Martin Clifton

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Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

General Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It consists of 56 passages divided into four sections: «Our Parish», «Scenes»,...

David Barnes and 22 more 21 hours 57 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial. Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to call the public's attention to various contemporary social evils,...

Stephan Möbius and 23 more 17 hours 2 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm - Grimms' Fairy Tales

A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of fairy tales includes many of the world’s best known stories. In these dark...

Chris Vee and 31 more 10 hours 32 minutes

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Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

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Elizabeth E. Lea - Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic affairs. For, whilst receipt books for elegant preparations were often seen,...

Gesine and 13 more 8 hours 47 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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E. F. Benson - Queen Lucia

E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, where his father, who later went on to become the Archbishop of Canterbury, was the first Headmaster. He wrote 105 books in all. Queen Lucia (first...

Martin Clifton 8 hours 45 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by Scottish author and doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant...

David Jaquay and 9 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Wisdom of Father Brown

This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chesterton’s fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large...

Martin Clifton 7 hours 17 minutes

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Hollow Needle: Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Detective Fiction

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Maurice Leblanc - Hollow Needle: Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Arsène Lupin returns in a wonderful story of disguises, love, and of course treasure. Once again, Lupin crosses paths with the famous Holmlock Shears. But this time Arsène matches wits with Isidore Beautrelet,...

RedToby and 5 more 6 hours 58 minutes

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Published before 1800

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Oliver Goldsmith - Vicar of Wakefield

Published in 1766 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off...

Martin Clifton 6 hours 23 minutes

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Satire

Aldous Huxley - Crome Yellow

Crome Yellow , published in 1921 was Aldous Huxley’s first novel. In it he satirizes the fads and fashions of the time. It is the witty story of a house party at ‘Crome’ where there is a gathering of bright young...

Martin Clifton 6 hours 6 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Man Who Knew Too Much

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential and prolific English writer of the early 20th century. He was a journalist, a poet and a novelist. He wrote 80 books and 200 short stories in addition to his...

Martin Clifton 5 hours 49 minutes

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Short Stories

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Arnold Bennett - Tales of the Five Towns

This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of...

Martin Clifton 5 hours 39 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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