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Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 2

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Edgar Allan Poe - Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 2

Monday, January 19, 2009 marked Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday. Though these tales need no introduction, the rationale for starting with volume two is threefold: many of the best-loved (and best) tales are...

TriciaG and 10 more 10 hours 51 minutes

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General Fiction

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Booth Tarkington - Turmoil (Growth Trilogy Vol 1)

The Turmoil is the first novel in the 'Growth' trilogy, which also includes The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in 1927). In 1942 Orson Welles directed a film...

Kara Shallenberg and 8 more 9 hours 22 minutes

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General Fiction

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Eleanor H. Porter - Oh, Money! Money!

Mr. Stanley Fulton is worth millions, but he has no one to leave his money to except some unknown distant cousins. In order to find out how they would handle a fortune, he decides to give each of them $100,000 dollars...

Linda Lee Paquet and 7 more 8 hours 47 minutes

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Satire

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Samuel Butler - Erewhon

Erewhon, or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel, it is not revealed in which part...

calystra and 8 more 8 hours

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Humorous Fiction

G. K. Chesterton - What's Wrong With the World

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first...

LibertusMaximus and 18 more 7 hours 5 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Barry Eads and 20 more 6 hours 54 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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Historical Fiction

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Stanley Waterloo - Story of Ab

This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well. (Summary from the introduction)

Kristine Bekere and 8 more 6 hours 31 minutes

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General Fiction

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P. G. Wodehouse - Clicking of Cuthbert

Join the Oldest Member...whether you like it or not...and be carried on a magic carpet ride through the world of golf, love, and...aunts...as seen through the eyes of the creator of Jeeves and Wooster and Blandings...

Jonathan Burchard and 6 more 6 hours 8 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3)

The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations. Such is the setting for the most horrific Sherlock Holmes story ever...

Lady Maria and 7 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - Earth's Enigmas

Most of the stories in this collection attempt to present one or another of those problems of life or nature to which, as it appears to many of us, there is no adequate solution within sight. Others are the almost...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 4 hours 28 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 008

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass...

Perry Clayton and 12 more 3 hours 54 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Short Stories

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O. Henry - Waifs and Strays

These 12 O. Henry stories all deal with waifs and strays in one way or another; people who have somehow become adrift in the current of life. Will they find their way on their own or be helped by kind hearted folk or...

Bellona Times and 10 more 3 hours 22 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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