MaryAnn
418 books
General Fiction
807
Mrs. Henry de la Pasture - Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square
Elizabeth de la Pasture, the author of this work, is the mother of the more well known E. M. Delafield- author of Diary Of A Provincial Lady. Jeanne Marney, a country girl, comes to London to care for her ailing aunt....
8 hours 50 minutes
*Non-fiction
987
Jacob A. Riis - How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It...
8 hours 50 minutes
General Fiction
776
J. S. Fletcher - Rayner-Slade Amalgamation
Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to...
8 hours 50 minutes
General Fiction
737
Émile Zola - Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes
“The Jolly Parisiennes” by Émile Zola is a very clever, brilliant and interesting romance of a “grande passion” with an undercurrent of political intrigue. The plot is ingenious both in conception and execution, while...
8 hours 46 minutes
Action & Adventure
1.1K
R. M. Ballantyne - Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished
A runaway carriage, a spunky little girl, and a street urchin combine on the first page of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished: a Tale of City Arab Life in a hilarious combination that you won't want to leave. This...
8 hours 43 minutes
Reference
8K
Frank G. Carpenter - Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America
The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of some of the wonders of the country and continent in which they live. Upon a personally conducted tour they are taken by the author through the...
8 hours 19 minutes
