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An Amiable Charlatan
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
Post Haste
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R. M. Ballantyne
In this book, Ballantyne weaves the story of Phillip Mayland and his friend, George Aspel with an interesting portrayal of the British Post …
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
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Henry Fielding
Sailing voyage from England to Portugal in the mid Eighteenth Century, by one of the premier humorists, satirists, novelists and playwrights…
Anting-Anting Stories And Other Strange Tales of the Filipinos
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Sargent Kayme
"No less wonderful and varied are the inhabitants and the phenomena of the Philippines, and a new author, showing rare knowledge of the…
El Filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed)
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José Rizal
The Philippines, still a Spanish colony, are more or less run by the Catholic friars, and with an iron fist.. However, here and there are po…
Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect
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Various
A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …
Six lectures on literature
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Charles Harold Herford
C. H. Herford was Professor of English Literature at the Victoria University of Manchester in era when public lectures were published in pam…
London Labour and the London Poor Volume I
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Henry Mayhew
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appear…
Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest
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George Borrow
This unusual narrative by eccentric self-taught English linguist, traveller and one-time bible salesman George Borrow combines elements of a…
John Marchmont's Legacy
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Like Wuthering Heights, the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has alwa…
Tudor and Stuart Love Songs
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John Potter Briscoe
The spirit of reform which was developed during the early part of the sixteenth century brought about a desire on the part of young men of m…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 07)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This chapter begins with a description of William, Prince of Orange – his early life, personality, and political policies. It goes on to des…
The Squire
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Arthur Wing Pinero
"Then take a word of advice—cut yourself adrift from Squire Kate's apron strings. (Gilbert turns away) When my father, John Verity, die…
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
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H. G. Wells
"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" is H. G. Wells' attempt to make sense of World War I. It begins with a lighthearted account of an …