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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…

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