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Read by iremonger


Katherine Mansfield


In Prelude

One of the first books to be published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press, Prelude is among Katherine Mansfield's most accompli…

12 - Ifs

Read by NoelBadrian


Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton


In The Undying One and Other Poems

“The Byron of our modern poetesses," was the verdict of Henry Nelson Coleridge, the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, wri…

Caroline Branson

Read by Kristin LeMoine


Edgar Lee Masters


In Spoon River Anthology

This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…

X. Lucy

Read by Nicole J. LeBoeuf


E. Nesbit


In These Little Ones

A collection of short stories for adults, mainly about children in hard times. The title references Matthew 18:6, which verse Nesbit include…

Nicholas Nickleby - Nicholas Comes to Kate's Rescue

Read by Arielle Lipshaw


Hallie Erminie Rives


In Tales From Dickens

The Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times; A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick Papers. Have you read any or all of these famous Dicken…

Pictures

Read by Stephanie Kydd


Katherine Mansfield


In Movies and Hollywood Short Story Collection, Volume 1

Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kine…

Marie

Read by Newgatenovelist


Thomas Parker Sanborn


In Selected Poems

Thomas Parker Sanborn was an American poet from Massachusetts. In this collection of his work, published from 1883 to 1886 in The Harvard Mo…

See-Saw

Read by dnce17


Katherine Mansfield


In Something Childish and Other Stories

This posthumous collection of stories and sketches by the New Zealand modernist author was published the year after her death from tuberculo…

III. Curious Psychic Experiences

Read by Kimberly Wilson


Violet Tweedale


In Ghosts I Have Seen, and other Psychic Experiences

In 1919, just after the devastation of WWI, Tweedale published these 34 fact-based testimonials, just a sampling of her psychic experiences …

Honesty

Read by Sonia


Katherine Mansfield


In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories

The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…

Love

Read by Newgatenovelist


Amanda McKittrick Ros and Amanda Mckittrick Ros


In Poems of Puncture

Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose have earned notoriety for their highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction, and…

Caroline

Read by Bruce Kachuk


James Russell Lowell


In Early Poems

This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

Changing the Nurseries

Read by Natalie Paula


Katharine Tynan Hinkson


In An Isle in the Water

'Here, among the hosts of ladies who write with care and inelegance, comes a woman artist. An Isle in the Water is a collection of fifteen w…

Nora: A Serenade

Read by Andrew Kennedy


Paul Laurence Dunbar


In Oak and Ivy

"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…

Jenny Allen

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Marietta Holley


In Poems

This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin

Sophie's Secret Part 1

Read by Lia Lallo


Louisa May Alcott


In Lulu's Library, Volume 3

No handy foreword from Louisa this time! This is the third volume of short stories by Louisa May Alcott for children. This collection incl…

Clarissa Scott Delaney

Read by Newgatenovelist


Angelina Weld Grimké


In Selected Poems

Angelina Weld Grimké was a poet, playwright and educator. These poems were published between 1923 and 1927. - Summary by Newgatenovel…

12 - Letter 29

Read by Luigina


Frances Brooke and Frances Moore Brooke


In The History of Lady Julia Mandeville

Lady Julia, the daughter of the earl of Belmont, and Mr. Henry Mandeville are falling in love. Though Henry is like a family friend, this lo…

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