Essays & Short Works

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 066

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Why Women Should Vote" (Jane Addams, 1910) is one of several selections devo…

Elia; and The Last Essays of 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…

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, …

Christmas Short Works Collection 2006

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Various


LibriVox's 2006 Christmas Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a variety of …

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 05. May 1896

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the May Number. It includes the following articles:* Africa Since 1888, by Hon. Ga…

The Scrap Book (volume 1) Sampler

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Various


18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of T…

The Mintage

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the "Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People". These 11 short stores show the …

The Art of Letters

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Robert Lynd


From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his da…

Studies in the Fairy Mythology of Arthurian Romance

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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…

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay


"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…

Coffee Break Collection 025 - Water

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This is the twenty-fifth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes …

Your United States: Impressions Of A First Visit

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Arnold Bennett


Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journal…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 069

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Various


"It seemed as if a total dissolution of nature was taking place" is the way 15-year old Alexander Hamilton described living throug…

Lancashire Characters and Places

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Thomas Newbigging


An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and E…

The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

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John Galsworthy


This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, a…

The Initiates of the Flame

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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…

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…

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…

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