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Chapter 04

Read by KirksVoice


Silas X. Floyd


In Short Stories for Colored People Both Old and Young

Several short stories relating to young African Americans. Summary by kirk202

Of Books and Reading

Read by jenno


Stephen Norris Fellows and Isaac Watts


In Improvement of the Mind

"No man is obliged to learn and know everything; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons…

Nick’s Wonderful Strength

Read by ToddHW


Nicholas Carter


In A Woman at Bay

Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

Spring Twilight

Read by Mira Eagle


Madison Cawein


In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 3

This is Volume 3: Nature Poems of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It's arranged in four sectio…

On the Great Wall

Read by Nick Whitley


Rudyard Kipling


In Puck of Pook's Hill (version 2)

'Puck of Pook's Hill' is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods…

The North Star

Read by Craig Franklin


Allen Raine


In Garthowen: A Story of a Welsh Homestead

The story centers around the Owens' family and young ‘Morva of the Moor’, the prettiest girl in the world.The Owens of Garthowen, once a pre…

P.'s Correspondence

Read by Bob Neufeld


Nathaniel Hawthorne


In Mosses From An Old Manse

"Mosses from an Old Manse" is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846. The collection includes se…

Chapter I

Read by Crln Yldz Ksr


Richard Harding Davis


In The Amateur

On the steamer on his way to London, Austin Ford meets a young woman, who is going to London to find her missing husband. Being a specialist…

A Mysterious Warning

Read by Paul Hampton


Nicholas Carter


In A Sharper's Downfall; Or, Into the Net

Bigamy, blackmail, damsels in distress, gambling and kidnapping--this story has it all, plus Nick Carter and his crew in hot pursuit of the …

The Silver Fox - 2


Somerville and Ross


In The Silver Fox by Somerville and Ross

The Silver Fox, by Somerville and Ross, is a slightly darker and more politically astute work than their more celebrated 'Experiences Of An …

Letter XXIII

Read by Nicole Lee


Samuel Richardson


In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5

Volume 5 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness…

Author's Word

Read by Denise Ray


Claude Mckay


In Harlem Shadows

An award winning Jamaican poet who writes passionately about his birth home and his adopted home, USA. Claude McKay vividly describes family…

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…

Letter XXIII

Read by Nicole Lee


Samuel Richardson


In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a her…

A Californian Romance

Read by Larry Wilson


Charles Godfrey Leland


In Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land

This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romanti…

The Brook

Read by Sibella Denton


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


In The Ontario Readers: Third Book

The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…

Query

Read by Laurie Banza


Harold Vinal


In White April

In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…

From Town

Read by Ed Humpal


Charles Badger Clark


In Sun and Saddle Leather

Cowboy Poetry began as a 19th Century Performance Art staged around a crackling campfire, referencing tall tales and personal stories, lost …

Inland Born

Read by SmilingJade


Shaw Neilson


In Heart of Spring

John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…

Bill Dayton

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Laura Lee Hope


In The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West

Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie go out west, and help solve a strange mystery about an old man.This is the 13th book in the Bobbsey Twin seri…

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