Family & Relationships

The House by the Medlar Tree

Read by Tom Denholm


Giovanni Verga


In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nut…

Still - William

Read by David Wales


Richmal Crompton


More humorous adventures (1925) by the world’s most misunderstood English boy. - Summary by david wales

The Friendship of Anne: A Story

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Ellen Douglas Deland


This is the story of Sydney Stuart who is sent to a girls' boarding school (to her disgust) with all its difficulties and adventures. Sydney…

Cane

Read by Jim Locke


Jean Toomer


Reading this book, I had a vision of a land, heretofore sunk in the mists of muteness, suddenly rising up into the eminence of song. Innume…

Sons of Fire

Read by Jim Locke


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew…

Jack and Jill (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Louisa May Alcott


When Jack and Jill tumble off their sled on the first good snow of the season, their injuries cause them to be bedridden for many months, pu…

The Love Affairs of Pixie

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


This is the third book of the Pixie O’Shaughnessy trilogy. In a story of love lost and found, Pixie matures from an inexperienced young lass…

Palmetto Leaves

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Harriet Beecher Stowe


After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they…

Armand Durand

Read by Bruce Pirie


Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon


Armand Durand, published in 1868, was written by Rosanna Leprohon, an English-speaker with an insider’s knowledge of French Canada, thanks t…

Plain Living

Read by VfkaBT


Rolf Boldrewood


Seemingly down-on-his-luck Australian sheep rancher and orchard grower kindly teaches his loving family the value of money through 'plain li…

Santa Claus's Partner

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Thomas Nelson Page


Livingstone has reached a pinnacle in his life. He is finally worth 7 figures, yet his bottom line requires that he cut back on charities th…

The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor

Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)


Annie Fellows Johnston


The Little Kentucky "Colonel," so much of a favorite with young readers, has reached the age for interest in other people's love a…

The Teacup Club (Dramatic Reading)

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Eliza Armstrong


The Teacup Club (For the Advancement of Woman) is formed when Dorothy decides to found an intellectual club of her own - to teach her fiance…

Social Life in England 1750-1850

Read by Pamela Nagami


F. J. Foakes-Jackson


In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ra…

Stories of Troubled Marriages

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Ella D'Arcy


Anyone who is, or has been, married knows that marriage takes work. While some marriages may be 'made in heaven', others, quite simply, are …

William -- The Fourth

Read by David Wales


Richmal Crompton


The world’s most confident, most chaos-creating eleven year old boy is at it again in these fourteen glorious and funny 1924 short stories. …

Dave Brings Home A Wife (dramatic reading)

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Steele Rudd


This is a self-contained story-arc over eight chapters from the pages of Steele Rudd's book "Back At Our Selection". The Synopsis…

Bringing up the Boy

Read by Donald Cummings


Carl Werner


''Bringing up the Boy'' is, according to its subtitle, ''A Message to Fathers and Mothers from a Boy of Yesterday concerning the Men of To-m…

Diana of the Crossways

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George Meredith


Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miser…

Manners for Men

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Mrs. Humphry


Many men who go out into the world while still very young to earn their living have few opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of social obs…

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