Romance
The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times
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George Payne Rainsford James
The lot of a younger son was less assured than his older brother in days gone by. It was worse for his descendant, especially if he wanted t…
The Third Violet
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Stephen Crane
The Third Violet is, in almost every respect, a stark departure from Stephen Crane's previous novels: a light, frothy, summertime tale of lo…
One and Two
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Will Carleton
This was the Fortnightly Poetry for November 10, 2013.William McKendree Carleton was an American poet, best known for his poems about his ru…
The Clandestine Marriage
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George Colman the Elder and David Garrick
A secret liaison and wedding. What will happen when they find out? - Summary by Michele Eaton Cast ListLord Ogleby: Greg GiordanoSir John …
Fiander's Widow
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M. E. Francis
A rural romance, as described by the author, set in Dorset. A 58 year old farmer meets the beautiful young grand-daughter of a recently dece…
The Literature of Arabia
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Epiphanius Wilson
A collection of many romantic stories: it has no epic unity. It will remind the reader of the "Morte d'Arthur" of Sir Thomas Malor…
The Lady of Lyons
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Although the author of this play is now famous for writing the most cliché opening line in literature – “It was a dark and stormy nig…
Epistle to Mrs. Tyler
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Christopher Smart
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epistle to Mrs. Tyler by Christopher Smart. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 25, …
Cyrano de Bergerac (Hooker translation)
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Edmond Rostand
"Cyrano de Bergerac", by Edmond Rostand, is the fictionalized story of the 17th century French swordsman, poet, and author. Rostan…
The Stranger
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August Von Kotzebue
This sentimental drama, written by the prolific German dramatist, August von Kotzebue (a friend of Ludwig von Beethoven,) was originally pub…
Song..While with fond rapture
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Tobias Smollett
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Song by Tobias Smollett. This is the weekly poem starting from October 16th, 2011. It's a lov…
Amelia (Vol. 3)
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Henry Fielding
Volume three in the trilogy entitled Amelia. A continuation of the love story of Amelia and her husband Willam Booth and the trials and trib…
Berkeley Square
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John Balderston
A man transports himself 145 years in time to become his own ancestor, the architect of Berkeley Square, the home that the man had inherited…
A Colony of Girls
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Kate Livingston Willard
A determinedly tight knit family of sisters comes to unexpected tribulation after a ship arrives containing romantic complication and hidden…
Conquistador
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Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Wharton Cameron is a young American of Creole descent hired to engineer a spur line for a Mexican railroad. The business folds and he is str…
Rain On The Down
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Arthur Symons
Our Valentine Poem is by Arthur William Symons, a British poet, critic and magazine editor., taken from his collection Silhouettes (1896). …
The Knave of Diamonds
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Ethel M. Dell
After a series of chance encounters, an unlikely friendship blossoms between reserved Englishwoman, Lady Anne Carfax and the free-spirited A…
The Chateau of Prince Polignac
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Anthony Trollope
A short story by one of the masters of Victorian literature, written early in his career. Characteristic of much of his later novels, it is …
Cinnamon and Angelica
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John Middleton Murry
"Was ever love like this? If verily there was, why was it not set down in story or in song? Or were they dumb on whom it did descend? O…