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Through the Fray
Read by GabrielleC
G. A. Henty
Ned Sankey is a quick-tempered, strong-willed boy during the Luddite riots in Yorkshire. The happy times at the beginning of the story are s…
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories
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Thornton W. Burgess
Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and prolific author of children's books. His gently humorous stories about the animals of the mead…
The American Far West: Seven Mid-Nineteenth Century Views From Abroad
Read by David Wales
Various
Charles Dickens started and edited a magazine called All The Year Round, a weekly collection of articles on a wide variety of topics. An an…
The Return of the Native (version 2 dramatic reading)
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Thomas Hardy
Clym Yeobright returns home to Egdon Heath, a scattered collection of houses on the isolated Wessex moors, and is caught up in a "love …
The Swoop!
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
P. G. Wodehouse
The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…
New World Orders
Read by Edward G. Talbot
Edward G. Talbot
In the nineteen-sixties, a group of wealthy men concludes that it's already too late to stop global warming from destroying the planet. But …
Out of Mulberry Street
Read by Lee Smalley
Jacob A. Riis
These riveting accounts by Jacob A. Riis are from the late 19th century, when lower Manhattan was teeming with struggling, near-starving imm…
Biltmore Oswald
Read by Nigel Boydell
J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
Northwest!
Read by Roger Melin
Harold Bindloss
Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whe…
The Long Shadow
Read by Tom Penn
B. M. Bower
Billy Boyle, tough, honest, plain dealing, is at home on the range. He knows cattle and horses better than most. Alexander P. Dill, the merc…
Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories
Read by Nick Bulka
Bret Harte
A collection of short stories set in the American West at the end of the 19th century. (Summary by Nick Bulka)
The Coming of Bill (or: Their Mutual Child; or: The White Hope, Version 2)
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
P. G. Wodehouse
Their Mutual Child (aka The Coming of Bill and The White Hope) is full of the loveable characters, preposterous situations, and opportunitie…
The Splendid Wayfaring
Read by Phil Schempf
John Neihardt
Quote:"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansio…
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers Vol. 1
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Robert Henry Newell
These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. The…
The Mirror Of Kong Ho
Read by David Wales
Ernest Bramah
This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience…
The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns
Read by Steve C
Harold Ashton
Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…
Gullible's Travels, Etc.
Read by Winston Tharp
Ring Lardner
Humorous stories of social climbing in America's "classless" society. - Summary by Winston Tharp
Psmith, Journalist
Read by Psuke Bariah
P. G. Wodehouse
Psmith takes over editing a paper while the usual editor is away on vacation. He takes on a local slum lord, and divers alarums ensue. (desc…
Monologues
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Richard Middleton
This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his gh…