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Thomas Carlyle

Read by David Wales


G. K. Chesterton


A short biography (1902) of a famous writer (Carlyle) by another famous writer (Chesterton). The first half exhibits Chesterton’s sly wit a…

Fifty-one Tales (version 2)

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle


Lord Dunsany


A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometime…

The Wall Street Girl

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Frederick O. Bartlett


After the loss of his father, Don finds that life isn't quite as easy when having to make his own way in the world. Stripped of his riches, …

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…

Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter, Volume One

Read by Anne Fletcher


Rachel Hunter


The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…

Colette

Read by Alba


Sidonie Gabrielle Colette


Lives of Girls Who Became Famous

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Sarah Knowles Bolton


This book is a collection of short biographies of notable women, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Florence Nightingale, a…

The Princess Aline

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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 …

The Type-Writer Girl

Read by Grant Hurlock


Grant Allen


(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …

The Pupil

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…

Fräulein oder Frau?

Read by Hokuspokus


Wilkie Collins


Die schöne Natalie Graybrooke liebt ihre Vetter Launcelot Linzie, doch ihr Vater, Sir Joseph Graybrooke, will sie mit seinem Geschä…

The Child's Book of American Biography

Read by Laura Victoria


Mary Stoyell Stimpson


In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Read by Karen Savage


Baroness Emma Orczy


The classic story of Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel. A great adventure, set during the French Revolution. (Summ…

Your Affectionate Godmother

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Elinor Glyn


This is a series of seven letters by the eminent author of scandalous romances, Elinor Glyn, written to her godchild Caroline in the years 1…

Eleanor's Victory

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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…

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Dramatic Reading)

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Baroness Emma Orczy


The last of the famous "Scarlet Pimpernel" books, the "Triumph" tells the story of the final confrontation between the S…

The Sylph

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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess Of Devonshire and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire


Georgianna Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire was one of the leading ladies of her time. There for, her novel, which contains many autobiograp…

Pollyanna (version 4)

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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…

Jaffery

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


The book follows the lives of Hilary, the narrator, and three of his friends whom he met at Cambridge. One soon dies - another (Adrian) writ…

Little Prudy

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Rebecca Sophia Clarke


I am going to tell you something about a little girl who was always saying and doing funny things, and very often getting into trouble. He…

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