Books By user9
- Fiction
- English
- 13777 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 11
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit.
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 27519 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 10
Dame Mary Scharlieb, DBE (18 June 1845 – 21 November 1930) was a pioneer British female physician in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Born as Mary Anne Dacomb Bird, she was raised with her grandparents, following her mother's death, in a strict Evangelical Christian household.
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 162971 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 6
William Painter (or Paynter; 1540? – February 1595, in London [1]) was an English author and translator. William Painter was a native of Kent. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1554.
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 61634 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 6
Elizabeth Robins (August 6, 1862 – May 8, 1952) was an actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette. She also wrote as C. E. Raimond.Elizabeth Robins, the first child of Charles Robins and Hannah Crow, was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 15847 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 6
At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil! _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J.
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 2840 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 5
Thomas Nash (baptised 20 June 1593 – died 4 April 1647)[1] was the first husband of William Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Barnard. He lived most of his life in Stratford-upon-Avon, and was the dominant male figure amongst Shakespeare's senior family line after the d... Read more...
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 85028 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 4
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman KBE (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian of the early 20th century. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 5640 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 4
Omar Khayyám; born Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu'l-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī (/ˈoʊmɑr kaɪˈjɑːm, -ˈjæm, ˈoʊmər/; Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ, pronounced [xæjˈjɒːm]; 18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet.
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 114886 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 4
John Dryden (/ˈdraɪdən/; 19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668.
For Free
- Fiction
- English
- 11437 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 4
When Uncle Peter decided to clean out the underworld, it was a fine thing for the town, but it was tough on the folks in Tibet. By Ralph Sholto
For Free