Romance
Charlotte Temple
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Susanna Rowson
Charlotte Temple, a cautionary tale for young women, follows the unfortunate adventures of the eponymous heroine as she is seduced by a dash…
The Carved Cupboard (Dramatic Reading)
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Amy Le Feuvre
Agatha, Gwen, Clare and Elfie have always been told that they will inherit their aunt's house. But when their aunt dies, she leaves it all t…
Her Dark Inheritance
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Mrs. E. Burke Collins
A story of obsessive love and desperation that hid many secrets. This cliffhanger will keep you guessing until the very end. Summary by Shar…
The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise
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Pierre Abélard
Heloise was a strong-willed and gifted woman who was fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and came from a lower social standing than Abelard. …
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 Bride of Lammermoor
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Sir Walter Scott
An historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, part of the Tales of My Landlord series, published anonymously in 1819. Based on a true story, it i…
Lady Baltimore
Read by Lois Hill
Owen Wister
Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research genealogies an…
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…
Flowing Gold
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Rex Beach
Unfairly given a dishonorable discharge from the army, Calvin Gray goes to Dallas, where he manages to win the trust of a jeweler and is abl…
The Perils of Pauline (dramatic reading)
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Charles Goddard
The Perils of Pauline is one of the first damsel in distress serials. The story is complete with undaunted hero, courageous damsel, unscrupu…
Kept in the Dark
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Anthony Trollope
Kept in the Dark is a novel by the 19th century English novelist Anthony Trollope. It was published in eight monthly installments in 1882, a…
The Mountain Girl
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Payne Erskine
A delightful love-story, genuinely American in feeling and treatment. The story is stirring, the heroine is ideal. (Summary by the Chicago T…
Howards End (version 2)
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E. M. Forster
The Schlegels frequently encounter the Wilcoxes. The youngest, Helen, is rejected by the younger Wilcox brother, Paul. The eldest, Margaret,…
Miss Marjoribanks
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Margaret O. Oliphant
One of the so-called "Chronicles of Carlingford", of which there were two short stories and five novels written from 1861 to 1876 …
Adam Bede (version 2)
Read by Tom Denholm
George Eliot
George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans – an ironic ‘deception’ given that Adam Bede, her first novel, is written unashamedly from a…
The Home and the World
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Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo religionist, visual artist, playwright, nov…
An Amiable Charlatan
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
The Highwayman
Read by James E. Carson
H. C. Bailey
A romance and adventure novel, set in England during the reign of Queen Anne. The book is much unlike the author's later detective short sto…
Bessie's Fortune
Read by Celine Major
Mary Jane Holmes
The coverup of a murder leads to the search for the dead man's heiress decades later in this delightful 3 part novel by Mary Jane Holmes. He…
Love Insurance
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Earl Derr Biggers
A young man came to Lloyds of London. He knew they took out policies on unusual risks... And what he wanted was love insurance. What follows…