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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…

Seven Little Australians

Read by Ophelia Darcy


Ethel Turner


This is the story of seven incorrigible children living near Sydney in the 1880’s with their military-man father, and a stepmother who is sc…

In the Bishop's Carriage

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Miriam Michelson


Nancy 'Nance' Olden, a young and very pretty woman, is an accomplished liar and thief. Raised in a horrific orphanage, called the Cruelty by…

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Lewis Carroll


In this children's classic, a girl named Alice follows falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm full of talking creatures. She attends …

Understood Betsy (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher


Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." Ac…

A Little Princess (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Frances Hodgson Burnett


Sara is brought to Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies by her father, Captain Crewe, because the climate in India doesn't agree …

Wanted

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Pansy


Twenty-seven year old Rebecca Meredith feels out of place and unwanted. She has lost her mother, brother, and idolized little sister to the …

Taken at the Flood

Read by Celine Major


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Brought up by a parish schoolmaster with a hidden past, Sylvia Carew dreams of a future devoid of poverty. Will she be faithful to the man s…

Our Village, Volume 1

Read by Anne Fletcher


Mary Russell Mitford


This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…

Little Prudy

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Rebecca Sophia Clarke


I am going to tell you something about a little girl who was always saying and doing funny things, and very often getting into trouble. He…

Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

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Dexter C. Bloomer


As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …

Miss Philura's Wedding Gown

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


Follow-up to "The Transfiguration of Miss Philura"....will the conviction of mild-mannered Miss Philura that "Ask and you hav…

Poor Miss Finch

Read by Sandra G


Wilkie Collins


“Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it a…

Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 002

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Various


Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…

Stories by English Authors: London

Read by Kirsten Wever


F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill


This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …

A Little Princess

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Frances Hodgson Burnett


The novel tells of the troubles of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school during her father’s…

Through the Looking-Glass (version 5 dramatic reading)

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Lewis Carroll


Sequel to Alice in Wonderland, this volume sees Alice travel through a mirror to a dream-world where she meets chess pieces and other curiou…

Patricia Brent, spinster

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…

Eight Cousins (Version 2)

Read by Maria Therese


Louisa May Alcott


This is the story of Rose Campbell, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts.…

The Patrician

Read by Simon Evers


John Galsworthy


The book revolves around the story of two love affairs. Miltoun (an aspiring politician) proposes to Mrs Audrey Noel, only to find that she …

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