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Flutter-Duck. Chapter I, Flutter-Duck in Feather

In Grotesques and Fantasies

Read by Matthew Nerger


Israel Zangwill


A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, …

Pledge of Allegiance, Great Seal of the United States & Motto of the United Sta…

In The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the Unit…

Read by Matthew Datcher


US Department of Homeland Security, United States Department Of Homeland Security and United States Of America


New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…

The Soldiers' Recessional - Read by MSD

In The Soldiers' Recessional

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Huston Finley


Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…

Edward Everett in 1862

In From the Easy Chair Vol. 1

Read by Matthew Squaire


George William Curtis


George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican p…

The New Colossus - Read by MSD

In The New Colossus, Version 2

Read by Matthew Datcher


Emma Lazarus


My Grandma's father arrived in this country through New York City, and often spoke to my dad, when he was a boy, of what it was like to firs…

To His Mistress Going to Bed - Read by MSD

In To His Mistress Going to Bed

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Donne


John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets…

The Ruined Maid - Read by MSD

In The Ruined Maid

Read by Matthew Datcher


Thomas Hardy


While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. In…

A Fox and his Friends

In A Book of Fairy-Tale Foxes

Read by Matthew Thompson


Clifton Johnson


Wild animals play a big role in many fairy tales, and foxes are some of the best-represented animals in folklore. In this volume, Clifton Jo…

Uphill - Read by MSD

In Uphill

Read by Matthew Datcher


Christina Rossetti


Rossetti began writing down and dating her poems from 1842, mostly imitating her favoured poets. From 1847 she began experimenting with vers…

To His Coy Mistress - Read by MSD

In To His Coy Mistress (version 2)

Read by Matthew Datcher


Andrew Marvell


Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1…

In The Workhouse: Christmas Day - Read by MSD

In In The Workhouse: Christmas Day

Read by Matthew Datcher


George R. Sims


George R. Sims was a journalist of the Victorian era who was mostly concerned with social reforms. He was very interested in the life of the…

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