Published 1800 -1900
The Love of Landry
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Love of Landry is one of Dunbar's four novels, and one of three that are about white people. In this case, the story is about the recupe…
Chateau d'Or
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Mary Jane Holmes
The Chateau D'Or, or The Castle of Gold, looked gloomy and gray from the train rattling through the French countryside from Paris to Marseil…
Ships That Pass in the Night
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Beatrice Harraden
This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…
Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter, Volume One
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Rachel Hunter
The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…
A Crown of Straw
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Allen Upward
There is a plan afoot to commit murder, but who could be the intended victim?The scene switches to an old forester and his seventeen-year-ol…
The Wing of Azrael, Volume 1
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Mona Caird
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …
The Eustace Diamonds (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
The Eustace Diamonds is the third in the Palliser Series first published in serial form and then as a novel in 1872. The story is set in Ir…
Sowing Seeds in Danny
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Nellie Mcclung
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
The short novel “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” was one of Balzac’s earliest fictions, first published in 1830 and substantially revised…
The Marriage Contract
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
A Second Home
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
The Commission in Lunacy
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
“The Commission in Lunacy” is a short novel first published in 1836 with the French title “L’interdiction” (i.e., “The Ban” or “The Prohibit…
Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain
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Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain is a collection of three narratives about life in the theater based on Mowatt’s career on stage…
The Firm of Girdlestone
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This book summarizes the down fall of one of the largest African trading firms in London, and the futile attempts of father and son to save …
Letters to the Joneses
Read by Keith Salis
Josiah Gilbert Holland
We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in &qu…
The Ivory Tower
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Henry James
An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…
The Prime Minister (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister is the fifth novel in Trollope's Palliser Series, and is about the period of Plantagenet Palliser's term as Prime Ministe…
The Massarenes
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Ouida
The last novel by British author Ouida. It is a satirical look at societal norms through the story of the nouveau riche Massarenes. They att…
The Feather
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Ford Madox Ford
The headstrong Princess Ernalie is one day carried off from her kingdom by an eagle. Unable to return home because of impassable terrain, sh…
Catherine's Coquetries: A Tale of French Country Life
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Camille Debans
Catherine is a beautiful woman, and despite being a respectable married woman, enjoys matchmaking, flirting and mischief. The tale is set in…