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New Atlantis

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

Explore New Atlantis through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Utopias -- Early works t...

Utopias -- Early works to 1800
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Ninety-Three

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Delano, Aline, 1845-1928 [Translator]

Explore Ninety-Three through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “France -- History -- Rev...

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction
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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

Explore Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edi...

Nursing
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On Some Fossil Remains of Man

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

Explore On Some Fossil Remains of Man through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Human b...

Human beingsApesEthnology
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On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

Darwin builds an explanation by connecting observations from breeding, variation and the distribution of living things. Read a selected argument as part of...

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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700Ballads, English -- TextsRomances, English -- History and criticism
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700Ballads, English -- TextsRomances, English -- History and criticism
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 3 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 3 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700Ballads, English -- TextsRomances, English -- History and criticism
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Robur the Conqueror

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Explore Robur the Conqueror through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Science fiction”....

Science fictionAeronautics -- Fiction
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Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England

Hudson, Henry Norman, 1814-1886

Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England — English source edition....

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- CharactersShakespeare, William, 1564-1616English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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