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A Mystic Tryst

In Ardath

Read by Lisa Statler


Marie Corelli


Victorian-era writer Marie Corelli’s epic work Ardath, The Story of a Dead Self, is filled with supernatural and gothic themes. We meet The…

Chapter XXXII: Dr. Juno Convicted, Imprisoned and Attempts Made to Poison Him

In An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel! Entitled, The Social War of the y…

Read by Lisa Reichert


Simon Landis


Described by io9.com contributor Jess Nevins as “the worst science fiction novel of the 19th century,” The Social War of 1900, or The Conspi…

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In The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

Read by Lisa Chau


Joseph Trienens and Joseph Triemens


Written in 1910, this "cyclopedia" is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is mo…

Chapter 3

In Rainy Week (Version 2)

Read by Lisa Reichert


Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


A couple invite people of different walks of life to their cottage along the beach, during the rainiest week of the year. The gathered peopl…

Sword Blades - Astigmatism

In Sword Blades and Poppy Seed

Read by Lisa Reichert


Amy Lowell


This is a volume of poems by Amy Lowell, published in 1914."Against the multitudinous array of daily verse our times produce this volum…

The Indiscretions of a Princess

In Love Affairs of the Courts of Europe

Read by Lisa Reichert


Thornton Hall


The best stories are written by life itself, and that is why Thornton Hall has collected real life love stories in this volume. All the Prin…

06 - THE ORANGE-DWELLERS

In Insect Stories

Read by Lisa Caputo


Vernon Kellogg


These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, an…

Mrs. Knollys by J.S. of Dale [Frederic Jessup Stimson] (1855-1943)

In Love Stories Volume 3

Read by Lisa Reichert


Frederic J. Stimson


Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in h…

Chapter 6a beginning with The Forest Trees in General

In The Yosemite

Read by Lisa Chau


John Muir


John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.

Chapter 3 Breeding, Part 2

In Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained

Read by Lisa Greene


Moses Quinby


THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BEES, DIRECTIONS FOR OBTAINING THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PURE SURPLUS HONEY WITH THE LEAST POSSIBLE EXPENSE, REMEDIES FO…

Cosimo Rosselli

In Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 3

Read by Lisa Reichert


Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…

The Spa

In Mont Oriol: or A Romance of Auvergne

Read by Lisa Reichert


Guy de Maupassant


Young bride Christiane arrives in Auvergne to "take the waters" with her husband, described as "a sickly flower, or a sucking…

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