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Mrs. Pretty and The Premier
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Arthur Adams
The Premier has decided that being married would be good for his image. He asks his stenographer for advice: (Premier) Good. Just jot me dow…
Courage (Dramatic Reading)
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Ruth Ogden
Courage follows the story of Courage, a young 12-year-old orphaned girl, who adapts to to meeting and living with new people. She lives up t…
The Charwoman's Daughter
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James Stephens
A humorous tale about a poor Irish charwoman living in the slums of Dublin, and her innocent teenage daughter, Mary Makebelieve, whose first…
The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories
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Alice Dunbar Nelson
These stories focus on the Creole society of New Orleans and in the process reveals issues facing black Americans at the end of the nineteen…
A Chautauqua Idyl
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Grace Livingston Hill
The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.
Transition
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Emma Francis Brooke
Honora Klaper is beautiful, distinguished, smart, and charming. A woman who turns heads. She is on an errand. No, it is not an errand to get…
My First Book
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Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
Eveline
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James Joyce
Eveline está a punto de dejar su país, Irlanda, para emigrar a través un viaje por barco en compañía de s…
On Anything
Read by Ray Clare
Hilaire Belloc
Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days…
Our Friend The Charlatan
Read by Jim Locke
George Gissing
Dice Lashmore will do everything he can in in his quest to become rich. The key is, of course, finding a rich wife. This book describes his …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044
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Various
Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include wives, widows, and women scorned--…
The Judgment of Eve
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May Sinclair
May Sinclair was a prolific author, literary critic, and feminist activist, famous in Britain and the US in the 1910’s and 20’s. The Judgmen…
A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children
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E. Louise Smythe
This is a book of simple, classic stories for beginning readers. It is included in Year 1 of the Ambleside reading list. There are short lis…
Walker's Appeal
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David Walker
The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the …
Lady Rose's Daughter
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Mary Augusta Ward
"Julie Le Breton enchants almost everyone around her with her smart, charm, and excellent manners. She almost belongs to the English hi…
Sonette nach dem Portugiesischen, übertragen durch Rainer Maria Rilke
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning schrieb diese Sonette für ihren Mann. Dieser gab sie dann zur Veröffentlichung. In seiner Übersetz…
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Version 2)
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Lucy Larcom
What was growing up like for a seaside country girl in 1800’s New England -- her expectations, occupations, education, and opportunities? Wh…
The Old Year
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John Clare
John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English country…