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St Ewold's Parsonage
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
Sheelah
Read by Larry Wilson
Victor Daley
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…
Symbols
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
The Letters
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems
A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other po…
Hester
Read by Allie Rose
Charles Lamb
In A Hundred Great Poems
This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr
Chapter I - A Roland for his Oliver Pt 2
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Emmuska Orczy and Baroness Emma Orczy
In Castles in the Air
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (Septe…
Chapters 1-19
Read by Sam Stinson
Alfred Tennyson and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Beauties of Tennyson
A collection of Tennyson's poetry : 1 The Brook - 00:16 2 Song from "Maud" - 1:20 3 A Farewell - 2:34 4 Song from “Maud” - 3:26…
A Love Letter
Read by Allyson
H. Rider Haggard
In Joan Haste
A romantic melodrama and one of H. Rider Haggard's most poignant love stories. Joan Haste, a beautiful but illegitimate woman whose mother …
Hester, by Charles Lamb
Read by Alan Mapstone
Various
In Famous Poems: A New Anthology Of Lyrics And Ballads
A collection of famous poems by various authors who wrote during the period 1550 to 1892, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth…
Part 2 of chapter 4
Read by Allyson Hester
Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson
In Uncle Joe's Stories
This is an entertaining collection of varying stories recounted as only a master storyteller could deliver them. (Summary by Allyson Hester)
The Deferment of Hester
Read by drandall
Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery
A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one o…
Christopherson
Read by Kirsten Wever
George Gissing
In The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…
Ch. VII: The Return of Hester, pt. 1
Read by Sibella Denton
Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Further Chronicles of Avonlea
Further Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by L.M. Montgomery and is a sequel to Chronicles of Avonlea. Published in 192…
Ulysses
Read by Alan Mapstone
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Milton
Read by Newgatenovelist
Cordelia Ray
In Sonnets
Cordelia Ray was a Black author and teacher. This volume contains 12 of her poems and was first published in 1893. - Summary by Newgatenovel…
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1
Read by Anne Erickson
Margaret O. Oliphant
Catherine Vernon has a firm hand on her family and on the family business. Her plans for her young protege Edward, whom she loves like a son…
Animal Ghosts
Read by Allyson Hester
Elliott O'Donnell
This is a collection of ghost stories in which the antagonists are various animals. Divided up into chapters of ghost sightings by each grou…
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 2
Read by Anne Erickson
Margaret O. Oliphant
Catherine Vernon has a firm hand on her family and on the family business. Her plans for her young protege Edward, whom she loves like a son…
Raison D'Etre
Read by Eleanor Howard
E. Nesbit
In The Rainbow and the Rose
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 3
Read by Anne Erickson
Margaret O. Oliphant
This volume completes the story of Hester and her struggle to find her way in the family she belongs to by birth but not by upbringing. The …