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Sonnets and Poems

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John Masefield


47 poems, most of them sonnets, most on the subjects of beauty and death, touching the mystery just beyond the known. - Summary by Josh Mitt…

The Column of Dust

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Evelyn Underhill


Evelyn Underhill, the preeminent scholar of mysticism, wrote 3 novels in her youth, of which this is #3. Constance Tyrrel, a poor but liter…

Jim Davis

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John Masefield


The tale of a 12-year-old boy who falls in with smugglers. Jim, an orphan, is sent to live with relatives along the Devon coast. There he ac…

Impressions of Theophrastus Such

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George Eliot


Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot, first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and he…

Human Immortality

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 092

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William James


Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…

The Dilemma of Determinism

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077

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William James


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech, declared that "The future welfare …