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The Rover Vol. 01 No. 18
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Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
The Breaking Point
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shor…
008 The Marilynne Robinson Interview
Sheridan Voysey
An interview with Pulitzer Prize- winning author Marilynne Robinson
London Labour and the London Poor Volume I
Read by Peter Yearsley
Henry Mayhew
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…
The Laughing Princess
Read by Seymour Hamilton
Seymour Hamilton
The Laughing Princess is a collection of 12 interrelated stories told to a brother and sister of that special age at which they had recently…
Somehow Good
Read by Helen Taylor
William Frend De Morgan
A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…
The Amazing Interlude
Read by MaryAnn
Mary Roberts Rinehart
It is the early days of The Great War. As the curtain rises, Sara Lee is sitting by the fire in her aunt and uncle’s home, knitting a baby a…
An Amiable Charlatan (version 2)
Read by Cate Barratt
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt
Rough Justice
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Who murdered Lisa Rainer? Is it her former lover who went to seek fortune in Africa and fell in love with another on the way back? Were ther…
London Labour and the London Poor Volume II
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Henry Mayhew
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…
Amelia (Vol. 2)
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Henry Fielding
The second volume of Amelia. - Summary by Libby Gohn
The Old English Baron
Read by MaryAnn
Clara Reeve
The story follows the adventures of Sir Philip Harclay, who returns to medieval England to find that the castle seat and estate of his frien…
The Scarlet Pimpernel (version 3 dramatic reading)
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Baroness Emma Orczy
Baroness Emma ("Emmuska") Orczy (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungaria…
Mrs. Dalloway (Version 2)
Read by Hannah Dormor
Virginia Woolf
Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Join her and a web of connections in exploring London, their memories and their innermost thoughts and …
Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian
Read by PhyllisV
Alma Lutz
Alma Lutz's outstanding biography of Susan B. Anthony is revered for its descriptive power, attention to detail and historical significance …
The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition
Read by David Wales
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe’s famous narrative poem and the author’s reflections on its composition. (David Wales)
Miss Lulu Bett
Read by Jacquerie
Zona Gale
Lulu Bett is a spinster, living at the turn of the 20th century essentially as a servant with her sister Ina and brother-in-law Dwight. She …
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 002
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Various
Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…
That Affair at Elizabeth (version 2)
Read by Jacquerie
Burton Egbert Stevenson
A bride-to-be vanishes and mystery is born. Before it is solved, its pursuers uncover madness, treachery, and a grave in a cellar. Summary …
Constance Dunlap
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Arthur B. Reeve
Constance Dunlap is a young woman who in Chapter 1 turns amateur criminal in order to to save her husband from disgrace and imminent arrest.…