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Cranford (version 2)
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gos…
Mr. Harrison's Confessions
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
It is asserted that the inspiration for Elizabeth Gaskell's marvellous stories of Cranford was her childhood home of Knutsford, a small tow…
Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works
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Jane Austen
This book draws together some of Jane Austen's earliest literary efforts. It includes "Love & Freindship" and "Lesley Ca…
Round the Sofa
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Round the Sofa (1859), is a book of stories by the lady that Charles Dickens called his “dear Scheherazade” due to her skill as a story tell…
Jacob Faithful
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Frederick Marryat
Rebelling against the career chosen for him by his wealthy family, Frederic Marryat joined the Royal Navy in 1806 at the age of 14. He first…
Castle Rackrent
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Maria Edgeworth
"One of the most inspired chronicles written in English" was the verdict of William Butler Yeats on the novel Castle Rackrent by M…
The Unbearable Bassington
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Saki
The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short sto…
Letters from a Cat
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Letters from a Cat: published by her mistress for the benefit of all cats and the amusement of little children is a collection of letters th…
Korean Fairy Tales
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William Elliot Griffis
Everywhere on earth the fairy world of each country is older and perhaps more enduring than the one we see and feel and tread upon. So I tel…
Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches
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Saki
Reginald in Russia is the title story in a collection of fifteen witty and satirical stories, sketches and one "playlet" by that m…
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5)
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was "an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy…
The Life of Nelson
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Robert Southey
In 1813, the year that he was appointed Poet Laureate, Robert Southey published "The Life of Nelson". Horatio, Lord Viscount Nels…
Precious Bane
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Mary Webb
Published in 1924, Precious Bane is a novel by Mary Webb (1881 - 1927) which touches on ambition, prejudice and hatred but also on the power…
Mopsa The Fairy
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Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow (1820 – 1897) was one of the more famous poets of the period, indeed many people suggested that she should succeed Alfred, Lord…
A House of Pomegranates (version 2)
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Oscar Wilde
A House of Pomegranates (1891) is the title of the second collection of Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde. This book contains four tales: 1. &quo…
Fairy Tales from South Africa
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Mrs. E. J. Bourhill, Mrs. E.J. Bourhill and Mrs. E. J. Bourhill
The stories in this collection come from the oral traditions of the people from Swaziland, Matabeleland (Ndebele people) and Zululand in So…
The Untilled Field
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George Moore and George Logan Moore
George Moore, an Irish writer involved with the Celtic Revival was influenced by the French Realists and particularly by the work of É…
Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan
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William Elliot Griffis
William Elliot Griffis born in Philadelphia in 1843, was an educator, author and Congregational minister. In 1870 he was invited to go to Ja…
Outa Karel’s Stories: South African Folk-Lore Tales
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Sanni Metelerkamp
Sanni Metelerkamp was a South African playwright and author born in 1867. She is well known for her biography of her great-grandfather, Geor…
The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore
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W. S. Gilbert
H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbe…