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Historical Fiction

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Joseph Conrad - Point of Honor

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out struggle over the following...

Mark F. Smith 3 hours 29 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

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M. B. Synge - Book of Discovery

Telling the history of geographical discoveries, «Book of Discovery» is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne, of silent toil, of courage and resolution unequalled in the annals of mankind, of...

Kristine Bekere 16 hours 30 minutes

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Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)

Detective Fiction

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Mark Twain - Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)

It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this novel is a detective story, in which a series of identities — the judge's...

John Greenman 5 hours 24 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe

War & Military

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William Wood - Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe

Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a greater whole. But, since such treatment gives a totally false idea of his...

Esther and 3 more 2 hours 58 minutes Chronicles of Canada Series

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his...

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 26 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Thornton W. Burgess - Old Mother West Wind

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. He loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years....

Laurie Anne Walden 1 hour 39 minutes

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Writing & Linguistics

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Ambrose Bierce - Write it Right

Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives — entertaining, thought-provoking, occasionally outdated but so interesting to see how style and...

Laurie Anne Walden and 5 more 1 hour 41 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Israel Zangwill - Old Maids' Club

Mathematics vs. poetry: Brainy and beautiful 17-year-old Lillie, determined to never marry, begins an Old Maids' Club, while patient young Lord Silverdale advises, observes, and writes appropriate poetry. Candidates...

TriciaG 9 hours 30 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Alfred Marshall - Principles of Economics, The Appendices

Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it. His...

Rhonda Federman and 4 more 6 hours 9 minutes Principles of Economics

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. I part 1

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46, priced at a penny each. Serialised novels sold in this way were known as...

Cori Samuel and 20 more 22 hours 43 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Importance of Being Earnest (version 2)

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian...

1 hour 47 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in these collections are independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass...

Philippa and 12 more 6 hours 11 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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