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Briarwood Girls

Read by Linda Velwest


Julia Lestarjette Glover


Kindred Spirits return for their Sophomore year at Briarwood College. There's a new girl who upsets the status quo. (Introduction by Linda V…

46 - Saved and Lost

In Sylvia's Lovers

Read by Linda Velwest


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


The novel begins in the 1790s in the coastal town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson lives with her parents on a farm, and is loved by her rather …

15 - The Exhibition (Part 1)

In Belinda

Read by Linda Velwest


Maria Edgeworth


When Belinda was published in 1801, it became both controversial and popular. Controversial because of the inter-racial marriage presented i…

Bk. 3 Ch. 9

In Marcella

Read by Linda Velwest


Mrs. Humphry Ward and Mary Augusta Ward


Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward) was a very popular author at the end of the 19th century. The arrival of Marcella was discussed a lot …

032 - Book IV, Chapter 2

In Camilla

Read by Linda Velwest


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…