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Richelieu: A Tale of France

Read by Lynne T


George Payne Rainsford James


Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands an…

Lord Montagu's Page

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George Payne Rainsford James


A young man is crossing the English Channel bound for France. It is obviously not his first such trip, but who is he and what is his errand?…

The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times

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George Payne Rainsford James


The lot of a younger son was less assured than his older brother in days gone by. It was worse for his descendant, especially if he wanted t…

Arrah Neil; or, Times of Old

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George Payne Rainsford James


During his lifetime, James published an estimated 100 novels. Arrah Neil was published some 40 years after his death. In this historical nov…

Book 1, Chapter 7, Part 1

In Open The Door

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Catherine Carswell


This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her…

Topic 8, Fourth Paper, by Mrs. Paul L. Dunbar

In Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topi…

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Daniel Wallace Culp


The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…

A Busy Saturday

In The Chinese Kitten

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Edna Adelaide Brown


Lucy and Dora are so excited to learn they will be sleeping in a tent at the beach! Then Mother and Uncle Dan tell them that their kitten, T…

05 - Having It Out

In The Heart's Kingdom

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Maria Thompson Daviess


Nickols Powers is in love with the beautiful Charlotte and desperate to marry her. Charlotte however, is independent and reluctant to accept…

Chapter 19: A Retreat

In The Nether World

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George Robert Gissing and 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…

IX: The Second Voyage to Guiana

In Raleigh

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Edmund Gosse


Sir Walter Raleigh's plan in 1584 for colonization in the "Colony and Dominion of Virginia" (which included the present-day states…

Vol. 1 - Chapter 14

In Helen

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Maria Edgeworth


Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…

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