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Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Wallace Stevens
In Harmonium
This is the first edition of Stevens's first book, with poetry written between 1914 and 1923. A later edition was printed with the inclusion…
Tessa
Read by John Biebel
Margaret Winslow
In Katie Robertson
Katie Robertson is a tale of a girl who takes on factory work as a means of assisting her widowed mother. The novel introduces the reader to…
Lessons
Read by Sarah Gutierrez
Louisa May Alcott
In An Old-Fashioned Girl (version 2)
Country-girl Polly Milton visits her fashionable cousins in the city, who make fun of her old-fashioned values. Will Polly adapt to city lif…
Capture of Katherine
Read by Lauren Huff
Mary Shelley
In The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
After the brutal and turbulent Wars of the Roses, Henry VII reigned over England and the sons of his rival Edward IV, once held captive in t…
The Snowdrop's Philosophy
Read by Lynn Lee
Various
In Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 2, September 1900
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief …
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
The Way
Read by Foon
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels
This book contains 2 poetry bundles by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, containing many better- or lesser-known poems. The poems are recorded by a singl…
03 - Rebecca's Thought Book
Read by Mary Anderson
Kate Douglas Wiggin
In New Chronicles of Rebecca
This book tells further stories from the period of Rebecca's sojourn in Riverboro.
Brittany (part 2)
Read by Eleanor Howard
Louisa May Alcott
In Shawl-Straps: A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag
Unlike the other volumes in this series, which are books of childrens' stories, Shawl-Straps is a novel. It is the story of Amanda, Matilda,…
CHAPTER 33
Read by Anna Roberts
Charles Dickens
In The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Ni…
The Three Bears
Read by Deborah Knight
Various
In Grandma Knight's Tales
Grandma Knight's Tales* includes stories that provide entertainment and, hopefully, some moral learning to small listeners. A special dedica…
Letter X
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…
Jenny Allen
Read by Julia Niedermaier
Marietta Holley
In Poems
This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin
Mystery Explained
Read by Albert Friedman
Laura Lee Hope
In The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House
In this 9th book in the "Outdoor Girls Series", the girls had befriend an old woman who had been knocked down by an unscrupulous m…
What They Saw
Read by Carol
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In Poems of Purpose
This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published in 1919. - Summary by Carolin
Mrs. Wren's Advice
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot (version 2)
Another Slumbertown and Tuck-Me In Tale book by Arthur Scott Bailey, this time we meet Turkey Proudfoot at Farmer Greens farm in Pleasant Va…
Vol 01, Ch. 06
Read by Sibella Denton
Ann Radcliffe
In The Mysteries of Udolpho
Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…
Clarissa Scott Delaney
Read by Newgatenovelist
Angelina Weld Grimké
In Selected Poems
Angelina Weld Grimké was a poet, playwright and educator. These poems were published between 1923 and 1927. - Summary by Newgatenovel…
EDYL - The Reading Department
Read by Mark Capell
Mark Capell
It's 2046 and Jake Radley has the career opportunity of a lifetime. But to take it he needs to acquire a strange, mysterious new skill. A s…
Russell Kincaid
Read by Betsie Bush
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…