Sarah Jennings

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General Fiction

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Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It...

Lee Ann Howlett and 10 more 14 hours 40 minutes

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Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

Self-Help

553

Emily Post - Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

From advice on planning the perfect wedding to eating an artichoke correctly, Emily Post offers instruction on how to live a well-mannered life circa 1922. With a sometimes gentle, sometimes sharp wit, she maintains...

Michael Ezzell and 18 more 21 hours 41 minutes

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Historical Fiction

754

Henry Fielding - History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire...

hosmer_angel and 19 more 36 hours 5 minutes

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Christian Fiction

876

Elizabeth Prentiss - Stepping Heavenward

Stepping Heavenward is the journal of a girl named Katherine Mortimer. Katy meets a young man who she loves & wants to marry but her mother is very much against their plans. But Katy’s life goes on through her...

Cagirlwithasoutherndrawl and 10 more 9 hours 34 minutes

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Children's Fiction

494

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne's House of Dreams

Anne's House of Dreams is book five in the series, and chronicles Anne's early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together. (Summary from Wikipedia)

JemmaBlythe and 8 more 8 hours 9 minutes

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Animals & Nature

607

Andrew Lang - Blue Fairy Book

Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as...

Maria Falin and 18 more 14 hours 7 minutes

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Anthologies

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Insomnia Collection Vol. 001

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...

Cori Samuel and 9 more 6 hours 2 minutes

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Literary Fiction

550

Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 1

This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

Ryan T. and 29 more 13 hours 46 minutes

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Reference

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Grenville Kleiser - Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embellishment of Speech and Literature, and The Improvement of the Vocabulary of...

Betsie Bush and 45 more 16 hours

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Children's Fiction

628

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

Little Women is the classic story of The March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and their four girls--Practical, yet fashion conscious Meg, who longs for the nice things they used to have. Rambunctious,...

Elizabeth and 15 more 18 hours 59 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Reviews

Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this volume will prove...

braindouche and 27 more 19 hours 15 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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