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The Enchanted April (version 2)
Read by Helen Taylor
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holi…
The Carved Lions
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Mary Louisa Molesworth
When two life sized carved lions from the east are given as a gift to an English household, the children of the house are enchanted, especia…
Poems
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Sophia Margaretta Hensley and Sophie M. Almon Hensley
This is a volume of early poetry by Sophia Margaretta Hensley. - Summary by Carolin
Eminent Victorians
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Giles Lytton Strachey
On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…
Curiosities of Olden Times
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Sabine Baring-Gould
This book is a collection of 17 gems of random knowledge, such as what women are made of and the philosopher's stone, written in Baring-Goul…
Aurora Floyd
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is…
The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square
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Mrs. Henry De La Pasture
Elizabeth de la Pasture, the author of this work, is the mother of the more well known E. M. Delafield- author of Diary Of A Provincial Lady…
The Secret Garden (version 3)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her …
The Type-Writer Girl
Read by Grant Hurlock
Grant Allen
(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …
Eleanor's Victory
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Only 15-years-old, Eleanor Vane is very happy with her lot: educated in an expensive finishing school in Paris, the apple of her father's ey…
John Marchmont's Legacy
Read by Cate Barratt
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Like Wuthering Heights, the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has alwa…
Lady Rose's Daughter (Version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Julie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, who severed her relations with her aristocratic family when she had the baby and …
A Simple Story
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Elizabeth Inchbald
The story could really have been simple: Miss Milner, who is admired for her beauty and charm, could have been a socialite, marry a respecta…
A Voice in the Wilderness
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Grace Livingston Hill
Margaret leaves her family home and security to become a school teacher in the wilds of early Arizona. Accidentally getting off her safe and…
Village Life in America
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Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke
A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth)
A Sailor's Lass
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Emma Leslie
On a dark and story night, the Coombers find a little girl. Who is she? - Summary by EstherbenSimonidesProof Listening provided by Fiddlesti…
The Insect Folk
Read by Laura Caldwell
Margaret Warner Morley
Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her student…
Our Village, Volume 1
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
A London Life
Read by Deborah Percy
Henry James
A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-Ame…