Fiction
Little Fishers and Their Nets
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
Thirteen year old Nettie Decker is called home after having lived with another family for 7 years, to find that her father is a drunkard and…
His Grace of Osmonde
Read by Linda Andrus
Frances Hodgson Burnett
His Grace of Osmonde, being the portions of that nobleman's life omitted in the relation of his Lady's story presented to the world of fashi…
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children
Read by David Wales
William Dean Howells
Five short delightful stories for children, told in the voice of "the papa" to "the girl" and "the boy" Willia…
The Mansion of Mystery
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Chester K. Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Langmore were found mysteriously murdered in their mansion one morning. Their daughter Margaret, who was at home at the time of…
The Claverings
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Anthony Trollope
"I consider the story as a whole to he good, though I am not aware that the public ever corroborated that verdict." - the author T…
Ester Ried's Namesake
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Pansy
Esther Ried Randall tries to live up to her parents' expectations and the name she's been given, but her religion is a chore. Will she learn…
Mother Carey’s Chickens
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
“When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to b…
The Job
Read by MichelleHarris
Sinclair Lewis
'The Job' is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The fo…
His Dog
Read by Roger Melin
Albert Payson Terhune
Albert Payson Terhune, perhaps best known for his book Lad, a Dog (later turned into a popular movie), was also a breeder of collies and a j…
The Lifted Veil (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
George Eliot
George Eliot’s 1859 novella, The Lifted Veil, departs radically from the grounded realism of her longer and better known works, such as Midd…
A Little Book of Christmas
Read by David Wales
John Kendrick Bangs
Summary: Four short Christmas stories, a bit sentimental, but still affecting and worthwhile. Plus Four Christmas verses. (Summary by David …
Adventures of Bindle
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Herbert George Jenkins
Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of sequels. I…
Topsy-Turvy
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Jules Verne
Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889) . This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890…
Tales of Unrest
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Joseph Conrad
Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Poli…
The Duel
Read by Phil Griffiths
Anton Chekhov
The plot centres around Laevsky, who is living in a small seaside town in the Caucasus after running away with another man's wife, Nadyezhda…
Moving the Mountain
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Moving the Mountain is a feminist utopian novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It was published serially in Perkins Gilman's periodica…
The Way of All Flesh
Read by Rhonda Federman
Samuel Butler
The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 an…
Once on a Time
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A. A. Milne
When the King of Barodia receives a pair of seven-league boots as a birthday present, his habit of flying over the King of Euralia's castle …
