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Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
The Bryant family - widowed Mrs. Bryant and her children Benjamin, Caroline ("Line" for short), and little Daisy - is on the thin …
A Red Wallflower
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Susan Warner
A motherless girl finds life very lonely living with only her dour father and two servants in the quiet New England countryside. Lonely, tha…
Peggy's Trial
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Mary Knight Potter
Ten-year old Peggy Clayton and her two younger brothers, Teddy and Harry, live with their father, Dr. Clayton, and Nurse, a woman who has ta…
The Chaperon
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
What on earth is a girl to do when London society has convicted her mother of a dreadful sin and has ostracized her? If blood is thicker tha…
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…
Little Eve Edgarton
Read by Nathalie J.
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Eve Edgarton is not who she seems she is. A short encounter with Mr. Barton show that first impressions are not always right or indicative o…
Miss Grantley's Girls, and the Stories She Told Them
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Thomas Archer
The author Thomas Archer lived 1830 – 1893; he wrote several juvenile stories, and this book: Miss Grantley’s Girls – And the Stories She To…
Notes on Nursing
Read by Cori Samuel
Florence Nightingale
Notes on Nursing was published in 1859 and is a fascinating view into the theories underpinning the early development of modern nursing and …
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Read by Cori Samuel
Mary Seacole
I should have thought that no preface would have been required to introduce Mrs. Seacole to the British public, or to recommend a book which…
Irene Iddesleigh
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Amanda Mckittrick Ros
Amanda McKittrick Ros, a Northern Irish writer, did for the novel what William McGonagall did for poetry and Florence Foster Jenkins for the…
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…
Sophia
Read by Teel McClanahan III
Teel McClanahan III
At age 7, Sophia was struck down with a life-threatening disease. Faced with a choice between an unending life in the body of a child and he…
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…
Kenilworth
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Sir Walter Scott
An Elizabethan era historical novel by Scotland's master of fiction, Sir Walter Scott. With a cast of historical and created characters, inc…
Lady Susan (version 2)
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the …
The Young Diana
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Marie Corelli
Poor Diana May. Her fiancé has jilted her, her parents think she is an encumbrance and no one recognises her intelligence. She seems …
Tom and Some Other Girls: A Public School Story
Read by Judi Mason
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Impetuous, self-centered Rhoda goes to boarding school and learns hard lessons. This is a story of recklessness and forgiveness. (Summary b…
A Diary from Dixie
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Mary Chesnut
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during th…
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…
The Mystery of Mary
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Grace Livingston Hill
Handsome young Tryon Dunham has just returned home on the train from a business trip one evening when he's accosted by a beautiful young wom…