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29 - "Th' Action Fine"

In Mother Carey’s Chickens

Read by Joyce Martin

Kate Douglas Wiggins and Kate Douglas Wiggin

“When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to b…

Selected excerpts from "On the Heights", part 2

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02

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Berthold Auerbach

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

09 - A circle of blessing

In Parables from Nature

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Margaret Gatty

Parables From Nature is a collection of short stories which were originally published as 4 separate volumes. They are inspired from Nature a…

The Lost Arctic Voyagers, Part 1, from Household Words

In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2

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Charles Dickens

This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry a…

Book 2, Chapter 12

In Arachne

Read by Joyce Martin

Georg Ebers

Ledscha, living in ancient Egypt, has lost her betrothed and all hope of love. But the gods see otherwise. She now loves a Greek sculptor, w…

05 - ‘A Long-bow Story’

In The Olive Fairy Book

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang’s Olive Fairy Book (1907) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was …

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