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Wilkie Collins - Rogue's Life

"[T]he story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life. It was written at Paris, when I had Charles Dickens for a near neighbor and a daily companion, and when my leisure hours were...

acousticwave and 9 more 5 hours 12 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Henryk Sienkiewicz - In Desert and Wilderness

In Desert and Wilderness is a novel for children by Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz. It tells the story of two children, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, and their adventures as they...

Beth Thomas and 14 more 13 hours 22 minutes

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Channing Arnold - American Egypt

Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote «the first book ever written by Englishmen on Yucatan—that Egypt of the New World, where, it is now generally admitted,...

Lynne T and 5 more 19 hours 46 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Ellis Parker Butler - Adventures of a Suburbanite

Why is the neighbor so obsessed with his car? Where can we find a good gardener? Should we have a Santa Claus at our Christmas party? Yes, this is suburbia… much the same today as it was in 1911. — Summary by Sarah...

shawnoconnor1477 and 7 more 3 hours 18 minutes

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General

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Hamilton Wright Mabie - Heroines Every Child Should Know

The companion volume to Heroes Every Child Should Know, this volume looks at 13 famous and heroic women from history. — Summary by Lynne Thompson

K.G.Cross and 9 more 7 hours 53 minutes

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Short Stories

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Stories in Black and White

This is a collection of short mystery stories, written in very different styles by eight different authors. — Summary by Carolin

deongines and 6 more 5 hours 22 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Anatole France - Gods are Athirst

The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by Anatole France. The story follows the young Parisian painter Évariste...

Nicholas Clifford and 12 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Giant-Killer - or the Battle Which All Must Fight

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Charlotte Maria Tucker - Giant-Killer - or the Battle Which All Must Fight

Ten year old twins. Constantine and Adolphus are chagrined to be shipped off to a private tutor in the country. Their lot appears worse when they meet their host and his family, consisting of a wife, son Aleck (who...

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Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Vol. 3

Single Author Collections

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Marguerite of Navarre - Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Vol. 3

THE HEPTAMERON (here Volume 3 of 5), 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...

Mary J and 4 more 3 hours 58 minutes

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Short Stories

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Francis J. Reynolds - International Short Stories Volume 3: French Stories

The third book of a three volume anthology of international short stories, we now turn to French stories. Authors include Honoré de Balzac, Voltaire, Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo and more. Compiled and translated by...

Bruce Pirie and 8 more 13 hours 28 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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James Baldwin - Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythological figures in simple, easy-to-understand language appropriate for...

Jill Engle and 13 more 5 hours 3 minutes

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Christianity - Other

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Alexander Whyte - Bunyan Characters Volume II

This is the second volume of four which goes into the details of Characters from John Bunyan's books. This one continues with the characters of Pilgrims Progress. Summary by fiddlesticks

fiddlesticks and 11 more 9 hours 21 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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