CURRENTLY READING
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Monday, December 1 through Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Read by Bruce Bradley and Michele Good
At seven years old, Sara Crewe has it all. A loving father, a substantial fortune, and everyone’s love and adoration. But Sara’s life turns upside down when she’s left penniless after the tragic loss of her father. After spending her life showered in love and affection, gifts, and luxury, can she learn to survive in a place where everyone treats her like a servant?
THEME: Vladimir Ashkenazy; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, Waldszenen; Octavia Records 2001
(Public Domain)
Readings are archived for one week following the broadcast day of the last chapter due to publisher copyright restrictions.
Latest Episodes
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A Little Princess 11 of 17 – Searching For Sara
Sara’s new next door neighbor, Mr. Carrisford, has been looking for a certain child who he is convinced is in Paris because her mother was French. The man is Ralph […]
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A Little Princess 10 of 17 – Ram Dass
Sara meets the Indian Gentleman’s Man Servant, Ram Dass, when his pet monkey escapes across the roof and into Sara’s attic room. Sara continues to imagine herself a princess and […]
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A Little Princess Bonus Material – Interview with Mou Banerjee Part 2
In a second discussion, hosts Bruce Bradley and Michele Good speak with Assistant Professor of History at UW-Madison, Mou Banerjee. We discuss the use of the word “black” to describe […]
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A Little Princess 9 of 17 – The Indian Gentleman
During her errands, Sara notices the Large family (whom she calls the Montmorency’s) and becomes as fascinated by them as they are by her. Then, the house next door is […]
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A Little Princess 8 of 17 – Melchisedec
When Lottie comes to visit, Sara finds the beauty in her attic room. Sara befriends the rat who lives in the attic and names him Melchisedec. Sara introduces Ermengarde to […]
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Christmas At Thompson Hall by Anthony Trollope
Wednesday, December 24 through Friday, december 26, 2025
Read by Karl schmidt
Anthony Trollope’s Victorian “comedy of errors” “Christmas at Thompson Hall” has been a holiday tradition for many years on Chapter A Day. Not quite a “Christmas story”, it nonetheless is filled with the festivity and anxiety that accompanies the season. Mrs Brown is overjoyed. She hasn’t been home to England for the holidays in eight years. But nothing is cooperating with her… not the weather, not her husband, and not the strange man she just slathered with mustard plaster. Just how far will she go to get home in time for Christmas?
