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A Spinner in the Sun (version 2 dramatic reading)
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Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and enterta…
The Turn Of The Tide
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Eleanor H. Porter
"What a joy! How exciting!" Margret Kendall returned home, to her loving and equally beloved mother's arms after 4 years in the sl…
Henrietta Volume 1 (Dramatic Reading)
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Charlotte Lennox
Henrietta is a strong willed young lady who will not give in to her aunt and marry the suitors she proposes. She runs away and adventure ens…
Howards End
Read by Elizabeth Klett
E. M. Forster
The book is about three families in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The three families represent different gradations of …
Mag and Margaret: A Story for Girls
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Pansy
Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…
Miss Billy
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Eleanor H. Porter
Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, …
Two Sides of a Question
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May Sinclair
Here are two gemlike novellas in one volume, written in May Sinclair’s clearest and cleverest prose and exploring the many ways in which a w…
The Portrait of a Lady (version 3)
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Our central character is Isabel Archer of Albany, New York, a young woman of no great means, and no great beauty (that is, by her own estima…
The Rose Garden Husband
Read by Mary Herndon Bell
Margaret Widdemer
This novel was written by Margaret Widdemer, who won the Pulitzer prize for her collection of poetry in 1919. Phyllis is a 25-years-old chi…
More About Pixie
Read by Judi Mason
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Pixie is older, her world becomes wider. The stories of her sister Bridgie and her brother Jack emerge, and also that of an intriguing neigh…
The White Dove
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William John Locke
Sylvester Lanyon, a doctor, is mourning the early death of his wife. His young daughter Dorothy is living with his father, Matthew, also a w…
Septimus
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William John Locke
The book concerns the tangled lives of four people: Zora, a young widow who seeks some purpose in her life; Septimus Dix, an other-wordly bu…
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do y…
Just David
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Eleanor H. Porter
David and his father set out from their idyllic mountain home to go to meet family, but enroute, David's father, who is sick dies, and David…
The Spinster Book
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Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…
Story Hour Readers: Third Year
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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…
The Game and the Candle
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Eleanor M. Ingram
Faced with inherited debts, an estate to maintain, and no money to pay for either, brothers John and Robert Allard have a difficult decision…
This Country of Ours, Part 6
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with acco…