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Chapter 19: Who Goes Home?
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy L. Sayers
In Clouds of Witness
While Lord Peter Wimsey is on holiday in the wilds of Corsica, his brother Gerald, Duke of Denver, is charged with the murder of their siste…
Claire de Lune
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Guy de Maupassant
In Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant was, and is to this day, one of the world's most celebrated short story writers. He famously tackled topics like the Franc…
An Amiable Charlatan
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
E. Phillips Oppenheim
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
Claire de Lune
Read by VfkaBT
Guy de Maupassant
In Short Story Collection Vol. 064
This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Contributions include works from Guy de Maupassant, Rud…
One More for Kate
Read by Bridget Gaige
Gene Stratton-Porter
In A Daughter of the Land
Independent Kate Bates resents the fact that, as the youngest of a large family, she is expected to stay at home and help her parents while …
Her Initials
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In Wessex Poems
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
Going Home
Read by Peter Yearsley
Robert W. Service
In Rhymes of a Red Cross Man
Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. Hi…
'Pop'
Read by Kate Follis
Alice Hegan Rice
In Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
This is a volume of very cute short stories. Miss Mink for instance invites a lonely soldier to her place for dinner and realises that with …
The Burning of the "Goliath"
Read by Laura Caldwell
Dean Stanley
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
The Walk Home
Read by Bridget Gaige
Edward Eggleston
In The Hoosier Schoolmaster
"Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would you do in Flat Crick deestrick, I'd like to know? Why, the boys have driv of…
Two Letters
Read by czandra
Nina Rhoades
In The Little Girl Next Door
A delightful story of true and genuine friendship between an impulsive little girl in a fine New York home and a little blind girl in an apa…
News Item
Read by Tricia Wheeler
Dorothy Parker
In Enough Rope
A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…
Strephon and Chloe
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
Parpon the Dwarf
Read by Kate Follis
Gilbert Parker
In The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting i…
22 - Foch, part 2
Read by Becky Cook
J. Walker McSpadden
In Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…
THE GOLDEN GONDOLA
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
E. Nesbit
In New Treasure Seekers
Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, H.O, and Noel fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether tell…
Jenny's Miss Claire
Read by Caro Davy
Marion St. John Webb
In The House with the Twisting Passage (Version 2)
When her parents go to India for two years, 9 year old Jenny is cared for by her aunts. Aunt Abby is caretaker in a large many-roomed house…
16 - Volume 1, Chapter 16: Rorie Asks a Question
Read by Rosie
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
In Vixen
This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, ar…
The Letter
Read by Libby Gohn
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë and Anne Brontë
In Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (version 2)
The Bronte sisters, most famous for their novels, began their career with a slim volume of poetry, published under pseudonyms. It only sold …
01 - The Weekly Bill
Read by Maria Therese
Kate Douglas Wiggin
In Penelope's English Experiences
Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. In…