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A Bad Example Part 1

by W. Somerset Maugham Read by OCTL7 4.4
In Orientations
This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…

A Reader

by John Kendrick Bangs Read by nighthawks 4.2
In Cobwebs from a Library Corner
This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted…

Major Perdue's Bargain by Joel Chandler Harris

by Joel Chandler Harris Read by KHand 4.5
In International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories
The first volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on American short stories and draws from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anna Katherine Gre…

A Memory

by Madison Cawein Read by Jim Gallagher
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …

07 A Dot And Line Alphabet

by Edward Everett Hale Read by David Wales 5
In The Man Without A Country And Other Tales
Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contri…

He Would Thrive

by Anonymous Read by David Niles 4.2
In Bed-Time Stories: A collection in verse and in prose
This book is a collection of short stories and poems for children to enjoy at bedtime. - Summary by SaraHale

The Bag

by George Herbert Read by KevinS 4.6
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…

Tom’s Garland

by Gerard Manley Hopkins Read by MichaelMaggs 4.8
In Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…

Something Natural

by James Russell Lowell Read by Kevin Powell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

Wizard

by Larry M. Harris and Laurence M. Janifer Read by Alex C. Telander 4.3
In Short Science Fiction Collection 004
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…

Thanksgiving

by Jamie Harris Coleman Read by Gabriella Sasscer 4.5
In Thanksgiving Short Stories and Poems
A collection of Short stories and poems from some of our most beloved authors. All about Thanksgiving! Each one reminding us to be thankful …

Mnemonics

by Madison Cawein Read by Foon
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…

NEXT TO READING MATTER

by O. Henry Read by Scott Foster 4.7
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid

Jonah

by Aldous Huxley Read by sdaeley17
In Leda
Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…

A Gage d'Amour by Austin Dobson

by Henry Austin Dobson Read by Anusha Iyer 4.5
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)
The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…

Lynchers

by Madison Cawein Read by Foon
In The Garden of Dreams
Madison Cawein from Kentucky, displays a wider range of his poetic dreams, from the bright to the dark. - Summary by Larry Wilson

The Reading Man

by Thomas Frederick Young Read by Sonia
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…

The Wise

by Countee Cullen Read by Michael MacTaggert 2.8
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…

Bill's Paper Chase

by W. W. Jacobs Read by Brian Fullen 4.2
In The Lady of the Barge
Another collection of short stories, a mixture of the humorous and the horrifying all with unexpected twists - Summary by Inkell

Carry On

by Edgar A. Guest Read by James En 3.5
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 …

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