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Chapter 17
Read by Kylie Goodfellow
Martha Finley
In Mildred and Elsie
Mildred returns home from visiting her mother's relatives. She continues to grow in wisdom and beauty and receives many proposals of marriag…
Goody Side, The
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Sarah Cory Rippey
In The Goody-Naughty Book
The Goody-Naughty Book was originally published as two books back to back. Opening the book from one end, the reader experiences "The G…
26 - Her Position
Read by Amanda Friday
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
15 - Part II ,Wineland the Good
Read by Tom Barron
Jennie Hall
In Viking Tales
Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)
For a Good Girl
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
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 …
Prefatory Note
Read by NarratorJenny
Alicia Stuart Aspinwall
In Short Stories for Short People
This is a collection of short stories by Alicia Aspinwall. - Summary by Carolin
The Wise Gray Cat
Read by Christine Rottger
Caroline Hofman
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 053
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 053: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Good Little Girl
Read by Winnifred Assmann
A. A. Milne
In Now We Are Six
Milne's second book of children's poetry: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young ... and no…
Part II - Chapter XI
Read by Emma Charlotte
Wilkie Collins
In My Lady's Money
Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…
An Apple Gathering
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Christina Rossetti
In Goblin Market and Other Poems
Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossetti's first book of poetry. The title poem is her most famous work: a …
Swift go my days
Read by Lynne T
Mary MacLane and Mary Maclane
In I, Mary MacLane
Described as "the first blogger", Mary MacLane lived a tortured life, ahead of her time. Her beloved father died when she was a yo…
A Wish
Read by Newgatenovelist
Amanda McKittrick Ros and Amanda Mckittrick Ros
In Poems of Puncture
Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose have earned notoriety for their highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction, and…
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
A Grey Day
Read by Margaret Lange
Roderic Quinn
In Poems
Roderic Quinn, the seventh child of Irish immigrants, was variously a teacher, public servant and newspaper editor before turning to the wri…
Good Tidings
Read by Kristin G.
William James Mcglothlin
In The Bible For Young People Vol. 1
"The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctri…
A Confirmed Spinster
Read by Sandra Cullum
J. M. Barrie
In The Little White Bird
"A children's book, sharp social commentary and sad psychological thriller about a man's search for a sense of belonging. All in one am…
The Novelette Reader
Read by Newgatenovelist
Tom Maguire
In Machine-Room Chants
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
The Raven Stone; Good-Night and Good-Morning
Read by Kristin G.
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 04, Nov. 25, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Scots Wha Hae
Read by Nemo
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
Gray Room
Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
Wallace Stevens
In The Collected Public Domain Poems of Wallace Stevens, Volume 1
A collection of Wallace Stevens poems written before 1923.Stevens trained to be a lawyer. Within eleven years after this series of poems wer…