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The Earl

Read by Devorah Allen


George MacDonald


In Donal Grant

After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…

To the Lord Chancellor Hyde

Read by Peter Tucker


John Dryden


In The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…

To the Lord-General Cromwell by John Milton

Read by Jason in Panama


Various


In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)

The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, con…

George and Andrew

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George MacDonald


In The Elect Lady

Two farmer's sons and a cotter's daughter, though on different rungs of the social scale, formed a close bond in childhood as they learned t…

Lines 229-541

Read by Alan Mapstone


George Gordon, Lord Byron


In English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…

Lord Roberts

Read by Tomas Peter


George Murray


In Poems

George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montr…

Elegy on Newstead Abbey

Read by Alan Mapstone


George Gordon, Lord Byron


In Hours of Idleness

Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…

Dedication & Preface

Read by Alan Mapstone


George Gordon, Lord Byron


In The Prophecy of Dante

Byron wrote this tribute to the great 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri after visiting his tomb in Ravenna in 1819. It envisages Dan…

The British Church

Read by Alan Mapstone


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…

A Visitor

Read by Ian King


George Sterling


In A Wine of Wizardry

A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncr…

The Member of Parliament's Levee

Read by Dave Wills


George W. M. Reynolds


In The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 2

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46…

Peter Giles to the Right Honourable Ierome Buslyde

Read by Ruth Golding


Sir Thomas More and Thomas More


In Utopia (Robinson translation)

Originally entitled A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: writ…

Chapter 20 "Lord" Kate

Read by Dory


Armin Stein


In Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife

This is a fictionalized biography of the wife of the reformer Dr. Martin Luther. In the author's words, he hopes that "people may learn…

The Lords Prayer

Read by Larry Wilson


Alice Meynell


In A Father of Women and Other Poems

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

To ——

Read by Foon


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson

To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…

Chapter 11: The Ministry - Concluded

Read by Gillian Hendrie


Charles N. Queen


In Why Are So Few Men in the Churches? And Remedies

The strength of the book is in its facts and suggestions considered in a matter of fact and suggestive way. It offers criticism in the spiri…

The Exposure of Lord Stansford

Read by Roger Melin


Robert Barr


In Revenge!

A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of .... you guessed it, revenge, and …

The History of Britain

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton



A reader of this history, encountering the frequent references to “my author,” meaning the current source, will be reminded of DON QUIXOTE a…

The Regeneration of Lord Ernie Chapters IV - VI

Read by Ben Tucker


Algernon Blackwood


In Incredible Adventures

"In the volume titled Incredible Adventures occur some of the finest tales which the author has yet produced, leading the fancy to wild…

To the Earl of Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Samuel Johnson, Variousandcharles William Eliot and Various And Charles William Eliot


In Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books

Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Baco…

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