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Read by MelissaMarie
Timothy Dexter
In A Pickle For the Knowing Ones
Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …
Vol 02, Ch. 01
Read by Debra Lynn
Ann Radcliffe
In The Mysteries of Udolpho
Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…
Ellen
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
In Our Village, Volume 1
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
Lesley Castle, Part 2 (Letters 4-6)
Read by Ric F
Jane Austen
In Jane Austen's Juvenilia
Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various w…
From the Post Office
Read by Bridget Gaige
Susan Warner
In Diana
Diana Starling is the beautiful and quiet daughter of a cold and mentally abusive mother. She falls in love with Evan Nolton, but her mother…
Chapter 4
Read by PhyllisV
Dexter C. Bloomer
In Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …
The Greenwood Tree
Read by Rosalind Walsh
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
09 - Susan Speaks Her Mind
Read by sbburke
Eleanor H. Porter
In Dawn
Dawn (also known in England as "Keith’s Dark Tower"), was published in 1919, and is set during World War I. Keith Burton is going …
2 - Section 2
Read by Sue Anderson
Sarah Elizabeth Harper Monmouth
In Living on Half a Dime a Day
How to live on 5 cents a day! How to survive financial ruin without losing your house! How to keep to a bare bones budget and still have mon…
Ideal Interviews--
Read by Debra Lynn
Stephen Leacock
In Frenzied Fiction
From the cave man to Santa Claus; spies, know-it-alls, and journalists: all are fair game for Leacock’s special brand of humor. He touches o…
In which Margaret Purcell receives a Letter
Read by Yoganandh T
R. Austin Freeman
In The Shadow of the Wolf (version 2)
Can a detective novel succeed in riveting your attention if you know the crime beforehand and the perpetrator? Austin Freeman proves he can …
Lesley Castle - Letters 1 to 3
Read by NoelBadrian
Jane Austen
In Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works
This book draws together some of Jane Austen's earliest literary efforts. It includes "Love & Freindship" and "Lesley Ca…
Eagle Lore
Read by Lynn Lee
Various
In Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 2, September 1900
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief …
2-2 The Flower of Utah
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book…
Petals
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Amy Lowell
In A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass
This is a collection of lyrical poems, sonnets and verses for children by Amy Lowell."For quaint pictorial exactitude and bizarrerie of…
Book 1, Chapter 2
Read by Debra
Robert Grant
In Unleavened Bread
A businessman's selfish wife forces her way into upper society. (Summary by Wikipedia)
11 - Holmes
Read by Lori Arsenault
John Albert Macy
In The Spirit of American Literature
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE is a collection of essays reviewing contemporary authors on the literary scene at the turn of the century …
Chapter 19 - The Reader Is Brought Into Communication With Some Professional Pe…
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
In Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Old Martin Chuzzlewit has heaps of money that has never brought him anything but misery. Estranged from his grandson and namesake, when word…
02 - Nurse Sarah's Story
Read by Sunni West
Eleanor H. Porter
In Mary Marie
A charming 'coming of age' story about a young girl, Mary Marie, whose young life is thrown into turmoil as her parents divorce. As she lead…
To the Reader
Read by Andy Glover
Mary Elizabeth Brown
In Dedications
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…