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Jessie Pope's War Poems
Read by Alan Mapstone
Jessie Pope
Jessie Pope published these poems during the early months of the First World War. They were very popular at the time and the author received…
They Flee From Me and other poems
Read by Alan Mapstone
Thomas Wyatt
Sir Thomas Wyatt was an English poet, courtier and ambassador for King Henry VIII, who sent him on Embassies to the Pope and the Holy Roman …
The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point and Selected Other Poems
Read by Alan Mapstone
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in County Durham, England in 1806. From the age of 15 she suffered a series of debilitating illnesses. H…
Odes, Songs and Lyrical Pieces
Read by Alan Mapstone
John Dryden
John Dryden was an English poet and playwright who was the first person to hold the title of Poet Laureate.Many of Dryden's lyrics were desi…
The Lotos Eaters and Other Poems
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1850 until his death in 1892. Please enjoy this collection of selected poems by him.…
A Marc Short
Read by Marc Vale
Marc Vale
6 very short twisted humorous stories. Only an hour long, with cheesy singing.
All Roads Lead to Blue Lake
Read by Marc Vale
Marc Vale
Something’s gone wrong with your GPS system and you think you've made a wrong turn somewhere. You look at a sign that reads: Welcome to Blue…
Strigoaie The Romanian Witch
Read by Marc Vale
Marc Vale
Marie Fatan always wanted to know the truth about her father who died in the war. It took a trip to Romania for her to unveil his side of th…
Dark Hollow, Version 2
Read by Doreen Marcotte
Anna Katharine Green
Twelve years ago, the town of Shelby was in shock at the discovery of the murder of Algernon Etheridge, one of the town's most prominent cit…
Maoriland Fairy Tales
Read by Marea Brook
Edith Howes
Most of the tales have some basis in history. It is an oral language so all histories have to be remembered and retold. To help with this me…
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4)
Read by Veronica Maresh Mead
H. G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells follows shipwreck victim, Edward Prendick, as he explores a strange island his rescuer, Montgomer…
Bunner Sisters
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Edith Wharton
“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverish…
Arthur Mervyn
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Charles Brockden Brown
Arthur Mervyn is the story of a young man from the country who arrives in a city stricken with Yellow Fever. He soon comes down with the ill…
Merton of the Movies
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Harry Leon Wilson
Merton of the Movies is a comedy that centers around Merton Gill, an aspiring dramatic artist from Simsbury, Illinois who makes his way to H…
The Moneychangers
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Upton Sinclair
A story of white collar crime and intrigue told from the point of view of Montague, a member of the privileged class of New York. Montague w…
The Fruit of the Tree
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Edith Wharton
When published in 1907, this novel about the lives of a wealthy mill owner, her socially progressive husband and friends caused a stir due t…
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers Vol. 1
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Robert Henry Newell
These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. The…
Contending Forces
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, despite an impressive record of productivity and creativity as a novelist, playwright, short fiction writer, edit…
Martyred Armenia
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Fa'Iz El-Ghusein
This is a first hand account of the Armenian Genocide written by a Syrian who had been a Turkish official for three and a half years. His ac…
Our Old Home
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Nathaniel Hawthorne
These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a …