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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

Robinson Crusoe (1921)

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First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Frederick Alfred Rhead
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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The Royal Book of Oz (1921)

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In search of his family tree, the Scarecrow tumbles down through the earth to the Silver Islands. Is he really the Emperor, Chang Wang Woe? Originally credited to L. Frank Baum, The Royal Book of Oz was actually written by the young Ruth Plumly Thomp... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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The Scottish Chiefs (1921)

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A historical novel about William Wallace and the Scots revolt against the English beginning in 1297. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Jane Porter
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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The Swiss Family Robinson (1921)

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A family is shipwrecked on a tropical island and proceed to make a new life for themselves. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Isabelle de Montolieu
Johann David Wyss
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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Treasure Island (1921)

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When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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Bannertail: The Story of a Gray Squirrel (1922)

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Animal biography of a gray squirrel. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

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Billy Barnicoat (1922)

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Billy is the sole survivor of a Spanish ship that is wrecked off the coast of Cornwall. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Greville MacDonald
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Captain Blood His Odyssey (1922)

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Doctor Peter Blood is taken up in the aftermath of Monmouth’s Rebellion in 1685 and transported as a convict-slave to Barbados. Based on a true story the book tells of his transformation into the dread pirate Captain Blood. Read online at Hathi... View More

Author(s): Rafael Sabatini
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Children of Ancient Britain (1922)

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A reconstruction of how children lived in prehistoric Britain. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Louise Lamprey
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Gentle Julia (1922)

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Julia Atwater’s large family connection, and especially her niece Florence, takes an intense interest in her social life. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Worth Brehm
C. Allan Gilbert

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The Girl on the Boat (1922)

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Wilhermina ‘Billie’ Bennett is on her way to England. On the boat are three suitors - who will be victorious? Read online at Gutenberg.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Headswoman (1922)

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Jeanne is the hereditary holder of the office of headsman and succeeds to the office with the death of her father. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Marcia Lane Foster

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Heidi (1922)

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This is the well loved story of a little Swiss orphan who goes to live in the mountains with her grandfather, her exile in the big city and her return home. Originally published by David McKay it was added to the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics... View More

Author(s): Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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Ivanhoe (1922)

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A story of the contest between the Normans and the old Saxon nobility of England. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover

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Memoirs of a London Doll (1922)

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Wooden doll, Maria Poppet, describes her many adventures in 19th century London. Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Fairstar
Illustrator(s): Emma L. Brock

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Moby Dick or The White Whale (1922)

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Moby Dick or The White Whale has a good claim to the title of The Great American Novel. Based on the story of the Essex, whaler, destroyed by a whale in the southern Pacific Ocean, Melville draws on his own experiences as a seaman. Read online at Hat... View More

Author(s): Herman Melville
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

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Nobody's Girl (1922)

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Born of a Hindu mother and a French father, Perrine is on her way to France to meet her curmudgeonly grandfather when both her parents die. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hector Malot
Illustrator(s): Thelma Gooch

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The Pathfinder or The Inland Sea (1922)

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In this episode in the Leatherstocking Tales, Natty Bumpo finds himself in love. The action is nonstop as the protagonists travel through hostile territory during the French and Indian War.... View More

Author(s): James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover

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Skippy Bedelle (1922)

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Further adventures of the Lawrenceville School inmates. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s): Ernest Fuhr

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Three Men and a Maid (1922)

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Wilhemina ‘Billie’ Bennet is on her way to England. Three of her suitors are aboard. Who will win through? Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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