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John Galsworthy - In Chancery (Forsyte Saga Vol. 2)

'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. In Chancery is the second book in the saga. Five years have passed since Irene left...

eva and 3 more 13 hours 34 minutes Forsyte Saga group Volumes 1-3

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Anthony Trollope - Lady Anna

When it appeared in 1874, Lady Anna met with little success, and positively outraged the conservative — `This is the sort of thing the reading public will never stand...a man must be embittered by some violent present...

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D. H. Lawrence - White Peacock

Lawrence’s first novel is set in Nethermere (his name for the real-life Eastwood in Nottinghamshire). The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsall and focuses in particular on the relationship of his sister Lettie with...

Simon Evers 12 hours 48 minutes

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John Galsworthy - Beyond

Gyp, the daughter of ex-Major Charles Claire Winton, at the age of 23 marries Fiorsen, a Swedish violin virtuoso. Her mother, the wife of another man, has been Winton's mistress; she had died when Gyp was born. A...

Simon Evers 12 hours 20 minutes

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Mary Cholmondeley - Diana Tempest

Colonel Tempest, his wastrel son Archie and beautiful daughter Diana (Di) are dismayed when they are cut out of the will of old Mr Tempest, Colonel Tempest’s brother. All of the Tempest fortune and estates at...

Simon Evers 12 hours 12 minutes

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Arnold Bennett - Mr. Prohack

Mr Prohack, an ordinary official in the Treasury and leading a hum-drum life, suddenly and unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money which, with a lucky investment, he turns into a fortune. This humorous book follows...

Simon Evers 12 hours 11 minutes

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Mary Cholmondeley - Red Pottage

The book follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady...

Simon Evers 12 hours 11 minutes

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Basil King - Side of the Angels

The book is set in New England in the early 20th century in an old established community where times are rapidly changing but nonetheless the rules of a hierarchical society still hold good. Thor, a rich doctor from...

Simon Evers 12 hours 7 minutes

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Arnold Bennett - Roll-Call

«The Roll-Call» is the sequel to the Clayhanger trilogy. This book concerns the young life of Clayhanger's stepson, George. George Edwin Cannon (he quickly dropped the surname Clayhanger), is an architect, in many...

Simon Evers 11 hours 53 minutes The Clayhanger Family

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Thomas Hardy - Trumpet Major

Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside. However, the arrival of several regiments preparing for an expected invasion brings colour and chaos to the county. A...

Rebecca Dittman and 9 more 11 hours 49 minutes

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John Galsworthy - To Let (Forsyte Saga Vol. 3)

‘The Forsyte Saga’ is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. To Let is the third and final book in the saga (although Galsworthy later published two...

eva and 3 more 11 hours 26 minutes Forsyte Saga group Volumes 1-3

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Arnold Bennett - Hilda Lessways

This book is the second in Bennett’s four books about life in the Five Towns (the real life Potteries in Staffordshire). It tells the story of Hilda before her marriage to Edwin Clayhanger (from the first book)....

Simon Evers 11 hours 2 minutes The Clayhanger Family

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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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