Romance
Something Childish, but very Natural
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Something Childish, but very Natural by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This was the Weekly Poetry p…
The Mask
Read by Grant Hurlock
Florence Irwin
The mask is the one which we all wear, even though unconsciously, to hide our thoughts and feelings. Alison Terry wore one, though she had n…
A Dreadful Temptation
Read by Jenn Broda
Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller and Mrs. Alex Mcveigh Miller
Jilted by the man she loves, Xenie Carroll has determined that no matter the cost she will exact the ultimate revenge on he who broke her he…
A Mummer's Wife
Read by Anne Fletcher
George Moore
Kate is a dress maker in the north of England who always did what was decided for her: serving those who come her way, marrying a man who is…
Bill & Doreen's Courtship
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C. J. Dennis
"The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke" is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The work was first published in …
A Letter to Her Husband
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Anne Bradstreet
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of A Letter to Her Husband (Absent upon Public Employment) by Anne Bradstreet. This was the Fortn…
Love in a Cottage
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Love in a Cottage by Nathaniel Parker Willis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Oct…
The Princess and the Ploughman
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Florence Morse Kingsley
On the surface, Mary is the typical literary heroine: Beautiful, animated, and accomplished. She will be rich, too, when she inherits her au…
Lover or Friend
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Rosa Nouchette Carey
An epic tale of romantic and societal confrontation, as two families become far more intimately entangled than they could have previously im…
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
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Sir Walter Raleigh
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry proj…
The Brethren
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H. Rider Haggard
A tale of love, romance and chivalry set amongst the backdrop of the climactic months before the opening of the Kings' Crusade. Two English…
Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dr. Grimshawe is a spider-cultivating eccentric. The central secret of the book is an all-encompassing spiders web. The central character is…
The Manxman
Read by Tony Ashworth
Hall Caine
Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as …
EDWY: A Poem
Read by Grant Hurlock
Ann Radcliffe
In Edwy, Ann Radcliffe gives us a delightful piece of poetic moonshine, whose eponymous hero seeks assistance from the world of faerie in or…
Our Friend The Charlatan
Read by Jim Locke
George Gissing
Dice Lashmore will do everything he can in in his quest to become rich. The key is, of course, finding a rich wife. This book describes his …
Come Out of the Kitchen!
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Alice Duer Miller
A novel about a man who rents a house for the season and keeps having problems with the servants, especially the attractive cook. - Summary …
The Visioning
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Susan Glaspell
"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with…
Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris
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Henry Gréville
Bonne-Marie, Henry Gréville’s last work, will no doubt create a sensation, such is its freshness, beauty, and delicacy. It is the sto…
St. George and St. Michael
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George MacDonald
’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides …
The Marquis of Lossie
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
This book is the sequel to Malcolm.Having now learned the truth of his own parentage, and some important facts regarding the birth of his la…