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Appendix: Pseudo-critics
Read by Peter Dann
George Borrow
In The Romany Rye
"The Romany Rye" is a direct continuation of George Borrow's "Lavengro", taking up the latter's story immediately where …
Preface & Introduction
Read by Ben Tucker
Dorothy Scarborough
In The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction
Scholar of the macabre Dorothy Scarborough provides us with the first comprehensive overview of supernatural fiction in literary history, a …
Preface
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
In A Dish of Orts: Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare
Readers of George MacDonald are used to his engaging story-telling, winsome characters, and simple theology of trust in God as Father. But t…
Preface
Read by Devorah Allen
Jessie Laidlay Weston
In From Ritual to Romance
From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 book written by Jessie L. Weston.Weston's book is an examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends an…
Chapter 52: The Discussion
Read by Peter Dann
Stendhal
In The Red and the Black
It is a brave author indeed who gives his hero as many flaws as Stendhal bestows upon young Julien Sorel, an ambitious young carpenter's son…
Preface
Read by Zachary Trent
C. F. Tucker Brooke
In The Introduction to Shakespeare Apocrypha
"The ambition of the editor has been to provide an accurate and complete text, with adequate critical and supplementary matter, of all …
Remarkable Remarks
Read by MaryAnn
Various
In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2
Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…
Introduction to Index
Read by John Greenman
Merle Devore Johnson
In Excerpts from ''A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens''
As printed, this book contains an extensive listing of Mark Twain's work. Rather than repeating that listing, this recording simply reflects…
The criticism of English literature
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Noah Porter
In Books and Reading
[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature o…
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.
In 1000 Things Worth Knowing
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…
Chapter IV: The Critics. Part 1
Read by Roohi
Clement Shorter
In Victorian Literature
Victorian Literature by Clement Shorter is a brief work that gives a good introduction to many of the important writers, historians, and cri…
preface part 2
Read by KevinS
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
In Kopal-Kundala
A story of love and innocence, by one of India's most loved novelist/ poets of the 20th century, the mentor of Rabindrath Tagore. (Summary b…
Introduction
Read by KevinS
Herbert Read
In English Prose Style
Read's book describes the basic elements of composition and rhetoric: narrative form, eloquence, rhythm, and other important elements of wha…
Two Ways of Putting It
Read by jlenardon
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 01, Nov. 4, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
CLASSIFICATION Part 2
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Henry Mayhew
In London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV
Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.This vo…
Preface
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
In Our Little Jewish Cousin
In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. Th…
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Twilight Stories
A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge,…
Preface
Read by Lynne T
Richard Wilson
In The Russian Storybook
Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance …
Chapter 19. Part 1
Read by Brize C
George Sand
In The Countess of Rudolstadt
This sequel to Consuelo picks up not long after the striking conclusion of the first novel. Consuelo is enjoying a brilliant singing career…
Preface
Read by Warren Bergmann
James T. Lightwood
In Charles Dickens and Music
This is a detailed exploration of the references to music in the novels of Dickens: songs, instrumental pieces, performers, composers, and m…