Jacquerie

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Detective Fiction

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Fred M. White - Corner House

A deserted house with a troubled past. A mysterious countess who captivates everyone with her wealth and beauty — well, almost everyone. An equally mysterious derelict who holds a secret to the countess's past. A...

Jacquerie 7 hours 22 minutes

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Detective Fiction

515

Burton Egbert Stevenson - That Affair at Elizabeth (version 2)

A bride-to-be vanishes and mystery is born. Before it is solved, its pursuers uncover madness, treachery, and a grave in a cellar. Summary by Jacquerie

Jacquerie 6 hours 11 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

531

Anna Katharine Green - Mill Mystery

In the quiet New England village of S--, a young and beloved minister is found dead, ignominiously drowned in a dye vat in a dilapidated mill. Almost immediately, rumors of suicide begin to circulate. But was it...

Jacquerie 7 hours 43 minutes

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Historical Fiction

486

A. E. W. Mason - Clementina

This well-written novel is a fictional account of a true historical rescue mission. In 1719, at the age of 17, when she was on her way across Europe to marry James Stuart, the Catholic pretender to the British throne,...

Jacquerie 9 hours 15 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

481

Richard Marsh - Datchet Diamonds

Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambler planning to leave the country to escape his losses, reads this news item...

Jacquerie 5 hours 32 minutes

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Detective Fiction

425

Arthur J. Rees - Hand in the Dark

An ancient English country house with a storied and bloody history is the setting for this intriguing mystery. It is the autumn of 1918. The War to End All Wars is still raging in Europe, but in this peaceful setting...

Jacquerie 10 hours 43 minutes

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Memoirs

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E. E. Cummings - Enormous Room

«For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found.» He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps. He was officially dead as a result of official misinformation. He was entombed by the...

Nemo and 4 more 10 hours 46 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

480

Grant Allen - Recalled to Life

A woman is haunted by a terrible event she witnessed in her youth but is unable to make sense of — a murder, the sight of which is so traumatic that it drives every memory of life up to that moment from her mind. The...

Jacquerie 5 hours 19 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

414

Maurice Leblanc - Woman of Mystery

In 1898, a young boy watches in horror as his father is stabbed to death by a mysterious woman wearing a black lace scarf and an ornate brooch, Years later, when he arrives with his new bride at the chateau that was...

Jacquerie 8 hours 2 minutes

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Historical Fiction

442

Sir Harry Johnston - Mrs. Warren's Daughter

Mrs. Warren's Daughter is a continuation, in novel form, of George Bernard Shaw's controversial play, Mrs. Warren's Profession. In the play, Vivie Warren, an emancipated young woman recently graduated from University,...

Jacquerie 13 hours 39 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

480

E. Phillips Oppenheim - Stolen Idols

Two temple statues, one with the most beautiful of features, the other a hideous sight, are at the core of this tale of adventure and the supernatural. Carved by Chinese craftsmen, they have stood to either side of...

Jacquerie 8 hours 41 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 059

LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories including lesser known works by Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar Allan Poe, an early story by Dorothy Parker, and stories in various genres by authors...

Willy and 15 more 8 hours 48 minutes Short Story Collections

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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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