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The Barbadoes Girl

Read by Chieko Steely

Barbara Hofland

Matilda Sophia Hanson, whose father has recently died in their country of Barbadoes in the West Indies, must live for a time with family fri…

07 - Volume One, Chapter 7: An Inveterate Novel Reader

In Gwen Wynn - A Romance of the Wye

Read by Chieko Steely

Mayne Reid and Thomas Mayne Reid

Gwendoline Wynn, our heroine, is an orphan-heiress who lives on the river Wye. She will live with aunt until she comes of age and her money.…

On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1

In The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

Read by Chieko Steely

William Hazlitt

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, Wi…