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Elves and Heroes - Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Elves and Heroes - Donald Alexander Mackenzie
- Author: Donald Alexander Mackenzie
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / General Fiction
This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the characters and folk tales that inspired the author's poetry. (Introduction by Matthew Reece)...
Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling
Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: General Fiction
Real men don't take guff from snotty kids. Neither does Disko Troop, skipper of the "We're Here", a fishing schooner out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, when his crew fishes Harvey Cheyne out of the Atlantic. There's no place on the Grand Banks for...
Boule de Suif (Ball of Fat - version 2) - Guy de Maupassant
Boule de Suif (Ball of Fat - version 2) - Guy de Maupassant
- Author: Guy de Maupassant
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
Boule de Suif (1880) is a short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story, and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, entitled "Boule de Suif et Autres...
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction / Literary Fiction
This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has "great expectations" of a future inheritance from an anonymous benefactor. He soon...
Doctor Thorne (version 2) - Anthony Trollope
Doctor Thorne (version 2) - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction
This is the third book in The Chronicles of Barsetshire, the first two being The Warden and Barchester Towers; however, although some characters from the first two books are referred to, there is no need to read/ listen to them first to enjoy Dr....
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 1 - Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 1 - Laurence Sterne
- Author: Laurence Sterne
- Genre: General Fiction
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years. It was not...
If Winter Comes - A. S. M. HUTCHINSON
If Winter Comes - A. S. M. HUTCHINSON
- Author: A. S. M. HUTCHINSON
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
If Winter Comes, was in many aspects ahead of its time, dealing with an unhappy marriage, eventual divorce, and an unwed mother who commits suicide. According to the New York Times, "If Winter Comes" was the best-selling book in the United States...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Dr. Watson chronicles here some of the more interesting detective cases that he and his good friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, have encountered during their association. We see the cases unfold as he does, scratch our heads as does he while the evidence...
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
A classic tale of what comes to those whose hearts are hard. In a series of ghostly visits, Scrooge visits his happy past, sees the difficulties of the present, views a bleak future, and in the end amends his mean ways. (Summary written by Kristen...
Washington Square - Henry James
Washington Square - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction
Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter...
A Christmas Miscellany - Various
A Christmas Miscellany - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction / Single author
A selection of eight short works, chapters, or poems about Christmas. - Summary by david wales...
Dangerous Connections (Les liaisons dangereuses) - Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
Dangerous Connections (Les liaisons dangereuses) - Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
- Author: Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction
A translation of 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' alternative title 'Dangerous Liasons'Everyone probably has Glenn Close and John Malkovich in mind, but for those who have not seen the movie, this epistolary fiction describes how a young girl, Cécile de...
The Figure in the Carpet - Henry James
The Figure in the Carpet - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction
The story ostensibly concerns a young literary critics who greatly admirs the writer Hugh Vereker. A meeting with Vereker, however, shows him that he – and all other critics – have in fact missed the great point of Verreker's work, and the critic...
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II - James Boswell
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II - James Boswell
- Author: James Boswell
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer, is a milestone in the development of biographical writing, a treasure-house of Johnson's...
The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 2 - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 2 - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Charlotte Bronte was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Bronte sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all times. Just two years after...
A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail Yurevich LERMONTOV
A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail Yurevich LERMONTOV
- Author: Mikhail Yurevich LERMONTOV
- Genre: General Fiction
A Hero of Our Time is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of all our generation's vices in full bloom. You will again tell me that a human being cannot be so wicked, and I will reply that if you can believe in the...
The Rebel Rose - Justin McCarthy
The Rebel Rose - Justin McCarthy
- Author: Justin McCarthy
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
The Rebel Rose is the story of Mary Stuart Beaton, a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots who has come to London in the hope of having her family claims legitimized. The Pretendress -- as she is called, finds herself caught up in the devices of her own...
Grace Harlowe's Problem - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe's Problem - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / School
The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around America. The College Girls Series sees the friends part ways: Grace, Anne, and Miriam depart for Overton College,...
The Rise of Silas Lapham - William Dean Howells
The Rise of Silas Lapham - William Dean Howells
- Author: William Dean Howells
- Genre: General Fiction
The Rise of Silas Lapham is the most widely read of W.D. Howells’ novels. An example of literary realism, the story is about a farmer (Silas Lapham) who launches a very successful paint business, and moves his family up the social ladder of Boston....
Probable Sons - Amy LE FEUVRE
Probable Sons - Amy LE FEUVRE
- Author: Amy LE FEUVRE
- Genre: General Fiction
Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and sent to live with her bachelor uncle, who has no use for children, especially of the female variety. As the days go by, his heart warms to his endearing niece who wants all probable...
The Firm of Nucingen - Honoré de Balzac
The Firm of Nucingen - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: General Fiction
Part of the Comedie Humane and a "supplementary" tale to go with Father Goriot and Gobseck. Nucingen is the married family name of one of Father Goriot's daughters. "James Waring" is a pseudonym of Ellen Marriage (Balzac was considered sometimes too...
Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance / Family
Opening several years after the close of "Eight Cousins", we find Rose coming home fresh from a voyage overseas, to find much changed about her. Now of a marriageable aged and heiress to a fortune, Rose finds joy,sorrow, and finally love await her...
Bob the Castaway - Frank V. WEBSTER
Bob the Castaway - Frank V. WEBSTER
- Author: Frank V. WEBSTER
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Frank V Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym was used on books for boys from the early 1900s through the 1930s. Bob the Castaway follows the antics of...
Rastignac The Devil - Philip Jose FARMER
Rastignac The Devil - Philip Jose FARMER
- Author: Philip Jose FARMER
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
French colonists on a planet ruled by reptiles and amphibians are forced to wear living “skins” that subdue aggression and enforce vegetarianism. As children, Rastignac and his reptile friend Mapfarity force themselves to become carnivores and begin...
The World Set Free (version 2) - H. G. Wells
The World Set Free (version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay could be sped up. The book may have encouraged scientists to explore theories of nuclear chain reaction. It...
The Four Faces - William Le Queux
The Four Faces - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a discussion regarding a man named Gastrell. Gastrell is somewhat of a mystery to the club members in spite of...
Across The Years - Eleanor H. Porter
Across The Years - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
These 18 wonderful short stories by Eleanor H. Porter, the author of Pollyanna, deal with those marvelous and maddeningly frustrating creatures: human beings. As always, Porter describes real people with sensitivity and an insight into all of their...
Dorothy Dale At Glenwood School - Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale At Glenwood School - Margaret Penrose
- Author: Margaret Penrose
- Genre: General Fiction
The second book in the Dorothy Dale series, in which Dorothy and her friends have an unfortunate encounter, which has long-lasting implications. Major Dale inherits some money, which enables him to send his daughter to Glenwood School, where she...
Betty Baird's Ventures - Anna Hamlin Weikel
Betty Baird's Ventures - Anna Hamlin Weikel
- Author: Anna Hamlin Weikel
- Genre: General Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Betty has graduated from the Pines and is now with her parents at their new home on Long Island. When Betty finds out that her father is having trouble paying the mortgage, she decides to spread her entrepreneurial wings and help with the family...
Moni the Goat-Boy - Johanna Spyri
Moni the Goat-Boy - Johanna Spyri
- Author: Johanna Spyri
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Moni is the goat boy who takes care of all the goats belonging to the people of Fideris, Switzerland. He loves to sing, yodel, and whistle while he romps with the goats all day long on the mountains. His favorite is a young kid named Mäggerli. One...
Vera - Elizabeth von Arnim
Vera - Elizabeth von Arnim
- Author: Elizabeth von Arnim
- Genre: General Fiction
Vera (1921) by Elizabeth von Arnim is a black comedy based on her disastrous second marriage to Earl Russell: a mordant analysis of the romantic delusions through which wives acquiesce in husbands' tyrannies. In outline the story of this utterly...
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas - Victor Appleton
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas - Victor Appleton
- Author: Victor Appleton
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Tom Swift is an inventor, and these are his adventures. The locale is the little town of Shopton in upstate New York, near Lake Carlopa. While some of Tom's inventions are not well-founded in a scientific sense, others elaborated developments in the...
The Time Machine (Version 3) - H. G. Wells
The Time Machine (Version 3) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
H.G. Wells' classic science fiction-fantasy story, in which a scientist known only as “The Time Traveller” tells the tale of his journey to the year 802,701 A.D. and beyond, where he witnesses the end of human civilization as we know it, as well as...
The Way of the Wind - Zoe Anderson NORRIS
The Way of the Wind - Zoe Anderson NORRIS
- Author: Zoe Anderson NORRIS
- Genre: General Fiction
From the comfort of the hills of Kentucky traveled Celia and her husband Seth to the desolate prairies of Kansas, where cyclones, tornadoes, and endless wind were to greet them. Always, there was the wind cutting across the plains as the young...
The Semi-Attached Couple - Emily EDEN
The Semi-Attached Couple - Emily EDEN
- Author: Emily EDEN
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Young and beautiful Helen Eskdale and fabulously wealthy Lord Teviot seem to be the perfect match. But when they marry, they find that misunderstandings and jealousies continually drive them apart. The machinations and intrigues of a large...
Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading) - Charles Dickens
Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction
Charles Dickens' 1854 novel opens with the philosophy of education espoused by the eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, who prizes "facts and calculations." He raises his children, most prominently Louisa and Tom, to eschew imagination and emotion and...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
The History of Pompey the Little - Francis COVENTRY
The History of Pompey the Little - Francis COVENTRY
- Author: Francis COVENTRY
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire
"Pompey, the son of Julio and Phyllis, was born A.D. 1735, at Bologna in Italy, a place famous for lap-dogs and sausages." At an early age he was carried away from the boudoir of his Italian mistress by Hillario, an English gentleman illustrious for...
The Dragon's Secret - Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Dragon's Secret - Augusta Huiell Seaman
- Author: Augusta Huiell Seaman
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Sixteen year old Leslie Crane has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for a some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie quickly finds herself getting...
Robinson Crusoe (version 2) - Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe (version 2) - Daniel Defoe
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to...
