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Child Whispers
Read by KevinS
Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why
Summer Surprise
Read by Philip 'Norvaljoe' Carroll
Philip 'Norvaljoe' Carroll
Chad is in love with Amy. He knows it now, but isn't sure how to deal with it.
It's summer vacation before starting high school. Chad has r…
Desperate Remedies
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Thomas Hardy
Cytherea Graye is poor, but accepts a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had not b…
Concerning Isabel Carnaby
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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler
Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of h…
The Weaker Sex
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mrs. Boyle-Chewton and her cause - the Advancement of Women from the Rear to the Van. Lady Vivash, new recruit to the cause. Their daughter…
Xiantha
Read by Gillian Andrews
Gillian Andrews
Grace is blaming herself for the death of two good men on Kwaide – even Six’s teasing can’t raise a smile at first. A strange first contact…
Biographia Literaria
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
The Gentle Grafter
Read by Leslie Walden
O. Henry
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…
The Gentle Persuasion
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Alan Gray
Twelve stories from the author's life in Scotland, by Robert Cuthbert Johnstone, writing as Alan Gray. For more information on the author se…
Black Beauty - Young Folks' Edition
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Anna Sewell
The same beloved story of the adventures of a young horse that we all know and love, but rewritten by the author for young people. All of th…
Americans and Others
Read by Mary Schneider
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…
De Profundis (version 2)
Read by AdamH
Oscar Wilde
This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and cha…
Rosemary and Pansies
Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker
Effie Waller Smith
Effie Waller Smith was recognized as a promising young black poet. Her poems reflect her love of nature, her faith, and her experience as a …
Uther and Igraine
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Warwick Deeping
This beautifully written book imagines the lives of Igraine and Uther Pendragon before the legend of Arthur began. (Summary by A. Gramour)
Lover or Friend
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Rosa Nouchette Carey
An epic tale of romantic and societal confrontation, as two families become far more intimately entangled than they could have previously im…
An Eye for an Eye
Read by Anthony Ogus
Anthony Trollope
A short but typical Trollope romance in which a young nobleman is torn between love for an impoverished Irish girl and the expectations of h…
Lady Baltimore
Read by Lois Hill
Owen Wister
Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research genealogies an…
Lifted Masks
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Susan Glaspell
In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)
A Lost Lady (Verson 2)
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Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather
Charismatic Marian Forrester, the wife of a railroad pioneer, captures the heart of every person she meets. Niel Herbert is no exception. He…
Essays on Modern Novelists
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William Lyon Phelps
A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote i…