Search Results

Ten Days in a Madhouse

Read by Alys AtteWater


Nellie Bly


In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an …

Ragged Dick

Read by Alys AtteWater


Horatio Alger, Jr.


Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becomi…

The Little Lame Prince

Read by Alys AtteWater


Dinah Maria Mulock Craik


Paralyzed in an accident while a baby, young Prince Dolor is imprisoned in a lonely tower by his usurping uncle. He is visited by his myster…

02 - Chapter 2

In Fame and Fortune

Read by Alys AtteWater


Horatio Alger, Jr.


Richard Hunter, formerly Ragged Dick, continues to advance in the world through luck and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, …

The Three Roses

In The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales

Read by Alys AtteWater


translated by Joseph Baudis and Joseph Baudis


Not your common fairy tales, this collection is a mixture of morals, quirkiness, and sarcasm. In it one finds ironic derivatives (if not roo…

Chapter III, Part 3

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 03)

Read by Alys AtteWater


Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is the third chapter in Macaulay’s great History of England from the Accession of James II. In this chapter Macaulay looks at the state…