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Guy de Maupassant - Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel

“He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him — a power so irresistible that all women yielded to it.” Though firmly set in 1880s Paris, Maupassant's gripping story of...

Martin Geeson 8 hours 15 minutes

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Roswell Field - Romance of an Old Fool

A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintances and perhaps reflect on his successes since his departure. This visit,...

Roger Melin 2 hours 58 minutes

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Bertrand W. Sinclair - Hidden Places

Hollister, returning home from the war physically scarred but otherwise healthy and intact, finds life difficult among society, and so chooses to roam about a bit seeking a future for himself. He eventually leads...

Roger Melin 9 hours 49 minutes

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Fanny Burney - Camilla

Camilla is Frances Burney's third novel. It became very popular upon its publication in 1796. Jane Austen referred to it, among other novels, in her novel Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh!...

Adrian Wheal and 15 more 40 hours 5 minutes

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Leo Tolstoy - Resurrection, Book 2

Resurrection is the last of Tolstoy's major fiction works published in his lifetime. Tolstoy intended the novel as an exposition of injustice of man-made laws and the hypocrisy of institutionalized church. It was...

David Cole and 2 more 7 hours 36 minutes Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy

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Mary Augusta Ward - Marcella

Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward) was a very popular author at the end of the 19th century. The arrival of Marcella was discussed a lot in the London news papers. This popular novel tells about Marcella Boyce, a...

xibu and 11 more 25 hours 20 minutes

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E. Nesbit - House of Arden

This novel describes how Edred and Elfrida Arden and their Aunt Edith embark on a treasure hunt through time — for the famous Arden family treasure. With help from the magical creature Mouldiwarp, they find a whole...

Elizabeth Klett and 3 more 7 hours 36 minutes

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Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

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Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It consists of 56 passages divided into four sections: «Our Parish», «Scenes»,...

David Barnes and 22 more 21 hours 57 minutes

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Ouida - Dog of Flanders

«Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world.» So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become inseparable companions. They were Nello, an orphaned youth, and Patrasche, the dog which he...

Roger Melin 1 hour 52 minutes

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George du Maurier - Trilby

Trilby, published in 1894, fits into the gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the Fin de siècle and is one of the most popular novels of its time, perhaps the second best selling novel of the Fin...

Christian Al-Kadi and 7 more 11 hours 12 minutes

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Max Brand - Seventh Man

The Seventh Man by Max Brand, tells part of the story of the larger-than-life western character, Dan Barry, known as “Whistling Dan,” and his alter-ego companions, Black Bart, the wolf-dog, and Satan, the...

Robert Keiper 8 hours 4 minutes

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Henry James - Spoils of Poynton

The recently widowed Adela Gereth, a lover of beauty and passionate collector of fine objects, strikes up a friendship with the young Fleda Vetch, when both of them find themselves guests in the tasteless house of...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 14 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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