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Evasion
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
In Donal Grant
After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…
Epilogue: Harbour of Grace
Read by Elin
D. K. Broster
In The Flight of the Heron
Ewen Cameron, a young and handsome Highland laird devoted to the Jacobite cause, takes the English army captain Keith Windham prisoner on th…
18 REFLECTIONS
Read by Michele Eaton
Anna Katharine Green
In Dark Hollow
The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is conv…
OF LETTER-WRITING
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Anonymousandfrank Athelstane Swettenham, William James Mcglothlin and Anonymous And Frank Athelstane Swettenham
In Unaddressed Letters
“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with …
Jackie Pavlenko The Present
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Afternoon Play: The Present Wed 14th May 2003, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM A dark, cautionary comedy by Jackie Pavienko. Eva…
An Unposted Letter
Read by Newgatenovelist
Iris Barry
In Selected Poems
Iris Barry was a British and American poet, novelist, film critic and curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. These poems were…
Ellen Grows Alarmed
Read by KHand
H. Rider Haggard
In Joan Haste
A romantic melodrama and one of H. Rider Haggard's most poignant love stories. Joan Haste, a beautiful but illegitimate woman whose mother …
The Letters
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems
A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other po…
Introduction
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Rainer Maria Rilke
In Poems
A concise collection of poems translated from the great German poet Rilke into formal English verse. Although the translation may be freer t…
To Lucy
Read by Anya
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Letter to Miss Grace Norton
Read by Winston Tharp
Henry James
In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, politica…
Experts
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In If I May (Version 2)
A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh, was a prolific author of books, plays, essays and articles. He also spent a numbe…
Chapter 7
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In Once A Week (Version 2)
Once A Week is a collection of short stories and slightly longer vignettes which were written for Milne's solid British Audience, including …
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Eva's Visit to Fairy Land
Read by Cassandra A.M.
Louisa May Alcott
In Flower Fables - Version 2
A Queen of fairy subjects asks her Maids of Honor to tell stories while they wait for the sun to rise. Tales including The Frost King of The…
13 - Diana and Apollo
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Alice Christie, Ida Coe, Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon and Ida Coe And Alice Christie Dillon
In Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
A Word to the "Elect"
Read by Larry Wilson
Anne Brontë
In Complete Poems
Anne Brontë was the youngest of the three famous literary sisters and is best known for her novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. She wrot…
Pt. II Ch. IV James Goes To See For Himself
Read by eva
John Galsworthy
In The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1)
'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. The Man of Pro…
Old Abe
Read by KevinS
Various
In Birds, Vol. II, No 1, July 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…
Grace
Read by Lee Vogler
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…