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Agnes Grey (version 2 dramatic reading) - Anne BrontΓ«
Agnes Grey (version 2 dramatic reading) - Anne BrontΓ«
- Author: Anne BrontΓ«
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn money to care for herself, she takes one of the few jobs allowed to respectable women in the early Victorian era, as a governess to the children of the...
The Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Action & Adventure
When the professor decides to outline the ancestry of the eminent people of Oz, Scarecrow feels left out. He doesn't have a family tree - unless you count the bean pole on which he had been placed when the farmer put him in the cornfield! So he...
The Scarecrow of Oz - L. Frank Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Fantastic Fiction
The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow,...
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 4 dramatic reading) - Oscar Wilde
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 4 dramatic reading) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Wilde's collection of fairytales has delighted both children and adults since it was first published in 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The...
For Christ and the Church (dramatic reading) - Charles Monroe SHELDON
For Christ and the Church (dramatic reading) - Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Author: Charles Monroe SHELDON
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Plays
Rev. Mark Spencer is about to give up on writing his sermon one Saturday night when the Devil comes to him and tries to discourage him by reminding him how few of the people who have pledged themselves to make their motto, 'For Christ and the...
An Old-Fashioned Girl (Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Girl (Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Family Life
When country girl Polly Milton comes to visit her friend Fanny Shaw, city life isnβt all she had hoped it would be. Thrown in the middle of a dysfunctional family, Polly remembers the teachings of her wise mother, and does her best to plant seeds of...
Northanger Abbey (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Romance
Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls....
Excuse Me! (Dramatic Reading) - Rupert Hughes
Excuse Me! (Dramatic Reading) - Rupert Hughes
- Author: Rupert Hughes
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Humorous Fiction
What happens when a mix of lovers get stuck together on a coast-to-coast train? Mainly hilarity. There is every kind of couple imaginable. One serviceman and his bride-to-be are trying desperately to get married but can't find a clergyman to perform...
Barks and Purrs (Dramatic Reading) - COLETTE
Barks and Purrs (Dramatic Reading) - COLETTE
- Author: COLETTE
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction
Barks and Purrs is a collection of seven episodes in the lives of Toby-Dog, a French Bulldog, and Kiki-the-Demure, a Maltese cat, living in a comfortable household. The episodes cover a hot afternoon, a train ride, and what happened when dinner was...
The History of Emily Montague Vol 1 (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Moore BROOKE
The History of Emily Montague Vol 1 (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Moore BROOKE
- Author: Frances Moore BROOKE
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Epistolary Fiction
The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collection of letters, the story follows the relationships between Edward Rivers (a British soldier), his friend,...
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (dramatic reading) - Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (dramatic reading) - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Animals & Nature
Danny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series of stalkings by Reddy and Granny Fox. He is captured by Hooty the Owl and escapes mid-flight to Peter Rabbit's briar patch. Peter goes to...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 5 dramatic reading) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 5 dramatic reading) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Fantasy Fiction
This classic tale by Lewis Carroll has delighted children for generations. Alice falls down a rabbit hole and encounters a wide variety of strange and wonderful creatures in all manner of bizarre situations. Join Alice as she journeys through...
What Katy Did at School (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Susan Coolidge
What Katy Did at School (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life
Following Katy's recovery in What Katy Did, Katy and Clover go to Hillsover, a boarding school. Together with their new friend Rosamond Redding, or "Rose Red", they form a Society for the Suppression of Unladylike Conduct--but then they are accused...
The Shadow of a Sin (Dramatic reading) - Charlotte M. BRAME
The Shadow of a Sin (Dramatic reading) - Charlotte M. BRAME
- Author: Charlotte M. BRAME
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
A story of a young woman in love and the sacrifices she makes in order to save a man's life when he is accused of murder. Has she gone too far and risked too much? Will she ever find happiness again, or is she destined to live a life of secrecy?...
Daisy Miller: A Study in Two Parts (version 2 dramatic reading) - Henry James
Daisy Miller: A Study in Two Parts (version 2 dramatic reading) - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Literary Fiction
Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James first appearing in Cornhill Magazine in JuneβJuly 1879, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Frederick Winterbourne, a...
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family
This story is about an American lad of 7 years old who lives with his young widowed mother in New York. He spends his days with his friend the grocery man Mr. Hobbs, the boot black Dick, and other young lads from his town. His best friend is his...
The Ghost Breaker (Dramatic Reading) - Charles GODDARD
The Ghost Breaker (Dramatic Reading) - Charles GODDARD
- Author: Charles GODDARD
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Ghost Breaker is a drama and haunted house horror complete with heroes, villains, and a Princess. The Ghost Breaker was originally a screenplay and would later be made a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. (Summary by Linette Geisel) Cast:...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 3) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 3) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Action & Adventure
The timeless story of the Wizard Of Oz. Follow Dorothy as she leaves Kansas for Oz on a cyclone. She meets many strange, and wonderful people and creatures along the way. Enjoy it again with your children and family. (Summary by J. Hall) Characters:...
Peter Pan (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - J. M. Barrie
Peter Pan (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Action & Adventure
"All children, except one, grow up,β begins J. M. Barrie's most famous novel. Barrie then proceeds to tell the story of that one extraordinary exception, Peter Pan, who lives in the Neverland with pirates and fairies and is always having adventures....
The King of Alsander (Dramatic Reading) - James Elroy FLECKER
The King of Alsander (Dramatic Reading) - James Elroy FLECKER
- Author: James Elroy FLECKER
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Fantasy Fiction
First published in 1914, the King of Alsander is the only novel by James Elroy Flecker, best known as a poet, but also a noted scholar, linguist and diplomat. Flecker's love of learning, language and travel, and his keen satirical insight into...
Venus and Adonis (dramatic reading) - William Shakespeare
Venus and Adonis (dramatic reading) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Narratives
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his patron, the Earl of Southampton (thought by some to be the beautiful youth to which many of the Sonnets are...
The Pilgrim's Progress (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Christian Fiction
Probably the most famous allegory ever written of the Christian life, The Pilgrim's Progress follows the journey of Christian from his first encounter with the Evangelist, through his trials and doubts and as he meets various people who help and...
Dave Brings Home A Wife (dramatic reading) - Steele RUDD
Dave Brings Home A Wife (dramatic reading) - Steele RUDD
- Author: Steele RUDD
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life / Humorous Fiction
This is a self-contained story-arc over eight chapters from the pages of Steele Rudd's book "Back At Our Selection". The Synopsis: After being a shy bachelor for a number of years, Dave (Dad Rudd's second eldest son) has finally got married. To a...
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading) - Henry Fielding
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading) - Henry Fielding
- Author: Henry Fielding
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fielding and first published in April 1741 under the name of Mr. Conny Keyber. Fielding never owned to writing...
Danger in Deep Space (Dramatic Reading) - Carey Rockwell
Danger in Deep Space (Dramatic Reading) - Carey Rockwell
- Author: Carey Rockwell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Science Fiction
The year is 2353. Tom Corbett is a cadet with the Space Academy, training to become a member of the elite Solar Guard. Sent on a top-secret mission across the stars, Tom and his fellow crew members discover the nature of true loyalty, as they battle...
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Detective Fiction
The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "The Dying Detective" sees the great Holmes brought low by a fatal illness and refusing even Dr Watson's medical...
Henrietta Volume 1 (dramatic reading) - Charlotte LENNOX
Henrietta Volume 1 (dramatic reading) - Charlotte LENNOX
- Author: Charlotte LENNOX
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Romance
Henrietta is a strong willed young lady who will not give in to her aunt and marry the suitors she proposes. She runs away and adventure ensues. However she meets one young man who she is quite taken with but he does not share all about himself and...
The Martyr of the Catacombs (Dramatic Reading) - James DE MILLE
The Martyr of the Catacombs (Dramatic Reading) - James DE MILLE
- Author: James DE MILLE
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Christian Fiction
Marcellus, a Roman centurion, is instructed to eradicate the Christians from the catacombs. When he goes to investigate, he discovers the truth about their beliefs and 'Him Who loved us.' As persecution sweeps across Rome, will Marcellus be the next...
The Maid of Maiden Lane (dramatic reading) - Amelia E. BARR
The Maid of Maiden Lane (dramatic reading) - Amelia E. BARR
- Author: Amelia E. BARR
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life / Historical Fiction
The Maid of Maiden lane is a wonderful love story in which Mrs. Barr intertwines the hot political and social issues that were occurring in America during the last decade of the 18th century with an excellent love story plot. Some of those issues...
Sylvie and Bruno (Dramatic Reading) - Lewis Carroll
Sylvie and Bruno (Dramatic Reading) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its 1893 second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has two main plots; one...
The Phantom of the Opera (version 3 dramatic reading) - Gaston Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera (version 3 dramatic reading) - Gaston Leroux
- Author: Gaston Leroux
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings / General Fiction
Over the years, strange things have been happening at the Paris OpΓ©ra House. The new owners, M. Moncharmin and M. Richard don't know what to do about the mysterious "Opera Ghost" demanding money, nor the tragic death of the chief scene-shifter. Now...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (version 2 dramatic reading) - Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (version 2 dramatic reading) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi river, a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer spends his days getting into one scrape after another. Tom's constant cleverness, superstition, trickery, and daring make him a handful to raise, and his Aunt Polly...
Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
A controversial lecturer, brilliant lawyer, and arguably the most famous orator of the mid to late 1800's, Ingersoll railed against the absurdities of the Bible and cruelties of Christianity, particularly the horrific notion of "eternal damnation"....
Little Women (version 3 dramatic reading) - Louisa May Alcott
Little Women (version 3 dramatic reading) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction
Louisa May Alcott's beloved 1868 novel is about the four March girls - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - who are growing up in Massachusetts during the Civil War. As the novel opens, their father is away at war, and the girls are struggling to be good and to...
The Marvelous Land of Oz (version 2) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz (version 2) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings
The Marvelous Land of Oz Being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the strange experiences of the highly magnified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkin-head, the Animated Saw-Horse and the Gump; the story being A...
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 5 dramatic reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 5 dramatic reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Detective Fiction
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in...
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 2 (Dramatic Reading) - R. M. Ballantyne
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 2 (Dramatic Reading) - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Published 1800 -1900 / Fantasy Fiction
Join us in a journey of two young men in search of adventure as they discover more than they bargained for. - Summary by Linette Geisel (Note: The first two files were discovered in an archaeological dig of the LibriVox servers, were carefully...
The Curse of Capistrano (Dramatic Reading) - Johnston McCulley
The Curse of Capistrano (Dramatic Reading) - Johnston McCulley
- Author: Johnston McCulley
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings
The Curse of Capistrano is the first work to feature the fictional character Zorro (the Spanish word for "fox"). The story was later republished under the name The Mark of Zorro. The outlaw Zorro is Public Enemy #1 in southern California during the...
Crime and Punishment (Version 4 Dramatic Reading) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment (Version 4 Dramatic Reading) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Literary Fiction
The story tells of the inner turmoil of Rodion Raskolnikov, a student in St. Petersburg who commits murder. His psychological and moral agitation is furthered and complicated by his family's arrival in St. Petersburg, his sister's engagement to a...
A Study in Scarlet (Version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet (Version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Detective Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Arthur Conan Doyleβs novel A Study in Scarlet marked the first appearance of fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. Doyle wrote this novel in less than three weeks when he was 27 years old. Originally called A...
