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Barton's London Experiences.

In Mary Barton

Read by Wendy Belcher


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester du…

Chapter 2- Servant

In Work: A Story of Experience

Read by Wendy Belcher


Louisa May Alcott


It is one of "several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women's work in the new industrial era, as well as the …

Chapter 6

In A Dark Night's Work

Read by Wendy Almeida


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


Love, murder and class commentary in Mrs Gaskell's usual brilliant style! This novel was originally serialised and published by Charles Dick…

Volume II: Reason in Society. Chapter 4: The Aristocratic Ideal, part 2

In The Life of Reason volume 2

Read by Wendy Almeida


George Santayana


The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…

Chapter 27 - Sixtieth anniversary of the class of 1832—The Woman's Bible

In Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

Read by Wendy Almeida


Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

15 THE PICTURE

In Dark Hollow

Read by Wendy Almeida


Anna Katharine Green


The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is conv…

Fifty-two Weeks for Florette

In O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

Read by Wendy Almeida


Elizabeth Alexander Heermann


In 1918 the Society of Arts and Sciences established the O. Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the…

A Memory

In The Great Small Cat and Others

Read by Wendy Almeida


May E. Southworth


A collection of seven tales about cats. Caution: Some of these tales have very sad endings. (Summary by MaryAnn)

Chapter 50: FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE

In The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax

Read by Wendy Hall


Harriet Parr


This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a v…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

In Long Poems Collection 007

Read by Sandra G


Samual Taylor Coleridge and Samuel Taylor Coleridge


LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 007: a collection of 15 public domain poems greater than 10 minutes in length.Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: …

An Account of the Poem Games

In The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems

Read by Kristin G.


Vachel Lindsay


This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay.Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from t…

The Wanderer

In Helen of Troy and Other Poems

Read by Kristin G.


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale was an American poet, originally from Missouri, later attaching herself more to New York. Helen of Troy was one of her first g…

Dialogue XII: Thethis relates to Doris the story of the exposure of Danae and h…

In Lucian's Dialogues Volume 2: The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods

Read by Kristin G.


Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata


The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek…

A Comedy In Crape

In The Intoxicated Ghost And Other Stories

Read by Kristin G.


Arlo Bates


A charming collection of short stories, dealing with ghosts, magic, and other-worldly events that even the faint of heart will enjoy.1. The …

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