Bridget Gaige

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Our Nig, or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In A Two-Story White House

General Fiction

548

Harriet E. Wilson - Our Nig, or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In A Two-Story White House

Frado is a colored girl, living in the USA a few years before the Civil War. She is abandoned by her own white mother in the house of the Bellmont's- where she is treated badly. This is a sad book, but Frado's...

Bridget Gaige 2 hours 39 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

531

Clara E. Laughlin - Everybody's Lonesome

Twenty-year-old Mary Alice is bored with her home life and envious of the beautiful, poised, popular girls she sees at parties. At her mother's advice, she reluctantly visits her Godmother in New York, who teaches...

Bridget Gaige 1 hour 29 minutes

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Children's Fiction

496

Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrapbag

A collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott that were written with the intent to entertain the whole family and to fill children's heads with wonder and delight. (Summary by Jennifer Stearns)

Diana Majlinger and 10 more 3 hours 51 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

500

Gene Stratton-Porter - Laddie

Based on the author's own life, this book tells the story of «little sister». The youngest of eleven, she is unwanted in the beginning. The brother who loved her most, and whom she loved most in the world, is Laddie....

Bridget Gaige 13 hours 52 minutes

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Children's Fiction

534

Martha Finley - Holidays at Roselands

This is the second book of the much loved Elsie Dinsmore series and starts where the first book left off. Elsie is still recuperating from her weakness, with her kind and indulgent father by her side. The story...

MelanieMae and 7 more 8 hours 52 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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Romance

565

Gene Stratton-Porter - Daughter of the Land

Independent Kate Bates resents the fact that, as the youngest of a large family, she is expected to stay at home and help her parents while her brothers and sisters are free to pursue their desires. When she defies...

Arielle Lipshaw and 10 more 11 hours 36 minutes

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General Fiction

576

L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad

Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad is the second of the ten book series of Aunt Jane's Nieces. The story continues with the three much loved girls — the sweet and generous Patsy, the cunning Louise, and the sullen Beth. This...

margo zinberg and 8 more 6 hours 15 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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Romance

450

Maria Susanna Cummins - Lamplighter

Gertrude began life as an abused child in the care of Nan Grant, a cold and cruel woman. The only human character who was kind to her was the lamplighter, Truman Flint. When Nan, in one of her tantrums, threw Gertrude...

Bridget Gaige 17 hours 27 minutes

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Romance

562

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - John Halifax, Gentleman

This novel, published in 1856, was one of the popular and beloved novels in the Victorian era. It is told in the first person by Phineas Fletcher, an invalid son of a Quaker tanner who is presented to us in the...

Cori Samuel and 13 more 19 hours 37 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

518

Horatio Alger, Jr. - Adrift in New York

John Linden is a very wealthy man. The people who should inherit his property are his nephew, Curtis Waring, his niece Florence Linden, and his long lost son — if alive. John thinks it would be best if Florence and...

Bridget Gaige 4 hours 52 minutes

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Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1.

*Non-fiction

595

Aesop - Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1.

A celebration of all the wonderful dialects and accents found within the Librivox community! The goal being to record a 'phonetically relevant' text by as many volunteers as possible, and make this dialect/accent...

Julie VW and 34 more 36 minutes

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General Fiction

515

L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces

Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her money and estate from her fiancé, Thomas Bradley, who died before their wedding...

Neeru Iyer and 11 more 5 hours 18 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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