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Charles Reade - It Is Never Too Late to Mend

A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires against her lover, George Fielding, so that the squire can win her. With the squire's financial pressure turned up on his family, George goes to...

Gillian Hendrie and 14 more 26 hours 47 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites

In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on «Supernatural Horror in Literature» in which he discussed the history of what came to be known as Weird Fiction. This collection includes many of the texts that Lovecraft...

Josh Kibbey and 12 more 13 hours 44 minutes

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Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old

Christianity - Other

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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut - Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old

Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old is a detailed, chronological presentation of the life of Christ, relying heavily on quoted portions of Scripture/ Rev. Hurlbut makes the gospel story accessible for the...

Devorah Allen and 22 more 12 hours 5 minutes

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Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

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Thomas Furlong - Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr. Furlong's greatest cases—Other interesting incidents of his long and strenuous career which really began on September 14, 1862, when he was detailed from his...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 25 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Gene Stratton-Porter - Daughter of the Land (version 2)

A Daughter of the Land follows Kate Bates, one of sixteen children, as she takes the wings of morning to try for independence and the life she's been denied. She dreams of a husband, children, and a farm, yet her...

Patience Charles and 3 more 11 hours

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Short Stories

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Barry Pain - Stories without Tears

This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fiction, Barry Pain turns to general fiction, mystery, and humour in this...

Kate Follis and 15 more 10 hours 14 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Mary Roberts Rinehart - K.

«K» is the initial of the mysterious lodger without a first name who rents a room from Sidney to escape his past. Sidney herself refuses the proposals of Joe in order to become a nurse and do useful work in the...

Beth Thomas and 16 more 9 hours 51 minutes

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The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly and Other Stories

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Rosa Mulholland - The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly and Other Stories

This is a collection of 10 original ghost stories by Rosa Mulholland, published in 1880. Some only one section long; others spread out over 3 or 4 sections. Enjoy! Summary by Carolin

Betsy Walker and 11 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

Christianity - Other

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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal - Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her husband. St. Francis de Sales was her Spiritual Director and a close friend....

Eduardo and 14 more 8 hours

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Family

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Ruth Ogden - Little Queen of Hearts

A charming children's story following the trials and tribulations of the simple life of Marie-Celeste as she endears herself to everyone whose life she touches. With her parents, she moves to Windsor Castle to live...

Lynne T and 10 more 7 hours 27 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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William Clark Russell - Phantom Death and Other Stories

This is a book of remarkable nautical ghost and horror stories written by William Clark Russell in 1893. The stories are for the most part set on ships and bring the reader on board for ghostly nights, wonderful...

James K. White and 6 more 7 hours 23 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Barry Pain - Here and Hereafter

This is a collection of stories by Barry Pain. While not all of these fall squarely into the genre of ghost and horror story, for which the author is so well-known until today, many of them will send chills down the...

Bev J Stevens and 9 more 7 hours 15 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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