Audiobooks by Louisa Baldwin

The Shadow on the Blind

"Louisa MacDonald was born in 1845, one of eleven children of part Scottish descent. Together with three of her sisters they were known as the ‘MacDonald sisters’ primarily because of their marriages to well-known men. In 1866 she married the wealthy industrialist Alfred Baldwin in a double wedding with her sister Anne. After giving birth to Stanley on the 3rd August 1867, who would go on to become Prime Minister, she drifted into an unhappy life in her then residence in Worcestershire. She had at least one miscarriage and days alone depressed and in darkness.During the 1870’s the couple travelled to find a lasting cure and tried a variety of treatments which led to her recovery in 1883. She now became a leading figure in her local village of Wilden, near Stourbridge.Her writing career of novels, short stories and poetry is often overlooked, as was the case with so many women, yet her works reveal many talents and a gift for melding odd and weird circumstances into seemingly everyday life. Louisa Baldwin died in 1925."

Louisa Baldwin (Author), Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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Louisa Baldwin - A Short Story Collection

"Louisa MacDonald was born in 1845, one of eleven children of part Scottish descent. Together with three of her sisters they were known as the ‘MacDonald sisters’ primarily because of their marriages to well-known men. In 1866 she married the wealthy industrialist Alfred Baldwin in a double wedding with her sister Anne. After giving birth to Stanley on the 3rd August 1867, who would go on to become Prime Minister, she drifted into an unhappy life in her then residence in Worcestershire. She had at least one miscarriage and days alone depressed and in darkness.During the 1870’s the couple travelled to find a lasting cure and tried a variety of treatments which led to her recovery in 1883. She now became a leading figure in her local village of Wilden, near Stourbridge.Her writing career of novels, short stories and poetry is often overlooked, as was the case with so many women, yet her works reveal many talents and a gift for melding odd and weird circumstances into seemingly everyday life. Louisa Baldwin died in 1925.1 - Louisa Baldwin - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction2 - The Empty Picture Frame by Louisa Baldwin3 - The Shadow on the Blind by Louisa Baldwin4 - The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin5 - Many Waters Cannot Quench Love by Louisa Baldwin6 - My Next Door Neighbour by Louisa Baldwin"

Louisa Baldwin (Author), Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - The Weird Stories - Volume 1

"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 Weird Stories - Volume 1 - An Introduction2 - A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf3 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett4 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon5 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton6 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt7 - The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin8 - Decay by Marjorie Bowen9 - A Dreamer by Barbara Baynton10 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav11 - Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched by May Sinclair12 - When the Devil Was Well by Gertrude Atherton13 - With & Without Buttons by Mary Butts14 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster15 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant16 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant"

Barbara Baynton, D.K. Broster, Edith Wharton, Elinor Mordaunt, Gertrude Atherton, Louisa Baldwin, Margaret Oliphant, Marjorie Bowen, Mary Butts, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, May Sinclair, Sarah Orne Jewett, Virginia Woolf (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Laurel Lefkow, Lisa Bowerman (Narrator)

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Wonder Of Women - To Make A Long Story Short

"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 - To Make A Long Story Short - An Introduction2 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin3 - The Story of Sir Bertrand by Anna Laetitia Barbauld4 - All Souls Eve by Dora Sigerson Shorter5 - After the Funeral by Mary Butts6 - Conversation on Conversation by Harriet Beecher Stowe7 - The Preacher at Hill Station by Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman8 - The Palace of Death by Emily Bronte9 - The Lie by Holloway Horn10 - The Readjustment by Mary Austin11 - Suggestion by Mrs Ernest Leverson12 - A Pen and Ink Effect by Frances E Huntley13 - The Wooing of Pastor Cummings by Georgia F Stewart14 - My Flirtations by Ella Hepworth Dixon writing as Margaret Wynham15 - The Three Kisses by Violet Quirk16 - A Redeeming Sacrifice by Lucy Maud Montgomery17 - Many Waters Cannot Quench Love by Louisa Baldwin18 - Aunt Hetty on Matrimony by Fanny Fern, the writing pseudonym for Sarah Payton Parton19 - Aunt Lindy. A Story Founded on Real Life by Victoria Earle Matthews20 - Cousin Mary by Mary Russell Mitford21 - Cuchulain of Muirthemne. The Only Son of Aoife by Lady Augusta Gregory22 - The Peterkins Decide to Learn the Languages by Lucretia Peabody Hale23 - My Honoured Master by Catherine Anne Dawson Scott24 - The Man With No Face by Gertrude Minnie Robins25 - The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson26 - In No Strange Land by Katharine Butler27 - The Mystery of the Gables by Elsie Norris28 - Guests Unexpected. A Thanksgiving Story by Maude K Griffin29 - Breaking the Color Line by Annie McCary30 - The Casualty List by Winifred Holtby31 - The Knitted Collar by Mary Anne Hoare32 - A Knot of Ribbon by Laurence Alma-Tadema33 - A Dream of Wild Bees by Olive Schreiner34 - A Lost Masterpiece by Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright writing as George Egerton35 - The Octoroon's Revenge by Ruth D Todd36 - The Shape of Fear by Elia W Peattie37 - Fear by Catherine Wells38 - The Little Skeleton by Mary Anne Atherstone writing as M A Bird39 - Napoleon and the Spectre by Charlotte Bronte40 - The Tyburn Ghost by Wilhelmina FitzClarence, The Countess of Munster41 - When the Devil Was Well by Gertrude Atherton.wav"

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Annie McCary, Catherine Anne Dawson Scott, Catherine Wells, Charlotte Bronte, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Elia W Peattie, Ella Hepworth Dixon writing as Margaret Wynham, Elsie Norris, Emily Bronte, Fanny Fern, Fanny Kemble Johnson, Frances E Huntley, Georgia F Stewart, Gertrude Atherton, Gertrude Minnie Robins, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Holloway Horn, Katharine Butler, Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman, L.M. Montgomery, Lady Augusta Gregory, Laurence Alma-Tadema, Louisa Baldwin, Lucretia Peabody Hale, Mary Anne Atherstone writing as M A Bird, Mary Anne Hoare, Mary Austin, Mary Butts, Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright writing as George Egerton, Mary Russell Mitford, Maude K Griffin, Mrs Ernest Leverson, Olive Schreiner, Ruth D Todd, The Countess of Munster, Victoria Earle Matthews, Violet Quirk, Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Winifred Holtby, the writing pseudonym for Sarah Payton Parton (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Kelly Burke, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Stories About Curses

"All words have a value, they have a truth. Even misinforming us is part of their job. But they are only words, sticks and stones etc etc.But in this volume our authors explore the use of curses. These strings of words might seem harmless enough if you don’t believe they can have any ill effect. Little by little, though, sometimes they do. Our brains connect curse with that action, that happening and now we might be seeing them as cause and effect. Perhaps that curse really does have some power, some potency, and if that is so maybe that curse is malevolent and its true purpose is not to wish us good. 1 - Stories about Curses - An Introduction2 - The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy3 - The Arm of Mrs Egan by W F Harvey4 - The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling5 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs6 - The Brute by Joseph Conrad7 - Lost in a Pyramid (or the Mummy's Curse) by Louisa May Alcott writing as A M Bernard8 - The Ash Tree by M R James.wav9 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman10 - The Spectre Bridegroom by William Hunt11 - The Mass for the Dead by Edith Nesbit12 - The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin13 - Casting the Runes by M R James"

Edith Nesbit, Joseph Conrad, Louisa Baldwin, Louisa May Alcott, M.R. James, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, W F Harvey, W W Jacobs, William Hunt (Author), Richard Mitchley, Robbie McNab, Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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