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Making over Martha
Read by czandra
Julie M. Lippmann
The sequel to Martha-by-the-day. Despite others' wishes for Martha, that she rise above her station, she remains stoutly Martha, care-giver …
The Early Diary of Frances Burney, Vol. 2
Read by Barbara Baker
Frances Burney
The diaries give a lively and accurate account of the author's experiences in the literary and courtly worlds of Georgian England. Summary b…
Villette (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Charlotte Brontë
After an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where…
Winter Stars
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Sara Teasdale
In honor of Winter Solstice 2014, LibriVox volunteers bring you fourteen readings of Winter Stars by Sara Teasdale. This is the weekly poet…
Because . By Trevor Preston
A psychological thriller by the BAFTA-winning writer Trevor Preston who died in April. Ruth was a successful investigative journalist until …
Moll Flanders - Version 2
Read by Peter Dann
Daniel Defoe
This warm and witty novel presents itself as the first person narration of an immensely likeable and resourceful woman who, born in the most…
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…
Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School
Read by Christine Blachford
Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase
Being a good and loyal friend is not easy, and Grace learns it the hard way. But, as in all children's books, good triumphs over evil. (Summ…
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 003
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Various
Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…
Spun from Fact
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
As the title suggests, this story is from real events. As the author explains in the last chapter, all of the events are true; the conversat…
The Sorceress of the Strand
Read by J. M. Smallheer
L. T. Meade
From the moment Madame Sara arrived on the scene, she has taken London society by storm. Madame is both beautiful and mysterious, but it so…
Countess Julie
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August Strindberg
August Strindberg's naturalistic one-act drama has only three characters: Julie, a passionate young noblewoman; Jean, her father's ambitious…
Ligeia und Andere Novellen
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Edgar Allan Poe
Dies ist eine Sammlung von sieben Geschichten des Meisters der Spukgeschichten Edgar Allan Poe. Enthalten sind unter Anderem die drei ber&uu…
Write it Right
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Ambrose Bierce
Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives - entertaining, though…
The Coast of Bohemia
Read by Expatriate
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells is at his iconoclastic best in this exploration of bourgeois values, particularly in the clash between respectable soci…
TO OBTAIN MARY'S PATRONAGE
Christian Peschken
A prayer to obtain Mary's patronage by St. Alphonsus Liguori followed by St. Bernard's Memorare
Penelope's English Experiences
Read by Maria Therese
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. In…
The Englishwoman in America
Read by Sibella Denton
Isabella L. Bird
Isabella Bird travels abroad in Canada and the United States in the 1850s. As an Englishwoman and a lone female, she travels as far as Chica…
Le Mari de Charlotte
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Hector Malot
En Bretagne, puis en Bourgogne et à Paris. Voici Charlotte, son cousin Georges, et Emmanuel, ami de Georges.Monsieur de la Hér…