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Chapter 9: FAREWELL TO THE FOREST

In The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax

Read by Jessica Hendra

Harriet Parr

This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a v…

VII

In The Blood of the Vampire

Read by Jessica Burns

Florence Marryat

The Blood of the Vampire is a Gothic novel, often compared to Bram Stoker's Dracula and Le Fanu's Camilla. Harriet is a vampire who kills ac…

HOW I KILLED A BEAR

In In the Wilderness (Version 2)

Read by Jessica Zdanowicz

Charles Dudley Warner

Warner’s main theme is how small and often-ridiculous the human being is when exploring in the wilderness. Warner’s love of nature and his c…

Chapter XLIII – Of What is Necessary for a Man's Redemption into the Kingdom of…

In Leviathan (Books III and IV)

Read by Jessica Louise

Thomas Hobbes

In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nat…

The Venus Trap

In Short Science Fiction Collection 064

Read by Jessica Renfro

Evelyn E. Smith

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Part 2, Chapter 7

In A Lost Lady (Verson 2)

Read by Jessica Hendra

Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather

Charismatic Marian Forrester, the wife of a railroad pioneer, captures the heart of every person she meets. Niel Herbert is no exception. He…

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