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'The Author to Her Book,' by Anne Bradstreet
Read by thowe
Anne Bradstreet
In 17th- and 18th-Century Poems by Women
This class project is a collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century verse by women, focusing first on women as writers. It has been c…
Paula the Waldensian
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Eva Lecomte, Eva Lecomtetranslated Byw. M. Strong and Eva Lecomtetranslated By W. M. Strong
Into the home of an interesting but self-centered family in old France comes Paula, a young orphaned cousin, from the little village of Vill…
Lunch
Read by Diana Schmidt
Louisa May Alcott
In Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5
A book of short stories by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women and Eight Cousins. It includes Two Little Travellers, a story about two…
The Novelette Reader
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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…
Poor Anne
Read by Phil Chenevert
A. A. Milne
In A Gallery of Children (Version 2)
These are 12 imaginative stories written by A.A. Milne about beautiful 12 illustrations originally published in the Colliers magazine. (I s…
The Letters
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems
A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other po…
Anna Wright
Read by Mari Patterson
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
05- Dandelion
Read by Megan Kunkel
Louisa May Alcott
In Aunt Jo's Scrapbag
A collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott that were written with the intent to entertain the whole family and to fill children's he…
A Remarkable Watch
Read by Stacey Chambers
Mary Louisa Molesworth
In Five Minutes' Stories
This is a collection of short stories for children. Listeners may wish to have a look at the text at Project Gutenberg to see the many illus…
To Louise Michel
Read by Larry Wilson
Edwin Markham
In The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith.…
A Tale of Two Cities
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Charles Dickens
In First Chapter Collection 001
"Are you wishing sometimes that you had a good book which you don't know, that you might just read and enjoy? The goal of this collecti…
Chap. 4-09 – Moses in Egypt
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Louis Ginzberg
In The Legends of the Jews, Volume 2
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …
"Fort Wagner," Anna E. Dickinson
Read by Jim Locke
Alice Dunbar Nelson
In The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
Introductory Note
Read by Rob Marland
Katherine Mansfield
In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…
In Fairyland
Read by Julian Pratley
Joyce Kilmer
In Summer of Love
Joyce KIlmer may yet be an obscure poet had he not had his poem, Trees, published in Poetry in 1913. But, this book precedes that, and show…
Poor Anne
Read by Aimee Gamboa
A. A. Milne
In A Gallery of Children
A collection of 12 fantasy stories for children. Clever little tales that mothers can smile over and children enjoy.The illustrations for th…
Exhibit “A”
Read by Dale Grothmann
Anne Harris Hadley
In Short Science Fiction Collection 079
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Excerpt from Walden
Read by TriciaG
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) and Henry David Thoreau
In Coffee Break Collection 008 - Animals
This is the eighth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in len…
Maggie Tulliver
Read by Alan Mapstone
Shaw Neilson
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…