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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…
Love
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
Chapter XXI Part 1
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
In The Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
Introductory Note
Read by Rob Marland
Katherine Mansfield
In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…
Love
Read by Renee Newcross
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…
The Lady Maud
Read by Kristin G.
Marietta Holley
In Poems
This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin
Wentworth
Read by Adrian Stephens
Mary Hannay Foott
In Morna Lee, and Other Poems
Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…
Introductory Note
Read by Rob Marland
Katherine Mansfield
In Something Childish and Other Stories
This posthumous collection of stories and sketches by the New Zealand modernist author was published the year after her death from tuberculo…
Little Neighbours
Read by Martha Heaton
Louisa May Alcott
In Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 4
Volume 4 of Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag contains 12 short stories for children by American writer Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women. Althoug…
The Wheel of Love Chapter 8 Mr and Mrs Ashforth Part 1
Read by Heather Eney
Anthony Hope
In Comedies of Courtship
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton
She Is My Love
Read by Ellies
Varioustranslated Byalfred Perceval Graves and Varioustranslated By Alfred Perceval Graves
In The Book of Irish Poetry, part I
Edited and largely translated into English by Alfred Perceval Graves, this book contains a remarkably large collection of Irish poetry. This…
Mrs. Dymond
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
Susanna Holcombe, a very sensitive and free spirited young lady, tries to fit in to society. But it is very hard for a Victorian woman to ca…
The Betrothal
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Maurice Maeterlinck
The adventures of Tyltyl and The Fairy Berylune. Of all the girls he knows, who does he love the most? Read on to find out. - Summary by Mi…
My Literary Friend
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Henry Lawson
In Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earli…
Clarissa Scott Delaney
Read by Newgatenovelist
Angelina Weld Grimké
In Selected Poems
Angelina Weld Grimké was a poet, playwright and educator. These poems were published between 1923 and 1927. - Summary by Newgatenovel…
Lullaby
Read by Newgatenovelist
Gladys Casely-Hayford
In Selected Poems
Gladys Casely-Hayford was an author and educator who was born in the Gold Coast and lived in Sierra Leone. These poems were published betwee…
To Love
Read by alattice
Jeannette Fraser Henshall
In Rain and Roses
One reviewer describes these poems as "dainty." Each reflect a delicacy of feeling and sentiment of home, love and nature. Jeanne…
To Amarantha; That She Would Dishevel Her Hair
Read by Alan Mapstone
Richard Lovelace
In Lucasta
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …
June
Read by Kaye Burke
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…
The Love Chase of Austin, by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
Read by Meredith Womac Cook
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 05 February 1898
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…