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Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Ella Cheever Thayer
A telegraph operator meets a mysterious stranger 'on the wire'. Throw in the most clumsy gent in literature, a stern matron, an actress with…
The Elusive Pimpernel
Read by Karen Savage
Baroness Emma Orczy
First Published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel…
Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton
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G. K. Chesterton
This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in "The D…
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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Ann Radcliffe
Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…
A Hypocritical Romance, and Other Stories
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Caroline Ticknor
This is a collection of twelve original and entertaining little romances. Literature is an important anchor that helps us understand society…
Turns About Town
Read by Tom Penn
Robert Cortes Holliday
Robert Cortes Holliday was an early 20th century essayist, editor, and librarian. Writer Christopher Morley said that he "has the genu…
Pollyanna (version 4)
Read by thestorygirl
Eleanor H. Porter
Spinster Polly Harrington is perfectly content to be in control of her comfortable life, even if is she alone in a big house. But then a le…
The Millionaire Baby
Read by Dawn Larsen
Anna Katharine Green
A reward of five thousand dollars is offered, by Phil Ocumpaugh, to whoever will give such information as will lead to the recovery, alive o…
Alarms and Discursions
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, p…
Red Pottage
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
The book follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with th…
April's Lady: A Novel
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Mrs. Hungerford
This is a delightful Victorian romance by Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, published in 1890. The heroine of this novel, Joyce, fin…
Varied Types
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he …
I Will Repay
Read by Annie Kirkpatrick
Baroness Emma Orczy
This is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orczy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series …
The Return of Don Quixote
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G. K. Chesterton
The mirthful story of a Don Quixote who, riding into a world of fetes and parties, tilts a humorous and well aimed lance at some of the conv…
A Coin Of Edward VII
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Fergus Hume
A family celebrates Christmas and its flaws are gently exposed by the house guest Mrs. Parry. Giles is engaged to the wealthy Daisy, yet is …
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (version 2)
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter's son, Carthoris, falls in love with his father's true friend, Thuvia of Ptarth, but she has been promised to another and is kid…
Wise and Otherwise
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
Immature Mr. Tresevant (from "The King's Daughter") comes to Newton with his spoiled wife to be the new pastor of the church atten…
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…
G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine
Read by Larry Wilson
G. K. Chesterton
Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)
The Chaperon
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
What on earth is a girl to do when London society has convicted her mother of a dreadful sin and has ostracized her? If blood is thicker tha…