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Charlotte Mary Yonge - Heir of Redclyffe

The Heir of Redclyffe (1853) was the first of Charlotte M. Yonge's bestselling romantic novels. Its religious tone derives from the High Church background of her family and from her friendship with a leading figure in...

skoval and 8 more 24 hours 54 minutes

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General Fiction

583

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...

TriciaG and 20 more 23 hours 8 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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George Gissing - New Grub Street

«The story deals with the literary world that Gissing himself had experienced. Its title refers to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synomynous with hack literature; as an institution,...

Bridget Gaige and 10 more 19 hours 34 minutes

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General Fiction

473

Charles James Lever - Fortunes of Glencore

Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He wishes to exact revenge on her by denouncing the marriage and therefore...

Clay Beauchamp and 12 more 17 hours 12 minutes

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Performing Arts

488

P. T. Barnum - Humbugs of the World

P. T. Barnum exposes some of the chief humbugs of the world with his usual entertaining style. He looks at medicine and quacks, ghosts, witchcraft, religious humbugs, money manias, adventurers, personal...

Barry Eads and 20 more 12 hours 48 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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George Dunderdale - Book of the Bush

«While the world was young, nations could be founded peaceably. There was plenty of unoccupied country, and when two neighbouring patriarchs found their flocks were becoming too numerous for the pasture, one said to...

Magdalena and 10 more 12 hours 15 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Alfred de Musset - Confession of a Child of the Century

In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and finally-- in the most unexpected and honorable way-- the sudden development...

Diana Majlinger and 8 more 10 hours 25 minutes

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Romance

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Edith Wharton - Reef

George Darrow, Anna Leath’s first love, is finally coming from London to propose to her. However, he drifts to an affair with Sophy Viner, Anna’s daughter’s naïve and young governess. Sophy’s relationship with Darrow...

Elli and 8 more 9 hours 33 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

454

May Agnes Fleming - Midnight Queen

May Agnes Fleming is renowned as Canada's first best-selling novelist. She wrote 42 novels, many of which have only been published posthumously. The Midnight Queen is set in London, in the year of the plague 1665....

Annika Feilbach and 11 more 9 hours 23 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 040

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 040: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Greg W. and 9 more 9 hours 15 minutes Short Story Collections

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Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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William Drake Westervelt - Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods

William Drake Westervelt was an eminent scholar of Hawaiian culture, language, and history. In this capacity, he collected the ghost stories inlcuded in this volume. We hear of gods, ghosts, and demons, love and hate,...

John Cairns and 6 more 8 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

634

Rudyard Kipling - Light That Failed

This novel, first published in 1890, follows the life of Dick Heldar, a painter. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan or India. It was made into a 1916...

icyjumbo and 10 more 7 hours 46 minutes

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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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