Romance
Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor
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Richard Doddridge Blackmore
"If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply" ... thus opens Lorna Doone, one of the best love stories ever written. The no…
Ann Veronica
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H. G. Wells
Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, …
The Black Moth
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Georgette Heyer
The year is 1752. Devil, the Duke of Andover, and highwayman Jack, the Earl of Wyncham are at odds over a country squire's beautiful daughte…
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
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Samuel Johnson
In this enchanting fable (subtitled The Choice of Life), Rasselas and his retinue burrow their way out of the totalitarian paradise of the H…
The Blue Castle
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Valancy Stirling, plain, twenty nine, and as yet unsought, is given a year to live by a great heart specialist. This is the story of her yea…
The Battle of Life
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Charles Dickens
While "The Battle of Life" is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - his annual release of a story just before Christmas - this…
Rachel Ray
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Anthony Trollope
The love that develops between Luke Rowan and Rachel Ray is not universally welcomed. Mrs. Tappitt- a rich, influential, and bad woman - wis…
That Lass o' Lowrie's
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born and grew up in Manchester, England, and emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 16. Fo…
God's Country—And the Woman
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James Oliver Curwood
James Curwood wrote many adventures of the far north. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that pro…
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. …
The Honor of the Big Snows
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James Oliver Curwood
What unseen force may have brought young Jan Thoreau and his music from out of the barren lands into the remote camp of Lac Bain, forever ch…
The Passionate Friends
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H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love sto…
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
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H. Rider Haggard
This is a great book if you're looking for an adventure filled novel. It takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and describes some of th…
Persuasion (version 5)
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Jane Austen
Persuasion is a regency Cinderella-esque tale of a young woman, the beautiful Anne Elliot, who is persuaded from marrying the Naval officer …
The First Violin
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Jessie Fothergill
May Wedderburn is a quiet provincial girl, living in small and seemingly boring Skernford. Underneath the dull exterior, there is mystery, s…
Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life
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H. Rider Haggard
This is not your typical H. Rider Haggard adventure book yet it is full of mystery and intrigue including a coerced marriage, bigotry, adult…
The Search
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Grace Livingston Hill
“On the day the drafted men march away, Ruth MacDonald catches John Cameron's eye and waves to him. In the excitement of the moment they bot…
Theo
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
It's described as "A SPRIGHTLY LOVE STORY" and it is written by F. H. Burnett, "one of the most charming among American write…
Two On A Tower
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Thomas Hardy
The plot concerns two – literally star-crossed – lovers: Swithin St. Cleeve, a very young amateur astronomer, and Viviette Constantine, an u…
A Sicilian Romance
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Ann Radcliffe
A Sicilian Romance is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The pl…