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Suuri illusioni

Mika Waltarin kiihkeä läpimurtoromaani vuodelta 1928. Suuri illusioni kuvaa kulttuurinnälkäisten nuorten ystäväpiiriä kieltolain, salakapakoiden ja jazzin täyttämässä Helsingissä j ...


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Jerry of the Islands

Jack London infamously wrote books about fantastic dogs and ‘Jerry of the Islands’ is no exception. Jerry is an English Terrier who lives a life coloured by the rough and racist vi ...


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Great Expectations II

There could only ever be three reasons as to why you find yourself reading this text. 1: You finished and liked part 1 and want to continue the story.2: The hummus on your finger b ...


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A Daughter of the Vine

Originally serialised in a magazine under the title ‘The Randolphs of Redwood: A Romance’, Gertrude Atherton’s ‘A Daughter of the Vine’ was published as a full-length book in 1899. ...


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Ancestors

A group of aging, aristocratic English ladies have decided to take a trip to America. They plan to travel across it and see the beauty of America’s varied landscapes for themselves ...


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Black Oxen

First published in 1923 ‘Black Oxen’ is one of feminist author Gertrude Atherton’s most famous and most controversial novels. Set in New York during the 1920s, it tells the story o ...


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Mrs. Balfame

Enid Balfame is a respectable, middle-aged woman, who lives a quiet life in a peaceful, sleepy small town. As her marriage turns sour, Enid can see only one way out – a solution to ...


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Rezanov

‘Rezanov’ is an historical romance by the popular feminist author Gertrude Atherton. Nikolai Rezanov, a Russian privy councillor and grand chamberlain to Alexander the First of Rus ...


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Senator North

Independent and beautiful, when young Betty Madison encounters politicians including the rising star Senator North, she makes quite an impression. Despite her restless nature, Bett ...


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Sleeping Fires

Set in the high-society of 1860s San Francisco, ‘Sleeping Fires’ by famous feminist author Gertrude Atherton is a tale of love and resentment and an exploration of the moral and so ...


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The Travelling Thirds

The upper-class Moulton family are travelling across Europe together. Mr Moulton, his daughter Lydia and his cousin Catalina are keen to travel third-class to Spain, in order to ex ...


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The White Morning

German Countess Gisela Neibuhr is feeling decidedly disappointed with the course her country appears to be going in. A talented writer, Gisela decides to rebel the only way she kno ...


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Wives and Daughters

Young Molly Gibson is the daughter of the widowed Dr Gibson. She has been brought up by her father, but as Molly approaches adulthood Dr Gibson foresees trouble ahead, and Molly’s ...


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Two Stories

"Perhaps it was the middle of January in the present that I first looked up and saw the mark on the wall."'The Mark on the Wall' is about a woman sitting in her chair, starring at ...


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Kew Gardens

'Doesn't one always think of the past, in a garden with men and women lying under the trees? Aren't they one's past, all that remains of it, those men and women, those ghosts lying ...


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Abeniki Caldwell

The terrifying outcast Abeniki Caldwell wins the love of the beautiful Lady Berenice after the events of a dark and dangerous night. Her father forbids the marriage, insistent that ...


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Eight Girls and a Dog

‘Eight Girls and a Dog’ is a children’s book from popular American author Carolyn Wells. Eight friends from the Blue Ribbon Cooking Club decide to holiday together for a month in a ...


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Face Cards

In Connecticut, Clearman Court has been renovated by its current owner, Stephen Clearman. An unusual character, Stephen has a penchant for wearing strange masks which he believes w ...


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Faulkner's Folly

‘Faulkner’s Folly’ is the second book in the ‘Alan Ford’ series of detective novels by prolific author Carolyn Wells. In Long Island, artist Eric Stannard is found stabbed to death ...


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In The Onyx Lobby

In the Campanile Apartment building in the heart of Manhattan, wealthy resident Sir Herbert Binney has been found dead in the lobby. The only clue to the crime is a mysterious scra ...


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More Lives Than One

First published in 1923 ‘More Lives Than One’ by author Carolyn Wells is the first in the ‘Lorimer Lane’ detective series. In a bohemian part of 1920s New York, a woman is murdered ...


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The Bride Of A Moment

First published in 1916 ‘The Bride of a Moment’ is the first of two works by author Carolyn Wells which follow the exploits of gentleman detective Alan Ford. In the town of Bascomb ...


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Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday

Inspired by the book 'Robinson Crusoe,' a young boy named Barty decides that he, too, wants his own deserted island.One day he goes out to the forest where he meets the Good Wolf, ...


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Esmeralda

Esmeralda Rogers is a simple farm girl in North Carolina in love with her neighbour David. But when the discovery of iron ore on their farm suddenly makes the family wealthy, Esmer ...


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Haworth's

Twenty years ago, a young runaway boy named Jem Haworth collapsed in the snow in front of a foundry. Today, he runs the foundry that now bears his name. Now the wealthy Mr. Ffrenc ...