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Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


William Westgarth


Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at…

Camp-Fire Girls at Twin Lakes or The Quest of a Summer Vacation

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Stella M. Francis


“Girls, I have some great news for you. I’m sure you’ll be interested, and I hope you’ll be as delighted as I am. Come on, all of you. Gathe…

Sisters

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Ada Cambridge


Ada Cambridge (November 21, 1844 - July 19, 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English born Australian writer. While she gained recogni…

The Birthday Party, A Story for Little Folks

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


Flora Lee's birthday came in July. Her mother wished very much to celebrate the occasion in a proper manner. Flora was a good girl, and her …

The Will

In The Count of Monte Cristo

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Alexandre Dumas


The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, …

Old John Jamieson

In Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


George MacDonald


George MacDonald is mainly known for his fantasy works and fairy tales such as At the Back of the North Wind and the Princess and the Goblin…

Chapter 9

In Main Street

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Sinclair Lewis


Carol Milford is a liberal, free-spirited young woman, reared in the metropolis of Minneapolis. She marries Will Kennicott, a doctor, who is…

Chapter 8

In The Getting of Wisdom

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Henry Handel Richardson


The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on H…

Why the Fish Laughed

In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


William Patten


The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…

AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS

In Wives and Daughters

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book!Mrs. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest Brit…

The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town

In The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Howard Pyle


Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern version…

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