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This list is the Top 100 Stories by views.
Story Title
Period
Author
Lines
Reads
1:
A Sketch Of Mateship
Henry Lawson
625
6203
2:
Death Of Edgar A. Poe
Nathaniel Parker Willis
3232
2905
3:
Riverina Letters (1891)
Barcroft Boake
5264
2583
4:
When The Sun Went Down
Henry Lawson
1020
2558
5:
A Droving Yarn
Henry Lawson
1404
2540
6:
The Truth About Pyecraft
H. G. Wells
4022
2502
7:
Animal Farm
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
31003
2459
8:
A Story of the Stone Age
1899
H. G. Wells
23202
2455
9:
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough, Vol I - Life: Letters: Prose Remains
1869
Arthur Hugh Clough
130359
2454
10:
A Clergyman’s Daughter
1935
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
102167
2439
11:
A Double Buggy At Lahey’s Creek - III. The Ghost Of Mary’s Sacrifice
Henry Lawson
1577
2383
12:
A Double Buggy At Lahey’s Creek - II. Joe Wilson’s Luck
Henry Lawson
1875
2364
13:
A Story of the Days to Come
1899
H. G. Wells
33530
2361
14:
Keep The Aspidistra Flying
1936
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
94499
2348
15:
Droving Letters (1888-89)
Barcroft Boake
6159
2340
16:
An Outback Marriage - A Story Of Australian Life - Chapter 1 - In The Club
Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton)
72713
2339
17:
Australian Tales
1896
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
84948
2309
18:
Adaminaby Letters (1887) -
Barcroft Boake
2246
2295
19:
A Friend’s Friend
Rudyard Kipling
2228
2294
20:
A Bank Fraud
Rudyard Kipling
2591
2249
21:
A Double Buggy At Lahey’s Creek - IV. The Buggy Comes Home
Henry Lawson
2764
2232
22:
A Germ-Destroyer
Rudyard Kipling
1801
2207
23:
Two Dogs And A Fence
Henry Lawson
716
2203
24:
The Banquet (Il Convito)
Dante Alighieri
84088
2188
25:
A Chronicle Of Wolfert’s Roost - (Wolfert’s Roost And Miscellanies)
Washington Irving
8356
2185
26:
For the Term of His Natural Life
1874
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
191553
2180
27:
Gentleman George’s Bride
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
12172
2166
28:
Real Life In London - Volume II
Conrad Potter Aiken
175593
2154
29:
Triangles Of Life - I. The Reason
Henry Lawson
4793
2151
30:
Burmese Days
1934
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
104593
2151
31:
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough, Vol II - Poems
1869
Arthur Hugh Clough
567
2138
32:
The Exciseman
Henry Lawson
2818
2137
33:
A Deal in Ostriches
1895
H. G. Wells
1952
2130
34:
A Hero In Dingo-Scrubs
Henry Lawson
4702
2125
35:
Old Tales of a Young Country
1871
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
86975
2121
36:
The Drover’s Wife
Henry Lawson
3362
2120
37:
A Gentleman Sharper And Steelman Sharper
Henry Lawson
2830
2114
38:
The System Of Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
1850
Edgar Allan Poe
7103
2109
39:
The Ghosts Of Many Christmases
Henry Lawson
3774
2097
40:
The Star
H. G. Wells
4512
2092
41:
The Romance of Lively Creek
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
5637
2083
42:
Mr. Skelmersdale In Fairyland
H. G. Wells
5622
2074
43:
Four Stories High
1877
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
40173
2074
44:
The Magic Shop
H. G. Wells
4264
2072
45:
The Hairy Man
Henry Lawson
4042
2070
46:
A Prank That Reacted
Edward Dyson
3274
2064
47:
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
H. G. Wells
6997
2064
48:
A Moth – Genus Novo
1895
H. G. Wells
4097
2061
49:
Wanted By The Police
Henry Lawson
5824
2060
50:
Filmer
H. G. Wells
6892
2038
51:
A Matter Of Fact
Rudyard Kipling
5361
2037
52:
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
1895
H. G. Wells
46092
2037
53:
The Valley Of Spiders
H. G. Wells
4263
2036
54:
The Geological Spieler
Henry Lawson
3102
2035
55:
The Shearer’s Colt - Part II - Chapter XX - Red Fred’s Marriage
1936
Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton)
2665
2033
56:
The Union Buries Its Dead
Henry Lawson
1810
2029
57:
A Question Of Propriety
Edward Dyson
2362
2025
58:
Long Odds
1869
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
142714
2019
59:
The Purloined Letter
1845
Edgar Allan Poe
7331
2014
60:
The Wooing Of Minnie
Edward Dyson
3135
2002
61:
The Crystal Egg
H. G. Wells
7045
1975
62:
Holiday Peak
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
6374
1971
63:
The Golden Graveyard
Henry Lawson
5609
1963
64:
The Haunted Author
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
1767
1957
65:
The Treasure in the Forest
1895
H. G. Wells
3114
1954
66:
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
1895
H. G. Wells
3123
1948
67:
In the Avu Observatory
1895
H. G. Wells
2773
1934
68:
Real Life In London - Volume I
Conrad Potter Aiken
174363
1932
69:
The Temptation of Harringay
1895
H. G. Wells
2110
1931
70:
The Stolen Bacillus
1895
H. G. Wells
2623
1925
71:
A Child Of Nature
Edward Dyson
4615
1922
72:
Atalanta in Calydon
1885
Algernon Charles Swinburne
20129
1916
73:
The Ring And The Book
1869
Robert Browning
172384
1915
74:
The Age of Shakespeare
1908
Algernon Charles Swinburne
64806
1915
75:
The Triumphs of a Taxidermist
1895
H. G. Wells
1525
1907
76:
A Naval Mutiny
Rudyard Kipling
6358
1903
77:
King Lear
1605
William Shakespeare
29425
1901
78:
The Duke of Gandia
1908
Algernon Charles Swinburne
3870
1896
79:
Through a Window
1895
H. G. Wells
3249
1891
80:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1595
William Shakespeare
17931
1886
81:
A Little Prep.
1899
Rudyard Kipling
8394
1880
82:
Robbery Under Arms
Thomas Alexander Browne (Rolf Boldrewood)
216889
1880
83:
Atalanta in Calydon
Algernon Charles Swinburne
19649
1879
84:
A Moonlight Fable
H. G. Wells
1761
1872
85:
Chastelard, A Tragedy
1866
Algernon Charles Swinburne
27763
1868
86:
The Tempest
1610
William Shakespeare
18718
1861
87:
A Soul’s Tragedy
1846
Robert Browning
9941
1845
88:
Locrine - A Tragedy
Algernon Charles Swinburne
18714
1811
89:
The Winter's Tale
1611
William Shakespeare
27035
1811
90:
Othello, the Moore of Venice
1603
William Shakespeare
29379
1804
91:
A Lonely Ride
Bret Harte (Francis)
2299
1797
92:
Merope - A Tragedy - Historical Introduction
Matthew Arnold
1516
1795
93:
The Naulahka - A Story Of West And East – Chapter VII
1892
Wolcott Balestier
2123
1784
94:
Romeo and Juliet
1594
William Shakespeare
27562
1782
95:
Merope - A Tragedy - Preface
Matthew Arnold
10156
1766
96:
Merope - A Tragedy
1858
Matthew Arnold
16732
1733
97:
Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards
1899
Algernon Charles Swinburne
9243
1733
98:
The Naulahka - A Story Of West And East – Chapter VIII
1892
Wolcott Balestier
2691
1710
99:
A Hot Day At Spats’
Edward Dyson
2760
1698
100:
Areopagitica - A Speech For The Liberty Of Unlicensed Printing To The Parliament Of England
John Milton
18049
1651
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