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General Fiction

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George Gissing - Odd Women

George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century «Woman Question» by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. The novel raises these issues through the lives of several contrasting women: Mary Barfoot,...

Elizabeth Klett 14 hours 8 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Bruce S. Wright - Children's Six Minutes

This is a nice collection of 52 kid-aimed sermons by missionary Wright while he served in the Philippines in the World War I era. Each offers a slice-of-life reference point, an appropriate Bible verse, and hymn....

Bellona Times and 18 more 2 hours 25 minutes

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Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young

*Non-fiction

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Jacob Abbott - Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young

Subtitled, «The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the right development of the moral and mental capacities be promoted by methods in...

Nodo420 and 9 more 10 hours 1 minute

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Short Stories

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Stephen Leacock - Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy

Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)

TriciaG 4 hours 8 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

Early Modern

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Lawrence J. Burpee - Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series . This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean. (Summary by Esther)

Esther and 2 more 2 hours 9 minutes Chronicles of Canada Series

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Children's Fiction

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Edith Howes - Maoriland Fairy Tales

Most of the tales have some basis in history. It is an oral language so all histories have to be remembered and retold. To help with this memory retelling the carvings all have relative information and prompts,...

Marea Brook 4 hours 23 minutes

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Midsummer Night's Dream (version 2)

Shakespeare's festive comedy combines classical Athenian characters (Duke Theseus and his conquered Amazonian bride Hippolyta) with four contentious lovers, a forest full of quarreling and mischievous fairies and adds...

2 hours 12 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Sarah Orne Jewett - Gray Mills of Farley

As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times 54 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Matthew Lewis - Monk: A Romance

Matthew Gregory Lewis's The Monk: A Romance is a story of frustrated and unrequited desire between mentor and pupil mixed with elements of the supernatural. It includes several subplots: rape, torture and incest. It...

James K. White 16 hours 17 minutes

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Poetry

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G. K. Chesterton - Wine, Water and Song

A collection of 16 poems by G.K. Chesterton. All of the poems in this book, except for «The Strange Ascetic» are taken from «The Flying Inn», a book by the same author. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Phil Chenevert and 6 more 31 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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William Dean Howells - Indian Summer

In his novel Indian Summer, William Dean Howells presents a mellow but realistic story that has the complete feel of that delightful time of the year, although the plot actually spans several seasons. The Indian...

Leonard Wilson 10 hours 42 minutes

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Poetry

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John Milton - Adam and Eve

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Adam and Eve (From “Paradise Lost,” Fourth Book) by John Milton. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the...

Amy and 14 more 17 minutes

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