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Bleak House

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Charles Dickens

Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to…

Ruth

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fall…

Dombey and Son (version 2)

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Charles Dickens

Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company…

The Merchant's Tale

In The Canterbury Tales

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the…

An Evening Out Part 1

In Shirley

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Charlotte Brontë

Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (…

Mr. King Has a Little Plan for Polly

In Five Little Peppers Abroad

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Margaret Sidney

This book is the next in the series of the Five Little Peppers, by Margaret Sidney, after Five Little Peppers and How They Grew and Five Lit…

Paste Makes Waist/recipe, Tips and Tipping, The Mythical Land

In Bohemian San Francisco

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Clarence Edwords and Clarence Edgar Edwords

While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…

Chapter 14

In Northanger Abbey

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a hilarious parody of 18th century gothic novels. The heroine, 17-year old Catherine, has been reading far too many “hor…

Chapter 06

In Beowulf

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Tr. Francis Barton Gummere, Unknowntranslated Byfrancis Barton Gummere and Translated Byfrancis Barton Gummere

This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a my…

Chapter 20 – Joe Green

In Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse)

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Anna Sewell

Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir o…