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Auvergnat
Read by Erin Grassie
Hilaire Belloc
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson
At a Ball
Read by BettyB
Mrs. Humphry
In Manners for Men
Many men who go out into the world while still very young to earn their living have few opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of social obs…
Threnodia Augustalis
Read by Peter Tucker
John Dryden
In The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1
The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…
Aglaïa and Leontine; or Manœuvring
Read by Cate Barratt
Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot
In Moral Tales
Short stories written by the first wife of French statesman Francois Guizot for young readers. - Summary by Cate Barratt
Old Letters
Read by Anusha Iyer
Myrtle Reed
In Sonnets to a Lover
This is a book of poetry by Myrtle Reed. Ms. Reed is most famous for her love stories such as A Spinner in the Sun and Old Rose and Silver, …
Sonatina
Read by Newgatenovelist
Rubén Darío
In Selected Poems
Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet and the founder of the modernismo literary movement. These English-language translations are…
Galilei Galileo
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Wilbur D. Nesbit
In An Alphabet of History (Version 2)
These witty, engaging and amusing poetic descriptions of the lives of prominent people are not only a joy to read, but are a quick and easy …
Lepanto
Read by Phil Chenevert
G. K. Chesterton
In Poems
Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war po…
The Spa – Ballynahinch – Co. Down
Read by Newgatenovelist
Amanda McKittrick Ros and Amanda Mckittrick Ros
In Poems of Puncture
Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose have earned notoriety for their highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction, and…
Carnation
Read by Katharina Glowalla
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…
Thumbelisa
Read by Ann Boulais
Olive Beaupre Miller, Variousandolive Beaupre Miller and Various And Olive Beaupre Miller
In Up One Pair of Stairs of My Bookhouse
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the second volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for li…
Sîta
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Toru Dutt
In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
Fun
Read by Anusha Iyer
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 01, Nov. 4, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Jemima
Read by littlemissclumsy
Elizabeth Semple
In A Cup of Sweets, that Can Never Cloy: Or, Delightful Tales for Good Children
Twenty-two moral stories for children. A collection of short stories about good little boys & girls and the rewards that come from good …
Father Giles of Ballymoy
Read by mikepaquetteVO
Anthony Trollope
In Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories
In this collection of short stories by Anthony Trollope: A Viennese musician courts a much younger woman. A young man must choose between pu…
Lending of Books
Read by Louise J. Belle
Andrew Lang
In Lost Leaders
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…
Moesta et Errabunda
Read by Maryanka
Charles Baudelaire
In The Flowers of Evil
This is a collection of French poems by Charles Baudelaire, originally titled "Les Fleurs du mal." It was popular in the symbolist…
Penetralia
Read by Newgatenovelist
Elfrida De Renne Barrow
In Selected Poems
Elfrida De Renne Barrow was an American poet and a curator of the Georgia Historical Society. These poems were published between 1922 and 19…
The Departure for Cythera
Read by Sonia
L.
In The Dark Ages, and Other Poems
This is a volume of poetry by a poet only going by the initial "L.". The poems are veried in tone and subject, set in different pa…
After Reading Shakspeare
Read by Larry Wilson
Edwin Markham
In The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith.…