Michele Eaton

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Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

Epistolary Fiction

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Hannah Webster Foster - Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked...

Michele Eaton and 5 more 6 hours 32 minutes

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History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 4

Family Life

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Eliza Haywood - History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 4

Betsy Thoughtless is about an intelligent and strong-willed woman who marries under pressure from the society in which she lives. Betsy learns that sometimes giving way to the role of women within a marriage can at...

Michele Eaton 6 hours 23 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Fanny Coe - Book of Stories for the Storyteller

This group project is a collection of 43 fairy tales (both old and new), folk lore, myths and real life stories by a variety of authors, brought together by writer Fanny E Coe. They are mostly short and are fun to...

Jing Li and 15 more 6 hours 5 minutes

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History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 1

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Eliza Haywood - History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 1

The flirtations of a rich young maiden, Miss Betsy Thoughtless with several suitors, as she alienates the right man by refusing to take the issue of marriage seriously. Because of this her guardian commits her to...

Joyce Martin and 3 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 3

Romance

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Eliza Haywood - History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 3

Betsy Thoughtless is about marriage, rather than dealing with courrtship and thus differs from the type of domestic writing that would develop in the 19th century such as Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Rather than...

Michele Eaton 5 hours 41 minutes

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Sports Fiction

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Morgan Scott - Rival Pitchers of Oakdale

Play Ball!!! It's the start of another baseball season at Oakdale Academy. But there is a rivalry brewing between the pitchers. One wants to be a starting pitcher, but he is inconsistent. Another, a new kid from...

Michele Eaton and 7 more 5 hours 21 minutes

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History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 2

Romance

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Eliza Haywood - History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 2

This has been said to be the first female development novel in English. Betsy leaves her emotionally and financially abusive husband Munden and experiences independence before she decides to marry again. The novel has...

Michele Eaton 5 hours 17 minutes

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What Katy Did at School (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Susan Coolidge - What Katy Did at School (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

Following Katy's recovery in What Katy Did, Katy and Clover go to Hillsover, a boarding school. Together with their new friend Rosamond Redding, or «Rose Red», they form a Society for the Suppression of Unladylike...

Michele Eaton 5 hours 16 minutes

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Epistolary Fiction

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Andrew Lang - Letters to Dead Authors

With twenty two letters, addressed to various already deceased authors, Andrew Lang discusses literary subjects with his usual humour and acidity. The impulse for the writing of the letters came, almost as a joke,...

Brian Mansi and 9 more 4 hours 36 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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E. Gordon Browne - Queen Victoria

This book is about the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). All nine of her children married into the royal houses of Europe. She became the longest reigning monarch and more. This book is a fascinating read about...

Michele Eaton 3 hours 35 minutes

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General Fiction

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Florence Morse Kingsley - And So They Were Married

This is the story of Elizabeth North, a young woman who becomes engaged and with the aid of a social climbing friend begins to plan her wedding beyond what she can afford. Her friend Evelyn Tripp convinces Elizabeth...

Michele Eaton 2 hours 23 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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William Harrison Ainsworth - Windsor Castle, Book 2

Book 2 — Herne the Hunter. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other...

Tricia F. and 5 more 2 hours 8 minutes Windsor Castle

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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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