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831 public-domain american literature books, summarised. Page 18 of 18.
Spinning-Wheel Stories
Louisa May Alcott
A snowbound family gathers around a whirring spinning wheel during winter vacation to hear fireside tales of brave children, historic struggles, and quiet everyday triumphs.
The Guardian Angel
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bound by the dark shadow of her lineage, a spirited young woman must escape the spiritual and emotional traps set by local schemers to secure her own sanity and freedom.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851
Various
A mid-nineteenth-century literary compendium gathers serialized fiction, European politics, polar exploration, fine arts, and social commentary into a single vibrant cross-section of mid-century intellectual life.
Mark Twain's Letters
Mark Twain
A young printer leaves his Missouri home to wander through a series of restless trades, mailing raw, unvarnished dispatches to his family whenever he finds enough light to write by.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
Richard Harding Davis
To live at the absolute center of one's era requires an appetite for action, a devotion to family, and an unshakeable belief that the world is waiting to be documented.
International Short Stories: American
Unknown
This anthology gathers two centuries of distinctively American voices, capturing a nation's shifting landscapes, social anxieties, and eccentric humor through the intimate lens of short fiction.
Hawthorne and His Circle
Julian Hawthorne
A son’s affectionate memoir captures the domestic intimacies, literary friendships, and European travels that shaped one of nineteenth-century America’s most celebrated authors.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George Edward Woodberry
A solitary boy walks the pine woods of Maine, grows into an obscure ghost in a Salem attic, and eventually shapes the moral imagination of a nation.
The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
A teenage boy inadvertently summons an elemental force through his electrical experiments, receiving a suite of unbelievable futuristic gadgets that hurl him into a whirlwind global adventure.
The Touchstone
Edith Wharton
Desperate for money to marry the woman he loves, a struggling young lawyer sells the intimate private letters of a deceased famous novelist who once adored him.
Clotelle
William Wells Brown
Born into the shadow of systemic bondage, a daughter of mixed lineage navigates peril, loss, and the relentless pursuit of freedom across two continents.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit Among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
Edith May Bertels Thomas
Combining a homey story with a regional cookbook, this manual reveals how domestic thrift, structured study, and rural wisdom turn an untrained city woman into a master housekeeper.
H. R
Edwin Lefevre
A young bank clerk turns spectacle, advertising, and public sentiment into instruments of personal advancement, conquering New York society by sheer force of personality.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
Richard Savage
A sprawling frontier melodrama gives way to a globe-trotting story of conspiracy, deceit, and rightful inheritance in nineteenth-century California and Europe.
Work: A Story of Experience
Louisa May Alcott
A young woman sets out into the world to earn her own living, discovering that honest labor, self-reliance, and sisterhood offer the truest path to a meaningful life.