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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2)

Biography & Autobiography

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Frederick Douglass - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2)

Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself was written in response to critics who questioned the authenticity of the experiences Douglass drew on as a...

Jesse Zuba 4 hours 3 minutes

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General Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Opal Serpent

An old pawnbroker is found strangled with his lips pinned together with an opal serpent broach. He has a beautiful daughter who is apparently the heir of his large estate. But another claimant has made herself known...

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 44 minutes

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War & Military

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Arthur Hassall - Mazarin

Guilio Raimondo (Cardinal Mazarin, 1602-1661), Richelieu's designated successor as chief minister of France, was a master of diplomacy. Though a cardinal, he was not a priest and was probably secretly married to the...

Pamela Nagami 6 hours 11 minutes

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General

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Adah Louise Sutton - Little Maid in Toyland

The story portrays the adventures of a young girl and her friends as they magically go through the door of her doll house into a strange world called Toyland. (Summary by gloryb)

Gloria Begemann 4 hours 14 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Horace Walpole - Horace Walpole's Letters: a selection

Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford, was a cultivated participant in, and observer of, the social and political life of Georgian England. His charming and witty letters are valuable pictures of the age. «A man so...

Barbara Baker 5 hours 44 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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W. S. Gilbert - Ballad: A Manager's Perplexities

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur...

David Lawrence and 8 more 16 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby (Version 4)

After the death of his father, Nicholas must provide for his mother and sister. His wealthy uncle provides him with employment at a boys' school, run by the villainous Mr. Squeers. But when Nicholas has seen enough of...

Hamlet 31 hours 34 minutes

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Short Stories

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Im Bang - Korean Folk Tales

«To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are...

Lynne T and 11 more 5 hours 23 minutes

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Romance

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Pretty Sister Of José

Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She's seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband's hands. Popular and respected, our gentle, but fiercely independent heroine immediately...

Kalynda and 4 more 2 hours 11 minutes

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School

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Talbot Baines Reed - Cock-House at Fellsgarth

A classic English Public School story with all the usual suspects: unruly juniors, wise upper form boys, and an outcast. Summary by Von

Jim Locke 9 hours 15 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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May Sinclair - Creators: A Comedy

Jane Holland is a genius, the greatest of a group of extraordinary literary friends. She has an intense artistic and intellectual kinship with George Tanqueray, another remarkable novelist. Despite this keen spiritual...

Expatriate 15 hours 46 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Arthur Octavius Kitson - Life of Captain James Cook

“In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care has been taken to omit nothing of importance, and at the same time a few slight...

Gnomesb 11 hours 43 minutes

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