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Cuban Doctor, The

Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)


Wallace Stevens


In The Collected Public Domain Poems of Wallace Stevens, Volume 1

A collection of Wallace Stevens poems written before 1923.Stevens trained to be a lawyer. Within eleven years after this series of poems wer…

Best-Seller

Read by Roxanne Weber


O. Henry


In Options

O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…

32 - Appendix F, Part 2

Read by Aaron Weber


Jefferson Davis


In The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1a

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America …

03 - Celebrities

Read by Phil Benson


M. E. Francis


In In a North Country Village

M. E. Francis was born Mary E. Sweetman in Dublin and moved to Lancashire on her marriage to Francis Nicholas Blundell, of the Blundell fami…

Ch. 11: The Boarder's Visit, pt. 2

Read by Sibella Denton


Frank R. Stockton


In Rudder Grange

This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns…

The Carolina Paroquet

Read by Andrea Kotzer


Various


In Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 4, November 1899

"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…

The Barbecue

Read by Bob R


Frank H. Spearman


In Laramie Holds The Range

As with most of Frank Spearman's novels (and non-fiction), "Laramie Holds the Range" is set in the West during our early railroad …

The great star ruby, by Barnes MacGreggor

Read by ToddHW


Various


In The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 03 December 1895

The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Rothschild's Fiddle

Read by Paul Rizik


Anton Chekhov


In Short Story Collection Vol. 064

This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Contributions include works from Guy de Maupassant, Rud…

The Comedian as the Letter C …

Read by KevinS


Wallace Stevens


In Harmonium

This is the first edition of Stevens's first book, with poetry written between 1914 and 1923. A later edition was printed with the inclusion…

Harsk, Harsk

Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)


Carl Sandburg


In Slabs of the Sunburnt West

Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard

3 - "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural

Read by Phil Chenevert


Stephen Leacock


In Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels

8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody…

15 - Baylor's Mail

Read by Phil Chenevert


Joel Harris and Joel Chandler Harris


In The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904…

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…

Antonio García Cubas

Read by DJRickyV


Frederick Starr


In Readings from Modern Mexican Authors

Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array of contemporary writers. This work is a compendium of 29 of those write…

Dudley’s Fight with the Texan

Read by Greg Giordano


Palmer Cox


In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…

Selected excerpts

Read by Bruce Pirie


Charles Blanc


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05

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…

Vallombreuse

Read by Peter Tucker


Théophile Gautier


In Captain Fracasse

The story, set in the 17th Century during the reign of Louis XIII in France, concerns the progress of an impoverished nobleman as he venture…

02 - 'Q.' A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural

Read by TriciaG


Stephen Leacock


In Nonsense Novels

Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

V. The Hoax of the Spirit Lover

Read by Ben Tucker


Harry Houdini


In Weird Tales Presents: The Strange World of Harry Houdini

In 1924, the odd and wonderful Weird Tales Magazine published a series of stories written (or ghost-written in at least one instance) by not…

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