General Fiction
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922
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Various
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
A Drama of Exile
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In writing her 'Drama of Exile', Barrett's subject was 'the new and strange experience of the fallen humanity, as it went forth from Paradis…
Shaggy Man of Oz
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Jack Snow
The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949) is the thirty-eighth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the second by Ja…
Mind Amongst the Spindles
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Charles Knight
Lowell Massachusetts was founded in the 1820s as a planned manufacturing center for textiles and is located along the rapids of the Merrimac…
Mostly Boys: Short Stories
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Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.
A collection of tales about real life boys in every walk of life. They are redolent of the breezy spirit of healthy, jovial boyhood, and per…
Master Humphrey's Clock
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Charles Dickens
Between April of 1840 and December of the following year, Charles Dickens published Master Humphrey's Clock - a weekly periodical that prese…
Strangers And Pilgrims
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Strangers and Pilgrims follows the journey of Elizabeth Lutterell from a vain, beautiful and self-centred although good-hearted 19 year old …
Geography and Plays
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Gertrude Stein
Geography and Plays is a 1922 collection of Gertrude Stein's "word portraits," or stream-of-consciousness writings. These stream-o…
Harrington
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Maria Edgeworth
Harrington follows the protagonist of the same name who tries to explore his memories in order to understand his views on Jews. It begins wi…
Our Little Jewish Cousin
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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. Th…
The Latch Key of My Bookhouse
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Olive Beaupre Miller
This is the final book in a six volume set of the "My Bookhouse" books. This final title in the series leaves off the format of th…
The Fortunate Youth
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William John Locke
Paul is a poor boy who grew up in London, in the household of his mother and stepfather. His journey to greatness is the subject of our stor…
Nonsense Verses
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Edward Lear
This is a collection of some of the delightful nonsense verses and stories by Edward Lear. A lot of them are also my favorites. The Jumblies…
A Child's Book Of The Seasons
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Arthur Ransome
This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books For Children" series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its t…
Concerning Isabel Carnaby
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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler
Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of h…
The Birthplace
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Henry James
Neither the name of Shakespeare nor that of Stratford appears directly in this short piece by James, and yet both are absolutely central to …
Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin
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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
"Long before Columbus discovered America, there were brave men in the north of Europe who dared to sail farther out upon the unknown wa…
Little Eve Edgarton
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Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Eve Edgarton is not who she seems she is. A short encounter with Mr. Barton show that first impressions are not always right or indicative o…
A Simple Story
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Elizabeth Inchbald
The story could really have been simple: Miss Milner, who is admired for her beauty and charm, could have been a socialite, marry a respecta…
Sky Island (version 2)
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L. Frank Baum
A little girl (Trot) and her friend (Cap'n Bill) team up with a young boy named Button-Bright. Button-Bright had found a magical umbrella in…