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Read by Eduardo


James Boswell


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05

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 Burghers

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

Ken

Read by MichaelMaggs


Charlotte Mew


In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)

A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…

William's Burglar

Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)


Richmal Crompton


In More William (version 2)

More William is the second William collection in the much acclaimed Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It is a sequel to the book Just…

The Favourite Plot

Read by SK


Leonard Merrick


In The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories

This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed …

A Visitor

Read by Ian King


George Sterling


In A Wine of Wizardry

A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncr…

Brevet Rank

Read by docdlmartin


W. W. Jacobs


In Light Freights

A collection of weird and humorous short stories known for their good twists featuring a trio attempting some get-rich-quick schemes, the go…

Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar

Read by Matthew M. Benzing


T. S. Eliot


In Poems

This collection of 24 contains some of T. S. Eliot's earlier work. This collection contains poems in English as well as some completely in …

's Winters buiten, eerste deel

Read by Julie VW


Hildebrand and Nicolaas Beets


In Camera Obscura

De Camera Obscura is een verzameling verhalen en beschouwingen van Hildebrand, pseudoniem voor Nicolaas Beets. "De Camera", zoals …

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…

THE LORD OF BURLEIGH. BY LORD TENNYSON

Read by czandra


Various


In Successful Recitations

A compilation of poetry designed for performance. This compilation focuses on the art of recitation, highlighting the importance of clarity,…

History

Read by April6090


Maxwell Bodenheim


In Introducing Irony (Version 2)

Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …

Le second régisseur, par Abraham Dreyfus

Read by Thomas Bouissaguet


Various


In La Lecture, tome 2

La Lecture était une revue littéraire bi-mensuelle française de la fin du 19e siècle, publiant surtout des nouve…

Nachruf auf Georg Büchner

Read by Rolf Kaiser


Karl Gutzkow


In Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 011

Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte…

The Steed Bucephalus

Read by Donald Cummings


H. A. Guerber


In The Story of the Greeks

This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! - Summary by Ann Boulais

A Spring Morning

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)


William Wordsworth


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…

Margins

Read by Rhonda Federman


Robert J. Burdette and Robert Jones Burdette


In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 autho…

Buakhage News


Robert Farrell


In News From The 30's Through The 70's

News From The 30's Through The 70's

Home

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Gerald Bullett


In Mice & Other Poems

Gerald William Bullett was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote bot…

Cain

Read by Lee Smalley


Aleksandr Kuprin


In A Slav Soul and Other Stories

Novelist and short story writer Alexandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was one of the most widely read authors of his time. Nabokov called hi…

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