My First Book (Version 2)

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Narradores:Jim Gallagher, Lynne T, jenno, John, Phil Schempf, Kathleen Moore, Availle, Lynne Handler, KevinS, Kathrine Engan, Scotty Smith, Chad Jackson, Elijah Fisher

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1. Introduction by Jerome K. Jerome
2. Ready-Money Mortiboy by Walter Besant
3. The Family Scapegrace by James Payn
4. The Wreck of the 'Grosvenor' by W. Clark
5. Phisiological Aesthetics and Philistia by Grant Allen
6. The Shadow of a Crime by Hall Caine
7. The Social Kaleidoscope by George R. Sims
8. Departmental Ditties by Rudyard Kipling
9. Juvenilia by A. Conan Doyle
10. The Trail of the Serpent by M.E. Braddon
11. The House of Elmore by F.W. Robinson
12. Dawn by H. Rider Haggard
13. Hudson's Bay by R.M. Ballantyne
14. The Premier and the Painter by I. Zangwill
15. The Western Avernus by Morley Robinson
16. A Life's Atonement by David Christie Murray
17. A Romance of Two Worlds by Marie Corelli
18. On the Stage and Off by Jerome K. Jerome
19. Cavalry Life by 'John Strange Winter' (Mrs. Arthur Stannard)
20. Californian Verse by Bret Harte
21. Dead Man's Rock by 'Q'
22. Undertones and Idylls and Legends of Inverburn by Robert Buchanan
23. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literature? Did they slave away every evening after a hard day at the office? Did they devote their golden years to reflect on a life well-spent? Some faced rejection while others found almost instant success. In this volume, we learn from the authors themselves what launched their literary careers... Bret Harte, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.M. Ballantyne, H. Rider Haggard and many other favorites contributed their stories. - Summary by Lynne Thompson