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Mademoiselle Fifi

"Something that he was going to say was cut short in his throat, and he sat there with his mouth half open and a terrible look in his eyes."A group of vulgar and disrespectful Prus ...


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One Dollar's Worth

Judge Derwent dotes on his daughter, Nancy. So when he receives a letter in the mail threatening Nancy's life, he immediately springs into an investigation. Attorney Littlefield as ...


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The Venturers

Foster is bored of New York City. It seems impossible, but it's true. He has been forced to turn to his own imaginary world to escape the monotony. Until he meets Ives. Eccentric, ...


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The Pride of the Cities

A man moves from Nevada to New York, tired of his old life and hungry for change. He immediately meets a man completely enamored by Nevada's charm. They enter into a heated debate ...


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Compliments of the Season

Fuzzy the homeless drunkard is infamous. What most people aren't aware of though, is his kind heart. When he finds a tattered rag doll lying in the snow, he realises that it belong ...


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The Robe of Peace

Johnny Bellchambers is one of the wealthiest men in New York. His outlandish style is famous across all of America. But one day he disappears without a trace. A kidnapping? Alien a ...


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The Marionettes

Dr. James is respectable, dependable, and kind. Mr. Chandler is vulgar, violent, and rude. A chance encounter between the two sets a series of events in motion that are bound to ch ...


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The Unknown Quantity

Receiving large sums of money is never without its challenges and Dan's situation is no exception. When he inherits an impossible amount of money from his father, he is over the mo ...


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The Gold That Glittered

General Falcon casts his ship's anchor at Pier No. 55, close to the Spanish-Amerian colony in Columbia. He disembarks and heads towards a shady hotel with the intention of engaging ...


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Luna Benamor

First published in 1909, ‘Luna Benamor’ is a collection of short stories by the renowned Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The titular tale tells of an impossible love story be ...


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Our Sea

Set during WWI, ‘Our Sea’ (or ‘Mare Nostrum’) is a moving romance by Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Working as a secret agent for the Nazis, Freya Talberg makes a potentiall ...


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The Poor Clare

A gothic short story from the hugely popular Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, ‘The Poor Clare’ was first published as part of a serial in ‘Household Words’ a weekly magazine edi ...


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The Half-Brothers

A tragic short story from much-loved Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, ‘The Half-Brothers’ is a tale of love and rejection. Unloved and spurned by his stepfather, Gregory is trea ...


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The Doom of the Griffiths

‘The Doom of the Griffiths’ is a haunting short story by the acclaimed Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. A long-forgotten curse was placed upon the Griffiths family by the last n ...


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Daddy-Long-Legs

Young orphan Judy Abbott’s life is turned upside down following an unexpected message. An anonymous benefactor has offered to pay for Judy to attend college on one condition – she ...


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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

When sixteen years John T. Unger leaves for a vacation with a wealthy school mate of his, he doesn’t know yet what he is about to encounter. His school friend’s family is not only ...


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Sevastopol Sketches

Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Sevastopol Sketches’ is a series of three semi-autobiographical short stories which are based on his own recollections and experiences of the Crimean War. As a youn ...


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The Avalanche

First published in 1919, ‘The Avalanche’ by Gertrude Atherton is set in San Francisco following a devastating earthquake. Young Price Ruyler is struggling to keep the California br ...


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The Californians

First published in 1898, ‘The Californians’ depicts life in California at the turn of the century. As California undergoes a period of rapid change and diversification, so too do t ...


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The Doomswoman

Published in 1893, and set against a backdrop of violence between Mexico and the United States, this is a passionate and compelling love story from famous American author Gertrude ...


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The Gorgeous Isle

Set on the Caribbean Island of Nevis, ‘The Gorgeous Isle’ by Gertrude Atherton follows the story of Byam Warner, a poet and an alcoholic who is slowly drinking himself to an early ...


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That Affair at Elizabeth

Published in 1907 ‘That Affair at Elizabeth’ is a detective novel set in turn of the century New York City. When bride-to-be Marcia disappears just hours before her wedding, friend ...


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White Heat

Karin was aboard the Ariadne ship to Australia, having the time of her life. Not only was her employer a darling, but she had a flock of admirers to keep at bay. If she could have ...


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Sweet Barbary

Catherine should have known better when she met the exciting David Barrington that he was trouble. He was handsome and rich and made her visit to Morocco all the more thrilling. Ye ...


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Star Creek

When Helen’s father dies, she more than welcomes the care of her father’s old friend Roger Trelawnce. She even gets to stay at his lovely manor in Cornwall. Yet her feelings for hi ...