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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…

A Guide to Men

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Helen Rowland


A series of occasionally witty one-liners, poems and considerations on the subject of Men, Women and their Conjunction. By turns tender, bla…

The Gardener and The Burden


Rudyard Kipling


Helen Turrell’s life has been one of respectability and duty, and she adopts and raises her illegitimate nephew upon her scapegrace brother’…

The Golden Calf

Read by Tara Dow


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


A late 19th Century sensation novel following the young life of Ida Palliser as she searches for fortune and love within England's Gentry Cl…

The Semi-Attached Couple

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Emily Eden


Young and beautiful Helen Eskdale and fabulously wealthy Lord Teviot seem to be the perfect match. But when they marry, they find that misun…

The Value of Humanities

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Helen Small


University of Oxford Podcasts

Lost -- A Pearle

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Mrs. Georgie Sheldon


The drama, suspense, wonderful characters and the fantastic multi faceted plot in this book will have you turning the pages quickly to disco…

Lifted Masks

Read by Arielle Lipshaw


Susan Glaspell


In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)

The Benefactress

Read by Helen Taylor


Elizabeth Von Arnim


Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

Somehow Good

Read by Helen Taylor


William Frend De Morgan


A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…

Orientations

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W. Somerset Maugham


This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…

Violets And Other Tales

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Alice Dunbar Nelson


This is a collection of the author's short stories and poems where she writes about the collective experience of African American women, and…

Horror Stories

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Ada Buisson


Ada Buisson was a Victorian novelist and short story author. This collection includes her three horror stories, all of which were published …

The Common Reader

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Virginia Woolf


A collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, some of which originally appeared in the Times Literary Supplement or the Dial, and others were or…

January

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Helen Hunt Jackson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of January by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 13, 2013.Helen M…

Taken at the Flood

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Brought up by a parish schoolmaster with a hidden past, Sylvia Carew dreams of a future devoid of poverty. Will she be faithful to the man s…

The Aristocrats

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Gertrude Atherton


Being the impressions of the Lady Helen Pole during her sojourn in The Great North Woods as spontaneously recorded in her letters to her fri…

Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College

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Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase


Set after the Grace Harlowe High School series, Grace and her friends Miriam and Anne start a new chapter of their lives as Freshmen at Over…

The Gardener and The Burden

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Rudyard Kipling


Helen Turrell’s life has been one of respectability and duty, and she adopts and raises her illegitimate nephew upon her scapegrace brother’…

Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man!

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Mary Roberts Rinehart


This warm, affectionate duet of essays by two of the early twentieth century's most popular writers is a bit dated but still entertaining. …

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