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Foundling on Venus

In Short Science Fiction Collection 038

Read by Melissa Strube

John & Dorothy de Courcy and John de Courcy

Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Canoeing in the Wilderness

Read by Melissa Green

Henry David Thoreau

A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane

Emily Beesly

Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

Chapter XXII

In The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Read by Melissa

Anne Bronte and Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the second and final novel by Anne Brontë, is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, …

Teaching of Numeration: Introduction to Arithmetic

In The Montessori Method

Read by Melissa

Maria Montessori

In the early 1900's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work the 'Case dei Bambini' in Rome, Italy. Montessori…

Bk 01, ch. 04: Works corresponding to Words

In Les Misérables, Volume 1

Read by Melissa

Victor Hugo

This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…

42 - Another Queen in Want of Help.

In Twenty Years After

Read by Melissa

Alexandre Dumas

Let's continue the D'Artagnan Romances that we've already started with The Three Musketeers.

Chapter 30

In The Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2)

Read by Melissa

James Fenimore Cooper

This story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a Huron massacre (with passive French a…