title: World of Literature, The
author: James W. Earl
description: Unique in perspective and content, this one-volume anthology provides a coherent, manageable selection of major works of world literature. Genuinely global in balance, it embeds familiar great works of the Western or European tradition within the wider literary history that begins in ancient Sumer four thousand years ago. By tracing thematic connections and contrasts among works from differing traditions, it helps readers understand intercultural communication as well as the developing formal conventions and patterns of thought within particular traditions. Includes selections from several major cultures of the world in three main historical periods: THE ANCIENT WORLD -- Ancient Middle East, India, China, Greece/Rome. THE MIDDLE PERIOD -- Medieval and Renaissance Europe, The Latin Tradition, The Celtic Languages, The Germanic Languages, The Romance Languages and English, Byzantine, Middle East, India, China, Japan, Maya (Guatemala). THE MODERN PERIOD -- Middle East and Africa, India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Europe, The Americas, The Caribbean. Contains selections that were chosen for their ability to reach out artistically to a naive reader across time and space &#151; those that can evoke meaningful responses from readers even when read outside their cultural/historical context. Includes relatively brief introductions that set the context for each selection and relate it to other works in the volume. For anyone interested in the world's literature.
zlib_text: **The Discreet Investigations of Lord and Lady Calaway**
  
   **Book Four: The Earl’s Mortal Enemy**
  
  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are
  entirely coincidental.
  
  THE EARL'S MORTAL ENEMY
  
   **First edition. June 10, 2020.**
  
  Copyright © 2020 Issy Brooke.
  
  Written by Issy Brooke.
  
   **Table of Contents**
  
  Title Page
  
  Copyright Page
  
  Prologue
  
  One
  
  Two
  
  Three
  
  Four
  
  Five
  
  Six
  
  Seven
  
  Eight
  
  Nine
  
  Ten
  
  Eleven
  
  Twelve
  
  Thirteen
  
  Fourteen
  
  Fifteen
  
  Sixteen
  
  Seventeen
  
  Eighteen
  
  Nineteen
  
  Twenty
  
  Twenty-one
  
  Twenty-two
  
  Twenty-three
  
  Twenty-four
  
  Twenty-five
  
  Twenty-six
  
  Twenty-seven
  
  Twenty-eight
  
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  > **Prologue**
  
   **Thringley House, southern England**
  
   **November 1893**
  
  A _uthor’s note: this book is written in British English. It has been edited
  professionally, but the grammar, spelling and vocabulary may be unfamiliar to
  some readers._
  
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  THE LETTER WAS ADDRESSED to Adel