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The Priceless Pearl

Read by Nancy Halper

Alice Duer Miller

Pearl Leavitt is habitually fired from her New York City office jobs for being "too beautiful" and thereby causing all the men to …

Emily Climbs, Version 2

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

“Emily Climbs” is the second book in a series by the author of "Anne of Green Gables." Emily Byrd Starr, an orphan living with her…

Old New York

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Edith Wharton

Old New York (1924) is a collection of four novellas (False Dawn; The Old Maid; The Spark; New Year's Day) by Edith Wharton, revolving arou…

Chapter 24 A Pound a Day A Picture and a Wedding

In A Girl of High Adventure

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L. T. Meade

Marguerite St. Juste was Irish on her mother's side, who was born of the Desmonds of Desmondstown in the County Kerry. Marguerite's father w…

Chapter IV, Part 1

In Woman and the Republic

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Helen Johnson

First published in 1897, the book is considered to be the best summary of the arguments against woman suffrage. It allows readers to underst…

Brother Cleveland

In Helen Lester

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Pansy

Twelve year old Helen is determined to be a good girl, but the harder she tries, the worse her days go. Is there any hope? And what made suc…

"If a Body Kiss a Body"

In Emily Climbs

Read by Nancy Halper

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Emily Byrd Starr longs to attend Queen's Academy to earn her teaching license, but her tradition-bound relatives at New Moon refuse. She is …