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Pollyanna (version 4)
Read by thestorygirl
Eleanor H. Porter
Spinster Polly Harrington is perfectly content to be in control of her comfortable life, even if is she alone in a big house. But then a le…
Henrietta Volume 1 (Dramatic Reading)
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Charlotte Lennox
Henrietta is a strong willed young lady who will not give in to her aunt and marry the suitors she proposes. She runs away and adventure ens…
Second April
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
A New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory
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Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mill-worker. According to Wikipedia: "Larcom served as a model for the change in women's…
The Child's Book of American Biography
Read by Laura Victoria
Mary Stoyell Stimpson
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …
Poor Miss Finch
Read by Sandra G
Wilkie Collins
“Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it a…
Miss Mackenzie
Read by Kirsten Wever
Anthony Trollope
The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…
Contending Forces
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, despite an impressive record of productivity and creativity as a novelist, playwright, short fiction writer, edit…
Pollyanna (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Eleanor H. Porter
In a small town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna loses her mother then her dad to disease. This book describes how the orphan is sent to…
What Diantha Did
Read by Betsie Bush
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate …
Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 19: A Rise in Life
Read by Keith Salis
Frank Tousey
Bob Chambers is a plucky young man who works in the Bayport Woolen Mills. He has a good rapport with nearly everyone he meets, including Rub…
The Wind
Read by Availle
Dorothy Scarborough
After her mother's death, Letty is forced to move in with her only relative, cousin Bev. From the start, the naive 18-year-old finds it diff…
The Untempered Wind
Read by Bruce Pirie
Joanna E. Wood
Upon publication of “The Untempered Wind” in 1894, Joanna Wood quickly rose to international prominence, becoming in the next few years the …
The Dawn of a To-morrow
Read by Linda Andrus
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city.He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day…
Birds of the Air
Read by Laura Caldwell
Arabella B. Buckley
Arabella Buckley had a great love of nature and wished to impart that love to children. Birds of the Air will encourage children to observe …
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…
Iola Leroy
Read by James K. White
Frances E. W. Harper
This is the story of Iola Leroy, a free-born, mixed-race woman who passed as white. Her true racial identity eventually discovered, she was …
South African Memories
Read by SallyMc
Lady Sarah Wilson
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she …
A Daily Rate
Read by TriciaG
Grace Livingston Hill
A dark, dreary boardinghouse, with unpalatable meals and slovenly housekeeping is all she can afford. But God will give Celia just what she …