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Random Harvest is a novel written by James Hilton, first published in 1941. Like previous Hilton works, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, the novel was immensely popular, placing second on The New York Times list of best-selling novels for the year.<P> It is set in the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the Second World War. It is told in the first person of Harrison, and by means of two extended external analepses tells the story of Charles Rainier, a wealthy businessman and politician, from the time he was invalided out of the army during World War I, his subsequent memory loss and partial recovery, his assuming control of the family business to his attempts to recover his memory just as Hitler invades Poland.

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"The Lottery" was originally published in the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. Although it has gained a well-earned reputation as a classic and become one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature, it initially received a negative response, which surprised both Shirley Jackson and The New Yorker. After its appearance, readers cancelled subscriptions and sent hate mail throughout the summer. The Union of South Africa even banned the story.<P> This chilling tale of a lottery in a small town which ends in death remains a powerful piece of literature, however, and is a true classic in every sense of the word.

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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (1868–1936), primarily known as Maxim (or Maksim) Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. Around fifteen years before success as a writer, he frequently changed jobs and roamed across the Russian Empire; these experiences would later influence his writing. Gorky’s most famous works were The Lower Depths (1902), Twenty-six Men and a Girl, The Song of the Stormy Petrel, The Mother, Summerfolk and Children of the Sun. He had an association with fellow Russian writers Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov; Gorky would later write his memoirs on both of them.<P> Gorky was active with the emerging Marxist social-democratic movement. He publicly opposed the Tsarist regime, and for a time closely associated himself with Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov’s Bolshevik wing of the party. For a significant part of his life, he was exiled from Russia and later the Soviet Union. In 1932, he returned to Russia on Joseph Stalin’s personal invitation and died in June 1936.<P> This volume includes 61 classic novels and stories:<P> MAXIME GORKY, by Ivan Strannik<BR> INTRODUCTION, by G.K. Chesterton<BR> CREATURES THAT ONCE WERE MEN<BR> TWENTY-SIX MEN AND A GIRL<BR> CHELKASH<BR> MY FELLOW-TRAVELLER<BR> ON A RAFT<BR> TWENTY-SIX AND ONE<BR> TCHELKACHE<BR> MALVA<BR> THROUGH RUSSIA<BR> THE BIRTH OF A MAN<BR> THE ICEBREAKER<BR> GUBIN<BR> NILUSHKA<BR> THE CEMETERY<BR> ON A RIVER STEAMER<BR> A WOMAN<BR> IN A MOUNTAIN DEFILE<BR> KALININ<BR> THE DEAD MAN<BR> RUSSIA AND THE JEWS<BR> ANTON CHEKHOV: FRAGMENTS OF RECOLLECTIONS<BR> THE MAN WHO WAS AFRAID<BR> MOTHER (Part I)<BR> MOTHER (Part II)<BR> ONE AUTUMN NIGHT<BR> HER LOVER<BR> THE SPY, by Maxim Gorky<BR> THE OUTCASTS<BR> THE AFFAIR OF THE CLASPS<BR> THE CONFESSION<BR> ORLÓFF AND HIS WIFE<BR> KONOVÁLOFF<BR> THE KHAN AND HIS SON<BR> THE EXORCISM<BR> MEN WITH PASTS<BR> THE INSOLENT MAN<BR> VÁRENKA ÓLESOFF<BR> COMRADES<BR> MAN AND THE SIMPLON<BR> AN UNWRITTEN SONATA<BR> SUN AND SEA<BR> LOVE OF LOVERS<BR> HEARTS AND CREEDS<BR> THE TRAITOR’S MOTHER<BR> THE FREAK<BR> THE MIGHT OF MOTHERHOOD<BR> A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA<BR> THE HONOUR OF THE VILLAGE<BR> THE SOCIALIST<BR> THE HUNCHBACK<BR> ON THE STEAMER<BR> THE PROFESSOR<BR> THE POET<BR> THE WRITER<BR> THE MAN WITH A NATIONAL FACE<BR> THE LIBERAL<BR> THE JEWS AND THEIR FRIENDS<BR> HARD TO PLEASE<BR> PASSIVE RESISTANCE<BR> MAKING A SUPERMAN<BR> IN THE WORLD<P>

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The Metamorphosis (original German title: Die Verwandlung) is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect.

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As America's economic and cultural influence grew in the 20th Century, the history of the literary arts in Europe cast a long shadow onto this burgeoning nation. And thus, the myth of the Great American Novel was born of a loaded question—would the United States ever produce a work to rival the accepted great works of Western Culture? Many tried. And, in the trying, many looked to model themselves after already extant writers and works which had gained positive notice (as standing on the shoulders of giants has always been one accepted route to success and acceptance). So herein this Megapack, Wildside press offers for you four also-rans of the early to mid 20th Century, four widely varied attempts to grab at that brass ring called The Great American Novel.<P> YOUNG PEOPLE'S PRIDE, by Stephen Vincent Benet<BR> THE FUTURE MISTER DOLAN, by Charles Gorham<BR> PAPPY AND THE PROMISED LAND, by Jack Gotshall<BR> NIGHT OF FIRE AND SNOW, by Alfred Coppel<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 280+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!

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The Stephen Vincent Benét MEGAPACK™ collects 22 tales (fantasy, horror, mainstream, mystery) by the acclaimed author of «John Brown’s Body» (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929. Benét’s best known short stories include “The Devil and Daniel Webster” (1936) and “By the Waters of Babylon” (1937). All three of these are included in The Stephen Vincent Benét MEGAPACK™, along with a generous selection of Benét's other works. Here you will find:<P> BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON<BR> THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS<BR> THE KING OF THE CATS<BR> A STORY BY ANGELA POE<BR> THE TREASURE OF VASCO GOMEZ<BR> THE CURFEW TOLLS<BR> THE SOBBIN' WOMEN<BR> THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER<BR> DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE SEA SERPENT<BR> GLAMOUR<BR> EVERYBODY WAS VERY NICE<BR> A DEATH IN THE COUNTRY<BR> BLOSSOM AND FRUIT<BR> JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOL-KILLER<BR> O'HALLORAN'S LUCK<BR> JACOB AND THE INDIANS<BR> THE DIE-HARD<BR> DOC MELLHORN AND THE PEARLY GATES<BR> THE STORY ABOUT THE ANTEATER<BR> YOUNG PEOPLE'S PRIDE<BR> THE BAT<BR> JOHN BROWN'S BODY<BR> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 190+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!

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Anatole France (1844-1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature “in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament.” This volume collects many of his most famous works as translated into English. Included are:<P> THE REVOLT OF THE ANGELS<BR> BALTHASAR<BR> THE CURÉ'S MIGNONETTE<BR> M. PIGEONNEAU<BR> THE DAUGHTER OF LILITH<BR> LAETA ACILIA<BR> THE RED EGG<BR> THE ASPIRATIONS OF JEAN SERVIEN<BR> THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD<BR> A MUMMER'S TALE<BR> THE QUEEN PEDAUQUE<BR> THE RED LILY<BR> THAIS<BR> CHILD LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY<BR> FANCHON<BR> THE FANCY-DRESS BALL<BR> THE SCHOOL<BR> MARIE<BR> THE PANDEAN PIPES<BR> ROGER'S STUD<BR> COURAGE<BR> CATHERINE'S «AT HOME»<BR> LITTLE SEA-DOGS <BR> GETTING WELL<BR> ACROSS THE MEADOWS<BR> THE MARCH PAST<BR> DEAD LEAVES<BR> SUZANNE<BR> FISHING<BR> THE PENALTIES OF GREATNESS<BR> A CHILD'S DINNER PARTY<BR> THE MASS OF SHADOWS<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 190+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!

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"Animal Farm" is an allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England in 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II. Orwell, a democratic socialist, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and hostile to Moscow-directed Stalinism, especially after his experiences with the NKVD, and what he saw of the results of the influence of Communist policy («ceaseless arrests, censored newspapers, prowling hordes of armed police» – «Communism is now a counter-revolutionary force»), during the Spanish Civil War. In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as his novel «contre Stalin». Includes a new introduction.

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First published in 1924, “The Box-Car Children” is the beloved children’s classic by American grade school teacher and author, Gertrude Chandler Warner. It is the story of four orphaned siblings, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, and their adventures living in an abandoned boxcar in the forest. The children are having fun while living in the boxcar at first, though several adults in the community are aware of their situation and are keeping an eye on them. Life is going well for these enterprising children until one of them gets sick and the local doctor knows that they need better care. He contacts their estranged grandfather, a wealthy steel baron, to come and claim them. The children fear their grandfather, who they were always told was cruel and frightening by their parents. The grandfather is actually kind and, as soon as the children get to know him, they realize their fears are unfounded. Their grandfather brings the children to live with him and brings their boxcar along so they may continue to play in it. “The Box-Car Children” was the first in a series of books by Warner about the charming siblings which continue to entertain children to this day.

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"Complicated, cool and vulnerable at the same time…you can't help falling for Pagan Kennedy's characters."&mdash;Stephen Dubner, The New York Times Once a brilliant historian with a promising academic future, Win Duncan is at a crossroads in his career when he is mysteriously summoned by Litminov, a wild but brilliant chemist from his college days. Litminov has made millions since, and has bought a pharmaceutical company solely to develop MEM, an experimental drug that gives one the ability to recall life&rsquo;s best memories with crystal clarity. Duncan becomes a beta tester and loses himself to the most delicious moments of his past&mdash;those precious few years with his mother who died tragically when he was just a child; ecstatic sex with his wife when they first fell in love&mdash;until he discovers the dark side effects of a drug that turns the past into pornography and renders the present useless. A proven master of underground lit, beat fiction and narrative non-fiction, Pagan Kennedy takes on America&rsquo;s obsession with the idealized past with freshness, wit, and an uncanny ability to measure the pulse of post-modern culture. Pagan Kennedy is the author of seven books. The most recent, Black Livingstone , was a New York Times Notable Book and a winner of the Massachusetts Book Award. Her novel Spinsters won a Barnes &amp; Noble Discover Award and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, Britain&rsquo;s most prestigious literary award. Her articles appear regularly in The New York Times Magazine , The Nation , Spin , and Salon .

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