Judy Guinan

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Romance

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Jane Austen - Persuasion (version 7)

Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to get out of debt, rents their home to an Admiral. The brother of the Admiral's wife, Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne years...

Judy Guinan 7 hours 49 minutes

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Family Life

550

Sarah Grand - Heavenly Twins

First published in 1893, this novel came to question many subjects which were considered taboo. Through a few interconnected plots and sub plots, the story examines the role of women and the different opportunities...

Jim Locke and 14 more 29 hours 53 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

397

Robert Barr - Chicago Princess

After working several years in foreign affairs, and after winning and then losing a fortune, Rupert Tremorne is stranded in Nagasaki, at the end of his wits and in some debt. His only chance is to take the post as...

Judy Guinan and 6 more 7 hours 22 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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George MacDonald - Vicar's Daughter

This is the third book of the 'Marshmallow' trilogy. It is a fictional autobiography written by Ethelwyn Percivale, or 'Wynnie'. Her father is a clergyman, Mr. Walton, whose history has already been told in «A Quiet...

Jules Hawryluk and 11 more 14 hours 9 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

593

Ann Radcliffe - Romance of the Forest

A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in «Northanger Abbey» as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural fears of Catherine. Ann Radcliffe has been called the «Great Enchantress» of her age...

Beth Thomas and 11 more 13 hours 52 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Charles A. Conant - Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was a significant figure in the political and economic development of the early United States. He served in the American Revolutionary War and became an aide to General George Washington. He was...

Mike Pelton and 6 more 2 hours 46 minutes

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History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1C

*Non-fiction

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David Hume - History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1C

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His «The History of...

engineerdst and 13 more 21 hours Hume - History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

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Action & Adventure Fiction

517

Baroness Emma Orczy - Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republic when the guillotine begins to be repeatedly cheated of aristocratic victims...

CaprishaPage and 16 more 8 hours 29 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Charles Major - When Knighthood Was in Flower

Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England who has fallen in love with a commoner. However, for...

Kara Shallenberg and 14 more 9 hours 2 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. I part 1

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46, priced at a penny each. Serialised novels sold in this way were known as...

Cori Samuel and 20 more 22 hours 43 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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