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A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography

Read by Skip Corris


Clifford Whittingham Beers


At twenty-four, Clifford Beers, Yale graduate and son of an old New England family, was confined to a mental institution, where he experienc…

I Keep Six Honest Serving-men - Read by TD

In I Keep Six Honest Serving-men

Read by Skip Corris


Rudyard Kipling


This poem about a child's inquisitiveness, follows the short story The Elephant's Child in Rudyard KIpling's Just So Stories. (1902) - Summ…

The Humours of Murder

In The Book of This and That

Read by Skip Corris


Robert Lynd


From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…

The Crocuses - Read by TD

In The Crocuses

Read by Skip Corris


Frances E. W. Harper


Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of socia…

Wanting is - What? - Read by TD

In Wanting is - What?

Read by Skip Corris


Robert Browning


Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His…

Etiquette - Read by TD

In Etiquette

Read by Skip Corris


W. S. Gilbert


Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as t…

Over Every Hill - Read by TD

In Over Every Hill

Read by Skip Corris


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His works include four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; …

Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill, Read by TD

In Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill

Read by Skip Corris


George Gordon, Lord Byron


Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon …