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09 - THE OUTRAGE

In The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

Read by Jenny Bradshaw


Baroness Emma Orczy


In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…

Vol. 1 - Chapter 10

In Helen

Read by Jenny Bradshaw


Maria Edgeworth


Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…

Thomas Winter, of Hobart

In Letters from Victorian Pioneers

Read by Jenny Bradshaw


Various


A series of letters on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc addressed by Victorian pioneers to his Excellency Charles Jos…

To His Mistress Going to Bed - Read by JA

In To His Mistress Going to Bed

Read by Jenny Adamson


John Donne


John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets…

Chapter I - The Woodcutter's Cottage

In The Blue Bird for Children

Read by Jenny Wallace


Georgette Leblanc and Maurice Maeterlinck


One of the strongest pieces of imaginative writing for children that the past decade has produced and one of the most delicate and beautiful…

Grace's Holiday

In An Easter Lily

Read by Jenny Adamson


Amanda Minnie Douglas


This is a volume of five short stories for Children. Each of them contains a cute little learning experience and a happy end. - Summary by C…

Chapter 09

In My Lady Ludlow

Read by Jenny Bradshaw


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


This novella by the acclaimed Elizabeth Gaskell follows the reminiscences and life of aristocratic Lady Ludlow, told through the eyes of one…

The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple

In Old Peter's Russian Tales

Read by Jenny Lundak


Arthur Ransome


Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public …

Chapter XIV - The Mechanism of Diving

In The Romance of Modern Mechanism

Read by Jenny TB


Archibald Williams


In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very d…

10 - The Story of Miss Moppet

In The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter (version 2)

Read by Jenny Lundak


Beatrix Potter


The Treasury contains nineteen stories written by Beatrix Potter. The most famous story is Peter Rabbit, which features a naughty young rabb…

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