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To Dr. James Newton Matthews
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…
Chapter X - Saint Anthony's Well
Read by E Ogston
Wilkie Collins
In The Two Destinies
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…
AN APPRECIATION BY BRANDER MATTHEWS & INTRODUCTION BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
In Europe and Elsewhere
This collection of articles came from Mark Twain's travels and experiences abroad. While many had been previously published, there also were…
The Tocsin of Revolt, and other Essays
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Brander Matthews
This is a volume of essays by American author Brander Matthews. Matthews is today mostly remembered for his short pieces of speculative fict…
Sir Philip Sidney
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Fourteen Arguments in Favour of Mr. Quiverful's Claims
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
Philomela
Read by Christopher Fried
John Crowe Ransom
In Chills and Fever
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.
Andrew and Alexa
Read by UnaSalusVictis
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…
The Perfect Reader
Read by Carol Box
Christopher Morley
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2013
A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German.
Bowl
Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
Wallace Stevens
In The Collected Public Domain Poems of Wallace Stevens, Volume 1
A collection of Wallace Stevens poems written before 1923.Stevens trained to be a lawyer. Within eleven years after this series of poems wer…
Chapter 32
Read by HazelJ
Edward Healy Thompson
In The Life and Glories of St. Joseph
A wonderful work on the life of St. Joseph, the true husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster-father of Jesus Christ. - Summary by Mozartjr
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Section 2
Read by Russ Hobbs
John Henry Newman
In The Dream of Gerontius
As a rule, when Cardinal Newman's poetry is mentioned, people think of "The Pillar of the Cloud," better known as "Lead, Kind…
On Controversy.
Read by InTheDesert
John Newton
In Forty-One Letters on Religious Subjects
Among the excellences which appear in all the published letters of Newton, we may mention:In the first place, the grand design — the high an…
The Life of Anthony (Version 2)
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Athanasius of Alexandria
The Life Of St. Anthony the Great.
Canto IV
Read by Peter Tucker
Sir Walter Scott
In The Lay of the Last Minstrel
An aging minstrel seeks who hospitality at Newark Castle and in recompense tells a tale of a sixteenth-century Border feud. In the poem, Lad…
For a Cynic
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
Part I
Read by John N. Daily
John Gould Fletcher
In Japanese Prints
JapanAn old courtyard Hidden awayIn the afternoon.Grey walks,Mossy stones,Copper carp swimming lazily,And beyond,A faint toneless hissing ec…
Exposition of the Contents …
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Wallace Stevens
In Harmonium
This is the first edition of Stevens's first book, with poetry written between 1914 and 1923. A later edition was printed with the inclusion…
Old Nell Dickerson
Read by Cassandra
Shaw Neilson
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…