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At the Back of the North Wind (version 2)
At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Youn…
The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French
What began as a translation project became a retelling of four classic fairy tales from the Cabinet des Fees, the French collection of over …
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (version 2)
This book has been notorious since it first appeared and had been banned several times and in several countries. It is a fictional work that…
Romances of Old Japan
A collection of romances from old Japan rendered into English by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Filled with tales of honor, adventure, tragedy, and rom…
Anting-Anting Stories And Other Strange Tales of the Filipinos
"No less wonderful and varied are the inhabitants and the phenomena of the Philippines, and a new author, showing rare knowledge of the…
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinat…
Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories
This is a collection of stories featuring members of the Samurai - the warrior class of old Japan, rendered into English by Yei Theodora Oza…
Nang Bata Pa Kami
A story of a secret courtship told in the voices of both lovers. There are things that stand in the way of their love. Love letters, nostalg…
The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy
The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (published 1749) by Sarah Fielding is the first full-length novel written for children, and a si…
Phantasmion
In 1837 came Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale, Sara Coleridge's longest original work, described by critic Mike Ashley as "the first fairytale…
Almond-Blossom
At the beginning of the story, Tony and Fay had lost a child. One day, Tony saves a little girl, Doro, from drowning. He and Fay end up ad…
The Sleeping Beauty
A retelling of the classic fairy-tale, illustrated by one of the leading figures in the Golden Age of book illustration. Never underestimat…