Enter the Jazz Age and the lives of the Manfords of New York. A family caught in the rush to enjoy life, regardless of reality. Only Nona Manford can see through the veil of the feigned joie de vivre that everyone around her cloaks themselves in.
Twilight sleep was actually a medical procedure use...
The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting presented by The Online Stage.
Meet the kind-hearted Doctor Dolittle, a country physician who learns to speak with animals and sets sail on an extraordinary journey filled with exotic creatures, daring rescues, and heartwarming friendships. This classic ta...
A gift from the gods. A warning ignored. A world forever changed.
In this modern retelling of the classic Greek myth, Pandora is created by the gods and sent to live among humans with a sealed jar and one simple command: do not open it. The jar sits in the corner of her new home like a question no...
Matthew Arnold, poet, critic, and by profession a school inspector, was embedded in the world of Victorian academic tradition. His verse and essays display fears that the stability of traditional ways was under threat from the uncertainty of modernity.
In this poem, Arnold tells the story of an Ox...
Eleven sparkling stories from comic master P.G. Wodehouse, of hapless young clubman Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant Jeeves, who is always urbanely ready to rescue the young master and his friends from the soup. In which: censorious Aunt Agatha's loathly offspring Thos exacts a classic...
Dynamic Thought
or The Law of Vibrant Energy
By William Walker Atkinson
Narrated by Denis Daly
William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932) was an author and publisher of texts covering a wide range of New Thought teachings.
According to Atkinson, the idea of 'Dynamic Thought' underlies the entire...
She thought she had lost everything. Turns out, she still has so much left to lose.
In the aftermath of the raid in Ana, Dr. Raya Xander discovers that her life has changed dramatically. What seemed like a local criminal group is actually part of a larger international crime ring that’s involved i...
A collection of three full-length adventures for R. Austin Freeman's peerless forensic detective, Dr John Thorndyke. First, the doctor intervenes in a complex case involving a severed human head discovered in a box in the left luggage office of London's Fenchurch Street Station; then, questions of i...
A father. A son. A desperate escape.
On the island of Crete, master craftsman Daedalus is trapped with his young son, Icarus, under the watchful eye of a ruthless king. With no road to freedom by land or sea, he turns to the only path left: the sky.
By studying the birds and trusting his own gen...
Songs of Kabir
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore
With an Introduction by Evelyn Underhill
Narrated by Denis Daly
Although Kabir (1398-1448, or in the Samvat calendar 1440-1518) was born of Mohammedan parentage, in his youth he became a disciple of a noted Hindu ascetic, Ramananda. As a spiri...
The Circular Study By Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Green is considered a pioneer in American detective fiction, known for her legally accurate plots and the invention of the "girl detective" trope. Classic detective novel The Circular Study features New York Police Detective Ebenezer Gryce,...
Lady Susan by Jane Austen presented by The Online Stage.
Written in epistolary form, this novella follows the manipulative behavior of Lady Susan Vernon, a scheming widow intent on securing a financial future for herself and also, rather begrudgingly, her teenage daughter, Frederica. Her sister-in...
