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William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being...

Michelle Crandall and 19 more 33 hours 4 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Anthony Trollope - Can You Forgive Her?

“Can You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introduces the reader to Plantagenet and Glencora Palliser, as they court, marry,...

Laura Koskinen and 16 more 32 hours 16 minutes Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope

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Published 1800 -1900

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Wives and Daughters

If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book! Mrs. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest British novelists of the Victorian era. She was one of the earliest novelists...

Mary Anderson and 14 more 27 hours 16 minutes

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Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

Self-Help

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Emily Post - Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

From advice on planning the perfect wedding to eating an artichoke correctly, Emily Post offers instruction on how to live a well-mannered life circa 1922. With a sometimes gentle, sometimes sharp wit, she maintains...

Michael Ezzell and 18 more 21 hours 41 minutes

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Political Science

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Alexander Hamilton - Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The...

Kim Braun and 23 more 21 hours 12 minutes

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Romance

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Charlotte Brontë - Villette

After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against an overwhelming sense of desolation. Meeting a charming doctor and a strict,...

Chip and 17 more 20 hours 26 minutes

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History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne

Historical Fiction

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William Makepeace Thackeray - History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne

A classic Victorian novel and a historical novel rolled into one! Read about court and army life during the reign of Queen Anne — a story of Catholic — Protestant intrigue, and the party which aspired to the...

Måns Broo and 13 more 19 hours 21 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Reviews

Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this volume will prove...

braindouche and 27 more 19 hours 15 minutes

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Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

Modern (20th C)

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Joseph Trienens - Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

Written in 1910, this «cyclopedia» is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is more humorous than practical — although some advice never goes out of style. (Summary by...

rachelellen and 17 more 14 hours 25 minutes

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Romance

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Florence Louisa Barclay - Rosary

«The Rosary» is a beautiful love story. Gareth Dalmain falls in love with the Honorable Jane Champion. She loves him back, but does not trust his love, as is known to be a great lover of beauty, and she — alas — is...

Maria Elmvang and 7 more 11 hours 9 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables (version 2)

Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can't help but love. Despite her «tragical» past, Anne's optimism and...

rachelellen 9 hours 35 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Nathaniel Hawthorne - Scarlet Letter

The story begins in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter...

hefyd and 11 more 9 hours 10 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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