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The Homely Heroine
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edna Ferber
Who ever heard of a plain and downright homely heroine? Isn't a heroine by definition beautiful? Well, Edna Ferber, in her well known style …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Suffrage for women will not usher in a millennium of peace and leisure" was …
Stepping Heavenward (version 2)
Read by Theresa L. Downey
Elizabeth Prentiss
How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!" Thus begins the lifelong diary of young Katherine as she pours out her hopes, dreams, and sp…
Susan
Read by Celine Major
Ernest Oldmeadow
Susan is a perfect gem of a maid until suddenly she begins to mess things ups and is so distracted that her mistress Gertrude is determined …
A Woman's War
Read by Lynne T
Warwick Deeping
The fictional small English country town of Roxton boasts two doctors. This tale focuses on the struggles of their wives: Katherine and the …
A Poor Wise Man
Read by Celine Major
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart offers a superb blend of romance and suspense amidst political tensions in this story set in early 20th Century Americ…
The Autobiography of a Slander
Read by Rhonda Federman
Edna Lyall
The Autobiography of a Slander exposes the consequences of reckless words or, even worse, intentionally disparaging words. In this moral tal…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 050
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--the …
Beauty's Hour
Read by Newgatenovelist
Olivia Shakespear
The young, intelligent Mary discovers that through an act of will she can transform her appearance to make herself incredibly beautiful. But…
John Marchmont's Legacy
Read by Cate Barratt
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Like Wuthering Heights, the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has alwa…
Little Susy's Little Servants
Read by Hannah Mary
Elizabeth Prentiss
“As Little Susy had a kind mamma to take care of her, you will, perhaps, wonder why God gave her also, a great many servants of her own. He …
The Story of My Life, Part 3 (Supplemental - Helen's Education)
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Helen Keller
Secondary Title - A supplementary Account of Helen Keller's Education, including passages from the Reports and Letters of her Teacher, Anne …
Lost for Love
Read by Celine Major
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
EXCERPT: In all things that he did, Flora's well-being was the doctor's paramount consideration. He brought pleasant people to his house; me…
A Sham Princess
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Eglanton Thorne
Bertram Sinclair and his sister Eleanor are orphans living in squalid conditions. Bert is watching as his sister "Prin" lies sick …
The Aristocrats
Read by TR Love
Gertrude Atherton
Being the impressions of the Lady Helen Pole during her sojourn in The Great North Woods as spontaneously recorded in her letters to her fri…
Orientations
Read by OCTL7
W. Somerset Maugham
This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…
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 Morgesons
Read by jlenardon
Elizabeth Stoddard
Stoddard’s novel traces the education and development of a young female in American middle-class society. The protagonist, Cassandra Morgeso…
The Road to Understanding
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Eleanor H. Porter
"If Burke Denby had not been given all the frosted cakes and toy shotguns he wanted at the age of ten, it might not have been so diffic…
Miss Philura's Wedding Gown
Read by Anne Fletcher
Florence Morse Kingsley
Follow-up to "The Transfiguration of Miss Philura"....will the conviction of mild-mannered Miss Philura that "Ask and you hav…