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by Ivor Gurney Read by mleigh 4.3
In Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…

England

by Everard Owen Read by Newgatenovelist
In Three Hills
In this short collection of poetry published in 1916, the Reverend Everard Owen explores the sacrifices of the First World War from an Engli…

Work

by Norman Macleod Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
In Good Words: January 1870 (vol 11)
Good Words was an English monthly magazine directed at evangelicals and nonconformists, particularly of the lower middle classes. It contain…

A Pause

by Christina Rossetti Read by Bruce Kachuk
In Sonnets
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…

Satire on the Dutch

by John Dryden Read by Peter Tucker 4.8
In The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1
The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…

Pierrot

by John Drinkwater Read by Bruce Kachuk
In Selected Poems of John Drinkwater
This remarkable selection of poems from the pen of master poet John Drinkwater is outstanding in its portrayal of the poet's deep appreciati…

John MacDougal's Double

by Joyce Emmerson Muddock Read by Steve C 4.4
In Stories Weird and Wonderful
A collection of tales written by J.E. Muddock. All these stories are dark in atmosphere and subject matter.

The Penitent

by Anne Brontë Read by Bruce Kachuk 5
In Complete Poems
Anne Brontë was the youngest of the three famous literary sisters and is best known for her novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. She wrot…

Canada's Word

by Ralph Connor Read by Pam Castille 4
In Princess Mary's Gift Book
In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…

The Sentry

by Wilfred Owen Read by Alan Mapstone
In Poems (Version 2)
The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This boo…

The Pensioner

by William Caine Read by Dale Grothmann 5
In Short Story Collection Vol. 111
Here is our 111th Short Story Collection. Once again, our readers have selected a range of stories, touching on a variety of emotions. Sit b…

Lesson 10

by Philip Doddridge Read by InTheDesert 5
In The Principles of the Christian Religion Expressed in Plain and Easy Verse
The little verses now before the reader were written at the desire of my most worthy and honoured friend, the Reverend Mr. Clark of St. Alba…

Pierrot

by Adelaide Crapsey Read by Newgatenovelist 4.3
In Verse
Adelaide Crapsey's experimental poetry included her creation of the cinquain. This recording was taken from the posthumously published and e…

05 Chapter 4 Timberline

by Owen Wister Read by David Wales 4.6
In Members of the Family
Members of the Family invites listeners into the rugged landscapes of the Wyoming Territory during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. T…

Preface by O.B. Frothingham

by Giacomo Leopardi Read by rodgrover 4.3
In The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
This is a volume of poems by Giacomo Leopardi. - Summary by Carolin

The Tramp

by Henry Herbert Knibbs Read by MFQ1 5
In Riders of the Stars: A Book of Western Verse
A collection of poems by novelist, short story writer and poet Henry Herbert Knibbs. Another of his books of verse, "Songs of the Outla…

Mad Poll

by William Henry Davies Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 5
In Foliage: Various Poems
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom and United States, becoming one …

Written on a Blank Space at the End of Chaucer's Tale of "The Flowre and the Lefe"

by John Keats Read by Bruce Kachuk 4
In The Sonnets of John Keats
The superb poetic skill and exquisite sensitivity of John Keats is brilliantly illustrated in this collection of meticulously selected sonne…

Selected excerpts by Erckmann-Chatrian

by Various Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 14
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Rejected

by Lord Alfred Douglas Read by Alan Mapstone
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 …

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