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1-6 Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book…
Roscoe
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
In Washington Irving's Visit to England
Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Chapter 1
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Mystery of Cabin Island version 2
The Hardy Boys find a trespasser on an island belonging to Elroy Jefferson, whose stolen car they helped recover in a previous adventure. Th…
Literary Dinner
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
In Tales of a Traveller
Writing under the pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, Washington Irving chronicled his travels through Europe in the early 1820’s. He wrote of peopl…
26 - In West Philadelphia
Read by Greg Giordano
Christopher Morley
In Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
The Reader's Corner
Read by Greg Giordano
Ray Cummings
In Astounding Stories 06, June 1930
Issue six of this seminal science-fiction magazine concludes the Ray Cummings story "Brigands of the Moon", and continues Murray L…
Window
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Vinal
In White April
In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…
Jim and I
Read by Le
Various
In Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 4, November 1899
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
The Library
Read by Phil Schempf
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
A warning to the curious
Read by Peter Yearsley
M. R. James
In A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (Version 2)
The fourth collection of ghost stories made by the author, including one written for Queen Victoria (The haunted doll's house). - Summary b…
Hope
Read by Greg Giordano
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of the Road
Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of adventu…
The Least Possible
Read by Christie Crews
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…
Social Note
Read by JaredG
Dorothy Parker
In Enough Rope
A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…
Book V, Chapter I
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
In Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history an…
Sunnybrow
Read by Greg Giordano
Barry Pain
In Stories without Tears
This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…
Mr. Hardy Investigates
Read by ClueChaser
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Tower Treasure (version 5)
The Hardy boys begin their first case as sons of a famous detectives tracking down a jewel thief. - Summary by ClueChaser
Measure for Measure
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
E. Nesbit
In Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works…
This Place
Read by Newgatenovelist
Donald Jeffery Hayes
In Selected Poems (Hayes)
Donald Jeffery Hayes was a poet who was born in North Carolina. These poems were published between 1927 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenoveli…
Original Correspondence
Read by Greg Giordano
Various
In The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2
This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…