General Fiction
The Getting of Wisdom
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Henry Handel Richardson
The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on H…
The Nether World
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George Gissing
This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…
The Cinder Pond
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Carroll Watson Rankin
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The facto…
Stalky & Co. (More Stories)
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Rudyard Kipling
This small collection puts together stories by Kipling that feature the characters from Stalky & Co. but which for some reason were not …
The Pursuit of the House-Boat
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John Kendrick Bangs
This sequel to Bangs' A House-Boat on the Styx continues the "thought-experiment" of bringing various historical and fictional fig…
Barbara in Brittany
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E. A. Gillie
Barbara, an English girl and the eldest of her family, spends most days helping her widowed mother care for her younger siblings. Then disas…
Ramona
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona, a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson (1884), is the story of a part-Scottish and part-Native American orphan girl growing up and ge…
The Birds' Christmas Carol (version 2)
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite physical illness, Carol is loved by eve…
The Return (de la Mare version)
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Walter de la Mare and Walter De La Mare
A story of psychological horror, The Return explores ideas of identity, love, and alienation. Arthur grapples with the reactions of his fami…
Grace Harlowe with the Marines at Chateau Thierry
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Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase
Grace continues her war adventures over seas in France, continuing her work for the Red Cross. Set during World War I, Loyal Heart finds her…
Betty Baird's Golden Year
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Anna Hamlin Weikel
It seems that all the people close to Betty are going through major life changes. Lois is certainly spending a lot of time with Dunmore Lane…
Riceyman Steps
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Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennet's masterly novel is a gritty tale about a bookseller whose life and love of a woman are afflicted by miserliness. It is set in…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03
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H. G. Wells
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors…
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
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Edward Eggleston
"Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would you do in Flat Crick deestrick, I'd like to know? Why, the boys have driv of…
Shakespeare Identified
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J. Thomas Looney
That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled spec…
A Man of Honor
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George Eggleston
New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-establishe…
Lady Rose's Daughter
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Mary Augusta Ward
"Julie Le Breton enchants almost everyone around her with her smart, charm, and excellent manners. She almost belongs to the English hi…
野分 (Nowaki)
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Sōseki Natsume
「野分」は、明治末、路面電車と人力車が走っていた東京が舞台です。３人の作家を巡る物語です。白井道也は、地方の中学を３つやめてから、文筆で、世を覚醒することを志します。高柳周作と中野輝一は、大学を卒業したばかりの同級生です。高柳君は、貧しく、中野君は裕福です。白井道也が、中野君を取…
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922
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Various
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)