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Alexandre Dumas - Three Musketeers, Version 2

D’Artagnan, son of a poor Gascon aristocrat, travels to Paris to seek his fortune. His family connections enable him to obtain a position in a Guard regiment. His provincial ingenuousness and his hot-headed sense of...

Mark F. Smith 26 hours 40 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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Joseph A. Altsheler - Texan Star

This is the first story in the Texan series by Joseph Altsheler. The Texan Star outlines the great Texan struggle for freedom, following the adventures of the main character, Ned Fulton. (Summary by Edmonds)

Edmonds 8 hours 57 minutes

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Algernon Blackwood - Regeneration of Lord Ernie

«The Regeneration of Lord Ernie is a story about a young man with no passion for life, he was very capable and the heir to a large family fortune but just not interested in life. His father employs a teacher, John...

Patrick79 3 hours 42 minutes

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - Around The Campfire

Action and adventure short stories of men and animals in the wild. — Summary by David Wales

David Wales 8 hours 17 minutes

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Aylward Edward Dingle - Pirate Woman

Within his mysterious stronghold, «The Cave of Terrible Things,» on the Maroon coast of Jamaica, washed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, Red Jabez, Sultan of Pirates, had just died. Dolores, his daughter, «a...

Sonia and 9 more 6 hours 30 minutes

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Crimson Gardenia And Other Tales Of Adventure

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Rex Beach - Crimson Gardenia And Other Tales Of Adventure

Published in 1916, this book collects eleven stories originally published in several different magazines. Beach’s adventure stories were immensely popular throughout the early 1900s. — Summary by David Wales

David Wales 8 hours 34 minutes

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Guy Boothby - 'Farewell, Nikola'

Farewell Nikola is the fifth and last novel of the Dr Nikola series. We are reacquainted with Richard «Dick» Hatteras, former South Seas adventurer and Roustabout who clashed with Dr Nicola in “A Bid for...

Peter John Keeble 6 hours 15 minutes

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Frank Benton - Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack

Frank Benton, himself a wealthy rancher, provides a series of first-hand sketches of cowboy life of the late 19th and early 20th century from stories gathered from the «sidetrack.» These were working cowpunchers with...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 3 hours 39 minutes

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Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 (version 2)

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Eugène Sue - Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 (version 2)

Rodolphe is the Grand Duke of Gerolstein, a fictional kingdom of Germany, but disguises himself as a Parisian worker. He can speak in the secret language of criminals, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However,...

Celine Major 10 hours 15 minutes

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Hesba Stretton - Fern's Hollow

Ferns Hollow is the sad, but sweet story of a young boy who tragically loses his parents and has to care for his two sisters and crazed grandfather. He finds himself in many difficult situations which test his faith...

Matthew Johnson and 2 more 4 hours 35 minutes

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Mark the Match Boy or Richard Hunter's Ward

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Mark the Match Boy or Richard Hunter's Ward

In this third installment from the “Ragged Dick” series by Horatio Algers, Jr., the reader is reacquainted with some old friends and meets young Mark Manton. Mark is a match boy plagued by bad luck and an even worse...

Tori Faulder 3 hours 53 minutes Ragged Dick Series

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H. Rider Haggard - Wanderer's Necklace

The Wanderer’s Necklace is classic Haggard, filled with adventure, intrigue, and steadfastness in the face of overwhelming obstacles. “The Editor" recalls his past life as Olaf, an 8th century Norseman. Olaf...

Annyiee Hill 10 hours 31 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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