Linda Lee Paquet
21 books
Historical Fiction
1.1K
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...
35 hours 50 minutes
General Fiction
936
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...
14 hours 27 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.1K
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...
12 hours 48 minutes
Humorous Fiction
839
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...
6 hours 46 minutes
