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The Heart of Philura
Read by Anne Fletcher
Florence Morse Kingsley
(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women worki…
Sense and Sensibility (version 4)
Read by Karen Savage
Jane Austen
When Mr Henry Dashwood dies, with his estate entailed to his son and grandson, his wife and three daughters are left in reduced circumstance…
Patricia Brent, spinster
Read by Anna Simon
Herbert George Jenkins
A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…
A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Amanda Minnie Douglas
The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Read by Becky Miller
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America. A very private poet with a very quiet an…
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
D. H. Lawrence
In the years following World War I, Connie Chatterley finds that she is unhappy in her marriage. She begins a cross-class relationship with …
What Katy Did at School
Read by Karen Savage
Susan Coolidge
The continuing story of Katy Carr, recounting the time she spent at boarding school with her sister Clover. (Summary by Karen Savage)
Second April
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Molly Brown's Freshman Days
Read by Debbie R. Baker Robinson
Nell Speed
Molly Brown has left Kentucky for the first time, to enter Wellington University. She has much to learn about college life, but she meets m…
Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
The City of Fire
Read by Emily Grace
Grace Livingston Hill
Home from college, Lynn is heartbroken to find her childhood friend Mark, has fallen away from his faith in God. After making some poor life…
The Confession
Read by Wina Hathaway
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart is claimed to have invented the "Had I but known" mystery genre. When Agnes Blakiston rented the old parson…
The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Read by Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
University of Oxford Podcasts
Briarwood Girls
Read by Linda Velwest
Julia Lestarjette Glover
Kindred Spirits return for their Sophomore year at Briarwood College. There's a new girl who upsets the status quo. (Introduction by Linda V…
Pollyanna Grows Up
Read by Mary Anderson
Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman se…
The Re-creation of Brian Kent
Read by Warren Kati
Harold Bell Wright
Brian Kent is a bank clerk who is driven by a variety of circumstances to commit a series of thefts from his employer. Remorseful, drunk, s…
The Precipice
Read by Mary Schneider
Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…