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Romance

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Louisa May Alcott - Pauline's Passion and Punishment

Before she wrote Little Women and Little Men, Louisa, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, had this `blood and thunder' thriller (as she called them) published in 1863 by a weekly pulp magazine. This was during...

Elizabeth Klett 1 hour 48 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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E. Nesbit - Grim Tales

A collection of gentle stories that draw us into that hidden world where fear is just around the next corner, and where loving hands can touch across the boundaries of death. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Peter Yearsley 2 hours 34 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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John Kendrick Bangs - Over The Plum Pudding

Great Caesar’s ghost and shades of A Christmas Carol! Stories – some ghostly, some Christmas, some humorous, some all three — twelve of them by a master story teller and humorist of the late nineteenth and early...

David Wales 4 hours 30 minutes

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Nature

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Jean-Henri Fabre - Story Book of Science

The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nature in general. The translator explains in her foreword, «The young in heart...

Frances Brown and 12 more 10 hours 51 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Insomnia Collection Vol. 004

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...

TriciaG and 16 more 17 hours 12 minutes

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Education

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Ellen G. White - Education

Ellen White said that one of the most delicate tasks in life was working with youthful minds. Teaching should be varied which can make it possible for the 'high and noble powers of the mind' to have a chance to...

Aaron Weber and 6 more 8 hours 10 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Howard R. Garis - Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland

Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories. In this collection, the loveable old rabbit visits other childhood friends from...

Frances Brown and 6 more 3 hours 12 minutes Uncle Wiggily Stories

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General

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Mary F. Nixon-Roulet - Our Little Australian Cousin

Another delightful look back at how people and children lived in the late 1800s in this part of the British Empire. This book introduces us to Fergus and Jean Hume and their family who are sailing to Australia from...

Kathrine Engan and 4 more 2 hours Our Little Cousin Series

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Single author

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Walter De la Mare - Collected Poems 1901-1918

Early poems written by Walter de la Mare. de la Mare is best remembered for his works for children. This collection includes: Poems: 1906 The Listeners: 1914 Motley: 1918 Songs of Childhood: 1901 (Summary by...

Claire Schreuder and 19 more 3 hours 46 minutes

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Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma)

Romance

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Stendhal - Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma)

This book is more often called The Charterhouse of Parma in English, because «Charterhouse» is the English word for a Carthusian monastery, whereas «Chartreuse» is the French word. The book tells the life of a...

Antony Brown 18 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Robert Sidney Bowen - Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal

One of a series of youth-oriented adventure books set in contemporary WWII era, featuring fictional American flying ace, Dave Dawson. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Richard Kilmer 5 hours 25 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Aesop - Aesop for Children

A collection of Aesop's fables for children from the classic American book illustrated by Milo Winter. Read along and see the illustrations at: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19994. (Summary by Jill Engle)

Bob Neufeld and 18 more 3 hours 11 minutes

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