Samizdat Express: 2864 books

Cover of The Freelands
by John Galsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic novel. "Being the experiences of Mr. John Lavender in the Time of War". According to Wikipedia: "John Galsworthy ( 1867— 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
Cover of The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson 1830-1868
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, including "In the valley of Cauteretz," "Break, break, break", "The Charge...
Cover of Onslow, or the Adventures of Dick Onslow Among the Redskins
by Kingston, W.H.G.
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

This story takes place mainly in or near the Rocky Mountains of North America, as we follow the adventures of a member of an emigrant party during their move to California. Rattle-snakes, bears, rock-slides, avalanches, steep descents, and many other hazards, to say nothing of numerous attacks by unfriendly...
Cover of The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The Introduction begins: "The subject of the present volume, namely the differently formed flowers normally produced by certain kinds of plants, either on the same stock or on distinct stocks, ought to have been treated by a professed botanist, to which distinction I can lay no claim. As far as the sexual...
Cover of Elsie at the World's Fair
by Finley, Martha
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa...
Cover of John Ruskin: 25 books
by John Ruskin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes: Arata Pentelici (lectures on the elemens of sculpture), Ariadne Florentina (lectures on wood and metal engraving, The Ethics of the Dust (lectures to housewives on the elements of crystallization), Giotto and His Works in Padua, Harbors of Engalnd, Hortus Incusus (messsages from the...
Cover of Elsie's Vacation and After Events
by Finley, Martha
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa...
Cover of Elsie at Home
by Finley, Martha
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa...
Cover of Grandmother Elsie
by Finley, Martha
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa...
Cover of Fitz the Filibuster
by George Manville Fenn
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Another well-written book of nautical adventure by a writer who is a master of suspense. Our hero is a young midshipman called Fitzgerald Burnett, but always known as Fitz. The warship in which he serves is on Channel Patrol, and they are on the lookout for a smuggler who is running arms to a friendly...
Cover of Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest (1915)
by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

Popular children's book, first published in 1915.
Cover of Corneille: two plays in English translation
by Pierre Corneille
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes the plays The Cid and Polyeucte. According to Wikipedia: "Pierre Corneille (6 June 1606 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years."
Cover of The Seven Plays of Aeschylus
by Aeschylus
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes: AGAMEMNON, THE LIBATION-BEARERS, THE FURIES, THE SUPPLIANT MAIDENS, THE PERSIANS, THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES, and THE PROMETHEUS BOUND; all translated by E.D.A. MORSHEAD. According to Wikipedia: "Aeschylus ( c. 525 BC/524 BC c. 456 BC/455 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright....
Cover of Elsie Venner
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., (August 29, 1809 October 7, 1894) was an American physician and professor who also achieved fame as a writer. During his lifetime, he was one of the best regarded poets of the 19th century and is considered a member of the Fireside Poets."
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