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Book 12

In The Odyssey

Read by Robin Cotter


Homer, transl. Samuel Butler and Homer


The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly…

MARGARET'S FLITTIN'

In North and South (version 2)

Read by Robin Cotter


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


North and South is a social novel that tries to show the industrial North and its conflicts in the mid-19th century as seen by an outsider, …

Introduction & Foreword

In The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book

Read by Robin Cotter


William F. Bigelow


A collection of articles from Good Housekeeping magazine, The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book focuses on the subject of marriage. With instr…

Chapter 19

In Men of Iron

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Howard Pyle


Men of Iron by Howard Pyle is historical fiction that transports us back to the 1400's, a time of knighthood and chivalry. Myles Falworth is…

The Finances and Diplomacy of the Revolution

In History of the United States, Vol. II: Conflict & Independence

Read by Robin Cotter


Charles and Mary Beard and Charles Austin Beard


Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

Chapter 38 – Cloud

In Villette

Read by Robin Cotter


Charlotte Brontë


After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against …

Part III: Cakes and Fillings

In A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl

Read by Robin Cotter


Caroline French Benton


Join Margaret, a little girl who really wants to learn how to properly cook and bake everything from seafood to cake, as she sets out to mak…

32 - Book IV, Chapter III

In Henrietta Temple

Read by Robin Cotter


Benjamin Disraeli


The Armine family, in particular the young Ferdinand Armine, is in great financial difficulties. Ferdinand's grandfather has burdened the fa…

Chapter VII: Part 2

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I

Read by Robin Cotter


Edward Gibbon


The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

The Trojan War

In Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

Read by Robin Cotter


Thomas Bulfinch


Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes…

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