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Chapter X: The Sentinel
Read by Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
In Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward is a historical novel set in the mid-1400's. The main character is a Scottish archer serving French King Louis XI, another m…
Mr. Hardy Investigates
Read by ClueChaser
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Tower Treasure (version 5)
The Hardy boys begin their first case as sons of a famous detectives tracking down a jewel thief. - Summary by ClueChaser
Mr. Drummond and Ralph Change Places
Read by Nancy Gorgen
Margaret Vandercook
In The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold
The girls have even more unusual experiences and adventures and are brought into closer contact with the real life of the West. It isn't pos…
Chapter V. Mrs. Peabody Writes
Read by Marie Christian
Alice B. Emerson
In Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm
Betty Gordon found herself an orphan at age twelve. She became the ward of her uncle, Richard Gordon. She immediately came to love her uncle…
Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit an Idea
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
In The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Version 2)
From the armadillo and musk ox to the walrus and manatee, this book introduces you to the many mammals who live and play throughout North Am…
Chapter I
Read by Elijah Fisher
Charles Norris Williamson
In The Motor Maid
This is the story of Lys d'Angely. She was in need of a job and managed to get one as a maid to Lady Turnour, because she, in her anger, had…
Additional Note
Read by DaveWindell
Sir Walter Scott
In Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer
Guy Mannering is a young astrologer, just down from Oxford. While travelling in Scotland, he loses his way and unexpectedly comes to stay at…
Captured
Read by fred
Franklin W. Dixon
In The House on the Cliff (Version 2)
The house had been vacant and was supposed to be haunted. Mr. Hardy started to investigate - and disappeared! (From an old ad)This the secon…
Saxton's Story
Read by Tom Penn
Henry Wallace Phillips
In Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders
More than anything, the young Red Saunders wanted to be a good boy. And he was a good boy, except for his quick temper and quicker fists. B…
Pinned Down
Read by Jim Locke
Allen Chapman
In The Radio Boys with the Forest Rangers
Radio is an ideal boy’s hobby, but it's not limited to youth. It offers a wonderful scope for the unquenchable enthusiasm that accompanies t…
Section 3
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Enoch Arden
In the poem "Enoch Arden," Tennyson's epic narrative of the enduring power of love in the face of insurmountable odds, is found a …
Sir Ralph Lost A Princess And Found A Policeman
Read by Howard Skyman
Edgar Wallace
In Kate Plus Ten
In the era when this story was written it was unusual to have a woman portrayed as a criminal mastermind. However in this case Edgar Wallace…
Ralph Returns from Europe
Read by Dulaney High Key Club
Kay Lyttleton
In Jean Craig, Graduate Nurse
As Jean Craig finished her training and prepared for graduation, illness struck—first in her own family, and later in epidemics that swept t…
Bold Robin Rover
Read by Jude
Charles Godfrey Leland
In Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land
This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romanti…
Glimpse, The
Read by David Barnes
Thomas Hardy
In Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection)
Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and published collections until his death in 1928. Although not as well received by his contemporari…
The Letters
Read by MichaelMaggs
Alfred Tennyson and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems (Version 2)
Surely everyone knows “Maud”? Isn’t that the Victorian love song, where the man waits by the garden gate for his lover to appear for a secre…
The Perfect Reader
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Christopher Morley
In Plum Pudding (version 2)
Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…
Letter to Lord Chesterfield
Read by Daniel Davison
Samuel Johnson
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…
Mr. Grayson is Surprised
Read by Ares Sancho
Ralph Henry Barbour
In The Secret Play
Clearfield High School football team has no coach. Its players will have to search for a new one, and get ready for the next football season…
Thirteenth Letter - To Rufus Choate Jones, Lawyer
Read by Keith Salis
Josiah Gilbert Holland
In Letters to the Joneses
We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in &qu…