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Geraldine Hodgson - English Literature

This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thinking of it as a «dull, horrid thing» which they have to learn in school. I...

Lynette Caulkins and 11 more 12 hours 21 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Andrew Lang - Historical Mysteries

Edited by Andrew Lang, Historical Mysteries is a collection of infamous unsolved mysteries from various points in history.

Colleen McMahon and 11 more 8 hours 17 minutes

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World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey

Historical Fiction

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey

This is the sixth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 19 more 16 hours 37 minutes World's Story

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Single Author Collections

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Katherine Mansfield - Doves' Nest and Other Stories

The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was published several months after the Kiwi author's death. — Summary by Rob Marland

Rob Marland and 11 more 5 hours 27 minutes

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Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales

Action & Adventure

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William Patten - Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales

This collection of The Junior Classics is compiled from many wonderful authors including Alcott, Dickens, Hawthorne, and Carroll. The stories are suitable for all ages and as with the rest of the series include the...

Ariphron and 16 more 14 hours 32 minutes The Junior Classics

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Essays & Short Works

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G. K. Chesterton - Uses of Diversity

A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in «The Illustrated London News» and the «New Witness». The subjects vary greatly from lamp posts to Jane Austen's Emma, from «On...

thestorygirl and 14 more 5 hours 37 minutes

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World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal

Historical Fiction

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal

This is the fifth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 24 more 18 hours 54 minutes World's Story

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Mermaid's Message and Other Stories

This is a collection of fairy tales and fables compiled in 1919. The stories contain original but old-fashioned tales which modern children and grown-ups will enjoy. Summary by Carolin

BettyB and 16 more 3 hours 11 minutes

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Romance

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Ethel Mary Brodie - Rose-colored World, and Other Fantasies

Love stories make perfect short stories. This collection contains 16 different short stories on the different ways a love affair can play out. — Summary by Carolin

realisticspeakers and 10 more 7 hours 37 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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G. K. Chesterton - Fancies Versus Fads

A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton. “I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 7 hours 33 minutes

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Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving

Animals & Nature

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Ada M. Skinner - Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving

From the Introduction: «Nature stories, legends, and poems appeal to the young reader’s interest in various ways. Some of them suggest or reveal certain facts which stimulate a spirit of investigation and attract the...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 6 hours 56 minutes

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World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome

Historical Fiction

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome

This is the fourth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 22 more 16 hours 43 minutes World's Story

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New

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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