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Family Life

George Meredith - Diana of the Crossways

Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest for love,...

KHand and 12 more 16 hours 45 minutes

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Family Life

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Walter Besant - Stories of Successful Marriages

A collection of short stories by celebrated authors on the subject of successful marriages. Pieces originally appeared in other publications between 1858 and 1900 and were brought together by Walter Besant. — Summary...

Lynne T and 4 more 3 hours 40 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

903

Gertrude Atherton - Avalanche

Price Ruyler has been sent to San Francisco from New York to salvage the family business after the 1906 earthquake. His success makes him one of the city's most eligible bachelors but he resists the machinations of...

Lynne T 4 hours 14 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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S. R. Crockett - Grey Man

This novel is set in Scotland in turbulent times, and we are immediately introduced to intrigue and family strife. At Launcelot Kennedy's aunt's husband's funeral, he and his father are first hidden, then hustled away...

Lynne T and 5 more 11 hours 51 minutes

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Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

924

Arthur Griffiths - Chronicles of Newgate Vol 1

Good against evil; right versus wrong; the judicial system against the criminal world. The struggle is as old as mankind. Sometimes the lines are blurred as the 'good' punish the 'bad' — the warriors against crime...

Lynne T and 6 more 9 hours 6 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Walter Besant - Blind Love

Blind Love, also published under the titles Iris and The Lord Harry is Wilkie Collins' last novel, completed after his death by Walter Besant. The blind love in the title refers to the love of Iris, a woman of...

Tony Foster and 17 more 14 hours 44 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Cliff Climbers

A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures befell the brothers and their guides, all of which led to their being trapped...

fiddlesticks and 9 more 8 hours 23 minutes

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In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain

Historical Fiction

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G. A. Henty - In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain

In this adventure story by the novelist and war correspondent, G.A. Henty, Desmond Kennedy, a young Irishman flees political oppression and religious persecution at home to serve in the French armies of Louis XIV. We...

Rachel and 10 more 12 hours 13 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Curiosities of Street Literature

This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The collection contains sensationalist and sometimes comical stories about...

Ed Humpal and 27 more 21 hours 22 minutes

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Action & Adventure

Margaret Sidney - Ben Pepper

This book is about Ben Pepper on some adventures! From The Five Little Peppers to Joel Pepper to now Ben Pepper, you'll know everything about the Pepper family. — Summary by Elijah Fisher

Rachel and 9 more 8 hours 54 minutes

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Travel & Geography

875

Nathaniel Parker Willis - American Scenery, Vol. 1

Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic...

Larry Wilson and 14 more 6 hours 57 minutes

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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2

Humorous Fiction

887

Thomas Lansing Masson - Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2

Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Ambrose Bierce, Oliver Wendell Holmes,...

Bob Scott and 12 more 4 hours 49 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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