Essays & Short Works
The Fantasy Fan Magazine Presents: Writings of Clark Ashton Smith
Read by Ben Tucker
Clark Ashton Smith
Collected here are all of Clark Aston Smith's writings he submitted to The Fantasy Fan Magazine. The Fantasy Fan Magazine was a periodical d…
Verzamelde korte Nederlandstalige Werken 002
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Various
Dit is een verzameling van kort Nederlandstalig proza van allerlei aard - fictie en non-fictie. Uitgekozen en gelezen door vrijwilligers van…
The Initiates of the Flame
Read by Brother Michael
Manly P. Hall
A book about the spiritual flame that nourishes all created things and the initiates who guard it. It explores the mysteries of alchemy, Egy…
Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the…
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Frederick Douglass
This is the speech given by Fredrick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington DC, April 14, 1876 alo…
Atlantic Classics
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Various
The Atlantic was a popular periodical with a wide range of essays and stories. In an effort to remain current, many strong and valid submiss…
Moments With Mark Twain
Read by Lee Smalley
Mark Twain
These selections from the works of Mark Twain are presented in chronological order. They include the memorable whitewashing of the fence in …
The Creed of a Credulous Person
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G. K. Chesterton
A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in "Black and White" magazine in 1903, under the heading "The Creed of …
A Square Deal
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States when president William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. As the …
Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 6
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Carl Von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky war ein prominenter Journalist und Pazifist zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik, der für sein Engagement 1935 mit dem Fri…
Insomnia Collection Vol. 005
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Various
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…
Coffee Break Collection 022 - Days Gone By
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This is the twenty-second Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…
The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Version 2)
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George Bernard Shaw
This is an essay providing an extended analysis of the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and of Ibsen's critical reception in Engla…
Americans and Others
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Agnes Repplier
A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 19…
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia and Letter to a Friend
Read by Barbara Baker
Thomas Browne
Selections from the varied writings of a 17th century English doctor with a well-stocked mind, an interest in the new science of his age and…
Trivia (1917) And More Trivia (1921)
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Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) was an American-born British essayist who was known for his epigrams and aphorisms, often humorous. This re…
The Ukraine
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George Raffalovich
“We are not the same nation with Russian people,” the statement which all Ukrainians wish to convey to the whole world for centuries. The st…
Figures of Several Centuries
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Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…
Optimism, An Essay
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Helen Keller
Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …
The Inner Life
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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is …
Idle Hours In A Library
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William Henry Hudson
“[these essays on Shakespeare, Pepys, Restoration novels, and bohemianism]—the results of many hours of quiet but rather aimless browsing am…