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Chapter 08 He Only Said I Am A-Weary

In Aurora Floyd Volume 2

Read by Jessica Hendra


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Aurora Floyd is the spoiled, impetuous, but kind hearted daughter of Archibald Floyd, a wealthy banker and his wife, an actress who died sho…

Chapter 22

In Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret

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Nathaniel Hawthorne


Dr. Grimshawe is a spider-cultivating eccentric. The central secret of the book is an all-encompassing spiders web. The central character is…

XXXVI

In Say and Seal, Volume 2

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Anna Bartlett Warner


The arrival of a new schoolteacher causes quite a stir in the small New England town of Pattaquasset, not the least of it in the house of Mr…

Chapter 10, part 1

In Mauprat

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George Sand


Bernard Mauprat was raised by lawless brigands and knows no other way of life until age 17. Then everything changes for him when his cousin …

Chapter V, pt 1

In Antonia

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George Sand


Will love conquer all? An entertaining novel of growth in light of societal pressures of propriety, finance and inheritance of 19th century …

Chapter 7 - Part 1

In Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling

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Bertha Von Suttner


Die Waffen Nieder, in English: Lay Down Your Arms is a fictional biography, which describes four wars from the perspective of a soldier's wi…

Chapter 18: THE NEXT MORNING

In The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax

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Harriet Parr


This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a v…

Chapter IIIa, Part 1

In An American Vendetta: A Story of Barbarism in the United States

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Theron Clark Crawford


The phrase "The Hatfields and McCoys" conjures up images of feudal warfare and Appalachian backwardness even to this day. This is …

Part 2, Chapter 7

In A Lost Lady (Verson 2)

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Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather


Charismatic Marian Forrester, the wife of a railroad pioneer, captures the heart of every person she meets. Niel Herbert is no exception. He…

Final Explanations

In The Pink Shop

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Fergus Hume


The Pink Shop operates outside the limits of the law by a mysterious woman concealed under a black veil. Follow the twists and turns as you …

A Prank and Its Results

In Memories of My Life

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Sarah Bernhardt


Sarah Bernhardt was a popular French actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries…