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II.I: Five Years Later

In A Tale of Two Cities

Read by Zale Schafer (Rose May Chamberlin Memorial Foundat


Charles Dickens


A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, …

Fish, Oysters, &c.;

In Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

Read by Zale Schafer (Rose May Chamberlin Memorial Foundat


Elizabeth E. Lea


The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic aff…

Star Hunter

Read by Leonie Rose


Andre Norton


"Somewheres on the jungle world of Jumala, there was a man in hiding—a man whose mind had been reconditioned with another's brain patte…

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights

Read by Thomas Rose


James Knowles and Sir Thomas Malory


The Publishers have asked me to authorise a new edition, in my own name, of this little book—now long out of print—which was written by me t…

In the Pecos Country

Read by Thomas Rose


Edward S. Ellis


Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he…

Badge of Infamy (version 2)

Read by Thomas Rose


Lester Del Rey


Set in the early 22nd century: Dr. Daniel Feldman, stripped of rank and status and named pariah for violating Medical Lobby rules, stows aw…

Common Sense, How to Exercise It

Read by Thomas Rose


Yoritomo Tashi


One of three seminal philosophical works by the twelfth century Japanese Shogun, Yoritomo-Tashi. (From the Preface) He knows how to clothe…

The Cave In the Mountain

Read by Thomas Rose


Edward S. Ellis


Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he…

Thoughts on South Africa

Read by Rachel May Ferriman


Olive Schreiner


'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding …

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In Journal of Francis Asbury, Volume I

Read by Bill Schafer


Francis Asbury


As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Method…

Chapter II

In It Is Never Too Late to Mend

Read by Bill Schafer


Charles Reade


A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires against her lover, George Fielding, so that the squire can win her. Wi…

Father - Read by RC

In Father

Read by Rick Chamberlin


S.E. Kiser


A tribute to fatherhood by a little known author, - Summary by David Lawrence

To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic - Read by RELC

In To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic

Read by Rick Chamberlin


Margaret Steele Anderson


Margaret Steele Anderson's tribute to the men left on board the doomed ship, some of whom followed the "Women and children first" …

Chapter 8: Anti-Slavery Literature after the Revolution, 1783 - 1808, section 1

In Anti-slavery in America from the Introduction of African Slaves to the Prohibit…

Read by Lorenzo Chamberlin


Mary S. Locke


Traces the origins of the abolitionist movement in the North American colonies of the British Empire through the American Revolution, to the…

IV

In The Congressman’s Wife, a Story of American Politics

Read by Lorenzo Chamberlin


John Daniel Barry


A season in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Briggs highlights a stormy period in American politics and the capriciousness of a woman. - Summary by…

Symbols - Read by RC

In Symbols

Read by Rick Chamberlin


John Drinkwater


John Drinkwater was an English poet and dramatist. In the period immediately before the First World War he was one of the group of poets ass…

Volume 2 Chapter 8: What "The World" Told

In The Heirloom - Complete

Read by Lorenzo Chamberlin


T. Duthie-Lisle


It is not the pleasing office of the writer of fiction to unfold for the delectation of his readers the pages and pictures of the volume of …

Franklin Conducts His Trial

In Cordelia the Magnificent

Read by Lorenzo Chamberlin


Leroy Scott


Cordelia Marlowe carries a high society name but no fortune. She has to make ends meet, but what kind of work can a young lady do whose main…