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Essays Before a Sonata

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Charles Ives


Some philosophical studies in relation to the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne. Although the sonata is not explicitly referenced in this…

Introduction and Preface

In The Case of Wagner / Nietzsche Contra Wagner / Selected Aphorisms

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Friedrich Nietzsche


A collection of three of Nietzsche's writings concerning the music of Wagner. In particular, he relates Wagner's music as degenerate, unrefi…

The Coming of the Forward Pass

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Elmer Berry


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States…

07 - Justinian's Foreign Conquests

In The Byzantine Empire

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Charles William Chadwick Oman


Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was …

Introduction and Preface

In A Tale of a Tub

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Jonathan Swift


A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697, that was eventually published in 1704. I…

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