Debra Lynn

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Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure

Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. Its hero Jude Fawley is a lower-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar. The two...

Aaron Decker and 13 more 14 hours 53 minutes

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Detective Fiction

Anna Maynard Barbour - At the Time Appointed

«Those who remember that excellent detective story, That Mainwaring Affair will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting incidents in A. Maynard Barbour's latest novel, called At the Time Appointed , and they...

RoseA and 10 more 11 hours 43 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Thomas Hardy - Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) is a tragic novel by English author Thomas Hardy subtitled, «The Life and Death of a Man of Character». It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge (based on the town of...

Debra Lynn 11 hours 39 minutes

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Satire

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Charles Dickens - Hard Times

Hard Times, the shortest of Dickens's full-length novels, is set in the fictitious Victorian-England city of Coketown, where facts are the rule and all fancy is to be stamped out. The plot centers around the men and...

Kirsten Ferreri and 9 more 10 hours 54 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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P. G. Wodehouse - Mike: A Public School Story

This novel introduces the characters Mike Jackson and Psmith, who are featured in several of Wodehouse’s later works. It shows how the two characters first met each other as teenagers at boarding school. As Psmith...

Debra Lynn 10 hours 54 minutes

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General Fiction

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Booth Tarkington - Turmoil (Growth Trilogy Vol 1)

The Turmoil is the first novel in the 'Growth' trilogy, which also includes The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in 1927). In 1942 Orson Welles directed a film...

Kara Shallenberg and 8 more 9 hours 22 minutes

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Romance

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Jane Austen - Persuasion

Anne Elliott, Jane Austen's only aging heroine, has devoted her life to caring for her financially irresponsible family. Just when she is growing content with her uneventful lifestyle, a long-lost flame re-enters the...

Tina Tilney and 8 more 8 hours 31 minutes

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Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington and Others of the Family

Humorous Fiction

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B. P. Shillaber - Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington and Others of the Family

Mrs. Partington, not unlike Mrs. Malaprop, is prone to using the wrong words when expressing her sentiments. However, the «inappropriate» word choices often cause one to look at a situation in a new way. (Introduction...

Debra Lynn and 3 more 8 hours 21 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 046

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 046: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Mary-Beth Blackburn and 8 more 7 hours 36 minutes Short Story Collections

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Humorous Fiction

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P. G. Wodehouse - Something New

When the absent-minded Earl of Emsworth wanders off with the pride of his scarab collection, American millionaire J. Preston Peters is willing to pay $5000 to the person who can get it back for him. Discretion is...

Debra Lynn 7 hours 34 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

William Makepeace Thackeray - Book of Snobs

The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write that work—My vocation is announced in terms of great eloquence—I show that the...

Julie VW and 19 more 7 hours 21 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

K.G.Cross and 23 more 6 hours 19 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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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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