Published 1800 -1900
A Rough Shaking
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George MacDonald
Clare was a wanderer. Orphaned by an earthquake when too young to even remember his full name, his childhood was a succession of challenges …
An American Politician
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Francis Marion Crawford
In 1880’s Boston, Mass. the good life is lead according to all the Victorian era societal rules of the New World. Political ambitions and th…
A Daughter of Today
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Sara Jeannette Duncan
The Canadian author Sara Jeannette Duncan (aka Mrs. Everard Cotes) is today best known for her 1904 novel of Ontario life, “The Imperialist”…
Katharine Lauderdale Volume 2
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Francis Marion Crawford
Katherine Lauderdale would be a New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy pare…
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 2 (Dramatic Reading)
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R. M. Ballantyne
Join us in a journey of two young men in search of adventure as they discover more than they bargained for. - Summary by Linette Geisel(No…
Will Warburton
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George Gissing
Published two years after Gissing's death, this novel tells the story of Will Warburton. Will loses his money in a failed business venture a…
The Chouans (version 2)
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Chouans” (1829) was the first novel published under Balzac’s own name (rather than a pen-name). It became the first book in the great w…
The Primrose Path
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Bram Stoker
This 1875 serialised novella appeared in The Shamrock magazine in 5 installments. It is Bram Stoker's first novel, being published 22 years …
The Marriage Contract
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Honoré de Balzac
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
The Firm of Girdlestone
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This book summarizes the down fall of one of the largest African trading firms in London, and the futile attempts of father and son to save …
The Ivory Tower
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Henry James
An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…
The Massarenes
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Ouida
The last novel by British author Ouida. It is a satirical look at societal norms through the story of the nouveau riche Massarenes. They att…
The Commission in Lunacy
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Commission in Lunacy” is a short novel first published in 1836 with the French title “L’interdiction” (i.e., “The Ban” or “The Prohibit…
The Feather
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Ford Madox Ford
The headstrong Princess Ernalie is one day carried off from her kingdom by an eagle. Unable to return home because of impassable terrain, sh…
The Prime Minister (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister is the fifth novel in Trollope's Palliser Series, and is about the period of Plantagenet Palliser's term as Prime Ministe…
Catherine's Coquetries: A Tale of French Country Life
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Camille Debans
Catherine is a beautiful woman, and despite being a respectable married woman, enjoys matchmaking, flirting and mischief. The tale is set in…
The Wing of Azrael, Volume 2
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Mona Caird
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …
The Wing of Azrael, Volume 3
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Mona Caird
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …
Impressions of Theophrastus Such (Version 2)
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George Eliot
The ruminations and reflections of a minor scholar. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Dominion in 1983
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Ralph Centennius
First published as a booklet in 1883, "The Dominion in 1983" describes the author's ideas of what life in Canada is like one hundr…