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The First of May
Read by Lynette Caulkins
Alexander Berkman
In The Bolshevik Myth
The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman who with his partner Emma Goldman was deported from the USA under the 19…
Chapter XIII: An Afternoon Drive
Read by Ben Tucker
Margery Williams
In The Thing in the Woods
Dr. Haverill is asked to fill in as local physician for the skittish Dr. Lennox in a small Pennsylvania town. The locals seem to be a supers…
Chapter I. The Arrival
Read by Rachel Tevis
Jane Helen Findlater
In All That Happened in a Week
Precocious eight-year-old Peggy Roberts has many misadventures over the span of a week while visiting her Aunt Euphemia. - Summary by Rachel…
Lethe
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Clark Ashton Smith
In The Star-Treader and Other Poems
Clark Ashton Smith, referred to as one of the big three of Weird Tales, was a romantic-style poet, a Lovecraftian-style writer and a literar…
Preface
Read by Rachel Mayes
Edgar Allan Poe
In The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe
In placing before the public this collection of Edgar Poe's poetical works, it is requisite to point out in what respects it differs from, a…
Jemima
Read by littlemissclumsy
Elizabeth Semple
In A Cup of Sweets, that Can Never Cloy: Or, Delightful Tales for Good Children
Twenty-two moral stories for children. A collection of short stories about good little boys & girls and the rewards that come from good …
Nora May French
Read by Ian King
George Sterling
In A Wine of Wizardry
A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncr…
06 - V. Nancy Ross
Read by Cynthia Moyer
Hugh Walpole
In The Golden Scarecrow
Toying with the distinctions between reader and narrator, author and character, imagination and perception, Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole's The G…
Announcements
Read by Esther ben Simonides
Charlotte Maria Tucker
In The Spanish Cavalier
When his father dies, Lucius Lepine goes to Spain as a clerk. His fellow clerk, Don Aguilera, doesn't come to work one day. Lucius is worrie…
The Fox and the Cat
Read by Annyiee Hill
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith
In Tales of Laughter
Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. …
The Winter
Read by Elin
Violet Jacob
In Flemington (version 2)
Archie Flemington, a spy in Government service during the 1745 Jacobite rising, is sent to investigate the suspected rebel James Logie. Desp…
A Curious Incident; Our Post Office Box
Read by Rachel
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 03, Nov. 18, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
To Phillips Brooks
Read by Jeanie
Elizabeth Porter Gould
In Stray Pebbles From The Shores Of Thought
A collection of poetry by the Boston poetess. Sections are nature, love, miscellaneous, sonnets and 'for my nieces and nephews'. - Summary b…
The Question
Read by Inkell
Stephen Phillips
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
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
Autumn
Read by Stefan Von Blon
Jeannette Fraser Henshall
In Rain and Roses
One reviewer describes these poems as "dainty." Each reflect a delicacy of feeling and sentiment of home, love and nature. Jeanne…
Julian and Leonor, by R. S. Mackenzie, L. L. D.
Read by Kate Follis
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 07
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
TO WINTER
Read by Laurie Banza
Duncan Campbell Scott
In The Magic House, and Other Poems
A beautiful collection of 47 poems the author wrote being inspired by the seasons, by love, by memories. - Summary by Laur
Little Andrew
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Julia A. Moore
In The Sentimental Song Book
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its …
Scarlet Pimpernel ((Anagallis)
Read by dc
Emily Shaw Forman
In Wild-flower Sonnets
A delightful calendar of sonnets celebrating wildflowers. A charming and fanciful collection of poems for every month of the year. - Summar…