Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Gay-Neck

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Dhan Gopal Mukerji



First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…

Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza

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Anna Maria Porter



Romantic history of the fictional Don Sebastian, which was suggested to the author by a plaque commemorating a mysterious "Portuguese s…

Where the Blue Begins

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Christopher Morley



In his collection Plum Pudding, Christopher Morley included two pieces about an unprepossessing mutt named “Haphazard Gissing I” with a gift…

Kibun Daizin

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Gensai Murai



This is the story of a brave, skillful and ambitious boy who sets out to become the wealthiest man of Japan. He succeeds in doing just that …

Rulers of Kings

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Gertrude Atherton



When a child is born, its temperament and character are unknown. The effects of nature versus nurture, of heredity and of circumstance are a…

Mary of Burgundy

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George Payne Rainsford James



Fifteenth century Europe was a time of political upheaval and uncertainty. Mary of Burgundy of the House of Valois ruled over a collection o…

My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's

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Marietta Holley



. . . a voice kept a sayin' inside of me, "Josiah Allen's wife, write a book givin' your views on the great subject of Wimmen's Rites.&…

The Desultory Man

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George Payne Rainsford James



This early novel by James is written in the first person by "James Young", and tells of his early experiences of the deaths of his…

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