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Americans and Others
Read by Mary Schneider
Agnes Repplier
A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 19…
Lifted Masks
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Susan Glaspell
In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)
Tumbler
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Brand Gamblin
Libby Carter wanted to get away from it all, so she took a job mining asteroids as far out into the inky blackness as possible. However, her…
Petticoat Government, Volume 1
Read by Mark Leder
Frances Milton Trollope
The lives and intrigues of the Jenkyns family and their neighbors, in the cathedral town of Westhampton, 1825. - Summary by Mark Leder
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…
Dope
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Sax Rohmer
A minor lord is killed and a rich socialite is missing, and they are both tied to the enigmatic Kazmah the Dream Reader, who has also disapp…
Can You Forgive Her?
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Anthony Trollope
“Can You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introdu…
English Literature
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Geraldine Hodgson
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
The Lodger
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Marie Belloc Lowndes
"The story is about a Jack the Ripper-type murderer known only as "The Avenger" in London, who has been killing young blonde …
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…
The Favor of Kings
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Mary Hastings Bradley
"Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman," writes a quaint and susceptible chro…
Leben und Schicksale des Katers Rosaurus
Read by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel
Amalie Winter
Der Kater Rosaurus muss von Geburt an viele kleine Abenteuer überstehen, bis hin zur Begegnung mit gefrässigen Zoolöwen.Amali…
Rose Cottingham
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Netta Syrett
Rose Cottingham, orphaned at an early age, is being raised in the repressive household of her grandmother, who has old-fashioned ideas about…
Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
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Dexter C. Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …
Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and Other Stories
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Anthony Trollope
A collection of five stories by Anthony Trollope: Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; The Lady of Launay;Christmas at Thompson Hall; The Te…
Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists and Dressmakers
Read by Libby Gohn
Talbot Hughes
Explanations of Western European trends in men and women's fashion from prehistoric times to the Victorian Era. (Summary by Libby Gohn)
Orientations
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W. Somerset Maugham
This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…
The Duke's Children
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Anthony Trollope
In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, findin…
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…
False Alarm
Read by Heather Stallings
Heather Stallings
False Alarm is a wry, fish-out-of-water story about Kate McCabe, a dedicated but somewhat neurotic woman trying to juggle her career at a sp…