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Chapter 4

In Destiny, Volume 2

Read by Jo H


Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier


Susan Edmonstone Ferrier's final novel comes to us in two volumes. Most of the book is placed in the Scottish Highland with rich geographica…

Hermengarde drops a Hint

In A Crown of Straw

Read by Jo H


Allen Upward


There is a plan afoot to commit murder, but who could be the intended victim?The scene switches to an old forester and his seventeen-year-ol…

Daddy-Long-Legs Version 2

Read by Jo Karabasz


Jean Webster


Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to w…

Chimneysmoke

Read by Carmen H


Christopher Morley


A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Read by H. P. Lovecraft


H. P. Lovecraft


Rumours abound of sinister goings-on in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth. The once prosperous town, which has fallen into a st…

The Mystery Of Cloomber

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This novel is written by the author of, among other novels, the Stories of Sherlock Holmes. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, who trie…

The Mad King

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Shades of The Prisoner of Zenda! All our old friends are here—the young king, the usurping uncle and his evil henchman, the beautiful prince…

The Yukon Trail

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


William Macleod Raine


The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North (filmed as The Grip of the Yukon in 1928) is an adventure yarn from the prodigious output of William Ma…

The Efficiency Expert

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Our hero, Jimmy Torrance, Jr., has a hard time finding suitable employment after a brilliant (athletically, at least) college career, despit…

The Magician

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


W. Somerset Maugham


The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a cari…

King Solomon's Mines

Read by H. Rider Haggard


H. Rider Haggard


King Solomon's Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. It relates a jou…

The Box

Read by H. Lovelyn Bettison


H. Lovelyn Bettison


What's in the box? Indy would sure like to know. When Tom offers Indy two thousand dollars to transport a mysterious box across the country,…

The Parasite (version 2)

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


In this short novel of 1894, Conan Doyle describes a character with seemingly extraordinary powers. Are these powers occult or are they only…

Pollyanna

Read by Eleanor H. Porter


Eleanor H. Porter


In a small town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna loses her mother then her dad to disease. This book describes how the orphan is sent to …

Badge of Infamy

Read by Steven H. Wilson


Lester Del Rey


Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend's life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he's a pariah, shu…

Time Crime

Read by H. Beam Piper


H. Beam Piper


From Astounding Tales Published February and March 1955 The Paratime Police had a real headache this time! Tracing one man in a population o…