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A Word of Explanation
Read by Matthew McNaughton
Edith Eudora Kohl
In Land of the Burnt Thigh
"It will be all right," Ida Mary told her father cheerfully. "It is only for eight months. Nothing can happen in eight months…
02 - Chapter II The Other Two
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Edith Wharton
In The Descent of Man and Other Stories
This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtshi…
Part 2, Section 6
Read by Jacquerie
Edith Wharton
In Sanctuary
Kate Orme, shocked by the discovery of her fiance's complicity in a tragedy, and by society's willingness to overlook such transgressions, n…
IX (Marian Halcombe)
Read by Ruth Golding
Wilkie Collins
In The Woman in White
The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 18…
Part I, Segment C
Read by Newgatenovelist
Ellen Craft
In Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and Wil…
A Journey
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Edith Wharton
In The Greater Inclination
This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriag…
Edith Conant
Read by Alys AtteWater
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
12 - The Letters, part ii
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Edith Wharton
In Tales of Men and Ghosts
Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and …
Xingu
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Edith Wharton
In International Women's Literature Collection
This is a collection of works -- short stories or poetry -- by women writers in English from around the world and first published before 192…
18 REFLECTIONS
Read by Michele Eaton
Anna Katharine Green
In Dark Hollow
The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is conv…
09 - Off for Antwerp
Read by Edith van der Have-Raats
Lucy Fitch Perkins
In The Belgian Twins
This story is based upon the experiences of two Belgian refugees in World War I. When their parents are marched of by Germans, Jan and Marie…
Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised
Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg
L.M. Montgomery and Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can…
Xingu
Read by Rosie
Edith Wharton
In Short Story Collection Vol. 039
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 039: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Book I, Chapter 06
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Edith Wharton
In The Age of Innocence (Dramatic Reading)
The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presenc…
To Nora May French
Read by Anusha Iyer
Clark Ashton Smith
In Ebony and Crystal
As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-…
Thoughts of Phena at News of Her Death
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In Wessex Poems
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
06 - Chapters 13,14,15,16,17
Read by Edith van der Have-Raats
St. Benedict of Nursia and Saint Benedict Of Nursia
In The Rule of St. Benedict
Quote:The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Benedicti) is a book of precepts written by St. Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally unde…
Book I - VIII - Lydia, Dic Per Omnes
Read by shironantony
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) and Quintus Horatius Flaccus
In The Odes and Carmen Saeculare
Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride,…
Chapter 6 -The Scarlet Pimpernel
Read by Annie Kirkpatrick
Baroness Emma Orczy
In I Will Repay
This is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orczy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series …