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Read by Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
In A Legend of Montrose
A Legend of Montrose is one of Sir Walter Scott's Tales of my Landlord. It is set in the tumultuous 17th century during the Earl of Montrose…
Star, Bright
Read by BarryHaworth
Mark Clifton
In Short Science Fiction Collection 075
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Shonny Schwartz
Read by Nicholette Bryant
Charles Follen Adams
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
05 - A Christmas Letter
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
In Literary Lapses
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…
Dan McGann Declares Himself
Read by Krista Zaleski
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
A NOVEMBER DAY
Read by kaaaaatiereads
Duncan Campbell Scott
In The Magic House, and Other Poems
A beautiful collection of 47 poems the author wrote being inspired by the seasons, by love, by memories. - Summary by Laur
A Warning
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…
Simple Simon
Read by Jared Scott
A. E. Coppard
In The Black Dog and Other Stories
Coppard was renowned for his influence on the English short story and here we present a collection, first published in 1923, featuring 18 of…
Chapter Seven: Kooky Love
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Jean Cox
In Strip, Wench...or Die!
Rip Austin knew that curvaceous Sally Vaughn had been murdered for her insurance money, but how could he prove it when the local vice lords …
Chapter 3
Read by Bill Boerst
Sir Walter Scott
In The Monastery
Dame Elspeth is kept in a tower after the death of her husband. The widow of the Baron of Avenel and her daughter seek safety with Elspeth i…
099 - Dandy Dandelion
Read by Carmen H
Christopher Morley
In Chimneysmoke
A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)
Aleck Brings News
Read by ashtonhoffman
Arthur M. Winfield
In The Rover Boys on the River
I present this new Rover Boys story, which tells of the doings of Dick, Tom, and Sam and their friends during an outing on one of our great …
A Postscript to our First Readers
Read by Larry Wilson
Charles Knight
In The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Issue 1
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …
Caroline
Read by Bruce Kachuk
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…
The Dred Scott Decision - John C. Breckenridge
Read by mleigh
Various
In The World's Best Orations, Volume 2
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
27 - By Deputy, Chapter 3
Read by Peter John Keeble
Richard Marsh
In Amusement Only
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)
Chapter IX
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Kate Sanborn
In The Wit of Women
It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…
To One Reading the Morte D’Arthure
Read by Ellies
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 5
This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentuck…
The Perfect Reader
Read by Carol Box
Christopher Morley
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2013
A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German.
Perkin Warbeck
Read by Connie Bettison
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …