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04 - Godfrey Wardour
Read by bobolink
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
The Bishop's Library
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…
My Lord the Book
Read by Sarah Brown
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…
The Story of the late Mr. Elvesham
Read by Peter Yearsley
H. G. Wells
In The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
Letter to Lord Chesterfield
Read by Daniel Davison
Samuel Johnson
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…
Psalm 14
Read by Greg Giordano
Isaac Watts
In Psalms of David
Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as "classical hymns" such as "Joy to the Wo…
Section 8
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Enoch Arden
In the poem "Enoch Arden," Tennyson's epic narrative of the enduring power of love in the face of insurmountable odds, is found a …
Thoughts
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alfred Castner King
In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems
"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…
To L—
Read by Andrew Gaunce
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …
Samuel, Part 2
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Jack London
In The Strength of the Strong
Seven short stories, written around the middle of London's writing career. The stories take place in diverse settings and time periods, from…
Preface
Read by Mike Pelton
Lord Dunsany
In Tales of Wonder
The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fanta…
Chapter X
Read by Matthew D. Robinson
Edward Bellamy
In Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
Henry Burr's fiance, Madeline, is seduced by another man. The guilt and painful memories she has as a result cause him to refer her to Dr. H…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
CHAPTER VIII RALPH BOYD THE ENGLISHMAN
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Kirk Munroe
In Through Swamp and Glade: A Tale of the Seminole War
The principal incidents in the story of Coacoochee, as related in the following pages, are historically true. The Seminole War, the most pro…
Chapter 14: John Milton
Read by Vinny Lerin
George MacDonald
In England's Antiphon
"In this book I have sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from an early period of our literary history. ... [I]f its poet…
Letter to Lord Chesterfield
Read by Michael Dalling
Samuel Johnson
In Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose
A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English languag…
Lord Bateman
Read by Ellies
Various
In Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England
This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern na…
Letter 2 The Church
Read by David Wales
George Crabbe
In The Borough
English village life and villagers in the east of England in the late 1700’s and early 1800s—is the subject of The Borough. George Crabbe …
King of kings, and Lord of lords
Read by Michelle Grebe
Jane Eliza Coolidge Chapman, Variousandjane Eliza Coolidge Chapman and Various And Jane Eliza Coolidge Chapman
In Easter Hymns
Lockwood, Brooks & Co. Have nearly ready the volume of “Easter Hymns” selected by Miss J.E.C. Chapman, an accomplished lady of Boston, a…