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Agnes Repplier


A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 19…

Miss Ashton's New Pupil

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Sarah Stuart Robbins


Marion Park, the daughter of missionaries, is sent to Miss Ashton's boarding school. There she meets with many young girls and together they…

Black'erchief Dick

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Margery Allingham


This is noted mystery writer, Margery Allingham's first novel, written when she was just 18. It a swashbuckling novel of romance and adventu…

Work: A Story of Experience

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Louisa May Alcott


It is one of "several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women's work in the new industrial era, as well as the …

English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the Englis…

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William J. Long


This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has thr…

Henry Dunbar

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


In this novel by Victorian sensationalist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Henry Dunbar returns to England after a 30-year exile to India for committ…

The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss

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George Prentiss


This memoir was undertaken at the request of many of Mrs. Prentiss' old and most trusted friends, who felt that the story of her life should…

The Gray Mills of Farley

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Sarah Orne Jewett


As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…

The Lady of the North Star

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Ottwell Binns


A mysterious death. A wealthy beautiful young lady. Three men after her heart. Place this mixture in the snow bound northwest and you have t…

Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…

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John Kendrick Bangs


Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …

Brian Ashbee Colourblind


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Saturday-Night Theatre: Colourblind Sat 16th Apr 1983, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM A comedy by Brian Ashbee With Mary Wimbus…

Black Oxen

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Gertrude Atherton


Lee Clavering, a young playwright falls in love with an Austrian countess, not noticing the adoring glances from the outgoing flapper, Janet…

Sleeping Fires

Read by Sharon Kilmer


Gertrude Atherton


The story of a love so strong that neither the rigid rules of Society in California in the 1800s nor the very bowels of hell could keep a yo…

Lady Jim of Curzon Street

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Fergus Hume


Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, …

The Mouse Queen

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RL Ferguson


Scarlet is a princess. A request for aid from the Mouse Queen sends her, Captain Bear, and Sergeant Mouse on an adventure through magical tu…

Unknown London (version 2)

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Walter George Bell


For anyone interested in history or who think they know London, Eighteen London secrets will be explored in detail. - Summary by Janet 99

Village Life in America

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Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke


A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth)

Red Money

Read by Sharon Kilmer


Fergus Hume


Greed and lost love collide to create dark secrets. Through twists and turns, corrupt aristocrats let family and honor overshadow love and t…

The Bartlett Mystery

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Louis Tracy


This is a fast-paced mystery, set in New York City, has two or three really interesting ("round") characters, a solid plot, no che…

An Englishwoman's Love-Letters

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Laurence Housman


It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to w…

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