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Historical Fiction

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Upton Sinclair - Metropolis

In this 1907 novel about the extravagant life of New York City’s high society, the author of The Jungle, presents a portrait of the wealthy elite. Allan Montague, a lawyer of thirty, moves to New York City from...

Richard Kilmer 10 hours 48 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

1.2K

Leonard Merrick - Position of Peggy Harper

Novel set in the shabby world of British (third-rate) theaters circa 1900. Christopher Tatham tries to survive by going from bit part to bit part, and by his uncle's charity, while hoping for a leading-man role. He...

Anna Simon 6 hours 22 minutes

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Education

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Lewis Terman - Intelligence of School Children

This book has been written for the rank and file of teachers, school supervisors, and normal-school students. Its purpose is to illustrate the large individual differences in original endowment which exist among...

Leon Harvey 7 hours 21 minutes

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Poetry

812

Short Poetry Collection 194

This is a collection of 51 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2019.

Winston Tharp and 20 more 1 hour 36 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Gothic Fiction

726

Alexandre Chatrian - Man-Wolf

«The Man-Wolf» is a 38,000 word novella that appears in the English language collection of short stories entitled, The Man-Wolf and Other Tales. The other tales in that collection were not recorded for this project....

James K. White and 1 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Romance

1K

Elinor Glyn - Three Weeks

Three weeks was Elinor Glyn's most popular and most scandalous book, published in 1907, and made into an even more scandalous movie in 1914. The book follows Paul Verdayne, who thinks himself passionately in love with...

MaryAnn and 6 more 5 hours 56 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

1.2K

Harry Collingwood - Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn

Eric Blackburn's strange adventures begin when the ship on which he is engaged as fourth officer is struck by an enormous meteorite and sinks within minutes, and Blackburn is the sole survivor out of the 535 people on...

Tom Penn and 6 more 7 hours 36 minutes

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Christianity - Other

969

Saint Francis de Sales - Introduction to the Devout Life

First published in the early 17th century, it has proven its value as a daily spiritual guide and helpful reference for living an authentic Christian life. Written specifically for laymen, it began as letters from...

Phil Chenevert and 23 more 10 hours 11 minutes

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 3, March 1900

«Birds and All Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 2 hours 31 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Poetry

777

Emile Verhaeren - Afternoon

This is a volume of poetry by Belgian poet Émile Verhaeren, skillfully rendered into English verse by Charles Murphy. Although the English translation was published during World War I, the French original was...

Sonia and 3 more 42 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

885

Anna Hamlin Weikel - Betty Baird

This is the first book in the Betty Baird Series of boarding school books, a genre which was popular among young girls in the early 1900s. Our heroine, Betty Baird, who is herself obsessed with reading boarding school...

Holly Jenson 5 hours 4 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

820

Thomas Moore - Song of the Olden Time

From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his friends, such as The Poor Soldier by John O'Keeffe (music by William Shield),...

Bruce Kachuk and 7 more 12 minutes

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