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Reality
Read by davidholmesvoice
Margaret O. Oliphant
In For Love and Life Vol. 1
“The device on his shield was a young oak tree pulled up by the roots, with the Spanish word Desdichado, signifying Disinherited.” The novel…
The Value of Reading, to the Public and to the Individual
Read by jenno
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…
John Boyle O'Reilly
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In Oak and Ivy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…
Chapter 14
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Christopher Morley
In Where the Blue Begins
In his collection Plum Pudding, Christopher Morley included two pieces about an unprepossessing mutt named “Haphazard Gissing I” with a gift…
Friend
Read by Kerry Adams
Jeannette Fraser Henshall
In Rain and Roses
One reviewer describes these poems as "dainty." Each reflect a delicacy of feeling and sentiment of home, love and nature. Jeanne…
Dawn
Read by Graham Redman
Rupert Brooke
In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …
The Question
Read by Inkell
Stephen Phillips
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
Chapter 5, Part 3
Read by Jessica Hendra
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 …
At Lemnos by Thomas O'Neill Russell
Read by Alan Mapstone
Various
In Sonnets of This Century
This comprehensive anthology of English sonnets of the Nineteenth Century, edited and arranged by William Sharp, was published in 1887. It…
Preface
Read by Christine Bowden
Gertrude Atherton
In Rulers of Kings: A Novel
When a child is born, its temperament and character are unknown. The effects of nature versus nurture, of heredity and of circumstance are a…
Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard
Read by Mark Leder
William Harrison Ainsworth
In Jack Sheppard: A Romance
The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens'…