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Lost Man's Lane

Read by Mary Bard


Anna Katharine Green


After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York detective Mr Gryce calls on the ski…

Michael O'Halloran

Read by Mary Anderson


Gene Stratton-Porter


The story of a plucky, optimistic newsboy, Michael O’Halloran, who has been orphaned from a young age and asks nothing of the world but to “…

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Read by Mary Reagan


Nellie Bly


This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne…

The Wonderful Visit

Read by Mary Bard


H. G. Wells


An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…

The Sword of Damocles

Read by Mary Bard


Anna Katharine Green


Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does ind…

The New Life (La vita nuova)

Read by Mary J


Dante Alighieri


One of Dante's earliest works, La vita nuova or La vita nova (The New Life) is in a prosimetrum style, a combination of prose and verse, and…

What's Mine's Mine

Read by Hannah Mary


George MacDonald


Set in the invigorating wilds of Scotland, clans are crumbling and emigrating as their homeland is bought out from under them. The character…

Far Above Rubies

Read by Hannah Mary


George MacDonald


Proverbs 31:10-11 says, "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust i…

The Princess and Curdie (Version 2)

Read by Hannah Mary


George MacDonald


A year has passed since Curdie's adventures with young Princess Irene and the hostile goblins deep in the mountain. As Curdie grows up, his …

La Vita Nuova

Read by Mary J


Dante Alighieri


In quella parte del libro della mia memoria dinanzi alla quale poco si potrebbe leggere, si trova una rubrica la quale dice Incipit Vita Nov…

The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today

Read by Mary Reagan


Evelyn Underhill


Underhill emphasizes the practical, here-and-now nature of spiritual life. She argues that spirituality is a genuine and abiding human fact,…

The Box-Car Children (Version 2)

Read by Hannah Mary


Gertrude Chandler Warner


Henry, Jess, Violet, and Benny just lost their father and are all alone. To avoid being sent to the grandfather they fear, they have no choi…

Manon Lescaut

Read by Mary Bard


Abbé Prévost


Published in 1731, Manon Lescaut (on which the Puccini opera is based) takes as its themes passionate, tragic love, and redemption through s…

The Missing Formula

Read by Mary Escano


Mildred A. Wirt Benson


Orphan Anne Fairaday faces a life of poverty upon the death of her father. The only thing that can prevent it is finding his latest experime…

The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella

Read by Mary J


Michelangelo Buonarroti


Michael Angelo and Campanella represent widely sundered, though almost contemporaneous, moments in the evolution of the Italian genius. Mich…

In Our Convent Days

Read by Mary Schneider


Agnes Repplier


With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…

Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories

Read by Mary J


Giovanni Verga


The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in r…

The Bone Road

Read by Mary Holland


Mary Holland


A divvy, a dying woman, and a promise Rhona has the divvy gift; with only a touch she can tell if a baby will be fertile or a sterile Shun, …

The Secret of Casa Grande

Read by Mary Escano


Helen Randolph


While visiting their friend, Florence, at her home in Mexico, Jo Ann and Peggy noticed a barred window which has no opening into any of the …

Little Susy's Little Servants

Read by Hannah Mary


Elizabeth Prentiss


“As Little Susy had a kind mamma to take care of her, you will, perhaps, wonder why God gave her also, a great many servants of her own. He …

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