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Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
An Odd Character
Read by Phil Schempf
O. Henry
In O. Henry Encore
These 45 early stories, sketches and poems by the famed O. Henry, nearly all published under the pseudonym of the "Post Man", were…
Humanity's Stream
Read by Andrew Gaunce
Alfred Castner King
In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems
"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…
Preface
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In A Group of Noble Dames
The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…
Gregory and the Scuttle
Read by Mike Pelton
Charles Haskins Townsend
In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series
This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern sho…
To Pfrimmer
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In Oak and Ivy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…
THE LOSS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD." SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE
Read by czandra
Various
In Successful Recitations
A compilation of poetry designed for performance. This compilation focuses on the art of recitation, highlighting the importance of clarity,…
The Favourite Plot
Read by SK
Leonard Merrick
In The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories
This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed …
The Watcher
Read by Campbell Schelp
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
A Satirical Elegy
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
Postponement
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In Wessex Poems
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
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 Latest Decalogue
Read by Newgatenovelist
Arthur Hugh Clough
In Selected Poems
During his short but eventful life, Arthur Hugh Clough wrote poems on subjects as varied as religious doubt, European politics and social in…
Reflections at Random
Read by Campbell Schelp
Rudolph Valentino
In Day Dreams
Published in 1923, Day Dreams is a collection of poems written by Hollywood screen icon Rudolph Valentino. Authored during Valentino’s court…
King Richard and Salidin
Read by Neeru Iyer
Sir Walter Scott
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Noah
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Siegfried Sassoon
In Selected Poems
Siegfried Sassoon, best known for his outspoken opinions on the futility of war, is portrayed in these poems as an observer, an observer of …
Peter Schlemihl by Adelbert von Chamisso Chapter 5
Read by William Allan Jones
Various
In Stories by Foreign Authors - German Authors Volume 2
A collection of short stories written in German and translated into English. This is the second such collection, and part of a series of sto…
After Reading Certain Books
Read by Newgatenovelist
Mary Coleridge
In Poems
Mary Coleridge was a novelist, essayist and biographer. She was also a talented poet, and her posthumously published verses are variously me…
The Dramatic Scena
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
In Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Pierrot
Read by Bruce Kachuk
John Drinkwater
In Selected Poems of John Drinkwater
This remarkable selection of poems from the pen of master poet John Drinkwater is outstanding in its portrayal of the poet's deep appreciati…