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Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore

‘Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore’ is another short story from famed American author Louisa May Alcott, that follows the young, kind hearted Jimmy through his difficult adolescence. ...


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Dick Sands, the Boy Captain

Could you be Captain of a whaling ship if all the crew around you died in a tragedy? Would you even want to? And what would you do if the cook on board has plans of his own and wan ...


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An Antarctic Mystery

‘An Antarctic Mystery’ is a follow up to Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym’, attempting to explain what might have happened to the main characters after the nov ...


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A Nightmare

'A Nightmare' is a short story by Anton Chekhov about two men, one a penniless priest and the other a wealthy aristocrat. The now desperate priest is too proud to ask for assistanc ...


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Terror

What are you most afraid of? Spiders, ghosts or perhaps the Slender Man? But have you ever been afraid of life itself? 'Terror' tells the story of just that: a man who is afraid of ...


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Happiness

In Anton Chekhov's short story 'Happiness' from 1887, a horseman approaches two shepherds just before dawn on a summer's night. He tells them the story of a wicked old man without ...


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A Mystery

The narrative focuses on the extraordinary predicament of the Civil Councillor Navagin. For the past thirteen years he has striven in vain to uncover the undisclosed identity of a ...


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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

‘Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon’ follows Joam Garral a Brazilian ranch owner living on the Peruvian border. When his daughter wants to return to their old city of Belem for he ...


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Facino Cane 

The novella unfolds around a blind old man, Facino Cane who claims to be a descendant of the 14th century condottiere of the same name. The narrator meets Facino Cane at a wedding, ...


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A Daughter of Eve 

Countess Marie de Vandenesse, bored out of her mind in a marriage to a good man, decides to adopt an up-and-coming young playwright, Raoul Nathan, as her lover. Mistakenly believin ...


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Dodo: A Detail of the Day

The narrative follows the stylishly controversial Dodo, a young woman from the British upper-middle-class. She is very confident she is about to make a most advantageous match whic ...


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Dodo Wonders

'Dodo Wonders' is the third and final installment in the 'Dodo' series by E. F. Benson. The series was rumoured to be based on Lady Asquith, though she herself claimed that she had ...


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Michael, Brother of Jerry

Michael is a good natured Irish-terrier forced to be a slave hunter on a schooner in the Solomon Islands. His life changes forever when he is accidentally forgotten on a desert isl ...


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City of Palms

Susan noticed him first on the plane from Paris to Baghdad – an aloof yet extremely handsome man who intrigued her greatly. However, when an emergency hit them, this man called Rao ...


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Bladon's Rock

Valentine had been drawn to Richard Sterne ever since that one dreamy summer they spent at Bladon’s Rock. Too bad that he has always only had eyes for the beautiful Roxanne, who le ...


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Sunshine Yellow

When Penny was orphaned her aunt Heloise and her beautiful cousin Veronica became her family. Compared to Penny, Veronica had it all: beauty, social connections, and above all, the ...


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Pathway of Roses

Janie Dallas looked exactly like the singer Vanessa Brandt. When Vanessa asked her to impersonate her for a week, there is one thing that tempts her: the company of Vanessa’s close ...


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Enchanted Autumn

Jane is the secretary of a famous American actress. She travels to an estate in France owned by a world-renowned singer ahead of her employer and encounters a mysterious man. In th ...


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The Devil’s Daughter

Harriet confronts the aristocratic Marquis of Capel about his duties towards his three young wards, and his obvious neglect. However, her timing could not be worse, resulting in th ...


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Sea Change

It is the year 1803 and England and France are barely at peace. When captain Oliver Westland of the British Navy is left by the admiral’s daughter, he seeks consolation and propose ...


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Lady in Danger

When Miss Emma Crayle suddenly found herself at the bedside of the wealthy Sir Adrian Denver, she received a most unexpected invitation of marriage to the man. How could she refuse ...


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The Keys of the Castle

Judith was still battling a cold when her friend Ann took her to recover at her godmother’s a glorious castle on the Northumbrian coast. What seemed like the perfect getaway for re ...


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Flower for a Bride

Lois Fairchild ends up becoming he governess to the son of Dom Julyan, a charming and wealthy Portuguese widower. Yet not everyone is happy about Lois staying at Quinta de Valerira ...


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The Uncertain Glory

When Linnet Kintyre nursed the alluring Guy Monteith through his bout of malaria in London, she tied herself to him in more ways than one. Guy wished to marry her, and indeed almos ...


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Love in Sunlight

Josie Winter ad the pleasurable task of nursing the lovely Dr. Michael Duveen as his private nurse at his friend’s place in Spain. The family friend turned out to be the charming M ...