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    04/07/2024
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    Love in a Mask, or Imprudence and Happiness

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    Chapter: 12 | Listen: 3

    Love in a Mask, or Imprudence and Happiness, is an entertaining short novel by Honoré de Balzac, unpublished in his lifetime. Beginning with a flirtatious conversation at a masked ball, Balzac introduces his two main characters, a beautiful wealthy young widow and a gallant cavalry officer, and demonstrates his creative genius with deft plot twists of hidden identity and romantic intrigue. The translation is by Alice M. Ivimy. –Lee Smalley     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Three Lives

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    Chapter: 31 | Listen: 3

    Three Lives tells the stories of three women from the same fictitious town of Bridgeport. The first story is of Anna, a servant to the wealthy, or those who seem to be wealthy. She finds herself taking on “projects” in an effort to better the people around her. Story number two is of Melanctha, a mixed-race character who is looking for ways to increase her knowledge and power over others, but mostly finds herself dealing with rejection and betrayal. The final story is of Lena, a German immigrant who leads a rather ordinary life as a married woman. – Summary by KHand     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    1916: First Chapters Collection

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    These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia’s article on the year in Literature; most of the works are to be found on Project Gutenberg. – Summary by Matt Pierard     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Short Stories from Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 52

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    These short stories are taken from the Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 52 which covers the year, 1918. Don’t expect any trains — these are short works on many subjects, including romance, adventure, humor, etc. — of 5 to 15 minutes in length, by minor pulp fiction writers of the day, including Agnes Brogan, Pauline Richards, Warren Miller, Clarissa Mackie, and Xeno Putnam. Putnam wrote a couple of non-fiction works on farm equipment; Mackie was a prolific writer whose work appeared in several magazines and newspapers. I have created an e-book version of this set for easier viewing and placed it on Archive’s Community Texts here . (Summary by Matt Pierard)     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    My Friend Annabel Lee

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    Chapter: 25 | Listen: 3

    Published in 1903, this selection of dialogues by Mary MacLane entails a mystery of wondering who she is speaking with. Is it the statue she describes at first? Is it an imaginary friend? Is it the author’s alter-ego? Or perhaps, is it a friend she knows in-the-flesh whom the author wished no one to recognize the identity of? These questions are never truly answered for how could a statue send word by postal mail or know some of the deeper vulnerabilities of the author without her knowing them herself? In these talks between herself and Annabel Lee come glimmerings of another time, discussions in the whimsy of personal stories, happenings in the neighbourhood, and the reflections in the deeper meaning of life as well as the bonds of friendship. – Summary by Daryl Wor     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Patrician

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    Chapter: 52 | Listen: 2

    The book revolves around the story of two love affairs. Miltoun (an aspiring politician) proposes to Mrs Audrey Noel, only to find that she is not a widow as everyone supposes, but that her husband is still alive and therefore the match is impossible. Meanwhile, Miltoun’s younger sister Barbara develops an equally unwise romance with the rebellious Courtier. The story of what happens to these ill-matched pairs is played out against a brilliant portrayal of the Victorian upper class, its snobbery and its concerns. (The patrician in the title refers to Miltoun, who is thus called by Courtier, whose politics are the opposite to his.) Summary by Simon Evers     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Slayer of Souls

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    Tressa Norne is an American living in China. After her life was spared during a revolution in the area, Tressa finds herself taken as a slave and forced to serve Erlik, a demon-god, and his cult. She ends up escaping back to America, but only to find that she is being followed by the Secret Service, and her former masters. (Ann Boulais)     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Rain-Girl

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    Chapter: 21 | Listen: 5

    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 sells all his possessions (except his books), and sets off on a tramp through the countryside. On the very first day he meets a mysterious girl with enchanting grey eyes, sitting on a gate, in the rain. They inadvertently get separated before he finds out her name, but he is determined to find her again. Romantic comedy from 1919, by the author of “Patricia Brent, spinster”. – Summary by Anna Simon     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn

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    Chapter: 31 | Listen: 1

    It is 1904 and women’s suffrage has hit the small town of Noonoon. Though the election campaigners preen themselves for the women’s vote, the fight isn’t entirely won, for the male residents are bristling at this threat to their supremacy. And down at Clay’s there are other problems too: Dawn is now a young woman and in these days of slender chances Grandma Clay must keep an eye on the marriage market. But Dawn, lively and outspoken wants a career on the stage. – Summary by Trove – National Library of Australia     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Rainbow Valley (version 2)

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    The story moves from Anne and Gilbert to their six children, and their new neighbours, the children of the new Presbyterian minister. – Summary by Karen Savage Other books in this series by this reader: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne’s House of Dreams Rilla of Ingleside Please note that this book is a reflection of its time. As such, it includes language that we now consider inappropriate.     [chương_files]