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The Quack Doctor

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)

Read by Rob Howard


Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Chapter V

In A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln

Read by Rob Powell


John G. Nicolay and John George Nicolay


John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With assistant secretary, John Hay, he wrote the two volume definitive …

Foreword, Preface, and Introduction

In Oscar Wilde from Purgatory

Read by Rob Marland


Hester Travers Smith


Hester Dowden, who wrote under the name Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium. She claimed to have communicated with the sp…

Oscar Wilde: An Idler's Impression

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036

Read by Rob Marland


Edgar Saltus


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquak…

Introductory Note

In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories

Read by Rob Marland


Katherine Mansfield


The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…

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