Published 1900 onward

Short Stories / Рассказы

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Octave Mirbeau



Early short stories by Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917). "Mirbeau is one of the greatest modern French writers; he is the best to express the…

Das Leben der Bienen

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Maurice Maeterlinck



Schilderung der auf eigene Beobachtungen und Studien beruhenden faszinierenden Vorgänge in einem Bienenstock. Der Naturforscher und Beo…

The Recording Angel

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Edwin Arnold Brenholtz



"The Recording Angel," by Edwin Arnold Brenholtz, is one of the earliest examples of an American proletarian novel, a work intende…

Tales of Giants From Brazil

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Elsie Spicer Eells



Brazil is the land of the giant among all the rivers of the world. It is the land of giant fruits and giant flowers. Of course it is the lan…

There is a Tide

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John Collis Snaith



Mame Durrance grew upon a pig farm in Cowbarn, Iowa but she had big dreams to become a journalist. An inheritance fro her aunt allowed her t…

Marriage à la Mode

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Mary Augusta Ward



While travelling in the USA, Roger Barnes, a handsome Englishman, meets and falls in love with Daphne Floyd, a rich and determined American.…

The House of Evil

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William Le Queux



Intrigue and murder stemming from excessive greed in upper-class society of England in the early twentieth century.

Colin: A Novel

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E. F. Benson



"Colin" tells the story of the Stanier family who come from Stanier, near Rye, in the county of Sussex. The first section recounts…

Everybody's Book of Luck

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William James McGlothlin



The book of luck or, a guide to your success, fortune, future, palmistry, astrology, etc . is an engrossing compendium of legends, myths and…

El Donador de Almas

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Amado Nervo



Nervo nos entrega una prosa poética, una historia en la que se explora la relación amorosa entre un médico y una cuasi-…

The Guest of Quesnay

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Booth Tarkington



This is the story of two young American painters residing in Paris in a moderate way. Others are more flamboyant than them, for example Larr…

A Call: The Tale of Two Passions

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Ford Madox Ford



The story of an English gentleman's relationship with two women. Ford's themes are reminiscent of Henry James: the tensions between desire a…

Fairhaven; a Story of Pilgrim Land

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Henry Grattan Donnelly



Fairhaven is the story of a very wealthy couple who lived in New York City in a palatial mansion. They had all the trappings of the super ri…

Jean-Christophe In Paris

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Romain Rolland



After fleeing to Paris, Jean-Christophe finds himself in great financial difficulty and takes up music teaching in wealthy families. As for …

Die Geschichte meines Zeitgenossen

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Vladimir Korolenko



Poetische Beschreibung der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse in der russischen Provinz des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts (mit teilweise au…

Den siste viking

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Johan Bojer



Denne romanen forteller historien om ei gruppe fattige fiskere på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet og et års Lofotfiske. Vi føl…

Gilead Balm, Knight Errant

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Bernard Capes



Gilead Balm, a young Government clerk of philanthropic predilections, always read the "Daily Post" for the sake of its agony colum…

Ruth Fielding At the War Front

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Alice B. Emerson



Ruth Fielding, a Red Cross worker in France during the First World War must travel behind enemy lines to find a lost American soldier. An ex…

Chalk Face

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Waldo Frank



A young alienist exposes a murderer. (Summary by Brian Fullen)

The Christmas Bishop

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Winifred M. Kirkland



This 1913 story is far more than a Christmas tale. It is a story about spiritual wisdom; the seeking of wisdom, the getting of wisdom, even…

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