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The Informer
Read by David Wales
Unknown
In Tales Of The Royal Irish Constabulary
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland…
XV
Read by bookspeakerr
George Bennett
In Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China Vol. 1
The Work now given to the Public is the result of a series of recent excursions into the interior of the Colony of New South Wales, at inter…
Chapter XX
Read by Brian Fullen
Francis F. Beirne
In Shout Treason: the Trial of Aaron Burr
Much has been written about Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall and other founding fathers who were at the center of United States v…
Chapter V
Read by Ben Tucker
Frederik Pohl
In My Lady Greensleeves
In a future where everyone is assigned profession-based classifications, defying your place in society can land you in prison. Captain Liam …
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
To the Reader
Read by InTheDesert
John Owen
In Eshcol
This little book was published in 1647, soon after Owen had formed a church on the principles of Independency at Coggeshall, in Essex. It is…
Christmas Eve
Read by Brian Fullen
Peter Rosegger
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2023
Enjoy the 2023 Christmas collection, with selections chosen by many volunteers. This year's readings include a combination of sacred and sec…
Letter 1 General Description
Read by David Wales
George Crabbe
In The Borough
English village life and villagers in the east of England in the late 1700’s and early 1800s—is the subject of The Borough. George Crabbe …
CHAPTER XI. THE LOST PARISHIONER
Read by Brian Fullen
Winston Churchill
In The Inside of the Cup
John Hodder, stepping into the large shoes of his predecessor, is the new rector at St. John's, a church in a fashionable section of town th…
An occasional Prologue
Read by De Anna Lee
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
All is well
Read by Newgatenovelist
Arthur Hugh Clough
In Selected Poems
During his short but eventful life, Arthur Hugh Clough wrote poems on subjects as varied as religious doubt, European politics and social in…
APPENDIX
Read by Brian Fullen
Emily Katharine Bates and E. Katharine Bates
In Seen and Unseen
Novelist. Psychic investigator. Globe trotter. The multi-plane traveler, E. Katharine Bates, shares her phenomenal adventures on the cusp of…
Chapter 1 from Wonderful London
Read by Peter Yearsley
Unknown
In First Chapter Collection 011
The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…
The New Reader, by Harold Hersey
Read by Ben Tucker
Harold Hersey
In The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 2, March 15, 1919
Welcome back to another exciting collection courtesy of the little known but influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book! In this issue we co…
How to read - Attention in reading
Read by DRomeo
Noah Porter
In Books and Reading
[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature o…
Just By the Way
Read by KevinS
Various
In The Progressive Woman, Vol. VII, No. 75 (October 1913)
A Monthly Magazine of aspiration devoted to the economic and political interests of women, edited by Josephine Conger-Keneko. - Summary by K…
The Apparition
Read by KevinS
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…
The Author to the Reader
Read by Gillian Hendrie
John Brown
In Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life
It is, beloved, high time now to awake, to look about us, to consider where we are, upon what ground we stand, whether the enemy or we have …
Little Bud
Read by Brian Fullen
Louisa May Alcott
In Lulu's Library, Volume 2
Most of these stories were written at sixteen for my younger sisters and their playmates, the little Emersons and Channings, and appeared so…
After All
Read by Newgatenovelist
Donald Jeffery Hayes
In Selected Poems (Hayes)
Donald Jeffery Hayes was a poet who was born in North Carolina. These poems were published between 1927 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenoveli…