Elaine Webb

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Charlotte Turner Smith - Old Manor House

The proud, cruel and arrogant Mrs. Rayland never married. Therefore, «Rayland Hall», the old Manor House of the title, had to pass to their heir, Somerive, whom they never treated kindly. According to the British laws...

Elaine Webb and 3 more 24 hours 54 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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George Eliot - Romola

George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is falling in love with a man who is going to change her life and the politics of...

Sandra G and 15 more 23 hours 11 minutes

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Max Stirner - Ego and His Own

In this book, his most famous, Max Stirner presents a philosophical case for a radical egoism that shuns the socially-oriented outlooks of both «establishment» ideologies and of revolutionaries in favor of an extreme...

Mat Messerschmidt and 5 more 18 hours 26 minutes

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General Fiction

468

Henry James - Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2

This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty,...

Isabelle Brasme and 9 more 16 hours 48 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

447

George Manville Fenn - Peril Finders

In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are failing. A prospector arrives and tells stories of ancient cities where there...

Elaine Webb and 9 more 16 hours 21 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

471

Payne Erskine - Eye of Dread

The Civil War is upon the United States, and the town of Leauvite has sent away its young men, among them Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. When they leave, Betty Ballard is but a child, but by the time the war has...

Chelsea Baker and 10 more 14 hours 58 minutes

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486

Sir Francis Galton - Art of Travel

The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from the very beginnings (qualifications of a traveller, how to organize an...

Availle and 16 more 13 hours 38 minutes

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L. T. Meade - Rebel of the School

Kathleen O'Hara is a young pretty girl sent to school in England from Ireland by her father to get a good education, but Kathleen has other ideas. She quickly become friends with the girls of the school who don't pay...

Elaine Webb 11 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

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Mary Jane Holmes - Tempest and Sunshine

Tempest and Sunshine is the first book written by Mary Jane Holmes. Set in the pre-Civil War south, it follows the struggles and romances of two sisters, as different as night and day; blonde Fanny and dark haired...

jedopi and 5 more 10 hours 32 minutes

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Historical Fiction

500

Sir Walter Scott - Waverley, Volume 2

Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young dreamer and...

doublemirrors and 6 more 9 hours 17 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Henry Peterson - Dulcibel

Dulcibel is a young, pretty and kind-hearted fictional character charged with Witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch trials. During this time there is a group of «afflicted girls» who accuse Dulcibel and many...

Elaine Webb 8 hours 36 minutes

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Frank Henderson - Six Years in the Prisons of England

A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fellow prisoners came to be in prison, and his ideas about the penal system, its...

Elaine Webb 6 hours 47 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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