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Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army
This memoir dating from 1812ff, but only published in 1840s is a strikingly profound contrast with our modern materialism and comfort. It is…
The Firm of Nucingen
Part of the Comedie Humane and a "supplementary" tale to go with Father Goriot and Gobseck. Nucingen is the married family name of…
The Black Prophet
The Black Prophet transports listeners to Ireland on the brink of the devastating famine of 1847. Through the eyes of a narrator who intimat…
Strangers at Lisconnel
Strangers at Lisconnel is a sequel to Jane Barlow’s Irish Idylls. The locations and most of the characters are common to both. There is grea…
Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
University of Oxford Podcasts
Metaphor
University of Oxford Podcasts
Global Poverty
University of Oxford Podcasts
Hallmark Playhouse
Sponsored by Hallmark Cards, Hallmark Playhouse is a literary show that brings classic stories to life. Each episode features engaging adapt…
Hallmark Playhouse
Host James Hilton along with Will Rogers Jr. introduce the Autobiography of Will Rogers, starring Edward Arnold.
Hallmark Playhouse
Host James Hilton introduces a touching story starring Ethel Barrymore about an elderly mother who plans on convincing her son that she belo…
Meet Mr. Mulliner
A collection of short stories, originally published in periodicals, featuring the character Mr. Mulliner. - Summary by James Hutchisson
Men Without Women
Hemingway's second collection of short fiction, first published in 1927, including many of his best-known stories, including "Hills Lik…
Free
Theodore Dreiser's first collection of short fiction, published in 1918. Dreiser was known primarily as a novelist (Sister Carrie, An Americ…
Hawthorne
A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-centu…
Thirty Years A Slave
Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly…
A Book of Myths
This is a collection of myths--mostly Greek with a smattering of others from the east--written in a clear and easy-to-read style. Lang compl…
Redburn
Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head…
The Wife of His Youth
Published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a collection of narratives that addresses the impact of Jim …
White Jacket
This is a tale based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844. It comments on the harsh and brutal realities…
Journal of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation
Fanny Kemble was a British actress who married mega-plantation owner, Pierce Butler of Georgia. During her marriage she kept journals of eve…