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Lewis Carroll - Phantasmagoria and other poems

This is a collection of numerous lesser known poems by Lewis Carroll, with a tendency towards entertaining nonsense verses and unusual approaches to subject matter. Some of the poems are rather meta or introspective...

Rosslyn Carlyle 1 hour 53 minutes

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Children's Fiction

426

Covington Clarke - Aces Up

A crack American flying troop has been sent to France, where they await further instructions. They are concerned that their extensive talents will not be put to good use in the war. Major Cowan introduces Lt. McGee as...

Bill Boerst 5 hours 57 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

545

Jules Verne - Abandoned

Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a wounded animal--one which must have been fired within the previous three...

Masch1 and 13 more 7 hours 1 minute

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Family Life

451

Margaret Widdemer - Rose Garden Husband

This novel was written by Margaret Widdemer, who won the Pulitzer prize for her collection of poetry in 1919. Phyllis is a 25-years-old children's librarian. She is good at her job. Yet when she sees a girl from her...

Mary Herndon Bell 4 hours 26 minutes

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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (Version 3)

In one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved stories, Philip Pirrip, known as “Pip”, narrates his own journey, from the hindsight of 50 years. Pip grows up with his older sister after losing his parents at a very...

Mil Nicholson 20 hours 12 minutes

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Stefan Zweig - Burning Secret

A lonely, convalescing 12 year-old boy and his attractive mother, who is in a loveless marriage, meet a gentleman while vacationing at a European resort. Seeking an enjoyable way to pass the time, the man schemes to...

Lee Smalley 2 hours 33 minutes

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534

H. G. Wells - New Machiavelli

About a political idealist who changes his colours and engages in a sexual adventure, this novel by H.G. Wells generated controversy when it was first published in 1911. — Summary by Anthony Ogus

Anthony Ogus 16 hours 41 minutes

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513

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Short Stories (Household Words 1850-53)

Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1853 In addition to three serialized novels, Cranford, North and South, and My Lady Ludlow,...

Phil Benson 9 hours 57 minutes

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601

Anthony Trollope - Warden (version 3)

The Warden is the first novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the «Chronicles of Barsetshire», making fun of the Church of England of his time, together with the religious controversies, and the press. It was...

Nick Whitley 9 hours 37 minutes

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Eliza Haywood - Fortunate Foundlings

A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and Louisa are twins, abandoned in infancy and adopted by a wealthy bachelor. For...

Helen Taylor 10 hours 28 minutes

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495

Alice Mangold Diehl - Entrapped

The story begins with a storm outside an old house and stormy scenes inside between the house’s occupants. It details the eventful life of Zoe Blount, including her involvement in a mystery and her place in a...

Newgatenovelist 5 hours 13 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

568

Jack London - Daughter of the Snows

In Jack London's first novel, he tells the story of Frona Welse, a strong and interesting heroine, «a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie,» who heads to the Yukon gold fields after creating a stir in her hometown...

Don W. Jenkins 8 hours 34 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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