Essays & Short Works

Moral Letters, Vol. II

Read by Suprada Urval


Lucius Annaeus Seneca



This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to t…

Anti-imperialist Writings

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



This audiobook is a collection of Mark Twain's anti-imperialist writings (newspaper articles, interviews, speeches, letters, essays and pamp…

A Problem in Modern Ethics

Read by Martin Geeson


John Addington Symonds



“Society lies under the spell of ancient terrorism and coagulated errors. Science is either wilfully hypocritical or radically misinformed.”…

De Profundis

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Oscar Wilde



This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts …

How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays

Read by Claudia Salto


Mark Twain



In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 1

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National Geographic Society



National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

Revolution and Counter-Revolution, or: Germany in 1848

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Friedrich Engels



Revolution and Counter-Revolution is an account of what happened in Prussia, Austria and other German states during 1848, describing the imp…

The Essays of Francis Bacon

Read by Carl Vonnoh, III


Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon



Voltaire was an atheist. Diderot was Enlightened. But trite titles seldom encompass completely the beliefs of any individual. And this one f…

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

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John Ruskin



The Seven Lamps of Architecture, published in May 1849, is an extended essay written by the English art critic and theorist John Ruskin. The…

Heretics

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G. K. Chesterton



"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1905. Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense …

The Moral Equivalent of War

Read by D.E. Wittkower


William James



The Moral Equivalent of War, the last public utterance of William James, is significant as expressing the opinions of a practical psychologi…

Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 1

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



Spanning the time between 1872 and the year before he died, this collection of after-dinner speeches, random thoughts to "the press&quo…

The Gettysburg Address (version 3)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Abraham Lincoln



The Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, in November, 1863, followed a few short months after the roiling, acrid clouds of gun…

Short Story Collection Vol. 006

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Various



LibriVox's Short Story Collection 006: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox member…

Von der Kürze des Lebens

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca



Veröffentlicht 1829."Es ist nicht wenig Zeit, was wir haben, sondern es ist viel, was wir nicht nützen."Über die Ko…

Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)

Read by John Van Stan


Lucius Annaeus Seneca



Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…

Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow

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Jerome K. Jerome



Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second publi…

Dialogo delle lingue

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Sperone Speroni



Pubblicato nel 1542, questo dialogo espone le teorie sulla lingua italiana che, già dal secolo precedente, presero forma, cercando di…

Tremendous Trifles

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton



“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…

Mark Twain's Journal Writings, Volume 1

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Mark Twain



Volume 1 contains these 12 essays: 1.) "Americans on a Visit to the Emperor of Russia." 2.) "The Austrian Edison keeping scho…

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