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Fergus Hume - Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories

Short Stories by Fergus Hume (1859 – 1932), a prolific English novelist. — Summary by wikipedia

David Wales 10 hours 6 minutes

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Historical

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Charlotte Maria Tucker - Spanish Cavalier

When his father dies, Lucius Lepine goes to Spain as a clerk. His fellow clerk, Don Aguilera, doesn't come to work one day. Lucius is worried, he has heard rumors of what has happened to Aguilera. What has happened?...

Esther ben Simonides 4 hours 56 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Maurice Leblanc - Eight Strokes of the Clock (Version 2)

The Eight Strokes of the Clock is a collection of short stories centred on Arsène Lupin, former gentleman thief extraordinaire. In this series, Lupin has abandoned his life of crime in favour of that of crime solver....

Cate Barratt 6 hours 29 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Patanjali - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (version 2)

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail. The...

Jothi Tharavant 4 hours 10 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Judith Gautier - Memoirs of a White Elephant

«We are told by writers of antiquity that elephants have written sentences in Greek, and that one of them was even known to speak. There is, therefore, nothing unreasonable in the supposition that the White Elephant...

Ed Humpal and 7 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edgar Saltus - Mr. Incoul's Misadventure

Saltus has been compared to Oscar Wilde for wit and language. His novels are entertaining, yet philosophical, exposing the vagaries of human nature. The publishers promoted Mr. Incoul's Misadventure thus: «A novel...

Lynne T and 6 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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Early Modern

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Daniel Defoe - Storm

The Storm (1704) holds a special place in the writings of Daniel Defoe. Widely considered a founding document of modern journalism, The Storm narrates the calamitous events of November 1703 that are framed by the...

Denny Sayers 9 hours 8 minutes

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Plays

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George Farquhar - Recruiting Officer

The author was himself a recruiting officer, and possibly gathered all the materials for this play on the very spot where he has placed his scene—Shrewsbury. He has dedicated the piece «to all friends round the...

2 hours 12 minutes

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Science Fiction

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H. Beam Piper - Omnilingual (version 2)

This short story was first written and published in the year 1957, as part of a collection of short science fiction stories in the collection Astounding Science Fiction. Piper's story is unusual in focusing on the...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 53 minutes

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General Fiction

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D. H. Lawrence - Aaron's Rod

Flutist Aaron Sisson is caught up in the aftermath of WWI. A lost soul, he attempts to find himself in the comfort of bar-room talk and alcohol and a woman. Moving on, he spends time with a mining executive's...

Bill Boerst and 1 more 11 hours 40 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - London Life

A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-American manners and a fascinating glimpse of late Victorian London. Summary by...

Deborah Percy 5 hours 22 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Thornton W. Burgess - Mother West Wind "When" Stories

Thorton Burgess gives us a collection of stories about the animals, explaining 'when' they got their peculiar traits. As usual the stories are short and delightfully written so as to be enjoyed by child or adult. Have...

Arnold and 5 more 2 hours 45 minutes

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