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Deephaven
Read by Betsie Bush
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common-place daily events to something remar…
The Amazing Interlude
Read by MaryAnn
Mary Roberts Rinehart
It is the early days of The Great War. As the curtain rises, Sara Lee is sitting by the fire in her aunt and uncle’s home, knitting a baby a…
Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
Faulkner's Folly
Read by Celine Major
Carolyn Wells
Eric Stannard, wealthy artist and portrait painter of international reputation is found dead in his studio, an etching needle protruding fro…
Scarlet Sister Mary
Read by Jim Locke
Julia Peterkin
How did 1929 Pulitzer winner and white plantation mistress Julia Peterkin become a favorite of the Harlem Renaissance? According to W.E.B. D…
Captain Ted
Read by Maria Therese
Mary T. Waggaman
When tragedy hits his family, in the form of a sudden illness to his father, young Teddy Thornton is forced to leave school and find work to…
The Third Miss Symons
Read by Rachel Lintern
F. M. Mayor
Miss Mayor tells this story with singular skill, more by contrast than by drama, bringing her chief character into relief against her world,…
More Tish
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart wrote 6 books about the elderly Letitia (Tish) Carberry and the escapades she gets her elderly lady cronies into. The…
Isles of Eden
Read by KevinS
Laura Lee Davidson
A charming and thoughtful view of life in Canada experienced while vacationing on a small island in summer. The author is a women who is ind…
The Breaking Point
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shor…
The Promised Land
Read by Bridget Gaige
Mary Antin
Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found …
The Turn of the Screw (Version 3)
Read by Sandra Cullum
Henry James
A gothic, ghost story, you are a jury of one. Is the Governess correct in her assumptions that her charges, two adorable and exemplary child…
The Hidden Hand
Read by Bridget Gaige
E.D.E.N. Southworth
"If you will listen to this book, you will meet a cast of unforgettable characters, as different from one another as the sun and moon. …
The Lady from Nowhere
Read by MaryAnn
Fergus Hume
A mysterious woman is found murdered in a yellow boudoir. Who is she and where does she come from? Detective Absalom Gebb is on the case. (I…
The Circular Study
Read by Jacquerie
Anna Katharine Green
In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…
How to Write a Novel
Read by Brett W. Downey
William James Mcglothlin
I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of charac…
The Bone Road
Read by Mary Holland
Mary Holland
A divvy, a dying woman, and a promise
Rhona has the divvy gift; with only a touch she can tell if a baby will be fertile or a sterile Shun, …
The Mayor's Wife
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Anna Katharine Green
Miss Saunders is out for an adventure. One, which is full of secrets, hints, and half-lies. One, which will require all of her wits. She is …
The Odd Women
Read by Elizabeth Klett
George Gissing
George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century "Woman Question" by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. The …