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Abigail Adams and Her Times

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi


Laura E. Howe Richards


This is a young person's biography of Abigail Adams that will appeal to readers of all ages. In the author's own words, "I am not writi…

Ruth

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fall…

Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1

Read by Sue Anderson


Abigail Adams


Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published alon…

Mary Cary, Frequently Martha

Read by Jan MacGillivray


Kate Langley Bosher


"My name is Mary Cary. I live in the Yorkburg Female Orphan Asylum. You may think nothing happens in an Orphan Asylum. It does. The orp…

Little Eve Edgarton

Read by Nathalie J.


Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


Eve Edgarton is not who she seems she is. A short encounter with Mr. Barton show that first impressions are not always right or indicative o…

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

Read by Sibella Denton


Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon


Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…

Miss Ashton's New Pupil

Read by Abigail Rasmussen


Sarah Stuart Robbins


Marion Park, the daughter of missionaries, is sent to Miss Ashton's boarding school. There she meets with many young girls and together they…

A Peep Behind the Scenes

Read by Abigail Rasmussen


Mrs. O. F. Walton


Rosalie is the daughter of a traveling theater master and is envied by many young girls as she appears to live a life full of glamour, glitz…

Narratives of Colored Americans

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Abigail Mott


Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of …

Ruth Hall

Read by Deborah Knight


Fanny Fern


This is a COMPELLING semi-autobiography of a woman who experienced severe highs and lows! Starting many things at a very young age in life &…

Eleanor's Victory

Read by Eleanor Howard


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Only 15-years-old, Eleanor Vane is very happy with her lot: educated in an expensive finishing school in Paris, the apple of her father's ey…

Surprise House

Read by Winnifred Assmann


Abbie Farwell Brown


Our story begins just after Nan Corliss, an eccentric old lady, dies and leaves her strange old house in Crowfield to her nephew, Dr. Owen C…

Little Women (version 2)

Read by Abigail Rasmussen


Louisa May Alcott


This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to lo…

The Enchanted Barn

Read by Gail Mattern


Grace Livingston Hill


The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, …

The Precipice

Read by Mary Schneider


Elia Wilkinson Peattie


Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…

The Mystery of Mary

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Grace Livingston Hill


Handsome young Tryon Dunham has just returned home on the train from a business trip one evening when he's accosted by a beautiful young wom…

The Case of Jennie Brice

Read by Wina Hathaway


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The flood brings in not only the muddy waters but a series of suspicious clues that convinced Mrs. Pitman, a boarding house keeper, that a m…

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The Princess Aline

Read by Crln Yldz Ksr


Richard Harding Davis


Morton Carlton, an easy-going, rich young artist, has never taken the concepts of love and marriage all that seriously -- until by accident …

Miss Lulu Bett

Read by Jacquerie


Zona Gale


Lulu Bett is a spinster, living at the turn of the 20th century essentially as a servant with her sister Ina and brother-in-law Dwight. She …

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