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 4 of 17 – Becky
Sara finds a young scullery maid named Becky asleep in her room one day. Upon awakening the girl is terrified, but Sara assures her she has nothing to fear, befriending […]
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A Little Princess 3 of 17 – Lottie
Sara comforts a distraught younger student named Lottie by telling her a story. Sara’s compassionate act makes her an adoptive “mother” to the little girl. Later, Sara wonders if her […]
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A Little Princess 2 of 17 – Ermengarde
Following her father’s departure for India, Sara displays her ability to speak French to the consternation of Miss Minchin. Sara makes friends with the least popular girl in the school, […]
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A Little Princess Bonus Material – Interview with Mou Banerjee Part 1
Hosts Bruce Bradley and Michele Good spoke with Assistant Professor of History at UW-Madison, Mou Banerjee. She explains the origins of and gives context to the words: ayah, lascar, and […]
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A Little Princess 1 of 17 – Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary
Sara Crewe, a wealthy and imaginative young girl, is brought from India by her father to start at Miss Minchin’s boarding school in London. Although her father does his best […]
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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?
