Richard Kilmer

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Romance

454

Susanna Rowson - Charlotte Temple

Charlotte Temple, a cautionary tale for young women, follows the unfortunate adventures of the eponymous heroine as she is seduced by a dashing soldier, Montraville. Influenced by both her lover and an unruly teacher...

Elizabeth Klett and 3 more 4 hours 41 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

526

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, war, farming, slavery, education,...

Winston Tharp and 12 more 6 hours 21 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Science Fiction

535

E. E. Smith - Skylark Three

This is a sequel to The Skylark of Space. The novel concerns Richard Seaton and his allies who have encounters with aliens while fighting DuQuesne and the Fenachrone..(Introduction by wikipedia)

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 59 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

543

F. Anstey - Vice Versa

Set in Victorian times, the novel concerns business man Paul Bultitude and his son Dick. Dick is about to leave home for a boarding school which is ruled by the cane wielding headmaster Dr. Grimstone. Bultitude,...

Jules Hawryluk and 4 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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General Fiction

556

Paul Laurence Dunbar - Sport of the Gods

The Sport of the Gods is a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered around urban black life. Forced to leave the South, a family falls apart amid the harsh realities of Northern inner city...

ashleighjane and 5 more 4 hours 34 minutes

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Science Fiction

556

H. G. Wells - Time Machine (Version 4)

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large...

Paul Adams and 3 more 3 hours 47 minutes

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Science Fiction

514

Charles Willard Diffin - Two Thousand Miles Below

A science fiction novel that was originally produced in four parts in the publication: Astounding Stories in June, September, November 1932, January 1933. The main character is Dean Rawson, who plans on discovering a...

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 3 minutes

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General Fiction

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Victor Hugo - Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published under the title «By Order of the King». (Introduction by Wikipedia)

wvthcomp and 27 more 24 hours 53 minutes

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Children's Fiction

500

Jennie Hall - Viking Tales

Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)

Timothy Ferguson and 10 more 3 hours 29 minutes

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Westerns

499

Andy Adams - Log of a Cowboy

The Log of a Cowboy is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana in 1882 along the Great Western Cattle Trail. Although the book is fiction, it is firmly based on Adams's...

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 54 minutes

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*Non-fiction

518

Louis D. Brandeis - Other People's Money

Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It is a collection of essays written by Louis Brandeis published as a book in 1914. The book attacked the use of investment funds to promote the consolidation of various...

Andy Minter and 4 more 5 hours 16 minutes

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General Fiction

585

Mark Twain - Gilded Age, A Tale of Today

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. The term gilded age , commonly given to the era,...

TriciaG and 19 more 17 hours 8 minutes

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New

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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