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To Francis Ledwidge
Read by Nemo
Grace H. Conkling
In Wilderness Songs
This second volume of verse by Grace Hazard Conkling -- American poet, author and musician -- ranges in theme from close observations of the…
Outcast
Read by Denise Ray
Claude Mckay
In Harlem Shadows
An award winning Jamaican poet who writes passionately about his birth home and his adopted home, USA. Claude McKay vividly describes family…
Dr. Delany's Villa and Delville Window
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
Part I - Chapter VI
Read by Deon Gines
Wilkie Collins
In My Lady's Money
Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…
Introductory Note
Read by KevinS
Robert Ernest Vernède
In War poems and other verses
Vernède enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant at the start of World War I, even though he was over the maximum age of…
Pierre
Read by Peter Yearsley
Maurice Baring
In Poems, 1914-1919
This is a collection of Maurice Baring's poetry. This collection contains a number of Baring's earlier poetry, written before the war mostly…
The Failure
Read by Jennifer Dorr
Charles Caldwell Dobie
In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
This book, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, is a collection of 23 "modern short stories", written by various autho…
Selected excerpts by Gustave Droz
Read by Rita Boutros
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 12
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Spring
Read by Nemo
Francis Ledwidge
In The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World W…
Obi
Read by Ben Tucker
Eden Phillpotts
In Black, White and Brindled
These short stories by Eden Phillpotts are set in the West Indies, involving mystery, murder, tragic romance and many a sea yarn.NOTE: There…
Cain
Read by Lee Smalley
Aleksandr Kuprin
In A Slav Soul and Other Stories
Novelist and short story writer Alexandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was one of the most widely read authors of his time. Nabokov called hi…
"Bob White"
Read by Sibella Denton
George Cooper
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Chapter 24
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
In Hunting for Hidden Gold (version 2)
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American detective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. The…
THE GARLAND
Read by VfkaBT
Maurice Baring
In Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches
In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in ste…
On Dr. Rundle and Epigram
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Hilda, Spinning
Read by Greg Giordano
Julia Caroline Dorr
In Earlier Poems
This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin
The Ringlet
Read by Foon
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…
77. The Message
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…
Going Back
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
In Bay: A Book of Poems
The superb skill and dexterity of D.H. Lawrence, a writer who profoundly influenced the literature of the twentieth century, is very evident…