Jeannie
11 books
*Non-fiction
504
Henry Brooks Adams - Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp...
17 hours 37 minutes
Historical Fiction
1,1K
Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Book 17: Second Epilogue
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story...
1 hour 54 minutes
General Fiction
586
Thomas Peckett Prest - Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 3
This is volume 3 of 3. — Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula , which it heavily...
23 hours 8 minutes
General Fiction
442
Booth Tarkington - Magnificent Ambersons (Growth Trilogy Vol 2) Version 2
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. It was the second novel in the Growth trilogy, which included The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled...
9 hours 19 minutes
Humorous Fiction
618
G. K. Chesterton - What's Wrong With the World
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first...
7 hours 5 minutes
