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Chapter IX, part 3

In Principles of Geology

Read by Samuel Christian Stanley


Charles Lyell


Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation is a b…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 7)

Read by Lyn Stanley


L. Frank Baum


"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to pleasure children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in whi…

Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur

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Maurice Leblanc


Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur est un recueil de nouvelles écrites par Maurice Leblanc et contant les aventures d'Ars&egr…

The War of the Worlds (Version 3)

Read by Cori Samuel


H. G. Wells


No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that the Earth was being scrutinised and studied from across the gu…

The Scarlet Letter (version 2)

Read by Cori Samuel


Nathaniel Hawthorne


This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of …

Love and Freindship

Read by Cori Samuel


Jane Austen


Love and Freindship [sic] is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790, when Austen was 14 years old. Love and Freindship (the misspelling…

Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)

Read by Cori Samuel


Mary Shelley


Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was 18 years…

Black Beauty (version 2)

Read by Cori Samuel


Anna Sewell


Black Beauty is a fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse, who recounts many tales, both of cruelty and kindness. The title page o…

Aunt Crete's Emancipation

Read by Cori Samuel


Grace Livingston Hill


Aunt Lucretia — 'Crete' to her family — is a sweet, patient older woman, who lives with her narrow-minded sister and spoilt niece, acting as…

The Water-Babies

Read by Cori Samuel


Charles Kingsley


The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley, first published in its entirety in 1863. Though…

The Wood Beyond the World

Read by Cori Samuel


William Morris


The Wood beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the…

Nine Unlikely Tales

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E. Nesbit


Nine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence …

Notes on Nursing

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Florence Nightingale


Notes on Nursing was published in 1859 and is a fascinating view into the theories underpinning the early development of modern nursing and …

My School Days

Read by Cori Samuel


E. Nesbit


A short memoir about the author's school days, serialised in The Girl's Own Paper from October 1896 to September 1897. It includes stories a…

Wings and the Child

Read by Cori Samuel


E. Nesbit


"When this book first came to my mind it came as a history and theory of the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys a…

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Version 2)

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Friedrich Nietzsche


By turns illuminating, infuriating, bewildering, and amusing, Nietzsche's masterwork covers a lot of ground. He rejects most strands of Wes…

The Moving Picture Girls

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Laura Lee Hope


Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like M…

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Version 2)

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Joseph Conrad


The Secret Agent tells the story of Adolf and Winnie Verloc. He is a phony anarchist and agent provocateur of the title, and the plot centre…

The Wind in the Willows (version 5)

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Kenneth Grahame


A children's classic, this is the story of Rat and Mole, who have many adventures both on and off their beloved river, with their friends To…

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