Essays & Short Works
The Cinema of Orson Welles
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Peter Bogdanovich
Acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) was, early in his career, a film critic. It was during this time t…
The Drama: A Quarterly Review
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Various
This is a collection of theatrical essays from the American quarterly The Drama, including six non-fiction works -- 3 profiles: Schnitzler, …
London Tradesmen
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Anthony Trollope
This book is a series of sketches written by Anthony Trollope near the end of his life, reprinted and collected. Each sketch is an essay on …
Minstrel Weather
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Marian Storm
A series of poetically written meditations on the seasons and other nature subjects. Or “ …Minstrel Weather, a series of open-air vignettes…
Hope Farm Notes
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Herbert W. Collingwood
“Most of these notes were originally printed in the Rural New-Yorker from week to week and covering a period of about 20 years. . . . From t…
The Color of a Great City
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Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was highly acclaimed for his novels and other writing. This non-fiction work takes place in many areas of New York City in …
Collected Prose
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James Elroy Flecker
Best remembered for his poetry, James Elroy Flecker was also a playwright, novelist and prose writer. This collection of his idiosyncratic p…
Representative Men (Version 2)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seven Essays: his reasoning why and how great men have always been honored and necessary in our civilization, followed by six chapters deali…
Christmas Short Works Collection 2013
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Various
A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German.
Post Mortem: Essays, Historical And Medical
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Charles MacLaurin and Charles Maclaurin
This 1922 collection of extensive essays comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of me…
In the Wilderness (Version 2)
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Charles Dudley Warner
Warner’s main theme is how small and often-ridiculous the human being is when exploring in the wilderness. Warner’s love of nature and his c…
Freedom's Battle
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Mahatma Gandhi
A collection of writings and speeches by Gandhi during the British rule of India following World War I. - Summary by KHand
One Hundred and One Hymn Stories
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Carl F. Price
Carl F. Price, a pioneering hymnologist, historian, and author, says, "Every real hymn has its story, if only we could discover it..&qu…
A Selection of Australian Poetry and Prose
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Various
A collection of Australian writing from the public domain.
Essays and Addresses on the Philosophy of Religion
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Friedrich Von Hügel
Baron Friedrich von Hugel was a lay Catholic theologian whose work was influential during the rise of modernist thought. His Essays and Addr…
From the Easy Chair Vol. 2
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George William Curtis
The second volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the…
The Dial, May 1920
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Various
An example of one of the leading literary magazines of the early 20th Century. Poetry by e.e. cummings and Louise Bryant (aka Mrs. John Reed…
Coffee Break Collection 027 - Sports
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Various
This is the 27th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes…
Essays Irish and American
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John Butler Yeats
From the noted artist and father of the celebrated Irish poet William Butler Yeats comes this short collection of essays on the literary lif…
Ukraina and the Peace-conference
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Stanislav Dnistriansky
The 19th century was the Golden Age of Nationalism in Europe. By the end of the century many countries achieved their national self-determin…