Books tagged with Fiction[970 found]
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Youth: A Narrative
by Joseph Conrad
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
An aging sea captain recalls the voyage that shaped his spirit: a leaky coal ship, fire in the hold, storms, delays, and the stubborn hope of a green young officer. In the chaos of machinery and sea, he remembers the reckless confidence of early manhood and how one disastrous journey forged it into lasting courage he still treasures.
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Whilomville Stories
by Stephen Crane
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
In a scruffy little American town, boys test courage in street brawls, secret clubs, and dangerous dares, while adults blunder through pride, gossip, and small cruelties. Through mishaps both comic and painful, childhood innocence collides with harsh lessons, revealing how character is forged in skinned knees and stubborn hearts.
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The Escape of Alice: A Christmas Fantasy
by Vincent Starrett
Categories: Fiction » Fantasy
On a snowy Christmas Eve, a curious girl slips out of her famous pages into a bustling modern city. With a bemused bibliophile as guide, she tumbles through shop windows, tea rooms, and newspaper offices, trading riddles with Wonderland acquaintances and holiday ghosts. Streetlamps glow like lanterns of dream as whimsy, satire, and tenderness turn the winter night into a door back to wonder.
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Revolt of the Outworlds
by Stephen Marlowe
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
Far from the comfortable Inner Worlds, the mining colonies seethe under corporate rule. When a decorated pilot is sent to crush a budding rebellion, he uncovers a conspiracy pitting Earth’s profiteers against a frontier fighting to breathe. Hunted by his own command and shadowed by pirate fleets, he must choose—ignite a war that could free the outworlds or burn them all.
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The Silver Key
by H. P. Lovecraft
Middle-aged dreamer Randolph Carter finds the gates of wonder closed waking life tastes of dust, and his visions have fled. A cryptic heirloom—a silver key and a Latin riddle—promises a way back. Tracing ancestral clues to a moonlit cavern, he risks self and time, opening a door to childhood and to dream-realms where memory and identity unravel.
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From the Car Behind
by Eleanor M. Ingram
Categories: Fiction » Romance
A gripping tale of suspense and intrigue, it follows characters caught in unexpected danger while traveling. Tension, quick thinking, and courage drive the story as secrets unfold and every moment becomes a test of wits and survival.
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The Flying Mercury
by Eleanor M. Ingram
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Roaring engines, dust, and danger chase a reckless young magnate who stakes his fortune on a brand-new racing car and a daring publicity run. With a sharp-witted stenographer as ally, he battles rival factories, roadside sabotage, and his own pride on hairpin roads. Speed becomes a test of character as the finish line promises not just victory, but a future worth braking for.
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The April Baby's Book of Tunes
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A collection of reflective and vivid sketches capturing everyday life, human quirks, and the natural world. Through humor, observation, and insight, each piece offers a glimpse into character, society, and the subtle dramas of ordinary moments.
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Recruit for Andromeda
by Stephen Marlowe
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A restless young man is singled out by a shadowy interstellar service and hurled into rigorous training, mind-bending tests, and missions on worlds where gravity, time, and loyalty feel different. As he learns to read alien motives and survive political traps, a deeper secret about his origin emerges—forcing a choice between the planet that shaped him and the wider destiny that claims him.
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Quest of the Golden Ape
by Stephen Marlowe
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A man from Earth is haunted by dreams of a radiant woman and a jungle world ruled by cruel sorcery. Drawn across dimensions, he awakens to a lost heritage and a perilous hunt for a mythical golden ape whose secret can topple tyrants. With rebels, telepaths, and blade duels in alien temples, he must claim his destiny—or watch two worlds fall.
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Love
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Romance
A tender and witty exploration of the heart, where romance, misunderstandings, and the complexities of human emotion intertwine. Through unexpected encounters and intimate reflections, the story examines the joys, challenges, and surprising twists that love brings to life.
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Through the Gates of the Silver Key
by H. P. Lovecraft
Dream-haunted Randolph Carter returns to the strange silver key that once opened his childhood visions, only to find it can unlock far more than memory. Passing through alien gates of space, time and identity, he confronts inhuman gods, monstrous futures and a shattering truth about who—or what—has been dreaming his life all along.
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The History of Mr. Polly
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
A dyspeptic draper with a gift for mangled words and mounting debts stumbles through sacked jobs, a misfired marriage, and one spectacular blaze, until flight from suburbia lands him at a riverside inn and a second chance. Skirmishes with a bully and his own cowardice teach him that escape isn’t enough reinvention—comic, risky, unexpectedly tender—can make an ordinary life fit to live.
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The War in the Air
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A bicycle mechanic is swept into a global conflict when fleets of airships and flying machines unleash a new kind of warfare. From burning cities to ruined empires, he witnesses civilization collapse almost overnight, as human ingenuity in the sky becomes the engine of terror, chaos, and a perilous, uncertain future for everyone left alive.
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Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
Follow the journey of a humble young man whose innocence and curiosity lead him through love, society, and unexpected opportunity. As he navigates personal growth and social change, he discovers the joys, challenges, and complexities of life with warmth and insight.
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Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
Six young women navigate friendship, challenges, and unexpected adventures under one roof. Through humor, lessons, and growing independence, their lives intertwine in a charming story of courage, curiosity, and the joys and trials of youth.
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
Two eccentric scientists brew a nutrient that makes life grow without limit. Soon hens, weeds, rats—and children—swell to monstrous size, turning farms into jungles and towns into battlegrounds. As frightened authorities move to crush the “giants,” a new generation refuses to shrink back. A darkly comic fable of invention, fear, and the price of progress when growth becomes destiny.
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Captain June
by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
In Yokohama, a lively six-year-old American orphan, reeling from loss, navigates life with a stern missionary aunt. Amid Japan’s cherry blossoms and bustling harbors, he befriends local children, sparking daring adventures. This enchanting tale of resilience and cross-cultural bonds celebrates youth’s boundless imagination, where play and friendship heal the heart.
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Tales of Space and Time
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A collection of imaginative stories that journey through the wonders and perils of science, time, and the cosmos. From strange worlds to human ambition, each tale explores the limits of knowledge, the consequences of discovery, and the mysteries of existence.
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The Pastor's Wife
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A devoted pastor’s wife navigates love, duty, and social expectations in a small community. Through personal trials and quiet reflection, the story explores resilience, compassion, and the delicate balance between selfhood and service.
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