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Love at Second Sight

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


In the final instalment of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, three years have passed since Bruce and Edith's marriage was in danger of collapse.…

Mrs. Armytage, or Female Domination

Read by Helen Taylor


Catherine Grace Frances Gore


Mrs Armytage is a widowed landowner, spirited, independent and very much used to having her own way and exercising total dominance over her …

Tension

Read by Helen Taylor


E. M. Delafield


When the role of ‘Lady Superintendent’ becomes available at the Commercial and Technical College for South West England, the calm and capabl…

The Value of Humanities

Read by Helen Small


Helen Small


University of Oxford Podcasts

India's Love Lyrics

Read by Helen Williford-Lower


Laurence Hope


The poetry of Adela Florence Cory aka Violet Nicolson, is some of the most unique and passionate in the English language. Under the pen name…

The Yo-semité Valley by C. F. Gordon-Cumming

In Greatest Wonders of the World

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Esther Singleton


A selection of descriptions of famous, and not so famous, natural beauty spots, as described by various travelers of the age. Travelers incl…

Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Chapter 1)

In American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922

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Charles Edward Stowe and Harriet Beecher Stowe


This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

The World's Herds and Flocks

In Zoology: The Science of Animal Life

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Ernest Ingersoll


Scientist and prolific author, Ernest Ingersoll, in this book gives as an overview of animal life. Included here are descriptions of sea li…

Andrea Delfin, part 2

In Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 5

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Julian Hawthorne, ed. and Paul Heyse


In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

Bk. III, Ch. V, Pt. 2

In A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2

Read by David Cole


James Cook


Having disproved the myth of Terra Australis Incognita (The unknown Southern Continent), Cook returns to New Zealand via the Friendly Island…

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. AD 1685, by Bon Louis Henri Martin, part 2

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12

Read by David Cole


Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Bk. III, Ch. VI, Pt. 1, Departure from New South Wales, etc.

In The First Voyage of James Cook Volume 2

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James Cook


Following his discovery and circumnavigation of New Zealand recorded in Volume 1, Cook sailed westwards to Australia, whose east coast was a…

Introduction, and Bk. I Ch. I, The Passage from Plymouth to Madeira, with some…

In The First Voyage of James Cook Volume 1

Read by David Cole


James Cook


In May 1768, the Admiralty commissioned the 39-year old Cook to command a scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean to observe and record the 1…

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