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Patricia Brent, spinster
Read by Anna Simon
Herbert George Jenkins
A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…
Second April
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
There's a certain slant of light
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Emily Dickinson
In tribute to the first real snowfall this year. - Summary by David Lawrence
Briarwood Girls
Read by Linda Velwest
Julia Lestarjette Glover
Kindred Spirits return for their Sophomore year at Briarwood College. There's a new girl who upsets the status quo. (Introduction by Linda V…
Little Novels
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Wilkie Collins
Master Victorian storyteller Wilkie Collins, author of classics such as The Woman in White and The Moonstone, brings us a collection of nove…
The Art of Fiction
Read by Julie VW
Henry James
A lecture on the art of fiction, given by the English critic Walter Besant on April 25, 1884, and an answer to the lecture by American write…
The Precipice
Read by Mary Schneider
Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…
Agnes Grey (Version 3)
Read by Libby Gohn
Anne Brontë
Anne Bronte's semi-autobiographic novel about Agnes Grey, a young woman who becomes a governess to support her family, but finds her new car…
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days
Read by Debbie R. Baker Robinson
Nell Speed
Molly Brown returns to her second year of college at Wellington. Along with her friends at Queen's Cottage, she struggles and triumphs over…
Wuthering Heights (Version 2)
Read by Ruth Golding
Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë's only novel, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet…
A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
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Caroline French Benton
Join Margaret, a little girl who really wants to learn how to properly cook and bake everything from seafood to cake, as she sets out to mak…
Nobody's Property: Living on the Remains of a Life in California
Read by Emily Kathleen Cooke
Emily Kathleen Cooke
November 4, 1971Jennifer Rose Cooke, a girl from California, just turned 18, goes missing in a frigid forest in West Germany. She has been h…
Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
Pollyanna
Read by Mary Anderson
Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna tells the story of Pollyanna Whittier, a young girl who goes to live with her wealthy Aunt Polly after her father's death. Pollyan…
The City of Fire
Read by Emily Grace
Grace Livingston Hill
Home from college, Lynn is heartbroken to find her childhood friend Mark, has fallen away from his faith in God. After making some poor life…
Roast Beef, Medium
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edna Ferber
This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for …
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…
Emily Dickinson on Death
Read by Libby Gohn
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published…
Understood Betsy (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." Ac…
The Circular Study
Read by Jacquerie
Anna Katharine Green
In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…