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Vanitie
Read by KevinS
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
42 - The Leper
Read by Marea Brook
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
II: Ære Perennius
Read by Ellies
Geoffrey Bache Smith
In A Spring Harvest
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…
On the Watch
Read by O
Gaston Leroux
In The Mystery of the Yellow Room
This crime novel was possibly the first to involve a 'locked room mystery', in which an attempted murder takes place, but with no obvious wa…
Henri Learns The Language
Read by David Wales
Richmal Crompton
In Still - William
More humorous adventures (1925) by the world’s most misunderstood English boy. - Summary by david wales
Philosophy
Read by Ellies
Victor Daley
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…
Pécheresse
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
Query
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Vinal
In White April
In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…
Mary Lemaine
Read by Ellies
Henry Lawson
In Verses Popular and Humorous
This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin
The Story of Jees Uk Part 01
Read by ML Cohen
Jack London
In The Faith of Men
A collection of short stories by author Jack London.
Abou Ben Butler
Read by sid
John Paul
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
Chapter 8
Read by DaleBarkley
Ellis Parker Butler
In In Pawn
Inspired by "Lives of the Saints", fat, lazy, good-for-nothing Harvey Redding decides to give up the junk-collecting business, and…
The Second Comfort Of Whoring - Answer'd
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Unknown
In Coffee Break Collection 010 - War and Conflict
This is the tenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…
Drugged Esquimo
Read by Kristine Bekere
Zachariah Atwell Mudge and Zachariah Atwell Mudge
In North-Pole Voyages
For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immed…
Near Hastings
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Toru Dutt
In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
November
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
In The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665
Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for thei…
Cares
Read by mleigh
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
To One Reading the Morte D’Arthure
Read by Ellies
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 5
This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentuck…
The Evening Paper
Read by Adrian Wilson
Gaston Leroux
In The Man with the Black Feather
Theophrastus Longuet is a retired manufacturer of rubber stamps in Paris. He now spends his days relaxing, safe from life’s vicissitudes. wi…
The Curate of Poltons
Read by elibishop
Anthony Hope
In Comedies of Courtship
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton