Books tagged with Fiction[219 found]
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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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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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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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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 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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Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
A heartwarming collection of stories capturing courage, kindness, and human resilience. From personal struggles to acts of bravery and compassion, the tales explore how ordinary people face challenges, form bonds, and find strength in unexpected places.
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The Honorable Percival
by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
A spoiled young aristocrat, bred for clubs and idle compliments, is shipped off to the Far East to keep him out of scandals. On a liner crowded with missionaries, traders, and one disarmingly frank American girl, shipboard pranks turn to peril, pride to purpose. Storms, snobs, and a last bold choice teach him that honor is earned, and love demands more than a title.
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
In a shabby but lively neighborhood, an optimistic mother faces poverty with laughter, wit, and unshakable faith. Through hardship and humor, she lifts those around her, proving that love, hope, and a cheerful spirit can turn even the humblest patch of life into a garden of joy and generosity.
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Lovey Mary
by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
A heartwarming story of a spirited young girl whose charm, courage, and kindness transform the lives of those around her. Through trials, friendships, and small-town adventures, she discovers the power of optimism, resilience, and the simple joys that shape a meaningful life.
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The Shunned House
by H. P. Lovecraft
In a moldering Providence home, a century of sickness and whispers points to something buried in the foundations. Two investigators—armed with diaries, chemistry, and sheer stubbornness—descend into the cellar where fungus blooms like stars and the air itself seems hungry. What they awaken crawls through bloodlines, and the only cure may be fire before dawn.
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The Duck-footed Hound
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
When a backwoods boy adopts a gangly pup with splayed, webbed feet, the local hunters laugh—until the hound’s uncanny nose and swamp-born stride turn ridicule into rivalry. As floods rise and a brazen poacher raids the game-rich marsh, boy and dog give chase through cane and cypress, learning grit, trust, and what it takes to stand against danger when no one else will.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A curious girl tumbles down a rabbit hole into a whimsical world of talking animals, mad tea parties, and a tyrannical queen. Navigating absurd riddles and surreal trials, she grapples with identity and logic in a topsy-turvy realm. A fantastical journey of wit, wonder, and the boundless imagination of childhood
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Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A bored little girl steps through a mirror into a world where chess pieces talk, time moves backward, and logic ties itself in knots. Racing to become a queen, she meets battle-ready insects, quarrelsome twins, and melancholy poets, until one last, topsy-turvy banquet forces her to question what is real and who is dreaming.
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Rescue Dog of the High Pass
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
In the snowbound Alps, a headstrong boy seeks to prove himself at a lonely mountain hospice where massive dogs are trained to find lost travelers. When storms unleash avalanches and smugglers stalk the pass, he must earn a brave hound’s trust, outwit danger, and lead a desperate rescue—discovering that courage means serving others when every step could be your last.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
A spooky and captivating tale set in a quiet village, where superstition, fear, and a mysterious rider collide. Blending humor and suspense, it follows a schoolteacher’s encounter with legend, revealing the power of imagination, rumor, and the unknown.
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