Public Media Foundation: Scribbling Women: Willa Cather: A Wagner Matinee

Edith Wharton's ghost story, Afterward, a harrowing tale of self-dependence and innocence, is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [29:00]

Katherine Anne Porter's short story, The Martyr, a tale of one woman's independence and one man's dependence, is provided in dramatized audio. Includes author biography. [28:55]

Julia Peterkin's short story, The Merry-Go-Round, a powerful tale of social unrest, is featured. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [29:2]

Alice Dunbar-Nelson's short story, Stones of the Village, a powerful tale of racial identity, is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [27:08]

Kate Chopin's short story, At the 'Cadian Ball, a tale of culture and marriage, is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [26:26]

An excerpt from Louisa May Alcott's novel A Whisper in the Dark is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [28:45]

Zora Neale Hurston's short story, Sweat, a depiction of an unhappy marriage is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [28:21]

Caroline Kirkland's comic short story, The School Master's Progress, is provided in dramatized audio. Literary interpretation, the author's biography, the historical context and teacher lesson plans are provided. [28:30]

Rebecca Harding Davis' richly written novella Life in the Iron Mills is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [28:30]

Harriet Beecher Stowe's excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Cassy, an attack on the institution of slavery, is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [31:34]