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  Some Experiences of an Irish R M

  Edith Somerville, Martin Ross

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  The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross. They are set in the turn-of-the-20th-century west of Ireland. The humor in the books is greatly enhanced if the viewer has a broad understanding of the history of Ireland's relationship with England, and how Ireland was governed, as well as the Irish country way of life. The show is, however, not political, although caricatures of Irish and British people are used for humorous purposes...

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  Mrs Amworth

  E.F. Benson

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  E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic Lucia novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. Mrs. Amworth with it's theme of vampirism exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his ability to create the most frightening of supernatural and macabre tales.Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready

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  Naughty Boy The - Story Time...

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  Along time ago, there lived an old poet, a thoroughly kind old poet. As he was sitting one evening in his room, a dreadful storm arose without, and the rain streamed down from heaven; but the old poet sat warm and comfortable in his chimney-comer, where the fire blazed and the roasting apple hissed...

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  Incidents in the Life of a Slave...

  Harriet Ann Jacobs

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  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself is an autobiography by Harriet Ann Jacobs, a young mother and fugitive slave, published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs's life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues." She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away.
  In the book, Jacobs addresses white Northern women who fail to comprehend the evils of slavery. She makes direct appeals to their humanity to expand their knowledge and influence their thoughts about slavery as an institution.
  Jacobs began composing Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl after her escape to New York, while living and working at Idlewild, the Hudson River home of writer and publisher Nathaniel Parker Willis. Portions of her journals were published in serial form in the New-York Tribune, owned and edited by Horace Greeley. Jacobs's reports of sexual abuse were deemed too shocking for the average newspaper reader of the day, and publication ceased before the completion of the narrative.
  Notable works Harriet Ann Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861).

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  In the Fourth Year (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  In the Fourth Year is a collection H. G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem of establishing lasting peace when World War I ended. It is mostly devoted to plans for the League of Nations and the discussion of post-war politics.

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  The Adventure of the Musgrave...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  An early Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This story is told from the perspective of Sherlock Holmes, instead of by Dr. Watson. The case involves Holmes investigating the disappearance of a butler and maid that worked for a university acquaintance of his.

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