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13 - A Letter Home
Read by Martin Clifton
Arnold Bennett
In Tales of the Five Towns
This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of t…
Teaser
Read by Mike Pelton
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…
During Dinner
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In Elsie And The Child; A Tale Of Riceyman Steps And Other Stories
Thirteen short stories (1924) by a master story teller of the early twentieth century. His writings, fiction and nonfiction, were popular wi…
The Agonie
Read by KevinS
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…
Part 03
Read by Expatriate
Conrad Aiken
In The House of Dust: A Symphony
The House of Dust is a poem written in the four-movement format of a classical symphony. Hauntingly beautiful despite its bleak post-World …
News Of The Engagement
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
The Glimpse
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Arnold Bennett
In The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
Twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, mainly set in the 'Five Towns', Bennett's name for the pottery manufacturing towns of the Englis…
Franklin
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Wilbur D. Nesbit
In An Alphabet of History (Version 2)
These witty, engaging and amusing poetic descriptions of the lives of prominent people are not only a joy to read, but are a quick and easy …
Phyllis
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
Author's Note
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest (version 2)
A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is …
Author's Word
Read by Denise Ray
Claude Mckay
In Harlem Shadows
An award winning Jamaican poet who writes passionately about his birth home and his adopted home, USA. Claude McKay vividly describes family…
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
The Eagle
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Brook - Break, Break, Break - Sweet and Low - and The Eagle
This is Tennyson at his best. This is Tennyson, the master poet at his most descriptive, his most insightful, his most enlightening. This se…
Section 8
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Enoch Arden
In the poem "Enoch Arden," Tennyson's epic narrative of the enduring power of love in the face of insurmountable odds, is found a …
Reader's Corner
Read by Mike Pelton
editor and Ray Cummings
In Astounding Stories 05, May 1930
The fifth issue of Astounding Stories continues the Ray Cummings serial "Brigands of the Moon", begins a 4 part novel by Murray Le…
00 - Author's Note
Read by Sibella Denton
Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest
Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Poli…
General Observations
Read by Mike Pelton
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…
13 - A Message for Boonville
Read by Mike Pelton
Christopher Morley
In Mince Pie
Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: &quo…
into the smiting
Read by Scotty Smith
E. E. Cummings
In XLI Poems
A book of 41 poems by E. E. Cummings classified as Songs I-XII [poems 1-12], Chansons Innocentes I-II [poems 13-14], Portraits I-IX [poems…
Mr. Bennett, Stendhal and the Modern Novel by John Middleton Murry
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In The Blue Review, Number 3
The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…