Essays & Short Works

Essays of Travel

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Robert Louis Stevenson



This book includes fascinating essays by Robert Louis Stevenson about his travels in England, Europe, and the United States. They provide ev…

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Women's Wild Oats

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Catherine Gasquoine Hartley



A resounding and, for the times, outrageous look at restructuring British society using the first world war as trigger for changing the plac…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…

The Future in America

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H. G. Wells



A series of travel essays by one of the most well known antiquarian authors focused on America and its persistent social, economic and devel…

The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast

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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…

Speeches

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Charles Dickens



Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…

Essays Collection

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Here are 20 essays by various authors, covering all kinds of subjects. Some are famous, others are gems ferreted out from chapters or passag…

Een reiziger, die geen handel drijft

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Charles Dickens



Een serie journalistieke artikelen uit het tijdschrift 'All the Year round' geschreven in de periode 1860 - 1869. In deze artikelen worden v…

Anti-Dictator

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Étienne De La Boétie



Étienne de La Boétie was the closest friend of Michel de Montaigne and the subject of the latter's famous essay "On Frien…

Christmas Short Works Collection

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Various



A delightful collection of stories and poems, with several interesting selections discussing various Christmas and holiday traditions, and a…

Studies in Stagecraft

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Clayton Hamilton



A companion piece to Hamilton's earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume dealt with the criticism of dramatic art in gener…

The Silver Shadow

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Frank W. Boreham



Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…

The Evolutionist at Large

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Grant Allen



These Essays originally appeared in the columns of the 'St. James's Gazette,' and I have to thank the courtesy of the Editor for kind permis…

Le Mal du siècle

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Ferdinand Brunetière



Ferdinand Brunetière, auteur, critique littéraire et académicien français (1849-1906), s’est passionné …

The Children

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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…

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