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Rex Beach

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.

For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Rex Beach which are Heart of the Sunset and The Iron Trail. Rex Beach was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. His adventure novels, influenced by Jack London, were immensely popular throughout the early 1900s.

Novels selected for this book:

Heart of the Sunset;

The Iron Trail.

This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

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Essential Novelists

Essential Novelists - Rex Beach: heart of the sunset

Agatha Christie

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.

For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Agatha Christie which are The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Murder on the Links.

Agatha Christie, was a British writer who acted as a novelist, short story writer, dramaturge and poet. She stood out in the subgenre of detective novels, having popularly won the nicknames "Queen of Crime", "Duchess of Death" and "Mistress of Mystery". According to the Guinness Book, Christie is the most successful novelist in the history of world popular literature in total number of books sold, whose total numbers are only behind the works sold by William Shakespeare and the Bible.

Novels selected for this book:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles;
The Murder on the Links.

This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

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Essential Novelists - Agatha Christie: The Mistress of Mystery

August Nemo

Ernest Bramah

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.

For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Ernest Bramah which are The Secret of the League and Kai Lung's Golden Hours.

Ernest Bramah humorous works were ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah's book, What Might Have Been, influenced his Nineteen Eighty-Four. Bramah created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados.

Novels selected for this book:

- The Secret of the League.

- Kai Lung's Golden Hours.

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Essential Novelists - Ernest Bramah: The Secret of the League

Helen Hunt Jackson

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.

For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Helen Hunt Jackson which are Ramona and Nelly's Silver Mine.

Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. Her novel Ramona dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted considerable attention to her cause. The novel was so popular that it attracted many tourists to Southern California who wanted to see places from the book.

Novels selected for this book:

- Ramona;

- Nelly's Silver Mine.

This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Essential Novelists - Helen Hunt Jackson: Romantic and Picturesque

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of L. M. Montgomery which are Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea. Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Most of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island, and locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. Novels selected for this book: - Anne of Green Gables; - Anne of Avonlea. - And bonus content: The Alpine Path, the autobiography of L. M. Montgomery!This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Essential Novelists - L. M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables

Mary Hunter Austin

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.

For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Mary Austin which are A Woman of Genius and The Lovely Lady.

Mary Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, describing the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California.

Novels selected for this book:
- A Woman of Genius;
- The Lovely Lady.

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Essential Novelists - Mary Hunter Austin: A Woman of Genius

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.

For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Mary Roberts Rinehart which are The Circular Staircase and The Bat.

Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and articles. While many of her books were best sellers, critics were most appreciative of her murder mysteries. Many of her books and plays were adapted for movies, such as The Bat and The Circular Staircase - both published in this book.

Novels selected for this book:

- The Circular Staircase;

- The Bat.

This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Essential Novelists - Mary Roberts Rinehart: The American Agatha Christie

George Orwell

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of George Orwell which are Animal Farm and Nineteen eighty-four.

Eric Arthur Blair, better known by the pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer, journalist, and political essayist. His work is marked by a perceptive and humorous intelligence, a deep awareness of social injustices, and an intense opposition to totalitarianism.
Regarded as a sympathizer of anarchism, the writer makes a case for self-management or autonomism. He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and the satirical novel Animal Farm. Together, these works have sold more copies than the two best-selling books of any other 20th century writer

Novels selected for this book:
- Animal Farm;
- Nineteen eighty-four.

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Essential Novelists - George Orwell: A voice gainst totalitarianism

Aldous Huxley

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Aldous Huxley which are Crome Yellow and Antic Hay. Aldous Huxley was an English writer and philosopher, widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. 

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962. Novels selected for this book: - Crome Yellow; - Antic Hay. This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Essential Novelists - Aldous Huxley: the strangeness of things

Olaf Stapledon

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Olaf Stapledon which are Last And First Men and Star MakerOlaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Stapledon's writings directly influenced Arthur C. Clarke, Stanisaw Lem, C. S. Lewis and indirectly influenced many others, contributing many ideas to the world of science fiction. Star Maker contains the first known description of what are now called Dyson spheres. Last and First Men features early descriptions of genetic engineering and terraforming. Novels selected for this book: - Last And First Men; - Star Maker.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.