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Lady Rose's Daughter
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Mary Augusta Ward
"Julie Le Breton enchants almost everyone around her with her smart, charm, and excellent manners. She almost belongs to the English hi…
Short stories (Early works 1837-1852)
Read by Phil Benson
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
A collection of Elizabeth Gaskell's early short stories. Following the publication of Mary Barton in 1848, Gaskell published many of her sho…
Some Famous Women
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton
Louise Creighton (1850-1936) was a British author and women's rights activist. The wife of the Anglican bishop of London, she was the mother…
The Child's Book of American Biography
Read by Laura Victoria
Mary Stoyell Stimpson
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …
A Chautauqua Idyl
Read by Scarlett Martin
Grace Livingston Hill
The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.
Camilla
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Frances Burney
Camilla is Frances Burney's third novel. It became very popular upon its publication in 1796. Jane Austen referred to it, among other novels…
The Wonderful Visit
Read by Mary Bard
H. G. Wells
An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…
Vanity Fair (version 2)
Read by Helen Taylor
William Makepeace Thackeray
One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mo…
Strangers at Lisconnel
Read by James E. Carson
Jane Barlow
Strangers at Lisconnel is a sequel to Jane Barlow’s Irish Idylls. The locations and most of the characters are common to both. There is grea…
The Story of London
Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
Henry B. Wheatley
A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102
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Various
"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…
The New Idealism
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May Sinclair
The genius of May Sinclair lies in her brilliant bridging of the Victorian and the modern eras, in her determination never to become ossifie…
Literary Taste: How to Form It
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
The Early Diary of Frances Burney, Vol. 1
Read by Barbara Baker
Frances Burney and Annie Raine Ellis
Vol. 1 of Diaries and letters of the young Fanny Burney. The diaries give a lively and accurate account of her experiences in the literary a…
Short Story Collection Vol. 075
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Various
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Carolyn Wells,…
Lady Connie
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Constance Bledlow is a beautiful monied 20 year old with the world at her feet. She arrives in Oxford to spend a few months with her impover…
Irish Idylls
Read by James E. Carson
Jane Barlow
Irish Idylls is a collection of short stories about Irish peasantry during the 19th Century. Ms Jane Barlow, an Irish lass, having, unbeliev…
Darnley
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…
The Spoils of Poynton
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
The recently widowed Adela Gereth, a lover of beauty and passionate collector of fine objects, strikes up a friendship with the young Fleda …