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The Sport of the Gods

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Paul Laurence Dunbar



The Sport of the Gods is a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered around urban black life. Forced to leave the Sou…

The Stone Axe Of Burkamukk

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Mary Grant Bruce



Mary Grant Bruce was an Australian children's writer who spent one year collecting Aboriginal stories in Gippsland - a part of Victoria whic…

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 07

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Various



This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

The Heart of Mid-Lothian

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Sir Walter Scott



An historical novel set in Scotland in 1736, involving a riot and surrounding drama. - Summary by Deon Gines

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 10

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Various



This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Elissa

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H. Rider Haggard



Anthropologists have studied the ruins of a great city and temple in Zimbabwe, and it has left them in wonder. The construction and markings…

The Gray Mills of Farley

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Sarah Orne Jewett



As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…

A Family of Noblemen

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin



Meet the Golovliovs, the ultimate dysfunctional family. In the difficult transition years before and after the liberation of Russia’s serfs,…

Jess

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H. Rider Haggard



The setting for this novel is the Boer War in South Africa in 1880. This novel is interesting and exciting on several levels: there are com…

Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times

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George Payne Rainsford James



Picture a tranquil English village, with an inn on the green. A lone patron enjoys his wine and teasing the landlord's pretty daughter, when…

The Story Of A Modern Woman

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Ella Hepworth Dixon



"This touching short novel tells the story of Mary Earl, a woman who has to fend for herself in London at the end of the 19th century. …

Bracebridge Hall

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Washington Irving



Famed American humorist and essayist Washington Irving published a series of short pieces entitled "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon,…

Towards Democracy

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Edward Carpenter



“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …

The Children Of The Abbey

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Regina Maria Roche



Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the wo…

The Able McLaughlins

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Margaret Wilson



The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1924 in Margaret Wilson's debut work. Aptly described as "Little House on th…

The Inheritance

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Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier



"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…

Washington Irving's Visit to England

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Washington Irving



Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 14

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Various



This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Workhouse Characters

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Margaret Nevinson and Margaret Nevinson



In 1904, Margaret Nevinson, a respectable lady and active suffragette, joined the board of guardians in Hampstead Heath. The guardians had r…

The Sworn Brothers, A Tale of the Early Days of Iceland

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Gunnar Gunnarsson



This is the story of the close but sometimes contentious relationship of two young Icelandic kinsman who elect to undergo the solemn ceremon…

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