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Part 1, chapter 6

In Tolstoy on Shakespeare

Read by Robert Fletcher


Leo Tolstoy


This book contains a critical essay on Shakespeare by Leo Tolstoy. It is followed by another essay named "Shakespeare's attitude to the…

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In Rob Roy

Read by Robert Fletcher


Sir Walter Scott


Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the…

The Transfiguration of Miss Philura

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


What would happen if someone really believed that "Ask and you shall receive"? Amusing observations on the impact on the life of m…

Miss Philura's Wedding Gown

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


Follow-up to "The Transfiguration of Miss Philura"....will the conviction of mild-mannered Miss Philura that "Ask and you hav…

The Heart of Philura

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women worki…

Neighbors

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


The final story featuring the inhabitants of the growing township of Innisfield: Mrs Philura Pettibone’s story reaches its long-awaited conc…

Over the Hills and Far Away: A Story of New Zealand

Read by Lewis Fletcher


Charlotte Evans


One of the very first New Zealand novels, Over the Hills and Far Away is a heavily romanticised tale of a woman's journey from England to Ot…

Our Village, Volume 1

Read by Anne Fletcher


Mary Russell Mitford


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…

The Mother's Recompense

Read by Anne Fletcher


Edith Wharton


Kate Cephane, now living in self-imposed exile in France, left her three-year-old daughter Anne behind when she fled her impossibly unhappy …

The Statement of Stella Maberly

Read by Anne Fletcher


F. Anstey


From childhood Stella Maberly has been violently wilful and jealous, yet certain of her own superiority. She can be loving and friendly, but…

The Square Emerald

Read by Anne Fletcher


Edgar Wallace


What appears to be a straightforward case of blackmail develops into an exciting, complex web for our heroine, a feisty girl detective attac…

Sally on the Rocks

Read by Anne Fletcher


Winifred Boggs


Sally Lunton has led a bohemian lifestyle in Paris, but now at 31 she returns to Little Crampton disillusioned, no job, no money and no hope…

The Adventuress

Read by Anne Fletcher


Arthur B. Reeve


Another adventure in the series starring scientist/detective Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock Holmes type of character. This one features family fe…

A Mummer's Wife

Read by Anne Fletcher


George Moore


Kate is a dress maker in the north of England who always did what was decided for her: serving those who come her way, marrying a man who is…

The Beautiful Mrs. Davenant

Read by Anne Fletcher


Violet Tweedale


Romantic entanglements and scandals of friends and families come to light when two women arrive to start new lives in the countryside. - Su…

The White People

Read by Anne Fletcher


Frances Hodgson Burnett


A young girl living in remote Scotland discovers she has a unique gift for seeing what others cannot. This ultimately hopeful and positive s…

Bambi: A Life in the Woods

Read by Anne Fletcher


Felix Salten


Coming of age and journey into adulthood of young deer as he confronts the harsh realities of life and death in the forest. - Summary by Ann…

A Wheel Within A Wheel

Read by Anne Fletcher


Frances E. Willard


Frances Willard was an influential campaigner and educator for social reforms, temperance and women's education, suffrage and empowerment, a…

Our Village, Volume 2

Read by Anne Fletcher


Mary Russell Mitford


This volume continues Miss Mitford's reflections on the changes to village life and characters when she returns two years after the end of V…