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Frederick the Great The Boy of Potsdam: 1712-1788

In Historic Boyhoods

Read by Lynne T

Rupert S. Holland

Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, …

Second part, chapter I, part 3: French Navigators, 3a

In Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2

Read by Lynne T

Jules Verne

This volume, entitled "The Great Navigators of the 18th century", forms the second of three volumes under the general title of &qu…

School

In The Unclassed

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George Gissing

The Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. …

The Dunce Picks a Soft Place to Fall

In Adventures of the Teenie Weenies

Read by Lynne T

William Donahey

The Teenie Weenies are people two inches tall who live under a rose bush with "real world" size materials made from discarded obje…

Chapter V, part 1

In Throckmorton

Read by Lynne T

Molly Elliot Seawell

This is a novel about the lives of the members of the Temple family and their connections in Tidewater, Virginia, in the Reconstruction era.…

Chapter XX - The Green Flag

In The Two Destinies

Read by Lynne T

Wilkie Collins

Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…

Chapter 6

In The Life of Mozart Volume 1

Read by Lynne T

Otto Jahn

An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an inte…

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