. After several moves in declining circumstances Jerome became a pupil at St Marylebone Grammar School. His aim then was to go into politics, or even become a man of letters, but with the death of his father, when he was thirteen, and his mother two years later, now meant that he had to support himself and leave all thoughts of education behind.