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Passing
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen, a novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, wrote two brilliant novels that interrogated issues of gender and race. In Passing, her…
An American Tragedy, Volume 2
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Theodore Dreiser
The saga of Clyde, Roberta, and Sondra continues in volume 2 of 2. Social-climbing Clyde Griffiths wants nothing more than to marry the weal…
Pollyanna
Read by Eleanor H. Porter
Eleanor H. Porter
In a small town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna loses her mother then her dad to disease. This book describes how the orphan is sent to …
Aurora Floyd
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is…
Writing Wrongly
Read by Thomas Corfield
Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
The Annals of Ann
Read by CJ Plogue
Kate Trimble Sharber
As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …
Space Casey
Read by Christiana Ellis
Christiana Ellis
Some heroines will steal your heart. This one will steal your wallet. In the future, mankind has expanded to fill the solar system, but when…
Annie Besant
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Annie Besant
In her autobiography, Annie Besant poignantly writes of her search for the truth of what she believed in, leaving Christianity behind to emb…
Gretchen
Read by Celine Major
Mary Jane Holmes
Rich and sophisticated Arthur Tracy returns to Tracy Park after several years abroad confused and mentally unstable. Initially claiming that…
Twilight Sleep
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Edith Wharton
Wharton miraculously finds it possible to satirize the very rich while simultaneously showing compassion and even grudging admiration for so…
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…
Eleanor's Victory
Read by Eleanor Howard
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Only 15-years-old, Eleanor Vane is very happy with her lot: educated in an expensive finishing school in Paris, the apple of her father's ey…
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg
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Louis Bromfield
This is a book of many chapters that tell about the lives of a self described “vain” man and his romance with a lady, Annie, whom many consi…
The Blue Envelope
Read by Dawn Larsen
Roy J. Snell
A mystery and adventure story for girls set in Alaska.
Miss Mackenzie
Read by Kirsten Wever
Anthony Trollope
The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…
Briarwood Girls
Read by Linda Velwest
Julia Lestarjette Glover
Kindred Spirits return for their Sophomore year at Briarwood College. There's a new girl who upsets the status quo. (Introduction by Linda V…
A Hive of Busy Bees
Read by Rosa Grace
Effie Mae Hency Williams
In the summer, Don and Joyce stay on their Grandma and Grandpa's farm. They have great fun, and every night Grandma tells them a story about…
Our Village, Volume 1
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…