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To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Zeritsky's Law
Read by Peter Eastman
Ann Warren Griffith
In Short Science Fiction Collection 057
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Pointers for the Lords of Creation
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Myrtle Reed
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
Episode of Nisus and Euryalus
Read by Inkell
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…
Geraldine
Read by czandra
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Trajan's Column
Read by JamesPVMiller
H. A. Guerber
In The Story of the Romans
A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)
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…
Near Hastings
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Toru Dutt
In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
Reaping
Read by nbvoices
Amy Lowell
In Men, Women and Ghosts
This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. - Summary by Carolin
DISCOVERING A PRIMA DONNA
Read by valroth
Owen Davis
In Sketches of Gotham
If you're the sort that gets a thrill from rubbing elbows with shady characters you best leave the introductions to the streetwise Ike Swift…
Avila
Read by Freya Hansen
George Santayana
In Poems
George Santayana was born in Spain, educated in Boston and taught at Harvard before returning to Europe to spend the last forty years of his…
Valenciennes
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
Not Explained. Part II. Lady Dorothea
Read by Greg Giordano
Theo Gift
In Not for the Night-Time
Dorothy Boulger (1847-1923), who wrote under the pen-name Theo Gift, assembled four original short stories of supernatural and unsettling ha…
Venus's Dove
Read by Abigail Bartels
Lydia Maria Child
In American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
To Lady Jane
Read by Nancee Cline
Vachel Lindsay
In The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems
This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay.Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from t…
Here’s April!
Read by Newgatenovelist
Jessie R. Fauset
In Selected Poems
Jessie Fauset was a poet, novelist, educator and one of the editors of The Crisis. These poems were published between 1912 and 1929. - Summa…
The Gift
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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…
Permutations Among the Nightingales
Read by Kirsten Wever
Aldous Huxley
In Mortal Coils
Aldous Huxley is best known as a philosopher and novelist – notably as the author of Brave New World. He also wrote poetry, short stories an…
The Defection of Maria Ann Gibbs
Read by Jim Locke
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In In Old Plantation Days
With this collection of short stories, Dunbar sought to draw on the success of his dialect poems by recreating and portraying the southern p…
Symbol Summary
Read by Newgatenovelist
Genevieve Taggard
In For Eager Lovers
Genevieve Taggard was an American poet, teacher and socialist. This collection was first published in 1922 and deals with topics such as pe…