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Family Life

495

Martha Finley - Elsie's Children

This book continues the delightful «Elsie Dinsmore» series. Elsie's children, introduced in the previous volume, live life, grow up, and encounter various problems of their own. — Summary by GabrielleC...

David Lawrence and 12 more 6 hours 53 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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Animals & Nature

494

Velma Caldwell Melville - White Dandy: A Horse's Story

This book is written from the horse's point of view, much as Black Beauty was. Indeed, it is intended to be a companion book to Black Beauty, filling in more background as seen by the horse. The title is actually...

Kara Shallenberg and 11 more 4 hours 5 minutes

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Family

425

Katherine Keene Galt - Girl Scouts at Home

Little Rosanna Horton was a very poor little girl. When I tell you more about her, you will think that was a very odd thing to say. She lived in one of the most beautiful homes in Louisville, a city full of...

Teresa Bauman and 8 more 3 hours 48 minutes

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International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories

Anthologies

462

William Patten - International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories

The first volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on American short stories and draws from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anna Katherine Greene, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe and many other favorites. Topics...

Lynne T and 10 more 13 hours 33 minutes

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Children's Fiction

473

Howard R. Garis - Umboo, The Elephant

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be in a circus? What if, rather than choosing to be in one, you were captured and taken away from the home and family you knew and made to perform in the heat of a big top?...

Lynne T and 4 more 3 hours 7 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

552

L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces On The Ranch

Aunt Jane's Nieces On The Ranch sees the reappearance of Louise and Arthur Weldon after the birth of their first child, Jane. The family lives in California and hire a nurse, a local Mexican woman, much to Uncle...

Lynne T 4 hours 52 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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General

435

Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade - Our Little Siamese Cousin

A book written for children to see what life is like for their 'cousins' in Siam. This is part of the «Our Little Cousin» series and like the others, brings to life the day to day occurrences and celebrations of...

KHand and 5 more 1 hour 32 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Children's Fiction

460

Hamilton Wright Mabie - Folk Tales Every Child Should Know

We have always loved stories. people have always entertained each other by telling tales around the campfire; traveling storytellers were huge crowd-pullers. Many of these stories were passed down through the...

Jennifer Dorr and 8 more 4 hours 9 minutes

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Travel & Geography

427

Robert Louis Stevenson - Inland Voyage

As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life

Single Author Collections

448

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life

This is a collection of short stories focussing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their work. The volume is named «Round the Red Lamp» as a reference to the red lamps...

Peter John Keeble and 9 more 7 hours 20 minutes

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Family Life

489

George Eliot - Brother Jacob

Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious David Faux and his idiot brother, Jacob. — Summary by Lynne Thompson

Lynne T 1 hour 45 minutes

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Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Vol. 2

Single Author Collections

465

Marguerite of Navarre - Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Vol. 2

THE HEPTAMERON, first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day containing only 2 stories. The stories, many of which deal with love and...

Lynne T and 3 more 4 hours 7 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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