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By: Frances Hodgson Burnett | |
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Theo
It's described as "A SPRIGHTLY LOVE STORY" and it is written by F. H. Burnett, "one of the most charming among American writers!" | |
The Dawn of a To-morrow
A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city. He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day to purchase a hand gun he had seen in a pawnshop window. The morning comes with one of those 'memorable fogs' and the adventure he has in it alters his decisions and ultimately his life. | |
A Lady of Quality
Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included. | |
In the Closed Room
This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a house in the suburbs for the summer she meets another little girl in the house and they become playmates. (Introduction by Linda Andrus) | |
Emily Fox-Seton
Have you ever wondered what happened to Cinderella after she married the prince? Have you ever asked yourself if it was really "happy ever after?" Actually, in this Victorian melodrama, it's not. 35-years-old Emily Fox-Seton, quite penniless and a little lonely, saves herself from becoming an old maid by agreeing to a marriage proposal from the marquess of Walderhurst, thus becoming "one of the richest Marchionesses in England". She is naïve, kind and good. She doesn't believe that people are really willing to hurt her, but why are all these strange accidents happening?This novel is divided into 2 parts... | |
A Fair Barbarian
The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down. | |
Robin
Starting with a summary of the 1922 novel The Head of the House of Coombe, which followed the relationships between a group of pre-WWI English nobles and commoners, this sequel, called Robin, completes the story of Robin, Lord Coombe, Donal and Feather. (Introduction by Linda Andrus) | |
Racketty-Packetty House | |
The Land of the Blue Flower | |
The White People | |
The Head of the House of Coombe | |
Esmeralda | |
Vagabondia 1884 | |
The Little Hunchback Zia | |
"Seth" | |
That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born and grew up in Manchester, England, and emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 16. For her first novels, written in Knoxville, Tennessee and published in New York, she drew upon her knowledge of life and speech of the Lancashire working classes. Set in a Lancashire mining town, That Lass o' Lowries is a gritty, and at times brutal, tale of romance across the classes, which stands in stark contrast to her later work. | |
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | |
My Robin | |
Mère Giraud's Little Daughter | |
"Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame" | |
Lodusky | |
One Day At Arle | |
"Surly Tim" A Lancashire Story | |
Miss Crespigny
This is a less known, but not less beautiful, novel by the author of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, The Lost Prince, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Shuttle, and many more. There is something different about miss Lysbeth Crespigny. Raised by three maiden aunts and sheltered from the world, she leaves them for the first time in order to explore the world. Yet she is often misunderstood. The world she discovers is more complicated and confusing then she anticipates. She is only 18 when the book starts. However the choices she has to make have consequences which she learns to navigate and become the strong woman she can be. - Summary by Stav Nisser. |
By: Frances Little (1863-1941) | |
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The Lady of the Decoration | |
Little Sister Snow (version 2)
American author Fannie Caldwell, under pen name of Frances Little, tells the story of young Yuki San growing up in Japan circa early 1900s, and of her dreams of an American. (Introduction by Cheri Gardner) | |
The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan | |
Mr. Bamboo and the Honorable Little God A Christmas Story | |
The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration |
By: Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) | |
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Vicar of Wrexhill
A villainous vicar insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy but foolish widow, ruining the fortunes and happiness of her three children, until they begin to fight back. Published in 1837 by the mother of the better-known Anthony Trollope, this highly readable romance portrays the evangelical movement of the Anglican church in a shocking light that may remind readers of some of the religious abuses of the present day. |
By: Frances R. (Frances Roberta) Sterrett (1869-1947) | |
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Mary Rose of Mifflin |
By: Francesco Colonna (-1527) | |
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Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame |
By: Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) | |
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The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch |
By: Francis A. (Francis Alexander) Durivage (1814-1881) | |
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The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales |
By: Francis Asbury Smith (1837-1915) | |
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The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant |
By: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) | |
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The Essays of Francis Bacon
Among the many ideas explored in this book are beauty, gardens, honor and reputation, cunning, nobility, friendship and many others. Authored by the man who is credited with having invented the essay form in English, The Essays of Francis Bacon was written over an extended period, ranging from the mid sixteenth century. They were compiled in a single edition in 1597 and later re-written, enlarged and added to in other editions in 1612 and 1625. However, their compelling and insightful quality still appears fresh and appealing to modern day readers... | |
The New Atlantis
In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where people were kind, knowledgeable, and civic-minded. Part of this new land was his perfect college, a vision for our modern research universities. Islands he had visited may have served as models for his ideas. |
By: Francis Bickford Hornbrooke (1849-1903) | |
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Ring and the Book - An Interpretation
Francis Bickford Hornbrooke was an American Unitarian minister who in later years was recognized as an expert commentator on literature, in particular the works of Robert Browning. Of all Browning's output, it was his monumental epic, the Ring and the Book, which most attracted Hornbrooke's attention, and he said that " I have read the poem throughout at least thirty times, and every time with increased pleasure. The more I read it, the more I love it, and the less I find in it to censure." His interpretation... |
By: Francis Brett Young (1884-1954) | |
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The Tragic Bride
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estate nestled in the Irish countryside. In due course, young Gabrielle falls in love with a Navy man whose untimely demise sends her into a depression, and the consequences of which alter her future, culminating in a fascinating and quite unpredictable relationship with Mrs. Payne and her troubled son Arthur. A story of understanding in it’s finest sense and aptly titled, The Tragic Bride is both interesting as a story and telling as a character study. |
By: Francis C. Woodworth (1812-1859) | |
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The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for |
By: Francis Clement Kelley (1870-1948) | |
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Charred Wood |
By: Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) | |
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Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman | |
Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero | |
Abijah's Bubble | |
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn | |
Kennedy Square | |
Tom Grogan | |
Felix O'Day | |
The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women | |
Tides of Barnegat | |
A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909 | |
Little Gray Lady
As every Christmas for the last 20 years, the Little Gray Lady lights a candle in her room and spends the evening alone, thinking of a great mistake she has made so long ago. This year, however, things are to play out differently.. | |
The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht | |
Fiddles 1909 | |
The Man In The High-Water Boots | |
Colonel Carter of Cartersville | |
Homo 1909 | |
Forty Minutes Late 1909 | |
A List To Starboard 1909 |
By: Francis Jammes (1868-1938) | |
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Romance of the Rabbit |
By: Francis L. (Francis Le Roy) Cooper | |
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Captain Pott's Minister |
By: Francis Marion Wing (1873-1956) | |
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"The Fotygraft Album" Shown to the New Neighbor by Rebecca Sparks Peters Aged Eleven |
By: Francis Metcalfe | |
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Side Show Studies |
By: Francis Rolt-Wheeler (1876-1960) | |
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The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men |
By: Francis T. Palgrave (1824-1897) | |
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Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language
Palgrave's principal contribution to the development of literary taste was contained in his Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861), an anthology of the best poetry in the language constructed upon a plan sound and spacious, and followed out with a delicacy of feeling which could scarcely be surpassed. This book is a delightful one to listen to with family or friends. You're sure to find something to relate to in these wonderful poems. |
By: Francis Thompson (1859-1907) | |
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The Hound of Heaven | |
Shelley; an essay | |
New Poems | |
Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters |
By: Francis Thynne (1545?-1608) | |
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Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition |
By: Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897) | |
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The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History |
By: Francis William Bourdillon (1844-1912) | |
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Aucassin and Nicolette.
Aucassin and Nicolette is a medieval romance written in a combination of prose and verse called a “song-story.” Created probably in the early 13th century by an unknown French author, the work deals with the love between the son of a count and a Saracen slave girl who has been converted to Christianity and adopted by a viscount. Since Aucassin’s father is strongly opposed to their marriage, the two lovers must endure imprisonment, flight, separation in foreign lands, and many other ordeals before their ardent love and fierce determination finally bring them back together... |
By: Francis William Sullivan (1887-) | |
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The Free Range |
By: Francis Worcester Doughty (1850-1917) | |
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The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House | |
The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery |
By: Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá (1502?-1581) | |
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The Annals of the Cakchiquels |
By: François Coppée (1842-1908) | |
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Ten Tales | |
A Romance of Youth | |
The Lost Child |
By: François duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) | |
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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims |
By: François Rabelais (1483-1553) | |
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Gargantua and Pantagruel
The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. There is much crudity and scatological humor as well as a large amount of violence. Long lists of vulgar insults fill several chapters. |
By: Frank Andrew Munsey (1854-1925) | |
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Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life |
By: Frank Belknap Long (1903-1994) | |
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The Man from Time | |
The Mississippi Saucer | |
The Man the Martians Made | |
The Calm Man | |
The Sky Trap |
By: Frank Froest (1858-1930) | |
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The Grell Mystery
Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It’s up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery. |
By: Frank H. Spearman (1859-1937) | |
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Nan of Music Mountain | |
The Mountain Divide | |
Robert Kimberly
The novel is set among the wealthy of the Northeast in the USA of the early 1900's. A close knit group of about ten couples in high society visit each others homes for dance, drink, conversation and partying. The male members are mostly affiliated with a closely held conglomerate controlling the sugar refinery industry. Robert Kimberly and his brother Charles are the top executives. Robert Kimberly is very highly respected and is seen as the leader; unlike most of the group, he is not married. He cares for his very decrepit oldest brother, with the help of a hired Catholic monk... |
By: Frank Harris | |
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Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions
Consumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who “knew” the subject more or less intimately, and the more objective or scholarly accounts produced by later generations.In the case of Wilde, as presented to us by Frank Harris, we are in a way doubly estranged from the subject. We meet with Oscar the charismatic talker, whose tone of voice can never be reproduced – even if a more scrupulous biographer had set down his words accurately – and we are perhaps already aware of him as Wilde the self-destructive celebrity who uneasily fills the place of the premier gay icon and martyr in our contemporary view... | |
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 |