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Self-Control: A Novel

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 34 | Listen: 2

The author: “This little tale was begun at first merely for my own amusement. It is published that I may reconcile my conscience to the time which it has employed, by making it in some degree useful. Let not the term so implied provoke a smile! If my book is read, its uses to the author are obvious. Nor is a work of fiction necessarily unprofitable to the readers.” Jane Austen comments about this novel in a letter to her sister: “I am looking over Self Control again, & my opinion is confirmed of its’ being an excellently-meant, elegantly-written Work…” – Summary by Author and Jane Austen [chương_files]

For Love and Life Vol. 1

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 22 | Listen: 1

“The device on his shield was a young oak tree pulled up by the roots, with the Spanish word Desdichado, signifying Disinherited.” The novel opens with Mrs. Murray walking with two of her grandchildren along the banks of Loch Arroch in the Scottish border country. They appear to be well-to-do and distinguished, but all is not well within the family and sacrifices are necessary. – Summary by Lynne Thompson [chương_files]

Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 25 | Listen: 1

In this 9th book in the “Outdoor Girls Series”, the girls had befriend an old woman who had been knocked down by an unscrupulous motorcyclist. They later learned the secret tragedy in the life of their little old lady. (Adapted from the next book) [chương_files]

Coffee Break Collection 027 – Sports

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Essays & Short Works, Short Stories
Chapter: 20 | Listen:

This is the 27th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes’ duration or less. In honor of the Super Bowl, the subject for this collection is “Sports”. [chương_files]

Thyrza

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Published 1800 - 1900, Romance
Chapter: 41 | Listen: 2

Thyrza is a working class woman. Three men are in love with her. Even though she is engaged to a man of her class, who is very kind, she falls in love with a rich Oxford student who has no idea what to do with his life. The man, in turn, falls in love with her in return, but the path to happiness is complicated. – Summary by Stav Nisser. [chương_files]

Female Quixote Vol. 2

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Published before 1800, Romance
Chapter: 51 | Listen: 1

Second Volume of the novel that formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the maiden love of a Romance. While the don thinks it his duty to praise the Platonically pure damsels he meets (such as the woman he loves), so Arabella believes it is in her power to kill with a look and it is the duty of her lovers to suffer ordeals on her behalf. (Summary by Wikipedia) This project was proof listened by Stav Nisser and Barry Eads. [chương_files]

G. K. Chesterton’s Newspaper Columns: The New Witness – 1921

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 45 | Listen: 2

A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for “The New Witness”, under the heading “At the Sign of the World’s End”. This project compiles the articles from 1921 (Summary by Maria Therese) [chương_files]

Eye of Dread

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 40 | Listen:

The Civil War is upon the United States, and the town of Leauvite has sent away its young men, among them Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. When they leave, Betty Ballard is but a child, but by the time the war has ended, she has become something else entirely. Wounded, Peter Junior finds his time at Betty’s father’s studio, learning to become an artist, until one day he proposes to her after deciding to go to France. Of course, she agrees to wait for him. Meanwhile, Richard, who has decided to work on the railways, expects that when he gets back, that Betty will be waiting for him. With these complications, problems begin to arise… (Summary by Chelsea) [chương_files]

Primrose Path

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 2

This 1875 serialised novella appeared in The Shamrock magazine in 5 installments. It is Bram Stoker’s first novel, being published 22 years before his famous ‘Dracula’. It tells the story of a happy Irish family, the O’Sullivans, who leave their straightforward Dublin life behind to go to London, to follow Jerry O’Sullivan’s dream of becoming a theatrical carpenter. With his wife, Katey, at his side, they are beset by many misfortunes. The squalor and depravity of London seep into their lives and tragedy ensues. – Summary by jakemalizia [chương_files]

Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail

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Action & Adventure, Historical
Chapter: 25 | Listen: 4

Buffalo Bill Cody is one of the most colorful figures of the early American West. In these adventures we find Billy Cody at age 13 earning a man’s wage as an extra on a wagon train when he meets Davy, two years younger. Together they are in one adventure after another, fighting with Indians, and pressing on to Pike’s Peak. They both prove themselves courageous in the face of danger as they ride side-by-side and grow into manhood. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]