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Children's Fiction

512

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (version 2)

This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to love the four sisters as they grow and mature into young women. This book has...

Abigail Rasmussen 19 hours 38 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

479

John Kendrick Bangs - Toppleton's Client

A pre-eminent legal firm gets far more than it bargained for when it hires the son of its late senior partner, Hopkins Toppleton, Sr., simply to retain the illustrious family name on the company masthead. Knowing Jr....

Cate Barratt 5 hours 4 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

546

Lord Dunsany - Fifty-One Tales

Very brief, well-crafted stories, many having surprise endings, all steeped in the dye of myth and calling to every reader's neglected imagination. (Summary by Thomas Copeland)

Thomas A. Copeland 1 hour 50 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

460

Arthur W. Marchmont - Dash for a Throne

The young Count von Rudloff got himself into so much trouble with the Imperial Family in Berlin, that he sees no other way out of it than to fake his own death. Stumbling through different identities, he finally...

Crln Yldz Ksr 12 hours 4 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

513

Richard Harding Davis - My Buried Treasure

«This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not let me write the story,...

Crln Yldz Ksr 50 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

523

Alfred John Church - Stories from Virgil

Alfred J. Church created 26 stories from the original Greek version of Virgil's Aeneid. He included well-known ones, such as «The Horse of Wood» and «The Love and Death of Dido,» as well as many others perhaps less...

Bill Boerst 5 hours 13 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

499

Murray Leinster - Pariah Planet (version 2)

When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions and endangered the Galactic peace. (Summary by Gutenberg text)

Mark Nelson 4 hours 1 minute

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Children's Fiction

527

Frank Gee Patchin - Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks

Yee-Haw!!! The Pony Rider Boys are on the move again! This time the boys are in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri. With Joe Hawk, or Eagle-eye, guiding them, Professor Zepplin and the Pony Rider Boys are sure to find...

Richard Kilmer and 5 more 5 hours 1 minute The Pony Rider Boys series

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General Fiction

805

William Blake - Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution. The title is an ironic reference to Emanuel Swedenborg's theological work...

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General Fiction

547

John Kendrick Bangs - Mrs. Raffles

Mrs. Raffles, widow of the now deceased A. J. Raffles (who was the gentleman thief pursued at one time by Sherlock Holmes), continues the family legacy of crime—but this time in America. These stories are narrated by...

ToddHW and 3 more 2 hours 20 minutes

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Children's Fiction

513

Katharine Pyle - Tales of Folk and Fairies

In «Tales of Folk and Fairies» Ms. Pyle tells 15 different children's stories from around the world; each more delightful than the last. Each story stands completely on it's own and although they were probably meant...

William Tomcho 5 hours 3 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

482

Joseph Conrad - Almayer's Folly

A European businessman and his Malayan wife have a daughter, Nina. A Malayan prince comes to do trade with the businessman and falls in love with the daughter. Conflict arises when other influences cause distrust in...

Kristel Tretter 7 hours 16 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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