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Action & Adventure Fiction

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E. Phillips Oppenheim - Great Secret

English gentleman Hardross Courage has a good life. He has all the money he needs, enjoys sports and hunting, manages the family estate, and in general leads a satisfying life. On a trip to London to participate in a...

Tom Weiss 7 hours 27 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

449

Joseph Conrad - Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Crime and Punishment,...

Expatriate 11 hours 1 minute

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

399

William Babington Maxwell - Devil's Garden

Risque for its time, but tame by today's standards, The Devil's Garden is a story of passion and mystery. William Dale, the main character of the story is Postmaster of Rodhaven. He is introduced as an honest peasant...

Tom Weiss 12 hours 11 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

483

Upton Sinclair - 100%: The Story of a Patriot

«100%:The Story of a Patriot» dramatically recounts the adventures of a poor uneducated young man who lives by his wits and guile, as he becomes politicized during his involvement in the sometimes violent struggle...

Lee Smalley 8 hours 54 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

479

John Buchan - Greenmantle (Version 2)

Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr...

Tom Weiss 9 hours 22 minutes

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Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma)

Romance

508

Stendhal - Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma)

This book is more often called The Charterhouse of Parma in English, because «Charterhouse» is the English word for a Carthusian monastery, whereas «Chartreuse» is the French word. The book tells the life of a...

Antony Brown 18 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

467

William Henry Bishop - Tom of the Raiders

Young Adult historical fiction of a young man joining the Union Army and taking part in the Great Locomotive Chase. (Summary by Brett Downey)

Brett W. Downey 4 hours 14 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

444

Charles Ross Jackson - Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story

There have been a series of assaults at the manor house, one sending the mistress of the house insane with fear, another escalating to murder. There are reports of a tread on the stairs and shady figures disappearing...

Lynne T and 8 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

449

E. Phillips Oppenheim - Double Traitor

The setting is the years prior to the outbreak of World War I. It is a time when Germany is outwardly preparing for war but Britain continues to believe it is invincible and that no one would challenge her. A vast...

Tom Weiss 7 hours 13 minutes

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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 5

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 5

In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in...

JDavidMoore and 7 more 11 hours 1 minute Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

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General Fiction

443

Samuel Merwin - Short Line War

" The Short Line War is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-Webster, stands for two healthy-minded young men who have put their heads...

Betsie Bush 6 hours 28 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Camille Flammarion - Omega: The Last Days of the World

Omega: The Last Days of the World is a science fiction novel published in 1894 by Camille Flammarion. On 25th century Earth, a comet made mostly of Carbonic-Oxide (CO) could possibly collide with the Earth. It is...

A. J. Carroll and 4 more 6 hours 46 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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