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Quilt, Book and Bard
Read by Bryna Chalmer
Bryna Chalmer
For years the picture of the man with the oxcart has hung on the wall of her Aunt and Uncle's house. It never occurred to Tory that one day …
To Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Read by Algy Pug
G. K. Chesterton
In Poems
Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war po…
Binsey Poplars
Read by MichaelMaggs
Gerard Manley Hopkins
In Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…
Islington
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Paul Bewsher
In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator
Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…
Invocation: From 'The Davideis' by Abraham Cowley
Read by Craig Franklin
Abraham Cowley
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2)
The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…
The Silence of the Hills by William Prescott Foster
Read by Sonia
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1)
The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
Samuel, Part 2
Read by rwraptor
Jack London
In The Strength of the Strong
Seven short stories, written around the middle of London's writing career. The stories take place in diverse settings and time periods, from…
Superseded, Ch. 04: Bastian Cautley, M. D.
Read by Expatriate
May Sinclair
In Two Sides of a Question
Here are two gemlike novellas in one volume, written in May Sinclair’s clearest and cleverest prose and exploring the many ways in which a w…
Story 1 The Dwarf's Chamber: 21 An Important Communication
Read by David Wales
Fergus Hume
In The Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories
Short Stories by Fergus Hume, a prolific English novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia
Henry Layton
Read by Kirk Thomas
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…
At Rheims
Read by David Wales
Robert Laurence Binyon
In The Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War
This little gem of a book contains twelve poems about World War I. There is more to it than its intrinsic value as verse. Edward Elgar (18…
The Reading Man
Read by Sonia
Thomas Frederick Young
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
The Story of London
Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
Henry B. Wheatley
A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…
Peter Westcott
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
In The Thirteen Travelers
The year is 1919 and peace has sprung upon the world after the unspeakable carnage of World War I. The place is Hortons, a building of expen…
Imports of Wool into England
Read by Brize C
Various
In The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2
This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…
Explanation and Preface to the Second Edition
Read by Elsie Selwyn
George Moses Horton
In Poems by a Slave
This book of poems, published originally in 1829 and reprinted in 1837, was the second book written by George M. Horton. It addresses themes…
The Answer
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Binnorie
Read by Sweetlilbirdy
Joseph JacobsJoseph Jacobs (1854-1916) and Joseph Jacobs
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 008
LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 008: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Sheep
Read by Newgatenovelist
Elfrida De Renne Barrow
In Selected Poems
Elfrida De Renne Barrow was an American poet and a curator of the Georgia Historical Society. These poems were published between 1922 and 19…
Rumours
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Vinal
In White April
In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…