Published 1800 -1900

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Religion

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Annie Fellows Johnston - In League With Israel

When Bethany Hallam travels to Chattanooga for the League Conference, she meets David Herschel, who challenges her thinking and changes her views about her missionary obligations to God's «chosen people.» ( Esther ben...

Adele de Pignerolles and 5 more 5 hours 16 minutes

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Family Life

794

Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Cradock Nowell Vol. 1

Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family...

Lynne T 8 hours 30 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

729

Winston Churchill - Celebrity

Satirizes the rise of a young novelist (thought to be Richard Harding Davis, but denied as such by Churchill). — Summary by Joseph Tabler

Joseph Tabler 5 hours 50 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

999

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Study In Scarlet (Version 6)

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, «consulting detective» Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later...

David Clarke 4 hours 37 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

884

Anthony Trollope - Marion Fay

Marion Fay (1882) offers a pair of romances, each involving a match between one titled personage and one commoner. The misalliances lead to the typical strains between parental desires and romantic wishes of the...

Arnold 24 hours 6 minutes

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Christmas Stories from French and Spanish Writers

Published 1800 -1900

699

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza - Christmas Stories from French and Spanish Writers

Fifteen short stories by Antoinette Ogden from French and Spanish writers of many times. — Summary by david wales

David Wales 5 hours 35 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

950

Anthony Trollope - Nina Balatka

A romance set in Prague between a Catholic and a Jew. In this short novel, Trollope moves away from his usual milieu to explore a theme which has universal resonance. — Summary by Anthony Ogus

Anthony Ogus 7 hours 6 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

833

Carolyn Wells - Gold Bag

The case involves a millionaire murdered in his study, suspicious servants, a beautiful niece, a private secretary and a will. enamored. A Holmes like detective is brought in to solve the mystery. (Summary by Richard...

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 43 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

688

Willis Boyd Allen - Around The Yule Log

Eleven yule-tide stories by a popular writer of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. — (Summary by david wales)

David Wales 4 hours 34 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

786

Mary Elizabeth Hawker - Cecilia de Noël

Cecilia de Noël is an original and cleverly told ghost story, published in 1891. The story is told, Rashomon-like, from six different viewpoints. — Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales

David Wales 3 hours 29 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol (version 07)

The classic Christmas story of an old miser and the astonishing effect a series of ghostly visitors has upon him. This version has been read in a whisper and is perfect for night-time listening in a quiet room. The...

Cori Samuel 3 hours 41 minutes

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Hard Times (version 2), Locked Out and On Strike

Published 1800 -1900

896

Charles Dickens - Hard Times (version 2), Locked Out and On Strike

Hard Times was Dickens's shortest novel and the only one to be set in the industrial north of England. A fast moving story with a typical cast of larger than life characters, the novel is a vehicle for a humanist...

Phil Benson 11 hours 41 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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