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A Set of Six
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
Each of the stories in this collection is spun from a simple, if typically wry and bleak, idea. In "Gaspar Ruiz", a South American…
Isadore, by C. D. Stuart
Read by Alan Mapstone
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 21
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
THE GUESSING OF ANGUISH
Read by Cori Samuel
George Barr McCutcheon and George Barr Mccutcheon
In Graustark
The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda,…
To Arthur Lee- Jul 31, 1771
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Samuel Adams
In The Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 2
Most Americans and many of other nationalities have heard of Samuel Adams. He was regarded in the Pre-Revolutionary Period of American Histo…
Courcellette
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Duncan M. Matheson
In Poems
Poet Duncan M. Matheson lived in troubled times. These were times of World War I and its accompanying carnage, privation and pervasive adver…
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
To Shakespeare
Read by Hernandez
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …
Cicero Viewed as a Collector
Read by Jim Locke
Isaac D'Israeli
In Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tou…
Year 7 - Section 40: Seventh Annual Message, Part I
Read by TriciaG
James D. Richardson and Ulysses S. Grant
In A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant
The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…
When Mr. 'Coon Was a Little Boy
Read by DavidG
Albert Bigelow Paine
In How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Tail
A small selection of children's stories from the Hollow Tree Stories series - Summary by David Gore
The Cortege
Read by Newgatenovelist
Amado Nervo
In Selected Poems
Amado Nervo was a Mexican poet, novelist and diplomat. These poems were translated by Alice Stone Blackwell, Thomas Walsh and Ernest F. Luca…
Warrior's Daughter, A
Read by Cori Samuel
Zitkala-Sa
In American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Selected excerpts from Trilby by George Du Maurier
Read by Rita Boutros
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 12
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…
A Circular
Read by Sonia
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
Coquetry
Read by Tomas Peter
Alfred de Musset and George Murray
In Poems
George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montr…
Abou Ben Butler
Read by sid
John Paul
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
The Children's Bible
Read by Raybrite
Henry A. Sherman
This is a Book of Children's Bible Stories. (Summary by Kenneth Coon)
Courante Monsieur
Read by Mark Leder
Richard Lovelace
In Lucasta
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …
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…
Part 2
Read by Alaaious
A.E. Housman and A. E. Housman
In A Shropshire Lad
A Shropshire Lad is a cycle of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman. A Shropshire Lad was first published in 1896 at …