General Fiction
The Dark Flower
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John Galsworthy
Galsworthy's classic The Dark Flower is a study of love. Spring is the beginning when all is new and full of hope. However, the woman Lennan…
A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
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Amanda Minnie Douglas
The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…
The Song of the Western Men
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Robert Stephen Hawker
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Song of the Western Men by Robert Stephen Hawker.This was the Weekly Poetry project for Au…
Harper's Young People
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Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
The Martian
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George Du Maurier
The Martian, by George du Maurier, is a largely autobiographical novel published in 1898 and the author's third. It describes the life of Ba…
Socialist Readings for Children
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John Spargo
A collection of readings designed more for youngsters aged 12 or older than for children, in my view. The presentation is idealistic and off…
How Bessie Kept House
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Amanda Minnie Douglas
Bessie desperately wants to be trusted with taking care of the house alone, instead of being bossed by Cousin Jane, while her mother goes on…
Paul and the Printing Press
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Sara Ware Bassett
Paul Cameron, president of the class of 1920 in the Burmingham High School, conceives the idea of establishing a school paper, to the honor …
Nelly
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Lucy Ellen Guernsey
This little story is written to illustrate the value of honesty and faithfulness in small and great matters. Nelly's earnings may possibly b…
The Rush for the Spoil
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Émile Zola
Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (on…
Lady Audley's Secret
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It is June 1857, and young and beautiful Lucy Graham is about to marry Sir Michael Audley. But who exactly IS Lucy, that's what Sir Michael…
Harper's Young People
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Various
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Stories of the Coal Mine
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Frank Mundell
Men, women and children (who could until 1842 be as young as four years old and from 1900 had to be over thirteen years of age) worked in th…
Autumn Leaves
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Anne Wales Abbot
The pieces gathered into this volume were, with two exceptions, written for the entertainment of a private circle, without any view to publi…
Harper's Young People
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Various
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Harper's Young People
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Various
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction an…
Ships That Pass in the Night
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Beatrice Harraden
This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…
Doodles, the Sunshine Boy
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Emma Dowd and Emma C. Dowd
Doodles is a gentle child, who spends his days confined to a chair - but his life is turned round by the arrival of a special new friend, a …
Steve and the Steam Engine
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Sara Ware Bassett
Young Stephen Tolman disobeys his father and takes the family car out for a ride with a group of classmates, resulting in scratches and ding…
The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan
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Edwin P. Norwood
Diggeldy Dan (rhymes with Wiggildy Wan) is a most ingenious fellow who lives in a circus called Spangleland. He looks like a clown because …