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Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir of a high-bred horse named Black Beauty.
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Delve into the captivating life-story of Marie Sukloff, a Russian peasant turned political activist. Sukloffs journey is far from ordinary; she executed an assassination attempt on a Russian governor notorious for his violent atrocities against the...
Discover the inspiring journey of Clarissa Harlowe Barton in Volume 2 of her biography. Born on Christmas Day in 1821, Barton was a formidable figure in American history who wore many hats - a self-taught nurse, a teacher, a patent clerk and most...
Before he started writing novels, Charles Dickens tried his hand at theater. The Village Coquettes is a two act musical. Sadly the music was lost long ago so this will be a spoken version.
The Death of Ivan Ilyitch is the story of a socially ambitious judge who contracts an unexplained illness. As Ivan Ilyitch is forced to face the death he fears, he asks himself whether the life he thought was so correct was, in fact a moral life after all
Joseph Warren was one of the popular leaders of Boston during the early stage of the American Revolution. He grasped its basis idea of civil freedom, and aimed to impress on the public mind its dignity and glory. By ten years of devotion to the patriot cause, he rose to be the head of public affairs in Massachusetts, and became one of the most prominent chara…
