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Two On the Trail

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Action & Adventure, Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 2

A young family’s story of pioneer life consisting of a teenage daughter (Nell) and her younger brother David, aka “Da”, along with their dog (Robin), have unique adventures in the heart of the frontier wilderness, where they are thrust into mysterious and dangerous situations of survival amongst Canada’s snows. The Story starts off as the children have been left alone in a log cabin presuming that their widowed father will return in 4 days. Eight days have now gone by with no sign of him. What has happened to their father and can these children survive on their own in their quest to find him, unscathed by the hardships they must endure in the Canadian wilderness? – Summary by Laurie Banza [chương_files]

Red Planet

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Published 1900 onward, War & Military
Chapter: 25 | Listen: 5

Set during WWI in England, The Red Planet is a rich tale about the life in a little English town from the point of view of Major Duncan Meredyth, a disabled veteran of the Boer Wars. As he struggles to keep his life and the lives of those he cares for in harmony, he must also shelter a dark secret regarding one of the village’s favorite sons. The Red Planet was the third bestselling novel in the United States for 1917. (Summary by Miss Stav) [chương_files]

Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 16 | Listen: 2

Twenty-year-old Gertrude Foster has had the sheltered upbringing typical of women of her class. Yet, she questions the restrictive norms with which she has been raised and does not wish to marry a man who will not see her as an equal. Gertrude receives a rude awakening to the state of society when she is brought face to face with poverty in her community, and she is further disturbed when she learns of shocking age of consent legislation being discussed in the state assembly. Her concerns hit close to home after she befriends two working-class girls. – Summary by Scarbo [chương_files]

Mauprat

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 43 | Listen: 2

Bernard Mauprat was raised by lawless brigands and knows no other way of life until age 17. Then everything changes for him when his cousin Edmee is taken hostage in the castle where he lives. After helping her escape, he goes to live with his uncle and is offered the opportunity of an education. He has fallen hopelessly in love with Edmee, but his brutishness makes her hold him out at arm’s length. Can the positive influence of Bernard’s new home environment overcome the moral turpitude of his upbringing? How will he respond when his past comes back to haunt him? And can he clear his name after being accused of a heinous crime? (Summary by Scarbo) [chương_files]

Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax

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Published 1800 - 1900, Romance
Chapter: 50 | Listen: 4

This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a vivid and charming story by Harriet Parr, who wrote under the pseudonym of Holm Lee. She was a best selling author in her days, admired even by Charles Dickens. Her descriptions of the English town, which was fast disappearing due to the industrial revolution, reminds one of novels by Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. – Summary by Stav Nisser. [chương_files]

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 3

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Published before 1800
Chapter: 25 | Listen:

This is volume 3 of 4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years. It was not always held in high esteem by other writers (Samuel Johnson responded that, “Nothing odd can last”), but its bawdy humour was popular with London society, and it has come to be seen as one of the greatest comic novels in English, as well as a forerunner for many modern narrative devices. (Summary from Wikipedia) [chương_files]

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 6: Building a Railroad

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 16 | Listen: 1

Don and Gil Winthrop inherited their father’s business to construct a railroad in a developing location in upstate New York. Engineers themselves, though young, they decided to carry on his work despite their inexperience. They have to fight their way through troubles instigated by a competing contractor, and a vindictive foreman of his who holds a dark secret of his own. (Summary by Keith Salis) [chương_files]

Strange World

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 32 | Listen: 1

A compelling story by one of the most prolific authors of the Victorian “sensational novel” serves up the perfect blend of murder, greed, madness, secrets and romance. The characters interlace throughout, and are as always interesting and entertaining. Braddon’s multi-layered plot has just the right amount of suspense to hold your interest to it’s very satisfying ending. – Summary by Celine Major [chương_files]

Goose-Quill Papers

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 4

Louise Imogen Guiney, and American poet and essayist, here presents twenty essays with her characteristic wit and poetic flair and often a touch of satire on sometimes common topics such as the apple, the moon, mathematics and the garret, even the provocative “On Teaching One’s Grandmother how to Suck Eggs.” – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]

Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 25 | Listen:

Billie Bradley fell heir to an old homestead that was unoccupied and located far away in a lonely section of the country. How Billie went there, accompanied by some of her chums, and what queer things happened, go to make up a story no girl will want to miss. (From an original advertisement) This is the first book in the “Billie Bradley” series, a mystery series for girls. [chương_files]