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Joanna Traill, Spinster
Read by Ashley Sue Murphy
Annie E. Holdsworth
Timid Joanna Traill’s every move is dictated by her overbearing sisters. Then she meets Mr. Boas, a man who works to give “fallen” women a …
English Literature
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Geraldine Hodgson
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
Biographia Literaria
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School (version 2)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her …
Beautiful Girlhood
Read by Laura Caldwell
Mabel Hale
The transitioning years between girlhood and womanhood are an exciting time for a girl, as well as tumultuous and confusing. Beautiful Girlh…
More Tish
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart wrote 6 books about the elderly Letitia (Tish) Carberry and the escapades she gets her elderly lady cronies into. The…
The Weaker Sex
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mrs. Boyle-Chewton and her cause - the Advancement of Women from the Rear to the Van. Lady Vivash, new recruit to the cause. Their daughter…
A New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory
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Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mill-worker. According to Wikipedia: "Larcom served as a model for the change in women's…
Petticoat Government, Volume 3
Read by Mark Leder
Frances Milton Trollope
The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.
Mike Walker Omega
The Seventh Dimension: Omega Rebroadcast: Wed 10th Oct 2007, 18:00 on BBC Radio 7 Mike Walker’s fascinating vision …
The Well-Beloved
Read by Simon Evers
Thomas Hardy
'The Well-Beloved' tells the story of Jocelyn Pierston and his love for three generations of women - the grandmother, her daughter and grand…
Aurora Floyd
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is…
2 B R 0 2 B (Dramatic Reading)
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, su…
The Awkward Age
Read by Anna Simon
Henry James
Nanda Brookenham is coming of age, and thus 'coming out' in London society - which leads to complications in her family's social set in Lond…
Pixie O'Shaughnessy
Read by Judi Mason
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
The first of a trilogy for girls which introduces Pixie O'Shaughnessy. She is sent to boarding school in England from her native Ireland, fu…
There's a certain slant of light
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Emily Dickinson
In tribute to the first real snowfall this year. - Summary by David Lawrence
Max
Read by Simon Evers
Katherine Cecil Thurston
On a trans-continental train journey into Paris, Max, a young adventurer determined to make his way as an artist, meets Blake, a well-to-do …
The Girls of Friendly Terrace (or Peggy Raymond's Success)
Read by Daryl Wor
Harriet Lummis Smith
Peggy Raymond and her friends, Amy, Priscilla and Ruth, encounter a new neighbour, Elaine, and her family. While Peggy, in her usual cheerfu…
The Annals of Ann
Read by CJ Plogue
Kate Trimble Sharber
As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …
The Late Tenant
Read by Kirsten Wever
Louis Tracy
This is primarily a romance. It is one of the earliest works of the British journalist and prolific author, Louis Tracy, publishing under th…