La Regenta (Tomo II) by Leopoldo Garcia ALAS (1852 - 1901) Genre(s): Family Life, Published 1800 -1900 Read by: Epachuko in Spanish Chapters: 00:00:00 - 23 - Capítulo XXIX (Parte A) 00:34:58 - 24 - Capítulo XXIX (Parte B) 00:56:04 - 25 - Capítulo XXIX (Parte C) 01:35:54 - 26 - Capítulo XXX (Parte A) 02:08:10 - 27 - Capítulo XXX (Parte B) 02:42:50 - 28 - Capítulo XXX (Parte C) 'La Regenta' está considerada la mejor novela española del siglo XIX y una de las más importantes novelas de la Historia de las letras en el mismo idioma tras 'El Quijote' lo cual son palabras mayores. Pocas obras en castellano han generado tal cantidad de análisis y comentarios, y al mismo tiempo, han sido tan maltratadas por el poder político al habérsela considerado durante muchos años un texto de contenido impropio o inmoral. La obra aunque es extensa y en ella aparecen más de 100 personajes estupendamente retratados, está escrita de una manera ágil y sencilla, manteniendo al lector expectante, capítulo tras capítulo, describiendo el panorama de Vetusta y las circunstancias de Doña Ana Ozores, conocida como 'La Regenta'. Mujer bellísima pero inaccesible para sus pretendientes, estancada en un matrimonio aburrido pero de firmes convicciones virtuosas, es considerada por los vecinos como un monumento más de su ciudad. En este segundo tomo (Capítulos del XVI al XXX), tras tener el lector un adecuado conocimiento del ambiente y personajes el lector asistirá a una serie de avatares que trastornarán la vida de Vetusta y que intensificarán la pugna por las atenciones y el corazón de La Regenta entre el elegante seductor Don Álvaro Mesía y el astuto y elocuente canónigo Don Fermín de Pas. En el primer capítulo de este volumen Doña Ana Ozores se despierta exaltada tras un sueño placentero pero turbador que protagonizaba un hombre que no era precisamente su marido, Don Victor Quintanar... ¿Quién ocupará su mente? ¿Quién la conquistará? - Summary by Epachuko More information: https://librivox.org/la-regenta-tomo-ii-by-leopoldo-garcia-alas/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Master of the Vineyard by Myrtle REED (1874 - 1911) Genre(s): Romance Read by: Celine Major in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - The Hill of the Muses 00:16:41 - 02 - Brown Alpaca 00:36:26 - 03 - The Crystal Ball 00:57:52 - 04 - April's Sun 01:18:23 - 05 - The House of the Broken Heart 01:38:06 - 06 - More Stately Mansions 01:56:54 - 07 - A Letter and a Guest 02:16:39 - 08 - 'Whom God Hath Joined' 02:38:47 - 09 - A Spring Day 02:57:57 - 10 - A Little Brown Mouse 03:19:25 - 11 - The Hour of the Turning Night 03:41:22 - 12 - Asking - Not Answer 04:01:27 - 13 - The Stain of the Rose 04:20:20 - 14 - The Light Before a Shrine 04:39:58 - 15 - The Inlaid Box 04:59:55 - 16 - One Little Hour 05:20:05 - 17 - The Last Tryst 05:39:26 - 18 - Starbreak 05:57:30 - 19 - If Love Were All 06:16:52 - 20 - 'The Lady Traveller' 06:36:26 - 21 - The Weaving of the Tapestry 06:53:53 - 22 - Each to His Own Work 'Why don't you sell the vineyard?' she asked, though her heart sank at the mere suggestion.'Sell it? Why didn't the Ancient Mariner sell his albatross and take a nice little trip around the world on the proceeds? Mother would die of a broken heart if I mentioned it to her. The Marsh family have been the slaves of that vineyard since the first mistaken ancestor went into the grape business. We've fertilised it, pruned it, protected it, tied it up, sat up nights with it, fanned the insects away from it, hired people to pick the fruit and pack it, fed the people, entertained them, sent presents to their wives and children—we've done everything! And what have we had for it? Only a very moderate living, all the grapes we could eat, and a few bottles of musty old wine.'Mother, of course, has very little to do with it, and, to her, it has come to represent some sort of entailed possession that becomes more sacred every year. It's a family heirloom, like a title, or some very old and valuable piece of jewelry. Other people have family plate and family traditions, but we've got a vineyard, or, to speak more truthfully, it has us.' More information: https://librivox.org/master-of-the-vineyard-by-myrtle-reed/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward AUSTEN-LEIGH (1798 - 1874) Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography Read by: Lorie Heinrichs, treefingers, Sibella Denton, Chloey Winters, M.C.Y., Lee Ann Howlett, JemmaBlythe, Giles Baker, Kara Shallenberg, Gesine in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Preface and Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks--Birth of Jane Austen--Her Family 00:23:37 - 02 - Chapter 2: Description of Steventon--Life at Steventon--Changes of Habits and Customs in the last Century 00:56:45 - 03 - Chapter 3: Early Compositions--Friends at Ashe--A very Old Letter--Lines on the Death of Mrs. Lefroy--Observations on Jane Austen's Letter-writing--Letters 01:33:22 - 04 - Chapter 4: Removal from Steventon--Residence at Bath and at Southampton--Settling at Chawton 01:56:48 - 05 - Chapter 5: Description of Jane Austen's person, character, and tastes 02:15:38 - 06 - Chapter 6: Habits of Composition resumed after a long interval--First publication--The interest taken by the Author in the success of her Works 02:33:57 - 07 - Chapter 7: Seclusion from the literary world--Notice from the Prince Regent--Correspondence with Mr. Clarke--Suggestions to alter her style of writing 03:05:43 - 08 - Chapter 8: Slow growth of her fame--Ill success of first attempts at publication--Two Reviews of her works contrasted 03:18:50 - 09 - Chapter 9: Opinions expressed by eminent persons--Opinions of others of less eminence--Opinion of American readers 03:32:29 - 10 - Chapter 10: Observations on the Novels 03:41:33 - 11 - Chapter 11: Declining health of Jane Austen--Elasticity of her spirits--Her resignation and humility--Her death 04:08:41 - 12 - Chapter 12: The cancelled Chapter of 'Persuasion' 04:31:52 - 13 - Chapter 13: The last work 04:52:33 - 14 - Chapter 14: Postscript 'The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the periodical press, as well as letters addressed to me by many with whom I am not personally acquainted, show that an unabated interest is still taken in every particular that can be told about her. I am thus encouraged not only to offer a Second Edition of the Memoir, but also to enlarge it with some additional matter which I might have scrupled to intrude on the public if they had not thus seemed to call for it. In the present Edition, the narrative is somewhat enlarged, and a few more letters are added; with a short specimen of her childish stories. The cancelled chapter of ‘Persuasion' is given, in compliance with wishes both publicly and privately expressed. A fragment of a story entitled ‘The Watsons' is printed; p. iii and extracts are given from a novel which she had begun a few months before her death; but the chief addition is a short tale never before published, called ‘Lady Susan.' {0a} I regret that the little which I have been able to add could not appear in my First Edition; as much of it was either unknown to me, or not at my command, when I first published; and I hope that I may claim some indulgent allowance for the difficulty of recovering little facts and feelings which had been merged half a century deep in oblivion.' - James Edward Austen-Leigh in the Preface to Memoir of Jane Austen More information: http://librivox.org/memoir-of-jane-austen-by-james-austen-leigh/

The Red Cross Girls in the British Trenches by Margaret Vandercook (1877 - 1958) Genre(s): Action & Adventure Read by: MaybeCordelia, TR Love, Nan Dodge, Jennifer Wilson, Gini Rosario, JSWS, Melinda Cumming, KevinS, BettyB, Faith in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - A Social Failure 00:15:25 - 02 - Different Kinds of Courage 00:32:19 - 03 - Farewell 00:53:09 - 04 - Making Acquaintances 01:07:30 - 05 - 'Lady Dorian' 01:25:59 - 06 - A Trial of Fire 01:38:12 - 07 - The Landing 01:49:46 - 08 - A Meeting 02:04:05 - 09 - 'But Yet a Woman' 02:17:39 - 10 - Behind the Firing Lines 02:32:21 - 11 - Out of a Clear Sky 02:45:49 - 12 - First Aid 02:54:30 - 13 - The Summons 03:06:42 - 14 - Colonel Dalton 03:18:33 - 15 - Newspaper Letters 03:30:32 - 16 - The Ambulance Corps 03:43:02 - 17 - Dick 03:56:32 - 18 - A Reappearance 04:06:15 - 19 - The Test 04:19:17 - 20 - A Girl's Deed 04:27:15 - 21 - An Unexpected Situation 04:41:25 - 22 - Recognition More information: https://librivox.org/the-red-cross-girls-in-the-british-trenches-by-margaret-vandercook/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)