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The Ladies' Paradise

Read by Kristin G.

Émile Zola

Zola's original French publication, Au Bonheur des Dames ("The Ladies' Delight"), published 1882, is the eleventh novel in his Rou…

Labor, and Tariff Reform

In Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 2

Read by Kristin G.

Robert G. Ingersoll

A controversial lecturer and famous orator of the mid 1800's, Ingersoll railed against the absurdities of the Bible and cruelties of orthodo…

S. G. Henty, Portland

In Letters from Victorian Pioneers

Read by Kristine Bekere

Various

A series of letters on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc addressed by Victorian pioneers to his Excellency Charles Jos…

The Swoop!

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

P. G. Wodehouse

The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…

Chapter 7

In Monsieur Lecoq Part 2: The Honor of the Name

Read by Kristin G.

Émile Gaboriau

Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story: Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the ol…

A Short History of the World

Read by Kristine Bekere

H. G. Wells

A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…

Chapter 06

In The Seats of The Mighty

Read by Kristin G.

Gilbert Parker

For the time of his story Mr. Parker has chosen the most absorbing period of the romantic eighteenth-century history of Quebec. The curtain …

Chapter XVI - A Learned Italian

In The Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

Read by Kristin G.

Alexandre Dumas

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just bef…