Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
Doctor Johnson: A Play
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A. Edward Newton
The life of Doctor Johnson, told in his own words and (mostly) those of others around him. "Anyone with a teaspoonful of imagination ca…
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief
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James Fenimore Cooper
Take a fascinating journey from France to America through the "eyes" of a pocket handkerchief. She marvels at the vastness of the …
Idomen, or The Vale of Yumuri
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Maria Gowen Brooks
Idomen (1843) is the creative-nonfiction memoir of the beautiful and brilliant American poetess Maria Gowen Brooks, who was compared in the …
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape …
Jean-Christophe In Paris
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Romain Rolland
After fleeing to Paris, Jean-Christophe finds himself in great financial difficulty and takes up music teaching in wealthy families. As for …
Die Geschichte meines Zeitgenossen
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Vladimir Korolenko
Poetische Beschreibung der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse in der russischen Provinz des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts (mit teilweise au…
Memoirs of a London Doll
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Richard Henry Horne
This is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The story is narrated by Maria Poppet, a doll with a unique consciousness, offer…
Tattlings of a Retired Politician
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Forrest Crissey
"The letters (non-partisan) of Hon. William Bradley, Ex-Governor and former veteran of practical politics, written to his friend and pr…
Orlando, A Biography (version 3)
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Virginia Woolf and John Cowper Powys
Virginia Woolf's most successful novel recounts the extraordinary biography of Orlando from his youth in the reign of Elizabeth I to her lif…
Het leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 2
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Na de beschrijving van de ideale Nederlandse man uit de 17de eeuw (Maurits Lijnslager) en de ideale Nederlandse vrouw uit het midden van de …
Het leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 1
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Na de beschrijving van de ideale Nederlandse man uit de 17de eeuw (Maurits Lijnslager) en de ideale Nederlandse vrouw uit het midden van de …
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 2
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This is the second half of the novel by Goethe (the first half, Volume 1, has been recorded separately).It describes the completion of Meist…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
Het Leven van Hillegonda Buisman - deel 2
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Een levensbeschrijving van de ideale Hollandse vrouw uit het midden van de 17de eeuw. Deel 2: In dit deel maakt Hillegonda aanstalten om te …
Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
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Anna Maria Porter
Romantic history of the fictional Don Sebastian, which was suggested to the author by a plaque commemorating a mysterious "Portuguese s…
A Cidade e as Serras
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José Maria De Eça De Queirós
Numa manhã de Inverno, o cosmopolita Jacinto decide regressar à sua Tormes natal, pacata vila das serras portuguesas, acompanh…
Kibun Daizin; or, From Shark-Boy to Merchant Prince
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Gensai Murai
This is the story of a brave, skillful and ambitious boy who sets out to become the wealthiest man of Japan. He succeeds in doing just that …
Nicholas Nickelby Band 6
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Charles Dickens
Der junge Nikolas Nickleby muss sich Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in England durch den Verlust seines Vaters plötzlich in einer gefä…
Rulers of Kings: A Novel
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Gertrude Atherton
When a child is born, its temperament and character are unknown. The effects of nature versus nurture, of heredity and of circumstance are a…
Het leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 4
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Na de beschrijving van de ideale Nederlandse man uit de 17de eeuw (Maurits Lijnslager) en de ideale Nederlandse vrouw uit het midden van de …