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Life and Letters of Mary Shelley

Life and Letters of Mary Shelley

Delve into the rich tapestry of Mary Shelley’s life and legacy through a captivating exploration of her letters, journals, and lesser-known works. This podcast invites you to uncover the personal and political dimensions that shaped one of literature’s most intriguing figures, whose bold narratives extended far beyond her iconic creation. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, offering a rotating collection that highlights Shelley’s multifaceted contributions to literature, her travels, and her radical perspectives on society. As you listen, you'll encounter the vibrant correspondence and reflections that reveal the complexities of her character and the era she inhabited. This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that illuminate the profound impact of Mary Shelley’s work and thoughts. Join us in discovering a new book with every episode, and immerse yourself in the life and letters of a true literary pioneer.This show includes AI-generated content.

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Letters from the West-James Hall 7 hr 35 min 46 sec
Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii-Mark Twain 8 hr 38 min 8 sec
Dog-Watches At Sea-Stanton Henry King 7 hr 35 min 35 sec
American Notes-Rudyard Kipling 2 hr 47 min 39 sec
Underground Railroad, Part 2-William Still 9 hr 7 min 28 sec
Audubon's Western Journal 1849-1850-John Woodhouse Audubon 5 hr 28 min 31 sec
Uganda's White Man of Work A Story of Alexander M. Mackay-Sophia Lyon Fahs 4 hr 34 min 56 sec
Mrs. Shelley-Lucy Madox Rossetti 6 hr 43 min 50 sec
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 8 hr 38 sec
Ingersoll on ROBERT BURNS, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 2-Robert G. Ingersoll 1 hr 11 min 4 sec
Essays Irish and American-John Butler Yeats 2 hr 24 min 39 sec
Palmetto Leaves-Harriet Beecher Stowe 5 hr 18 min 32 sec
Romance of Polar Exploration-G. Firth Scott 8 hr 37 min 12 sec
Is Shakespeare Dead-Mark Twain 2 hr 57 min 26 sec
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark-Mary Wollstonecraft 5 hr 47 min 45 sec
English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah-Beth Ellis 4 hr 22 min 16 sec
Shelley Selected Poems and Prose-Percy Bysshe Shelley 7 hr 16 sec
History of a Six Weeks' Tour-Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 2 hr 19 min 13 sec
Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 2, 1844 to 1847-Hans Christian Andersen 6 hr 17 min 1 sec
Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to Edmund Burke-Mary Wollstonecraft 2 hr 53 min 10 sec
Life of St. Vincent de Paul-Frances Alice Forbes 1 hr 57 min 13 sec
St. Rose of Lima The Flower of the New World-Florence Mary Capes 4 hr 21 min 9 sec
Phillips Brooks-Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe 2 hr 7 min 4 sec
From Sunrise Land-Amy Wilson Carmichael 7 hr 51 min 55 sec
Essays of Travel-Robert Louis Stevenson 6 hr 51 min 55 sec
Sunken Garden and Other Poems-Walter de la Mare 38 min 7 sec
Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars-Anonymous 1 hr 56 min 42 sec
Lore of Proserpine-Maurice Henry Hewlett 6 hr 10 min 40 sec
Selected Poems-George Herbert 1 hr 39 min 3 sec
Anti-Dictator The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire-Étienne de La Boétie 2 hr 8 min 27 sec
John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works-Various 2 hr 33 min 52 sec
Story of My Life, Part 2 (Letters 1887 - 1901)-Helen Keller, John Albert Macy 4 hr 5 min 45 sec
Cradock Nowell Vol. 3-Richard Doddridge Blackmore 8 hr 14 min 33 sec
Mendelssohn And Certain Masterworks-Herbert Francis Peyser 1 hr 29 min 25 sec
Valley of Baca a Record of Suffering and Triumph-Jennie Smith 7 hr 12 min 9 sec
Explorers and Travellers-Adolphus W. Greely 8 hr 52 min
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV-François Rabelais 7 hr 7 min 5 sec
Hawthorne-Henry James 6 hr 14 min 21 sec
Autobiography of St. Ignatius-St. Ignatius Loyola 2 hr 13 min 59 sec
Powder of Sympathy-Christopher Morley 8 hr 2 min 50 sec
Life of St. Teresa-Frances Alice Forbes 2 hr 18 min 43 sec
Fables of Pilpay-Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ 6 hr 46 min 33 sec
Henry James At Work-Theodora Bosanquet 1 hr 8 min 22 sec
Essays on Modern Novelists-William Lyon Phelps 6 hr 38 min 48 sec
Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac-Eugene Field 4 hr 34 min 47 sec
Account of Egypt by Herodotus-Herodotus 3 hr 42 min 1 sec
Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl-Elizabeth L. Banks 9 hr 25 min 11 sec
America of the Fifties Letters of Fredrika Bremer-Fredrika Bremer 8 hr 32 min 54 sec
Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft-George Gissing 7 hr 44 min 27 sec
Gertrude Bell-Ronald Bodley, Lorna Hearst 8 hr 9 min 3 sec
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin-Elizabeth Robins Pennell 7 hr 21 min 29 sec
King Edward I of England Three Essays-Thomas Frederick Tout 1 hr 44 min 53 sec
Life of St. John for the Young-George Ludington Weed 6 hr 38 min 55 sec
Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer 6 hr 17 min 6 sec
Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study-Hamilton Fyfe 4 hr 17 min 17 sec
Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 3, 1848 to 1853-Hans Christian Andersen 4 hr 23 min 58 sec
Mortal Coils-Aldous Huxley 5 hr 18 min 21 sec
Book of Nature Myths - Florence Holbrook 3 hr 37 min 53 sec
Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters - Susan Petigru King-Bowen 9 hr 22 min 28 sec
Life of St. John for the Young-George Ludington Weed 6 hr 38 min 55 sec
Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902-William Morris Davis 3 hr 40 min 52 sec
From Sunrise Land-Amy Wilson Carmichael 7 hr 51 min 55 sec
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 8 hr 38 sec
Journal of Julius Rodman-Edgar Allan Poe 2 hr 56 min 12 sec
Essays on Modern Novelists-William Lyon Phelps 6 hr 38 min 48 sec
Zanzibar Tales-George W. Bateman 2 hr 41 min 24 sec
American Notes-Rudyard Kipling 2 hr 47 min 39 sec
Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches-Frank Thomas Bullen 7 hr 22 min 39 sec
Kokoro Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life-Lafcadio Hearn 7 hr 57 min 17 sec
Immortal Moment-May Sinclair 6 hr 25 min 12 sec
Retrospect-J. Hudson Taylor 3 hr 55 min 6 sec
King Edward I of England Three Essays-Thomas Frederick Tout 1 hr 44 min 53 sec
Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1-Rustichello da Pisa, Marco Polo 9 hr 55 min 27 sec
America of the Fifties Letters of Fredrika Bremer-Fredrika Bremer 8 hr 32 min 54 sec
Letters of Travel-Rudyard Kipling 7 hr 45 min 1 sec
Hero and Leander-George Chapman, Christopher Marlowe 3 hr 37 min 15 sec
What's Wrong With the World-G. K. Chesterton 7 hr 4 min 59 sec
Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl-Elizabeth L. Banks 9 hr 25 min 11 sec
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