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The Eye of Apollo
Read by J.R.R. Meehl
G. K. Chesterton
In Short Mystery Story Collection 002
LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of …
The Message
Read by Winston Tharp
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of the Road
Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of adventu…
How They Brought the Good News for Ghent to Aix by Robert Browning
Read by Alan Mapstone
Various
In Ideal Poems from the English Poets
A collection of twelve poems from English Poets that are known to be the best of their poems. - Summary by Mozartjr
The Symbol and the Saint
Read by annanneass
Eugene Field
In Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse
This is a collection of Christmas short stories and poems by Eugene Field, published in 1912. The stories beautifully evoke an old-fashioned…
Hamilton
Read by nighthawks
Marie E. J. Pitt
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…
Hortense Robbins
Read by Joyce Nussbaum
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…
Ulysses in Ithaca by Amelia Josephine Burr
Read by Alan Mapstone
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…
The Mason’s Ride
Read by Alan Mapstone
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…
Stratford-on-Avon, May 14th, 1880
Read by Newgatenovelist
Constance Naden
In Sonnets
Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…
Selected works, by A. Conan Doyle, part 2
Read by Owlivia
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…
The $30,000 Bequest, pt 2
Read by TriciaG
Mark Twain
In The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)
76. Benedictus
Read by Michele Fry
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
Beatrice: Daughter of Dante
Read by Newgatenovelist
Susan Boogher
In Selected Poems
Susan M. Boogher was twentieth-century poet. These poems were published in Poetry, The Century, Harper's Magazine and The Midland from 1918 …
Cambridge Series of Information Cards for Schools
Read by Kathie
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 33, June 15, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
Penelope to Ulysses
Read by Arthur Krolman
Anne Killigrew
In Poems (1686)
These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 yea…
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…
Il Penseroso
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
In Milton's Minor Poems
“On Shakespear 1630” typifies much of Milton’s poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium i…
Troy
Read by Alan Mapstone
Charles Williams
In Poems of Conformity
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Although Williams' …
038 - To a Post-Office Inkwell
Read by Carmen H
Christopher Morley
In Chimneysmoke
A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)
Bicycling; The Pig's Penny
Read by Tom Merritt
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 34, June 22, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…