Historical Fiction

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Thomas Hardy - Group of Noble Dames

The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of any touch of nature as a table of logarithms. But given a clue—the faintest...

Libby Gohn 6 hours 52 minutes

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Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace Vol. 1 (Dole Translation)

”War and Peace” is a panoramic novel: It is its own justification, and perhaps needs no introduction. It always reminds the translator of a broad and mighty river flowing onward with all the majesty of Fate. On its...

MaryAnn 15 hours 2 minutes

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Christopher Marlowe - Edward II

Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan tragedy focuses on the downfall of King Edward II, whose love for his favorite courtier, Piers Gaveston, leads to rebellion. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast Gaveston:...

2 hours 53 minutes

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Mary Esther Miller MacGregor - Black-Bearded Barbarian

A fictionalized biography of George Mackay (1844-1901), an influential Presbyterian missionary in northern Taiwan. (Summary by Edmund Bloxam)

Edmund Bloxam 4 hours 26 minutes

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Mark Twain - Horse's Tale

Soldier Boy is the top steed at Fort Paxton. He is Buffalo Bill’s favorite horse and has led a life of glory and honor. One day General Alison’s orphaned niece arrives and proceeds to charm every man, woman, and beast...

Gregg Margarite 1 hour 49 minutes

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General Fiction

Charles Dickens - Tale of Two Cities (version 2)

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction....

Paul Adams 15 hours 29 minutes

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Mary Roberts Rinehart - Amazing Interlude

It is the early days of The Great War. As the curtain rises, Sara Lee is sitting by the fire in her aunt and uncle’s home, knitting a baby afghan. Her beau’s name is Harvey. He has his eye on a little house that is...

MaryAnn 7 hours 5 minutes

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John R. Musick - Witch of Salem

A historical novel about the Salem Witch Trials. A fantastic illustrated historical novel by the prolific American author John R. Musick. From the author’s preface: The «Witch of Salem» is designed to cover...

Linette and 7 more 9 hours 1 minute

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Sir Walter Scott - Waverley, Volume 2

Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young dreamer and...

doublemirrors and 6 more 9 hours 17 minutes

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J. Walker McSpadden - Robin Hood

Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for «robbing from the rich and giving to the poor», assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his «Merry...

Barry Eads 5 hours 56 minutes

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George Douglas Brown - House with the Green Shutters

The House with the Green Shutters is a novel by the Scottish writer George Douglas Brown, first published in 1901 by John MacQueen. Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, in the fictitious town of Barbie which is based on...

lennich 9 hours 5 minutes

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Nigel

By 1348 the House of Loring has fallen on hard times. Together, the Black Death and the greedy monks of Waverley have bled away all of the Loring wealth. Even the manor house will have to go to pay their debts. Then...

Clive Catterall 12 hours 7 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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