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The Cellar-House of Pervyse
Read by Expatriate
Mairi Chisholm
Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker were two British nurses and ambulance drivers whose staggeringly heroic efforts during World War I saved co…
The Faerie Queene Book 4
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Edmund Spenser
"The Fourth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Cambel and Telamond or of Friendship."The Faerie Queene was never …
A Little Garland of Celtic Verse
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Various
Poems of Ireland by various poets, including WB Yeats. Songful, soulful poems of the Ireland so many left behind (Summary by Czandra)
Strangers at Lisconnel
Read by James E. Carson
Jane Barlow
Strangers at Lisconnel is a sequel to Jane Barlow’s Irish Idylls. The locations and most of the characters are common to both. There is grea…
Child Whispers
Read by KevinS
Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why
Camilla
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Frances Burney
Camilla is Frances Burney's third novel. It became very popular upon its publication in 1796. Jane Austen referred to it, among other novels…
Windsor Castle, Book 1
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 1 - Anne Boleyn. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as h…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 08
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D’Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
Elsie Inglis - The Woman With the Torch
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Eva Shaw McLaren and Eva Shaw Mclaren
This is a brief biography of the Scottish physician and suffragist Dr. Elsie Inglis. Dr. Inglis founded a maternity hospital for the poor…
The Coryston Family
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Lady Coryston has inherited her husband’s estate but surprisingly has not left it on her death to Coryston (known as Corry) her oldest son. …
Thanksgiving
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Kate Seymour MacLean
A tribute to the autumn season, taken from THE COMING OF THE PRINCESS, AND OTHER POEMS (1881) - Summary by David Lawrence
The Pupil
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…
Hunting Sketches
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Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit the different types of hunters commonly found in 19th century Britain. - Summary by E…
The Faerie Queene Book 2
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Edmund Spenser
The Second Booke of the Faerie Queene contayning The Legende of Sir Guyon or of Tempaurance. The Faerie Queene was never completed, but it c…
Windsor Castle, Book 6
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 6 - Jane Seymour. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as …
Miss Lulu Bett
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Zona Gale
Lulu Bett is a spinster, living at the turn of the 20th century essentially as a servant with her sister Ina and brother-in-law Dwight. She …
The Faerie Queene Book 1
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Edmund Spenser
"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…
Modern Essays
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 01
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
At the Gate of Samaria
Read by Simon Evers
William John Locke
The novel is set in the 1890’s. Clytie Davenant is a headstrong young woman who escapes from the stultifying country life of her family to m…