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Chapter 12

In The Green Carnation

Read by Lisa Reichert

Robert Smythe Hichens

The Green Carnation, first published anonymously in 1894, was a scandalous novel by Robert Hichens whose lead characters are closely based o…

The Monastery

In Ardath

Read by Lisa Statler

Marie Corelli

Victorian-era writer Marie Corelli’s epic work Ardath, The Story of a Dead Self, is filled with supernatural and gothic themes. We meet The…

Chapter XXXII: Dr. Juno Convicted, Imprisoned and Attempts Made to Poison Him

In An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel! Entitled, The Social War of the y…

Read by Lisa Reichert

Simon Landis

Described by io9.com contributor Jess Nevins as “the worst science fiction novel of the 19th century,” The Social War of 1900, or The Conspi…

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In The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

Read by Lisa Chau

Joseph Trienens and Joseph Triemens

Written in 1910, this "cyclopedia" is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is mo…

Chapter 3

In Rainy Week (Version 2)

Read by Lisa Reichert

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

A couple invite people of different walks of life to their cottage along the beach, during the rainiest week of the year. The gathered peopl…

Sword Blades - Astigmatism

In Sword Blades and Poppy Seed

Read by Lisa Reichert

Amy Lowell

This is a volume of poems by Amy Lowell, published in 1914."Against the multitudinous array of daily verse our times produce this volum…

The Indiscretions of a Princess

In Love Affairs of the Courts of Europe

Read by Lisa Reichert

Thornton Hall

The best stories are written by life itself, and that is why Thornton Hall has collected real life love stories in this volume. All the Prin…

06 - THE ORANGE-DWELLERS

In Insect Stories

Read by Lisa Caputo

Vernon Kellogg

These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, an…

Mrs. Knollys by J.S. of Dale [Frederic Jessup Stimson] (1855-1943)

In Love Stories Volume 3

Read by Lisa Reichert

Frederic J. Stimson

Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in h…

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