Search Results

Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


William Westgarth


Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at…

Camp-Fire Girls at Twin Lakes or The Quest of a Summer Vacation

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Stella M. Francis


“Girls, I have some great news for you. I’m sure you’ll be interested, and I hope you’ll be as delighted as I am. Come on, all of you. Gathe…

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 Birthday Party, A Story for Little Folks

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


Flora Lee's birthday came in July. Her mother wished very much to celebrate the occasion in a proper manner. Flora was a good girl, and her …

Some Food Variants/3 recipes, About Dining

In Bohemian San Francisco

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Clarence Edwords and Clarence Edgar Edwords


While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…

At The Bay 01

In At the Bay

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Katherine Mansfield


Katherine Mansfield was prominent Modernist writer of short fiction. This a ninety minute story from her collection of The Garden Party.

Part 1 Ch. 1 The Cobbler's Son

In The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Hugh Lofting


Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in fa…

29 - Calls

In Little Women

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Louisa May Alcott


Little Women is the classic story of The March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and their four girls--Practical, yet fashion con…

09 – The New Clothes Fail

In Understood Betsy (version 2)

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Dorothy Canfield Fisher


Elizabeth Ann is a timid, sickly little girl who lives with her Aunt Frances and her Great-Aunt Harriet. When Great-Aunt Harriet becomes ill…

Significant Phrases: fabulous and fabricated - futile and untrustworthy

In Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Grenville Kleiser


A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embelli…

< 1 2