Published 1800 -1900
The Unclassed
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George Gissing
The Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. …
A Vanished Hand
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Sarah Doudney
Memories haunt Elsie Kilner at every turn. Kicked out of her family home, she finds a new abode in which she finds fragments of a diary. It …
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 2
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Eugène Sue
Rodolphe, is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in ar…
The Black Monk
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Anton Chekhov
Aspiring academic Andrei Kovrin, while summering in the countryside per the advice of a physician, is haunted by the apparition of a black m…
The Untempered Wind
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Joanna E. Wood
Upon publication of “The Untempered Wind” in 1894, Joanna Wood quickly rose to international prominence, becoming in the next few years the …
The Begum's Fortune
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Jules Verne
A novel with some utopian elements, but primarily dystopian. A French doctor and a German professor both inherit a vast fortune as descendan…
Fritz to the Front
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Edward L. Wheeler
Fritz to the Front is the story of a Dutch tramp who wants to be a detective, and is an expert at ventriloquism. The story opens with a myst…
Taking the Bastile
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Alexandre Dumas
Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to …
The Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu
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W. S. Gilbert
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan…
Armand Durand
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Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
Armand Durand, published in 1868, was written by Rosanna Leprohon, an English-speaker with an insider’s knowledge of French Canada, thanks t…
The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow
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Margaret O. Oliphant
The location is the English Lake District and the characters very ordinary people. Mrs. Blencarrow is a widow with five children and control…