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Sunbeams
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George Wilbur Peck
George W. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. Many of the Sunbeam essays had been published in Peck's paper, &qu…
Christmas at Thompson Hall
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Anthony Trollope
"A Mid-Victorian Christmas Tale"; tells of a night time encounter between relatives who had never before met, resulting in minor i…
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
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Anthony Trollope
Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business…
Ralph the Heir
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Anthony Trollope
As usual, Trollope creates a nice variety of characters of different English classes, sentiments and positions. The primary themes are the i…
An Editor's Tales
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Anthony Trollope
These 'tales' describe a series of encounters between various magazine editors and those who wish to have their works published. While conta…
The Two Heroines of Plumplington
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Anthony Trollope
In the small English Town of Plumplington the daughter of a brewer and that of a banker each has selected her future husband contrary to the…
Snarleyyow
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Frederick Marryat
This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat h…
The Cheerful Smugglers
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Ellis Parker Butler
Saving for the baby's education: how can a young family be disciplined so as to regularly put money in the pig (bank)? Why, put a tariff on …
Marion Fay
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Anthony Trollope
Marion Fay (1882) offers a pair of romances, each involving a match between one titled personage and one commoner. The misalliances lead to …
Perkins of Portland
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Ellis Parker Butler
Amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions dir…
An Old Man's Love
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Anthony Trollope
This was Trollope's last completed novel, and he may have acquired his sympathy for older lovers with age! A not-so-very-old man, Mr. Whittl…
The Bertrams
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Anthony Trollope
This is a massive effort, taking place in England and the Middle East, with a cast of thousands... Well, not thousands, fortunately, but cer…
Travels and adventures of an orchid hunter: An account of canoe and camp life i…
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Albert Millican
This is quite the adventure tale and travelog. We see cities, peoples, plants and wildlife of Columbia and the ports our intrepid 'hunter' v…
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion
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George Wilbur Peck
A series of U.S. Civil War adventures or incidents experienced and enhanced (or created) by humorist George W. Peck. Peck was at times a wri…
Beasley's Christmas Party
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Booth Tarkington
A melodramatic folksy Christmas story, a little like Dickens - with a Tiny Tim, but also with some romance. Tarkington's writings are very m…
Godfrey Morgan: a Californian Mystery
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Jules Verne
This Verne adventure is indeed a mystery and also a satire on the Crusoe genre. Our characters are larger than life, as well they should be …
The Town Traveller
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George Gissing
The town traveller is himself a British salesman, living in a lower class part of London in the Victorian era. The story depicts his interac…