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Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr-nce of W-les

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by SKVeld 4.1
In All the Sad Young Men
A collection of short stories featuring a suite of wealthy protagonists navigating the perceived hardships of 1920s society. The themes cent…

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by E. E. Cummings Read by Scotty Smith 4.7
In XLI Poems
A book of 41 poems by E. E. Cummings classified as Songs I-XII [poems 1-12], Chansons Innocentes I-II [poems 13-14], Portraits I-IX [poems…

Atlas

by Victor Daley Read by Alan Mapstone 5
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…

A Few Words about Copyright in Books

by Augustine Birrell Read by Martin Geeson 2.7
In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 018
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this collection of short nonfiction works, curated from the public domain. Each piece, sele…

The Fox and the Lion

by Jefferys Taylor Read by NoelBadrian 5
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …

Hunters

by William Morrison and Joseph Samachson Read by Ralph Martin 4.4
In Short Science Fiction Collection 075
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

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by O. Henry Read by Scott Foster 4.7
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid

Bush Scene

by Shaw Neilson Read by Alan Mapstone 4.8
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…

Essay on Abelard

by Thomas Davidson Read by Martin Geeson 4.4
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 01
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…

The Nixies

by Madison Cawein Read by Bruce Kachuk
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …

Ezekiel XLVII. 1-12

by Alexander Wilmot Read by Larry Wilson 3.5
In The Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…

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by Thomas Frederick Young Read by Ken Masters
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…

The Story of Jees Uk Part 03

by Jack London Read by ML Cohen 4.5
In The Faith of Men
The Faith of Men is a compelling collection of short stories by Jack London that explores the rugged lives of men and women in the unforgivi…

Little Birdie

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Evan Smith 5
In The Beacon Second Reader
In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…

The Purple Martin

by Various Read by Andrea Kotzer 4.2
In Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 5, May 1900
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…

Fantasy: From 'The Vision of Delight' by Ben Jonson

by Ben Jonson Read by Leanne Yau 4.2
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1)
The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…

The Three Voices

by Lewis Carroll Read by MichaelMaggs 4.5
In Rhyme? And Reason? (Version 2)
An 1883 selection of Lewis Carroll's satirical and comic verse. The collection ranges from the well-known and well-loved The Hunting Of The …

A Visitor

by George Sterling Read by Ian King 4.4
In A Wine of Wizardry
A Wine of Wizardry is a captivating collection of poems by George Sterling that delves into the darker aspects of nature and the human exper…

The Keening

by Marie E. J. Pitt Read by nighthawks 3.9
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…

The Star

by H. G. Wells Read by jonsiegrist 4.4
In Short Science Fiction Collection 049
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

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