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He Knew He Was Right

Read by Arielle Lipshaw


Anthony Trollope


He Knew He Was Right is a 1869 novel written by Anthony Trollope which describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealou…

Olive

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik


Inspired by Jane Eyre, Dinah Maria Craik's 1850 novel, Olive, was one of the first to feature a disabled central character. 'Slightly deform…

A Little Maid of Province Town

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Alice Turner Curtis


Plucky eight year old Anne Nelson, living in Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod, is determined to bring the Revolutionary War to an end so …

Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago

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Hannah Trager


Hannah Trager published Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago in 1926, so the book is a portrait of day to day life for a Jewish fami…

Fidelity

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Susan Glaspell


The small Midwestern town of Freeport was scandalized years ago when Ruth Holland, then a young girl, ran away to the West with a married ma…

The Fortunes of Philippa

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Angela Brazil


The Fortunes of Philippa is based on the author's mother, Angelica Brazil, who had grown up in Rio de Janeiro and attended an English boardi…

Lifted Masks

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Susan Glaspell


In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)

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In The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

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Charles Dickens


The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Ni…

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In The Book of Household Management

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Isabella Beeton and Mrs. Isabella Beeton


"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate best…

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In Good Wives

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Louisa May Alcott


Louisa May Alcott's overwhelming success dated from the appearance of the first part of Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, (1868) a sem…

"'Dear lord of that dear jewel I have lost...'"

In The Rape of Lucrece

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William Shakespeare


The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. Lucrece draws on the story described in …

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In Holidays at Roselands

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Martha Finley


This is the second book of the much loved Elsie Dinsmore series and starts where the first book left off. Elsie is still recuperating from h…