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Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
Read by Cate Barratt
John Kendrick Bangs
New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Hum…
A Thief in the Night
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E. W. Hornung
Gentleman thief A.J. Raffles burgles his way through a series of homes in late Victorian England. A Thief in the Night is a short story coll…
Once a Week
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A. A. Milne
A collection of short stories by famed Winnie the Pooh author, A.A. Milne. This charmingly humorous work from Milne's earlier writing period…
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin
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Maurice Leblanc
A collection of nine stories - or confessions - of the celebrated gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)
The Invisible Man (Version 2)
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H. G. Wells
Terrifically popular science fiction novel by renowned writer HG Wells, about a scientist discovering how to achieve invisibility. But, in h…
Mystery at Geneva: An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings
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Rose Macaulay
Henry Beechtree, a newspaper correspondent for the British Bolshevist, is covering the latest otherwise sleepy session of the League of Nati…
Toppleton's Client
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John Kendrick Bangs
A pre-eminent legal firm gets far more than it bargained for when it hires the son of its late senior partner, Hopkins Toppleton, Sr., simpl…
The Enchanted Typewriter
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John Kendrick Bangs
The Enchanted Typewriter is a collection of short stories by the American author John Kendrick Bangs, written in 1899 in the style that has …
Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844
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Friedrich Engels
This is Engels' first book (since considered a classic account of England's working class in the industrial age), which argues that workers …
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6
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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics befor…
Scarhaven Keep
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J. S. Fletcher
The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and pl…
Jack and the Check Book
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John Kendrick Bangs
Bangs is in top form in his version of this small collection of timeless fairy tales. If you don't immediately recognize Jack and the Check …
An Amiable Charlatan (version 2)
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt
Revolution and Counter-Revolution, or: Germany in 1848
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Friedrich Engels
Revolution and Counter-Revolution is an account of what happened in Prussia, Austria and other German states during 1848, describing the imp…
The Holladay Case
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Burton Egbert Stevenson
Stevenson's introduction of the protagonist Lester (law clerk with New York firm Graham & Royce) finds him occupying a front row seat in…
The Eight Strokes of the Clock (Version 2)
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Maurice Leblanc
The Eight Strokes of the Clock is a collection of short stories centred on Arsène Lupin, former gentleman thief extraordinaire. In th…
Moral Tales
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Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot
Short stories written by the first wife of French statesman Francois Guizot for young readers. - Summary by Cate Barratt
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (version 3)
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Maurice Leblanc
A series of loosely related short stories of the early adventures of France's famous gentleman burglar, Arsène Lupin, as told by an a…