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Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo ) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers , as Dumas's most popular work. The writing of...

Kristin LeMoine and 49 more 55 hours 18 minutes

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General Fiction

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Wilkie Collins - Armadale

The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a...

David Barnes and 19 more 31 hours 38 minutes

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General Fiction

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Charlotte Turner Smith - Old Manor House

The proud, cruel and arrogant Mrs. Rayland never married. Therefore, «Rayland Hall», the old Manor House of the title, had to pass to their heir, Somerive, whom they never treated kindly. According to the British laws...

Elaine Webb and 3 more 24 hours 54 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers

This is the second in Trollope’s ‘Barsetshire’ series of novels. The later novels in the series move away from Barchester itself but 'Barchester Towers' is very much a sequel to the first book ‘The Warden’, which is...

Andy Minter and 9 more 22 hours 25 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Anne Brontë - Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall , the second and final novel by Anne Brontë, is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son....

Gesine and 17 more 18 hours 15 minutes

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Essays

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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne - Essays book 1

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. He...

Martin Geeson and 17 more 17 hours 5 minutes Essays by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

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Historical Fiction

James Fenimore Cooper - Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2)

This story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of from 500 to 1,500 unarmed Anglo-American troops, who had...

Robin Cotter and 18 more 15 hours 25 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Payne Erskine - Eye of Dread

The Civil War is upon the United States, and the town of Leauvite has sent away its young men, among them Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. When they leave, Betty Ballard is but a child, but by the time the war has...

Chelsea Baker and 10 more 14 hours 58 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Andrew Lang - Blue Fairy Book

Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as...

Maria Falin and 18 more 14 hours 7 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Georg Ebers - Arachne

Ledscha, living in ancient Egypt, has lost her betrothed and all hope of love. But the gods see otherwise. She now loves a Greek sculptor, who only wanted her for a model, but even that will not happen. She has...

Nathalie J. and 10 more 13 hours 18 minutes

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Romance

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Florence Louisa Barclay - Rosary

«The Rosary» is a beautiful love story. Gareth Dalmain falls in love with the Honorable Jane Champion. She loves him back, but does not trust his love, as is known to be a great lover of beauty, and she — alas — is...

Maria Elmvang and 7 more 11 hours 9 minutes

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General Fiction

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Mary Jane Holmes - Tempest and Sunshine

Tempest and Sunshine is the first book written by Mary Jane Holmes. Set in the pre-Civil War south, it follows the struggles and romances of two sisters, as different as night and day; blonde Fanny and dark haired...

jedopi and 5 more 10 hours 32 minutes

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New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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