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30 - A Scolding
Read by MaryAnn
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
Miss Metford's Plan
Read by Christine Rottger
Robert Cromie
In The Crack of Doom
The rough notes from which this narrative has been constructed were given to me by the man who tells the story. For obvious reasons I have a…
Mrs. Stevens is Frightened
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
A. A. Milne
In The Red House Mystery
Antony Gillingham arrives at the Red House moments after a gunshot is heard. The room is locked, the murderer has disappeared and, in Antony…
Part 1, chapter 9
Read by Christine Rottger
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
In Kopal-Kundala
A story of love and innocence, by one of India's most loved novelist/ poets of the 20th century, the mentor of Rabindrath Tagore. (Summary b…
The Inkwell
Read by phineas2000
Robert Blatchford
In The Sorcery Shop: An Impossible Romance
A jolly fantasy novel in which a retired General and a Financier, having drinks at an aristocratic London club, meet Mr. Fry, a whimsical so…
Who I Know
Read by MaryAnn
William Henry Davies
In Foliage: Various Poems
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom and United States, becoming one …
title page
Read by Christine Rottger
Charlotte Lennox
In The Lady's Museum, Volume 1
Published in 11 issues between 1760 and 1761 and believed largely to be written and edited by Charlotte Lennox (it was marketed as “by the A…
Sister Maddelena
Read by Andrew Gaunce
Ralph Adams Cram
In Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories
A collection of six ghostly tales by Ralph Adams Cram, ranging from the demonic to the deeply sad. Gruesome apparitions, oppressive atmosphe…
Andrew Ingram
Read by Hannah Mary
George MacDonald
In The Elect Lady
Two farmer's sons and a cotter's daughter, though on different rungs of the social scale, formed a close bond in childhood as they learned t…
THE BACKGROUND
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Selection from Crichton
Read by Joyce Martin
William Harrison Ainsworth
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 01
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Dean and Chapter Take Counsel
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
16 – Marys Letter
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Margaret Penrose
In The Motor Girls
When Cora Kimball got her new auto for her birthday she had no idea what adventures would start for her and her brother Jack.Where did Ed’s …
The Nightingale
Read by Jade Leah Pilling
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
Spook Stories, Chapter 4: ''Through''
Read by Kate Follis
E. F. Benson
In The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories
A collection of fourteen short stories, grouped under the headings of "Blackmailing Stories", "Spook Stories", "Cat…
Letter II: Sight-seeing in Melbourne
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Lady Mary Anne Barker and Mary Anne Barker
In Station Life in New Zealand
Station Life in New Zealand is a collection of cheerful and interesting letters written by Lady Mary Anne Barker (nee Mary Anne Stewart) tha…
A Word of Explanation
Read by Matthew McNaughton
Edith Eudora Kohl
In Land of the Burnt Thigh
"It will be all right," Ida Mary told her father cheerfully. "It is only for eight months. Nothing can happen in eight months…
DOCTOR WALKER'S WARNING
Read by Ana Simão
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…
Chapter Fifteen: Helen is Puzzled
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Kate Livingston Willard
In A Colony of Girls
A determinedly tight knit family of sisters comes to unexpected tribulation after a ship arrives containing romantic complication and hidden…
Wagner
Read by Emma Charlotte
Maurice Baring
In Poems, 1914-1919
This is a collection of Maurice Baring's poetry. This collection contains a number of Baring's earlier poetry, written before the war mostly…