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Libros que paga a pena/Highly Recommended Books:Great Books to Read.

Read a book a day and keep the doctor away! 

1.STEVENSON, Robert Louis (13 November - SCORPIO - 1850 / 3 December 1894 ) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist.

       . New Arabian Nights ( 1882 ) - SHORT STORIES (relatos curtos/cuentos)

        (Las nuevas 1001 noches)

2.BEERBOHM, Max ( 24 August - VIRGO - 1872 / 20 May 1956 ) English writer, essayst, parodist, caricaturist.

        . Seven Men ( 1919 ) - SHORT STORIES 

        Especially, " Enoch Soames "

         ( Siete hombres )

3.MACHEN, Arthur (3 March - PISCES - 1863 / 15 December 1947 ) Welsh writer, mystic.

        . The Three Impostors ( 1895 ) - NOVEL ( incorporating short stories )

        ( Los tres impostores )


4.BRADBURY, Ray ( August 22 - LEO - 1920 / June 5, 2012 ) American fantasy, science-fiction author.
        . The Martian Chronicles ( 1950 ) -  SHORT STORIES 
        
         ( Crónicas marcianas )
 
5.FAULKNER, William ( September 25 - LIBRA - 1897 / July 6, 1962 ) American writer, Nobel Prize.
        . As I Lay Dying ( 1930 ) NOVEL
    
        ( Mientras agonizo )
 
6.JAMES, Henry ( 15 April - ARIES - 1843 / 28 February 1916 )
American-born British writer.
 
        . The Aspern Papers ( 1888 ) NOVELLA  (novela curta/novela corta)
 
        ( Os papeis de Aspern/ Los papeles de Aspern )
 

7.SCOTT, Walter  (15 August 1771 - LEO -  21 September 1832) 
Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet.
 
        .Ivanhoe (1820 ) NOVEL
 
 8.CHESTERTON, Gilbert Keith (29 May-GEMINI - 1874 – 14 June 1936)
 English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, biographer, literary and art critic.
 
        . The Paradoxes of Mr Pond ( 1936 ) MYSTERY SHORT STORIES
 
         ( Las paradojas del Sr. Pond )

9.CHEEVER, John 
 (May 27-GEMINI - 1912 – June 18, 1982) 
 American novelist, short story writer.
 
        .The Swimmer ( 1964 ) SHORT STORY
         ( El nadador )
10.BENNETT, Enoch Arnold  (27 May 1867 – GEMINI – 27 March 1931)
 English writer.
 
        .Buried Alive (1908 )
 
        (Enterrado en vida)


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