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Thomas Carlyle

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G. K. Chesterton


A short biography (1902) of a famous writer (Carlyle) by another famous writer (Chesterton). The first half exhibits Chesterton’s sly wit a…

Lives of Girls Who Became Famous

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Sarah Knowles Bolton


This book is a collection of short biographies of notable women, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Florence Nightingale, a…

Fifty-one Tales (version 2)

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Lord Dunsany


A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometime…

The Wall Street Girl

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Frederick O. Bartlett


After the loss of his father, Don finds that life isn't quite as easy when having to make his own way in the world. Stripped of his riches, …

Little Eve Edgarton

Read by Nathalie J.


Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


Eve Edgarton is not who she seems she is. A short encounter with Mr. Barton show that first impressions are not always right or indicative o…

Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter, Volume One

Read by Anne Fletcher


Rachel Hunter


The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…

Colette

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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette


The Princess Aline

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Richard Harding Davis


Morton Carlton, an easy-going, rich young artist, has never taken the concepts of love and marriage all that seriously -- until by accident …

The Type-Writer Girl

Read by Grant Hurlock


Grant Allen


(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …

An Old-Fashioned Girl (Version 3 Dramatic Reading)

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Louisa May Alcott


When country girl Polly Milton comes to visit her friend Fanny Shaw, city life isn’t all she had hoped it would be. Thrown in the middle of …

The Pupil

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…

Fräulein oder Frau?

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Wilkie Collins


Die schöne Natalie Graybrooke liebt ihre Vetter Launcelot Linzie, doch ihr Vater, Sir Joseph Graybrooke, will sie mit seinem Geschä…

The Child's Book of American Biography

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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 …

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Baroness Emma Orczy


The classic story of Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel. A great adventure, set during the French Revolution. (Summ…

The Girl at Central

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Geraldine Bonner


Molly Morganthau, day operator in the telephone exchange, helps to solve a murder. (Summary by D. A. Frank)

Mary Marston

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George MacDonald


Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…

Your Affectionate Godmother

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Elinor Glyn


This is a series of seven letters by the eminent author of scandalous romances, Elinor Glyn, written to her godchild Caroline in the years 1…

Little Prudy

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Rebecca Sophia Clarke


I am going to tell you something about a little girl who was always saying and doing funny things, and very often getting into trouble. He…

The Spinster Book

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Myrtle Reed


A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…

Strangers And Pilgrims

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Strangers and Pilgrims follows the journey of Elizabeth Lutterell from a vain, beautiful and self-centred although good-hearted 19 year old …

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