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Jenny's Miss Claire
Read by Caro Davy
Marion St. John Webb
In The House with the Twisting Passage (Version 2)
When her parents go to India for two years, 9 year old Jenny is cared for by her aunts. Aunt Abby is caretaker in a large many-roomed house…
Cadenus and Vanessa
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
Chapter 06
Read by Karen Savage
Lester del Rey and Lester Del Rey
In The Sky Is Falling
After dying in a terrible accident at a building site, Dave Hanson finds himself being brought back to life in a world where magic is real, …
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
IV. How Jake Went Home
Read by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
E. Nesbit
In These Little Ones
A collection of short stories for adults, mainly about children in hard times. The title references Matthew 18:6, which verse Nesbit include…
01 - Thornleigh
Read by Phil Benson
M. E. Francis
In In a North Country Village
M. E. Francis was born Mary E. Sweetman in Dublin and moved to Lancashire on her marriage to Francis Nicholas Blundell, of the Blundell fami…
Dawn: Alba
Read by Nemo
F. S. Flint
In In the Net of the Stars
English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school…
08 - Saturday to Monday
Read by Cynthia Moyer
A. A. Milne
In Not That It Matters
More of the witty, wry, and deliciously wicked essays and articles written by Milne. Most people know him as the creator of Winnie The Pooh,…
29 - Mr. and Mrs. Quack are Startled
Read by Allie Cingi
Thornton W. Burgess
In The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer is another set of children’s stories by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. More serious than som…
Trui
Read by Bianca Kramer
Paulina Jacoba Cohen-de Vries and Paulina Jacoba Cohen-De Vries
In Kinderen uit m'n Klas
Serie portretjes van kinderen op een volksschool begin jaren '20, eerder verschenen in de NRC.Voorwoord bij de 1e druk: "Niet zonder sc…
Inland
Read by Nemo
Edna St. Vincent Millay
In Poems
This volume of poems was published in 1923, the year Edna St. Vincent Millay became the third woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. I…
Twilight and Peace
Read by Andrew Gaunce
Roderic Quinn
In Poems
Roderic Quinn, the seventh child of Irish immigrants, was variously a teacher, public servant and newspaper editor before turning to the wri…
Azurecrest
Read by Roger Melin
Herman Landon
In The Gray Phantom
A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick…
Letter XV
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Richardson
In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5
Volume 5 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness…
News Item
Read by Tricia Wheeler
Dorothy Parker
In Enough Rope
A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…
Little Bud
Read by Cassandra A.M.
Louisa May Alcott
In Flower Fables - Version 2
A Queen of fairy subjects asks her Maids of Honor to tell stories while they wait for the sun to rise. Tales including The Frost King of The…
Book IV, Chapter X
Read by Maria Kasper
Washington Irving
In Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history an…
Snowy Peter
Read by Claire Schreuder
Susan Coolidge
In Just Sixteen
A collection of short stories from the author of the What Katy Did series, for an audience ranging from younger to older children - and enjo…
Chapter X
Read by Mary Escano
Kate Sanborn
In The Wit of Women
It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…
The selfish toad; The discontented stream
Read by Phil Benson
Ann Hawkshaw
In Cecil's Own Book
Ann Hawkshaw's fourth and final collection was published privately and named for her young grandson, Cecil Wedgwood. Written for children, t…