Romance
The Old Manor House
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Charlotte Turner Smith
The proud, cruel and arrogant Mrs. Rayland never married. Therefore, "Rayland Hall", the old Manor House of the title, had to pass…
Black Amazon of Mars (Version 3)
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Leigh Douglass Brackett
In his final adventure on Mars, Eric John Stark acquires a relic of an ancient Martian hero, a gem or lens which is believed to be the key t…
Mount Royal Volume II
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with emphasis on romance. - summary by Celine Major
The Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods
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Albert Bigelow Paine
While riding a stage back to the city late in the summer, a youngster had no money to spend, and so gives his lucky piece as payment to a yo…
Stella Fregelius
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H. Rider Haggard
Following a shipwreck Stella is preparing to die but is unexpectedly rescued. A love triangle of an unusual sort develops where an inventor …
Mount Royal Volume III
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with emphasis on romance. - summary by Celine Major
The Nether World
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George Gissing
This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides…
Lovers' Vows
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Elizabeth Inchbald
Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (18…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…
Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock
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Eliza Fenwick
This is the story of Caroline and Sibella, two female friends. Strong and smart women who try to make it in a man's world while keeping thei…
Graustark
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George Barr Mccutcheon
The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda,…
Barbara in Brittany
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E. A. Gillie
Barbara, an English girl and the eldest of her family, spends most days helping her widowed mother care for her younger siblings. Then disas…
A Daughter Of The Vine
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Gertrude Atherton
We are introduced to Englishman Dudley Thorpe on the evening of his arrival in California. At a ball, he is introduced to several belles, in…
The Last Egyptian
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L. Frank Baum
Published anonymously during Baum's lifetime as he did not want his adult adventure stories to detract from his children's fantasy stories, …
The Pretty Sister Of José
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She's seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband's hands. Popul…
Star Struck
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Emmy Z. Madrigal
Three days is not very long, but to Victoria, who’s been away from her new love Rob Malloy, it seems like forever. Returning from Colorado, …
Five O'Clock Tea
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William Dean Howells
A light-hearted romantic comedy in twelve short scenes, set during a tea party in the home of Mrs. Amy Somers, a widow who is courted by the…
The Father
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August Strindberg
The Father is a naturalistic drama by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The central conflict is between the Captain and his wife Laura a…
Weird Tales, Volume 1
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E. T. A. Hoffmann
These stories form the first volume of the renowned Tales of Hoffman. They are fantasies with hints of the supernatural—quintessential Roman…
Harrington
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Maria Edgeworth
Harrington follows the protagonist of the same name who tries to explore his memories in order to understand his views on Jews. It begins wi…