Essays & Short Works

Christmas Short Works Collection 2022

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Various


The 2022 Christmas collection brings some old favourites along with some new selections, from the traditional to the bizarre. Among the sele…

Mettray - Bathmen

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Jacobus Craandijk


Wandeling van Zutphen via het Nederlandse Mettray (een jeugdinrichting die tegenwoordig Rentray heet) naar Joppe en huize Dorth. In Bathmen …

From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

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George William Curtis


The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the …

LibriVox 16th Anniversary Collection

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Various


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

Clergymen of the Church of England (Version 2)

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Anthony Trollope


Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit the different types of clergymen commonly found in 19th century Britain. - Summary by…

Essays Collection, Vol. 01

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Various


Here are 20 essays by various authors, covering all kinds of subjects. Some are famous, others are gems ferreted out from chapters or passag…

King Edward I of England: Three Essays

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Thomas Frederick Tout


Edward I (1239 – 1307), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the p…

Anti-Dictator: The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire

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Étienne De La Boétie


Étienne de La Boétie was the closest friend of Michel de Montaigne and the subject of the latter's famous essay "On Frien…

Goose-Quill Papers

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Louise Imogen Guiney


Louise Imogen Guiney, and American poet and essayist, here presents twenty essays with her characteristic wit and poetic flair and often a t…

Hearts of Controversy

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Alice Meynell


Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

Anglo-American Memories

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George Washburn Smalley


“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…

The Morality of Marriage and Other Essays on the Status and Destiny of Woman

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Mona Caird


In this series of essays, British feminist and novelist Mona Caird discusses marriage customs at various points in history, offers thoughtfu…

December Tales

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William Harrison Ainsworth


December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…

Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays

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Alice Meynell


Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

Speeches: Literary and Social

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Charles Dickens


Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…

Advice to Young Men and Boys

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Benjamin Comegys


Benjamin B Comegys was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Trusts, which oversees (among many) the trust for Girard College. Comegys was o…

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Bêtisier littéraire


Pour fêter mon 800 ème billet sur Littérature audio.com et le premier avril farceur, voici un collier de perles de gra…

A Reel of Rainbow

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Frank W. Boreham


Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…

Death

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Maurice Maeterlinck


"The more we dread it, the more dreadful it becomes..." Death by Maurice Maeterlinck explores the cultural and societal fear of de…

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