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Optimism, An Essay

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Helen Keller


Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …

Helen with the High Hand

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Arnold Bennett


James Ollerenshaw is a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor who lives in Bursley, one of the Five Towns. A chance encounter with Helen, his great s…

The Benefactress

Read by Helen Taylor


Elizabeth Von Arnim


Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

Tension

Read by Helen Taylor


E. M. Delafield


When the role of ‘Lady Superintendent’ becomes available at the Commercial and Technical College for South West England, the calm and capabl…

Vanity Fair (version 2)

Read by Helen Taylor


William Makepeace Thackeray


One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mo…

Somehow Good

Read by Helen Taylor


William Frend De Morgan


A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…

Self-Development and the Way to Power

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L. W. Rogers


"We may be either the suffering slaves of nature or the happy masters of her laws." The author explores why we suffer, why we have…

The Story of My Life, Part 3 (Supplemental - Helen's Education)

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Helen Keller


Secondary Title - A supplementary Account of Helen Keller's Education, including passages from the Reports and Letters of her Teacher, Anne …

The Story of My Life, Part 1 (Version 3)

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Helen Keller


When Helen Keller's autobiography was first published in 1903, she was a young woman studying at Radcliffe College. In it, Helen shares memo…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…

Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls

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Helen Ekin Starrett


Helen Ekin Starrett, journalist, mother of two daughters, grandmother of seven granddaughters and teacher to many young girls at the Starret…

The Story of My Life, Part 2 (Letters 1887 - 1901)

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Helen Keller


When Helen Keller's autobiography was first published in 1903, Part 1 of this 3 part book, she was just a young woman studying at Radcliffe …

Love at Second Sight

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


In the final instalment of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, three years have passed since Bruce and Edith's marriage was in danger of collapse.…

The World I Live In

Read by Laura Caldwell


Helen Keller


The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of to…

Ella Clinton

Read by Michelle Hannah


Martha Finley


The Story of Ella Clinton who regardless of her desire to be good is ruled by her passions. Then one day she submits her desires to the only…

The Blythe Girls: Helen, Margy and Rose

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Laura Lee Hope


The Blythe sisters, orphaned and near-penniless are completely on their own. With the last of their resources, they move from their lovely b…

Helen of Troy and Other Poems

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Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale was an American poet, originally from Missouri, later attaching herself more to New York. Helen of Troy was one of her first g…

Queen Hildegarde

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Laura E. Howe Richards


City gal Hildegarde gets sent to live on a farm and is not happy about it. At first, she’s furious with her parents for 'abandoning' her and…

The Semi-Attached Couple

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Emily Eden


Young and beautiful Helen Eskdale and fabulously wealthy Lord Teviot seem to be the perfect match. But when they marry, they find that misun…

Helen

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Maria Edgeworth


Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…

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