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Avarice
Read by KevinS
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Julian and Leonor, by R. S. Mackenzie, L. L. D.
Read by Kate Follis
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 07
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
Raison D'Etre
Read by Eleanor Howard
E. Nesbit
In The Rainbow and the Rose
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
Advice to Young Men - St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Read by Gloria Loughry
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…
A Baratarian Elaine, by Henry E. Chambers
Read by valroth
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 09 June 1898
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
II: Ære Perennius
Read by Ellies
Geoffrey Bache Smith
In A Spring Harvest
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…
Romance of Lincoln’s Life
Read by Sheila Quattrocchi
Myrtle Reed
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
The Hesperides
Read by Ellies
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…
Arnold Winklereid
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Bertrand De Born
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…
Saint-Simonism, from The Convert
Read by Craig Campbell
Orestes Augustus Brownson
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 06
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…
Chapter II: The Novelists. Part 2
Read by Julia Niedermaier
Clement Shorter
In Victorian Literature
Victorian Literature by Clement Shorter is a brief work that gives a good introduction to many of the important writers, historians, and cri…
The Second Comfort Of Whoring - Answer'd
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Unknown
In Coffee Break Collection 010 - War and Conflict
This is the tenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…
Etelka's Choice
Read by Jude Somers
Susan Coolidge
In Just Sixteen
A collection of short stories from the author of the What Katy Did series, for an audience ranging from younger to older children - and enjo…
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…
Conclusions as to Melancholy
Read by Tony Addison
Robert Burton
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07
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…
Maud Part I, XIX-XXII
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems
A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other po…
Charles XII: From 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' by Dr. Samuel Johnson
Read by Sonia
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, con…
2 - Part 2
Read by Phil Chenevert
Washington Irving
In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)
Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…
I First See Beatrice
Read by Newgatenovelist
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 …