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Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

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Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children
Children's Fiction
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James Baldwin - Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children

Adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe for grammar school children. Tells how the shipwrecked sailor makes a new life for himself on the island, providing shelter, food, and clothing for himself from the few...
Denny Sayers 3 hours 41 minutes
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Songs of Innocence and Experience
Poetry
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William Blake - Songs of Innocence and Experience

William Blake’s volume of poetry entitled Songs of Innocence and Experience is the embodiment of his belief that innocence and experience were “the two contrary states of the human soul,” and that true innocence was...
Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 4 more 1 hour 22 minutes
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Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
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Elizabeth E. Lea - Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic affairs. For, whilst receipt books for elegant preparations were often seen,...
Gesine and 13 more 8 hours 47 minutes
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Beowulf
Action & Adventure Fiction
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Unknown - Beowulf

Beowulf. [Translated by Francis Barton Gummere].This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who...
Kara Shallenberg and 6 more 3 hours 1 minute
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Andersen's Fairy Tales
Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
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Hans Christian Andersen - Andersen's Fairy Tales

A collection of eighteen fairy tales — some popular, some lesser known — by famous Danish author H.C. Andersen. (Summary by Gesine)
Kara Shallenberg and 14 more 5 hours 51 minutes
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Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales
Children's Fiction
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William Allan Neilson - Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of...
Robin Cotter and 31 more 14 hours 30 minutes
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Wind in the Willows
Animals & Nature
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Kenneth Grahame - Wind in the Willows

This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure … and as adventure pursues them! The chief characters — Mole, Rat, and Toad — generally lead upbeat and happy...
Peter Yearsley and 10 more 6 hours 30 minutes
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Vindication of the Rights of Woman
*Non-fiction
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Mary Wollstonecraft - Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but only appeared to be because they lacked education. She suggested...
Alex Foster and 14 more 9 hours 46 minutes
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Foolish Dictionary
Humorous Fiction
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Charles Wayland Towne - Foolish Dictionary

«The Foolish Dictionary» was written by «Gideon Wurdz» (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 1904. According to the beginning of the book, it is «An exhausting work of reference to un-certain...
Maddie and 10 more 1 hour 45 minutes
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Divine Comedy
Poetry
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Dante Alighieri - Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened «Divina» by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature,...
Cori Samuel and 13 more 12 hours 23 minutes
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Odyssey
Action & Adventure Fiction
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Samuel Butler - Odyssey

The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the...
Kirsten Ferreri and 13 more 11 hours 50 minutes
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Stolen Bacillus and other stories
Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells
Eight Keys to Eden
Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake
Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916
Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916
Short Story Collection Vol. 081
Short Story Collection Vol. 081
Around the World with the Children
Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter
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