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Lucretia Borgia
Lucretia Borgia delves into the life of one of history's most enigmatic figures, exploring the complexities of her character and the tumultu…
To the Princess Lucretia by Torquato Tasso
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)
The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
Lakshman
In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
La Bella Principessa
University of Oxford Podcasts
What My Friend Said to Me
In Earlier Poems
This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin
The Secret Mark
Student Lucile Tucker works part-time at the library of the large university she attends in Chicago to help pay her tuition. One night, whil…
Newdigate Poem
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Ziska
The story revolves around the mysterious Princess Ziska, who captivates a set of European tourists who are spending time in exotic Egypt. Th…
Cousin Lucrece by Edmund Clarence Stedman
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, co…
Thalassia
In The Dirge of the Sea-Children, and Other Poems
The first of three volumes of poetry published by Yale English literature graduate Kenneth Rand before his untimely death in 1918 by the Gre…
04 - Book 1, Chapter 4 - A Quiet Life
In The Mermaid
"'What a fool I was not to go where she beckoned!' mused Caius. 'Where? Anywhere into the heart of the ocean, out of this dull, sordid …
Writing a Book
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…
Lucullus
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 …
The Cerulean Warbler
In Birds, Vol. II, No 5, November 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…
Simulacra
In The Garden of Dreams
Madison Cawein from Kentucky, displays a wider range of his poetic dreams, from the bright to the dark. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chryselephantine
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 5
This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentuck…
Mr. Medhurst and the Princess Chapters VI - XI
In Little Novels
Master Victorian storyteller Wilkie Collins, author of classics such as The Woman in White and The Moonstone, brings us a collection of nove…
Another Year- Read by LB
In Another Year
LibriVox readers bring you 13 readings of Another Year, by Frances Ridley Havergal. This was the weekly poem for December 28, 2014, to Janua…
The Vision of the Pope
In The Strange Story Book (version 2)
This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang "Color" Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stori…
Part 13 The Rape of Lucretia. Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, Section 1
In Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas
Britten's operas are firmly established in the international repertoire: according to Operabase, they are performed worldwide more than thos…