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Humorous Fiction

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H. G. Wells - Sea Lady (Version 2)

A mermaid contrives to have herself «rescued from drowning» and adopted by a respectable family on the English coast. Her motive, which she conceals for quite a while, is to win the heart of a handsome but...

Thomas A. Copeland 4 hours 35 minutes

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General

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William J. Long - Secrets of the Woods

The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without this element his pioneer work in the realm of nature would now be familiar only...

Kangaroo and 4 more 4 hours 17 minutes Wood Folk Series

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Memoirs

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Isaac Mason - Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave

Isaac Mason was born into slavery. As a young man, he escaped to freedom and made a life for himself. An intelligent man, he gave lectures on his experiences and was later encouraged to publish them in book form. —...

Lynne T 2 hours 9 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Clara Swain - Glimpse of India

A Glimpse of India: being a collection of extracts from the letters Dr. Clara A. Swain, first medical missionary to India of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. —...

Sienna 9 hours 49 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Violet Hunt - White Rose of Weary Leaf

Isobel Violet Hunt was a British author renowned for her literary salons, which hosted such notables as H.G. Wells, D.H. Laurence, Henry James, W. Somerset Maugham, Oscar Wilde and Ezra Pound. In White Rose of Weary...

Lisa Reichert 13 hours 20 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George Gibbs - Forbidden Way

...he went over to a cracked mirror in the corner and examined his face, grinning at his image and touching the red marks with his fingers. «That was a love-tap for fair,» he said. «I reckon I deserved it. But...

Tony Oliva 10 hours 54 minutes

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Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces

Exploration

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Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces

Lost in the wilderness of The Yellowstone for over a month, nearly dying of starvation and wild animal attack, despairing of ever finding his way out. Here are six relatively unknown early pieces about the U.S.A.’s...

David Wales 5 hours 15 minutes

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Romance

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Amy Le Feuvre - Carved Cupboard (Dramatic Reading)

Agatha, Gwen, Clare and Elfie have always been told that they will inherit their aunt's house. But when their aunt dies, she leaves it all to their intolerable cousin James. What will they do? Will the verses Nannie...

4 hours 53 minutes

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Religion

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Martha Finley - Grandmother Elsie

Change has come to Elsie's family in the 8th book of this delightful series. Her daughter, Violet, marries a naval Captain with three children of his own and the children try to adjust to life with their new...

Bria Snow and 7 more 6 hours 21 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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Christianity - Other

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Harriet Beecher Stowe - Religious Studies, Sketches and Poems

Best known for having written «Uncle Tom's Cabin,» Harriet Beecher Stowe also wrote several religious works, including the works in this book. The first section (Religious Studies) was originally published as...

Steve Owen and 15 more 12 hours 15 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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John Ruskin - Sesame and Lilies

Sesame and Lilies proposes and answers the questions, how, what and why to read in the context of how and why to live. About earlier and later editions of the book containing the first two lectures alone, Ruskin...

Oxenhandler 5 hours 13 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Ambrose Bierce - Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

Ambrose Bierce's collection of short parables, published under the pen name of Dod Grile, is similar to Aesop's Fables. This compilation is comprised of «Fables of Zambri, the Parsee,» «Brief Seasons of Intellectual...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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