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Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
Five stories with the general themes of foreign missions, money, and hypocrisy.Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening: A young wife in a new city is …
Understood Betsy (version 2)
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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…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 7)
Read by Lyn Stanley
L. Frank Baum
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to pleasure children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in whi…
Whose Body? (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body? is the first of Dorothy Sayers’s famous Lord Peter Wimsey novels, introducing that nobleman, as well as his manservant and fello…
Annie Besant
Read by timothyFR
Annie Besant
In her autobiography, Annie Besant poignantly writes of her search for the truth of what she believed in, leaving Christianity behind to emb…
Gretchen
Read by Celine Major
Mary Jane Holmes
Rich and sophisticated Arthur Tracy returns to Tracy Park after several years abroad confused and mentally unstable. Initially claiming that…
Concerning Isabel Carnaby
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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler
Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of h…
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Read by Judy Bieber
L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was the fourth of 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919). Published in 1908, while Baum was resident …
Moral Tales
Read by Cate Barratt
Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot
Short stories written by the first wife of French statesman Francois Guizot for young readers. - Summary by Cate Barratt
Nobody
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Susan Warner
There are many romantic tales about a handsome and rich man falling in love with a beautiful lower class woman over the objections of his fa…
Princess Mary's Gift Book
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Various
In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…
Abigail Adams and Her Times
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Laura E. Howe Richards
This is a young person's biography of Abigail Adams that will appeal to readers of all ages. In the author's own words, "I am not writi…
Peggy's Trial
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Mary Knight Potter
Ten-year old Peggy Clayton and her two younger brothers, Teddy and Harry, live with their father, Dr. Clayton, and Nurse, a woman who has ta…
The Witch of Edmonton
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Thomas Dekker
Mother Elizabeth Sawyer is a poor, lonely, and unfairly ostracized old woman with nothing left to lose. Frank is a poor farmer who intends t…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
Dorothy Dale - A Girl of Today
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. Her sunny disposition, h…
A Chautauqua Idyl
Read by Scarlett Martin
Grace Livingston Hill
The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.
A Lady of Quality
Read by Linda Andrus
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups an…
Glinda of Oz
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L. Frank Baum
Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth Land of Oz book and is the last one written by the original author L. Frank Baum, although the series was con…
Lost for Love
Read by Celine Major
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
EXCERPT: In all things that he did, Flora's well-being was the doctor's paramount consideration. He brought pleasant people to his house; me…