Kara Shallenberg

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Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol

A classic tale of what comes to those whose hearts are hard. In a series of ghostly visits, Scrooge visits his happy past, sees the difficulties of the present, views a bleak future, and in the end amends his mean...

Mark Bradford and 4 more 3 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

460

Frances Hodgson Burnett - Theo

It's described as «A SPRIGHTLY LOVE STORY» and it is written by F. H. Burnett, «one of the most charming among American writers!» (Summary by Project Gutenberg and Elli)

Neeru Iyer and 3 more 3 hours 13 minutes

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Animals & Nature

498

Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories (version 2)

The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. Read along online...

Kara Shallenberg 3 hours 12 minutes

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Children's Fiction

798

Hugh Lofting - Story of Doctor Dolittle

In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 12 more 3 hours 8 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol (version 06)

The tale begins on a Christmas Eve exactly seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner. Scrooge has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity or benevolence. He hates Christmas,...

Kara Shallenberg 3 hours 8 minutes

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Action & Adventure

507

Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking-Glass (version 4)

In this sequel to «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland», Alice is playing with her kittens — a black kitten and a white kitten, the offspring of Dinah, Alice's cat in the first book — when she ponders what the world is...

Kara Shallenberg 3 hours 7 minutes

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Arts

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Thomas Tapper - Music Talks With Children

«A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these...

Patrick Wells and 3 more 3 hours 2 minutes

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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2

Nature

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2

National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: Africa, its Past and Future Reports on: Geography of the Land Geography of the Sea Geography...

MJ Franck and 4 more 3 hours 2 minutes National Geographic Magazines

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Unknown - Beowulf

Beowulf. [Translated by Francis Barton Gummere].This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who...

Kara Shallenberg and 6 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Humorous Fiction

513

Henry James - International Episode

Two men visting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, miscommunication and cultural faux pas abound in this short but delightful novel....

Alex Foster and 5 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Reference

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 1

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 59 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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Children's Fiction

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Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

In this children's classic, a girl named Alice follows falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm full of talking creatures. She attends a never-ending tea party and plays croquet at the court of the...

Kristen McQuillin and 9 more 2 hours 58 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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