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War & Military Fiction

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Stephen Crane - Red Badge of Courage

This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on the subject, Crane's novel does not concentrate on the big picture or the...

James Smith and 13 more 4 hours 55 minutes

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Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860

*Non-fiction

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Andrew Jackson - Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860

A non-fictional account of Burke and Wills's 1860 expedition to cross the Australian continent from south to north and then return. Containing many excerpts from the diaries and accounts of the explorers, this book...

Chris Chapman and 1 more 6 hours 5 minutes

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Children's Fiction

643

Hugh Lofting - Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later...

James Smith and 18 more 7 hours 42 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

557

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Parasite

Being a physiologist, Austin Gilroy is unconvinced that the occult is real. His friend Professor Wilson, however, is not only convinced that psychical powers are real, but eagerly desires that Gilroy should be...

Carl Vonnoh III 1 hour 58 minutes

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Romance

651

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility

The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gives her whole heart to every endeavor. When the Dashwoods — mother Mrs....

Michelle Crandall and 14 more 12 hours 11 minutes

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Short Stories

529

Robert W. Chambers - King in Yellow (part 2)

Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Shortly after returning to America, he became popular as the writer of a number of romantic novels; he is now best known as the...

Maria Celano and 2 more 3 hours 49 minutes

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*Non-fiction

446

Olive Green - Spinster Book

A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. (Summary by Kristin...

Kristin Hughes and 8 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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Romance

537

Willa Sibert Cather - Alexander's Bridge

Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through what's known today (but not in 1912) as a mid-life crisis. Although married to his wife Winifred, Bartley resumes his...

Eva and 1 more 3 hours 19 minutes

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Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

*Non-fiction

613

Charles Darwin - Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. The book’s full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 14 more 24 hours 22 minutes

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General Fiction

521

Marcel Proust - Swann's Way

Swann's Way is the first book in the seven-volume work In Search of Lost Time , or Remembrance of Things Past , by Marcel Proust. It is a novel written in the form of an autobiography. Proust's most prominent work,...

Denny Sayers and 1 more 24 hours 17 minutes

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Short Stories

547

Katherine Mansfield - Garden Party

A collection of short stories on a variety of subjects, by one of New Zealand's premiere female writers.

Lucy Burgoyne 6 hours 46 minutes

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Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Detective Fiction

550

Maurice Leblanc - Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin who, in France, has enjoyed a popularity as long-lasting and considerable as Sherlock...

Karen Savage and 5 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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