Books tagged with Fiction[940 found]
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The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
An eccentric inventor hurtles into Earth’s far future and finds a sunlit Eden of childlike Eloi, hunted at night by the subterranean Morlocks. Searching for his stolen machine, he descends into tunnels of industry and hunger, glimpses the world’s dying seas, and races home with a stark warning about comfort, class, and how progress can devour its makers.
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The Flag-Raising
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Literature
In a one-room schoolhouse, a spirited teacher and her mischievous pupils plan the village’s first flag-raising. Pranks collide with pride as shy singers, stubborn selectmen, and a reformed scamp pull together for the ceremony. Laughter, scrapes, and a swelling hymn turn a simple pole into a promise—and a small town into a community.
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A Village Stradivarius
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
In a quiet New England village, a gifted young violin maker crafts instruments of unmatched beauty in his humble workshop. Living in poverty, his genius echoes a legendary master. As whispers of his talent spread, tempting offers of fame test his solitary devotion. This tender tale of passion and sacrifice explores the enduring power of art and the choice between quiet craft and worldly acclaim.
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Mother Carey's Chickens
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
In a warm New England home, a brave widow and her spirited children face hardship with humor, courage, and love. Through trials, laughter, and the kindness of strangers, they learn that true wealth lies not in money, but in family, friendship, and the steadfast hope that brightens even the darkest days.
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New Chronicles of Rebecca
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen
Returning to her beloved village, a spirited young girl faces the trials of growing up with wit, heart, and imagination. Through small triumphs, mischief, and moments of deep insight, she learns that kindness, courage, and dreams can turn ordinary life into something extraordinary.
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Penelope's Experiences in Scotland
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Three plucky American friends journey north of the border, swapping London fog for heathered hills, ruined castles, and curling mists. Their sketchbook of mishaps—wayward guides, bracing kirk sermons, baffling dialects, and unexpected suitors—becomes a warm, witty love letter to Scotland, where friendship deepens, pride softens, and romance steals in like a Highland breeze.
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Penelope's English Experiences
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Three American friends cross the Atlantic in search of cathedrals, teacups, and a dash of romance, only to discover that English manners are as tricky as London fog. Between mishaps in hotels, misunderstandings with suitors, and delightfully sharp observations, a witty traveler chronicles how curiosity—and a stubbornly hopeful heart—turns every faux pas into adventure.
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The Diary of a Goose Girl
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
An American abroad takes a summer post herding geese on an English farm, keeping a sprightly diary of mud-splashed lessons, quarrelsome ganders, and neighbors who trade gossip like currency. Between market-days and May-day revels she finds unexpected pride in honest work—and a tender romance that waddles into her path—discovering how a small village can enlarge a heart.
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The Village Watch-Tower
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Educational
From the window of a hilltop cottage, a lonely woman watches the life of a New England village unfold—loves begun at the gate, quarrels patched on the road, secrets whispered at the post office. In gossip, laughter, and small sorrows, she discovers how deeply she belongs to the people she only observes, and how they shape her heart.
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The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Romance
Four strangers, each starved for warmth and kindness, escape a gray London spring by renting a medieval Italian castle above the sea. Under wisteria and sunlit terraces, marriages are tested, illusions shed, and improbable friendships take root. In the enchanted light of April, desire softens into hope, and hard hearts learn to open.
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Ladies-In-Waiting
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
A charming and insightful tale of young women navigating society, friendship, and personal growth. Through humor, romance, and thoughtful observation, it explores manners, aspirations, and the delicate balance of character and ambition in their everyday lives.
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Christine
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Historical
Told through heartfelt letters, this moving story follows a young woman studying abroad as she witnesses the world on the brink of war. Her observations of culture, love, and loss paint a vivid picture of innocence challenged by the harsh realities of a changing Europe.
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Christopher and Columbus
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Two spirited twin sisters, stranded far from home at the outbreak of war, embark on a daring adventure across continents. With wit, charm, and unshakable optimism, they navigate new friendships, cultural clashes, and the search for belonging in a world turned upside down.
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Elizabeth and Her German Garden
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A charming and witty diary of a woman’s life in the countryside, this story celebrates nature, solitude, and small pleasures. Through her observations of her garden, neighbors, and daily routines, it captures humor, reflection, and the delight of simple, independent living.
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The Solitary Summer
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Vowing to spend one summer in blessed solitude, a witty, weary woman withdraws to her rambling garden in the country. Among roses, bees, rainstorms and unruly children, she keeps a candid journal of mornings alone, awkward callers, marital truce, and hard-won peace. Nature’s rhythms and sly humor turn irritation into wonder, revealing how quiet can replant a life.
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Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches
by Hector H. Munro
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
From snowbound trains to gilded salons, a mercilessly witty observer skewers cant, class, and credulity in crisp sketches that slip from drawing-room farce to little shocks of cruelty. Priests, princes, aunts, and aesthetes all fall to his epigrams, while travel misadventures and social skirmishes reveal the elegant savagery of manners—and the joke that always lands with claws.
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Reginald
by Hector H. Munro
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
A devastatingly witty young man drifts through drawing rooms, garden parties, and country-house weekends, tossing epigrams like grenades. With insolent charm he punctures piety, meddles in romances, and turns petty scandals into art. These razor-edged sketches of Edwardian society revel in mischief, elegance, and the perilous sport of saying exactly the wrong thing beautifully.
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The Chronicles of Clovis
by Hector H. Munro
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
Meet a delightfully wicked young man who prowls Edwardian drawing rooms and country weekends, detonating pranks and epigrams that expose the vanity of hosts, bishops, and bored aristocrats. These razor-short tales skewer social pretension with icy wit, beasts and scandals colliding in elegant gardens, where every courtesy hides a trap and every ending snaps like a mousetrap.
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When William Came
by Hector H. Munro
Categories: Fiction » Politics
In a quietly conquered Britain, citizens wake to find their island absorbed into a foreign empire, its language, laws, and loyalties rewritten from above. Amid salons, clubs, and drawing rooms, some adapt for comfort while others quietly seethe, weighing safety against sacrifice as they debate whether resistance is noble—or hopeless.
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The Westminster Alice
by Hector H. Munro
Categories: Fiction » Politics
A curious little girl drifts not through Wonderland but through Westminster, where Cabinet ministers grow and shrink like playing cards and debates turn into nonsense tea parties. With nursery-rhyme logic and razor wit, each encounter slyly tears the mask from pompous leaders and shows politics as a dazzling, dangerous joke.
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