Essays & Short Works

Coffee Break Collection 031 - Springtime

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Various


This is the 31st Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read 20 stories or poems of their choice, fiction or non-fict…

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…

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…

The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast, Volume 12

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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…

The Silver Shadow, and Other Day Dreams

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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…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2018

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Various


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

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 056

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm

The Forgotten Man and Other Essays

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William Graham Sumner


Sumner's popular essays were to give him a wider audience to distribute his anti-imperialism, his advocacy of free markets and the gold stan…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 092

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Various


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

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspon…

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Henry William Fischer


This work brings new understanding of the life and work of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) while living and traveling abroad. Twain and fellow h…

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…

Ronald And I; Or Studies From Life

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Alfred Pretor


This is a collection of essays (1899) on English village life in the late nineteenth century. The essay “My Rector” was the focus of some co…

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…

Tracts for the Times, Volume 1

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Irenaeus


Published between 1833 and 1841, the 90 Tracts were written by various members of "The Oxford Movement". They cover various aspect…

The Open Library

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Brewster Kahle


Text of the speech given by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, at the launch of the Open Library in October 2005. LibriVox was…

Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 003

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Various


This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by L…

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