David Wales

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Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round'

Literary Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round'

Twenty stories originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stories have little holiday sentiment and exhibit much of the indignation Dickens...

David Wales 26 hours 29 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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George MacDonald - Thomas Wingfold, Curate

Republished in modern times as «The Curate's Awakening». A young man (Thomas Wingfold) «enters the church» through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he...

John Schuurman and 17 more 18 hours 48 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Wilkie Collins - Dead Secret

«Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? will she tell the Secret which destroyed her life?» (Summary by Stav Nisser)

Helen Falconer and 5 more 16 hours 18 minutes

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War & Military

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Horace Porter - Campaigning With Grant

In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armies of the North. This lively 1897 memoir was written from the extensive notes...

David Wales 15 hours 54 minutes

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Travel Fiction

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Washington Irving - Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Apart from «Rip Van Winkle» and «The Legend of Sleepy Hollow» — the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous — other tales include «Roscoe», «The Broken Heart», «The Art of Book-making», «A Royal...

Easton and 15 more 15 hours 21 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Hugh Walpole - Cathedral

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884 – 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the...

David Wales 15 hours

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Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia

Art, Design & Architecture

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Giovanni Battista Belzoni - Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia

Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823) was an Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his removal to England of the seven ton bust of Ramesses II, the clearing of sand from...

David Wales 14 hours 58 minutes

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Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous

Action & Adventure Fiction

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John Habberton - Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous

These 37 short stories were authored by John Habberton (1842–1921), an American writer. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and drama critic for the New York Herald, but he is best known for his stories about...

David Wales 14 hours 55 minutes

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Recollections And Letters Of General Robert E. Lee By His Son

War & Military

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Robert E. Lee, Jr. - Recollections And Letters Of General Robert E. Lee By His Son

The life of the Confederate States of America general, Robert E. Lee, through the eyes of his youngest son, who was also a Confederate Army officer. Published in 1905. Note: in many of the letters the recipient's name...

David Wales 14 hours 1 minute

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Short Stories

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Best British Short Stories of 1922

Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. (Summary by David Wales) Note: A shortened section 21 was replaced on Dec 30, 2014 with the full text.

David Wales 13 hours 43 minutes

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Nature

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Zane Grey - Tales Of Lonely Trails

Western novelist Zane Grey (1872-1939) also wrote nonfiction books about the American West and its country. This 1922 tribute to country he loved consists of narratives of six different trips to various parts of the...

David Wales 13 hours 19 minutes

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Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas

Music

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Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas

Britten's operas are firmly established in the international repertoire: according to Operabase, they are performed worldwide more than those of any other composer born in the 20th century, and only Puccini and...

David Wales 13 hours 14 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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