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Gothic Fiction

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George W. M. Reynolds - Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf

Wagner is a poor, lonely old shepherd living on the edge of the Black Forest. In a devil's pact he gains youth and wealth for the price of transforming into a ravenous wolf once a month. This book contains everything...

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Epics

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Unknown - Beowulf (Hall translation)

The most famous piece of Old English literature, Beowulf was written by an unknown poet at least 1000 years ago and tells how the eponymous hero who is a great warrior defeats the monster Grendel and his mother. He...

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Single author

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A. E. Housman - Shropshire Lad (Version 3)

Composed while Housman was living in London, and mostly before he even visited the county of Shropshire, A Shropshire Lad is a cycle of 63 poems which describe an idyllic rural existence, but with the main theme being...

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Animals

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William Henry Hudson - Birds and Man

During the later part of his life Hudson lived in southern England, where he was involved very early on with the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). Birds and Man is a slow moving work where Hudson...

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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William Elliot Griffis - Welsh Fairy Tales

This is a collection of delightful tales that explore the uniqueness of the Welsh people, Welsh heroes, Welsh countryside, Welsh animals and Welsh pride. Some other minor peoples are mentioned in passing (the English,...

Charlotte Duckett and 6 more 4 hours 32 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Sir Walter Scott - Knight And Wamba

A fun poem with a great rhythm. — Summary by Stav Nisser.

Bruce Kachuk and 9 more 19 minutes

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Poetry

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Anne Brontë - Captive Dove

Many victorian women felt trapped by the role society gave them. So did Anne Bronte. This is a poem about lonleyness, and about feeling caged. A poem which would bring tears to your eyes. — Summary by Stav Nisser

Aubrey Anne and 14 more 27 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Cowper - Retired Cat

William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English...

Algy Pug and 12 more 1 hour 16 minutes

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Mathematics

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Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Mathematics

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Silvanus P. Thompson - Calculus Made Easy

Calculus Made Easy: Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning which Are Generally Called by the Terrifying Names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus is is a book...

Adam and 11 more 10 hours 7 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart

The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of stories based upon historical records, from the pen of Alexandre Dumas, pere,...

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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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William Butler Yeats - Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

This is a collection of Fairy and Folk tales. The poet William Butler Yeats collected them from around the Western part of Ireland and translated them near the end of the 1800s. — Summary by Michele Eaton

Juliet Brown and 17 more 11 hours 20 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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