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Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand
A young man travels to South Africa to find his Mother and sister. He wants to be a clergyman and a farmer when he arrives there. This story…
Mandela at Oxford
University of Oxford Podcasts
The Readers Corner
In Astounding Stories 12, December 1930
This issue includes "Slaves of the Dust" by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Part B of "The Pirate Planet" by Charles W. Diffin, &qu…
2.15 A New Bill and a New Act of Parliament
In Curiosities of Street Literature
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…
Reading: An Essay
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Bacon
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…
Centre for the Study of the Book
University of Oxford Podcasts
Readers' Corner, Part 2
In Astounding Stories 17, May 1931
Astounding Stories invites listeners into a captivating collection of science fiction and fantasy tales that push the boundaries of imaginat…
Medieval English
University of Oxford Podcasts
The Understudy
In Night Watches
A most popular Jacobs character, a night watchman along the English coast, remembers troubles his friends got into during shore leave. At le…
'Twixt Briton and Boer
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…
The Mirror Of Kong Ho
This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience…
The Outspan
Six poignant short stories reminiscent of life as a transport rider in the Transvaal veld in the days of the gold rush in South Africa at th…
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In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Reader's Corner, Part 2
In Astounding Stories 11, November 1930
Astounding Stories is a captivating anthology that transports listeners to the realms of imagination and innovation through a collection of …
Old Bill by Henry C. Wallace
In Short Story Collection Vol. 081
Librivox readers have come together to bring you another diverse collection of short stories. This anthology brings you selections from Thom…
The Dairyman's Bill
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 21
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
A Little Pilgrimage
In Whilomville Stories
This collection consists of thirteen stories. The stories are set in the mythical town of Whilomville used by Stephen Crane for many of his …
Bill Nations
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American humor through a diverse collection of short sto…
No. 68 Rue Alfred de Musset
In In the Village of Viger
These ten superb short stories of Duncan Campbell Scott, published in 1896, portray humorous, farcical, and tragic aspects of life in the fi…