Newton's Library
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Newton's Library

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  Two young Englishmen journey to America, and find themselves not really understanding what goes on.

  Mr. Winterbourne, who usually stays in Geneva, makes an unfortunate aquaintance in a young American girl, Ms. Miller.

  Jeffrey Aspern was a celebrated author, and some of his letters ended up in a house in Vienna. Now a young man is trying to get his hands on them by pretending to be someone he is not.

  A frightened young man is caught in a dilemma: He had the luck to discover something valuable - and he doesn't know how to return it. The problem is that the guardian of the object wants it back very, very badly.

  You never know what will turn up when you re-build the interior of old churches. Sometimes it's treasure, sometimes you regret the whole project...

  Mr. Wraxall, an Englishman allows his traveller's curiosity to get the best of him while visiting the manor-house of Count Magnus in Sweden. A half-dozen black-and-white illustrations illuminate this dark narrative.

  Disturbing occurrences ensue after a small-town minister mysteriously vanishes one evening. Some b/w drawings illustrate this nightmarish story, which is told through a series of letters from a man to his brother.

  A collection of short stories, generally centered around traditional irish folk- and everyday life.