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War Letters From A Young Queenslander

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Robert Marshall Allen


Letters from a Brisbane doctor posted to the Western Front from 1914 to December 1915. He tells anecdotes of World War I including stories o…

The Wishing Horse of Oz

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Ruth Plumly Thompson


Magic wishing emeralds mysteriously arrive in the little kingdom of Skampavia. King Skamperoo immediately confiscates them and wishes to bec…

Bible (WEB) NT 11: Philippians

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


World English Bible


Paul's letter to the Philippians contains some of the most quoted passages of the pastoral letters, including "to live is Christ and to…

The Socialist and the Suffragist

In Suffrage Songs and Verses

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Charlotte Perkins Gilman


Charlotte Perkins Gilman, one of the most prominent American suffragists, was not only known as an accomplished author of fiction and non-fi…

To Nanette, A Former Maid

In A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do y…

Let there be love

In Some Everyday Folk and Dawn

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Miles Franklin


It is 1904 and women's suffrage has hit the small town of Noonoon. Though the election campaigners preen themselves for the women's vote, th…

1.1 Introductory remarks about cocks, catchpennies, street drolleries etc.

In Curiosities of Street Literature

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Various


This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…

Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace

In Little Women (version 4)

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Louisa May Alcott


Little Women is the classic story of the March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and their four girls–Practical, yet fashion cons…