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Gothic Fiction

Ann Radcliffe - Romance of the Forest

A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in «Northanger Abbey» as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural fears of Catherine. Ann Radcliffe has been called the «Great Enchantress» of her age...

Beth Thomas and 11 more 13 hours 52 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 062

LibriVox readers bring you 20 short works of fiction in the public domain. This collection includes stories by a variety of authors, including George Gissing, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard...

Son of the Exiles and 11 more 9 hours 12 minutes Short Story Collections

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 3, October 1899

«Birds and All Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

NoelBadrian and 7 more 2 hours 30 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Children's Fiction

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Jean M. Thompson - Three Bears of Porcupine Ridge

Twenty-four delightful tales for children. Meet Timothy Mouse, Little Red Doe, Dame Woodchuck, King Moose and Unk-Wunk the Porcupine with their friends. Adventure and humor are skillfully wrapped around these lovable...

genesnowflake and 10 more 5 hours 46 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Loretta Ellen Brady - Green Forest Fairy Book

This is a volume of original fairy tales by Loretta Ellen Brady. — Summary by Carolin

Peter Yearsley and 9 more 5 hours 49 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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John Galsworthy - Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, and they are written much more like short stories than in the classical style...

Pamela Nagami and 15 more 6 hours 41 minutes

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Exploration

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Walter Dwight Wilcox - Camping in the Canadian Rockies

An Account of Camp Life in the Wilder Parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Together with a Description of the Region About Banff, Lake Louise and Glacier, and a Sketch of the Early Explorations. — Summary by the...

Larry Wilson and 5 more 6 hours 58 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Laura Lee Hope - Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge

The Bobbsey Twins are back at school after summer vacation, but Danny Rugg, the school bully, is up to mischief again--and this time he's trying to pin it onto Bert. Bert gets accused of freezing a giant snowball to...

BettyB and 5 more 3 hours 37 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Cliff Climbers

A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures befell the brothers and their guides, all of which led to their being trapped...

fiddlesticks and 9 more 8 hours 23 minutes

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Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Life

Religion

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George Herbert - Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Life

George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest. In The Country Parson he describes the roles of the priest and offers practice advice to English clergymen about how to fulfill their duties. — Summary by...

Karen Clausen-Brown and 4 more 3 hours 30 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Oliver Optic - Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton

The Bunkers are a group of rebellious boys who make life miserable for many on the shores of an upstate New York Lake. Captain Sedley's son, Frank, has a run in with the boys and decides to start a boat club for his...

John Taylor Southeast Missouri and 4 more 4 hours 31 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Nathaniel Parker Willis - American Scenery, Vol. 1

Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic...

Larry Wilson and 14 more 6 hours 57 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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