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Lily Dougall
In A Dozen Ways of Love
This is a collection of (each in their own way) romantic short stories by Lily Dougall. - Summary by Carolin
01 - Preface
Read by GabrielleC
Martha Finley
In Elsie's Womanhood
The fourth book in the Elsie Dinsmore series, Elsie grows into a young woman. She marries her father's old friend, Edward Travilla, and toge…
10 - Chapters XIX, XX & XXI
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Christoph von Schmid and Christoph Von Schmid
In The Basket of Flowers
James is the king's gardener and he deeply enjoys caring for and cultivating flowers. He teaches his daughter Mary many principles of godlin…
Preface
Read by Rachel
Louisa May Alcott
In Shawl-Straps: A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag
Unlike the other volumes in this series, which are books of childrens' stories, Shawl-Straps is a novel. It is the story of Amanda, Matilda,…
When the Young are Grown
Read by Little Tee
Edgar A. Guest
In All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
Preface and A Brief Life of Shakespeare
Read by Laura Caldwell
E. Nesbit
In Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works…
Fun
Read by Kristin G.
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 02, Nov. 11, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Publisher's Note
Read by David Wales
Richard Harding Davis
In The Boy Scout And Other Stories For Boys
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, as a friend and fellow author has written of him, was “youth incarnate,” and there is probably nothing that he wrote …
To Youth by Walter Savage Landor
Read by Sonia
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 2)
The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…
2 - Section 2
Read by Roger Melin
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
In The Courage of the Commonplace
The short story of a young man who came to terms with himself and became a man on a day when he had proven to be a failure to his family, hi…
A Vision of Youth
Read by mleigh
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
Love's Youth by W. H. Davies
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In The Blue Review, Number 3
The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…
Youth and Age by Osbert Sitwell
Read by Nemo
Álvaro Velez Ladrón de Guevara, Arnold James, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Iris Tree, Sherard Vines and Henry James
In Wheels - A Third Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The third volume, publish…
12 - Fourteen
Read by Maria Therese
Kurt Becker, S.J. and Kurt Becker. S. J.
In Countdown
The first flight to outer space became an actual fact – Mars would be the first stop. But before the spaceship took off, two insane enemies …
Preface
Read by Christine Rottger
Jane Eayre Fryer
In The Mary Frances Sewing Book
This enchanting book was first published in 1913 “for all girls who love to make pretty things”. Meet Tommy Pin Cushion, Mr. Silver Thimble,…
Chapter 15
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
In Hunting for Hidden Gold (version 2)
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American detective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. The…
Poems of Youth, Introduction
Read by Erin Stone
Edgar Allan Poe
In The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe
In placing before the public this collection of Edgar Poe's poetical works, it is requisite to point out in what respects it differs from, a…
preface part 1
Read by KevinS
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
In Kopal-Kundala
A story of love and innocence, by one of India's most loved novelist/ poets of the 20th century, the mentor of Rabindrath Tagore. (Summary b…
Very Young Love
Read by Newgatenovelist
Genevieve Taggard
In For Eager Lovers
Genevieve Taggard was an American poet, teacher and socialist. This collection was first published in 1922 and deals with topics such as pe…
Preface
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
In Our Little Jewish Cousin
In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. Th…