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Published 1800 -1900

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Henry Dunbar

In this novel by Victorian sensationalist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Henry Dunbar returns to England after a 30-year exile to India for committing forgery. What follows is an adventure involving murder, deception, the...

Victoria P and 11 more 15 hours 38 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Mark Twain - Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 3

This third volume of Mark Twain's journal writings continues on eclectic and varied path established by the first two volumes. Included in this collection are works that appeared by themselves in magazines during...

John Greenman 3 hours 41 minutes

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Peggy Raymond's School Days (or Old Girls And New)

Published 1900 onward

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Harriet Lummis Smith - Peggy Raymond's School Days (or Old Girls And New)

Published in 1916, this third installment with The Friendly Terrace girls places them in The Girl’s High School, with an array of new characters, and a few peripherally known from the first book. A heavier edge of...

Daryl Wor 5 hours 14 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Robert E. Howard - Devil in Iron

Conan's lustful desires again get him into a whole pile of trouble. This time the beautiful, golden haired, noble born Octavia, lures him into a fiendish trap set by his most powerful enemies and from which there...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 34 minutes Conan the Cimmerian

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Drama

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August Strindberg - There are Crimes and Crimes

Maurice, a playwright on the brink of success, feels so confident in his professional future he proposes to Jeanne, his mistress. However, upon meeting Henriette, his friend's mistress, he gets swept away by his...

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Historical Fiction

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Henryk Sienkiewicz - Deluge Volume 1

The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as «the Trilogy,» having been preceded by...

Piotr Nater and 10 more 23 hours 56 minutes

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Religion

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Rev. Wilfrid J. Diamond - Sunday Morning Storyland

A collection of short sermons for children written by a Catholic priest. Each with a story woven in teaches a moral or virtue for that week. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Maria Therese 2 hours 51 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Saki - Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches

Reginald in Russia is the title story in a collection of fifteen witty and satirical stories, sketches and one «playlet» by that master of the short story H. H. Munro, better Known as Saki. The stories are: Reginald...

NoelBadrian 2 hours 38 minutes

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Arts

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Thomas Tapper - Music Talks With Children

«A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these...

Patrick Wells and 3 more 3 hours 2 minutes

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Poetry

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Rosa Mulholland - Dreams and Realities

This is a volume of poetry by Rosa Muholland. The poetry in this volume is varied, some read like fairy tales, some have a slightly sinister aspect. All poems share the very skillful execution of the verses, and the...

BettyB and 6 more 1 hour 52 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy, religion, health, humor, history, and literature. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Craig Campbell and 17 more 5 hours 49 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 5

Anthologies

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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 5

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering «American households a mass of good reading», the editors drew from...

Availle and 17 more 18 hours 43 minutes Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

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