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The Odyssey of a Breton Magistrate

In A Friend of Marie-Antoinette (Lady Atkyns)

Read by Julie H


Frédéric Barbeytranslated Byunknown


Charlotte Atkyns (née Walpole) was an English actress. She was widowed while still in her 20s, and became an agent in the French Revo…

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In His Darling Sin

Read by Julie H


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Grace Perivale is young, beautiful and rich. She and her beloved husband are the center of high society. Until Hector suddenly and unexpecte…

Chapter 13

In Northanger Abbey (Version 5)

Read by Julie H


Jane Austen


What could be more entrancing than Northanger Abbey? Catherine quite fears the Abbey. Find out why! - Summary by Victoria Bell

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Read by Julie Pandya


E. M. Forster


On a journey to Tuscany with her young friend and traveling companion Caroline Abbott, widowed Lilia Herriton falls in love with both Italy …

The Art of Fiction

Read by Julie VW


Henry James


A lecture on the art of fiction, given by the English critic Walter Besant on April 25, 1884, and an answer to the lecture by American write…

Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology

Read by Julie Yu


Mary H. Fostertranslated Bymabel H. Cummings and Mary H. Fosterandmabel H. Cummings


Asgard Stories - Tales from Norse Mythology. To all our Children who have loved the hearing of these Asgard Stories. This little volume is t…

Chimneysmoke

Read by Carmen H


Christopher Morley


A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Read by H. P. Lovecraft


H. P. Lovecraft


Rumours abound of sinister goings-on in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth. The once prosperous town, which has fallen into a st…

The Mystery Of Cloomber

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This novel is written by the author of, among other novels, the Stories of Sherlock Holmes. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, who trie…

The Mad King

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Shades of The Prisoner of Zenda! All our old friends are here—the young king, the usurping uncle and his evil henchman, the beautiful prince…

The Yukon Trail

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


William Macleod Raine


The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North (filmed as The Grip of the Yukon in 1928) is an adventure yarn from the prodigious output of William Ma…

The Efficiency Expert

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Our hero, Jimmy Torrance, Jr., has a hard time finding suitable employment after a brilliant (athletically, at least) college career, despit…

The Magician

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


W. Somerset Maugham


The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a cari…

King Solomon's Mines

Read by H. Rider Haggard


H. Rider Haggard


King Solomon's Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. It relates a jou…

The Box

Read by H. Lovelyn Bettison


H. Lovelyn Bettison


What's in the box? Indy would sure like to know. When Tom offers Indy two thousand dollars to transport a mysterious box across the country,…

The Parasite (version 2)

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


In this short novel of 1894, Conan Doyle describes a character with seemingly extraordinary powers. Are these powers occult or are they only…

Pollyanna

Read by Eleanor H. Porter


Eleanor H. Porter


In a small town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna loses her mother then her dad to disease. This book describes how the orphan is sent to …

Badge of Infamy

Read by Steven H. Wilson


Lester Del Rey


Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend's life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he's a pariah, shu…

Between the Lines

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Boyd Cable


This book, all of which has been written at the Front within sound of the German guns and for the most part within shell and rifle range, is…