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The O'Conors of Castle Conor, County Mayo

Set in Ireland, this is a delightful short story from prolific author Anthony Trollope. Our narrator Archibald Green is in County Mayo on business when he secures an invitation to ...


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Marion Fay

First published in 1882, ‘Marion Fay’ is one of Anthony Trollope’s later novels. It follows two intertwined romances involving members of the upper and lower class. Lord Hampstead ...


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George Walker at Suez

Suffering from ill health, George Walker has been recuperating for several months in Egypt. Bored and lonely in Cairo, he yearns to visit Suez and the Red Sea and so attaches himse ...


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Lady Anna

First published in 1874, ‘Lady Anna’ was written in its entirety by Anthony Trollope during a lengthy voyage to Australia to visit his son Frederic, who had emigrated there. Our he ...


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An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids

This entertaining short story from Anthony Trollope follows the adventures of self-proclaimed ‘emancipated Englishwoman’ Miss Sabrina Dawkins as she takes a solo trip to visit the ...


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He Knew He Was Right

One of Anthony Trollope’s best-known novels, ‘He Knew He Was Right’ follows the gradual breakdown of a marriage. Louis and Emily Trevelyan initially have a seemingly happy union, b ...


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Dr. Wortle's School

Scholar Mr Peacocke has recently moved to Broughtonshire to live as schoolmaster with his beautiful American wife. When the brother of Mrs Peacocke’s abusive first husband appears ...


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The Tempting Of Tavernake

First published in 1910, ‘The Tempting of Tavernake’ by prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim is a departure from his more usual spy thrillers. The lonely and unemotional Tavernake ...


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The Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales

‘The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales’ is a collection of eleven short stories from the much-loved Victorian author, Elizabeth Gaskell. The title story follows the strange and sup ...


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Queen Lucia

"Queen Lucia" (1920) is the first volume of E. F. Benson’s "Mapp and Lucia" 6-novel series. It is a comedy of manners, set in provincial Riseholme (Lincolnshire). Emmeline Lucas ru ...


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Bride in Waiting

When April finds herself in a pickle – stranded in Madrid with no money – she gets a more-than-welcome offer. The charming Spanish Don Carlos wants to make April her bride. How cou ...


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Air Ticket

When Carol marries off her only daughter, she is faced with a certain loneliness and travels to Switzerland. To her surprise, she meets the handsome Dr. Lucien Andreas and falls he ...


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Accidental Bride

When Samantha Rivers got into a skiing accident, a dark and handsome but impolite Austrian came to her rescue. She thought she was rid of him, but when her friend Elisabeth van Ult ...


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A Case of Heart Trouble

Dallas Drew is a lovely and memorable, yet inexperienced nurse working at a hospital. When the recognized Dr. Martin Loring becomes a patient at the place, Dallas is soon pushed as ...


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The Sweet Surrender

David Falcon is a famous writer and explorer, who has more women falling at his feet than he cared for. One day, he decides to get away from it all and leave for a castle together ...


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The Garden of Don José

When Lois Tarrant, who worked as a model for a London designer, flew to Madrid to deliver an item to a Spanish bride, her trip turned out to be much longer than anticipated. The po ...


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The Bay of Moonlight

Everything was more than perfect in the Bay Of Moonlight, located in beautiful Southern Portugal. Yet Sarah was in love with Philip Saratola, who did not seem to have eyes for her ...


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Man of Destiny

Caroline was the governess of the young Richard de Fonteira. When it was time to meet his impressive uncle, the Marques, whom he had heard so much about and would take over the boy ...


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Love in the Afternoon

Stephen Lestrange, a handsome painter living in Paris, was on the verge of getting married to the plain Lucy. Was he truly ready to settle down with Lucy, considering that he had f ...


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Highland Mist

Toni was happy about her a trip she would take to Scotland with Charles Henderson. Yet when Euan MacLeod, and especially the charming Scottish doctor, she soon forgot all about him ...


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Bride of Alaine

Amanda Wells becomes stranded on an island and seeks shelter from Urquhart Tower. The master of the place is Alaine Urquhart, and his servant mistakes Amanda for the Bride of Alain ...


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Bride by Arrangement

Chloe was more than happy working for Madame Albertin as her secretary and companion in remote Cornwall. When her employer’s nephew – the wildly handsome Pierre – arrived on the sc ...


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And be thy Love

Caroline was staying at the lovely chateau of Comte Armand de Marsac and falling in love with his best friend Robert de Bergerac, without even having met the count himself. She ass ...


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A Quality of Magic

Juliet’s uncle has invited Julie to go to Africa. She knows that nothing would please his uncle more than an engagement between her and her cousin Colin. She is not entirely oppose ...


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A Modern Utopia

Don’t let yourself be fooled by the title..."A Modern Utopia" (1905) is a dystopian, prophetic, and horrific novel proving how Wells always was ahead of his time. Its hybrid charac ...