Published 1900 onward

Sisters

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Ada Cambridge


Ada Cambridge (November 21, 1844 - July 19, 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English born Australian writer. While she gained recogni…

The Regeneration of Lord Ernie

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Algernon Blackwood


"The Regeneration of Lord Ernie is a story about a young man with no passion for life, he was very capable and the heir to a large fami…

1916: First Chapters Collection

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Various


These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the yea…

The Human Boy

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Eden Phillpotts


This collection of eleven short stories, both humorous and touching, about English school boys was published in 1900. The book was quite pop…

Just As I Am

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


The murder has finally been solved. After 20 years, Humphrey Vargas came with his dog, seemingly from no where, and informed the magistrate …

The Amethyst Cross

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Fergus Hume


Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in orde…

Phyllis

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Maria Thompson Daviess


Phyllis is a lonely little rich girl who comes with her millionaire father and invalid mother to live in Byrdsville, Tennessee. There she me…

Three Elephant Power and Other Stories

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Andrew Barton Paterson


From Banjo Paterson, bush poet and favorite son of Australia, here is a collection of colorful stories from Australia that offer a window in…

Futility: A Novel on Russian Themes

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William Alexander Gerhardi


From the preface written by Edith Wharton:Then I fell upon Futility. Some one said: “It's another new novel about Russia” –and every one of …

The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance

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Marie Corelli


Marie Corelli's book The Life Everlasting examines the world of past lives, mysticism, secret societies and twin souls against a backdrop of…

The End Of The Tether

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Joseph Conrad


At an age when he should, by rights, be embarking on a well-deserved and comfortable retirement, Captain Whalley, a sailor of the old school…

The Gambler

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Katherine Cecil Thurston


Clodagh, 18 years old, is the eldest daughter of Dennis Asshlin, an Irish gentleman who lives in an area of Ireland called Orristown. Dennis…

The Dinner Club

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Sapper


Herman Cyril McNeile, better known as Sapper, was one of England’s most popular fiction writers during the period between World Wars I and I…

The Silver Horde

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Rex Beach


The Silver Horde , is set in Kalvik, a fictionalized community in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and tells the story of a down on his luck gold miner …

The Short Life

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Francis Donovan


At two years old, Timmy was an imbecile, incapable of talking or controlling his own body. At four years old, he abruptly stood up and bega…

The Treasure

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Kathleen Norris


The Treasure is a story about the Salisbury Family and the trivialities of employing help for the household. Mrs. and Mr. Salisbury see the …

The Key Note

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Clara Louise Burnham


Love blooms amid the gorgeous scenery of an island off the coast of Maine as a group of vacationers discover an abused boy and set out to re…

The Strange Visitation

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Marie Corelli


The Strange Visitation is a Christmas ghost story in the spirit of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It was commissioned by the Strand as a supple…

The Island of Appledore

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Cornelia Meigs


Any one who knows the coast of New England will know also the Island of Appledore and just where it lies. Such a person can tell you that it…

The Third Miss Symons

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F. M. Mayor


Miss Mayor tells this story with singular skill, more by contrast than by drama, bringing her chief character into relief against her world,…

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