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Ormond
Read by Bruce Pirie
Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth was one of the most popular writers of her time, a sharp and witty observer of society manners, and a favorite author for Ja…
Anything Once
Read by Roger Melin
Isabel Ostrander
An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some ap…
The Nursery ''Alice''
Read by Scotty Smith
Lewis Carroll
A shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . . . adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five". . …
Modern Monologues
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Marjorie Benton Cooke
The monologue is a character study in little; the apotheosis of a chosen individuality. All the little studies in this book have stood the t…
Fifty-One Tales
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Lord Dunsany
Very brief, well-crafted stories, many having surprise endings, all steeped in the dye of myth and calling to every reader's neglected imagi…
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.&…
An Anonymous Story
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Anton Chekhov
In "An Anonymous Story," Chekhov continues to explore his favorite themes of superfluous men, ironic rakes, exploited women, and t…
Peter Bell: A Tale
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William Wordsworth
A ne'er-do-well's life is changed by an encounter with a stubborn animal. - Summary by Matthew Schneider
The Hunting of the Snark (version 2)
Read by Shawn Craig Smith
Lewis Carroll
The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursu…
Nobody
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Susan Warner
There are many romantic tales about a handsome and rich man falling in love with a beautiful lower class woman over the objections of his fa…
Books Fatal to Their Authors
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Peter Hempson Ditchfield
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…
Poems
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Hattie Howard
"This poet's ear is so attuned to metric harmony that she must have been born within sound of some osier-fringed brook leaping and hurr…
Four Science Fiction Stories
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Alan E. Nourse
Four Science Fiction stories published in Science Fiction Adventures Magazine and Galaxy Science Fiction, written by Alan Edward Nourse (Aug…
The Delafield Affair
Read by Bill Boerst
Florence Finch Kelly
New Mexico's hot, dry winds are taking their toll: cattle suffer long treks to get food and water. But it is not just a hard time for them. …
Unvarnished Tales
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William Mackay
This book is a short selection of varied fictional tales. They must have been what the author wished for them to be and certainly perfect fo…