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Ann Parker
Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Anna
Read by Larry Wilson
Victor Daley
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…
The Annals of Ann
Read by CJ Plogue
Kate Trimble Sharber
As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …
The Field of Phillipi
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
E. W. Hornung
In A Thief in the Night - Version 2
A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was …
Darby and Joan
Read by Phil Chenevert
St. John Honeywood
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors…
Joan of Arc
Read by MaryAnn
Charles Knight, ed. and Charles Knight
In Mind Amongst the Spindles
Lowell Massachusetts was founded in the 1820s as a planned manufacturing center for textiles and is located along the rapids of the Merrimac…
The Book of a Monk's Life
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Rainer Maria Rilke
In Poems
A concise collection of poems translated from the great German poet Rilke into formal English verse. Although the translation may be freer t…
Fleur-de-Lis
Read by Pam Castille
Kate Douglas Wiggin
In Princess Mary's Gift Book
In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…
Mrs. Kessler
Read by Caitlin Kelly
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Section 2
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy Parker
In Men I'm Not Married To (Stories)
Dorothy Parker was a poet, writer and satirist of the foibles of the early 20th century (not least, of Prohibition), and a founding member o…
Lillian Morris - Chapter 4
Read by Marie Christian
Henryk Sienkiewicz
In Lillian Morris, and Other Stories
The nights were real Californian: calm, warm, starry; the fire burned cheerily, and in its gleam I saw the gigantic, but shapely and noble f…
INTRODUCTION
Read by Anna Simon
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Note
Read by Christine Rottger
John Aikin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Jane Marcet and Jane Taylor
In Eyes and No Eyes and Other Stories
Whatever will stimulate the observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. "Eyes and No Eyes" does this in a de…
Scrimshaw
Read by Pam Castille
Murray Leinster
In Short Science Fiction Collection 049
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
'Pop'
Read by Kate Follis
Alice Hegan Rice
In Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
This is a volume of very cute short stories. Miss Mink for instance invites a lonely soldier to her place for dinner and realises that with …
Work
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
E. Nesbit
In The Rainbow and the Rose
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
Chin-Chin Kobamama
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith
In Tales of Laughter
Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. …
An Epitaph on Herself
Read by Arthur Krolman
Anne Killigrew
In Poems (1686)
These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 yea…
King Erick's Faith
Read by Eric Lee
Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
In Poems
Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde, was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza. She was politically active as an Irish natio…
Pictures
Read by Stephanie Kydd
Katherine Mansfield
In Movies and Hollywood Short Story Collection, Volume 1
Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kine…