London Labour and the London Poor Volume II by Henry MAYHEW (1812 - 1887) Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Modern (19th C) Read by: Gillian Hendrie in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 47 - The Streets of London Part 14 00:34:36 - 48 - The Streets of London Part 15 01:20:17 - 49 - The Streets of London Part 16 02:09:26 - 50 - The Streets of London Part 17 03:02:20 - 51 - The Streets of London Part 18 03:54:14 - 52 - The Streets of London Part 19 04:37:15 - 53 - The Streets of London Part 20: Table of Street Traffic 1 05:32:41 - 54 - The Streets of London Part 21: Table of Street Traffic 2 & 3 06:06:49 - 55 - The Streets of London Part 22 06:40:43 - 56 - The Streets of London Part 23 Subtitled, 'A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.''The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to pourtray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ...' 'My earnest hope is that the book may serve to give the rich a more intimate knowledge of the sufferings, and the frequent heroism under those sufferings, of the poor ...'Henry Mayhew was a social researcher and journalist. He compiled a four volume work in minute detail on the lives of the poor in London, of which this is the second volume, published in 1816. - Summary by Peter Yearsley More information: https://librivox.org/london-labour-and-the-london-poor-volume-ii-by-henry-mayhew/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

In Freedom's Cause by G. A. HENTY (1832 - 1902) Genre(s): Historical Fiction Read by: Mike Harris, Ted Garvin, Chris Caron, GabrielleC in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - 00 - Preface 00:02:13 - 01 - 01 - Glen Cairn 00:23:17 - 02 - 02 - Leaving Home 00:48:51 - 03 - 03 - Sir William Wallace 01:12:35 - 04 - 04 - The Capture of Lanark 01:36:16 - 05 - 05 - A Treacherous Plot 01:57:39 - 06 - 06 - The Barns of Ayr 02:22:13 - 07 - 07 - The Cave in the Pentlands 02:50:24 - 08 - 08 - The Council at Stirling 03:10:55 - 09 - 09 - The Battle of Stirling Bridge 03:33:19 - 10 - 10 - The Battle of Falkirk 03:55:38 - 11 - 11 - Robert The Bruce 04:18:51 - 12 - 12 - The Battle of Methven 04:41:18 - 13 - 13 - The Castle of Dunstaffnage 05:01:28 - 14 - 14 - Colonsay 05:27:08 - 15 - 15 - A Mission to Ireland 05:50:15 - 16 - 16 - An Irish Rising 06:16:23 - 17 - 17 - The King's Blood Hound 06:45:09 - 18 - 18 - The Hound Restored Another stirring tale from the master of historical fiction set in the time of Robert Bruce and William Wallace and their struggle for Scotland's independence. (Summary by Annise) More information: http://librivox.org/in-freedoms-cause-by-g-a-henty/

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas HARDY (1840 - 1928) Genre(s): Literary Fiction Read by: Adrian Praetzellis in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 1 00:13:39 - 02 - Chapter 2 00:33:51 - 03 - Chapter 3 00:51:19 - 04 - Chapter 4 01:19:17 - 05 - Chapter 5 01:43:32 - 06 - Chapter 6 01:55:46 - 07 - Chapter 7 02:07:41 - 08 - Chapter 8 02:19:31 - 09 - Chapter 9 02:34:16 - 10 - Chapter 10 02:57:27 - 11 - Chapter 11 03:12:43 - 12 - Chapter 12 03:34:50 - 13 - Chapter 13 03:44:17 - 14 - Chapter 14 04:18:14 - 15 - Chapter 15 04:26:27 - 16 - Chapter 16 04:41:25 - 17 - Chapter 17 05:01:31 - 18 - Chapter 18 05:21:22 - 19 - Chapter 19 05:41:57 - 20 - Chapter 20 05:53:09 - 21 - Chapter 21 06:09:12 - 22 - Chapter 22 06:17:15 - 23 - Chapter 23 06:35:35 - 24 - Chapter 24 06:46:31 - 25 - Chapter 25 07:10:37 - 26 - Chapter 26 07:27:52 - 27 - Chapter 27 07:43:32 - 28 - Chapter 28 07:57:26 - 29 - Chapter 29 08:13:01 - 30 - Chapter 30 08:30:32 - 31 - Chapter 31 08:55:28 - 32 - Chapter 32 09:12:10 - 33 - Chapter 33 09:37:46 - 34 - Chapter 34 One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a 'pure woman' who is victimized both by conventional morality and its antithesis. Born near Dorchester, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) set most of his stories in the region between Berkshire and Dorset in the fictional county of Wessex. He was a controversial writer whose work often showed the result of flouting the rigid Victorian moral code — his novel JUDE THE OBSCURE was (allegedly) burned by the Bishop of Wakefield for its shocking content. Hardy was an unflinching observer and in TESS has left us some unforgettable vignettes of rural life in late 19th-century England: the slow death of a flock of wounded pheasants, the monotony of field labour under an iron gray sky, and the itinerant farm worker's seasonal round. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis) More information: http://librivox.org/tess-of-the-durbervilles/

The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems by Nathalia CRANE (1913 - 1998) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: AnnaLisa Bodtker in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - The Janitor's Boy 00:01:44 - 02 - Oh, Roger Jones 00:02:47 - 03 - The Flathouse Roof 00:05:08 - 04 - John Paul Jones 00:07:01 - 05 - The Rovers 00:09:10 - 06 - The Vacant Lot 00:11:46 - 07 - The Swinging Stair 00:13:45 - 08 - The Vestal 00:15:13 - 09 - The Blind Girl 00:16:43 - 10 - Prescience 00:18:29 - 11 - Love 00:19:37 - 12 - What Every Girl Knows 00:21:06 - 13 - Jealousy 00:23:02 - 14 - Mother's Bonnet 00:24:10 - 15 - The Rag Bag 00:25:40 - 16 - The First Snow Storm 00:26:54 - 17 - Suffering 00:27:51 - 18 - The Map Makers 00:29:14 - 19 - Diana 00:31:31 - 20 - The Reading Boy 00:33:25 - 21 - The Battle on the Floor 00:36:14 - 22 - Mid-Day at Trinity 00:37:48 - 23 - Castle 'Bill' 00:39:14 - 24 - Castle William 00:40:46 - 25 - The Roll of the Roses 00:42:11 - 26 - The Gossips 00:43:29 - 27 - To-Morrow 00:44:56 - 28 - The Rose of Rest 00:46:28 - 29 - The Symbols 00:47:57 - 30 - The Salamander Isles 00:49:41 - 31 - The Chess Game 00:51:51 - 32 - The Dinosaurs' Eggs 00:53:36 - 33 - The First Story 00:55:11 - 34 - The Three-Cornered Lot 00:56:52 - 35 - The History of Honey 00:59:25 - 36 - The History of Painting 01:01:58 - 37 - The Road to Roslyn 01:04:07 - 38 - The Army Laundress 01:06:14 - 39 - Regina Mendosena 01:08:17 - 40 - The Girl From Soap Suds Row 01:12:42 - 41 - Eva 01:14:33 - 42 - Old Maid's Reverie 01:16:26 - 43 - The Commonplace 01:18:08 - 44 - Berkley Common 01:19:41 - 45 - Choice 01:21:02 - 46 - The Fire Vase 01:22:44 - 47 - My Husbands Known for her whimsical verse and rhythmic, lilting poems Nathalia Crane was a child prodigy who published her first volume of poetry at the age of 10. There was nothing in her poems that indicated her age. Her delightful verse, and her maturity and insightfulness in poems such as The History of Honey, The Army Laundress, The Reading Boy, The Three Cornered Lot, and The Commonplace, won her recognition among poets. - Summary by AnnaLisa Bodtker More information: https://librivox.org/the-janitors-boy-and-other-poems-by-nathalia-crane/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)