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Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1

Historical Fiction

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William Harrison Ainsworth - Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1

A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradually took on more of a judicial role, enforcing the monarch's will when the...

Lynne T and 4 more 7 hours 10 minutes

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Family

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Ruth Ogden - Little Queen of Hearts

A charming children's story following the trials and tribulations of the simple life of Marie-Celeste as she endears herself to everyone whose life she touches. With her parents, she moves to Windsor Castle to live...

Lynne T and 10 more 7 hours 27 minutes

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Family Life

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Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie - Mrs. Dymond

Susanna Holcombe, a very sensitive and free spirited young lady, tries to fit in to society. But it is very hard for a Victorian woman to carve her own path, and she is almost forced to marry colonel Dymond. This book...

KHand and 5 more 12 hours 37 minutes

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Romance

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Mrs. Hungerford - April's Lady: A Novel

This is a delightful Victorian romance by Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, published in 1890. The heroine of this novel, Joyce, finds herself to be in high demand, receiving the attentions of two eligible...

Lynda Marie Neilson and 8 more 15 hours 7 minutes

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Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House

Children's Fiction

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Margaret Sidney - Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House

Polly Pepper loves to tell stories, but there just isn't enough room in the other books to include her stories! So, since «the author has received from mothers and other persons interested in the Pepper Family, so...

Bill Boerst and 11 more 8 hours 11 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Martha Finley - Elsie's New Relations

In this ninth book in the classic Elsie Dinsmore series, the family finishes their summer at the seaside and returns to Ion. The narrative turns from Elsie to Violet's family, particularly her step-children Max and...

Lily Marie and 7 more 6 hours 26 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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General Fiction

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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....

jenno and 5 more 8 hours 50 minutes

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Poetry

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Susan Coolidge - Few More Verses

Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, who is best known for her What Katy Did series. This is the second of three volumes of her verse. (Summary by Rachel)

Rachel and 9 more 4 hours 8 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Louisa May Alcott - 4 Stories by Louisa May Alcott

Here are four delightful short stories written by the famous author specifically for girls. As she says in the tiny preface «These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The...

Roohi and 3 more 3 hours 28 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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E. Nesbit - Wet Magic (version 2)

Are mermaids real? Well of course they are! Just ask the four very English children who, when on vacation by the sea, find out about one being held in a circus and, since 'they die in captivity' decide on a daring...

Mike Justice and 4 more 4 hours 53 minutes

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Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 08

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Anonymous - Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 08

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No...

Lynne T and 6 more 13 hours 14 minutes Thousand Nights and a Night

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Alice in Wonderland, Retold in Words of One Syllable

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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J.C. Gorham - Alice in Wonderland, Retold in Words of One Syllable

The well known and delightful tale of Alice in Wonderland but retold in simpler language. All the characters are there, even the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Note that even though the title says 'words of one...

Mike T. and 7 more 1 hour 57 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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