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Manon Lescaut

Read by Mary Bard


Abbé Prévost


Published in 1731, Manon Lescaut (on which the Puccini opera is based) takes as its themes passionate, tragic love, and redemption through s…

The Box-Car Children (Version 2)

Read by Hannah Mary


Gertrude Chandler Warner


Henry, Jess, Violet, and Benny just lost their father and are all alone. To avoid being sent to the grandfather they fear, they have no choi…

The Missing Formula

Read by Mary Escano


Mildred A. Wirt Benson


Orphan Anne Fairaday faces a life of poverty upon the death of her father. The only thing that can prevent it is finding his latest experime…

The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella

Read by Mary J


Michelangelo Buonarroti


Michael Angelo and Campanella represent widely sundered, though almost contemporaneous, moments in the evolution of the Italian genius. Mich…

In Our Convent Days

Read by Mary Schneider


Agnes Repplier


With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…

Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories

Read by Mary J


Giovanni Verga


The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in r…

The Bone Road

Read by Mary Holland


Mary Holland


A divvy, a dying woman, and a promise Rhona has the divvy gift; with only a touch she can tell if a baby will be fertile or a sterile Shun, …

The Secret of Casa Grande

Read by Mary Escano


Helen Randolph


While visiting their friend, Florence, at her home in Mexico, Jo Ann and Peggy noticed a barred window which has no opening into any of the …

Little Susy's Little Servants

Read by Hannah Mary


Elizabeth Prentiss


“As Little Susy had a kind mamma to take care of her, you will, perhaps, wonder why God gave her also, a great many servants of her own. He …

The Scotch Twins

Read by Hannah Mary


Lucy Fitch Perkins


Jean and Jock are twelve years old when they hear news that could change their lives forever. Will they really have to leave their "lit…

The Mariner's Secret, a Matt and Heather Thriller

Read by Mary TomasiDubois


Mary TomasiDubois


Thugs, chases through the streets of San Francisco, scientific discoveries, and other mysteries abound! Matt and Heather Townsend, orphaned …

Matcher Rules

Read by Mary Holland


Mary Holland


Novi colony is inhumanly peaceful and John Jerzy has been sent to find out why. Jerzy's last assignment ended in disaster, his career has st…

The Mystery of the Fires (version 2)

Read by Mary Escano


Edith Lavell


Mary Louise Gay decided to spend the summer holiday in her family's cottage at Shady Nook. But an unknown arsonist has been setting the cot…

The Mariner's Secret, a Matt and Heather Thriller

Read by Mary TomasiDubois


Mary TomasiDubois


Thugs, chases through the streets of San Francisco, scientific discoveries, and other mysteries abound! Matt and Heather Townsend, orphaned …

The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets

Read by Mary Schneider


Jane Addams


Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may …

The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn

Read by Hannah Mary


John Hall


Henry Martyn (1781-1812), a brilliant and ambitious young student in Cambridge, England, was led by God to be a missionary to India and Pers…

The Precipice

Read by Mary Schneider


Elia Wilkinson Peattie


Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…

Americans and Others

Read by Mary Schneider


Agnes Repplier


A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 19…

How the Codex Was Found

Read by Hannah Mary


Margaret Dunlop Gibson and Agnes Smith Lewis


"The narrative of these two journeys is of special interest, because the first one, that made by my twin sister, Mrs. Lewis, and myself…

The Roosevelt Bears

Read by Hannah Mary


Seymour Eaton


"The Roosevelt Bears - Their Travels and Adventures" is full of fun as we follow the journeys and mishaps of two big, delightful b…

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