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10 - Partition 3, Section 2, Member 2, Subsection 2, Part 2

In The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 3

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Robert Burton


The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…

Chapter 4 - Caedmon the Cowherd

In Early English Hero Tales

Read by Elizabeth Copnall


Jeannette Augustus Marks


Supposing you were asked to enter a Great Palace? And within that palace, you were told, were more than a thousand golden doors? And those d…

Prefatory Note and Part 1

In Maude

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Christina Rossetti


Maude is a novella by Christina Rossetti, written in 1850 but published posthumously in 1897. Considered by scholars to be semi-autobiograph…

1 - Part 1

In The Farmer's Bride

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Charlotte Mew


The Farmer's Bride is a collection of 28 poems by British modernist writer Charlotte Mew. The original edition was published in 1916; this e…

01 - Strange Meeting

In Poems

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Wilfred Owen


A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…

Act 2, Part 2

In Heartbreak House

Read by Elizabeth Klett


George Bernard Shaw


On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye’s infamous dinner parties. U…

Chapter VIII - Maiwand and the Great March

In The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 2

Read by Elizabeth Renae


Archibald Forbes


This Part 2 of "The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80" discusses the 1878-80 war, which was one of the major conflicts during the Gr…

The Battle of Gaugamela

In The Story of Greece: Told to Boys and Girls

Read by Elizabeth Horan


Mary Esther Miller Macgregor


A retelling of Greek myths, history and stories aimed at children.

09 - Meg Goes to Vanity Fair

In Little Women

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Louisa May Alcott


Little Women is the classic story of The March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and their four girls--Practical, yet fashion con…

DP and Advance notice

In Why Marry?

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Jesse Lynch Williams


Why Marry? is a comedy, which "tells the truth about marriage". We find a family in the throes of proving the morality of marriage…

Iphigenia

In Heroines Every Child Should Know

Read by Elizabeth Nielsen


Hamilton Wright Mabie


The companion volume to Heroes Every Child Should Know, this volume looks at 13 famous and heroic women from history. - Summary by Lynne Tho…

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