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Poetry

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Edwin Arlington Robinson - Man Against the Sky: A Book of Poems

This is a volume of later Poetry by the famous American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson. — Summary by Carolin

John Burlinson and 4 more 2 hours

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Poetry

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Kingdom of Love

This is a volume of poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, named after the poem 'the Kingdom of Love'. — Summary by Carolin

Michele Fry and 11 more 2 hours 38 minutes

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History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

Biography & Autobiography

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Justin McCarthy - History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on the stage that bulky, big-spender, George IV, his bumbling brother, William...

Pamela Nagami 11 hours 39 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

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Joseph Conrad - Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Version 2)

The Secret Agent tells the story of Adolf and Winnie Verloc. He is a phony anarchist and agent provocateur of the title, and the plot centres around the terrible consequences for their family when he is pressured into...

Cori Samuel 9 hours 50 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Maarten Maartens - God's fool

At the age of nine, Elias Lossell becomes deaf and blind from an accident. Communication with him becomes difficult, and mentally, he never really grows up. Years later, circumstances make him the richest man in town...

Anna Simon 14 hours 46 minutes

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General Fiction

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Ivan Turgenev - Torrents of Spring

The Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents (Russian: Вешние воды), is a novel written by Ivan Turgenev during 1870 and 1871 when he was in his fifties. The story centers around a young Russian landowner...

tovarisch 6 hours 9 minutes

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Tragedy

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Aeschylus - Agamemnon (Browning Translation)

The play Agamemnon details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his murder, partly as revenge for the sacrifice of...

Expatriate 1 hour 44 minutes Oresteia

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a murder during the Yukon gold rush, a perpetual motion fraud, the dissection of a Tasmanian tiger's brain,...

Son of the Exiles and 9 more 5 hours 18 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Biography & Autobiography

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Nikola Tesla - My Inventions and Other Works

Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these works is a six part series titled My Inventions , which is an autobiographical...

Kane Mercer and 6 more 5 hours 44 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Paul Leicester Ford - Many-Sided Franklin

A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L. Ford uses Franklin’s letters, papers and journals to step us through Franklin's...

Michele Fry 12 hours 17 minutes

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Philosophy

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Benjamin Franklin - Poor Richard's Almanack

A brief biographical sketch of Franklin's life, followed by a collection (published in 1899) of 670 aphorisms, apothegms, or proverbs — short, pithy, instructive sayings — that were scattered throughout the pages of...

Michele Fry 1 hour 30 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Vol. 6

The last volume of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag is another collection of stories by Louisa May Alcott. From preparing for Thanksgiving (with your parents away!) to the adventures two dolls had on their way to Maine, to the...

Gloria Begemann and 6 more 6 hours 1 minute

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