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Humorous Fiction

438

Richard Marsh - Amusement Only

This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)

NoelBadrian and 9 more 8 hours 23 minutes

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General Fiction

421

Edgar Wallace - Secret House

A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that...

Don W. Jenkins 5 hours 48 minutes

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Detective Fiction

406

Louis Joseph Vance - Black Bag

Mr. Philip Kirkwood, a not so successful painter, receives a visitor from his home town in America, who wants him to do him an unspecified favor, but Kirkwood doesn''t trust him and sends him away. That night, he sees...

William Tomcho and 4 more 10 hours 27 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

435

Joseph Hocking - Weapons of Mystery

Justin Blake receives an invitation from his old school-fellow Tom Temple to join him and his family for the Christmas holidays in Yorkshire. Having no other plans, he decides to go. Though he is normally much the...

MaryAnn and 4 more 5 hours 50 minutes

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General Fiction

439

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles (version 2)

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is...

Bob Neufeld 6 hours 44 minutes

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Detective Fiction

406

A. E. W. Mason - At the Villa Rose

Harry Wethermill, the brilliant young scientist, a graduate of Oxford and Munich, has made a fortune from his inventions, and is taking a vacation at Aix-les-Bains. There he meets, and immediately falls in love with,...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 22 minutes

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Detective Fiction

406

Natalie Sumner Lincoln - Red Seal

Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter! (summary by...

J. M. Smallheer 5 hours 29 minutes

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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (version 3)

General Fiction

411

Robert Louis Stevenson - Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (version 3)

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novel written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John...

Bob Neufeld 3 hours 11 minutes

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General Fiction

432

Herman Landon - Gray Phantom

A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick happened to be in attendance that evening, as she had written the play that...

Roger Melin 8 hours 12 minutes

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Historical Fiction

417

Louis Ulbach - Steel Hammer

A large inheritance greatly transforms the lives of three people: a good man, who would have inherited at least a part of the fortune if his uncle hadn't passed away before altering the will, his cousin, who inherits...

Delmar H Dolbier and 3 more 8 hours 52 minutes

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General Fiction

419

Fanny Burney - Wanderer

This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. «Who is „Miss Ellis?“ Why did she board a ship from France to England at the beginning of the French revolution? Anyway,...

Roxanna Nazari and 6 more 36 hours 22 minutes

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Detective Fiction

418

William Le Queux - Stretton Street Affair

Hugh Gabriel has recently been repatriated from the war and has rejoined his old firm as an electrical engineer. On the way to visit his uncle one night, he is asked by a servant if he would be willing to meet with...

Tom Weiss 8 hours 40 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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