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Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2 - Thomas Peckett PREST
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2 - Thomas Peckett PREST
- Author: Thomas Peckett PREST
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula, which it heavily influenced. Flora Bannersworth is attacked in her own room in...
Flood Tide - Sara Ware BASSETT
Flood Tide - Sara Ware BASSETT
- Author: Sara Ware BASSETT
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on Cape Cod. Whenever he was 'ketched' by an 'idee' he had to see it to completion, and always did. His small...
The Creature from Beyond Infinity - Henry Kuttner
The Creature from Beyond Infinity - Henry Kuttner
- Author: Henry Kuttner
- Genre: General Fiction / Science Fiction
A lone space traveler arrives on Earth seeking a new planet to colonize, his own world dead. At the same time a mysterious plague has infected Earth that will wipe out all life. Can a lone scientist stop the plague and save the world? Or will the...
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 - Various
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This anthology contains stories adapted as episodes for the second...
The Count of Monte Cristo (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental...
Castles in the Air - Baroness Orczy
Castles in the Air - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her...
The Copper Princess - Kirk MUNROE
The Copper Princess - Kirk MUNROE
- Author: Kirk MUNROE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines is an adventure set in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The delightful story features a brave and wholesome hero struggling for his rightful copper mining inheritance against smugglers...
St. George and St. Michael, Volume 1 - George MacDonald
St. George and St. Michael, Volume 1 - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides during the tumultuous years of the English Civil Wars. Tensions are rising between king and parliament, the...
The Mysterious Island (version 2) - Jules Verne
The Mysterious Island (version 2) - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. As famine and death...
The Roll-Call - Arnold Bennett
The Roll-Call - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: General Fiction
"The Roll-Call" is the sequel to the Clayhanger trilogy. This book concerns the young life of Clayhanger's stepson, George. George Edwin Cannon (he quickly dropped the surname Clayhanger), is an architect, in many ways representing the ambitions...
In the Fog - Richard Harding Davis
In the Fog - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The story is set in London, at an elite gentleman’s club called "The Grill," where an American gentleman arrests the attention of four other men by relating how one night he got lost in a thick London fog. He stumbled upon a house where a double...
Storm Over Warlock, Version 2 - Andre Norton
Storm Over Warlock, Version 2 - Andre Norton
- Author: Andre Norton
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
The Throg task force struck the Terran survey camp a few minutes after dawn, without warning, and with a deadly precision which argued that the aliens had fully reconnoitered and prepared that attack. Eye-searing lances of energy lashed back and...
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories. This collection exemplifies Wilde's sharp wit and dark humour. Stories in this collection includeLord Arthur Savile's Crime,The Canterville Ghost,The...
The Amazing Interlude - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Amazing Interlude - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
It is the early days of The Great War. As the curtain rises, Sara Lee is sitting by the fire in her aunt and uncle’s home, knitting a baby afghan. Her beau’s name is Harvey. He has his eye on a little house that is just perfect for two and he will...
The Hand of Ethelberta - Thomas Hardy
The Hand of Ethelberta - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: General Fiction
Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but became a governess and consequently, at the age of 18, married well. However, her husband died two weeks after the wedding. Her father-in-law, Lord Petherwin, died shortly afterwards. Ethelberta (now...
The Mayor's Wife - Anna Katharine Green
The Mayor's Wife - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
Miss Saunders is out for an adventure. One, which is full of secrets, hints, and half-lies. One, which will require all of her wits. She is to be the companion to the Mayor's wife. The Lady is unhappy, and the reason for her grave unhappiness is...
What Sami Sings With The Birds - Johanna Spyri
What Sami Sings With The Birds - Johanna Spyri
- Author: Johanna Spyri
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Old Mary Ann has done her best to bring up her son on her own. Like other relatives, her son has a longing to travel off over the mountains. Mary Ann goes with him. Later on her son marries, but loses his wife after she gives birth to their son....
The Amateur - Richard Harding Davis
The Amateur - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Short Stories
On the steamer on his way to London, Austin Ford meets a young woman, who is going to London to find her missing husband. Being a specialist in finding people, Mr. Ford agrees to help her in her quest. However, something appears to be not quite...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 09 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 09 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Poetry
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the ninth volume, 37 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
The Loudwater Mystery - Edgar JEPSON
The Loudwater Mystery - Edgar JEPSON
- Author: Edgar JEPSON
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Lord Loudwater is found murdered in his house one evening. Unfortunately for Detective Flexen, who is to investigate the case, Lord Loudwater was not a very agreeable sort of fellow and almost every person in his vicinity had a motive for the crime....
Lady Rose's Daughter - Mary Augusta Ward
Lady Rose's Daughter - Mary Augusta Ward
- Author: Mary Augusta Ward
- Genre: General Fiction
"Julie Le Breton enchants almost everyone around her with her smart, charm, and excellent manners. She almost belongs to the English highest nobility, but just almost… Her parents, 2 aristocrats who ran away from England in order to be together,...
The Turmoil (Growth Trilogy Vol 1) - Booth Tarkington
The Turmoil (Growth Trilogy Vol 1) - Booth Tarkington
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Genre: General Fiction
The Turmoil is the first novel in the 'Growth' trilogy, which also includes The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in 1927). In 1942 Orson Welles directed a film version based on volume 2, also titled "The...
Short Story Collection Vol. 054 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 054 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 054: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
The Master-Knot of Human Fate - Ellis MEREDITH
The Master-Knot of Human Fate - Ellis MEREDITH
- Author: Ellis MEREDITH
- Genre: General Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
A tale of two people, and their search for answers to unknown questions. Adam and Robin find themselves inexplicably alone after an apparent natural cataclysm, and are compelled to learn how to survive, how to endure, but most importantly to...
The Widow Married: A Sequel to The Widow Barnaby - Frances Milton Trollope
The Widow Married: A Sequel to The Widow Barnaby - Frances Milton Trollope
- Author: Frances Milton Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction
EXCERPT: The existence of Mrs. Barnaby (this name is once more used as the one by which our heroine has hitherto been best known), the existence of Mrs. Barnaby, up to the hour in which she pledged her vows to Major Allen, before the altar of the...
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Stephen Crane
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Stephen Crane
- Author: Stephen Crane
- Genre: General Fiction
Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets has been called "the first dark flower of American Naturalism" for its distinctive elements of naturalistic fiction. The chief character, Maggie, descends into prostitution after being led...
The Europeans - Henry James
The Europeans - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Travel Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the 'new' world of New England. The...
The Short Line War - Samuel Merwin
The Short Line War - Samuel Merwin
- Author: Samuel Merwin
- Genre: General Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
"The Short Line War is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-Webster, stands for two healthy-minded young men who have put their heads together and who have mapped out this...
The Outlet - Andy ADAMS
The Outlet - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Westerns
Andy Adams worked as a cowboy on trail drives from Texas for eight years. This is an account of a drive when he was the foreman of a herd of Texas cattle being driven to Montana. Expect the same quality writing as found in other books by Adams....
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories - Owen Wister
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories / Westerns
This is the fifth published book of Owen Wister, author of the archetypical Western novel, The Virginian. Published in 1900, it comprises eight Western short stories. (Summary by David Wales)...
Northwest! - Harold BINDLOSS
Northwest! - Harold BINDLOSS
- Author: Harold BINDLOSS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whether or not he shot and killed a Northwest Mounted while he and some friends were out hunting one day. Not...
Rose O' The River - Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rose O' The River - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: General Fiction
Rose Wiley is a pretty country girl. She's engaged to Stephen Waterman, a country boy. She is quite content, until Claude Merril, a man from Boston, tells her that her love is ruining Stephen's life. A cute coming-of-age novel. (Summary by Charlotte...
A Man of Honor - George Eggleston
A Man of Honor - George Eggleston
- Author: George Eggleston
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction
New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-established. All goes well; the family relationships are as they should be, perhaps even better than expected. Unique...
Mary Louise - L. Frank Baum
Mary Louise - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym,then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote...
Passing - Nella Larsen
Passing - Nella Larsen
- Author: Nella Larsen
- Genre: General Fiction
Nella Larsen, a novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, wrote two brilliant novels that interrogated issues of gender and race. In Passing, her second novel published in 1929, she examines the troubled friendship between two mixed-race women who can...
The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today (version 2) - Mark Twain
The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today (version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire / *Non-fiction
Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor of the Clemens family in Hartford, and the collaboration sprang from their wive's challenge and...
The Red and the Black, Volume I - STENDHAL
The Red and the Black, Volume I - STENDHAL
- Author: STENDHAL
- Genre: General Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Balzac and Flaubert, Stendhal is quite often considered a writer that doesn't seem to fit a defined genre. Some...
The Longest Journey - E. M. Forster
The Longest Journey - E. M. Forster
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Genre: General Fiction
Frederick Elliot is a student at early 20th century Cambridge, a university that seems like paradise to him, amongst bright if cynical companions, when he receives a visit from two friends, an engaged young woman, Agnes Pembroke, and her older...
Louis Lambert - Honoré de Balzac
Louis Lambert - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: General Fiction
Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosophiques section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set mostly in a school at Vendôme, it examines the life and...
New Arabian Nights - Robert Louis Stevenson
New Arabian Nights - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories which include Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest fiction as well as those considered his best work in the genre. The first and longest story stars Prince Florizel of Bohemia who appears in the later...
