Seven-year-old Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in London with her doting father, Captain Crewe. Raised in India, Sara is wealthy and imaginative. Miss Minchin fawns over Sara, primarily because of the family's immense wealth and there is nothing the head mistress of a boarding school loves more than wealth. Sara begins her first day of classes and the mean girls move in for the kill.

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This season we’ve got two titles from Frances Hodgson-Burnett. On Wednesdays, THE SECRET GARDEN and on Fridays, A LITTLE PRINCESS.

Today we meet Mary Lennox, described as “sickly, yellow-skinned and exceedingly disagreeable child.” And she was too. A cholera epidemic kills her parents and Mary is sent to Misselthwaite Manor where she begins the a whole new journey.

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Welcome to The Dead Author Interviews—the only show where our guests are really hard to schedule, even harder to cancel, and have been dead long enough to stop worrying about bad reviews.

For those of you that know who Charlotte Perkins-Gilman is, you probably think of the feminist, the social activist, The Yellow Wallpaper.

But there are a lot of things about Charlotte that you will find out in this interview that may surprise you, so make sure you tune in to hear, live from the afterlife, my interview with Charlotte Perkins-Gilman.

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On Wednesday, I interviewed Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

She passed away in 1935, so scheduling was a little challenging.

But, I found out that there's now a signup sheet circulating in the afterlife for authors who want to appear on the show.

Apparently, they're just as curious about us as we are about them.

The Dead Author Interviews, a new monthly feature from High Horse Press, where classic authors return to discuss the books that made them immortal.

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Today is the final episode of TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The angry pirates reach the treasure site only to find the excavation hole empty except for a single coin. Believing Long John Silver tricked them, the mutineers turn on him, but Dr. Livesey and Ben Gunn suddenly fire from the trees, scattering the remaining enemies.

On Friday we start the DEAD AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. a new feature on the podcast where I "interview" the authors behind the Public Domain Classics we love. Our very first guest? Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, author of "Herland" and "The Yellow Wallpaper".

Next week we start the new season with two classics by Frances Hodgson-Burnett. THE SECRET GARDEN narrated by yours truly and A LITTLE PRINCESS narrated by Melissa Tradewell. Make sure you tune in.

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Starting next week, I'm launching "Dead Author Interviews"—a new feature on the podcast where I "interview" the authors behind the Public Domain Classics we love.

Our very first guest? Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, author of "Herland" and "The Yellow Wallpaper".

We'll talk about:
*Her background. Where she came from, her marriage, her diagnosis (from which came "The Yellow Wallpaper") all the way to her death (which was totally in line with how CPG lived her life).
*Whether or not humanity is making progress after 90 years, or are we moving in the wrong direction.
*Why she created an all-female society in Herland.
*What she thinks modern readers still get wrong
*What surprises her most in 2026

And a few questions she probably never expected to answer...

History. Literature. A little humor. And one very unusual interview.

Join me as we bring classic authors back to life—once a month (it takes that long to get here).

🎧 Fridays on The Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press podcast.

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The pirates push forward on their expedition and are terrified when they discover a skeleton acting as a macabre compass. As they continue to the treasure they hear a horrifying, disembodied voice singing “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest”. They are once again shocked when they come upon the location of the buried treasure.

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The remaining pirates, angry and frustrated over their lack of success, hold a secret council and present Long John Silver with a "Black Spot". Silver calmly outmaneuvers his men by reminding them that they still have the treasure map.

Dr. Livesey arrives at the stockade to treat the sick and injured pirates. Livesey warns Long John that if he holds off on finding the treasure, he will do what he can to save him from the gallows.

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