Lynne T
504 books
Published 1800 -1900
1.1K
Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Henry Dunbar
In this novel by Victorian sensationalist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Henry Dunbar returns to England after a 30-year exile to India for committing forgery. What follows is an adventure involving murder, deception, the...
15 hours 38 minutes
Mathematics
1.8K
Charles Babbage - Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal history, lest some kind friend should survive them, and, in showing off...
15 hours 28 minutes
*Non-fiction
1.1K
Allen H. Godbey - Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History
«Mankind is constantly astonished by reports of mishaps and disasters of manifold character, when there is seldom room for astonishment. A large proportion of the calamities reported from day to day are directly due...
15 hours 27 minutes
Romance
1.1K
George MacDonald - Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
This delightful story begins in a little town called Marshmallows, where a young man, the new vicar, Harry Walton, has just arrived. As he begins his work Harry realizes that everything is not quite 'right' in his...
15 hours 25 minutes
True Crime
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Anonymous - Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer
John Parsons Cook was a 28 year old bachelor, from a good family but not in robust health. He studied to become a lawyer, but instead of following that career, turned to raising race horses. In November 1855, during a...
15 hours 13 minutes
