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453

William Carleton - Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine

A story about the Irish, just before the onset of the famine of 1847, with all the color and dialogue of a man who lived it. (Summary by JCarson)

James E. Carson 16 hours 22 minutes

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Anthony Trollope - Miss Mackenzie

The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself with no one to care for, and in possession of a moderate fortune. Having money,...

Kirsten Wever 15 hours 10 minutes

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General Fiction

472

Gustave Flaubert - Salammbô

After completing the famous Mme Bovary , Flaubert put all his efforts into researching the Punic Wars and completed the lesser known Salammbô . In this volume, Flaubert describes in detail the Mercenary Revolt and...

Crln Yldz Ksr 14 hours 53 minutes

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478

Israel Zangwill - Children of the Ghetto

In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices of transplanted eastern European Jews against the forces of assimilation....

Adrian Praetzellis 15 hours 17 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

580

Charles Waddell Chesnutt - Marrow of Tradition

In The Marrow of Tradition , Charles W. Chesnutt--using the 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina massacre as a backdrop--probes and exposes the raw nerves and internal machinery of racism in the post-Reconstruction-era...

James K. White 9 hours 52 minutes

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465

Mary Hastings Bradley - Favor of Kings

«Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman,» writes a quaint and susceptible chronicler, " than to that of fair Anne Boleyn." Certainly no girl ever flashed...

Verity Kendall and 6 more 11 hours 42 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

472

H. Rider Haggard - Brethren

Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtful man, and Wulf is the blue eyed warrior. They are both knights of England...

Abigail Rasmussen 14 hours 23 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

451

William Harrison Ainsworth - Windsor Castle, Book 2

Book 2 — Herne the Hunter. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other...

Tricia F. and 5 more 2 hours 8 minutes Windsor Castle

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496

Anthony Trollope - Belton Estate

Clara Amedroz is the virtuous, intelligent, and quick-witted heroine of this novel. Like all women of her time, she has few options other than to marry. She is lucky enough to have two eligible suitors, and chooses...

Kirsten Wever 16 hours 10 minutes

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466

Frances Hodgson Burnett - Lady of Quality

Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included. (Summary by Linda Andrus)

Linda Andrus 9 hours 35 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

424

Owen Wister - Red Men And White

These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed. They belong to each other in a kinship of life and...

David Wales 9 hours 37 minutes

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General Fiction

438

Charles Waddell Chesnutt - Conjure Woman

Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in «Patesville» (Fayetteville), North Carolina. While drawing from local color...

James K. White 3 hours 39 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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