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00- Preface
In Aunt Jo's Scrapbag
Aunt Jo's Scrapbag is a delightful collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott, crafted to entertain and inspire readers of all ages. E…
00 - Preface
In Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
Diana Tempest
Colonel Tempest, his wastrel son Archie and beautiful daughter Diana (Di) are dismayed when they are cut out of the will of old Mr Tempest, …
02 – Book 1 Sir Percy Explains Chapter 2
In The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, T…
Two Nymphs of Diana
In Poems (1686)
These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 yea…
The Young Diana
Poor Diana May. Her fiancé has jilted her, her parents think she is an encumbrance and no one recognises her intelligence. She seems …
04 - The Daunt Diana
In Tales of Men and Ghosts
Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and …
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel introduces readers to the enigmatic hero known only by h…
To Marion
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Foreword
In Castles in the Air
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (Septe…
Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill, Read by BK
In Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill
Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon …
The Skylark
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
13 - The Savage and Its Heart
In The Singing Mouse Stories
In The Singing Mouse Stories, Emerson Hough invites listeners into a whimsical world where a charming mouse shares enchanting tales through …
The Translator and the Children
In Forty-Two Poems
Forty-Two Poems is a captivating collection by James Elroy Flecker, showcasing the poet's unique voice and rich imagery. Through a diverse a…
Preface
In Our Village, Volume 1
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
27 - Merrick's Women
In Seeing Things at Night
Seeing Things at Night is a delightful collection of humorous short stories by Heywood Broun that captures the absurdities of everyday life.…
To Nobility- Part One
In Dedications
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…
Story 3: The Sister of the Baroness
In In a German Pension
The first collected volume of short stories of the New Zealand modernist. Inspired by her own travels, Mansfield begins to refine her craft …
A Princess of Thule
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Pauline Barrett
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…