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A Dreadful Temptation; or, A Young Wife's Ambition by Mittie Frances Clark Point

Kayla Draney

Mar 6, 20243 min read

A Dreadful Temptation; or, A Young Wife's Ambition by Mittie Frances Clark Point

"Hear the mellow wedding bells— Golden bells! What a world of happiness Their melody foretells!" "Hark! there's the wedding march." ...

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Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Kayla Draney

Mar 6, 20246 min read

Historical

Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier by Edward Sylvester Ellis

The clear ring of an ax was echoing through the arches of a forest, three-quarters of a century ago; and an athletic man was swinging ...

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Alice Wilde: The Raftsman's Daughter. A Forest Romance by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

Kayla Draney

Mar 6, 202410 min read

Romance

Alice Wilde: The Raftsman's Daughter. A Forest Romance by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

"That ar' log bobs 'round like the old sea-sarpint," muttered Ben Perkins to himself, leaning forward with his pole hook and trying to ...

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Flower and Jewel; or, Daisy Forrest's Daughter by Mittie Frances Clark Point

Kayla Draney

Mar 6, 20247 min read

Fiction

Flower and Jewel; or, Daisy Forrest's Daughter by Mittie Frances Clark Point

Young Mrs. Fielding opened her dark, heavy-lidded eyes and gazed thoughtfully about the large, luxurious chamber, from which every ray ...

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Kayla Draney

Mar 6, 20249 min read

Fiction

Adrien Leroy by Charles Garvice

It was a cold night in early spring, and the West End streets were nearly deserted. The great shutters of the shops were being drawn ...

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On Time; or, Bound to Get There by Oliver Optic

Kayla Draney

Mar 6, 20247 min read

Religion

On Time; or, Bound to Get There by Oliver Optic

“You don’t want that boat, Wolf, any more than the lake wants water,” said my father, after I had read an advertisement, in the Ruoara ...

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Only One Love; or, Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice

Kayla Draney

Mar 5, 202411 min read

Fiction

Only One Love; or, Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice

One summer’s evening a young man was tramping through the Forest of Warden. “Forest of Warden” sounds strange, old-fashioned, almost ...

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Kayla Draney

Mar 5, 202416 min read

Romance

Only a Girl's Love by Charles Garvice

It is a warm evening in early Summer; the sun is setting behind a long range of fir and yew-clad hills, at the feet of which twists in ...

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Kayla Draney

Mar 5, 202411 min read

Fiction

Leslie's Loyalty by Charles Garvice

Nobody ever goes to Portmaris; that is to say, nobody who is anybody. It lies—but no matter, ours shall not be the hand to ruin its ...

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The Shadow of a Sin by Charlotte M. Brame

Kayla Draney

Mar 4, 202418 min read

Fiction

The Shadow of a Sin by Charlotte M. Brame

"She is coming—my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat Had it lain for a century dead." A ...

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Love's Labor Won by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Kayla Draney

Mar 4, 202412 min read

Romance

Love's Labor Won by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

“Hers was the spell o’er hearts That only genius gives; The mother of the sister Arts, Where all their beauty lives.” —Varied from ...

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The Prince of the House of David by J. H. Ingraham

Kayla Draney

Mar 4, 20244 min read

Religion

The Prince of the House of David by J. H. Ingraham

My Dear Father: My first duty, as it is my highest pleasure, is to comply with your command to write you as soon as I should arrive at ...

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Heriot's Choice: A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Kayla Draney

Mar 4, 202416 min read

Fiction

Heriot's Choice: A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey

"Man's importunity is God's opportunity." "O fair, O fine, O lot to be desired! Early and late my heart appeals to me, And says, 'O ...

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Kayla Draney

Mar 4, 202413 min read

Fiction

East Lynne by Ellen Wood

In an easy chair of the spacious and handsome library of his townhouse, sat William, Earl of Mount Severn. His hair was gray, the ...

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Wizard Will, the Wonder Worker by Prentiss Ingraham

Kayla Draney

Mar 1, 20245 min read

Mystery

Wizard Will, the Wonder Worker by Prentiss Ingraham

"Ho, my boy! do you wish to make a dollar?" "I do, sir—indeed I do." "What is your name?" "Will, sir." "Well, Will, can you keep ...

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Mysterious Mr. Sabin by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Kayla Draney

Feb 29, 20246 min read

Mystery

Mysterious Mr. Sabin by E. Phillips Oppenheim

“To all such meetings as these!” cried Densham, lifting his champagne glass from under the soft halo of the rose-shaded electric lights. ...

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Kayla Draney

Feb 29, 20249 min read

Mystery

The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate by Louis Tracy

“Mr. David Hume.” Reginald Brett, barrister-detective, twisted around in his easy chair to permit the light to fall clearly on the card ...

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Ridgway of Montana: A Story of Today, in which the Hero is also the Villain by William MacLeod Raine

Kayla Draney

Feb 29, 202414 min read

Western

Ridgway of Montana: A Story of Today, in which the Hero is also the Villain by William MacLeod Raine

“Mr. Ridgway, ma’am.” The young woman who was giving the last touches to the very effective picture framed in her long looking glass ...

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Kayla Draney

Feb 29, 20248 min read

SciFi

Adrift in the Unknown; or, Queer Adventures in a Queer Realm by William Wallace Cook

There could be no more fitting introduction to this most amazing narrative from the pen of James Peter Munn than that article in the ...

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Pretty Madcap Dorothy; Or, How She Won a Lover by Laura Jean Libbey

Kayla Draney

Feb 29, 20249 min read

Fiction

Pretty Madcap Dorothy; Or, How She Won a Lover by Laura Jean Libbey

"It's so hard for working girls to get acquainted. They never meet a rich young man, and they don't want a poor one. It seems to me that ...

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