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The Plastic Age

Percy Marks

The Plastic Age is a novel by Percy Marks that tells the story of Hugh Carver, a student at a fictional men's college called Sanford. With contents that covered or implied hazing, smoking, drinking, p..

The Pretty Sister Of José

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Pretty Sister Of José is a  novella written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, later spawned both a play and silent film adaptation. Despite its public popularity, its (now rather tame) intense love..

The Story of Mary MacLane

Mary MacLane

At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was popular among young girls, but was strongly criticized by conse..

The Survivor

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Survivor is a mystery story written by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers...

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in December 1918. The tale is based on the Aesop fable, "T..

Göteborgsflickor

Sigge Strömberg

Göteborgsflickor is a collection of humorous Swedish short stories written by Sigge Strömberg...

The Lilac Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, ..

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 574

Various Authors

This is an interesting scene from the wild and wonderful in Nature. Its romantic luxuriance must win the attention of the artist, and the admiration of the less wistful beholder; while the philosophic..