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Richard C. Moring
Read by Kevin Waters
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Section 2
Read by KevinS
Enid Blyton
In Child Whispers
Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why
The Brook; an Idyl
Read by MichaelMaggs
Alfred Tennyson and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems (Version 2)
Surely everyone knows “Maud”? Isn’t that the Victorian love song, where the man waits by the garden gate for his lover to appear for a secre…
The Miniature - Read by EBL
Read by Erin B. Lillis
George Pope Morris
In The Miniature
George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…
To Lucy
Read by Anya
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
A Brook in the City
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Robert Frost
In New Hampshire - A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes
New Hampshire is a volume of poems written by Robert Frost, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. The titular poem is the longest, and i…
Morning Brigands
Read by Eric Lee
Edgar A. Guest
In Rhymes of Childhood
Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa …
Oak
Read by Nemo
F. S. Flint
In Otherworld: Cadences
English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school…
The Question
Read by Inkell
Stephen Phillips
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
Where the Tides Ebb and Flow
Read by blueberry11
Lord Dunsany
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 026
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
Selected excerpts
Read by ereidhsd
Charles Dudley Warner, ed. and Walter Bagehot
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 03
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Outpost on Io
Read by Chris Fong
Leigh Douglass Brackett
In Short Science Fiction Collection 086
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Introductory Note
Read by KevinS
Robert Ernest Vernède
In War poems and other verses
Vernède enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant at the start of World War I, even though he was over the maximum age of…
Russell Kincaid
Read by Betsie Bush
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
23 - Lazy Gray
Read by Sakari
Abbie Phillips Walker
In The Sandman's Hour
Reading bedtime stories to children can be a wonderful way to relax and at the same time act out the exciting things happening in the story …
Hialmar speaks to the Raven
Read by Jill Clancy
James Elroy Flecker
In Forty-Two Poems
This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. - Summary by Carolin
The Blackberry Elf
Read by Roohi
Mary Louisa Molesworth
In Five Minutes' Stories
This is a collection of short stories for children. Listeners may wish to have a look at the text at Project Gutenberg to see the many illus…
Prologue
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
The Frozen Brook
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Frank Oliver Call
In In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems
These magnificent poems written by a lover of the natural splendor of untrodden lands are both thrilling and exhilarating. Visions and obser…