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Caprice

Read by Michael MacTaggert


Countee Cullen


In Color

Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…

To Tintoretto in Venice

Read by Sonia


Alice Meynell


In A Father of Women and Other Poems

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

To My Head Clerk

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Iris Barry


In Selected Poems

Iris Barry was a British and American poet, novelist, film critic and curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. These poems were…

Six Characters in Search of an Author

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Luigi Pirandello



Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi …

Penelope

Read by chocmuse


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


In Phantom Fortune, A Novel

Lady Maulevrier was once a beautiful socialite, beloved and welcomed in London high society. But her life took a turn for the worse when her…

07 - Volume 1, Chapter 7: Rorie Has Plans of His Own

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


In Vixen

This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, ar…

Leonardo's 'Monna Lisa' by Edward Dowden

Read by Tomas Peter


Various


In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)

The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, co…

Chapter 2. "The Canon Caponsacchi, then, was sent"

Read by Tony Oliva


Robert Browning


In The Ring and the Book

"Better translate--"A Roman murder-case:"Position of the entire criminal cause"Of Guido Franceschini, nobleman,"Wit…

Chapter 5

Read by Lisa Reichert


Guy de Maupassant


In A Woman's Life

Having spent her girlhood at a convent getting a good education, Jeanne has just returned home and is a happy young woman full of hope and e…

17 Under The New Moon

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E. Nesbit


In The Literary Sense

A collection of short stories written by the author of other literary greats such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoe…

A Ramble in Aphasia

Read by Claudia Salto


O. Henry


In Short Story Collection Vol. 057

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 057: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.A …

I First See Beatrice

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Susan Boogher


In Selected Poems

Susan M. Boogher was twentieth-century poet. These poems were published in Poetry, The Century, Harper's Magazine and The Midland from 1918 …

Song at Capri

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Sara Teasdale


In Love Songs (Version 2)

With classical, lyrical tones, and frequently feminist-influenced themes, Sara Teasdale’s Love Songs established her as one of the leading w…

Native Daphne

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Genevieve Taggard


In Hawaiian Hilltop

Genevieve Taggard was an American poet, teacher and socialist. This collection was first published in 1923 and deals with topics such as pe…

A Mona Lisa

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Angelina Weld Grimké


In Selected Poems

Angelina Weld Grimké was a poet, playwright and educator. These poems were published between 1923 and 1927. - Summary by Newgatenovel…

An Only Offer

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Amelia E. Barr


In Winter Evening Tales

This 1896 collection contains 17 short, Christian-oriented stories. “In these ‘Winter Evening Tales,’ Mrs. Barr has spread before her reader…

Bianca's Dream

Read by Sonia


Thomas Hood


In The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as hi…

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…