Soumen Barua

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At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War

Action & Adventure Fiction

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G. A. Henty - At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War

The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken ended in the firm establishment of the British Empire the Indian Peninsula. When the struggle began, the Mahrattas were masters of...

Lynne T and 9 more 12 hours 53 minutes

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Modern (19th C)

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Edward A. Steiner - On the Trail of The Immigrant

How did the immigrants come to America? Who were they? What Where did they come from? In this book, Edward Steiner tells of the experiences of immigrants from Hungry, Poland, Scandanavia, Germany, Italy and many other...

Michele Fry and 4 more 8 hours 57 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Clara Vaughan, Vol. III

CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of age....

Lynne T and 7 more 7 hours 52 minutes

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Poetry

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Julia Caroline Dorr - Pro Patria

This is a collection of seven patriotic long poems by Julia Caroline Dorr. — Summary by Carolin

Greg Giordano and 4 more 1 hour 8 minutes

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Single author

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Poems of Purpose

This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published in 1919. — Summary by Carolin

Ken Masters and 8 more 2 hours 7 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

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H. A. Guerber - Story of the Romans

A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)

twalter8 and 34 more 7 hours 31 minutes

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Romance

465

Molly Elliot Seawell - Throckmorton

This is a novel about the lives of the members of the Temple family and their connections in Tidewater, Virginia, in the Reconstruction era. The widow Judith Temple and her sister in law Jacqueline live quietly on the...

MaryAnn and 5 more 7 hours 16 minutes

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Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

Epistolary Fiction

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Hannah Webster Foster - Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked...

Michele Eaton and 5 more 6 hours 32 minutes

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Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw

General Fiction

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Frances Milton Trollope - Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw

The novel begins with the arrival of a family staking a claim in the black delta of the Deep South. Whitlaw is a brutish sort who bullies his cowering wife into working herself to death. Shortly after giving birth to...

Anna Simon and 8 more 17 hours 26 minutes

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General Fiction

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Maria Thompson Daviess - Heart's Kingdom

Nickols Powers is in love with the beautiful Charlotte and desperate to marry her. Charlotte however, is independent and reluctant to accept his religious views as a good wife should. However, she may still be...

K.G.Cross and 5 more 6 hours 50 minutes

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Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)

Poetry

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Elias Lönnrot - Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)

This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seabird and continuing to the birth of the Kaleva District, the lands of...

Kyle Raub and 14 more 15 hours 27 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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George Bernard Shaw - Quintessence of Ibsenism (Version 2)

InThis is an essay providing an extended analysis of the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and of Ibsen's critical reception in England. Shaw uses this «exposition of Ibsenism» to illustrate the...

Gesine and 9 more 4 hours 17 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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