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Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Study In Scarlet (version 5)

«A Study in Scarlet» is the first ever Sherlock Holmes story split into two quite distinctive parts. The first part is told from the viewpoint of Dr. John Watson and recounts his first experiences of meeting the...

Robert Dixon 3 hours 47 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Anna Katharine Green - Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock

A man has been shot dead in his house. Ebenezer Gryce is on the case, but he has no leads, no witnesses, no evidence — until he decides to talk to the neighbors of the victim, a blind doctor and his beautiful wife… —...

Crln Yldz Ksr 2 hours 14 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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F. Anstey - Talking Horse And Other Stories

A collection of short stories by famed humorist and Punch magazine staff member, F. Anstey, pseudonym for Thomas Anstey Guthrie. They range from humorous and whimsical to haunting and thought-provoking. — Summary by...

Lynne T and 6 more 8 hours 2 minutes

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War & Military

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Alec John Dawson - Somme Battle Stories

Stories of World War I warfare, published in 1916 in the midst of the war. (That's why names of persons and units are literally «blanked» out.) Alec John Dawson (1872 — 1951), generally known as A. J. Dawson...

David Wales 3 hours 3 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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William John Locke - Morals of Marcus Ordeyne

Marcus Ordeyne is a middle aged bachelor schoolmaster who has inherited both money and a title and thus is able to lead a life of leisure. One day, he encounters a young girl in a London park who has escaped from a...

Simon Evers 8 hours 54 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Charlotte Mary Yonge - Armourer's Prentices

Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly, his shrewish wife. John has taken over their father's position as verdurer,...

Lynne T and 6 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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Short Stories

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William Patten - International Short Stories Volume 2: English Stories

The second volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on 'English' short stories, although it includes writers from other parts of the British isles. It features pieces by William Thackeray, Charles Dickens,...

Tadhg and 10 more 13 hours 21 minutes

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Epistolary Fiction

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Mariana Alcoforado - Letters of a Portuguese Nun

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun (Les Lettres Portugaises) were first published anonymously in Paris in 1669. The five passionate letters in book form were a publishing sensation since their appearance, with five...

Leni 2 hours 21 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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L. Frank Baum - Scarecrow of Oz (version 2)

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and,...

Phil Chenevert 5 hours 18 minutes Oz books

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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2

Art, Design & Architecture

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Giorgio Vasari - Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was...

MorganScorpion and 7 more 8 hours 24 minutes Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, Volumes 1-7

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War & Military

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F. Tennyson Jesse - Sword of Deborah

«The Sword of Deborah» contains the reflections of a woman journalist visiting women working behind the lines in France during World War I. She writes: «I was glad to have seen all the different convoys I had, because...

MaryAnn 2 hours 26 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Arthur Griffiths - Passenger from Calais

An army officer, and a mysterious lady with a maid and baby in tow, are the only passengers on the Engadine express from Calais. The lady is afraid that someone is following her. Who is she? And what is her strange...

Arie 5 hours 21 minutes

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