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The Novelette Reader
Read by Newgatenovelist
Tom Maguire
In Machine-Room Chants
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
The Calling
Read by Newgatenovelist
Luis_Felipe Contardo
In Selected Poems of Chile
These poems were published from 1918 to 1928 and were translated by Muna Lee, Alice Stone Blackwell, Thomas Walsh, L. E. Elliott, Garret Str…
Chapter I
Read by Mike Golczynski
Edward Bellamy
In Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
Henry Burr's fiance, Madeline, is seduced by another man. The guilt and painful memories she has as a result cause him to refer her to Dr. H…
Barney Hainsfeather
Read by Maddie
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
In This Room
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Strobel
In Selected Poems
Marion Strobel was a poet, an author of fiction and an associate editor of Poetry. These poems were published from 1919 to 1926 in Poetry, O…
My Cicely
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In Wessex Poems
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
11 - Chapter XI
Read by Kristel Tretter
Joseph Conrad
In Almayer's Folly
A European businessman and his Malayan wife have a daughter, Nina. A Malayan prince comes to do trade with the businessman and falls in love…
To Marion
Read by KevinS
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
What We Need
Read by SampsonSpeaks
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 …
Chapter 1
Read by Mark Leder
Joseph Conrad
In The Nature of a Crime
The first of three collaborations between Conrad and Ford. On the verge of being found out in a matter of breach of fiduciary trust and fina…
Marion
Read by Victor Dorff
Paul Heyse
In Four Phases of Love
Paul Heyse was selected as the 1910 Nobel Laureate in Literature in recognition of " ... his long productive career as a lyric poet, dr…
Villanelle
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Cummings
In Selected Poems
Marion Cummings was an American poet and academic. Born in San Jose, she graduated from the University of California and taught at the Unive…
Chapter 18
Read by Michele Eaton
Julian Corbett
In For God And Gold
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent navy historian and geologist. This semi-autobiographical novel tells about the start: the person…
The Question
Read by Inkell
Stephen Phillips
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
The Cauldron of Perception, Zona Gale, The Saturday Review of Literature
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)
Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …