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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - Fairy Book

The sleeping beauty in the wood — Hop-O'-My-Thumb — Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper — Adventures of John Dietrich — Beauty and the Beast — Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes — Jack the...

Woolly Bee and 20 more 12 hours 53 minutes

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General Fiction

452

Wilkie Collins - Evil Genius

The Evil Genius, one of Wilkie Collins' last works, is subtitled «A Domestic Scene». It is the intriguing tale of family Linley, including the «evil genius», and their governess Sydney Westerfield. In colorful...

ToddHW and 14 more 12 hours 50 minutes

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Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty

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512

Imbert de Saint-Amand - Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty

Paris in 1792 is no longer what it was in 1789. In 1789, the old French society was still brilliant. The past endured beside the present. Neither names nor escutcheons, neither liveries nor places at court, had...

Libby Gohn and 6 more 11 hours 9 minutes

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Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them

*Non-fiction

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Hereward Carrington - Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them

Instructions in how to develop your psychic powers including telepathy, clairvoyance, self-projection, reincarnation, and other topics. Seriously. «It must be distinctly understood … that I believe the vast bulk of...

Chuck Williamson and 18 more 10 hours 40 minutes

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Romance

527

Wilkie Collins - Two Destinies

Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at first doesn't seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each...

acousticwave and 12 more 10 hours 9 minutes

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Historical Fiction

485

Anatole France - Gods are Athirst

The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by Anatole France. The story follows the young Parisian painter Évariste...

Nicholas Clifford and 12 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

525

Baroness Emma Orczy - Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republic when the guillotine begins to be repeatedly cheated of aristocratic victims...

CaprishaPage and 16 more 8 hours 29 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

436

Louis Joseph Vance - Red Masquerade

In the beginning of his career, Michael Lanyard alias The Lone Wolf, the most talented thief of his day, made the acquaintance of the beautiful Princess Sofia, but he also made an enemy of her husband, Prince Victor....

CaprishaPage and 8 more 8 hours 10 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

441

William Le Queux - Stolen Souls

This is a collection of 14 of William le Queux' best mystery stories. (Summary by Carolin)

bala and 10 more 7 hours 11 minutes

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Memoirs

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Rabindranath Tagore - My Reminiscences

These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he...

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Memoirs

420

Franz Liszt - Life of Chopin

Chopin was a romantic era Polish composer. This work is a memoir by Liszt who knew Chopin both as man and artist. This memoir gives a unique understanding to the psychological character of the compositions of Chopin....

bala and 2 more 6 hours 12 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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F. Anstey - Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a diferent background. A series of adventures of a well educated foreigner in London which...

Phil Chenevert and 12 more 5 hours 18 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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