Essays & Short Works
Optimism, An Essay
Read by Michele Fry
Helen Keller
Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …
Verzamelde korte Nederlandstalige Werken 002
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Various
Dit is een verzameling van kort Nederlandstalig proza van allerlei aard - fictie en non-fictie. Uitgekozen en gelezen door vrijwilligers van…
From Pillar to Post
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John Kendrick Bangs
I could not let these random notes of a delightful experience go forth into the world without expressing in some way my deep appreciation of…
Visions and Revisions
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John Cowper Powys
Powys presents a set of literary devotions of great figures in Literature who have obsessed him. He attempts not so much a reasoned critique…
Neither Here nor There
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Oliver Herford
Oliver Herford, and American humorist, writer, and illustrator here gives us short vignettes from topics as seemingly insignificant things a…
The Creed of a Credulous Person
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G. K. Chesterton
A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in "Black and White" magazine in 1903, under the heading "The Creed of …
Insomnia Collection Vol. 005
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Various
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…
Atlantic Classics
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Various
The Atlantic was a popular periodical with a wide range of essays and stories. In an effort to remain current, many strong and valid submiss…
Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the…
Read by Edward Graham V
Frederick Douglass
This is the speech given by Fredrick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington DC, April 14, 1876 alo…
Americans and Others
Read by Mary Schneider
Agnes Repplier
A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 19…
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia and Letter to a Friend
Read by Barbara Baker
Thomas Browne
Selections from the varied writings of a 17th century English doctor with a well-stocked mind, an interest in the new science of his age and…
Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 6
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Carl Von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky war ein prominenter Journalist und Pazifist zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik, der für sein Engagement 1935 mit dem Fri…
Coffee Break Collection 022 - Days Gone By
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Various
This is the twenty-second Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…
Studies in the Fairy Mythology of Arthurian Romance
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Lucy Allen Paton
In this doctoral dissertation, author Lucy Allen Paton (1865-1951), an alumna of Radcliffe College, takes a scholarly look at the role of Mo…
Trivia (1917) And More Trivia (1921)
Read by David Wales
Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) was an American-born British essayist who was known for his epigrams and aphorisms, often humorous. This re…
The Ukraine
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George Raffalovich
“We are not the same nation with Russian people,” the statement which all Ukrainians wish to convey to the whole world for centuries. The st…
The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Version 2)
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George Bernard Shaw
This is an essay providing an extended analysis of the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and of Ibsen's critical reception in Engla…
Elia; and The Last Essays of Elia
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Charles Lamb
Elia and The Last Essays of Elia are two collections of essays written by Charles Lamb. The essays first began appearing in The London Magaz…
Figures of Several Centuries
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Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…
Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Machen and Vincent Starrett
The centerpieces of this collection are two essays by Arthur Machen, Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring. Both use images of journeys …