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Heroines of Fiction
Read by Jim Locke
William Dean Howells
This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…
Afterward
Read by Charlie Blakemore
Edith Wharton
Mary and Ned Boyne have fled their dreary life in Wisconsin for a home in rustic Dorsetshire. But you can only run so far, and some things -…
Tales and Stories
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Mary Shelley
While Mary Shelley will most likely always be known for her enduring classic of mad science Frankenstein, this collection intends to show th…
The Type-Writer Girl
Read by Grant Hurlock
Grant Allen
(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …
Lilith's Love
Read by Dan Shaurette
Dan Shaurette
Donovan, lonely and getting over the recent death of his parents, asks his long-time friend Christian to move in with him when he relocates …
Sense and Sensibility (version 3)
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel, focuses on the lives and loves of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The…
Harrington
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Maria Edgeworth
Harrington follows the protagonist of the same name who tries to explore his memories in order to understand his views on Jews. It begins wi…
How to Write a Novel
Read by Brett W. Downey
William James Mcglothlin
I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of charac…
A Hive of Busy Bees
Read by Rosa Grace
Effie Mae Hency Williams
In the summer, Don and Joyce stay on their Grandma and Grandpa's farm. They have great fun, and every night Grandma tells them a story about…
The Spinster Book
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Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
To The Lighthouse
Read by Cori Samuel
Virginia Woolf
The Ramsey family, with house guests, visit the Isle of Skye at least twice. The plot is not at all the point though, as this is a book abou…
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
Read by Sandra Cullum
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The story of three "middle aged ladies". Follow along as they have all sorts of adventures. - Summary by Sandra More Tish stories…
To the Lighthouse (Version 3)
Read by WendyKatzHiller
Virginia Woolf
In three parts, this modern classic explores the life of an English family, the Ramsays, at their Scottish summer house both before and afte…
Pollyanna (version 4)
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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…
Mrs. Shelley
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Lucy Madox Rossetti
"I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving an…
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…
The Circular Study
Read by Jacquerie
Anna Katharine Green
In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…
Stephen Mitchell's Journey
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Pansy
Stephen Mitchell is a young man without a place in the world. He hates farming, although he works endless hours on the poor family farm. He …
Flowers and Ferns in their Haunts
Read by Bellona Times
Mabel Osgood Wright
Pleasant non-fiction journey into the backwoods of the New England coastal countryside by the first president of the Connecticut Audubon Soc…