Single Author Collections
The House of Dust
Read by Expatriate
Conrad Aiken
The House of Dust is a poem written in the four-movement format of a classical symphony. Hauntingly beautiful despite its bleak post-World …
Orientations
Read by OCTL7
W. Somerset Maugham
This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…
The Hotel D'Angleterre
Read by David Wales
Mary Elizabeth Hawker
Five short stories by Lanoe Falconer which is the pseudonym of the English writer, Marie Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908). Her works, though f…
Short Stories
Read by Phil Benson
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
In 1859 Charles Dickens launched a new weekly journal, All the Year Round, to replace Household Words. Elizabeth Gaskell remained a prolific…
The Night-Born
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Jack London
Ten short stories on various themes and subjects, all more or less bizarre.The Night-Born is about a woman who draws inspiration to change h…
The Strength of the Strong
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Jack London
Seven short stories, written around the middle of London's writing career. The stories take place in diverse settings and time periods, from…
The Human Boy
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
This collection of eleven short stories, both humorous and touching, about English school boys was published in 1900. The book was quite pop…
The Piazza Tales
Read by John Greenman
Herman Melville
A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "…
The Golden Threshold
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Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu was a remarkable woman. Known as the Nightingale of India, she started writing at the age of thirteen and throughout her life…
Second April
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Prufrock and Other Observations
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T. S. Eliot
Prufrock and Other Observations was published in 1917 in a print run of only 500 copies by Egoist Press in London. It features The Love Song…
Wessex Poems
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Read by Graham Redman
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …
Collected Poems
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Walter de la Mare and Walter De La Mare
Early poems written by Walter de la Mare. de la Mare is best remembered for his works for children. This collection includes:Poems: 1906Th…
Washington Irving in London
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
Washington Irving's name is synonymous with such classics as "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." He est…
The Rainbow and the Rose
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E. Nesbit
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
Whilomville Stories
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Stephen Crane
This collection consists of thirteen stories. The stories are set in the mythical town of Whilomville used by Stephen Crane for many of his …
The Triumph of the Egg
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Odes and Sonnets
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Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith, nicknamed one of the "big three" of Weird Tales (the famous pulp fiction magazine), was also a romantic-style …