Professor William Waterman Sherman just wants to be alone. So he decides to take a year off and spend it crossing the Pacific Ocean in a hot-air balloon the likes of which...
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Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1890 года (издательство "London : Methuen").
Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии.
Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1889 года (издательство "London : Spencer Blackett & Hallam").
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"Rasselas" is a provocative fable a...
With an Introduction by Pat Righelato, University of Reading
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