Biography & Autobiography

George Sand

Read by Christine Rottger


Bertha Thomas


A Victorian Novelist herself, Bertha Thomas presents a biography of the Life of George Sand - Summary by Christine Rottger

The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin

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Harry Houdini


This work is by Harry Houdini, and was an attempt, by him, to undermine the public reverence for the man regarded as the master of modern ma…

Gertrude Bell

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Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst


A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…

Robert Louis Stevenson

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G. K. Chesterton


This short early twentieth century biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by polymath Chesterton and journalist Nicoll is also sometimes entitl…

Rise of the Macedonian Empire

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Arthur M. Curteis


Through diplomacy and conquest the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II (382-336 BC) came to dominate ancient Greece. To the classical Greek…

Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England

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Experience Mayhew


This work is actually two "essays" which circulated together, one addended to the other. The first, Indian converts: or, Some acco…

Richelieu: A Tale of France

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George Payne Rainsford James


Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands an…

Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography

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Robert R. Moton


He says about this work: "I have tried to record the events that have given character and colour to my own life, and at the same time t…

A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Version 2)

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Lucy Larcom


What was growing up like for a seaside country girl in 1800’s New England -- her expectations, occupations, education, and opportunities? Wh…

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspon…

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Henry William Fischer


This work brings new understanding of the life and work of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) while living and traveling abroad. Twain and fellow h…

The Seven Stairs

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Stuart Brent


An Autobiography of Stuart Brent, who in 1946 followed his bliss and opened an independent bookstore in Chicago, which became very popular a…

Life of Liszt

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Ludwig Nohl


The Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer, Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886), is still regarded as one of the greatest classical musicians of all …

Twenty Years on Horseback; or, Itinerating in West Virginia

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William Marion Weekley


William Weekley was graduate of Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, and a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. From the au…

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