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Frances Moore Brooke - History of Lady Julia Mandeville

Lady Julia, the daughter of the earl of Belmont, and Mr. Henry Mandeville are falling in love. Though Henry is like a family friend, this love is not welcomed because the lady Julia is promised to someone else (or so...

Delysid and 6 more 6 hours 45 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

495

Peter B. Kyne - Valley of the Giants

The man was John Cardigan; in that lonely, hostile land he was the first pioneer. This is the tale of Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for in his chosen land the pioneer leader in the gigantic task of hewing a path for...

Roger Melin 12 hours 6 minutes

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Lyndon Orr - Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion

«Famous Affinities of History» is a book of passion-filled accounts of the most famous love affairs of history. The stories of Cleopatra, Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx,...

James Christopher and 13 more 14 hours 57 minutes

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564

Jane Austen - Emma (version 3)

Jane Austen famously described Emma Woodhouse, the title character of her 1815 novel, as «a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like.» Yet generations of readers have loved Emma, as much for her blunders as for...

Elizabeth Klett 14 hours 53 minutes

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Charlotte Lennox - Female Quixote Vol. 1

The novel formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the maiden love of a Romance. While the don thinks it his duty to praise the...

Gilly and 4 more 7 hours 9 minutes

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D. H. Lawrence - Trespasser

Brief Encounter meets Tristan und Isolde — on the Isle of Wight, under a vast sky florid with stars. The consequence is tragic indeed for one of the parties, Siegmund, when he sacrifices family life for a few...

Martin Geeson 10 hours 40 minutes

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519

Maria Thompson Daviess - Melting of Molly

Meet Molly: a quirky, spirited twenty-five-year old, widowed for 6 years, living in picturesque Hillsboro with her aunt amidst gossipy neighbors, on a strict diet, and in serious boy trouble. There's Arthur, her...

Elli and 5 more 2 hours 29 minutes

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Abbot's Ghost or Maurice Treherne's Temptation

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Louisa May Alcott - Abbot's Ghost or Maurice Treherne's Temptation

Written by Louisa May Alcott under her pseudonym, A. M. Barnard, this Christmas story deals with the themes of love and defending one's honor. Although he is disinherited and poor, Maurice Traherne tries to win the...

Elli and 3 more 2 hours 32 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

533

James Oliver Curwood - Flower of the North

Flower of the North finds Philip Whittemore on an adventure which takes him up the Churchill River of northern Canada to a land which he thought he knew. However, tucked in among the rocks and hills lies an...

Roger Melin 8 hours 25 minutes

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Edith Wharton - Reef

George Darrow, Anna Leath’s first love, is finally coming from London to propose to her. However, he drifts to an affair with Sophy Viner, Anna’s daughter’s naïve and young governess. Sophy’s relationship with Darrow...

Elli and 8 more 9 hours 33 minutes

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Theo

It's described as «A SPRIGHTLY LOVE STORY» and it is written by F. H. Burnett, «one of the most charming among American writers!» (Summary by Project Gutenberg and Elli)

Neeru Iyer and 3 more 3 hours 13 minutes

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Arnold Bennett - Anna of the Five Towns

The plot centers on Anna Tellwright, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her activities are strictly controlled by the Methodist church....

Bellona Times and 6 more 8 hours 18 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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