Jean Bascom

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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 2

Anthologies

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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 2

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern , is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering «American households a mass of good reading», the editors drew from...

Andrew David King and 26 more 24 hours 5 minutes Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

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General Fiction

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Anthony Trollope - Claverings

«I consider the story as a whole to he good, though I am not aware that the public ever corroborated that verdict.» — the author The Claverings is the best wrought of the novels designed for The Cornhill, and as...

bobolink and 9 more 19 hours 56 minutes

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Empire of Russia from the Remotest Periods to the Present Time

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Empire of Russia from the Remotest Periods to the Present Time

A history of Russia from 500 B.C. to 1855 A.D., written by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, the brother of Jacob Abbott. (Summary by Jean Bascom)

Jean Bascom and 4 more 18 hours 30 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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George MacDonald - Mary Marston

Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston's unswerving commitment to love, God, and others is contrasted with a...

Marea Brook and 15 more 17 hours 30 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Donald Alexander Mackenzie - Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873 – March 2, 1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. His works included Indian Myth and Legend, Celtic...

Adam Tomkins and 13 more 16 hours 14 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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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hamilton Wright Mabie - Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary by Elli)

Michael Packard and 17 more 10 hours 55 minutes

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Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905-1906

General Fiction

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905-1906

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fame in her lifetime, putting Prince Edward Island and Canada on the world...

Cata and 14 more 9 hours 10 minutes Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 014

A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Janet and 12 more 6 hours 39 minutes Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

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Single Author Collections

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E. Nesbit - Literary Sense

A collection of short stories written by the author of other literary greats such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet. Many of her books have been made into television series...

Jean Bascom and 5 more 6 hours 20 minutes

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General Fiction

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Anthony Trollope - Cousin Henry

Indefer Jones struggles to name an heir to his estate. Will he choose his favorite niece, Isabel, or a male heir? The story turns on the trouble that arises when Indefer fails to tell anyone his final decision before...

Jean Bascom 5 hours 47 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022

A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, science, women's...

Daniel Christopher June and 14 more 5 hours 7 minutes Short Nonfiction 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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