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There's a certain slant of light
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Emily Dickinson
In tribute to the first real snowfall this year. - Summary by David Lawrence
David and the Phoenix
Read by Greg Weeks
Edward Ormondroyd
David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on…
Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter, Volume One
Read by Anne Fletcher
Rachel Hunter
The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…
Modern Essays
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
Aaron Trow
Read by Bill Boerst
Anthony Trollope
What is it like to be a fox hunted by hounds? We find out through the senses of an escaped convict as he struggles to free himself from woul…
Riverdale Stories: A Story for Little Folks
Read by Scarlett Martin
Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams
A compilation of stories of the children of Riverdale who learn life lessons of how to be kind, polite, and helpful as they grow up. Writte…
A Yellow Journalist
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Miriam Michelson
Rhoda Massey is a young, sharp reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco. After proving herself an astute and fearless investigator on…
Red Maples
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Sara Teasdale
Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!Thank you to RuthieG for the suggestion.
Andrew the Glad (Dramatic Reading)
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Maria Thompson Daviess
"There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major t…
Books Fatal to Their Authors
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Peter Hempson Ditchfield
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…
Biographia Literaria
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
William Blake
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G. K. Chesterton
From the author’s introduction: "Blake’s life of Blake … would have been full of symbolic wild beasts and naked women, of monstrous cl…
Lost Leaders
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…
Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen
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Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Ein klassicher Text des deutschen Liberalismus (Summary by redaer)
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102
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Various
"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…
The Crux
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"This story is, first, for young women to read; second, for young men to read; after that, for anybody who wants to. Anyone who doubts …
Wood Wanderings
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Winthrop Packard
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat.…
Just As I Am
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The murder has finally been solved. After 20 years, Humphrey Vargas came with his dog, seemingly from no where, and informed the magistrate …
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…