Books tagged with Fiction[812 found]
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Tales of Folk and Fairies
by Katharine Pyle
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A delightful collection of magical tales where fairies, clever heroes, and enchanted creatures bring wonder and lessons to life. Full of charm and imagination, each story invites readers into a world of whimsy, adventure, and timeless folklore.
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Wounds in the Rain: War Stories
by Joseph Conrad
Amid steamy ports and gunboat patrols in a distant colonial war, sailors, officers, and exiles face ambush, fever, and moral fatigue. Through tense skirmishes, botched missions, and brief flashes of grace, these linked tales expose the hollow heroics of empire and the quiet courage it takes simply to endure and remain human.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A brilliant but desperate scientist renders himself invisible and discovers it frees him from consequence—and from his own humanity. Hunted through snowy villages and London streets, he turns to theft, terror, and a scheme for dominion. As friends recoil and enemies multiply, a final, chilling pursuit asks whether a man can vanish without losing his soul.
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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
An explorer stumbles into a hidden valley where every inhabitant is blind—and discovers that sight can be a curse. Around this fable of power and perception gather uncanny tales: meteors that redraw the skies, doors that open into lost Edens, and ants that wage imperial war. Each story tilts the familiar until it feels wonderfully, dangerously new.
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
An eager anarchist pockets a vial he thinks will loose plague on London an orchid drinks its keeper an explorer nurses a prehistoric egg a man wakes with another’s life in his veins an experiment hurls a schoolmaster sideways from the world. These quick, uncanny tales turn laboratories and drawing rooms into thresholds where curiosity slips into terror and wonder.
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The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
One peaceful English county is shattered when metal cylinders fall from the sky and unfold into towering tripods armed with heat rays and poison gas. As cities burn and refugees choke the roads, an ordinary man fights to find his family, while humanity’s pride crumbles before an invading intelligence that barely notices us.
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The World Set Free
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
An eccentric king, visionary scientists and terrified civilians watch the dawn of a new power: artificial radioactivity that can level cities yet promises endless energy. As airborne wars ignite and continents burn, scattered survivors struggle to forge a fragile world-state out of the ashes before humanity finishes its extinction.
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Twelve Stories and a Dream
by H. G. Wells
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
We slip through a dozen strange tales and one lingering vision: anxious clerks bargaining with fate, lovers warped by time, cursed objects, alien visitations and nightmares that refuse to end. Blending satire, romance and quiet horror, each story nudges reality sideways, hinting that the everyday world is far less solid than it seems.
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The Adventures of Elizabeth in RĂĽgen
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
A young woman embarks on a charming and introspective journey through the island of RĂĽgen. Along the way, she discovers beauty, friendship, and the subtle joys and lessons of travel, self-discovery, and personal growth.
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In the Mountains
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A young woman retreats to the mountains to escape society and find solitude, reflection, and freedom. Through encounters with nature, local people, and her own thoughts, she discovers humor, insight, and the quiet joys of independent living.
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Penelope's Progress
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen
Three witty American friends decamp to the Scottish Highlands, turning sketchbook notes into misadventures: lodging scrapes, stern kirk mornings, peat fires, rainy picnics, and courtly—if confusing—romances. With barbed charm and generous heart, the narrator discovers how pride, poetry, and hospitality reshape her notions of love, class, and home.
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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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