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Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice

Jane Austen

Robert Burns

Robert Burns

Scotland's National Poet

The 2006 CIA World Factbook

The 2006 CIA World Factbook

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson et al.

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Confessions of St. Augustine

Confessions of St. Augustine

Saint Augustine

Modern English Biography, Vol. 2

Modern English Biography, Vol. 2

Frederic Boase

Life on the Mississippi

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Thousand Nights & a Night — Vol. 1

Thousand Nights & a Night — Vol. 1

Sir Richard Francis Burton

Bidwell's Travels

Bidwell's Travels

Austin Bidwell

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft

Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut

Abbé Prévost

Eloisa

Eloisa

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Rupert S. Holland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Annotated & Illustrated

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Annotated & Illustrated

Lewis Carroll

A Dog of Flanders

A Dog of Flanders

Ouida

A Dog of Flanders (Annotated)

A Dog of Flanders (Annotated)

Ouida

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

Tobias Smollett

Catriona

Catriona

Robert Louis Stevenson

Cranford

Cranford

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The Lady of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake

Sir Walter Scott

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Romeo & Juliet (Annotated)

Romeo & Juliet (Annotated)

William Shakespeare

Poems of Thomas Gordon Hake

Poems of Thomas Gordon Hake

Thomas Gordon Hake

Poems of Hake (Annotated)

Poems of Hake (Annotated)

Thomas Gordon Hake

Thuvia, Maid of Mars

Thuvia, Maid of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After

Alexandre Dumas

The Yeoman Adventurer

The Yeoman Adventurer

George W. Gough

Sir Richard Calmady

Sir Richard Calmady

Lucas Malet

Four Arthurian Romances

Four Arthurian Romances

Chrétien de Troyes

Henrietta Temple

Henrietta Temple

Benjamin Disraeli

I Am a Woman

I Am a Woman

Ann Bannon

The Blue Castle

The Blue Castle

L. M. Montgomery

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon

H. De Vere Stacpoole

The String of Pearls

The String of Pearls

James Malcolm Rymer

A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle

The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

The Monk

The Monk

M. G. Lewis

The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Radcliffe

Carmen

Carmen

Prosper Mérimée

Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

The Man Who Was Thursday

The Man Who Was Thursday

G. K. Chesterton

The Green Mummy

The Green Mummy

Fergus Hume

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Philip Sidney

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

George Eliot

A Honeymoon in Space

A Honeymoon in Space

George Chetwynd Griffith

The Misplaced Battleship

The Misplaced Battleship

Harry Harrison

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

Under the Red Dragon

Under the Red Dragon

James Grant

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Oliver Twist, Vol. 2

Oliver Twist, Vol. 2

Charles Dickens

Robert Orange

Robert Orange

John Oliver Hobbes

Little Women

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

E. M. Forster

Arsène Lupin

Arsène Lupin

Maurice Leblanc

A Room with a View (Annotated)

A Room with a View (Annotated)

E. M. Forster

Blow The Man Down

Blow The Man Down

Holman Day

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Elizabeth Von Arnim

That Girl Montana

That Girl Montana

Marah Ellis Ryan

The Thirty-Nine Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan

Lady Audley's Secret

Lady Audley's Secret

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

His Last Bow

His Last Bow

Arthur Conan Doyle

The House on the Borderland

The House on the Borderland

William Hope Hodgson

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Valley of Fear

The Valley of Fear

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

The Call of Cthulhu

The Call of Cthulhu

H. P. Lovecraft

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

The Sign of the Four

The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Innocence of Father Brown

The Innocence of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

Mr. Standfast

Mr. Standfast

John Buchan

The Problem of Cell 13

The Problem of Cell 13

Jacques Futrelle

Twenty-Five Ghost Stories

Twenty-Five Ghost Stories

W. Bob Holland

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Lord Byron

Camille (La Dame aux Camélias)

Camille (La Dame aux Camélias)

Alexandre Dumas fils

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets

George Bernard Shaw

Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Boswell's Life of Johnson

Boswell's Life of Johnson

James Boswell

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

Bacon's Essays & Wisdom of the Ancients

Bacon's Essays & Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon

As You Like It

As You Like It

William Shakespeare

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Andersen's Fairy Tales

Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

A Pair of Blue Eyes

A Pair of Blue Eyes

Thomas Hardy

A Doll's House

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen

A Journey into the Interior of the Earth

A Journey into the Interior of the Earth

Jules Verne

The Magical 3D Bedtime Treasury

The Magical 3D Bedtime Treasury

DodaBooks

The Marvellous Land of Snergs

The Marvellous Land of Snergs

E. A. Wyke-Smith

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Edwin Lefèvre

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

Ann Veronica

Ann Veronica

H. G. Wells

Fifty Years in Wall Street

Fifty Years in Wall Street

Henry Clews

The Cruise of the Nona

The Cruise of the Nona

Hilaire Belloc

All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography

All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography

Ida M. Tarbell

Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Marcus Aurelius

Helen Vardon's Confession

Helen Vardon's Confession

R. Austin Freeman

The Dangerous Game

The Dangerous Game

William Le Queux

Præraphaelite Diaries and Letters

Præraphaelite Diaries and Letters

William Michael Rossetti

Three Sevens: A Detective Story

Three Sevens: A Detective Story

Perley Poore Sheehan

The Dogaressas of Venice (The Wives of the Doges)

The Dogaressas of Venice (The Wives of the Doges)

Edgcumbe Staley

The Eclipse of Russia

The Eclipse of Russia

Emile Joseph Dillon

Three Millions! or, The Way of the World

Three Millions! or, The Way of the World

Oliver Optic

The Scourge of God: A Romance of Religious Persecution

The Scourge of God: A Romance of Religious Persecution

John Bloundelle-Burton

The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton

The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton

Gilbert Frankau

The First of the English: A Novel

The First of the English: A Novel

Archibald Clavering Gunter

The Black Pearl

The Black Pearl

Marie Lion

The Belle of Bowling Green

The Belle of Bowling Green

Amelia E. Barr

The Adventures of an Ensign

The Adventures of an Ensign

Valentine Williams

Success

Success

Una L. Silberrad

Only a Girl's Love

Only a Girl's Love

Charles Garvice

One Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of Sussex

One Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of Sussex

Alfred Ollivant

Main Currents in American Thought: From the Beginnings to 1920

Main Currents in American Thought: From the Beginnings to 1920

Vernon Louis Parrington

Kate Mulhall: A Romance of the Oregon Trail

Kate Mulhall: A Romance of the Oregon Trail

Ezra Meeker

Joan and Co.

Joan and Co.

Frederick Orin Bartlett

Jane Seton; or, The King's Advocate: A Scottish Historical Romance

Jane Seton; or, The King's Advocate: A Scottish Historical Romance

James Grant

Grateful Peter's New Year's Gift

Grateful Peter's New Year's Gift

Ruth Lamb

Democracy False or True?: A Prologue to the Legal and Aesthetic Commonwealth

Democracy False or True?: A Prologue to the Legal and Aesthetic Commonwealth

Sir W. B. Richmond

Daughters of Nijo: A Romance of Japan

Daughters of Nijo: A Romance of Japan

Onoto Watanna

Claribel; or, Rest at Last

Claribel; or, Rest at Last

Lucy Ellen Guernsey

Changeling, and Other Stories

Changeling, and Other Stories

Donn Byrne

Cartels: Challenge to a Free World

Cartels: Challenge to a Free World

Wendell Berge

Cameron of Lochiel

Cameron of Lochiel

Philippe Aubert de Gaspé

Bushy: A Romance Founded on Fact

Bushy: A Romance Founded on Fact

Cynthia May Westover Alden

Body-Build and Its Inheritance

Body-Build and Its Inheritance

Charles Benedict Davenport

Barry Locke, Half-Back

Barry Locke, Half-Back

Ralph Henry Barbour

A Young Man's Story

A Young Man's Story

Sarah Doudney

A Little English Gallery

A Little English Gallery

Louise Imogen Guiney

A Guide to the History of Physical Education

A Guide to the History of Physical Education

Fred Eugene Leonard

Under the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval Rome

Under the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval Rome

Nathan Gallizier

The Waterloo Roll Call

The Waterloo Roll Call

Charles Dalton

The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy

The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy

Marjorie Bowen

The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in California

The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in California

Gustave Aimard

The Pirate

The Pirate

Sir Walter Scott

The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford

The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford

Lord Charles Beresford

The Mandarin's Fan

The Mandarin's Fan

Fergus Hume

The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With Notes

The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With Notes

Henry VIII, King of England

The Hill of Venus

The Hill of Venus

Nathan Gallizier

The Guarded Heights

The Guarded Heights

Wadsworth Camp

The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk’s Life

The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk’s Life

Frank Everett Stevens

The Babur-nama in English (Memoirs of Babur)

The Babur-nama in English (Memoirs of Babur)

Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur

The Air Pirate

The Air Pirate

Guy Thorne

Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ

Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ

Rev. Aaron Bernstein

Rizal’s Own Story of His Life

Rizal’s Own Story of His Life

José Rizal

On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau

On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau

Wilhelmine von Hillern

Napoleon’s Letters to Josephine 1796–1812

Napoleon’s Letters to Josephine 1796–1812

Napoleon I

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino, 1836–1840

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino, 1836–1840

Dorothée de Dino

Linnet: A Romance

Linnet: A Romance

Grant Allen

Irene Iddesleigh

Irene Iddesleigh

Amanda McKittrick Ros

In Jeopardy

In Jeopardy

Van Tassel Sutphen

Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic

Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic

Raymond M. Weaver

Harriet Martineau

Harriet Martineau

Florence Fenwick Miller

La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West

La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West

Francis Parkman

Fifty Years in the Northwest

Fifty Years in the Northwest

William H. C. Folsom

English Eccentrics and Eccentricities

English Eccentrics and Eccentricities

John Timbs

Doctor Cupid: A Novel

Doctor Cupid: A Novel

Rhoda Broughton

Cornish Characters and Strange Events

Cornish Characters and Strange Events

S. Baring-Gould

A Pickle for the Knowing Ones

A Pickle for the Knowing Ones

Timothy Dexter

A Japanese Boy

A Japanese Boy

Shigemi Shiukichi

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure

Rex Beach

The Silent Barrier

The Silent Barrier

Louis Tracy

Cynthia’s Chauffeur

Cynthia’s Chauffeur

Louis Tracy

Dainty’s Cruel Rivals; or, The Fatal Birthday

Dainty’s Cruel Rivals; or, The Fatal Birthday

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

H. G. Wells

Blue-grass and Broadway

Blue-grass and Broadway

Maria Thompson Daviess

The Fifth Queen Crowned

The Fifth Queen Crowned

Ford Madox Ford

‘Firebrand’ Trevison

‘Firebrand’ Trevison

Charles Alden Seltzer

Moods: A Novel

Moods: A Novel

Louisa May Alcott

The Place of Honeymoons

The Place of Honeymoons

Harold MacGrath

The Crack of Doom

The Crack of Doom

Robert Cromie

Shakespeare's Family: Being a Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Family: Being a Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of William Shakespeare

C. C. Stopes

The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms

The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms

Admiral W. H. Smyth

The Mystery of a Turkish Bath

The Mystery of a Turkish Bath

'Rita' (Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys)

The Candidate: A Political Romance

The Candidate: A Political Romance

Joseph A. Altsheler

An Old Man's Love

An Old Man's Love

Anthony Trollope

Cruel as the Grave

Cruel as the Grave

E. D. E. N. Southworth

Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic

Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic

Herbert Quick

The Car of Destiny

The Car of Destiny

C. N. and A. M. Williamson

Monte-Cristo’s Daughter

Monte-Cristo’s Daughter

Edmund Flagg

The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall

The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall

Edward Stratemeyer (Arthur M. Winfield)

Priscilla's Spies

Priscilla's Spies

George A. Birmingham

Torchy and Vee

Torchy and Vee

Sewell Ford

The Hand in the Dark

The Hand in the Dark

Arthur J. Rees

The Heather-Moon

The Heather-Moon

C. N. and A. M. Williamson

One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York

One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York

Louis Tracy

My Friend the Chauffeur

My Friend the Chauffeur

C. N. and A. M. Williamson

Set in Silver

Set in Silver

C. N. and A. M. Williamson

The Entailed Hat; or, Patty Cannon’s Times

The Entailed Hat; or, Patty Cannon’s Times

George Alfred Townsend

The Prairie Wife

The Prairie Wife

Arthur Stringer

Life of St. Francis of Assisi

Life of St. Francis of Assisi

Paul Sabatier

The Gay Cockade

The Gay Cockade

Temple Bailey

The Hawk of Egypt

The Hawk of Egypt

Joan Conquest

The Real Adventure

The Real Adventure

Henry Kitchell Webster

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott

The Daughter of Anderson Crow

The Daughter of Anderson Crow

George Barr McCutcheon

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

Joseph Bédier

Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel

Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel

Thomas W. Lawson

By Advice of Counsel

By Advice of Counsel

Arthur Train

From Chaucer to Tennyson

From Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry A. Beers

Bambi

Bambi

Marjorie Benton Cooke

The Green Mouse

The Green Mouse

Robert W. Chambers

The Czar’s Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love

The Czar’s Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love

William Le Queux

The Torrents of Spring

The Torrents of Spring

Ivan Turgenev

Alice, or the Mysteries

Alice, or the Mysteries

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy

The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy

Henryk Sienkiewicz

A Love Story

A Love Story

William Harvey Christie

India’s Love Lyrics

India’s Love Lyrics

Laurence Hope

A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day

A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day

Charles Reade

Paul Clifford

Paul Clifford

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot

Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot

Austin Craig

A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill

A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill

Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

Biographia Literaria

Biographia Literaria

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume

Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume

Charlotte M. Yonge

The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story

The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story

S. R. Crockett

The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot

The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot

Holman Day

The Small House at Allington

The Small House at Allington

Anthony Trollope

The Amazing Marriage

The Amazing Marriage

George Meredith

The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political

The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political

Franklin K. Lane

The Red Lily

The Red Lily

Anatole France

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette

Madame Campan

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

Duc de Saint-Simon

Thelma: A Norwegian Princess

Thelma: A Norwegian Princess

Marie Corelli

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

Love-at-Arms: A Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles of Urbino

Love-at-Arms: A Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles of Urbino

Rafael Sabatini

Children of the Whirlwind

Children of the Whirlwind

Leroy Scott

Two on a Tower

Two on a Tower

Thomas Hardy

Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies

Thomas Hardy

Anarchism and Other Essays

Anarchism and Other Essays

Emma Goldman

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey

The Zeppelin’s Passenger

The Zeppelin’s Passenger

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Yellow Crayon

The Yellow Crayon

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Red Seal

The Red Seal

Natalie Sumner Lincoln

The Ballad of the White Horse

The Ballad of the White Horse

G. K. Chesterton

The Secret of the Night

The Secret of the Night

Gaston Leroux

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

Honoré de Balzac

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

William Shakespeare

The City of God, Volume I

The City of God, Volume I

Saint Augustine

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

Tobias Smollett