The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories

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From black cats to baseball, detectives to dance contests—all are found in this collection of short stories packed with Wodehouse's trademark hilarity and a dash of romance and heart.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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"Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!"

Perhaps the most beloved Christmas novel ever, Dickens' classic tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his visitation by the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future is a must-read for the holiday season.

The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

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A sweeping, dramatic adventure novel—a fictionalized telling of the exploits of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in their fight for Scotland's freedom in the 14th century.

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

Thackeray's most famous novel, a satire of early 19th-century British society, centering around the machinations of the ambitious and unscrupulous Becky Sharp, a young woman determine to make her way in society by whatever means possible.

Quality Street by J.M. Barrie

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In this delightful stage play set in Regency England, a woman masquerades as her own (fictional) niece in order to teach a neglectful suitor a lesson—but finds her situation becoming more and more complicated as inquisitive neighbors grow insistently curious for a sight of the imaginary young lady!

A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

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A charming collection of Stevenson's poems for children, on subjects such as bedtime, play, imagination, and the outdoors. The "with images" version of the Project Gutenberg edition includes illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith.

Teddy's Button by Amy Le Feuvre

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Little Teddy Platt treasures a button from the uniform of his soldier father who died in battle, and longs to be a soldier himself one day—but with the help of the minister Mr. Upton, he also learns to enlist under the banner of the Lord and fight the battle of spiritual warfare against his own worst enemies within.

A Room With a View by E.M. Forster

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While vacationing in Italy, young English girl Lucy Honeychurch is introduced to the Emersons, father and son, whom her traveling companion Miss Bartlett views as beneath them. Once back in England, their paths cross again, and Lucy finds herself torn between an eligible suitor and unsettling feelings for young George Emerson.

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

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Fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, the spoiled, obnoxious son of a millionaire, falls overboard from an ocean liner and is picked up by a fishing schooner—and for the first time in his life, stranded far from everything he knows, is forced to work for his living and learn to get along with his companions. A classic sea adventure tale, full of humor and vivid, memorable characters.

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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A nobleman's nephew begins to entertain unsettling suspicions of his uncle's lovely young second wife after the mysterious disappearance of a man who was on his way to see her. Who is Lady Audley, really, and what is she hiding? An entertaining Victorian suspense novel with an engrossing trail of clues to follow.

The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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In this classic 18th-century satire, a comedy of mixed identities results when Captain Jack Absolute's father announces that he wants to arrange a marriage for him...with the very same girl Jack has been secretly courting under an assumed name. The most hilarious scene-stealing character is Mrs. Malaprop, whose constant misuse of words led to the coining of the term "malapropism" after her name!

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

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When her family moves from their home in southern England to the bleak northern industrial town of Milton, Margaret Hale's first impressions of her new home—and of mill owner John Thornton—are not pleasant. Thornton is drawn to her despite her dislike of him, but there seems no end to the conflict between them...

Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley

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A splendid novel of adventure in the Elizabethan era, following an unforgettable band of English explorers as they combat spies at home, trail an enemy to the uncharted new world of South America, and eventually face a final reckoning in the battle with the Spanish Armada.

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

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There, in the middle of the broad bright high-road—there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven—stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments...
A suspenseful, melodramatic Victorian page-turner, narrated in turn by a succession of different characters caught up in a sinister plot surrounding the mysterious, troubled woman in white. Once started, you won't be able to put it down!

The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge

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A lovely old-fashioned piece of children's historical fiction based on the life of Richard the Fearless, who becomes Duke of Normandy as a young boy and must face the challenges of growing up as well as political enemies.

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

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Three English friends decide to take a two-week boating trip on the Thames—what could possibly go wrong? This chronicle of their adventures, mishaps and digressions along the way is laugh-out-loud funny.

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope

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Trollope's keen, low-key satire of 19th-century English high society and business centers around a wealthy financier of slightly doubtful origin, who nevertheless is able to persuade more and more prominent men to invest in his schemes, and whose daughter becomes the prize for those looking to make a wealthy match. Subplots and supporting characters also abound in this hefty, interesting Victorian novel.

My review of this book.

Wild Card Wednesday: The Complete Works of Jane Austen

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Today's Wild Card Wednesday features the complete works of another well-beloved author (whose complete works are well worth reading). Note that the large file from Project Gutenberg will probably take a long time to download. A search of the Kindle Store reveals many different inexpensive edition of Austen's complete works, but I have not tried out any of them and therefore can't say which has the best formatting (if you have a recommendation to make, let us know in the comments section!).

Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim

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A delightful little book, told entirely through the sprightly letters of a German girl to a young Englishman. Though their relationship to each other undergoes changes during the course of the book, Rose-Marie's perceptive, often humorous and sometimes bittersweet chronicling of the ups and downs of her life is the book's center and its chief charm.

First Plays by A.A. Milne

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This volume includes five delightful, witty early plays—three one-act plays, including "Wurzel-Flummery," in which a rich man's bequest comes with an eccentric condition; and two three-act plays, including "The Lucky One," which contains the most real drama out of the lot. (Don't miss Milne's introduction, which is just as entertaining as the plays themselves.)