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Mysteries of Paris – Volume 4

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 22 | Listen: 3

Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good judgment, and has a brilliant mind. He is at ease in all layers of society and so is able to understand their problems, and how the different social classes are linked. Summary by Michele Eaton [chương_files]

Old Curiosity Shop (version 3)

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 73 | Listen:

Nell and her elderly grandfather must flee from home after losing their shop and home to the evil Mr. Quilp. Her good-for-nothing brother, convinced that his grandfather is hoarding a great fortune intended for Nell, joins forces with Quilp to hunt them down, so that he can marry her off to his easily-led friend Nick and share in the fortune. Can Nell elude this fate? The first three chapters are told from the point of view of Master Humphrey, of Dickens’ other work, “Master Humphrey’s Clock.” ( Brad “Hamlet” Filippone) [chương_files]

Lear of the Steppes, etc.

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 29 | Listen: 5

This book contains three novellas by one of the major writers of Russian literature. The first, A LEAR OF THE STEPPES, is a brilliant re-imagining of Shakespeare’s play King Lear, wherein a larger-than-life father makes a life-altering decision with consequences unforeseen by him. FAUST begins at Section 11. In a series of letters to a friend the writer recounts his chance meeting with a married woman whom he had known years earlier when both were single and committed to each other. The ensuing events are vividly revealed in the letters. Section 19 introduces ACIA, the final “ETC.” of the book’s title. Turgenev poignantly portrays the twists and turns of human emotions in this moving psychological portrait of two people who fall in love. Leo Tolstoy believed Acia to be one of Turgenev’s greatest stories. (Lee Smalley) [chương_files]

Claude Lightfoot, or How the Problem Was Solved

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Religion, School
Chapter: 24 | Listen: 1

Most of the boys in the Catholic school called Milwaukee College are engrossed with baseball and keeping up with their studies. When twelve year old Claude Lightfoot is transferred into the school, he has a rocky time of it. While Claude excels in baseball and other playground activities, he also has a knack of annoying the other boys, particularly one who is a mean bully. And though Claude is mentally bright, his hyperactive classroom behavior is a trial to his teacher. The problem that must be solved is whether Claude can settle down to become a responsible young man capable of self control. Along the way he must cope with a series of trials and obstacles, especially as he tries to achieve his great goal: to be worthy to make his first Holy Communion. – Summary by Carol Pelster [chương_files]

Impressions of Theophrastus Such

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 18 | Listen: 2

Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot, first published in 1879. It was Eliot’s last published writing and her most experimental, taking the form of a series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work. (Summary from Wikipedia) [chương_files]

Over the Hills and Far Away: A Story of New Zealand

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Published 1800 - 1900, Travel Fiction
Chapter: 34 | Listen: 3

One of the very first New Zealand novels, Over the Hills and Far Away is a heavily romanticised tale of a woman’s journey from England to Otago, New Zealand, and her subsequent experiences in the wild new colony. – Summary by Lewis Fletcher [chương_files]

Mysteries of Paris – Volume 6

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good judgment, and has a brilliant mind. He is at ease in all layers of society and so is able to understand their problems, and how the different social classes are linked. Summary by wikipedia [chương_files]

Percy Wynn, or Making a Boy of Him

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Religion, School
Chapter: 25 | Listen: 4

In this volume, which follows the author’s popular book “Tom Playfair”, a new boy is just arriving at St. Maure’s boarding school. Percy Wynn has grown up as the only boy in a family of 10 girls. He has never played with boys before, and no one looking at him for a moment would hesitate to set him down as “Mamma’s darling”. Tom and his friends befriend Percy, and attempt to repair his formal manners, and “make a boy of him”. (Summary by Maria Therese) [chương_files]

Outdoor Girls on Pine Island

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 25 | Listen: 6

In this 7th volume of the “Outdoor Girls” series, the girls spend the summer in a bungalow on Pine Island. The young people accidentally discovered a gypsy cave concealed by underbrush, and succeed not only in rounding up the band of gypsies, but in recovering several valuable articles that had been stolen from the girls. (Summary adapted from the book) [chương_files]

Rich and Humble; The Mission of Bertha Grant

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Religion
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

This is the first story in the Woodville collection of tales about the interesting people in Woodville. As the characters grow, they learn many lessons. This is the story of Bertha Grant and her brother, Richard Grant. One of these siblings is good and wise living their life for a higher purpose. The other has to overcome many trials to learn what is truly important in life. The second story in the series is entitled In School and Out; The Conquest of Richard Grant. Summary by Scarlett Martin Woodville Series: Rich and Humble; or, The Mission of Bertha Grant In School and Out; or, The Conquest of Richard Grant Watch and Wait; or, The Young Fugitives Work and Win; or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise Hope and Have; or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians Haste and Waste; or, The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain [chương_files]