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The Prince cover
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The Prince Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Jane Eyre; or, The Memoirs of a Governess cover
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Jane Eyre; or, The Memoirs of a Governess Charlotte Brontë Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 03 cover
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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 03 Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Suicide: A Study in Sociology cover
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Suicide: A Study in Sociology Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 cover
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The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 James, William, 1842-1910 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Robinson Crusoe cover
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Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Just So Stories cover
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Just So Stories Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Princess of Clèves by Mme de La Fayette cover
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The Princess of Clèves by Mme de La Fayette Madame de La Fayette Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Life of Johnson, Volume 2 cover
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Life of Johnson, Volume 2 Boswell, James, 1740-1795 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Æneids of Virgil, Done into English Verse cover
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The Æneids of Virgil, Done into English Verse Virgil, 70 BCE-19 BCE Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Contemplations: Today, 1843-1856 cover
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Contemplations: Today, 1843-1856 Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Second Jungle Book cover
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The Second Jungle Book Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
A Little Princess: Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time cover
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A Little Princess: Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse cover
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse Omar Khayyam Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov cover
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Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life cover
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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Letters from My Windmill cover
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Letters from My Windmill Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11 cover
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11 Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Co. Aytch, Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment cover
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Co. Aytch, Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment Watkins, Samuel R. Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …

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