Essays & Short Works
Happiness
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Carl Hilty
A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…
Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society
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Edward Carpenter
This pamphlet by LGBT pioneer and philosopher Edward Carpenter was originally intended to form part of his work "Love's Coming of Age&q…
Local Color Collection
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Various
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)
It's a Small World
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Various
This is the 26th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes…
London Impressions
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
Walking
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Henry David Thoreau
This was originally titled "The Wild" and is a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum. "Walking" is an e…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the Introductory by the editor, John Hyde, and the…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles:* Venezuela: Her Governmen…
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast
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William Cowper Brann
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to b…
Letters of Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
This fourth collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote while living in Berneval, in the months after h…
Essays on Modern Novelists
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William Lyon Phelps
A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote i…
Catalogs to Sleep By
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Various
Excerpts from vintage catalogs, read in a soft, soothing voice and meant to lull you to sleep. Drift off to dreamland with details of such t…
Letters of Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
This fifth and final collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes many letters to his friend, Robert Ross, and a long letter abo…
An Interpretation of Keats's Endymion
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Henry Clement Notcutt
Endymion is the largest work by John Keats and was composed between April and November 1817. When it was published in April 1818 the critic…
The Theory of the Theatre
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Clayton Hamilton
A collection of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton concerning theatre & dramatic practices, and the criticism thereof, from an e…
Gardening
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Various
This is the 33rd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction p…
Pastiche and Prejudice
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Arthur Bingham Walkley
Arthur Bingham Walkley was an exceedingly popular critic, working as a drama critic at The Times alone for no less than 26 years, and writin…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the November Number. It includes the following articles:* The Witwatersrand and th…
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler and Henry Festing Jones
Early in his life Samuel Butler began to carry a note-book and to write down in it anything he wanted to remember; it might be something he …