Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and entertaining book. Her characters are delightful and she always displays a quaint humor of expression and a quiet feeling of pathos which give a touch of active realism to all her writings. In "A Spinner in the Sun" she tells an old-fashioned love story, of a veiled lady who lives in solitude and whose features her neighbors have never seen. There is a mystery at the heart of the book that throws over it the glamour of romance (Summary by Summary by Grosset & Dunlap publishers, 1913)Cast:Miss Evelina: KristingjMiss Mehitable: TriciaGDoctor Dexter: AllenJohnsDoctor Ralph: Max KörlingePiper Tom: John TrevithickAraminta: Elizabeth KlettMr. Thorpe: Algy PugA Woman / Doctor Dexter’s maid / A Neighbor/ The Walls: April GonzalesNarrator: Amanda FridayEdited by: Kristingj
26 episodes
On the evening before his marriage, Sinclair loses a precious curiosity from his collection: an amethyst box, containing a tiny flask of deadly poison. He suspects that this poison is in the possession of either his betrothed or her cousin, the girl his best friend Worthington loves. Turning to Worthington for help, they try to recover the box before the poison can be administered... (Summary by Carolin)
9 episodes
Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He wishes to exact revenge on her by denouncing the marriage and therefore proclaiming his son to be illegitimate. This consequently robs the child of his birthright and upon his father telling him his intentions, the boy runs away and refuses to return home. Glencore asks his old friend Upton to become the boys guardian to which he agrees after much protestation against it. The boy and his companion Billy move abroad to pursue their schooling and try to live a life of anonymity but all does not go according to plan. (Summary by Michele Eaton)
55 episodes
Guido Ferranti, a young man, travels to Padua with his friend Ascanio after receiving a mysterious letter from a stranger, claiming to know the true secret of Guido's birth. His plan of revenge goes awry, however, when he falls in love with his enemy's beautiful wife, the Duchess of Padua. (Summary by Wikipedia and wildemoose)Cast:Simone Gesso, Duke of Padua; Hugo the Headsman: Algy PugBeatrice, Duchess of Padua: Arielle LipshawAndreas Pollajuolo, Cardinal of Padua: ToddHWMaffio Petrucci; Servant; First Soldier; Usher: Charlotte DuckettJeppo Vitellozzo; Count Moranzone: Martin GeesonTaddeo Bardi; Bernardo Cavalcanti, Lord Justice of Padua; Third Soldier: Elizabeth KlettGuido Ferranti: Max KörlingeAscanio Cristofano: Alan MapstoneLucy, a Tirewoman: April GonzalesFirst Citizen: KristingjSecond Citizen: CaprishaPageThird Citizen: GraceTipstaff; Second Soldier: Chuck WilliamsonNarrator: Ernst PattynamaAudio edited by Arielle Lipshaw
5 episodes
Novela romántica, cuya trama caballeresca se sitúa en el siglo XV, durante el reinado de Enrique III de Castilla, conocido como «el doliente» por sus constantes enfermedades. Macías, un trovador, se enamora de Elvira, dama de alta alcurnia castellana que ha casado con Fernán Pérez de Vadillo, hidalgo y prominente miembro de la corte de Enrique III. Enrique de Villena, tío del rey, desea deshacerse de su esposa María Albornoz para convertirse en maestre de la Orden de Calatrava. Elvira, camarera de doña María, pretende frustrar las intrigas de Villena y Macías pretende recuperarla e impedir que Enrique de Villena la sacrifique para ser maestre de Santiago, formando un laberinto de lances, disfraces, duelos y peripecias. (Introducción elaborada a partir de Wikipedia)
40 episodes
Tess of the d'Urbervilles subtitled, "A Pure Woman," is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by her father to visit wealthy relatives. Her encounter with Alec d'Urberville changes her life forever, and brings about a doom that no one could have foreseen. (Summary by Alisson Veldhuis)Files edited by TriciaG & Cody Russell
59 episodes
James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida marries a man only to find out he's already married. She's so undone when she finds out that she just wants to go somewhere where no one will judge her for her misfortune, where she can work and keep herself fed and clothed. James and Alida meet and arrange for a strictly business marriage, leaving loving and honoring out of the vows. The title of the book tells the rest of the story, but the way it gets there is worth the journey. (Introduction by TriciaG)
33 episodes
Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance....As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." Emma, however, is also rather spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives, and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Narrator, Volume 1: Bev J. StevensNarrator, Volumes 2 and 3: CaprishaPageMr. Henry Woodhouse: Robert HoffmanEmma Woodhouse: Amanda FridayMr. George Knightley: Jason MillsHarriet Smith: Eden Rea-HedrickMrs. Anne Weston: Tiffany Halla ColonnaMr. Philip Elton: Chris MarcellusMr. John Knightley: Noel BadrianMrs. Isabella Knightley: CaprishaPageMr. Weston: Algy PugMiss Bates: Arielle LipshawMrs. Bates: KerrieRae ClarkeJane Fairfax: April GonzalesFrank Churchill: Max KörlingeMrs. Augusta Elton: GraceMrs. Cole: Carmen HMrs. Isabella Knightley: CaprishaPageMrs. Ford: Elizabeth KlettAudio edited by Amanda Friday, Phil Chenevert, David Lawrence, Chuck Williamson, bala, CaprishaPage, Charlotte Duckett
55 episodes
James Allen was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement.
In the introduction Lily Allen writes: "It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years and those who have eyes to see and hearts to understand will find in its pages the spiritual history of his life. It was his own wish that The Divine Companion should be the last manuscript of his to be published. 'It is the story of my soul,' he said, 'and should be read last of all my books, so that the student may understand and find my message in its pages.'" (Summary by Wikipedia and Lily Allen)
6 episodes
Primarily of the bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of eponymous Jane Eyre, her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of Thornfield Hall. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastNarrator/Charlotte Bronte/Louisa Eshton: Eden Rea-HedrickJane Eyre: Elizabeth BarrYoung Jane/Mrs. Dent/Bread Shop Woman: Arielle LipshawMrs. Reed: KristingjJohn Reed/Mr. Lloyd/Robert/John/Mr. Mason: Jared HessEliza Reed: ThisbeGeorgiana Reed: Diana MajlingerBessie: Verity KendallAbbot: Julia NiedermaierSarah/Helen Burns: April GonzalesFirst Class Lowood Girl/Hannah: Libby GohnCumberland Girl/Sam/Dr. Carter/Footman/Housekeeper: C F de RossetMr. Brocklehurst: AnthonyMiss Temple/Lowton Postmistress/Charwoman/Mrs. Eshton/Diana Rivers: Elizabeth KlettMiss Miller: Jeannie TiradoMiss Scatcherd/Lowood Nurse/Barbara/Lady Ingram/Cottage Girl: Charlotte DuckettMiss Smith/Lady Lynn: Anna SimonLowood Servant/House Woman: KateCMiss Brocklehurst/Amy Eshton/Porter's Wife: Victoria MartinMr. Rochester: Algy PugMrs. Fairfax/Coach Guard/Host: Caprisha PageLeah/Rosamund Oliver: SusannaMary: Novella SerenaGrace Poole: Beth ThomasAdele: Tiffany Halla ColonnaSophie: Nadine Eckert-BouletBlanche Ingram: Amanda FridayLord Ingram: andreltMary Ingram/Mary Rivers: Grace GarrettColonel Dent/Mr. Wood/Coachman/Waiter/Ostler: ToddFrederick Lynn: Ethan HardmanHenry Lynn: John TrevithickMr. Eshton: OxenhandlerMr. Briggs: Ken GarrettSt. John Rivers: Aidan BrackCottage Mother: Sally McAudio edited by Elizabeth Barr and Elizabeth Klett
39 episodes
Anne of the Island is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about Anne Shirley. Anne of the Island was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling Anne of Green Gables. In the continuing story of Anne Shirley, Anne attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Anne Shirley/Narrator: Arielle LipshawDiana Barry: Eden Rea-HedrickGilbert Blythe: mbDavy Keith: TriciaGJosie Pye: Sherri VanceMarilla Cuthbert/Mrs. Irving/Mrs. Gardner: Elizabeth KlettMrs. Rachel Lynde: Caprisha PagePriscilla Grant: Beth ThomasPhilippa Gordon: Amanda FridayRuby Gillis: April GonzalesJane Andrews/Woman/Miss Lavendar: Victoria B. MartinStella Maynard: GraceMiss Patty Spofford: KalyndaMiss Maria Spofford/Charlotta the Fourth/Aline Gardner: Kristin YoungAunt Atossa: AvailleMr. Harrison/Sam/Pacifique Buote: Phil ChenevertMrs. Gillis: KristingjAunt Jamesina: MJ FranckPaul Irving/Alec Ward: csjesi1Royal Gardner: ToddHWMrs. Skinner: RapunzelinaJanet: Sarah HoltzMr. Douglas: jtmartinsenMrs. Douglas: Julia NiedermaierDorothy Gardner: Charlotte DuckettMrs. Andrews: KateCMrs. Allan: Sarah JenningsAudio edited by Arielle Lipshaw
41 episodes
"Harold Transome is a landowner who goes against his family's political tradition (much to his mother's distress), while Felix Holt is a sincere radical. The setting of the book, the 1832 parliament election, is used to discuss the social problems of that time. A secondary plot involves Esther Lyon, the stepdaughter of a minister who is the real heiress to the Transome estate, with whom both Harold Transome and Felix Holt fall in love. Esther loves poor Felix Holt, but would she choose a comfortable life with Harold Transome?" (Summary by Stav Nisser)
52 episodes
John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a prisoner of four-armed green men, his Civil War experience and Earth-trained musculature give him superior martial abilities, and he is treated with deference by this fierce race. Falling in love with a princess of red humanoids (two-armed but egg-bearing), he contrives a daring escape and later rescues the red men from the hostility of another nation of their own race. In this struggle he enlists the aid of his former captors, whom he gradually civilizes, teaching them first the practical advantages of kindness to their beasts of burden and then of casting aside centuries of communal living in favor of the nuclear family. At last he even starts them on the path to mastering the arts of friedship and diplomacy. When the failure of the atmosphere-generator threatens the planet's inhabitants with extinction, Carter's luck, memory, and sheer determination make possible the salvation of the planet, but Carter himself falls unconscious before he knows the success of his efforts. The novel ends with his sudden involuntary return to Earth.
(Summary by Thomas Copeland)
29 episodes
This is a saga about life in a small town in England during the Victorian era. The "stars" of this saga are the Channings. Mr. Channing was ill and, because of his poverty, his six children have to work. Many things happen during this saga: a man confesses to a theft which he thinks his brother did, a lady is engaged to a gentleman much above her station, and so much more. But in the middle of all this you can find plenty of family love. (Summary by Stav Nisser)
60 episodes
This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, are childhood sweethearts. However, Rorie's family wants him to marry elsewhere. You may think it is the old story all over again, but nothing in this novel is what it seems. It is far too realistic for that. Many books talk about falling in love. This book starts after that stage, and speaks about the harder stage of a relationship: loving earnestly but understanding that love - even in the truest and purest sense - is not everything in life. There are duties to fulfil, and they might have nothing to do with love. Family life plays a large role in this novel, and it is not always warm and good. Many of the characters are strong and complicated. The novel has some feminist ideas, but they have boundaries, and are presented side by side with the conventional ideas of the times. But the signs of change are there... loud and clear. (Summary by Stav Nisser)
47 episodes
O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country near the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska, at the turn of the 20th century. The main character, Alexandra Bergson, inherits the family farmland when her father dies, and she devotes her life to making the farm a viable enterprise at a time when other immigrant families are giving up and leaving the prairie. The novel is also concerned with two romantic relationships, one between Alexandra and family friend Carl Linstrum and another between Alexandra's brother Emil and the married Marie Shabata. (Summary by Wikipedia)
30 episodes
Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whether or not he shot and killed a Northwest Mounted while he and some friends were out hunting one day. Not exactly a bushman, he needs to head northwest to avoid capture by the officials who are out to find him and bring him to trial. At least that's what he suspects. Survival in the wilderness for one who was raised in British class proves to be a daunting experience, and we learn of the trials he is to be put through while he is on the lam. (Summary by Roger Melin)
33 episodes
Unhappy wife leaves marriage of convenience for another man, the couple running away to the Dakota prairie to set up housekeeping. All seems romantically well... until the ex shows up. Surprisingly modern (if a little theatrical) novella from the early 1900's. From the posthumous collection of Lillibridge short stories, A Breath of Prairie, 1911.
7 episodes
信州の高原で、作家を志す青年と、絵を描く少女が出会った。やがて、二人は婚約する。しかし、少は、肺の病に落ちる。療養の為に、少女と青年は、信州のサナトリウムに行く。しかし、少女は帰らぬ人となってしまう。そして、一年後、青年は少女と出会った村で、冬を過ごす。
A love story between a young man and a young lady. They are engaged but the heroine becomes sick. They go to a sanatorium, but she passes away. After a year he goes to the small village where they met, and he lives there during the winter. (Summary by ekzemplaro)
5 episodes
This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898; they were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences—as traditional Victorian theatre was expected to—but to raise awareness of social problems and to censure exploitation of the laboring class by the unproductive rich. In this play, Dr. Harry Trench becomes disillusioned when he discovers how his fiancee's father, Mr. Sartorius, makes his money. However, it is soon revealed that Trench's own income is far from untainted. (Summary by wildemoose and Wikipedia)Cast:Dr. Harry Trench: engineerdstMr. William de Burgh Cokane: David GoldfarbMr. Sartorius: DrakaunusBlanche Sartorius: Arielle LipshawMr. Lickcheese: Algy PugWaiter: balaPorter: David OlsonParlour Maid/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw
3 episodes
One of the most beloved French plays of all time, Cyrano de Bergerac is a clever and tragic tale of truth concealed and love denied. Its titular character is a proud, daring swordsman and genius poet who has one terrible flaw: an abnormally large nose. Too afraid of rejection to confess his love for the beautiful Roxane, Cyrano helps her brainless but handsome suitor Christian to woo her, providing him with love letters while resolutely keeping his own passion a secret. (Summary by Elizabeth Barr)
Cast list:
NARRATOR: balaonspace
CYRANO DE BERGERAC: Adamski
CHRISTIAN DE NEUVILLETTE: catrose
COMTE DE GUICHE: alanmapstone
RAGUENEAU: LibbyG
LE BRET: Algy Pug
CARBON DE CASTEL-JALOUX: ToddHW
FIRST CADET/D'ARTAGNAN: DSayers
SECOND CADET/LIGNIERE: gloriana
THIRD CADET/DE VALVERT: msfry
FIRST GASCON/JODELET: ElleyKat
SECOND GASCON/BELLEROSE: wib66
FIRST MARQUIS/THE APPRENTICE: MrsHand
MONTFLEURY/FIRST PASTRY- COOK: BeniaminoMassimo
CUIGY/A SPANISH OFFICER: arnaldo4455
BRISSAILLE/THE SENTINEL: Kristingj
THE DOORKEEPER/FIRST POET: calebkuester
FIRST LACKEY/SECOND POET: Algy Pug
SECOND LACKEY/THIRD POET: Algy Pug
THE BORE/FOURTH POET: readbyme
THE PORTER/SECOND PASTRY-COOK: patrickjeaton
THE BURGHER: rf
THE YOUNG MAN [BURGHER'S SON]/THE MUSKETEER: dotandtittle
THE PICKPOCKET/FIFTH POET: dlolso21
A SPECTATOR: Availle
A GUARDSMAN: takenote61
THE FRIAR/GAZETTEER: Trevedhek
THIRD PASTRY-COOK/FIRST PAGE: Tortilla
FOURTH PASTRY-COOK/SECOND PAGE: LydiaCW
FIFTH PASTRY-COOK/THIRD PAGE: lezer
ROXANE: musicalheart1
SISTER MARTHA/FIRST ACTRESS: hggarrett
LISE/SISTER CLAIRE/SECOND ACTRESS: JoFriday21
THE BUFFET-GIRL/FIRST CHILD: ElleyKat
THE DUENNA/MOTHER MARGUERITE: gloriana
THIRD ACTRESS/FIRST SISTER: SweetPea
THE SHOP-GIRL/SECOND CHILD: ShiNeko
A MAN: Bassaga
FIRST TROOPER: Norman
SECOND TROOPER: Rapunzelina
A LADY/SECOND SISTER: CaprishaPage
THE COOK/FIRST VIOLIN: WoollyBee
Edited by: musicalheart1
6 episodes
Segunda Novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales, describe la España desgarrada por la Primera Guerra Carlista y la Regencia de María Cristina. Su eje es el romántico Fernando Calpena, que aparece por primera vez en esta novela. (Introducción por Tux)
La tercera serie:
1 - Zumalacárregui
2 - Mendizábal
3 - De Oñate a la Granja
33 episodes
Een knappe Italiaanse chirurg en een blonde Hollandse weduwe beleven een heftige vakantieliefde. (Samenvatting door Marcel Coenders)Aan den Weg der Vreugde, waarvan men ook nog dit goede kan getuigen, dat het nergens vuil is, of goor, of opgevuld met dubbelzinnige détails. (Anna de Savornin Lohman) Zijn boek is dus goed geschreven als het werk van een technisch-knap man, die zijn vak verstaat. (Onze Eeuw 1908)
16 episodes
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 marital advice told via quips from Lady Trusty. (Summary by Michele Eaton)
23 episodes
There are many romantic tales about a handsome and rich man falling in love with a beautiful lower class woman over the objections of his family. Remember Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy? however, it takes more than a good woman to secure a man's happiness. He has to have mental strength. It is not certain that our hero, Tom, has that. Lois is a great woman. However, according to his sister, she is a "nobody." Does money and position control everything? Certainly not. Good people deserve to be happy. But only those who have enough strength to secure their happiness, on their own terms. A secondary plot involves Philip, another man who loves Lois, who discovers the love of God and becomes a better man. Not for the woman he loves, but for himself. Want to know if Tom overcomes his family's objections and married the love of his life? Want to read a lively book with an unforgettable and enchanting writing style? If you do, read the book. (Summary by Stav Nisser)
49 episodes
This is the first volume of a three volume novel. In this novel, Amelia marries William Booth against her mother's desires, and the two must move to London. Fielding explores the issues of married life such as infidelity and whether women's intelligence is equal to men's. (Summary by Libby Gohn)
41 episodes
A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the repressed culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Lucy Honeychurch/Narrator: Arielle LipshawCharlotte Bartlett: Elizabeth KlettMr. Emerson: asterixGeorge Emerson: nomorejeffsMr. Beebe: Bob NeufeldMiss Eleanor Lavish: Patti CunninghamMiss Theresa Alan: ElleyKatMiss Catharine Alan: MaryankaItalian Lady/Persephone/Maid: Libby GohnMr. Eager/Powell: Ric FVicar/Sir Harry Otway/Phaethon/Freddy Honeychurch: tovarischMrs. Honeychurch: CaprishaPageCecil Vyse: Brett W. DowneyMrs. Vyse: Etel BussMinnie Beebe: Charlotte DuckettAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw
20 episodes
Henrietta is a strong willed young lady who will not give in to her aunt and marry the suitors she proposes. She runs away and adventure ensues. However she meets one young man who she is quite taken with but he does not share all about himself and Henrietta finds herself in some tricky situations. (Summary by Michele Eaton)This Librivox audiobook is a dramatic reading of volume 1 of this book.
Cast list:
Henrietta Courteney (Clelia): Michele EatonMiss Woodby (Celinda): Amanda FridayMrs Eccles: Victoria PLady Manning: Elizabeth KlettCoachman, Chaplain and Earl Courtney: tovarischTall Lean Woman: Arielle LipshawFat Jolly Woman, Mrs Willis and Servant Girl: ElleyKatGrave Man and First Officer: Kevin W. DavidsonYoung Man on the Coach, Mr Damer, Young Lord and Young Mr Courteney: ToddHWOld Gentlewoman, Old Woman Nurse and Miss Carlton (Henrietta's Mother): Patti CunninghamSecond Officer and Isaac Darby: Ric FMrs Carlton (Henrietta's Grandmother): Lynne ThompsonLady Meadows: CaprishaPageMrs White and Mrs Damer: Kristin GjerløwYoung Mr Damer: balaNarrator Book 1 (except chapter 6) and Chapter 1 of Book 2: LovedayNarrator Book 2 (except chapter 1) and Chapter 6 of Book 1: KHand
25 episodes
This medieval French romance is the oldest surviving work about Lancelot. When Queen Guinevere is abducted by Meleagrant, Lancelot must face many trials, physical, emotional, and social, to rescue her. (Summary by Libby Gohn)
14 episodes
A late 19th-century stage adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables in English, The Shadow of the Law dramatizes the struggles of Hugo's legendary characters: Jean Valjean, the former convict; his relentless pursuer, Javert; Fantine, the tragic mother; her daughter Cosette; the greedy Thenardiers; the doomed revolutionaries. (Summary by Elizabeth Barr)CastNarrator/Prouvaire: Elizabeth KlettJean Valjean: Max KorlingeJavert: drakaunusThenardier: Algy PugFather Fauchelevent/Grandfather Gillenormand: ToddMonseigneur Bienvenu: Rick RodstromMarius Pontmercy: Eden Rea-HedrickEnjolras: Larry WilsonPetit Gervais: Frances BrownGavroche: Ernst PattynamaBabit: Bob NeufeldDoctor/Madame Magloire: Beth ThomasFantine: Amanda FridayCosette: Charlotte Duckett and Emily JonesEponine: Elizabeth BarrMadame Thenardier: Arielle LipshawMlle. Gillenormande/Gendarme: Kristin GjerløwMlle. Baptistine: Lynne ThompsonSimplice: Etel BussNun: Sarah ParshallBoy/Servant: Michele EatonGuardsman: David OlsonInsurgent: RapunzelinaAudio edited by Elizabeth Barr
6 episodes
Tercera Novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales. Fernando Calpena y don Pedro Hillo se encuentran prisioneros en la misma cárcel. Al poco de llegar, comienzan a recibir cartas de la mujer incógnita. En ellas explica a don Pedro la necesidad de tenerlos prisioneros, pero en breve tiempo ambos serán liberados, si le prometen... Introducción por Tux
La tercera serie:
1 - Zumalacárregui
2 - Mendizábal
3 - De Oñate a la Granja
34 episodes
This delightful story begins in a little town called Marshmallows, where a young man, the new vicar, Harry Walton, has just arrived. As he begins his work Harry realizes that everything is not quite 'right' in his little parish and it all seems to center around Oldcastle Hall. As he wins the affection of the people secrets begin to unfold, and Harry Walton attempts to free them from guilt of the past, help them overcome pride and while he is at it, he falls in love with a woman whose past is the most mysterious yet, and whose tyrannical mother is the mistress of Oldcastle Hall. This Is a wonderful, heartwarming romance and a unique mystery, told from the viewpoint of the young vicar. (Summary by Fiddlesticks ) The trilogy:Annals of a Quiet NeighbourhoodThe Seaboard ParishThe Vicar's Daughter
38 episodes
The play features three interlocking plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta, which is set simultaneously in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Theseus: Dave NicolEgeus: James SilversteinLysander: Peter ParshallDemetrius: Alex LauPhilostrate/Puck: ElleyKatPeter Quince/Prologue: Libby GohnSnug/Lion: Monika M.C.Nick Bottom/Pyramus: Alan MapstoneFrancis Flute/Thisby: Chuck WilliamsonTom Snout/ Wall: gloriousjobNarrator/Stage Directions/Robin Starling/Moonshine: Algy PugHippolyta: Patti CunninghamOberon: Bob NeufeldHelena: Sarah ParshallTitania: Arielle LipshawPeasBlossom/First Fairy: Elizabeth KlettCobweb/Second Fairy: Annika VeraMoth/Third Fairy: RebeccaMustard Seed/Fourth Fairy: Etel Buss
Editors Sarah Parshall, Kimberly Krause
6 episodes
Vicar and his two daughters move to a small, quiet country village and soon learn that their neighbor in the yellow house holds secrets that will change
everything they thought to be real in their lives. (Summary by Sharon Kilmer)
30 episodes
Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics. Much Ado About Nothing chronicles two pairs of lovers: Benedick and Beatrice (the main couple), and Claudio and Hero (the secondary couple). Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a very "merry war"; they are both very witty and proclaim their disdain of love. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. Although the young lovers Hero and Claudio provide the main impetus for the plot, the courtship between the wittier, wiser lovers Benedick and Beatrice is what makes Much Ado About Nothing so memorable. Benedick and Beatrice argue with delightful wit, and Shakespeare develops their journey from antagonism to sincere love and affection with a rich sense of humor and compassion. (Summary by Wikipedia) CastLeonato: Bob NeufeldMessenger: Ernst PattynamaBeatrice/Boy/Second Watch: Elizabeth KlettHero: Amanda FridayDon Pedro: Bruce PirieBenedick: mbDon John: Eden Rea-HedrickClaudio: Beth ThomasAntonio: Larry WilsonConrade: Brett DowneyBorachio: Chris CartwrightBalthazar: James SilversteinMargaret: Arielle LipshawUrsula: Sarah ParshallDogberry: Alan MapstoneVerges: Charlotte DuckettFirst Watchman: rookieblueFriar Francis: balaSexton/Lord: ToddNarrator: Libby GohnAudio edited by mb and gloriana
5 episodes
More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's late mother, persuaded her to break the engagement. Now 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former love when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth is now a captain and wealthy from maritime victories in the Napoleonic wars. However, he has not forgiven Anne for rejecting him. While publicly declaring that he is ready to marry any suitable young woman who catches his fancy, he privately resolves that he is ready to become attached to any appealing young woman except for Anne Elliot. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast ListNarrator: Bob NeufeldSir Walter Elliot: Algy PugLady Russell: Libby GohnMr. Shepherd / Mr. Musgrove: ToddHWMrs. Clay: Michele EatonSir Basil: Richard FridayAnne Elliot: Elizabeth BarrMary Musgrove: Amanda FridayElizabeth Elliot: Eden Rea-HedrickMrs. Musgrove: Maria KasperCharles Musgrove: Jason MillsHenrietta Musgrove: TriciaGLouisa Musgrove: Charlotte DuckettCaptain Frederick Wentworth: Max KörlingeMrs. Croft: Frances BrownAdmiral Croft: Larry WilsonCharles Hayter: Bill MosleyInnkeeper / Sir William Elliot: Beth ThomasWaiter / First Lady: Elizabeth KlettCaptain Harville: mbMrs. Harville: WoollyBeeLady Dalrymple: Katalina WattMrs. Smith: LovedaySecond Lady: Kristin GjerløwThird Lady: MaryankaEdited by Michele Eaton
24 episodes
By the playwright of the more popular She Stoops to Conquer, The Good-Natured Man is the comedic story of misguided philanthropy, mistaken identity, and secret romance. Will Honeywell, The Good-Natured Man, see through the lies and trickery surrounding his generosity? Will Leontine and Olivia's true relationship be found out? And just what is that Lofty guy up to...? (Summary by Amanda Friday)
Cast:
Narrator: Katy FossilSir William Honeywood: ToddHWJarvis: Larry WilsonMr. Honeywood: GloriousjobButler, Bailiff: tovarischCroaker: balaMrs. Croaker: Michele EatonMiss Richland: Charlotte DuckettLeontine: sdaeley17Olivia: Amanda FridayGarnet: Kristen GjerløwFrench Servant, Follower, Postboy: alanmapstoneLofty: Denny SayersServant: Richard FridayLandlady: Elizabeth Klett
Editor: ToddHW
7 episodes
23 year old Cornélie de Retz is a Dutch Divorcee who goes to Italy to start a new life and most part of the novel is filled with the details of romantic conversations, emotions and finally the Inevitable follows. Find out what the Inevitable is and immerse yourself in the explicit and delicate details of the author as he takes you round the world of Cornélie de Retz. (Summary by sidhu177)This project was proof listened by Rapunzelina, Larry Wilson, and Barry Eads
54 episodes
John Dryden and William D'Avenant's Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest preserves the main plot and characters of the original. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, lives on an isolated island with his daughter Miranda, and plans to take revenge on his brother Antonio, who usurped his throne. He is aided by his servant, the airy sprite Ariel, and is hated by his other servant, the monster Caliban. Dryden and D'Avenant added in a number of characters: Dorinda, Prospero's other daughter, Hippolito, a young man who has never seen a woman, Sycorax, Caliban's sister, and more spirits and comic mariners. They also added more song, dance, and spectacle. Their version was considered the definitive Tempest until the 19th century. - Summary by Elizabeth KlettCastNarrator/Miranda/Stephano: Elizabeth KlettMustacho/Third Devil/Neptune: Kristin GjerløwVentoso/Pride: Frances BrownTrincalo/Fraud: mbHippolito/Cabin-boy: balaAlonzo: Algy PugAntonio: Leonard WilsonGonzalo: Bob NeufeldFerdinand: Eden Rea-HedrickProspero: Bruce PirieAriel/Aeolus: Libby GohnMilcha/First Devil/Amphitrite: AvailleCaliban/Second Devil/Tethys: Alan MapstoneDorinda: MaryankaSycorax/Murder/Oceanus: Lucy PerryAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett
5 episodes
Unfairly given a dishonorable discharge from the army, Calvin Gray goes to Dallas, where he manages to win the trust of a jeweler and is able to sell a number of diamonds to the newly oil rich Briskows. He makes friends with the family and helps them adjust to their newly found riches. The Briskows, in turn, help him prove false the charges that caused his dismissal from the army. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)
30 episodes
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at first doesn't seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each other. But when George saves a young woman from drowning, a strong connection seems to develop between them, which seems to be almost supernatural.. - Summary by Carolin
39 episodes
Men moet verklaren dat de lezende wereld, als zij niet ontvankelijk was voor de 'Lijnen van geleidelijkheid', al heel ondankbaar zou moeten zijn. Men verslindt Ouidà, waardeert Bourget, prijst Zola; welnu, het boek is kleurig, artistiek, Italiaansch als Ouidà; psychologisch tot in het weeke als Bourget, en de 'bête humaine' doet er zich gelden als bij den brutaalsten verist; terwijl Couperus zich de moeite geeft over dat alles enkele malen, - niet vaak genoeg, - het tooverkleed van zijn mooi modern Hollandsch te spreiden. En dat alles in weloverwogen verhouding, in pikante afwisseling en ook zich aansluitend bij tal van andere stromingen; wanneer wij langzamerhand bijna genoeg gaan krijgen van den wel wat heel platonischen Duco, wisselt de auteur hem af met den heel onplatonischen huzaar; als het pension en het bovenkamertje wat eentonig worden, komt de pracht van de feodale burcht in de Abruzzen met de Camera degli sposi, or-sur-or, en de zonsondergang over het meer van San Stefano; als we wat veel aan Ouidà denken, heeft Duco in zijn fatalistische afstand-doen iets Tolstoïsch. Inderdaad is het in het voordeel van een groot talent, zich eens voor een enkele maal in gelijke conditiën met de gewonen te plaatsen; een Psyche of Fidessa doen niet zoo Couperus' superioriteit uitkomen als een gewone amusementsroman, in dit geval 'Lijnen.'
(Uit: Nederland 1900, nr.3, p.360-361.)
23 episodes
Liebesgeschichten aus Japan: Am Biwasee, nahe der uralten Kaiserstadt Kioto, haben die Japaner acht Landschaftsgesichter von unsterblicher Leidenschaft entdeckt.
Dauthendey hat sich für dieses Buch von einer alten japanischen Tradition inspirieren lassen. Acht Ansichten des Biwa-Sees oder Acht Ansichten von Ōmi (Ōmi Hakkei) ist der Titel vieler Serien von Bildern oder Gedichten, in denen japanische Künstler die Landschaft um den Biwasee darstellen. Die “Acht Ansichten” gibt es seit dem 15. Jahrhundert, sie bestehen aus den festgelegten realen Orten, die Dauthendey zu seine Erzählungen inspiriert haben. Die Geschichten, dass sei vorab verraten, sind oft traurig, und doch sind sie sehr schön, wie die Liebe ja oft in der Literatur dann am schönsten ist, wenn sie unglücklich ist.(Zusammenfassung von Hokuspokus)
12 episodes
A young man came to Lloyds of London. He knew they took out policies on unusual risks... And what he wanted was love insurance. What follows is a comic novel, by the creator of the Chinese detective - Charlie Chan!
- Summary by Linda Andrus
22 episodes
An iconoclast in many fields herself, Mary Heaton Vorse was fascinated with Bohemia, the colorful unboundaried land of poets and artists and philosophers, a place whose denizens lived by their own rules without regard for the conventions of bourgeois Society. In this comic little romance, she explores the most famous corner of American Bohemia, New York's Greenwich Village, poking fun with gentle irony at its pretensions and its passions. - Summary by Expatriate
21 episodes
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel was born in 1772 at Hannover, Holy Roman Empire, to Johann Adolf Schlegel and Johanna Christiane Erdmuthe Hübsch. He attended Jena University and made friends with many of the writers known by his brother August Wilhelm Schlegel. His first book was About the Diotima, written in 1795, and four years later he wrote Lucinda. The translator, Calvin Thomas, called Lucinda a "naughty book", but that was in 1914. I have no idea where it stands now in the world of literature. It was made up of many disconnected parts. - Summary by Craig Campbell
13 episodes
An unlikely pair were Neewa, the black bear cub who had been orphaned at a young age, and Miki, part Mackenzie hound, part Airedale and Spitz who had become separated from his master in the frozen reaches of northern Canada. But the two befriended one another, and these nomads fended for themselves until they too became separated in an unfortunate way. While Neewa searched for his friend, Miki was taken by northern trappers who felt he could be trained to become a good fighting dog, a valuable asset in the north. What follows is Miki's attempts to flee from his captors and search for his master, and Neewa's search for his canine friend. - Summary by Roger Melin
26 episodes
Harriett Frean is a well-to-do, unmarried woman living a life of meaningless dependency, boredom, and unproductivity as she patiently cares for her aging parents, waiting for a man to marry. When her opportunity for Love finally comes, she is offered a moral dilemma: the man is engaged to her best friend. Should she sacrifice what, according to the priorities of the time, seems like her "one chance for happiness," or should she seize the moment? Can she make something meaningful of her life without significant others? May Sinclair, as always gently ironic in tone, succeeds in skewering the conventions of her society while laying bare the hopeless realities for so many women of the era who were given so few chances really to live. ( summary by Expatriate)
15 episodes
Love Among the Artists was published in the United States in 1900 and in England in 1914, but it was written in 1881. In the ambience of chit-chat and frivolity among members of Victorian polite society a youthful Shaw describes his views on the arts, romantic love and the practicalities of matrimony. Dilettantes, he thinks, can love and settle down to marriage, but artists with real genius are too consumed by their work to fit that pattern. The dominant figure in the novel is Owen Jack, a musical genius, somewhat mad and quite bereft of social graces. From an abysmal beginning he rises to great fame and is lionized by socialites despite his unremitting crudity. As a study of Bohemia and its clash with conventional society, the novel is revealing of Shaw's belief that the true Artist has wholly different criteria than the ordinary person for the living of Life. Written as "a novel with a purpose," according to its author's preface, Love Among the Artists is an ironic novel with a serious intent. - Summary by Wikipedia, supplemented by Expatriate.
30 episodes
Jonathan Frock hat es nicht leicht, zunächst wird er als Hauslehrer entlassen, weil er den Kindern zu viele freie Gedanken einflösst, und dann schlägt er sich als freiberuflicher Schreiber auch mehr schlecht als recht durchs Leben.
Bei liebevollen Bekanntschaften hält er sich auffallend zurück, weil er ein schweres Geheimnis mit sich herumschleppt. Aber dann droht im ein Gerichtstermin! (Summary by crowwings)
7 episodes
