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Original Sin

In A Book of Bargains

Read by Corinne Elena

Vincent O'Sullivan

This is a volume of short horror stories by American-born short story writer, poet and critic Vincent O'Sullivan. Sometimes considered the l…

12 - December

In A Chesterton Calendar

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G. K. Chesterton

Go through the year, day by day, with the wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton! Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C', both in verse and in pro…

01 - Schoolroom and Meeting-House

In A New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory

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Lucy Larcom

Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mill-worker. According to Wikipedia: "Larcom served as a model for the change in women's…

01 - The Tenant of the Silent House

In The Silent House

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Fergus Hume

A mystery about a "locked door" murder committed in a house that has a reputation for being haunted. In the first half of the book…

Chapter 4: The Voice of Nature

In A Modern Utopia

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H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the …

Chapter 17 - Lyceums and lecturers

In Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

On Carpaccio's Picture: The Dream of St. Ursula

In A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass

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Amy Lowell

This is a collection of lyrical poems, sonnets and verses for children by Amy Lowell."For quaint pictorial exactitude and bizarrerie of…

The Mosses

In Gleams of Sunshine

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Joseph Horatio Chant

This is a volume of religious, and as the subtitle of the book says, 'optimistic' poems by J.H. Chant, a Canadian minister of the United Chu…