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Mary Roberts Rinehart - Poor Wise Man

Mary Roberts Rinehart offers a superb blend of romance and suspense amidst political tensions in this story set in early 20th Century America. The characters are compelling and representative of the various...

Celine Major 12 hours 29 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Lawrence Perry - Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport

Newport, of course, means aristocratic families and naval adventures. In this tale, we wonder if the heiress will actually marry the Russian prince, who is of questionable character, or the chauffeur, who would...

Jim Locke 5 hours 57 minutes

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d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later

Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieutenant of the King’s Musketeers. In this post, he is very near to achieving...

John Van Stan 31 hours 29 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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Science Fiction

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Milo Hastings - City of Endless Night

An example of early dystopian science fiction written shortly after World War I, «City of Endless Night» imagines a future with a very different ending to the Great War. Set in 2151 and in an underground Berlin, our...

Kate Follis 9 hours 40 minutes

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Romance

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George Gibbs - Yellow Dove

A World War 1 spy vs spy novel. Oh! And perhaps I should also mention, a bit of romance? «I am sorry,” he said coolly, „awfully sorry. As you know, I would have had things different. You may still doubt me when I...

Tony Oliva 10 hours 51 minutes

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d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

Historical Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after «The Three Musketeers.» Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnated, he’s lost touch with his friends, and the high favor earned with Queen Anne has been...

John Van Stan 28 hours 10 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2)

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2)

Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with her when she leaves. Maud is then orphaned and moves in with her Uncle...

Lynne T 17 hours 56 minutes

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Earl Derr Biggers - Inside the Lines

As World War I commences, a plucky young American woman in Europe on a business trip begins to realize that she may have remained too long. She and others anxious to leave for home are caught up in events swirling...

Lee Smalley 6 hours 31 minutes

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William Le Queux - House of Whispers

This is a story about a young lady and her blind father who live in a House of Whispers. «There is a legend that those who hear the whispers die quickly and suddenly.» Story written by William Le Queux in 1910. Le...

April6090 8 hours 36 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Short Science Fiction Collection 057

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...

Craig Franklin and 13 more 8 hours 39 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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Wilkie Collins - Moonstone (version 2)

Said to be the first detective novel ever written, it is wonderful for its blending of the intrigues of romance with the conventional sleights of hand of the mystery novel. Marvellous also for its sensitive portrayal...

Tony Addison 24 hours 29 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Ethel Lilian Voynich - Gadfly

An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism centres on the life of the protagonist,...

Gloria Begemann and 5 more 11 hours 8 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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