Linda Lee Paquet

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Historical Fiction

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Fanny Burney - Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives...

Nikki Sullivan and 24 more 35 hours 50 minutes

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General Fiction

572

Wilkie Collins - No Name

The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is killed suddenly in an accident and his wife follows shortly thereafter, it...

SilverG and 14 more 29 hours 40 minutes

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General Fiction

536

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice (version 5)

Pride and Prejudice, first published on 28 January 1813, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. It is one of the first romantic comedies in the history of the novel and its opening is one of the most famous lines...

Micah Sheppard and 1 more 14 hours 27 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

600

Louisa May Alcott - Work: A Story of Experience

It is one of «several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women's work in the new industrial era, as well as the dilemmas, tensions, and the meaning of that work» The story depicts the struggles...

Aaron Elliott and 12 more 12 hours 48 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

516

Andrew Lang - Grey Fairy Book

The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries — Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs....

Maria Therese and 24 more 9 hours 52 minutes Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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General Fiction

563

Eleanor H. Porter - Oh, Money! Money!

Mr. Stanley Fulton is worth millions, but he has no one to leave his money to except some unknown distant cousins. In order to find out how they would handle a fortune, he decides to give each of them $100,000 dollars...

Linda Lee Paquet and 7 more 8 hours 47 minutes

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Children's Fiction

547

Margaret Sidney - Five Little Peppers Abroad

This book is the next in the series of the Five Little Peppers, by Margaret Sidney, after Five Little Peppers and How They Grew and Five Little Peppers Midway. It continues the series where Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie,...

Elli and 15 more 8 hours 38 minutes

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Family Life

560

Eleanor H. Porter - Miss Billy Married

At the opening to this second sequel to Miss Billy (Miss Billy, Miss Billy's Decision, Miss Billy Married), we find Bertram and Billy finally at the altar. Will wedded bliss ensue and are the patter of little feet on...

Katine and 5 more 8 hours 34 minutes Miss Billy Series

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Humorous Fiction

437

Stephen Leacock - Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

«Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich» is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follow-up to his 1912 classic «Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.» Like that work, it is a...

Linda Lee Paquet and 4 more 6 hours 46 minutes

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Around the World in Eighty Days (version 3)

Action & Adventure Fiction

544

Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days (version 3)

Enigmatic Phileas Fogg accepts a wager about whether it's possible to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or under. The book charts his adventures on the way. (Alex Foster)

Alex Foster and 12 more 6 hours 33 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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L. Frank Baum - Glinda of Oz

Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth Land of Oz book and is the last one written by the original author L. Frank Baum, although the series was continued after his death by several other authors. Dorothy and Ozma...

Luke Nelson and 9 more 4 hours 38 minutes Oz books

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Children's Fiction

529

Augusta Huiell Seaman - Boarded Up House

What is the secret of the old boarded up house? And what is the answer to the mystery of the long lost letter that is found in it? Best friends Joyce and Cynthia — along with their dog «Goliath», are determined to...

Patti Cunningham and 8 more 3 hours 41 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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