Mark Leder

The Fifth Queen Crowned

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Ford Madox Ford



This is the final book of Ford's The Fifth Queen trilogy, a series of historical novels presenting a fictionalized version of the life of Ka…

The Nature of a Crime

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Joseph Conrad



The first of three collaborations between Conrad and Ford. On the verge of being found out in a matter of breach of fiduciary trust and fina…

Romance

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Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford



Second of three collaborations between Conrad and Ford. The hero and narrator, John Kemp, gets involved with smugglers, Caribbean pirates, …

The Inheritors (Version 2)

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Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford



An invading group from the Fourth Dimension takes over a corrupt Earth - Summary by Mark Leder

Petticoat Government, Volume 1

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Frances Milton Trollope



The lives and intrigues of the Jenkyns family and their neighbors, in the cathedral town of Westhampton, 1825. - Summary by Mark Leder

Petticoat Government, Volume 2

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Frances Milton Trollope



The further adventures of young Judith Maitland in the clerical close of Westhampton. - Summary by Mark Leder

Petticoat Government, Volume 3

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Frances Milton Trollope



The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.

A Strange Disappearance (Version 2)

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Anna Katharine Green



Housekeeper Mrs. Daniels brings to Detective Ebenezer Gryce and his assistant Q the case of a serving girl who has vanished from the househo…

Impressions of Theophrastus Such (Version 2)

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George Eliot



The ruminations and reflections of a minor scholar. - Summary by Mark Leder

That Affair Next Door (Version 2)

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Anna Katharine Green



One evening, New York society doyenne looks out her window and sees a man and woman entering the mansion opposite hers. Ten minutes later, o…

Catherine: A Story

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William Makepeace Thackeray



The wild and raw adventures of Catherine Hayes, who was burned for murder at Tyburn in 1742 - Summary by Mark Leder

The Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)

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Émile Zola



The first book in the 20-novel Rougon-Macquart Cycle. A monument of French naturalism. The sprawling tale of a family in Provence, during …

One Man's Initiation--1917

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John Dos Passos



In this semi-autobiographical work, his first novel, John Dos Passos describes the experiences of young Martin Howe as an ambulance driver, …

The Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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Émile Zola



Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (on…

The Fat and the Thin, Book Three of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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Émile Zola



Florent, an escaped political prisoner, finds shelter with his half-brother Quenu, and his wife Lisa Quenu (a Macquart). They get him a job…

Jack Sheppard: A Romance

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William Harrison Ainsworth



The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens'…

The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Maquart Cycle

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Émile Zola



The placid Provencal lives of Francois Mouret and his wife Marthe are irreparably impacted by the arrival of a suspicious cleric, Abbe Fauja…

The Wrong Twin

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Harry Leon Wilson



With their father Dave, a classic rolling stone, out on the road, twins Merle and Wilbur lead a haphazard life. But at least they have each…

Abbe Mouret's Transgression, Book Five of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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Émile Zola



This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret…

Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (version 4)

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Charles Dickens



Charles Dickens' fifth published novel is set in the village of Cligwell. Romances are thwarted. A ghost is spotted. A raven speaks. A m…