Essays & Short Works
Monologues
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Richard Middleton
This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his gh…
An Irregular Miscellany: A selection of essays and lectures from the Common Univ…
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A.F. Harrold
Throughout the 1920s the Common University provided a free and ready source of education to the working classes of England through various l…
The Meaning of Life and Other Essays
Read by Judith Ignacio
Alban Goodier, S.J.
Even with the best intentions, we can often get caught up in the affairs of this world and forget about God. To stay on the path to Heaven w…
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
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Jane Collier
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's firs…
G.K. Chesterton in Vanity Fair Magazine
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G. K. Chesterton
A collection of 12 articles/essays that G.K. Chesterton wrote for Vanity Fair magazine in 1920-1921, under the general title “The Next/New R…
The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays
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John Erskine
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
Multilingual Short Works Collection 012
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Various
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). Al…
Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs
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Various
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 04. April 1896
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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…
Verzamelde korte Nederlandstalige Werken 003
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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…
Untimely Papers
Read by Ben Adams
Randolph Silliman Bourne
This is a posthumous collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Many originally appeared in the journal "The Seven Arts," before the…
Local Color Collection Vol. 001
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Various
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)
Coffee Break Collection 026 - 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…
Sésame et les lys
Read by Christiane Jehanne
John Ruskin
La préface est écrite en 1906, par Marcel Proust, il s'agit de ce texte très célèbre et passionnant : &qu…
Hetzjagd durch die Zeit
Read by Claus Misfeldt
Egon Erwin Kisch
Kisch veröffentlichte diese Sammlung von Reportagen als Fortsetzung seines erfolgreichen Buches "Der rasende Reporter" aus de…
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 (Version 2)
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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…