Linda Andrus

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General Fiction

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Benjamin Disraeli - Henrietta Temple

The Armine family, in particular the young Ferdinand Armine, is in great financial difficulties. Ferdinand's grandfather has burdened the family estate with large debts, which his father did not manage to diminish....

Linda Andrus and 18 more 17 hours 31 minutes

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General Fiction

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Robin

Starting with a summary of the 1922 novel The Head of the House of Coombe, which followed the relationships between a group of pre-WWI English nobles and commoners, this sequel, called Robin, completes the story of...

Linda Andrus 11 hours

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General

465

L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work

The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have been called Aunt...

Linda Andrus and 15 more 5 hours 11 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant

Literary Collections

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Ulysses S. Grant - Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant

The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messages, and inaugurations from several presidents throughout United States...

Jim Clevenger and 14 more 26 hours 29 minutes

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Family

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Fair Barbarian

The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down. (Summary by Linda Andrus)

Linda Andrus and 13 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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General Fiction

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Dawn of a To-morrow

A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city. He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day to purchase a hand gun he had seen in a pawnshop window. The morning...

Linda Andrus 2 hours 3 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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L. Adams Beck - Ninth vibration and other stories

This is a collection of the following short stories: The Ninth Vibration — The Interpreter: A Romance of the East — The Incomparable Lady: A Story of China with a Moral — The Hatred of the Queen: A Story of Burma —...

Linda Andrus 7 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Baroness Emma Orczy - League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short stories about Sir...

Edward W. LaBonte and 7 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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General Fiction

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Harriet Martineau - Deerbrook

A three volume novel, Deerbrook (1839) is a story of middle class country life with a surgeon hero. Like the later and more famous novel Middlemarch, Deerbrook describes the life of country people in a fictional...

Arielle Lipshaw and 6 more 22 hours 7 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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James Huneker - Chopin: the Man and His Music

A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker. (Summary by Julie VW)

Julie VW and 9 more 9 hours 30 minutes

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Theory of Moral Sentiments (First Edition)

Philosophy

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Adam Smith - Theory of Moral Sentiments (First Edition)

«How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from...

Nikki Sullivan and 14 more 12 hours 44 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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