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The Hunting of the Snark (version 2)

Read by Shawn Craig Smith


Lewis Carroll


The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursu…

Blake of the "Rattlesnake"

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frederick Thomas Jane


Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that f…

The Wild Knight and Other Poems

Read by Robert G. Smith


G. K. Chesterton


A collection of poems that tend to revolve around the theme of the wonder of the world. It includes the short, poetic play, "The Wild K…

The Red Badge of Courage (Version 3)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Stephen Crane


A youth, caught up in patriotic fervor and dreams of glory, enlists in the Union Army. In his first battle, though, he runs away. Deeply ash…

Americans All, Immigrants All

Read by Mark F. Smith


U. S. Department Of The Interior Office Of Education


The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …

3 Larbourd Watch Ahoy

In Kangaroo

Read by Courtney Miller


D. H. Lawrence


"Kangaroo" is the nickname of a character in this novel, Benjamin Cooley, who was a charismatic leader in the fascist movement of …

Chapter 10

In Regiment of Women

Read by Courtney S


Clemence Dane


Set in a small town in Edwardian England, Regiment of Women is about the relationship between two teachers at a private (and elitist) girls'…

Captain Nielsen

In My Danish Sweetheart Volume 1

Read by Courtney Miller


William Clark Russell


Young Hugh Tregarthen has grown up in a seafaring Cornish family, but is not born to follow the family tradition. Against his mother's wishe…

Chapter 13: The Moon and Planets

In History of Astronomy

Read by Courtney Miller


George Forbes


An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by re…

Chapter III - At Home with Cossacks (Part 1)

In The Red Reign: The True Story of an Adventurous Year in Russia

Read by Courtney Miller


Kellogg Durland


Kellogg Durland spent a year in Russia as a journalist in 1906, during a seminal period in Russian history. This is a highly interesting rea…

On the Way to the Tomb of Korah

In The Perfect World

Read by Courtney Miller


Ella Scrymsour


Almost certainly the merging of two separate magazine novellas, where Scrymsour attempted to weave together the plots. In this fantasy/ scie…

CHAPTER 5. MRS. WALKER'S OPINION

In The Amethyst Cross

Read by Courtney Miller


Fergus Hume


Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in orde…

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