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The Way of the Wolf, part 3

In Northern Trails, Book 1

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William J. Long


"In the original preface to "Northern Trails" the author stated that, with the solitary exception of the salmon's life in the…

Lincoln's Reply, Part 1

In Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln


A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)

Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain

In The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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George W. M. Reynolds


The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially se…

Fourteenth Scene - Portland Place - Chapter the Forty-Sixth, part 1

In Man and Wife

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Wilkie Collins


This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were …

Book V, Chapter III

In Clara Vaughan, Vol. III

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore


CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of …

Chapter 4

In Rezanov

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Gertrude Atherton


This novel by the prolific Californian author Gertrude Horn Atherton is based on the real life story of Nikolai Rezanov, a man who, in 1806,…

Biographical Note on Robert Burns

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07

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Robert Burns


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Sandys on Woman

In Tommy and Grizel

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J. M. Barrie


This book continues Sentimental Tommy, also in the Librivox catalogue. Tommy grows up and marries Grizel. But life is not only roses and rai…

Negroes

In Strange Peoples

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Frederick Starr


Starr presents a compendium of descriptions from several peoples (races) around the world as it was in the late XIX century. - Summary by Ma…

Susy Diller's Christmas Feast Part 1

In The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls

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Various


A charming collection of short stories for young girls, including The King's Daughter, The Old Brown House, A Story for School Girls, What O…

Chapter 5: Concerning the Scrupulous Gentleman who Came Too Late

In Diana of the Crossways

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George Meredith


Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miser…