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Chapter 5 - First Days at Hull House

In Twenty Years at Hull House

Read by Elizabeth Klett

Jane Addams

Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker…

Surprised by Joy - Impatient as the Wind

In Short Poetry Collection 100

Read by Elizabeth Klett

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) and William Wordsworth

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2011.

Book First, Chapter 1

In The Wings of the Dove

Read by Elizabeth Klett

Henry James

"The Wings of the Dove," published in 1902, represents to my memory a very old--if I shouldn't perhaps rather say a very young--mo…

For the Country Entirely. A Play in Letters

In Geography and Plays

Read by Elizabeth Klett

Gertrude Stein

Geography and Plays is a 1922 collection of Gertrude Stein's "word portraits," or stream-of-consciousness writings. These stream-o…

Act 3

In The Law Against Lovers

Read by Elizabeth Klett

William D'Avenant and William Davenant

The Law Against Lovers was a dramatic adaptation of Shakespeare, arranged by Sir William Davenant and staged by the Duke's Company in 1662. …

Alice in Movieland

In Movies and Hollywood Short Story Collection, Volume 1

Read by Elizabeth Klett

William Warren

Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kine…

The Fold and the Shepherd

In The Odd Women

Read by Elizabeth Klett

George Gissing

George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century "Woman Question" by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. The …

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