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A Letter from Tasmania
Read by Anya
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 …
Dotage
Read by Suzanne Carol
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…
How to read with interest and effect
Read by Kymberli Welch
Noah Porter
In Books and Reading
[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature o…
Chapter 5
Read by Marie Christian
Ann Fraser Tytler
In Leila; or The Island
The Island begins with a shipwreck in which eight-year-old Leila, her father, her nurse and their loyal dog, Dash, persevere through hard wo…
Introductory Note
Read by Rob Marland
Katherine Mansfield
In Something Childish and Other Stories
This posthumous collection of stories and sketches by the New Zealand modernist author was published the year after her death from tuberculo…
Introductory Note
Read by Rob Marland
Katherine Mansfield
In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…
Part 1, concluded
Read by Sandy
Sylvia Townsend Warner
In Lolly Willowes: or, the loving huntsman
After the death of her father, Laura Willowes moves in with her brother and his wife where she is burdened with her new role as Aunt Lolly. …
The Perfect Reader
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Christopher Morley
In Plum Pudding (version 2)
Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…
77. The Message
Read by Michele Fry
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
Hattie Clayton
Read by De Anna Lee
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume I, Alabama Narratives
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
An Only Offer
Read by ArmReader
Amelia E. Barr
In Winter Evening Tales
This 1896 collection contains 17 short, Christian-oriented stories. “In these ‘Winter Evening Tales,’ Mrs. Barr has spread before her reader…
The Reading Man
Read by Sonia
Thomas Frederick Young
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…
Twilight
Read by Newgatenovelist
Elfrida De Renne Barrow
In Selected Poems
Elfrida De Renne Barrow was an American poet and a curator of the Georgia Historical Society. These poems were published between 1922 and 19…
Forward
Read by mleigh
Margaret Widdemer
In A Tree with a Bird in it
Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary American poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle is a collection of poem…
Dialogue
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…
Writing a Book
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…
1100 Words
Read by Tom Merritt
Christopher Morley
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086
"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…
The Cat Show
Read by Lynne T
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 06, Dec. 9, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
The Alarm
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
Lending of Books
Read by Louise J. Belle
Andrew Lang
In Lost Leaders
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…