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466

Willa Sibert Cather - Lost Lady

The young Niel Herbert idolizes Marian Forrester, the beautiful and charismatic wife of a pioneering railroad magnate. After discovering Mrs Forrester’s affair with another man, Herbert loses faith in her and all he...

Rob Marland 3 hours 51 minutes

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Family Life

563

Grace Livingston Hill - Unwilling Guest

A young society woman travels to the country to visit her aunt, only to end up as the unwilling guest of a neighboring family. The daughter is not so sure how to deal with this unpleasant circumstance. The young man...

LikeManyWaters 8 hours 59 minutes

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Nature & Animal Fiction

485

Walter Alden Dyer - Dogs Of Boytown

This collection of stories about dogs and the people they own was published in 1918. The story proceeds leisurely with much information about different breeds of dogs. The author obviously likes both boys and dogs. (...

David Wales 6 hours 15 minutes

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443

Robert Barr - Sword Maker

Times are hard in Frankfort. Defeat in war, weak leadership, trade blockades and a starving population lead to a restive and unhappy citizenry. The one thing Frankfort does have is the best three sword-makers in the...

Roman Noble and 10 more 11 hours 44 minutes

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General Fiction

559

Grace Livingston Hill - Dawn of the Morning

Fresh from school, mistreated and neglected by her father and stepmother, sixteen-year-old Dawn consents to marry a friend of her father's whom she has only met, but the wedding does not go as planned. Scared and...

Barbara Hale and 10 more 9 hours 8 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

443

Sewell Ford - Shorty McCabe

Yes, it's been a couple of years since I quit the ring.... I slid into a quiet corner for a month or so, and then I dropped into the only thing I knew how to do, trainin' comers to go against the champs. It ain't like...

Scotty Smith 6 hours 51 minutes

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433

Ellis Parker Butler - Incubator Baby

Marjorie Fielding is born premature and spends her first months of life in an incubator. Her mother is a modern, broad-minded woman eschewing old fashioned views of childrearing to embrace a scientific method. Science...

Scotty Smith 1 hour 11 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

458

E. W. Hornung - Witching Hill

The adventures of two young men, which may or may not have to do with the supernatural. — Summary by Nicholas Clifford

Nicholas Clifford 5 hours 56 minutes

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Family Life

529

Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey - Love Affairs of Pixie

This is the third book of the Pixie O’Shaughnessy trilogy. In a story of love lost and found, Pixie matures from an inexperienced young lass into a wise woman. — Summary by Judith Mason

Judi Mason 8 hours 47 minutes

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484

Eden Phillpotts - Human Boy

This collection of eleven short stories, both humorous and touching, about English school boys was published in 1900. The book was quite popular in its time. The author wrote two follow-up books: The Human Boy Again...

David Wales 4 hours 20 minutes

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460

Arnold Bennett - Lilian

Lilian works in a typewriting office owned by Felix Grig, a middle-aged man of means. The office is run by his spinster sister, Miss Grig, who suspects that Felix is more interested in Lilian than perhaps he should be...

Simon Evers 4 hours 54 minutes

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Gulliver The Great And Other Dog Stories

Nature & Animal Fiction

637

Walter Alden Dyer - Gulliver The Great And Other Dog Stories

This 1916 book is a collection of sixteen of the author's dog stories previously published in magazines. ( David Wales)

David Wales 5 hours 58 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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