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Ludvig, Baron Holberg - Niels Klim's Journey under the Ground

Niels Klim's Underground Travels, originally published in Latin as «Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum» (1741) is a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel written by Ludvig Holberg, a Norwegian-Danish dramatist,...

Alan Winterrowd 3 hours 50 minutes

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E. Nesbit - Magic World

Talking cats, birds, fish and bells, wicked fairies, uglified princesses — adventure, magic, and more magic. A delightful collection of stories for children of all ages. The Magic World is an influential...

Ruth Golding 7 hours 27 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Lucian of Samosata - Trips to the Moon

The endeavour of small Greek historians to add interest to their work by magnifying the exploits of their countrymen, and piling wonder upon wonder, Lucian first condemned in his Instructions for Writing History ,...

Ralph Snelson 3 hours 27 minutes

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Selma Lagerlöf - Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Price in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. The Wonderful Adventures...

Lars Rolander 17 hours 38 minutes

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G. K. Chesterton - Ball and the Cross

The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a «mixture of fantasy, farce and theology.» Gardner continues: «Evan MacIan is a tall, dark-haired,...

Matthew C. Heckel and 1 more 8 hours 36 minutes

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Algernon Blackwood - Jimbo

Fantasy novel about the mystical adventures of a lonely English boy, Jimbo. It’s really quite beautiful and can be enjoyed by both older kids and adults, though parts may be too scary for younger children (who'd...

Adrian Praetzellis 5 hours 52 minutes

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William Morris - Wood Beyond the World

The Wood beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of...

Cori Samuel 5 hours 20 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Napoleon of Notting Hill

While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: «Forward, my beauty, my Arab,» he said, patting the omnibus encouragingly, «fleetest of all thy...

Ray Clare 5 hours 56 minutes

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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

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E. M. Berens - Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

This is a comprehensive collection of all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of major mythological stories. (Summary by Sibella)

Sibella Denton and 10 more 11 hours 24 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton - Coming Race

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as «the...

Maire Rhode 6 hours 55 minutes

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Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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Rudolf Erich Raspe - Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The stories about Münchhausen were first collected and published by an anonymous author in 1781. An English version was published in London in 1785, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, as Baron Munchhausen's Narrative of his...

Glen Hallstrom and 12 more 4 hours 45 minutes

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Edward Ormondroyd - David and the Phoenix

David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on the mountain ledge. There stood an enormous bird, with a head like an...

Greg Weeks 3 hours

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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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