Published 1900 onward

94 books

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General Fiction

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Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey - Lady of the Basement Flat

A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi Mason

Judi Mason 9 hours 4 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

971

Gene Stratton-Porter - Girl of the Limberlost (version 2)

Set in the Limberlost swamp of Indiana, A Girl of the Limberlost follows Elnora Comstock through struggles and triumphs as she seeks education and the mother love she has always been denied. — Summary by Patience Charles

Patience Charles 10 hours 28 minutes

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Westerns

905

Max Brand - Cross Brand

Jack Bristol shot the sheriff and stole his horse. He rode off, not into the sunset, but into the mountains. The mountain man held him captive for months and then released him. Why? And why did the girl scream with...

David Wales 3 hours 56 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Ernest Vincent Wright - Gadsby

Fifty-year-old John Gadsby is alarmed by the decline of his hometown, Branton Hills, and rallies the city's young people to form an «Organization of Youth» to build civic spirit and improve living standards. Gadsby...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 10 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

A. E. W. Mason - Witness for the Defence

Part romance, part mystery, part courtroom and quasi-courtroom drama. Young love reignites itself after a hiatus of some years. Or does it? Much can change in that time — both to the people themselves, and to the...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 57 minutes

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Detective Fiction

949

Maurice Leblanc - Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes

The story of an exciting test of wits between world-class thief Arsène Lupin and master detective Herlock Sholmes. Translated from the French. — Summary by Andy Harrington

Andy Harrington 6 hours 43 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

868

Herbert George Jenkins - Night Club

This work of fiction by Herbert Jenkins (1876-1923) features one of his best-loved comic characters, the affable Cockney, Joseph Bindle. It was Bindle who conceived the idea of forming ”The Night Club”, where people...

Lee Smalley 7 hours 26 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

960

James Edwin Gunn - Breaking Point

Machines are infallible. Humans are not. The crew of The Ambassador knew their ship could not possibly fail, but what of themselves? And how could they defend against an unknown enemy with unknown motives and...

Peter Eastman 2 hours 10 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

1000

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

Letitia, Aggie and Lizzie are at it again, solving mysteries, getting into scrapes. Is there no end to the antics of these three spinster ladies? A murder at a hospital, reuniting lovers, a mangy dog or does it have...

Sandra Cullum 5 hours 40 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

969

Andrew Barton Paterson - Three Elephant Power and Other Stories

From Banjo Paterson, bush poet and favorite son of Australia, here is a collection of colorful stories from Australia that offer a window into the past and the culture of the region. — Summary by A. Gramour

Beth Thomas and 7 more 3 hours 33 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Short Science Fiction Collection 056

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative...

Tony Addison and 9 more 7 hours 34 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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Rainbow Valley (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

Children's Fiction

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Rainbow Valley (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

Anne Shirley is grown up and married, and her six children are off having their own adventures with the Merediths — the four children of a widowed, absent-minded minister. Whether they're hiding a runaway home girl...

7 hours 37 minutes Anne of Green Gables and related works

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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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