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Second April

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Edna St. Vincent Millay


A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Miss Mackenzie

Read by Kirsten Wever


Anthony Trollope


The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…

Patricia Brent, spinster

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…

The Story of Mary MacLane

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Mary Maclane


At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was pop…

Ann Veronica

Read by Joy Chan


H. G. Wells


Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, …

The Lady of the Basement Flat

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi M…

The Morgesons

Read by jlenardon


Elizabeth Stoddard


Stoddard’s novel traces the education and development of a young female in American middle-class society. The protagonist, Cassandra Morgeso…

Taken at the Flood

Read by Celine Major


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Brought up by a parish schoolmaster with a hidden past, Sylvia Carew dreams of a future devoid of poverty. Will she be faithful to the man s…

A Voice in the Wilderness

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Grace Livingston Hill


Margaret leaves her family home and security to become a school teacher in the wilds of early Arizona. Accidentally getting off her safe and…

Open The Door

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Catherine Carswell


This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her…

The Annals of Ann

Read by CJ Plogue


Kate Trimble Sharber


As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …

Ponnamal, Her Story

Read by MaryAnn


Amy Wilson Carmichael


"A girl stood alone in the dark, listening. No one moved about her; the old mother-in-law who slept near by breathed steadily, she wou…

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…

Briarwood Girls

Read by Linda Velwest


Julia Lestarjette Glover


Kindred Spirits return for their Sophomore year at Briarwood College. There's a new girl who upsets the status quo. (Introduction by Linda V…

Literature and Form

Read by Catherine Brown


Catherine Brown


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Type-Writer Girl

Read by Grant Hurlock


Grant Allen


(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …

The Rain-Girl

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


Richard Beresford has recently returned from the WW-I trenches. He feels he can't go back to his old life in the Foreign Office. Instead, he…

Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

Read by Christine Blachford


Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase


This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together - and save one another from …

Cornelli

Read by Jael Baldwin


Johanna Spyri


Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of hi…

White April

Read by Laurie Banza


Harold Vinal


In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…

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