Anna Simon
227 books
Published 1800 -1900
1.1K
Francis Marion Crawford - American Politician
In 1880’s Boston, Mass. the good life is lead according to all the Victorian era societal rules of the New World. Political ambitions and the business of making money go hand in hand. A Senate seat suddenly opens up...
9 hours 28 minutes
*Non-fiction
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Alexander William Kinglake - Eothen, or Impressions of Travel brought Home from the East
A classic of victorian travel writing, Kinglake’s book describes his journey through the Ottoman empire to Cairo, and his residence there in time of plague. [Summary by hefyd]
8 hours 34 minutes
Historical Fiction
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Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Book 07: 1810-1811
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story...
2 hours 38 minutes
Epistolary Fiction
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Samuel Richardson - Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 1
Clarissa Harlowe, the tragic heroine of Clarissa, is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become very wealthy only in recent years and is now eager to become part of the aristocracy by acquiring...
12 hours 14 minutes
*Non-fiction
1.1K
Charles Mackay - Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 1
The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: «National Delusions», «Peculiar Follies», and «Philosophical Delusions». The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics...
14 hours 19 minutes
Exploration
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Roald Amundsen - South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally different primary task (Amundsen did no surveying on his route south and is...
19 hours 46 minutes
