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Maggie Miller

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Published 1900 onward, Romance
Chapter: 13 | Listen: 3

From bestselling and prolific author Mary Jane Holmes, Maggie Miller or Old Hagar’s Secret COMES a compelling story of deceit, love, misplaced pride and loss of innocence that will keep you in suspense until the very end. And as usual her amazingly real characters will not disappoint. Excerpt: ” Mustn’t put on airs ! ” muttered Hagar, as she left the room. ” Just as if airs wasn’t for anybody but high bloods ! ” And with the canker-worm of envy at her heart she wrote to Hester, who came immediately; – Summary by Celine Major [chương_files]

Old House

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 19 | Listen: 3

On a snowy winter’s evening, Christopher Ulwing returns to his home, known as The New House for the last thirty years. Settled between the Buda hills and the plains of Pest, on the banks of the Danube, the suburb of Leopold has an abandoned feel, but Christopher has been given the task of restoring the castle, to the chagrin of its current resident, his son, John Hubert. At least little Anne is happy to see him and through her constant questioning, Christopher if forced to dwell on the past as he undertakes the renovation over several years. But strife is on the horizon, with revolution, the breakup of the Hungarian Kingdom and the formation of a new republic. – Summary by Lynne Thompson [chương_files]

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 032

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Essays & Short Works, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 4

Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. [chương_files]

Flying U’s Last Stand

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Published 1900 onward, Westerns
Chapter: 28 | Listen: 4

Settlers are lured to Montana by a land boom syndicate in a scheme that encroaches on the Flying U Ranch. Members of the Flying U attempt to thwart the land-grab, as its very existence is threatened. So begins a dramatically engrossing novel involving an array of fascinating characters, some innocent, others decidedly not. A spunky child goes missing, a prairie fire is set, and a romance begins. B. M. Bower wrote 57 acclaimed works based on the American Old West, with some of her most popular books centering on the Flying U Ranch. She also scripted several Western movies. (Summary by Lee Smalley) [chương_files]

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 029

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Essays & Short Works, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 2

Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. [chương_files]

Mine with the Iron Door

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Published 1900 onward, Westerns
Chapter: 35 | Listen: 9

Of all the stirring tales of this picturesque region of the Santa Catalinas, of all the romantic legends and traditions that have come down to us from its shadowy past, none is more filled with the essence of human life and love and hopes and dreams than is the tale of the Mine with the Iron Door. – Summary by The Author [chương_files]

My Mortal Enemy

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 13 | Listen: 3

In the small Midwestern town of Parthia, Myra Henshawe was a legend. The grandniece and ward of Parthia’s richest resident, Myra had shocked the locals by sacrificing her inheritance to run off and marry her true love Oswald. Thirty-odd years later, the still feisty Myra, now enjoying a sophisticated life with Oswald in New York, takes Nellie, the teenage niece of her oldest friend, under her wing. From Myra, Nellie discovers not only the fineness of art and culture, but the mysterious intricacies of friendship and romance as well. (Summary by Amy Dunkleberger) [chương_files]

Hundredth Chance

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Published 1900 onward, Romance
Chapter: 34 | Listen: 2

In this prequel to “Charles Rex” by Ethel M. Dell you will meet the aristocratic blackguard Lord Saltash for whom our distressed heroine Maude Brian still holds deep feelings. Dedicated to the care of her younger crippled brother whom she adores, Maude eventually agrees to a marriage of convenience in order to escape from a home which has become unbearable after her mother marries a brutish hotel owner. Jake, an honest, strong and silent type, agrees to the marriage because he is secretly in love with her but refrains from showing it which leads to many regrettable misunderstandings. This is a lovely old fashioned romantic drama filled with strong emotions. And whether or not you have read Charles Rex, you will definitely find the prequel enlightening and compelling. – Summary by Celine Major [chương_files]

こころ (Kokoro)

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 110 | Listen: 5

語り手は、鎌倉の海岸で、先生と知り合いになる。東京に戻ってからも度々、先生の家を訪ねた。先生は、苦悩持っていた。先生の友人Ｋが、先生が若い頃に自殺をした。先生は、毎月、その友人の墓を訪ねていた。　語り手が、大学を卒業し、父の病の為に帰省したままで、東京に戻れない時、先生からの遺書を受け取った。その中で、先生はＫが自殺した上京、そして自分の苦悩を語り手に伝えた。 The storyteller initially met Sensei at a bathing beach in Kamakura and later often visited Sensei in Tokyo. When Sensei was still young, his friend committed suicide, and Sensei visited his tomb every month. Only towards the end of his own life, Sensei comes to terms with his feelings of guilt. (by ekzemplaro) [chương_files]

Washington and the Riddle of Peace

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Political Science
Chapter: 29 | Listen: 4

As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great War, the acclaimed author H. G. Wells wrote 29 short essays that were serialized in the New York World and other newspapers. This book is a collection of those essays. They are not a record or description of the Conference, but the impressions of one visitor. Wells noted that the failed League of Nations was the first American initiative toward an organized world peace, and in its absence “the American mind has produced this second experiment, which has been tried with the loosest of constitutions and the most severely defined and limited of aims. Instead of a world constitution we have had a world conversation.” The essays relate “one observer’s conviction of how things can be done, and of how they need to be done, if our civilization is indeed to be rescued from the dangers that encompass it and set again upon the path of progress.” While history would not bear out all of Wells’ various expressions of optimism and pessimism, his vision of world peace nevertheless remains relevant today. ( Lee Smalley) [chương_files]