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Upton Sinclair - Jungle

It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they...

Tom Weiss 16 hours 3 minutes

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Edna Ferber - Buttered Side Down

«And so,» the story writers used to say, «they lived happily ever after.» Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner redolent...

Xe Sands 4 hours 35 minutes

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Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

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Stephen Leacock - Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

TriciaG 3 hours 48 minutes

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H. De Vere Stacpoole - Man Who Lost Himself

Best known for his literary work The Blue Lagoon , which has been made into film several times over, H. De Vere Stacpoole’s first publication was a book titled The Intended in 1894. Stacpoole was disappointed at...

Roger Melin 8 hours 16 minutes

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Travel Fiction

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Henry James - Europeans

The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the...

Lee Ann Howlett 6 hours 37 minutes

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Wilkie Collins - No Name

The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is killed suddenly in an accident and his wife follows shortly thereafter, it...

SilverG and 14 more 29 hours 40 minutes

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Kate Langley Bosher - People Like That

A single woman from a family that is well-off, buys a house at a place that is looked down upon and disapproved by her family and friends alike. Her reason — she wants to live the life of and know people like that....

Neeru Iyer 6 hours 39 minutes

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Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Jessie Graham Flower - Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together — and save one another from troubles. The unofficial leader of the group is Grace Harlowe, the title...

Christine Blachford 4 hours 3 minutes Grace Harlowe Series

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Henry James - Beast in the Jungle

'The Beast in the Jungle' is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats...

Rob James 2 hours 19 minutes

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Erema

A few years before the great Civil War, a young English woman and her father, having left the security of their wagon train, are lost in the unforgiving Californian desert, looking in vain for the landmark that marks...

Linda Dodge and 4 more 17 hours 43 minutes

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Francis Brett Young - Tragic Bride

The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estate nestled in the Irish countryside. In due course, young Gabrielle falls in...

Roger Melin 6 hours 14 minutes

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Helen Hunt Jackson - Ramona

Ramona, a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson (1884), is the story of a part-Scottish and part-Native American orphan girl growing up and getting married in Southern California, suffering racial discrimination and...

Elli and 6 more 15 hours 49 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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