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Anthony Trollope - Is He Popenjoy ?

Trollope returns in Is He Popenjoy to two of his favorite subjects: property and inheritance. As in «Doctor Thorne,» the issues are complicated by the specter of possible illegitimacy. Lord George Germain, a...

Barry O'Neill and 11 more 20 hours 40 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Otto Jahn - Life of Mozart Volume 1

An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an interesting look at both his family life and his musical career. Summary by...

NoelBadrian and 12 more 17 hours 35 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Frederick Marryat - Jacob Faithful

Rebelling against the career chosen for him by his wealthy family, Frederic Marryat joined the Royal Navy in 1806 at the age of 14. He first served as a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate «HMS Imperieuse» commanded by...

NoelBadrian 17 hours 23 minutes

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General Fiction

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Round the Sofa

Round the Sofa (1859), is a book of stories by the lady that Charles Dickens called his “dear Scheherazade” due to her skill as a story teller. That Lady was Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell (North and South, Wives and...

NoelBadrian 16 hours 15 minutes

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Travel Fiction

Washington Irving - Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Apart from «Rip Van Winkle» and «The Legend of Sleepy Hollow» — the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous — other tales include «Roscoe», «The Broken Heart», «The Art of Book-making», «A Royal...

Easton and 15 more 15 hours 21 minutes

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Edward Jesse - Anecdotes of Dogs

«Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.» The character, sensibilities, and intellectual faculties of animals have always been a favourite study, and they are, perhaps,...

Stephanie Lee and 16 more 13 hours 30 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

Edgar Allan Poe - Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 3

This, the third of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 6 of his short stories as well as Poe's only complete novel, The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym . In it, Arthur Gordon Pym stows away on a whaling vessel and...

Ernst Pattynama and 14 more 11 hours 30 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Mary Webb - Precious Bane

Published in 1924, Precious Bane is a novel by Mary Webb (1881 — 1927) which touches on ambition, prejudice and hatred but also on the power of love. Prue Sarn is a farm girl in rural Shropshire during the period of...

NoelBadrian 11 hours 27 minutes

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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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William Butler Yeats - Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

This is a collection of Fairy and Folk tales. The poet William Butler Yeats collected them from around the Western part of Ireland and translated them near the end of the 1800s. — Summary by Michele Eaton

Juliet Brown and 17 more 11 hours 20 minutes

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Mathematics

Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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War & Military

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Robert Southey - Life of Nelson

In 1813, the year that he was appointed Poet Laureate, Robert Southey published «The Life of Nelson». Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson was Britain's greatest Naval hero who had been killed during the Battle of Trafalgar...

NoelBadrian 11 hours 7 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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George Moore - Untilled Field

George Moore, an Irish writer involved with the Celtic Revival was influenced by the French Realists and particularly by the work of Émile Zola. Often considered as the first modern Irish novelist he became involved...

NoelBadrian 10 hours 40 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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