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Tragedy

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Sophocles - Oedipus at Colonus (Jebb Translation)

«Oedipus at Colonus» (also Oedipus Coloneus, Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnō) is one of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles'...

Expatriate 1 hour 48 minutes

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Tragedy

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Sophocles - Oedipus Rex (Murray Translation)

«Oedipus Rex» (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, Oidipous Tyrannos), also known as «Oedipus the King» or «Oedipus the Tyrant,» is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed about 429 BC (noted...

Expatriate 1 hour 41 minutes

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Tales of Troy: Ulysses the Sacker of Cities

Children's Fiction

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Andrew Lang - Tales of Troy: Ulysses the Sacker of Cities

These are short stories about the life of Ulysses, the stealing of Helen, Paris, battles, Trojan horses, and more! — Summary by Maggie Travers

Eleanor Howard and 6 more 3 hours 26 minutes

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History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 3

War & Military

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Friedrich Schiller - History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 3

The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Written for a wider audience than Revolt, it is a vivid history, colored by...

Alan Winterrowd 3 hours 37 minutes History of the Thirty Years War

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Myths And Legends Of The Pacific Northwest Especially Of Washington And Oregon

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Katharine Berry Judson - Myths And Legends Of The Pacific Northwest Especially Of Washington And Oregon

The basis on which these myths were selected necessarily excluded those which showed traces of the white man's religion or of the red man's coarseness. Relatively speaking, only a few myths could be selected. These...

David Wales 2 hours 24 minutes

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Literary Fiction

884

Henry James - Papers

Today the world is awash with “celebrities” whose only accomplishment is being celebrated by the media in all its various forms. Henry James, of course, long pre-dates the multiplicity of media in today’s world, when...

Nicholas Clifford 3 hours 57 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

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Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson - Men Who Found America

This Book is about the Men Who Found America and how it started — Summary by Elijah

Elijah Fisher 3 hours 35 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Loretta Ellen Brady - Green Forest Fairy Book

This is a volume of original fairy tales by Loretta Ellen Brady. — Summary by Carolin

Peter Yearsley and 9 more 5 hours 49 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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John Galsworthy - Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, and they are written much more like short stories than in the classical style...

Pamela Nagami and 15 more 6 hours 41 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Hamlin Garland - Spirit of Sweetwater

Clement had unwittingly succeeded where others had failed at mining in the western Colorado mountains. Now he found himself wanting to share his success with some deserving soul, and one day found a young dying woman...

Roger Melin 1 hour 54 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment (version 2)

«Crime and Punishment» is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal «The Russian Messenger» in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in...

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Literary Fiction

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Sir Philip Sidney - Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Arcadia is a prose work by Sir Philip Sidney, a classic of the Renaissance pastoral and a work of high romance, a fleeting vision of a lost world of gallantry and adventure, representing an escape from the realities...

Nicole Lee 12 hours 12 minutes

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