Published 1800 -1900
85 books
Published 1800 -1900
1.3K
Ingersoll Lockwood - 1900 or The Last President
The year is 1896. The United States is rocked by the election of an unlikely president. On election night, riots broke out in the streets of New York. The city was paralyzed with dread. Mobs organized under the lead...
1 hour 13 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.5K
Walt Whitman - Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier
Published anonymously in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (with an earlier draft also appearing as “Arrow-Tip” in The Aristidean), The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier is one of the few known works of long-form...
2 hours 11 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.3K
Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist (version 7)
Orphan boy Oliver is forced into child labor at an early age, and after a simple plea for more food, finds himself alone in the streets of London, where ultimately he becomes the center of attention for a gang of...
15 hours 58 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.5K
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Lost for Love
EXCERPT: In all things that he did, Flora's well-being was the doctor's paramount consideration. He brought pleasant people to his house; men of professional standing, and their wives. He sought to win friends for...
15 hours 19 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.4K
George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. IV
The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of...
45 hours 55 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.2K
Rosa Nouchette Carey - Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
Doctor Markus Luttrell and his new wife Olivia, a former governess, are trying to start building their nest. Problems arise when doctor Luttrell cannot find work and Olivia has to take care of the house. The financial...
6 hours 42 minutes
