Kirsten Ferreri

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War & Military Fiction

567

Stephen Crane - Red Badge of Courage

This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on the subject, Crane's novel does not concentrate on the big picture or the...

James Smith and 13 more 4 hours 55 minutes

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Romance

670

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility

The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gives her whole heart to every endeavor. When the Dashwoods — mother Mrs....

Michelle Crandall and 14 more 12 hours 11 minutes

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*Non-fiction

460

Olive Green - Spinster Book

A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. (Summary by Kristin...

Kristin Hughes and 8 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

Romance

663

Daniel Defoe - Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

Defoe wrote this novel after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognized as a novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was tapering off at this...

Denny Sayers and 9 more 13 hours 32 minutes

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Detective Fiction

626

Anna Katharine Green - Leavenworth Case

Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use...

Kirsten Ferreri 10 hours 34 minutes

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*Non-fiction

675

Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure Reason

The Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 with a second edition in 1787, has been called the most influential and important philosophical text of the modern age. Kant saw the Critique of Pure Reason...

ML Cohen and 14 more 27 hours 6 minutes

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Poetry

535

George Herbert - From The Temple

George Herbert was a country minister, and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In The Temple, Herbert combines these two aspects of his training in one of the greatest cycles of religious poetry ever...

Kirsten Ferreri 1 hour 23 minutes

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Poetry

765

John Milton - Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully...

Owen and 11 more 9 hours 41 minutes

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Reference

534

Tom Bullock - Ideal Bartender

The book was written by Tom Bullock, a well-known bartender at the St. Louis Country Club. His skills as a bartender were so remarkable that a libel suit hinged on the excellence of his drinks. In The Ideal Bartender,...

David Barnes and 4 more 1 hour 16 minutes

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Historical Fiction

828

Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial. Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to call the public's attention to various contemporary social evils,...

Stephan Möbius and 23 more 17 hours 2 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

595

Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers

This is the second in Trollope’s ‘Barsetshire’ series of novels. The later novels in the series move away from Barchester itself but 'Barchester Towers' is very much a sequel to the first book ‘The Warden’, which is...

Andy Minter and 9 more 22 hours 25 minutes

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Religion

610

Brother Lawrence - Practice of the Presence of God

The Practice of the Presence of God is a collection of letters and transcriptions of conversations, compiled by a disciple of Brother Lawrence. Brother Lawrence was a Carmelite monk and head cook in his monastery's...

Kirsten Ferreri 1 hour 13 minutes

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New

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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