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Gladiator

Read by Mike Pelton


Philip Wylie


Gladiator by Philip Wylie is the story of a man who although normal in all other ways, through the genius of his Father a biologist attains …

The Journal of Julius Rodman

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Edgar Allan Poe


The Journal of Julius Rodman, Being an Account of the First Passage across the Rocky Mountains of North America Ever Achieved by Civilized M…

'Half-Way between the Stiles'

In Uncanny Tales

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Mary Louisa Molesworth


Mrs. Molesworth was during her time best known for her many children's books. It is not so well known that she also wrote some uncanny tales…

Three of Them - III - Speculations

In Danger! and Other Stories

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This is a volume of short stories by the famous Arthur Conan Doyle. - Summary by Carolin

Braddock's Defeat

In The Story of the Thirteen Colonies

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H. A. Guerber


These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run fr…

Flutter-Duck. Chapter IV, Poor Flutter-Duck

In Grotesques and Fantasies

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Israel Zangwill


A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, …

Chapter 6: The Builders, Part 1

In Ways of Wood Folk

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William J. Long


Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us in to the secret worlds of the woodland animals. Containing Long's own animal …