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Second April
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Patricia Brent, spinster
Read by Anna Simon
Herbert George Jenkins
A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…
Miss Mackenzie
Read by Kirsten Wever
Anthony Trollope
The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…
The Story of Mary MacLane
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Mary Maclane
At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was pop…
The Red House Mystery
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
A. A. Milne
Antony Gillingham arrives at the Red House moments after a gunshot is heard. The room is locked, the murderer has disappeared and, in Antony…
The Common Reader
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Virginia Woolf
A collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, some of which originally appeared in the Times Literary Supplement or the Dial, and others were or…
The Lady of the Basement Flat
Read by Judi Mason
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi M…
The Rain-Girl
Read by Anna Simon
Herbert George Jenkins
Richard Beresford has recently returned from the WW-I trenches. He feels he can't go back to his old life in the Foreign Office. Instead, he…
Borrowed Time
Read by Keith Hughes
Keith Hughes
Ness Relevant is living on borrowed time. Molecular implosion, cellular degeneration, and dangerous men are but a few of the perils faced by…
The Swoop!
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
P. G. Wodehouse
The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…
Cornelli
Read by Jael Baldwin
Johanna Spyri
Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of hi…
A Voice in the Wilderness
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Grace Livingston Hill
Margaret leaves her family home and security to become a school teacher in the wilds of early Arizona. Accidentally getting off her safe and…
Ann Veronica
Read by Joy Chan
H. G. Wells
Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, …
Taken at the Flood
Read by Celine Major
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Brought up by a parish schoolmaster with a hidden past, Sylvia Carew dreams of a future devoid of poverty. Will she be faithful to the man s…
Stolen Time
Read by Keith Hughes
Keith Hughes
Ness Relevant has traveled through time before. Now he must once again use his time machine to confront a determined foe. Only this time his…
Open The Door
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Catherine Carswell
This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her…
Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
White April
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Vinal
In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…
Revelations of a Wife
Read by Maire Rhode
Adele Garrison
Adele Garrison was the nom de plume of Nana Springer White, an American writer. Her career included time as a schoolteacher in Milwaukee. Sh…