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Anthony Trollope - Duke's Children

In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, finding himself in charge of his three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, has...

Nicholas Clifford and 11 more 22 hours 42 minutes Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy

Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands to collect a...

Lizzie Driver and 13 more 21 hours 3 minutes

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General Fiction

564

Anthony Trollope - Vicar of Bullhampton

This little-known but engrossing Trollope novel, published in 1870, centers on a feisty small-town clergyman, his cantankerous neighbor, the miller, and the women in both their lives. A murder, a trial, a feud, a...

Angel5 17 hours 27 minutes

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Sylvia's Lovers

The novel begins in the 1790s in the coastal town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson lives with her parents on a farm, and is loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with...

Sonja and 10 more 17 hours 18 minutes

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General Fiction

463

Frances Eleanor Trollope - Charming Fellow

A scathing criticism of social climbing underlies this unsettling story by Frances Eleanor Trollope, sister-in-law to Anthony and daughter-in-law to Frances Milton Trollope. Published in 1876, A Charming Fellow is a...

Angel5 15 hours 44 minutes

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Romance

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Frances Eleanor Trollope - That Unfortunate Marriage

This is the funny, romantic, slightly tongue-in-cheek story of how little May Cheffington makes her way in the world despite being the sole surviving product of «that unfortunate marriage.» — Summary by Angela Rowland

Angel5 14 hours 56 minutes

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General Fiction

462

Frances Milton Trollope - Vicar of Wrexhill

A villainous vicar insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy but foolish widow, ruining the fortunes and happiness of her three children, until they begin to fight back. Published in 1837 by the mother of the...

Angel5 14 hours 31 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Anthony Trollope - Landleaguers

Near Galway, young Florian Jones has just converted to Catholicism when he witnesses the deliberate destruction of his English father’s land by the Catholic Landleaguers. The Irish Land War has commenced, with the...

Angel5 11 hours 53 minutes

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*Non-fiction

493

Randolph B. Marcy - Prairie Traveler

Commissioned by the US War Department and written in 1859 by a decorated US Army captain, The Prairie Traveler is a complete how-to travel guide for the westward-bound pioneer. Covering topics from first aid for...

Angel5 7 hours 7 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Anthony Trollope - Doctor Wortle's School

Anthony Trollope’s fortieth novel, published in 1881, concerns a respectable Christian boys’ school whose proprietor unknowingly hires a woman who apparently has two husbands: A devoted English scholar and an abusive...

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Children's Fiction

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Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrapbag

A collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott that were written with the intent to entertain the whole family and to fill children's heads with wonder and delight. (Summary by Jennifer Stearns)

Diana Majlinger and 10 more 3 hours 51 minutes

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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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