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May

In A Medley of Weather Lore

Read by Nicole Gee


M. E. S. Wright


A Medley of Weatherlore is a compilation of poems, sayings, and bits of folklore for each month of the year. - Summary by A. Gramour

Atheism and the French Revolution

In Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)

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George William Foote


The Freethinker, founded in 1881 was one of the first secular humanist magazines, and also one of the oldest surviving one, moving online on…

The Measure Of Suffering

In Is the Bible Worth Reading and Other Essays

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Lemuel Kelley Washburn


These are more than 100 short essays on all things atheism and freethought penned by Lemuel K. Washburn, an American freethought writer and …

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2

Read by Nicole Lee


Samuel Richardson


Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a her…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660

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Samuel Pepys


Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

The Compleat Angler

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Izaak Walton


The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fl…

Religio Medici and Hydriotaphia

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Thomas Browne


Religio Medici (The Religion of a Doctor) sets out Sir Thomas Browne's spiritual testament as well as being an early psychological self-port…

Culture and Anarchy

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Matthew Arnold


Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book…

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 4

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Samuel Richardson


Volume 4 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness…

Centuries of Meditations

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Thomas Traherne


Thomas Traherne's best known work is a collection of paragraphs, divided into what he called "Centuries", meditating in a particul…

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5

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Samuel Richardson


Volume 5 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness…

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 9

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Samuel Richardson


In Volume 9 Clarissa hastens to her fate and the various culprits reap the consequences of their crimes of indifference, cruelty and neglect…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1661

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Samuel Pepys


Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 7

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Samuel Richardson


In Volume 7, the degradation and humiliation of Clarissa continue, from all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness of the devi…

Elective Affinities

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Elective Affinities (Die Wahlverwandtschaften) was Goethe's third novel. It depicts human relationships in a Romantic crucible, and is the s…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1662

Read by Nicole Lee


Samuel Pepys


Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 8

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Samuel Richardson


In Volume 8 Clarissa continues to decline towards her pitiful end, while Lovelace remains defiant, even as his nemesis Colonel Morden finall…