Christine Blachford

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Animals

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Mrs. Isabella Beeton - Book of Household Management

«Mrs. Beeton's» is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate bestseller, running to millions of copies within just a few years. In the cookery...

Sarah Jennings and 32 more 58 hours 15 minutes

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General Fiction

607

Fanny Burney - Camilla

Camilla is Frances Burney's third novel. It became very popular upon its publication in 1796. Jane Austen referred to it, among other novels, in her novel Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh!...

Adrian Wheal and 15 more 40 hours 5 minutes

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Historical Fiction

619

Fanny Burney - Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives...

Nikki Sullivan and 24 more 35 hours 50 minutes

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Historical Fiction

580

Anthony Trollope - Can You Forgive Her?

“Can You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introduces the reader to Plantagenet and Glencora Palliser, as they court, marry,...

Laura Koskinen and 16 more 32 hours 16 minutes Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Anthony Trollope - Eustace Diamonds

Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace, is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. While clever and beautiful, Lizzie has several character flaws; the greatest...

Laura Koskinen and 19 more 27 hours 31 minutes Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope

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General Fiction

552

Harriet Martineau - Deerbrook

A three volume novel, Deerbrook (1839) is a story of middle class country life with a surgeon hero. Like the later and more famous novel Middlemarch, Deerbrook describes the life of country people in a fictional...

Arielle Lipshaw and 6 more 22 hours 7 minutes

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General Fiction

559

Mrs. Henry Wood - East Lynne

Ellen Wood (1814-1887) was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially East Lynne which was a Victorian best seller and is still sometimes performed as a...

Sibella Denton and 20 more 21 hours 48 minutes

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General Fiction

570

Henry James - Wings of the Dove

«The Wings of the Dove,» published in 1902, represents to my memory a very old--if I shouldn't perhaps rather say a very young--motive; I can scarce remember the time when the situation on which this long-drawn...

Aaron Elliott and 12 more 20 hours 11 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

562

Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories

Since this series of books is intended for all young people from one to one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. Nothing better was ever invented to tell to little folks who are...

Cori Samuel and 39 more 19 hours 58 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

544

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery Under Arms

A tale of cattle duffing, horse stealing and bushranging in the New South Wales outback with Captain Starlight. To quote the author «though presented in the guise of fiction, this chronicle of the Marston family...

Graeme Dunlop and 11 more 19 hours 47 minutes

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South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12

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...

Beecher and 18 more 19 hours 46 minutes

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Science Fiction

520

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Last Man

The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off...

Gesine and 13 more 18 hours

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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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