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Introductory Note
Read by Rob Marland
Katherine Mansfield
In Something Childish and Other Stories
This posthumous collection of stories and sketches by the New Zealand modernist author was published the year after her death from tuberculo…
Introductory Note
Read by Rob Marland
Katherine Mansfield
In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…
Sarah Brown
Read by Claire Goget
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
George Brown
Read by Sonia
Kate Seymour MacLean
In The Coming of the Princess, and Other Poems
There is truth, doubtless, in the remark, that we are enriched less by what we have than by what we hope to have. As the poetic art in Canad…
Grey Evening
Read by Sonia
D. H. Lawrence
In Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
Kate Came To The Flat
Read by Howard Skyman
Edgar Wallace
In Kate Plus Ten
In the era when this story was written it was unusual to have a woman portrayed as a criminal mastermind. However in this case Edgar Wallace…
Unchallenged, by Katherine Morrow
Read by Sonia
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 04 January 1896
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
A Character Sketch
Read by B.H.F. Russell
Marie Hedderwick Browne
In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs
Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
To a Brown Face
Read by Newgatenovelist
Genevieve Taggard
In Hawaiian Hilltop
Genevieve Taggard was an American poet, teacher and socialist. This collection was first published in 1923 and deals with topics such as pe…