Published 1900 onward

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Family Life

496

Walter Alden Dyer - Pierrot, Dog Of Belgium

This 1915 novella was published as the First World War raged. «Belgium lies bleeding. Across her level, lush meadows the harsh-shod hosts of war have marched. Beside her peaceful waters the sons of God have spilled...

David Wales 1 hour 50 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

431

Louis Joseph Vance - Joan Thursday

Minor potboiler is a change of pace from the author of the Lone Wolf detective series. Tenement beauty (and wannabe stage-star) Joan Thursby seeks to raise herself up out of the gutter in 1900's New York City, in a...

VfkaBT 12 hours 53 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

490

Henry Kitchell Webster - Ghost Girl

Henry Kitchell Webster is an American author best know for his detective novels. The Ghost Girl opens with a murder mystery. A young woman's frozen, yet perfectly preserved, body is found in the river. As the family...

Kate Follis 8 hours 23 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

469

Algernon Blackwood - Regeneration of Lord Ernie

«The Regeneration of Lord Ernie is a story about a young man with no passion for life, he was very capable and the heir to a large family fortune but just not interested in life. His father employs a teacher, John...

Patrick79 3 hours 42 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

458

Joseph Patterson - Rebellion

Cinematic in style and rich in characterization, this novel is set in early 20th century Chicago – in a barroom, at home, and in the workplace. An alcoholic convinces himself of the reasonableness of “just one drink”....

Lee Smalley 6 hours 41 minutes

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Jim The Story Of A Backwoods Police Dog (And Other Stories)

Nature & Animal Fiction

488

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - Jim The Story Of A Backwoods Police Dog (And Other Stories)

Deputy Sheriff Tug Blackstock wanted a dog to help with his work. As for Jim, at first glance he might almost have been taken for a slim, young black bear rather than a dog. They were a pair, indeed, to strike the...

David Wales 4 hours 13 minutes

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480

Winston Churchill - Far Country

The book follows the career of Hugh Paret from youth to manhood, and how his profession as a corporation lawyer gradually changes his values. The book received positive reviews, and was the second best-selling novel...

Kate Follis 19 hours 47 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

493

Edwin Carlile Litsey - Race Of The Swift

This 1905 collection is of the author’s short animal stories, some previously published in magazines. — Summary by David Wales

David Wales 2 hours 6 minutes

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Crimson Gardenia And Other Tales Of Adventure

Action & Adventure Fiction

460

Rex Beach - Crimson Gardenia And Other Tales Of Adventure

Published in 1916, this book collects eleven stories originally published in several different magazines. Beach’s adventure stories were immensely popular throughout the early 1900s. — Summary by David Wales

David Wales 8 hours 34 minutes

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Westerns

431

B. M. Bower - Lonesome Land

Val had come to Montana to marry a cowboy named Manley, envisioning a life of wedded bliss, freedom, and was anticipating happiness in her adopted part of the country. She would soon learn that the winters could be...

Roger Melin 8 hours 40 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

429

Freeman Wills Crofts - Pit Prop Syndicate

Seymour Merriman stops at the side of the road 26 miles outside Bordeaux, an action that will change his life forever. The events that follow lead him into mystery, smuggling, murder and love. Two amateur detectives...

KHand 8 hours 47 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

498

Marie Corelli - Strange Visitation

The Strange Visitation is a Christmas ghost story in the spirit of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It was commissioned by the Strand as a supplement to its December volume of that year. — Summary by A. Gramour

John Van Stan and 2 more 3 hours 19 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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