Elizabeth Klett
168 books
General Fiction
879
Mary Cowden Clarke - Ophelia, the Rose of Elsinore
This story is from Mary Cowden Clarke's multi-volume work The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines, in which she imagined the early lives of characters from Portia to Beatrice to Lady Macbeth. In her revision of...
2 hours 50 minutes
Poetry
888
Katherine Philips - Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda
The poet Katherine Philips was called «The Matchless Orinda» in her day and was well known for her works, both personal and political. She was a staunch Royalist (a supporter of Charles I and his son during the...
4 hours 12 minutes
General Fiction
1000
Aphra Behn - Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave
Aphra Behn was the first woman writer in England to make a living by her pen, and her novel Oroonoko was the first work published in English to express sympathy for African slaves. Perhaps based partly on Behn's own...
2 hours 40 minutes
Children's Fiction
1.1K
Hans Christian Andersen - Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Collection
These are 25 fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen — A collection of something for everyone — the very popular stories, the less well-known stories and favorites, that both children and grownups can enjoy....
4 hours 39 minutes
