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A warning to the curious

Read by Peter Yearsley


M. R. James


In A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (Version 2)

The fourth collection of ghost stories made by the author, including one written for Queen Victoria (The haunted doll's house). - Summary b…

The Readers' Corner Part 1

Read by esheffield


various and Ray Cummings


In Astounding Stories 10, October 1930

Issue no. 10 of the magazine brings you:- Stolen Brains by Captain S.P. MeekThe Invisible Death by Victor Rousseau Prisoners on the Electro…

The Maple

Read by Abby


Various


In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book

A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…

Other People

Read by Jonathan Miller


Alexander Berkman


In The Bolshevik Myth

The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman who with his partner Emma Goldman was deported from the USA under the 19…

The Reader's Corner

Read by Greg Giordano


Ray Cummings


In Astounding Stories 06, June 1930

Issue six of this seminal science-fiction magazine concludes the Ray Cummings story "Brigands of the Moon", and continues Murray L…

Ken

Read by MichaelMaggs


Charlotte Mew


In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)

A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…

Melancholetta

Read by MichaelMaggs


Lewis Carroll


In Rhyme? And Reason? (Version 2)

An 1883 selection of Lewis Carroll's satirical and comic verse. The collection ranges from the well-known and well-loved The Hunting Of The …

The Glance

Read by KevinS


George Herbert


In The Temple

George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…

IV; V; VI

Read by Scotty Smith


Irving E. Cox, Jr.


In The Cartels Jungle

In most ideally conceived Utopias the world as it exists is depicted as a mushrooming horror of maladjustment, cruelty and crime. In this st…

Reaping

Read by nbvoices


Amy Lowell


In Men, Women and Ghosts

This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. - Summary by Carolin

Readers' Corner, Part 2

Read by Bill Boerst


various and Ray Cummings


In Astounding Stories 17, May 1931

This issue of the science-fiction magazine includes a novella by Charles W. Diffin titled "Dark Moon" and several short stories, i…

Reading a Letter

Read by Bruce Kachuk


D. H. Lawrence


In New Poems

This is an exceptional collection of superb and introspectively distinct poems from the pen of master author D. H. Lawrence. Never failing t…

A Reader

Read by nighthawks


John Kendrick Bangs


In Cobwebs from a Library Corner

This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted…

K. L. H.

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Paul Bewsher


In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator

Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…

What Do You Know?

Read by Bill Mosley


Various


In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1

Thirty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

Robin Lyth

Read by Elsie Selwyn


Richard Doddridge Blackmore


In Mary Anerley

It is 1801, in the wild and rugged country that is northern England. A local Squire has died but his manor, Scargate Hall, is left to two si…

Brevet Rank

Read by docdlmartin


W. W. Jacobs


In Light Freights

A collection of weird and humorous short stories known for their good twists featuring a trio attempting some get-rich-quick schemes, the go…

Book First

Read by Peter Tucker


William Wordsworth


In The Prelude, Version 2

Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, in…

Welcome Address

Read by Andrew Kennedy


Paul Laurence Dunbar


In Oak and Ivy

"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…

Books and Reading

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Noah Porter



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