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Mr. Braddy's Bottle
Read by Rita Boutros
Richard Connell
In The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and other humorous tales
Collection of short stories originally published in the Saturday Evening Post.
Letter from Varvara Dobrosyeloff to Makar Dyevushkin from Poor People by Dostoevsky
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…
Selected excerpts by Eduard Douwes Dekker
Read by Availle
Multatuli
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 11
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…
Marion
Read by Victor Dorff
Paul Heyse
In Four Phases of Love
Paul Heyse was selected as the 1910 Nobel Laureate in Literature in recognition of " ... his long productive career as a lyric poet, dr…
Dolor of Autumn
Read by Tomas Peter
D. H. Lawrence
In Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
The fiddler of Dooney
Read by Kazbek
William Butler Yeats
In Early Ballads and Lyrics
Poems collected under the rubric Early Poems: Ballads and Lyrics in The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Volume 1…
Miss Phoebe and Mr. Lorton, by Charles Sloan Reid
Read by Greg Giordano
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 11 August 1897
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Mr Marshall's Doppelganger
Read by Krista Zaleski
H. G. Wells
In A Dozen Short Stories from H. G. Wells
Twelve of H. G. Wells' early short stories (1894-1925) originally printed in various magazines and papers. His earlier works delve into the …
A Lancashire Doxology by Dinah M. Mulock Craik
Read by Craig Franklin
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
To-day
Read by Sibella Denton
Thomas Carlyle
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…
A Trip Across the Bay
Read by czandra
Palmer Cox
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…
Mater Dolorosa
Read by czandra
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Miscellany, Part I
Read by BettyB
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…
The Merchant of Venice
Read by ShrimpPhish
E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare
In Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - version 2
Adaptations of Shakespearian plays for young readers. - Summary by ShrimpPhish
Biddy O'Dolon: Chapter IV
Read by Ryan Fahey
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 20, March 16, 1880
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…
Barter
Read by EliseDee
Sara Teasdale
In Love Songs (Version 2)
With classical, lyrical tones, and frequently feminist-influenced themes, Sara Teasdale’s Love Songs established her as one of the leading w…
Perkin Warbeck
Read by Connie Bettison
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 …
Itylus
Read by Kazbek
Algernon Charles Swinburne
In Poems and Ballads (First Series)
Swinburne's first collection of poetry, published in 1866, circles around the themes of love, religion (or irreligion) and death. The poems …
Story-teller
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Strobel
In Selected Poems
Marion Strobel was a poet, an author of fiction and an associate editor of Poetry. These poems were published from 1919 to 1926 in Poetry, O…
Dolcino to Margaret by Charles Kingsley
Read by Craig Franklin
Charles Kingsley
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 2)
The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…