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Jane Eyre (version 3 dramatic reading)
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Charlotte Brontë
Primarily of the bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of eponymous Jane Eyre, her growth to adulthood, and he…
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
During the late nineteenth century and until the middle of the twentieth, many elementary classrooms in America featured (along with a Gilbe…
Robert Elsmere
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventu…
The Novels of Jane Austen
Read by Barbara Baker
George Henry Lewes
An 1859 essay by the prominent philosopher and literary critic, G. H. Lewes, who was an enthusiastic promoter of the novels of Jane Austen a…
The Shadow of a Sin (Dramatic reading)
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Charlotte M. Brame and Charlotte M Brame
A story of a young woman in love and the sacrifices she makes in order to save a man's life when he is accused of murder. Has she gone too f…
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books
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Variousandcharles William Eliot
Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Baco…
Villette (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Charlotte Brontë
After an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where…
Margaret of Anjou
Read by Cate Barratt
Jacob Abbott
Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30-year civil conflict fuel…
Jonathan Frock
Read by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel
Heinrich Zschokke
Jonathan Frock hat es nicht leicht, zunächst wird er als Hauslehrer entlassen, weil er den Kindern zu viele freie Gedanken einflös…
Lo, Michael!
Read by Brian Keenan
Grace Livingston Hill
Grace Livingston Hill's 1913 inspirational tale of Michael, who grows up a poor orphan selling newspapers in the slums of New York. After sa…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…
Writing Wrongly
Read by Thomas Corfield
Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059
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Various
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 59 contains an eclectic mix of readings, ra…
Dope
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Sax Rohmer
A minor lord is killed and a rich socialite is missing, and they are both tied to the enigmatic Kazmah the Dream Reader, who has also disapp…
The Dawn of All
Read by Maria Therese
Robert Hugh Benson
In a former book, called "Lord of the World," I attempted to sketch the kind of developments a hundred years hence which, I though…
Petticoat Government, Volume 3
Read by Mark Leder
Frances Milton Trollope
The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.
From Different Standpoints
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Pansy
How differently people view life, society, and religion, depending on their perspective! Perry, the often sick young man that is learning to…
Space Casey
Read by Christiana Ellis
Christiana Ellis
Some heroines will steal your heart. This one will steal your wallet. In the future, mankind has expanded to fill the solar system, but when…
The Testimony of the Suns, and other Poems
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George Sterling
This is the first published volume of poetry by Californian author and poet George Sterling. These poems are the beginning of Sterling's gre…