Lucretia B.

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Science Fiction

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H. G. Wells - Story of the Days to Come

Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do woman with many connections, but Denton is only a middle-class worker....

Dennis Blake and 3 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

466

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Coming of the Fairies

After a number of deaths in his close family, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned to spiritualism in hope of finding proof of the afterlife. Being open in this way, he wanted to believe that spirits and other supernatural...

Rapunzelina and 5 more 3 hours 34 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

425

Mildred Duff - Catherine Booth

Catherine Booth (1829 – 1890) was the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army in England. She was a full-partner with her husband in the ministry and work of the movement which from the beginning...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 3 hours 16 minutes

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Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

453

William T. Brigham - Baltimore Hats

It is not impossible that some useful information may be conveyed by this book. Should these pages prove of such service, their cost in labor is most cheerfully donated. This volume is composed of a series of...

Jennifer Dorr and 6 more 3 hours 9 minutes

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Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan

Single author

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Toru Dutt - Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan

Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in French and English, later in Sanskrit as well. Her works gained popularity and...

Zeeshan Reshamwala and 4 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

Christianity - Biographies

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William S. Nelson - Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. In this short works, as the title suggests, he gives glimpses into his life as...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Annie Denton Cridge - Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams

«Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams» is the first known feminist utopian novel written by a woman. The text features nine dreams experienced by a first-person female narrator. In the first...

Elsie Selwyn and 6 more 2 hours 57 minutes

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Short works

460

Abbie Phillips Walker - Sandman's Hour

Reading bedtime stories to children can be a wonderful way to relax and at the same time act out the exciting things happening in the story for them. If you've done it, you know the feeling and if you haven't I can...

anolen and 10 more 2 hours 50 minutes

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Historical

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Charles Alexander Eastman - Indian Child Life

The author was raised as an American Indian and describes what it was like to be an Indian boy (the first 7 chapters) and an Indian Girl (the last 7 chapters). This is very different from the slanted way the white man...

Phil Chenevert and 3 more 2 hours 43 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

438

Johann Gottlieb Fichte - Vocation of the Scholar

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈɡɔtliːp ˈfɪçtə]; May 19, 1762 – January 27, 1814) was a German philosopher. He was one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, which...

Craig Campbell and 2 more 2 hours 40 minutes

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Single author

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Julia Caroline Dorr - Earlier Poems

This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. — Summary by Carolin

Greg Giordano and 8 more 2 hours 27 minutes

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Single Author Collections

469

Elbert Hubbard - Mintage

Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the «Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People». These 11 short stores show the side of him that celebrated caring, friendship love among humans. The first describes...

Phil Chenevert and 5 more 1 hour 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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