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1916: First Chapters Collection
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These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the yea…
A. D. Nineteen Hundred
Read by Stefan Von Blon
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 3
This is Volume 3: Nature Poems of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It's arranged in four sectio…
Preface
Read by Chuck Williamson
Harriet Martineau
In Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 1
Hugely popular at their time of publication, Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy sought to turn the abstract principles o…
La Lecture, tome 5
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La Lecture était une revue littéraire bi-mensuelle française de la fin du 19e siècle, publiant surtout des nouve…
Chapter 5
William Dean Howells
In A Traveller from Altruria
Set in the early 1890s, at a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, this book tells the story of Mr. T…
Ch 3. The Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Pt 1. The New Literature: The Kn…
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William Simonds
In A Student's History of American Literature
Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a …
Chapter 10
Read by Mark F. Smith
Jane Austen
In Sense and Sensibility (version 2)
This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating “sense and sensibility” in its world. A potential marriag…
1903 Collection
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This is what people were reading in 1903, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction articles. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Chapter IV Special Articles - Part Three
Read by Matt Williams
Louis Melius
In The American Postal Service, Second Edition
The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing …
I
Read by Scotty Smith
Ellis Parker Butler
In The Incubator Baby
Marjorie Fielding is born premature and spends her first months of life in an incubator. Her mother is a modern, broad-minded woman eschewin…
Prologue
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and P…
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Preface
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Frank Mundell
In Stories of the Lifeboat
There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …
I
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Rex Beach
In The Auction Block
In the early twentieth century, politics were a much simpler affair, and much could be accomplished by diplomacy and compromise. But even th…
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…
Part 1
Read by Deborah Percy
Henry James
In The Liar
A successful painter reconnects with the woman he once loved during a visit to an English country house. His surprise is great when he learn…
III: April 1916
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Geoffrey Bache Smith
In A Spring Harvest
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…
Chapters III and IV
Read by Verla Viera
Frank Tilton
In Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin
The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…
Chapter 10, part 1
Read by Jessica Hendra
George Sand
In Mauprat
Bernard Mauprat was raised by lawless brigands and knows no other way of life until age 17. Then everything changes for him when his cousin …
Chapter 2
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Louis Joseph Vance
In Joan Thursday
Minor potboiler is a change of pace from the author of the Lone Wolf detective series. Tenement beauty (and wannabe stage-star) Joan Thursb…
Ch. 5: The Humanists of the Nineteenth Century, Pt. 2
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Alfred William Benn
In History of Modern Philosophy
This book is a brief, but cogent discussion of Western philosophy-- from Francis Bacon and Giordano Bruno through Descartes, Spinoza, and Le…