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A Bride of a Summer’s Day by Catherine Louisa Pirkis

A Bride of a Summer’s Day

Catherine Louisa Pirkis

A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse

A Damsel in Distress

P. G. Wodehouse · 1900

A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac

A Daughter of Eve

Honoré de Balzac · 1895

A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe · 1722

A Man Could Stand Up— by Ford Madox Ford

A Man Could Stand Up—

Ford Madox Ford · 1926

A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy

A Pair of Blue Eyes

Thomas Hardy · 1873

A Popular Schoolgirl by Angela Brazil

A Popular Schoolgirl

Angela Brazil · 1920

A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac

A Start in Life

Honoré de Balzac · 1895

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Henry David Thoreau · 1849

Adam’s Breed by Radclyffe Hall

Adam’s Breed

Radclyffe Hall · 1926

After the Divorce by Grazia Deledda

After the Divorce

Grazia Deledda · 1905

Allan Quatermain Stories by H. Rider Haggard

Allan Quatermain Stories

H. Rider Haggard

Almayer’s Folly by Joseph Conrad

Almayer’s Folly

Joseph Conrad · 1890

Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies

Amaryllis at the Fair

Richard Jefferies · 1887

Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

Anna of the Five Towns

Arnold Bennett · 1902

Armed with Madness by Mary Butts

Armed with Madness

Mary Butts · 1928

Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster

Aspects of the Novel

E. M. Forster · 1927

Aurora Floyd by M. E. Braddon

Aurora Floyd

M. E. Braddon · 1863

Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe

Barriers Burned Away

Edward Payson Roe · 1872

Bellarion the Fortunate by Rafael Sabatini

Bellarion the Fortunate

Rafael Sabatini · 1926

Bertram Cope’s Year by Henry Blake Fuller

Bertram Cope’s Year

Henry Blake Fuller · 1919

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Bleak House

Charles Dickens · 1853

Brewster’s Millions by George Barr McCutcheon

Brewster’s Millions

George Barr McCutcheon · 1902

Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester

Brown on Resolution

C. S. Forester · 1929