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The Charwoman's Daughter
Read by Michele Fry
James Stephens
A humorous tale about a poor Irish charwoman living in the slums of Dublin, and her innocent teenage daughter, Mary Makebelieve, whose first…
08 A Little Cloud
Drama On One RTÉ Radio 1
James Joyce - Dubliners 08 Dubliners - A Little Cloud The eighth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Little Chandler's dinn…
Sophia
Read by Teel McClanahan III
Teel McClanahan III
At age 7, Sophia was struck down with a life-threatening disease. Faced with a choice between an unending life in the body of a child and he…
Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Helen Ekin Starrett
Helen Ekin Starrett, journalist, mother of two daughters, grandmother of seven granddaughters and teacher to many young girls at the Starret…
A Pickle For the Knowing Ones
Read by MelissaMarie
Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …
Main Street
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Joyce Kilmer
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Main Street by Joyce Kilmer.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 1, 2019. …
Stepping Heavenward (version 2)
Read by Theresa L. Downey
Elizabeth Prentiss
How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!" Thus begins the lifelong diary of young Katherine as she pours out her hopes, dreams, and sp…
The Third Miss Symons
Read by Rachel Lintern
F. M. Mayor
Miss Mayor tells this story with singular skill, more by contrast than by drama, bringing her chief character into relief against her world,…
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": the illuminating diary of a professional lady
Read by Jenn Broda
Anita Loos
In this comic novel written by American author Anita Loos, we follow the adventures of the fictional character Lorelei Lee who is a young bl…
Dandelion Cottage
Read by Betsie Bush
Carroll Watson Rankin
Carroll Watson Rankin's best known novel is Dandelion Cottage, published in 1904 by Henry Holt and Company. She first wrote the story serial…
The Precipice
Read by Mary Schneider
Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…
Briarwood Girls
Read by Linda Velwest
Julia Lestarjette Glover
Kindred Spirits return for their Sophomore year at Briarwood College. There's a new girl who upsets the status quo. (Introduction by Linda V…
The Story of a Whim
Read by LikeManyWaters
Grace Livingston Hill
A group of girls send gifts and letters to one whom they think to be a young woman like them. "Christie" is really a poor young ba…
Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall
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Annie Roe Carr
The story of a young girl heading off to boarding school and the adventures that she has there. (Summary by Linda Ciano)
The Gate of the Giant Scissors
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Annie Fellows Johnston
This is the story of Joyce, an American girl who has been sent abroad to France to study, and of her adventures in France, - the wonderful h…
The Secret Mark
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Roy J. Snell
Student Lucile Tucker works part-time at the library of the large university she attends in Chicago to help pay her tuition. One night, whil…
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…
Unknown to History
Read by Tanica
Charlotte Mary Yonge
During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and intrigue engulfed the country. Catholics were apprehensive of Protest…
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…