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Chapter 12 - Would you?
Read by tabithat
Anthony Trollope
In Ayala's Angel
Lucy and Ayala Dormer are left penniless by the death of their parents. Ayala is taken in by their rich aunt Lady Tringle and Lucy by their …
114: The gilder
Read by Peter Dann
Herman Melville
In Moby Dick; or, The Whale (version 2)
This great, genre-bending novel nominally centres on the quest of the monomaniacal Captain Ahab to gain revenge for the loss of his leg to a…
Book III, chapter x
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Benjamin Disraeli
In Sybil, or the Two Nations
Sybil is one of the most prominent political novels of the mid-nineteenth century, taking as its subject the "condition of England"…
Chapter 8
Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz
Ray Cummings
In Wandl the Invader (version 2)
There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began…
Ch 13 Silas Hockins, from Avalanch, NJ
Read by Keith Salis
Frank Tousey
In Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 1: A Lucky Deal; or The 'Cutest Boy in Wall Street
A Lucky Deal is a story of a young New York lad who, in the process of looking for a job, becomes a hero and lands a dream job as a messenge…
Case VII. ''Pearlin' Jean'' of Allanbank
Read by Sherry Morrow
Elliott O'Donnell
In Scottish Ghost Stories
A public domain collection of Scottish Ghost tales by Elliott O'Donnell. 1911 - Summary by Sherry Morrow
X. The Great Understanding
Read by Nancy Gorgen
Sax Rohmer
In The Yellow Claw
When a woman is murdered at mystery writer Henry Loureoux's apartment, Scotland Yard inspector Dunbar begins his investigation with a note t…
His New Mittens
Read by Ben Tucker
Stephen Crane
In The Monster and Other Stories
From the celebrated author of the Red Badge of Courage comes this final collection of stories released in Crane's lifetime. These stories of…
32 - A Substitute, Chapter 3
Read by Kevin Alix
Richard Marsh
In Amusement Only
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)
The Star
Read by CalebSchroeder
H. G. Wells
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 062
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…
Brancusi
Read by VfkaBT
Carl Sandburg
In Slabs of the Sunburnt West
Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard
The Case of the Gila Monster
Read by James R. Hedrick
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
In The Cat's Paw
Susan Baird is found dead at her tea-table and all the evidence points to murder. She is supposed to have been penniless but when her will i…
Chapter 2
Read by mathemagic
Ray Cummings
In Beyond the Vanishing Point
When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and stream…
Handicapped
Read by Betsie Bush
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In What Diantha Did
Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate …
The Background
Read by KevinS
Carl Sandburg
In The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919
Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS
The Two Keys
Read by Michele Eaton
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
Azure and Gold
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Amy Lowell
In A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass
This is a collection of lyrical poems, sonnets and verses for children by Amy Lowell."For quaint pictorial exactitude and bizarrerie of…
The Mirror
Read by Amy Gramour
Edward Powys Mathers
In Coloured Stars: versions of fifty Asiatic love poems
"There is an opportunity of knowing in brilliant English translations much of the poetry of China and Japan, of India and Persia; and A…
Obi
Read by Ben Tucker
Eden Phillpotts
In Black, White and Brindled
These short stories by Eden Phillpotts are set in the West Indies, involving mystery, murder, tragic romance and many a sea yarn.NOTE: There…
77. The Message
Read by Michele Fry
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…