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The Diary of a Country Parson

Read by John Greenman


James Woodforde


The Revd. James Woodforde was an English clergyman, best known for his vivid account of parish life in the 18th century. His diary, edited b…

Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii

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Mark Twain


By the time Mark Twain worked as a roving reporter for the Sacramento Union, he had held positions with other newspapers in Nevada and Calif…

Europe and Elsewhere

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Mark Twain


This collection of articles came from Mark Twain's travels and experiences abroad. While many had been previously published, there also were…

Christian Science

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Mark Twain


Christian Science is a 1907 collection of essays Mark Twain wrote about Christian Science, beginning with an article that was published in C…

The Piazza Tales

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Herman Melville


A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "…

Toilers of the Sea (Version 2)

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Victor Hugo


The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Victor Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island communit…

Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III

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Albert Bigelow Paine


This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April …

Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volu…

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Mark Twain


While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark Twain autobiography with extensive annotations, in the 21st centur…

The Death Disk

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Mark Twain


Mark Twain's "Death Disk" was inspired by the historical account of the execution of Colonel John Poyer of Pembroke, Wales on Apri…

The Complete Works of George Savile, first Marquess of Halifax, with an Introdu…

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George Savile Marquis Of Halifax


George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the Hou…

Mark Twain and the Happy Island

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Elizabeth Wallace


This Mark Twain Memoir by Elizabeth Wallace paints an idyllic portrait of his time in Bermuda, not long before his death in 1910. Wallace an…

Society as I Have Found It

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Ward Mcallister


Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McA…

Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865

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Ward Hill Lamon


Abraham Lincoln came to the presidency under a heavy shroud of uncertainty, not only about his threatened life but, of course, the very exis…

The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2)

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Van Wyck Brooks


The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The…

The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey

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George Cavendish


Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all…

The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita

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Unknowntranslated Bywilliam Gemmell


The Diamond Sutra, also known as the ‘Diamond Cutter Sutra’ or ‘Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra,’ is a remarkable Buddhist text and is co…

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume Two

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Andrew Dickson White


"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference m…

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume One

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Andrew Dickson White


The 21st Century, so far, has seen a dramatic and widespread questioning of "Science", much of it from "Evangelicals". B…

Far Away and Long Ago - A History of My Early Life (Version 2)

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William Henry Hudson


A boy (between the ages of 4 and 12) discovers the natural world around him in his home in the Argentine Pampas and in Buenos Aires. Author …

Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt

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Various


Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on …

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