Audiobooks by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Wonder Of Women - Ghost Stories Audiobook

"Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Ghost Stories - An Introduction2 - Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit3 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton4 - The Story of Salome by Amelia Edwards5 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman6 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves7 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps8 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood9 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards10 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton11 - The Ghost at the Rath by Rosa Mulholland12 - Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House by Clara Venn13 - The Ghost by Catherine Wells14 - The Ghost in the Clock Room by Hesba Stretton15 - The Little Room by Madeline Yale Wynne16 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant17 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant18 - To Let by B M Croker19 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav20 - The Runaway by Marion Hepworth-Dixon21 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards22 - The 4 15 Express by Amelia Edwards23 - The Token by May Sinclair24 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton25 - The Readjustment by Mary Austin26 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon27 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell28 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee29 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee30 - John Charrington's Wedding by Edith Nesbit"

Amelia B. Edwards, B M Croker, Catherine Wells, Clara Venn, Clotilde Graves, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Gertrude Atherton, Hesba Stretton, Madeline Yale Wynne, Margaret Oliphant, Marion Hepworth-Dixon, Mary Austin, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, May Sinclair, Mrs Ellen Wood, Rhoda Broughton, Rosa Mulholland, Vernon Lee (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Lisa Bowerman, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - Supernatural Romance Stories

Amelia B. Edwards, Clothilde Graves, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Lisa Bowerman, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - The Darker Sex

"Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - The Darker Sex - An Introduction2 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot4 - John Charrington's Wedding by Edith Nesbit5 - Luz by Elinor Mordaunt6 - Lena Wrace by May Sinclair7 - Tamar by Lady Eleanor Smith8 - Sylvia by Bessie Kyffin Taylor9 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell10 - In the Mist by Mary E Penn11 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith12 - Behind the Curtain by Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens13 - Behind the Wall by Violet Jacob14 - Under The Electrics by Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan15 - The Face in the Glass by Mary Elizabeth Braddon16 - The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson17 - The Three Kisses by Violet Quirk18 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell19 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps20 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law by Fernan Caballeron21 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett"

Bessie Kyffin Taylor, Charlotte Riddell, Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan, Edith Nesbit, Elinor Mordaunt, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Fanny Kemble Johnson, Fernan Caballeron, George Eliot, Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens, Lady Eleanor Smith, Lettice Galbraith, Mary E Penn, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, May Sinclair, Sarah Orne Jewett, Violet Jacob, Violet Quirk (Author), Laurel Lefkow, Lisa Bowerman, Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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Lessons from Literature - Stories Dealing with Death and Loss

"Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings. In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and narratives of many wise talents.In this volume our literary friends offer their talents and stories to help us deal, and perhaps reconcile, our feelings of loss with the reality that the world moves on and we must too, however painful that process may seem and even become. 01 - Lessons From Literature - Stories Dealing with Death and Loss - An Introduction2 - Where Love Is, God Is by Leo Tolstoy3 - A Dead Woman’s Secret by Guy de Maupassant4 - Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling5 - The Altar of the Dead by Henry James6 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley7 - Misery by Anton Chekhov8 - War by Luigi Pirandello9 - The Casualty List by Winifred Holtby10 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence11 - A Complete Recovery by Barry Pain12 - An Unexpected Reunion by Johann Hebel13 - Them Others by Stacy Aumonier14 - After the Funeral by Mary Butts15 - The Dark Cottage by Mary Cholmondeley16 - The Furnished Room by O Henry17 - The Canary by Katherine Mansfield18 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton19 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps20 - Silence by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev21 - The Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant22 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky23 - The Man Who Hated God by Winifred Holtby"

Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, D.H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Gertrude Atherton, Guy De Maupassant, Henry James, Johann Hebel, Katherine Mansfield, Leo Tolstoy, Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev, Luigi Pirandello, Mary Butts, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, O Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Stacy Aumonier, Vera Jelihovsky, Winifred Holtby (Author), Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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The Victorian Ghost Story - A Compendium

"01 - The Victorian Ghost Story - A Compendium - An Introduction 02 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell 03 - The Miniature by J Y Ackerman 04 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu 09 - The Last House in C Street by Mrs Craik 06 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 1 by Edward Bulwer Lytton 07 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 2 by Edward Bulwer Lytton 08 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 09 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 10 - The Botathen Ghost from Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall by the Reverend R S Hawker 11 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 12 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James 13 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood 14 - The Shadow of a Shade by Tom Hood 15 - No Living Voice by Thomas Street Millington 16 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 17 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards 18 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant 19 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant 20 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 21 - The Story of the RipplingTrain by Mary Louisa Molesworth 22 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell 23 - At the End of the Passage by Rudyard Kipling 24 - To Let by B M Croker.wav 25 - The Man of Science by Jerome K Jerome 05 - From The Dead by Edith Nesbit 27 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith 28 - Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M R James 29 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton 30 - Jerry Bundler by W W Jacobs 31 - The Tomb of Sarah by F G Loring 32 - The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit by Barry Pain"

Amelia B. Edwards, B M Croker.Wav, Barry Pain, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Riddell, Edith Nesbit, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, F G Loring, Gertrude Atherton, Henry James, J Y Ackerman, Jerome K. Jerome, Lettice Galbraith, M.R. James, Margaret Oliphant, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Mrs Craik, Mrs Ellen Wood, Reverend R S Hawker, Rhoda Broughton, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Sheridan Le Fanu, Thomas Street Millington, Tom Hood, W W Jacobs (Author), Ian Holm, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Victorian Ghost Story - The Women

"Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria's reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on 'the other side', then perhaps it's simply right place, right time. Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known facts are that if you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, that feeling that in an empty house we are not quite alone and that sometimes the sharp, sheer shock of what just happened is upon us then look no further than 'The Victorian Ghost Story' for your reading and listening pleasure. 01 - The Victorian Ghost Story - The Women - An Introduction 02 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell 09 - The Last House in C Street by Mrs Craik 04 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 05 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 06 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood 07 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 08 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards 09 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant 10 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant 11 - The Story of the RipplingTrain by Mary Louisa Molesworth 12 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell 13 - To Let by B M Croker.wav 05 - From The Dead by Edith Nesbit 15 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith 16 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton"

Amelia B. Edwards, B M Croker.Wav, Charlotte Riddell, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Gertrude Atherton, Lettice Galbraith, Margaret Oliphant, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Mrs Craik, Mrs Ellen Wood, Rhoda Broughton (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, George S. Irving, Janet Fullerlove (Narrator)

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The Victorian Ghost Story - Volume 2

"Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria's reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on 'the other side', then perhaps it's simply right place, right time. Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known facts are that if you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, that feeling that in an empty house we are not quite alone and that sometimes the sharp, sheer shock of what just happened is upon us then look no further than 'The Victorian Ghost Story' for your reading and listening pleasure. 01 - The Victorian Ghost Story - An Introduction - Volume 2 02 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James 03 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood 04 - The Shadow of a Shade by Tom Hood 05 - No Living Voice by Thomas Street Millington 06 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 07 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards 08 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant 09 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant 10 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson"

Amelia B. Edwards, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry James, Margaret Oliphant, Mrs Ellen Wood, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Street Millington, Tom Hood (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Laurel Lefkow, Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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The Little Mud-Sparrows

"LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Little Mud-Sparrows by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December, 4, 2011. This poem is taken from CHRISTMAS IN LEGEND AND STORY; A Book for Boys and Girls, complied by Elva S. Smith, Carnegie Library Pittsburgh and Alice I. Hazeltine, Public Library St. Louis 1915. (from the book's frontispiece)"

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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The Story of Avis

"Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's 1877 novel is set in a New England college town, and focuses on Avis Dobell, a professor's daughter. Avis is a talented painter, and bucks against the constraints placed on women in the 19th century. She wants to pursue a career as an artist and rejects marriage and motherhood, until she meets the charismatic young professor Philip Ostrander. Phelps's novel is a beautifully-written examination of the conflicts between marriage and career for women that is still relevant today. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)"

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Author), Elizabeth Klett (Narrator)

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