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Humorous Fiction

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Eleanor H. Porter - Miss Billy

Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, he was consoled by naming her Billy. Miss Billy, now 18, orphaned and all...

ashleighjane and 6 more 6 hours 17 minutes Miss Billy Series

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Poetry

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John Neihardt - Divine Enchantment

When the princess Devanaguy falls into a deep trance-like sleep, she is visited by the god Vishnu: who causes her to fall pregnant with his holy child, Christna. Devanaguy’s sleep is prolonged supernaturally by...

Nathan 1 hour 32 minutes

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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

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Jacob A. Riis - How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It...

Guero and 9 more 8 hours 50 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Anthony Trollope - Three Clerks

The Three Clerks was Trollope’s sixth novel and was written mostly in railway carriages, since his work for the Post Office still entailed a good deal of travelling; to make life easier for himself, Trollope had...

alwpoe and 8 more 20 hours 45 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Arthur Machen - Great God Pan

«The Great God Pan» is a novella written by Arthur Machen. A version of the story was published in the magazine Whirlwind in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it for its book publication (together with another...

Ethan Rampton 1 hour 59 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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J. Walker McSpadden - Robin Hood

Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for «robbing from the rich and giving to the poor», assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his «Merry...

Barry Eads 5 hours 56 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Grace Livingston Hill - Finding of Jasper Holt

Jasper Holt was a neglected child. As a consequence, he grew up to be angry and independent — generally good, but not caring what others thought of him… until he met Jean Grayson, the first truly good person he ever...

TriciaG 6 hours 19 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Daniel Boone

This is a detailed biography of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. His accomplishments are brushed over in history classes these days and not given the recognition they deserve. This biography clearly paints a...

Allyson Hester 7 hours 48 minutes

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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 2)

Humorous Fiction

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Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 2)

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a...

Phil Chenevert and 6 more 6 hours 24 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Edwin E. Slosson - Easy Lessons in Einstein

Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is meant to convey to the general reader the ideas of relativity in...

Availle and 6 more 2 hours 52 minutes

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General Fiction

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William Dean Howells - Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham is the most widely read of W.D. Howells’ novels. An example of literary realism, the story is about a farmer (Silas Lapham) who launches a very successful paint business, and moves his...

BumbleVee and 1 more 12 hours 35 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Daniel A. Lord - Red Arrows in the Night

The Scarlet Archer of Agincourt is claimed by the Erkenwold’s as their family ghost. Tradition held that the death of an important Erkenwold was always heralded by the apparition of the Scarlet Archer. Now in the...

Maria Therese 3 hours 50 minutes

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