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Sir Philip Sidney
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Letter X
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Richardson
In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5
Volume 5 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness…
Edwin
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
Letter X
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Richardson
In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a her…
In Memory of Major Robert Gregory
Read by Peter Tucker
William Butler Yeats
In The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)
A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady…
Chapter 18
Read by Michele Eaton
Julian Corbett
In For God And Gold
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent navy historian and geologist. This semi-autobiographical novel tells about the start: the person…
Chapter I
Read by Theoden Humphrey
John Clay Coleman
In The Jim Crow Car; Or, Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race
"My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of …
Chapter 1
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Mystery of Cabin Island version 2
The Hardy Boys find a trespasser on an island belonging to Elroy Jefferson, whose stolen car they helped recover in a previous adventure. Th…
To You Who Read My Book
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
The Inkwell
Read by phineas2000
Robert Blatchford
In The Sorcery Shop: An Impossible Romance
A jolly fantasy novel in which a retired General and a Financier, having drinks at an aristocratic London club, meet Mr. Fry, a whimsical so…
06 - Learning to Read
Read by Sibella Denton
William James Mcglothlin
In Tiny Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
But What's the Use
Read by Ellies
Henry Lawson
In Verses Popular and Humorous
This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin
The Result
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
In Agincourt: A Romance
The Battle of Agincourt provided a surprise English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place in 1415 and brought a turning point in …
Chapter XV
Read by Sibella Denton
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
In The Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Prologue
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and P…
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Mr. Hardy Investigates
Read by ClueChaser
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Tower Treasure (version 5)
The Hardy boys begin their first case as sons of a famous detectives tracking down a jewel thief. - Summary by ClueChaser
82. The Passing
Read by Michele Fry
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
The Magi
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Lewis V. F. Randolph
In Survivals
The unique poetry of Lewis V.F. Randolph is brilliantly brought to life in this wide-ranging collection of some of his best work. A business…