Essays & Short Works
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 …
Verzamelde korte Nederlandstalige Werken
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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…
From Pillar to Post
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John Kendrick Bangs
I could not let these random notes of a delightful experience go forth into the world without expressing in some way my deep appreciation of…
Visions and Revisions
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John Cowper Powys
Powys presents a set of literary devotions of great figures in Literature who have obsessed him. He attempts not so much a reasoned critique…
Neither Here nor There
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Oliver Herford
Oliver Herford, and American humorist, writer, and illustrator here gives us short vignettes from topics as seemingly insignificant things a…
Insomnia Collection
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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…
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…
Studies in the Fairy Mythology
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Lucy Allen Paton
In this doctoral dissertation, author Lucy Allen Paton (1865-1951), an alumna of Radcliffe College, takes a scholarly look at the role of Mo…
Days Gone By
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Various
This is the twenty-second Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…
The Shining Pyramid
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Arthur Machen
For the first time ever, the complete contents of both the 1923 and 1925 editions of The Shining Pyramid are brought together in a single co…
Religio Medici
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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…
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…
Sämtliche Schriften
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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…
Trivia
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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…
The Quintessence of Ibsenism
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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…
Elia
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Charles Lamb
Elia and The Last Essays of Elia are two collections of essays written by Charles Lamb. The essays first began appearing in The London Magaz…
Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring
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Arthur Machen and Vincent Starrett
The centerpieces of this collection are two essays by Arthur Machen, Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring. Both use images of journeys …