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The Blithedale Romance

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Nathaniel Hawthorne



The Blithedale Romance is the story of four principal characters who work with -- and sometimes against -- each other on Blithedale, a commu…

Sanctuary

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Edith Wharton



Kate Orme, shocked by the discovery of her fiance's complicity in a tragedy, and by society's willingness to overlook such transgressions, n…

The Death of the Lion

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Henry James



This short novel is a black comedy about fame, manipulation, pretension, and surviving it all. The narrator, a reprehensible and seedy journ…

The Great Shadow

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Set in an English-Scottish border village during the waning days of the Napoleonic era, this adventure story introduces us to Jock Calder, w…

The Shadow of the Rope

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E. W. Hornung



Rachel Minchin stands in the dock, accused of murdering the dissolute husband she was preparing to leave. The trial is sensational, and publ…

A Confederate Girl's Diary

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Sarah Morgan Dawson



Sarah Morgan Dawson was a young woman of 20 living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she began this diary. The American Civil War was raging. …

Ramona (version 2)

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Helen Hunt Jackson



Set in Old California in the wake of the Mexican-American War, Ramona is two stories at once. It is the story of the love between a part-Nat…

Christmas, A Story

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Zona Gale



This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times i…

Miss Lulu Bett

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Zona Gale



Lulu Bett is a spinster, living at the turn of the 20th century essentially as a servant with her sister Ina and brother-in-law Dwight. She …

The Circular Study

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Anna Katharine Green



In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…

Miss or Mrs.?

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Wilkie Collins



Natalie Graybrooke is in love with her cousin Launcelot Linzie, but engaged to Mr. Turlington, an older man who covets her fortune and whom …

Bonaventure, A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana

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George Washington Cable



This is a gentle, delightful story of life and love on the bayoux of Acadian Louisiana during the latter half of the 19th century. Bonaventu…

The Watchers

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A. E. W. Mason



A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence to …

Stolen Idols

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E. Phillips Oppenheim



Two temple statues, one with the most beautiful of features, the other a hideous sight, are at the core of this tale of adventure and the su…

Mrs. Warren's Daughter

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Sir Harry Johnston



Mrs. Warren's Daughter is a continuation, in novel form, of George Bernard Shaw's controversial play, Mrs. Warren's Profession. In the play,…

The Woman of Mystery

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Maurice Leblanc



In 1898, a young boy watches in horror as his father is stabbed to death by a mysterious woman wearing a black lace scarf and an ornate broo…

Recalled to Life

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Grant Allen



A woman is haunted by a terrible event she witnessed in her youth but is unable to make sense of -- a murder, the sight of which is so traum…

The Hand in the Dark

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Arthur J. Rees



An ancient English country house with a storied and bloody history is the setting for this intriguing mystery. It is the autumn of 1918. The…

The Datchet Diamonds

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Richard Marsh



Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambl…

Clementina

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A. E. W. Mason



This well-written novel is a fictional account of a true historical rescue mission. In 1719, at the age of 17, when she was on her way acros…

The Mill Mystery

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Anna Katharine Green



In the quiet New England village of S--, a young and beloved minister is found dead, ignominiously drowned in a dye vat in a dilapidated mil…

That Affair at Elizabeth (version 2)

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Burton Egbert Stevenson



A bride-to-be vanishes and mystery is born. Before it is solved, its pursuers uncover madness, treachery, and a grave in a cellar. Summary …

The Corner House

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Fred M. White



A deserted house with a troubled past. A mysterious countess who captivates everyone with her wealth and beauty -- well, almost everyone. An…