Read a previewLife and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1/0/5680/coverbig.jpg?v=66d1754b30b24bb98ef2d2bcd82a8c19)
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By 1898, books had become more affordable than they had been in the past, leading to greater literacy and a barometer of society's cultural and intellectual status. Using price points to trace the history of publishing and reading, the…
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Excerpt: "My dear boys, when I was your age, there were no such children's books as there are now. Those which we had were few and dull, and the pictures in them ugly and mean: while you have your choice of books without number, clear,…
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Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist follows the life of a young man by the name of Carwin as he realizes his biloquial, ventriloquist, talents. Carwin develops this ability to perfection, being able to manipulate his own voice to sound like…
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When Missionary Travels was first published in 1857, reviewers noted that the existing ideas about south central Africa would have to undergo a radical transformation. Land thought to be dry and mountainous was discovered to be fertile…
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One of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous…
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Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic Psychology by Mary Tenney Healy
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Robert Louis Stevenson's account of his ancestors. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English…
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HAD I INTENDED TO DEDICATE THIS VOLUME, I SHOULD HAVE INSCRIBED IT TO A NOBLEMAN WHOSE EXERTIONS IN PROMOTING EVERY OBJECT THAT CAN ADVANCE SCIENCE REFLECT LUSTRE UPON HIS RANK. BUT THE KINDNESS OF HIS NATURE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PAINED AT…
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William MacLeod Raine was an American author who wrote classic adventure novels about the Wild West.
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Biography of the author of Treasure Island. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English…
Start reading → Read a previewRupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim / Sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda/0/5724/coverbig.jpg?v=f50b5ae2e3f2419f91d6b14f7bed8700)
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Sir Anthony Hope was a noted playwright and novelist, and though he's still best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898), he wrote dozens of action and adventure novels.
Start reading → Read a previewSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance/0/5726/coverbig.jpg?v=6a211c8f6c3e4521a11e23169740b4a1)
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In a cogent work that advocates industry, thrift, and self-improvement, Samuel Smiles's most popular book offers readers a path to success by helping individuals “apply themselves diligently to right pursuits—sparing neither…
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Step by Step; Or, Tidy's Way to Freedom by American Tract Society
Start reading → Read a previewSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery/0/5733/coverbig.jpg?v=93491a6f4d414b2d86d9ab167b2d5b52)
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Start reading → Read a previewThe Angel and the Author, and Others/0/5751/coverbig.jpg?v=51106cf2641c4ec492530cf76d5b4388)
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In this amusing novel, Jerome K. Jerome takes what should be grim subject — bargaining with an angel who is attempting to record one's life's deeds and misdeeds — and transforms it into a thought-provoking and funny…
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Start reading → Read a previewThe Ayrshire Legatees; Or, The Pringle Family/0/5754/coverbig.jpg?v=f9868cb3c4364ee2898abd7f4198d75a)
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The lives of the humble Pringle family of Scotland are turned upside down with the news that they have been named the recipients of a relative's inheritance. Trading quiet village life for the hustle and bustle of London is a difficult…
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