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Chapter 6. "Sirs, ere the week was out,"

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…

Shonny Schwartz

Read by Nicholette Bryant


Charles Follen Adams


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…

Introductory Note

Read by KevinS


Robert Ernest Vernède


In War poems and other verses

Vernède enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant at the start of World War I, even though he was over the maximum age of…

The Amatory Episode

Read by Don W. Jenkins


F. Anstey


In Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas

F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…

Table 7 – Effect of “r” and “re” on Preceding Vowel Sound

Read by Evan Smith


James Hiram Fassett and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


In The Beacon Second Reader

In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…

V. Requiescat

Read by Ben Tucker


Elizabeth Bowen


In Encounters: Stories

Included in this first collection of stories by noted Irish-British author Elizabeth Bowen are tales of psychological unease, of pent-up emo…

The Reading Man

Read by Sonia


Thomas Frederick Young


In Canada and Other Poems

From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…

The Student of Esslingen

Read by Jim Locke


Seba Smith


In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 04

"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…

I Look into My Glass

Read by Libby Gohn


Thomas Hardy


In Wessex Poems

A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn

The Bobolink

Read by Scott Bennett


James Russell Lowell


In Early Poems

This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

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, …

L’Envoi

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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…

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