Essays & Short Works
An Irregular Miscellany: A selection of essays and lectures from the Common Univ…
Read by A.F. Harrold
A.F. Harrold
Throughout the 1920s the Common University provided a free and ready source of education to the working classes of England through various l…
The Meaning of Life and Other Essays
Read by Judith Ignacio
Alban Goodier, S.J.
Even with the best intentions, we can often get caught up in the affairs of this world and forget about God. To stay on the path to Heaven w…
Coffee Break Collection 032 - Wilderness
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Various
This is the 32nd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
G.K. Chesterton in Vanity Fair Magazine
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G. K. Chesterton
A collection of 12 articles/essays that G.K. Chesterton wrote for Vanity Fair magazine in 1920-1921, under the general title “The Next/New R…
Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs
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Various
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
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Jane Collier
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's firs…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 04. April 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…
Untimely Papers
Read by Ben Adams
Randolph Silliman Bourne
This is a posthumous collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Many originally appeared in the journal "The Seven Arts," before the…
Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World
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Various
This is the 26th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes…
The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays
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John Erskine
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
Local Color Collection Vol. 001
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Various
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)
London Impressions
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 01. January 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the Introductory by the editor, John Hyde, and the…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 02. February 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles:* Venezuela: Her Governmen…
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1
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William Cowper Brann
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to b…
Walking (Version 2)
Read by Allyson Hester
Henry David Thoreau
This was originally titled "The Wild" and is a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum. "Walking" is an e…
Essays on Modern Novelists
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William Lyon Phelps
A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote i…
Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society
Read by Jake Malizia
Edward Carpenter
This pamphlet by LGBT pioneer and philosopher Edward Carpenter was originally intended to form part of his work "Love's Coming of Age&q…
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 4 (1897-1898)
Read by Rob Marland
Oscar Wilde
This fourth collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote while living in Berneval, in the months after h…
Pastiche and Prejudice
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Arthur Bingham Walkley
Arthur Bingham Walkley was an exceedingly popular critic, working as a drama critic at The Times alone for no less than 26 years, and writin…