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Unsigned Review, The English Review

Read by Phil Benson


Various


In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …

The Composition of a Criticism, by Ernest Bernbaum

Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi


Charles William Eliot


In Lectures on the Harvard Classics

The Lecture Series on the contents of The Harvard Classics ought to do much to open that collection of literary materials to many ambitious …

preface part 2

Read by KevinS


Bankim Chandra Chatterjee


In Kopal-Kundala

A story of love and innocence, by one of India's most loved novelist/ poets of the 20th century, the mentor of Rabindrath Tagore. (Summary b…

Chapter 9, The Higher Criticism and Mr. Hibbs

Read by John


G. K. Chesterton


In The Flying Inn (Version 2)

Captain Patrick Dalroy and Humphrey Pump take to the road in a donkey cart with a cask of good rum, a giant round of cheese, and the signpos…

16 I Try Literature

Read by Grant Hurlock


Grant Allen


In The Type-Writer Girl

(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …

Fallacious Meditations on Criticism

Read by S. Emily Lee


Christopher Morley


In Plum Pudding (version 2)

Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…

Chapter 7: Woman criticised

Read by Gillian Hendrie


Charles N. Queen


In Why Are So Few Men in the Churches? And Remedies

The strength of the book is in its facts and suggestions considered in a matter of fact and suggestive way. It offers criticism in the spiri…

FOREWORD

Read by Kazbek


D. H. Lawrence


In Studies in Classic American Literature

The staid academic title belies the freewheeling prose of D.H. Lawrence's essays, which are as contrarian, penetrating, and sometimes unpala…

Teacher and Critic, a review by: Nelson Antrim Crawford

Read by jenno


Various


In Poetry: A Magazine of Verse: Vol. 20, No. 6, Sep., 1922

Poetry: A Magazine of Verse was founded by poet and columnist Harriet Monroe in 1912. This journal is regarded as one of the major poetry jo…

Chapter 20 - Section 6 - Reconstructive Force of Scientific Criticism

Read by John Greenman


Andrew Dickson White


In A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume Two

"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference m…

Remarkable Remarks

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Various


In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2

Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

Complaining

Read by KevinS


George Herbert


In The Temple

George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…

Preface

Read by Larry Wilson


Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.


In 1000 Things Worth Knowing

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…

Author Meets The Critics 48-08-29 So This Is New York


Mutual


In The Author Meets the Critics

In December 1942, the Mutual Broadcasting Network began airing a program called The Author Meets the Critics .  This was a literary rou…

Prologue part 3

Read by Brize C


William Faulkner


In Mosquitoes

Four days on a patron's yacht; artists during the roaring twenties explore ... This version is tamer than the original housed at the Univers…

Section 34 (Conclusion)

Read by Piotr Nater


George Brandes


In Poland: A Study of the Land, People and Literature

"I had accepted an invitation to deliver three lectures in French in the town-hall of Warsaw." Thus begins the description of the …

A Constructive Critic of the Book

Read by Sheila


Henry Lyman Koopman


In The Booklover and His Books

This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…

Preface

Read by Larry Wilson


Various


In Twilight Stories

A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge,…

Preface

Read by Christine Rottger


George Sand


In The Snow Man

George Sand presents a novel containing one of her favorite crafts, besides creating wonderful literary works. This one involves the making …

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