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Frances Milton Trollope - Vicar of Wrexhill

A villainous vicar insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy but foolish widow, ruining the fortunes and happiness of her three children, until they begin to fight back. Published in 1837 by the mother of the...

Angel5 14 hours 31 minutes

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Doctor's Wife

This is one of the Victorian “Sensationist” Mary Elizabeth Braddon's many novels (best known among them: “Lady Audley’s Secret”). It is extremely well written, fluid, humorous and, in places, self-mocking: one of the...

Kirsten Wever 18 hours

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475

H. G. Wells - Passionate Friends

H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle...

Peter Eastman 12 hours 49 minutes

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John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Herbert George Jenkins - John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall

John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional methods bewilder and embarrass the officials at Whitehall, where, according to him,...

William Tomcho and 3 more 7 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

415

H. C. Bailey - Highwayman

A romance and adventure novel, set in England during the reign of Queen Anne. The book is much unlike the author's later detective short stories. The actual book is difficult to locate and appears to have been...

James E. Carson 9 hours 6 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

475

George MacDonald - Cruel Painter

This is the story of a daring college student's quest to win the icy heart of a beautiful girl. Unfortunately, the girl is the daughter of a cunning and sadistic master artist, who takes the student as an apprentice...

Ned Troxel 1 hour 23 minutes

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Bent Twig

Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th — early 20th Century as seen by favored daughter, Sylvia Marshall. Her father is an economics professor in a...

Bellona Times 18 hours 14 minutes

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479

William John Locke - Fortunate Youth

Paul is a poor boy who grew up in London, in the household of his mother and stepfather. His journey to greatness is the subject of our story. But his desired success comes at a very high price. (Summary by Stav Nisser)

DVoice and 5 more 11 hours 39 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

462

Rudyard Kipling - Brushwood Boy

The experiences in public school, Sandhurst and military life in India of Major George Cotter together with his adventures in the dream world he discovers and frequents. (Summary by Liam Neely)

Liam Neely 1 hour 32 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

436

Joseph Hocking - Weapons of Mystery

Justin Blake receives an invitation from his old school-fellow Tom Temple to join him and his family for the Christmas holidays in Yorkshire. Having no other plans, he decides to go. Though he is normally much the...

MaryAnn and 4 more 5 hours 50 minutes

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Family Life

462

Charles Dickens - Cricket on the Hearth (Version 2)

The tale of John Peerybingle, the good-hearted carrier, and his young wife Mary ('Dot'), interwoven with the story of poor toymaker Caleb Plummer, his beloved blind daughter Bertha, and the harsh old toy merchant...

Ruth Golding 3 hours 54 minutes

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General Fiction

455

George Gissing - Nether World

This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides this fact from everybody and spends money only on the things he really...

Elizabeth Klett and 9 more 18 hours 42 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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