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John Habberton - Helen's Babies

In this hilarious novel, Harry Burton, a bachelor white-goods salesman, goes to take care of his sister Helen's two little boys for ten days while she and her husband are out of town. Helen says, «The children won't...

Kara Shallenberg 4 hours 7 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

930

Sir Walter Scott - Talisman

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power,...

Lizzie Driver 14 hours 27 minutes

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General Fiction

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John Galsworthy - To Let (Forsyte Saga Vol. 3)

‘The Forsyte Saga’ is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. To Let is the third and final book in the saga (although Galsworthy later published two...

eva and 3 more 11 hours 26 minutes Forsyte Saga group Volumes 1-3

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Romance

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George Eliot - Adam Bede

Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her...

Anita Roy Dobbs and 18 more 20 hours 35 minutes

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General Fiction

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - North and South

Set in Victorian England, North and South is the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her family relocates to northern England. As an outsider from the agricultural south,...

Ophelia Darcy and 46 more 18 hours 40 minutes

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General Fiction

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John Galsworthy - In Chancery (Forsyte Saga Vol. 2)

'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. In Chancery is the second book in the saga. Five years have passed since Irene left...

eva and 3 more 13 hours 34 minutes Forsyte Saga group Volumes 1-3

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Poetry

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnets from the Portuguese

Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of forty-four love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poems largely chronicle the period leading up to...

Kirsten Ferreri 48 minutes

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Romance

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Pierre Abélard - Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise

Heloise was a strong-willed and gifted woman who was fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and came from a lower social standing than Abelard. At age 19, and living under her uncle Fulbert's roof, Heloise fell in love...

icyjumbo and 1 more 3 hours 36 minutes

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Romance

E. M. Forster - Howards End (version 2)

The Schlegels frequently encounter the Wilcoxes. The youngest, Helen, is rejected by the younger Wilcox brother, Paul. The eldest, Margaret, becomes friends with his mother Ruth Wilcox. Ruth's most prized personal...

Lucy Burgoyne and 12 more 12 hours 18 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

907

Anthony Hope - Rupert of Hentzau

This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of the queen (Flavia)'s feelings towards him. Flavia decides that this must be...

Andy Minter 8 hours 45 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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H. Rider Haggard - Heart of the World

H. Rider Haggard wrote Heart of the World in 1895 and it tells of the search for a secret and hidden Mayan civilization living in a long lost city filled with gold and jewels! It is also a love story of a couple...

Paul Hansen 14 hours 11 minutes

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General Fiction

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice (version 5)

Pride and Prejudice, first published on 28 January 1813, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. It is one of the first romantic comedies in the history of the novel and its opening is one of the most famous lines...

Micah Sheppard and 1 more 14 hours 27 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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