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07 - The Adventure of Mrs. Rockerbilt's Tiara

In Mrs. Raffles

Read by Melissa Burns-Price

John Kendrick Bangs

Mrs. Raffles, widow of the now deceased A. J. Raffles (who was the gentleman thief pursued at one time by Sherlock Holmes), continues the fa…

10 - The Rocker

In Widdershins (Version 2)

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Oliver Onions

Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella The Beckoning Fair…

Canoeing in the Wilderness

Read by Melissa Green

Henry David Thoreau

A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane

Emily Beesly

Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

Bk 01, ch. 04: Works corresponding to Words

In Les Misérables, Volume 1

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Victor Hugo

This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…

Chapter 30

In The Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2)

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James Fenimore Cooper

This story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a Huron massacre (with passive French a…

THE FINGER PRINTS

In The Daffodil Mystery

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Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 17…