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Miß Sara Sampson

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing


Miss Sara Sampson, geschrieben von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, gilt als das erste bürgerliche Trauerspiel der neueren deutschen Literatur…

Optimism, An Essay

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Helen Keller


Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …

Helen with the High Hand

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Arnold Bennett


James Ollerenshaw is a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor who lives in Bursley, one of the Five Towns. A chance encounter with Helen, his great s…

An Iron Will

Read by Ruth Golding


Orison Swett Marden


Orison Swett Marden was well-known at the turn of the 20th century for his inspirational and spiritual books of self-help. This one deals wi…

The World I Live In

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Helen Keller


The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of to…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…

Remarks

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Bill Nye


"The range of subjects treated in this book is wonderful, even to me. It is a library of universal knowledge, and the facts contained i…

Lifted Masks

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Susan Glaspell


In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)

The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories

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E. F. Benson


A collection of fourteen short stories, grouped under the headings of "Blackmailing Stories", "Spook Stories", "Cat…

An Englishwoman's Love-Letters

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Laurence Housman


It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to w…

Taken at the Flood

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Brought up by a parish schoolmaster with a hidden past, Sylvia Carew dreams of a future devoid of poverty. Will she be faithful to the man s…

How to Write a Novel

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William James Mcglothlin


I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of charac…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 050

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Various


Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--the …

Eight Cousins (Version 2)

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Louisa May Alcott


This is the story of Rose Campbell, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts.…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 01

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Various and Edmondo De Amicis


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe

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Gottfried Keller


Victor (Viggi) Störteler betreibt ein einträgliches Speditions- und Warengeschäft und hat ein "hübsches, gesundes u…

My Mortal Enemy

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Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather


In the small Midwestern town of Parthia, Myra Henshawe was a legend. The grandniece and ward of Parthia’s richest resident, Myra had shocked…

The Dawn of All

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Robert Hugh Benson


In a former book, called "Lord of the World," I attempted to sketch the kind of developments a hundred years hence which, I though…

The Way to Will-Power

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Henry Hazlitt


"The Way to Will-Power" is far from a standard self-help book. With ample wit and an occasionally sardonic tone, American journali…

The World as Will and Idea, Vol. 3 of 3

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Arthur Schopenhauer


In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiab…

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