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Raven, The
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
In Grimms' Fairy Tales
A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of f…
VS 40-03-19 - A Letter From Aunt Bess - Grocery List
Paul Rhymer
In Vic and Sade (1)
Visit radio's homefolks in the Small House Half-way up in the Next Block. Vic and Sade was the most popular show of its kind in the history …
The Ribble
Read by Anya
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
A Journal of the Plague Year
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Daniel Defoe
The novel is a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The boo…
The Pickwick Papers (Version 2)
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
A sportsman who doesn't hunt; a poet who doesn't write; a lover with no one to love; all three are devoted to their cheerful and benevolent …
Hannibal Crosses the Alps, pt.2
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Jacob Abbott
In Hannibal
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
Thinker, The
Read by John Lieder
Sherwood Anderson
In Winesburg, Ohio
Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …
The Cobbler
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
In Donal Grant
After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…
Chapter 19: NEIGHBORS TO ABBOTSMEAD
Read by Jessica Hendra
Harriet Parr
In The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax
This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a v…
The Sayers of the Law
Read by Tom Haire
H. G. Wells
In The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 3)
In 1896 HG Wells produced the Island of Doctor Moreau. After a fateful shipwreck, a chance rescue, and offer of safe harbor, Edward Prendick…
A Letter
Read by Daryl Wor
Myrtle Reed
In The Master's Violin
Originally published in 1904, “The Master’s Violin” is the seventh novel by Myrtle Reed. It is set in a German town of Pennsylvania, East La…
Chapter 3: A Use for Spinsters
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy L. Sayers
In Unnatural Death
This is the third book in the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series.* As the story opens, a country doctor is telling Lord Peter Wimsey about the…
Fable
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 autho…
27 - Mr. and Mrs. Helmer
Read by MaryAnn
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
16 - Our Roof Garden among the Tenements
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Jacob A. Riis
In Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
The Bookbinder and His Pupil
Read by csinclair
George MacDonald
In There and Back
An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …
Characters 5: The Parlour Orator
Read by ravenotation
Charles Dickens
In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It c…
The Dooners!
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Ruth Plumly Thompson
In The Wishing Horse of Oz
Magic wishing emeralds mysteriously arrive in the little kingdom of Skampavia. King Skamperoo immediately confiscates them and wishes to bec…
Foreword & Biographical Sketch
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Abraham Lincoln
In Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)