Dramatic Readings

The Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading)

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John Kendrick Bangs


"It was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog's High-clas…

The Paying Guest (version 2 dramatic reading)

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George Gissing


Clarence and Emmeline Mumford are in for a real treat when they take in the young, outspoken Miss Louise Derrick as their guest. Shedding a …

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (Dramatic Reading)

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Thornton W. Burgess


Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined …

Romeo y Julieta

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William Shakespeare


Romeo y Julieta, de William Shakespeare, es una de las obras de teatro más populares de la literatura universal. Publicada a finales …

The Carved Cupboard (Dramatic Reading)

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Amy Le Feuvre


Agatha, Gwen, Clare and Elfie have always been told that they will inherit their aunt's house. But when their aunt dies, she leaves it all t…

The Railway Children (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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E. Nesbit


Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are suddenly yanked out of their comfortable lives and removed to live in the country with only their mother and …

The Maid of Maiden Lane (dramatic reading)

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Amelia E. Barr


The Maid of Maiden lane is a wonderful love story in which Mrs. Barr intertwines the hot political and social issues that were occurring in …

The Perils of Pauline (dramatic reading)

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Charles Goddard


The Perils of Pauline is one of the first damsel in distress serials. The story is complete with undaunted hero, courageous damsel, unscrupu…

The Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden Rules

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Josephine Turck Baker


Many of us find it challenging to speak to other people, for various reasons. Some of us are afraid of being called a bore. Others are worri…

Rose O' The River

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Kate Douglas Wiggin


Rose Wiley is a pretty country girl. She's engaged to Stephen Waterman, a country boy. She is quite content, until Claude Merril, a man from…

The Princess and the Goblin (Dramatic Reading)

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George MacDonald


The story of a Princess named Irene, and her adventure with a boy named Curdie Peterson. Princess Irene meets her grandmother, and Irene wan…

The Betrothed (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Alessandro Manzoni


One of the most famous Italian books in history, The Betrothed was written by Alessandro Manzoni in 1827. The two main characters, Renzo and…

1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors

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Mark Twain


Please note: this recording contains strong language."1601," wrote Mark Twain, "is a supposititious conversation which takes …

Granny's Wonderful Chair (Dramatic Reading)

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Frances Browne


Her most famous work, Granny's Wonderful Chair, was published in 1856 and it is still in print to this day. It is a richly imaginative book …

The Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Ruth Plumly Thompson


When the professor decides to outline the ancestry of the eminent people of Oz, Scarecrow feels left out. He doesn't have a family tree - un…

Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading)

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Rudyard Kipling


The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of h…

Strange Pages from Family Papers

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Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer


“Among other qualities which have been supposed to belong to a dead man’s hand, are its medicinal virtues, in connection with which may be m…

An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading)

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Henry Fielding


An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fiel…

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