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Geraldine Jewsbury in Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, 1846-47
Read by Phil Benson
Geraldine Jewsbury
'The most striking feature in the present day, far more than that of railways even, is the utter chaos into which all previously received pr…
The Insect Folk
Read by Laura Caldwell
Margaret Warner Morley
Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her student…
The Spinster Book
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Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
Concerning Isabel Carnaby
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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler
Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of h…
The Dawn of a To-morrow
Read by Linda Andrus
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city.He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day…
Linda Tressel
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
Linda Tressel lives a lonely life with her domineering aunt, Madame Staubach, in a large house in Nuremberg. Madame Staubach takes in the od…
The Subjection Of Isabel Carnaby
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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler
This is a sequel to "Concerning Isabel Carnaby". Isabel and Paul Seaton are now happily married. This book tells about their trial…
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Read by Lynne Carroll
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for hers…
Poor Miss Finch
Read by Sandra G
Wilkie Collins
“Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it a…
English Literature
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Geraldine Hodgson
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
The Annals of Ann
Read by CJ Plogue
Kate Trimble Sharber
As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …
Judith Lee - Pages From Her Life
Read by Alan Winterrowd
Richard Marsh
Judith Lee is a young woman with an unusual gift, she can read lips at a distance as well as she can hear the person next to her. Her skill …
Jacqueline of Golden River
Read by Roger Melin
Victor Rousseau
Jacqueline seems to have contracted a touch of amnesia, as she is found in an apartment with a dead man, and with a weapon in her hand. But …
The Exploits Of Elaine
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Arthur B. Reeve
The Exploits of Elaine It tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to find the man, known only…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged, version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Lewis Carroll
A delightful version of Alice's Adventures following that scurrying Rabbit with the watch that is shortened for the enjoyment of younger chi…
Notwithstanding
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
The book starts with Annette Georges choosing between two fates: suicide and running away with a disreputable stranger. She is rescued by a …
Agatha Webb
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Anna Katharine Green
A universally beloved woman has been murdered. But who would have the heart to kill Agatha Webb? Would her husband do it for money matters? …
Die Familie Pfäffling
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Agnes Sapper
Humorvolle Geschichte einer Musikerfamilie mit sieben Kindern zu Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts (Summary by Wolfgang)
The Bent Twig
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by fa…