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Literary Fiction

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May Sinclair - Mr. Waddington of Wyck

May Sinclair’s 1921 novel tells the story of the ridiculous Mr. Horatio Bysshe Waddington, a pompous, self-deluded poser making his way through life caring only for the impressions he makes on others. His...

Expatriate 6 hours 10 minutes

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General Fiction

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Eliza Haywood - Fortunate Foundlings

A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and Louisa are twins, abandoned in infancy and adopted by a wealthy bachelor. For...

Helen Taylor 10 hours 28 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Edwin Arnold Brenholtz - Recording Angel

«The Recording Angel,» by Edwin Arnold Brenholtz, is one of the earliest examples of an American proletarian novel, a work intended to promote social reform or political revolution among the working classes. The...

Linette and 2 more 10 hours 41 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

908

Irvin S. Cobb - Cobb's Anatomy (version 2)

Irving S. Cobb discusses the human body and its various strange parts in his own inimitable hilarious style. He discusses the tummy and the problems of having a large one; teeth, hair and finally hands and feet....

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 1 minute

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Gossip In The First Decade Of Victoria's Reign

Modern (19th C)

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John Ashton - Gossip In The First Decade Of Victoria's Reign

«I have written this Gossip not only for the edification of those to whom a portion, more or less, may be news, but for those who, like myself, have lived through the whole of Queen Victoria's reign, to whom the...

David Wales 10 hours 59 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Charlotte Mary Yonge - Dove in the Eagle's Nest

Christina is an ordinary girl who lives with her aunt and uncle. Life is normal until one day when her father appears and plans to take Christina away to live with him at a robber baron's castle. Her peaceful life has...

Mike Justice and 6 more 11 hours 21 minutes

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Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War

Historical Fiction

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George Durston - Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War

The boy scouts are at it again! The war in Warsaw, Poland was devastating and led to many broken families. When the beloved children of the royal family under the charge of an American professor are kidnaped, the boy...

Aaron Walsh and 4 more 4 hours 3 minutes Saalfield Boy Scout Series

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

996

E. Phillips Oppenheim - Golden Web

Stirling Deane has sold the Little Anna Gold Mine which he discovered in South Africa. The sale has made him a rich man and the head of the company to which he sold the mine. A former acquaintance from his days in...

Richard Kilmer 7 hours 28 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

883

George Livermore - Take it From Dad

Take It From Dad is a collection of letters written by a father to his son, Ted, at boarding school, away from home for the first time. In each letter «Dad» comments on some aspect of Ted's experience, attitude, or...

Lee Smalley 3 hours 19 minutes

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Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

981

Ida M. Tarbell - Business of Being a Woman

How were women's roles changing in the 1900's? Ida Tarbell explores this in a well written, witty and insightful series of essays. «The object of this little volume is to call attention to a certain distrust, which...

MaryAnn and 7 more 3 hours 46 minutes

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Plays

952

Jessie Braham White - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The classic story of Snow White and the seven dwarfs, now in play form! The play was adapted by Jessie Braham White (the pen name of Winthrop Ames), from the Grimm tale. — Summary by Rachel Cast List:...

2 hours 37 minutes

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Rilla of Ingleside (version 3 Dramatic reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Rilla of Ingleside (version 3 Dramatic reading)

Anne of Green Gables is all grown up and married, and this is the story of her daughter “Rilla”, named for the indomitable Marilla Cuthbert of Anne’s childhood. The young Rilla will need all her strength for the dark...

9 hours 52 minutes Anne of Green Gables and related works

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