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The Rector of Saint David's
Read by Dave Wills
George W. M. Reynolds
In The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 2
The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46…
Prologue
Read by David Wales
Robert Hugh Benson
In A Mirror Of Shalott
Fourteen stories of the strange by the Anglican then Roman Catholic priest, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The form of the book is of stori…
The Readers Corner
Read by Bill Boerst
Captain S. P. Meek
In Astounding Stories 12, December 1930
This issue includes "Slaves of the Dust" by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Part B of "The Pirate Planet" by Charles W. Diffin, &qu…
He Would Thrive
Read by David Niles
Anonymous
In Bed-Time Stories: A collection in verse and in prose
This book is a collection of short stories and poems for children to enjoy at bedtime. - Summary by SaraHale
Friday
Read by Kurt
David Cory
In Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This is the one in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots fo the legend of Pus…
A Good Guess
Read by Dylan M. Davis
David Cory
In Puss in Boots, Jr. and Tom Thumb
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss i…
Charlie the Cox
Read by Pam Castille
Hall Caine
In Princess Mary's Gift Book
In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…
Chapter 33
Read by Brian Keenan
E. M. Forster
In Howards End (version 3)
Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era.…
November
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
In The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665
Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for thei…
The Perfect Reader
Read by Carol Box
Christopher Morley
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2013
A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German.
Old King Cole by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Read by Alan Mapstone
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…
MEMORY
Read by Laurie Banza
Duncan Campbell Scott
In The Magic House, and Other Poems
A beautiful collection of 47 poems the author wrote being inspired by the seasons, by love, by memories. - Summary by Laur
Letter 1 General Description
Read by David Wales
George Crabbe
In The Borough
English village life and villagers in the east of England in the late 1700’s and early 1800s—is the subject of The Borough. George Crabbe …
The Presence of Love - Read by ZK
Read by Zach K.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In The Presence of Love
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the R…
His Visitor
Read by Sonia
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Character by Emerson
Read by kevinHolm
Montrose L. Barnet
In Poems We All Love
This is a collection of familiar poems from beloved poets from Tennyson and Shakespeare to Longfellow and Emerson. Some are fragments but w…
Book 2, Chapter 14, Mr. Thomas Hardy's Bathsheba Everdene and Paula Power
Read by Jim Locke
William Dean Howells
In Heroines of Fiction
This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…
Letters A - Z
Read by David Wales
Oliver Herford
In Cupid's Cyclopedia
This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and i…
Memory and I
Read by Inkell
Thomas Hardy
In Poems of the Past and the Present
Poems of the Past and the Present is the second collection of poems by Thomas Hardy published in 1901. It is divided into 5 sections, War Po…