Michael Fassio

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm - Household Tales

The complete Brothers Grimm stories, as translated directly from the German. Some of the stories will be familiar such as The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, and Cinderella. Other tales are less well known such as The Three...

Beth Thomas and 39 more 30 hours 18 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

750

Alice Meynell - Spirit of Place and Other Essays

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 2 hours 28 minutes

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Poetry

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Hannah Lavinia Baily - By the Sea, and Other Verses

This is a collection of poetry by Hannah Lavinia Baily. They describe a number of different settings, prominently the sea in the titular poem, and bring in contemporary as well as mythical themes. — Summary by Carolin

Melanie T and 9 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Walter Richard Cassels - To My Dream-Love

Walter Richard Cassels is the speculated author of the anonymous work Supernatural Religion. He wrote poetry and was an art collector. Never married, he died in London on 10 June 1907. — Summary by Wikipedia

Algy Pug and 8 more 28 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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George Pope Morris - Woodman, Spare that Tree!

George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a poet and songwriter; especially well-known was his poem-turned-song...

Angi Bridges and 10 more 18 minutes

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Anthologies

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John Lomax - Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up the core body of work for the Library of Congress Archive. «Cowboy Songs and...

Larry Wilson and 21 more 6 hours 36 minutes

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Faery Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen - Faery Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

This is a 1910 edition of the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. This volume is nicely mixed, containing both the most famous tales as well as some which are not quite as well-known. The translation is adapted...

Michael S Milne and 24 more 15 hours 57 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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John Greenleaf Whittier - Mystery

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns....

Algy Pug and 10 more 26 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Ida Ashworth Taylor - Lady Jane Grey and Her Times

Lady Jane Grey was an English noblewoman, great-granddaughter of Henry VII. As her cousin, Edward VI, lay on his death-bed, he nominated her as his successor to the English crown ahead of his half-sisters Mary and...

Beth Thomas and 5 more 8 hours 14 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Alice Meynell - London Impressions

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing...

Lynn Lee and 5 more 1 hour 23 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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John Hay - Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 6...

Jim Locke and 4 more 13 hours 47 minutes Abraham Lincoln: A History in 10 Volumes

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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America

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Frank G. Carpenter - Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America

In this book the children are taken by the author upon a personally conducted tour through the most characteristic parts of the South American continent. The book will, it is believed, aid in putting flesh and blood...

MaryAnn and 6 more 7 hours 56 minutes Carpenter's Geographical Readers

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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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