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The Gardener and The Burden
Rudyard Kipling
Helen Turrell’s life has been one of respectability and duty, and she adopts and raises her illegitimate nephew upon her scapegrace brother’…
Paula the Waldensian
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Eva Lecomte and Eva Lecomtetranslated Byw. 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…
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School
Read by Christine Blachford
Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase
This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together - and save one another from …
The Child's Book of American Biography
Read by Laura Victoria
Mary Stoyell Stimpson
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …
A Room with a View
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
E. M. Forster
When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon…
The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An A…
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Ellen Newbold La Motte
Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …
A Woman's Life
Read by Lisa Reichert
Guy de Maupassant
Having spent her girlhood at a convent getting a good education, Jeanne has just returned home and is a happy young woman full of hope and e…
The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance
Read by Lisa Statler
Marie Corelli
Marie Corelli's book The Life Everlasting examines the world of past lives, mysticism, secret societies and twin souls against a backdrop of…
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
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George Prentiss
This memoir was undertaken at the request of many of Mrs. Prentiss' old and most trusted friends, who felt that the story of her life should…
Horror Stories
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Ada Buisson
Ada Buisson was a Victorian novelist and short story author. This collection includes her three horror stories, all of which were published …
A Candle For Our Lady
Read by Maria Therese
Regina Victoria Hunt
Dark times for British Catholics hung over England in the days of King Henry VIII. Henry, influenced by the hated Thomas Cromwell, fell into…
Taken at the Flood
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Brought up by a parish schoolmaster with a hidden past, Sylvia Carew dreams of a future devoid of poverty. Will she be faithful to the man s…
Maria Chapdelaine
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Louis Hémon
Maria Chapdelaine raconte la vie difficile d'une famille paysanne au Québec, au début des années 1900.
A Yellow Journalist
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Miriam Michelson
Rhoda Massey is a young, sharp reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco. After proving herself an astute and fearless investigator on…
Mary Burton Abroad, and Other Stories
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Faye Huntington, Mrs. C. M. Livingston, C. M. Livingston, Pansy, Theta, Isabella R. Williams and Mary Lynn Williamson
A collection of short stories by Pansy, Rev. C.M. Livingston, and other authors. The first eleven stories are about Mary Burton, who, althou…
Margaret of Anjou
Read by Cate Barratt
Jacob Abbott
Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30-year civil conflict fuel…
English Literature
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Geraldine Hodgson
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
Encounters: Stories
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Elizabeth Bowen
Included in this first collection of stories by noted Irish-British author Elizabeth Bowen are tales of psychological unease, of pent-up emo…
Cornelli
Read by Jael Baldwin
Johanna Spyri
Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of hi…
The Homely Heroine
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edna Ferber
Who ever heard of a plain and downright homely heroine? Isn't a heroine by definition beautiful? Well, Edna Ferber, in her well known style …