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Published before 1800

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Oliver Goldsmith - Vicar of Wakefield

Published in 1766 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off...

Martin Clifton 6 hours 23 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Henry James - Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. It is a ghost story that was originally published in 1898. A nameless governess reports the events of two ghosts who stalk the young children she has...

Nikolle Doolin 5 hours 43 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe

Follows the fortunes of the son of a noble Saxon family in Norman England as he woos his lady, disobeys his father, and is loved by another. Set in late 12C England and in Palestine with Richard Cœur-de-Lion at the...

Kristin LeMoine and 7 more 19 hours 25 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain

Early Modern

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Charles W. Colby - Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain

For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our heritage that he founded New France in the spirit of unselfishness, of loyalty,...

Kevin McAsh 3 hours 4 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Robert W. Chambers - King in Yellow (part 1)

Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80's and early 90's, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, shortly after returning to America, he decided to spend his time in writing. He...

Peter Yearsley 4 hours 38 minutes

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Science Fiction

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H. G. Wells - Invisible Man

The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility and uses it on...

Alex Foster 4 hours 54 minutes

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Travel Fiction

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Mark Twain - Innocents Abroad

Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time.” (The Writer’s Almanac, June 8, 2012) When you dive into Mark Twain’s...

John Greenman 19 hours 36 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Innocence of Father Brown

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. Father Brown's ability to uncover...

Brian Roberg 10 hours 23 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Thucydides (Θουκυδίδης) - History of the Peloponnesian War

The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens) in the 5th Century BC. It...

Ryan and 6 more 20 hours 57 minutes

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Short Stories

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Oscar Wilde - Happy Prince and Other Tales

Collection of children’s stories written in 1888, dealing primarily with love and selfishness. These stories are generally sad, with a moralistic message. The collection includes: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and...

Joy Chan 1 hour 41 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Laozi 老子 - Tao Teh King

Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King illuminates The Tao: a guiding principle of the universe and all within it. By exploring the nature of dualities and complements, Lao-Tze dissects strength and weakness; presence and absence;...

Eric S. Piotrowski 1 hour 34 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Johann David Wyss - Swiss Family Robinson

The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to...

Mark F. Smith 12 hours 48 minutes

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