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George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Chapter 10. "But, after John, came Sergius, reaffirmed"
Read by Tony Oliva
Robert Browning
In The Ring and the Book
"Better translate--"A Roman murder-case:"Position of the entire criminal cause"Of Guido Franceschini, nobleman,"Wit…
The Last Of Mitchell
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
In The Human Boy And The War
Published in 1916, this is the third collection of thirteen humorous short stories about English school boys in a boarding school in the fic…
The Library
Read by Phil Schempf
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Bibliographical Note
Read by David Wales
Charles Dickens
In Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round'
Twenty stories originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stori…
Preface, by John Bolton Rogerson
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In The Festive Wreath
The Festive Wreath, edited by John Bolton Rogerson, and subtitled 'A Collection of Contributions Read at a Literary Meeting Held in Manchest…
The Abbey Mason
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…
Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell
Read by Craig Franklin
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 2)
The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…
The following Essay, on the original inhabitants of Great Britain, is the composition of a noble|man, distinguished for his genius, taste, and learning.
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Charlotte Lennox
In The Lady's Museum, Volume 1
Published in 11 issues between 1760 and 1761 and believed largely to be written and edited by Charlotte Lennox (it was marketed as “by the A…
The Question
Read by Inkell
Stephen Phillips
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
Chapter 10: Sir John Beaumont and Drummond of Hawthornden
Read by Kerry Adams
George MacDonald
In England's Antiphon
"In this book I have sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from an early period of our literary history. ... [I]f its poet…
Michaelmas
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' …
To Dr. James Newton Matthews
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In Oak and Ivy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…
Silas Jackson
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc.
Read by Kate Follis
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…
The Ruined Mill
Read by Foon
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
Some Fiction; Little Isaac
Read by April6090
Ambrose Bierce
In The Fiend's Delight
This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, pseudonym Dod Grile.It is a …
Selected excerpts of speeches
Read by Carol
John Bright
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 06
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…
Andrew Carnegie
Read by Alan Mapstone
Harry Graham
In More Misrepresentative Men
A collection of humorous verse covering a variety of men.
An Epitaph upon the Marchioness of Winchester
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…