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Chapter LXI: Defoe - The First Newspaers

Read by Traceyann


Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall


In English Literature for Boys and Girls

"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …

A Scrawl - Read by CCS

Read by Claudia Salto


James Whitcomb Riley


In A Scrawl

James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling author, born in the town of Greenfield, Indiana. During his lifetime he …

Ch 13 In which Katie Todd Shows what She is Made of

Read by Keith Salis


Frank Tousey


In Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 14: A Gold Brick

Joe Vickers, a young man of humble circumstances, was a strong and conscientious worker for the railroad. Starting as a Wiper, he took advan…

The Novelette Reader

Read by Newgatenovelist


Tom Maguire


In Machine-Room Chants

Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…

Lost Property 02


Katie Hims


In Lost Property by katie hims

BBC Radio 4's bittersweet trilogy set in 1941, 1979 and 2011. This history of relatives lost and found was originally broadcast on 3, 10 and…

The Messenger

Read by Amy Gramour


Marietta Holley


In Poems

This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin

Melmoth Reconciled, part 3

Read by Katie Riley


Honoré de Balzac


In Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 4

In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

Nancy Austin

Read by Stunning


Various


In Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives

These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

A Gift - Read by BLT

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Amy Lowell


In A Gift

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Po…

Chapter 24

Read by Bruce Pirie


Emma Francis Brooke


In A Superfluous Woman

Published anonymously in 1894, “A Superfluous Woman” quickly became one of the most widely read of the “New Woman” novels that appeared at t…

THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM

Read by Corinne Sampson


Amy Lowell


In A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass

This is a collection of lyrical poems, sonnets and verses for children by Amy Lowell."For quaint pictorial exactitude and bizarrerie of…

Chapter XIX. New Plans

Read by Carrie B. Gorman


Bertha B. Cobb and Ernest Cobb


In Clematis

An orphan is found by police and taken to a children's home. In the summer she is sent to the country where a surprise awaits her. - Summary…

Riley's First Christmas


The Life Of Riley


In Life Of Riley 47 12 20 Rileys' First Christmas

The kids want to go away for Christmas, but that upsets Riley who wants to spend the holiday at home.  Riley tells them the story (in f…

Chapter X Plays and Later Novels

Read by Christine Rottger


Bertha Thomas


In George Sand

A Victorian Novelist herself, Bertha Thomas presents a biography of the Life of George Sand - Summary by Christine Rottger

Life of Riley



In Lux Radio Theater 50 05 08 Life Of Riley

Riley is having money troubles when he suddenly receives a promotion at work by the boss's son, who schemes to marry Riley's daughter to pay…

Love and duty

Read by Riley McGuire


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


In The Lady's Mile

If you drive through the Lady's Mile, the most fashionable district in London, you will see people whose most distinguished ambition was to …

Reaping

Read by nbvoices


Amy Lowell


In Men, Women and Ghosts

This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. - Summary by Carolin

DISCOVERING A PRIMA DONNA

Read by valroth


Owen Davis


In Sketches of Gotham

If you're the sort that gets a thrill from rubbing elbows with shady characters you best leave the introductions to the streetwise Ike Swift…

Watching

Read by mleigh


Marie E. J. Pitt


In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses

Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…

Mary

Read by Bruce Kachuk


James Russell Lowell


In Early Poems

This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

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