Romance
Five O'Clock Tea
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William Dean Howells
A light-hearted romantic comedy in twelve short scenes, set during a tea party in the home of Mrs. Amy Somers, a widow who is courted by the…
Exit Betty
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Grace Livingston Hill
A romantic tale of a runaway bride who must escape her overbearing family and groom. Did she make a mistake, or will her future hold true lo…
Weird Tales
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E. T. A. Hoffmann
These stories form the first volume of the renowned Tales of Hoffman. They are fantasies with hints of the supernatural—quintessential Roman…
The Father
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August Strindberg
The Father is a naturalistic drama by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The central conflict is between the Captain and his wife Laura a…
Harrington
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Maria Edgeworth
Harrington follows the protagonist of the same name who tries to explore his memories in order to understand his views on Jews. It begins wi…
The Fortunate Youth
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William John Locke
Paul is a poor boy who grew up in London, in the household of his mother and stepfather. His journey to greatness is the subject of our stor…
Collection
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Various
A look at the year 1891 through literature and non-fiction essays first published that year, including works by Mary E Wilkins, Sir Arthur C…
Don Caesar de Bazan
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Philippe Dumanoir and Dumanoir
This fast-paced, swashbuckling, romantic comedy is loosely based on characters from the 1838 play “Ruy Blas” by Victor Hugo. Dumnois and D’E…
The Ladies' Paradise, Book Eleven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)
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Émile Zola
This is the sequel to "Piping Hot!", so the eleventh volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle. This is the story of Octave Mouret, …
Joseph and His Friend
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Bayard Taylor
The protagonist in Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania, by Bayard Taylor, is an intelligent and educated young farmer who has led…
Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza
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Anna Maria Porter
Don Sebastian is now king of Portugal, and, although exiled, looks forward to taking his seat on the throne. However, he is held captive by …
Sweet Clover
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Clara Louise Burnham
A romance set against the backdrop of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. (Summary by E Tayaban)
Imre
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Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson
This 1906 novel, published one year after Freud's first articles on homosexuality, may well be the first gay novel with a happy ending. In s…
Romance
ROMANCE Theater of Romance ran on the CBS network as a filler show between 1943 and 1957. It substituted from time to time for such shows as…
Sears Radio Theater
Sears Radio Theater was a radio drama anthology series that aired weeknightly on CBS Radio in 1979, sponsored by the Sears chain. The progra…