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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 9)

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L. Frank Baum

In the introduction of L. Frank Baum’s most enduring tale, the author writes that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was “... a modernized fairy tal…

Sonnet 19

In LibriVox 19th Anniversary Collection

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William Shakespeare

"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

MY FAMILY

In The Autobiography of an Indian Princess

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Sunity Devi

The remarkable Maharani of Cooch Behar Sunity Devi shares the extraordinary story of her life in The Autobiography of an Indian Princess. - …

Life of Andersen

In Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen

This collection of fairy tales include many that you may never have heard of. Published in 1884, Andersen obviously enjoyed putting many un…

DISCOVERING A PRIMA DONNA

In Sketches of Gotham

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Owen Davis

If you're the sort that gets a thrill from rubbing elbows with shady characters you best leave the introductions to the streetwise Ike Swift…

On Hypochondriacs

In Lost Leaders

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…

Mona Drummond

In True Stories of Girl Heroines

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Evelyn Everett-Green

Twenty short stories retelling the heroic deeds of teenaged girls and young women from history. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

XI. Reading and Studying

In A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Version 2)

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Lucy Larcom

What was growing up like for a seaside country girl in 1800’s New England -- her expectations, occupations, education, and opportunities? Wh…

XI

In The Education of Uncle Paul

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Algernon Blackwood

Published in 1909, this novel tells the story of Paul Waters, who returns to England, his family and responsibility after living in the Cana…