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Nautical & Marine Fiction

471

George Manville Fenn - Cutlass and Cudgel

Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipman of the cutter is taken hostage by the smugglers and is befriended by a...

Rebecca Dittman and 7 more 8 hours 59 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

448

Matthew Phipps Shiel - Purple Cloud

The story, a recording of a medium's meditation over the future writing of the text, details the narrator's (Adam Jeffson's) expedition to the North Pole during the 20th century on board the Boreal. Jeffson's fiancée,...

Rhajimas Holmes and 11 more 11 hours 51 minutes

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Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 2

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473

Moncure Daniel Conway - Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 2

Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This second volume of his autobiography covers the years from the US Civil War to roughly 1904. (Summary by JoeD)

Guero and 9 more 16 hours 52 minutes

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Romance

659

Edward P. Roe - He Fell in Love with His Wife

James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida marries a man only to find out he's already married. She's so undone when she...

Lee Smalley and 8 more 10 hours 34 minutes

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Historical Fiction

479

Mary Hastings Bradley - Favor of Kings

«Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman,» writes a quaint and susceptible chronicler, " than to that of fair Anne Boleyn." Certainly no girl ever flashed...

Verity Kendall and 6 more 11 hours 42 minutes

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General Fiction

489

Charles James Lever - Fortunes of Glencore

Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He wishes to exact revenge on her by denouncing the marriage and therefore...

Clay Beauchamp and 12 more 17 hours 12 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

529

G. A. Henty - Curse of Carne's Hold

When Ronald Mervyn from Devonshire is falsely accused of murder he emigrates to South Africa. He takes part in the Kaffir war and during this time he rescues a family from death. The family then return to England and...

Michele Eaton and 8 more 11 hours 27 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

448

Earl Derr Biggers - Seven Keys to Baldpate

Dime-store novelist William Magee has gone to Baldpate Inn to do a little soul-searching in an attempt to write a serious work. Thinking he will be alone and uninterrupted, Magee arrives at the inn in the dead of...

Susan Umpleby and 4 more 8 hours 2 minutes

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Naval Officer, or Scenes in the Life and Adventures of Frank Mildmay

War & Military Fiction

538

Frederick Marryat - Naval Officer, or Scenes in the Life and Adventures of Frank Mildmay

Marryat was a midshipman under Captain Cochrane and this, his first naval adventure, is considered to be a highly autobiographical telling of his adventures with one of Britain's most famous and daring naval captains....

Lynne T and 7 more 15 hours 39 minutes

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Christian Fiction

501

George MacDonald - Thomas Wingfold, Curate

Republished in modern times as «The Curate's Awakening». A young man (Thomas Wingfold) «enters the church» through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he...

John Schuurman and 17 more 18 hours 48 minutes

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Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

Exploration

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Rustichello da Pisa - Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

«Books of the Marvels of the World» or «Description of the World» (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed «Il Milione» («The Million») or «Oriente Poliano», but commonly called «The Travels of Marco Polo», is a...

Leni and 9 more 6 hours 55 minutes

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Historical Fiction

472

Joseph A. Altsheler - Guns of Bull Run

The first volume in the Civil War series, following the adventures of Harry Kenton, who leaves his home in Kentucky. He travels through dangerous territory to South Carolina on a secret mission on the eve of the Civil...

Michael Packard and 6 more 9 hours 35 minutes The Civil War Series

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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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