Search Results

Chapter 6 Certain Objections Part 3

In Woman and Labour

Read by Lydia

Olive Schreiner

I should like to say to the men and women of the generations which will come after us—“You will look back at us with astonishment! You will …

The Unruly Family

In The Fairchild Family

Read by Lydia

Mary Martha Sherwood

The adventures of Lucy, Emily and Henry are described in this short novel, written and set in Regency England. Their naughtiness, their acti…

THE HEDLEY KOW

In More English Fairy Tales

Read by Lydia

Joseph Jacobs

"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have be…

Chapter 12: HOW BETSINDA FLED, AND WHAT BECAME OF HER

In The Rose And The Ring

Read by Lydia

William Makepeace Thackeray

Victorian social satire hiding in a set of children's fairy tales by the author of the classic "Vanity Fair" - Summary by Stav Ni…

The Bad Fairy

In Five Minutes' Stories

Read by Lydia

Mary Louisa Molesworth

This is a collection of short stories for children. Listeners may wish to have a look at the text at Project Gutenberg to see the many illus…

Jack and the Bean Stalk

In Mother’s Nursery Tales

Read by Lydia

Katharine Pyle

Perhaps you did not know that fairy tales were ever truths, but they are—the best and oldest of them. That does not mean they are facts like…

A Novel Postman. (By Alice Wheildon)

In Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know

Read by Lydia

Asa Don Dickinson

This charming book has many stories that deal mostly with the holiday of Thanksgiving, perfectly suited for family listening and reading. an…

THE PANSY AND FORGET-ME-NOT -- In Mamma's Room

In Flower Stories

Read by Lydia

Lenore Elizabeth Mulets

This volume contains stories, poems, and facts about lots of different flowers, intended for teaching children. It is divided into thirteen …

Come, Rest Awhile

In The Watchman and Other Poems

Read by Lydia

Lucy Maud Montgomery

While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems.…