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3-8 A Hand at Cards
Read by Hamlet
Charles Dickens
In A Tale of Two Cities (version 4)
A small group of people become embroiled in the tumultuous events of the French Revolution. - Summary by Brad Filippone
Chapter 1 - Spade and Archer
Read by Mark Nelson
Dashiell Hammett
In The Maltese Falcon
A beautiful client, a valuable artifact, fake identities, double-crosses and dead bodies. Hard-boiled San Francisco detective Sam Spade has …
May 2 St. Athanasius, Bishop
Read by KevinS
John Gilmary Shea
In Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 2 (April-June)
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
The Trial
Read by Carmina Sansone
Jacob Abbott
In Peter the Great
There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…
XIII. The Sequel
Read by Ryan Cherrick
Jacob Abbott
In King Alfred of England
The life and accomplishments of England's sole title holder of "The Great." King Alfred defended England from Viking invasions an…
Captain Fracasse
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…
The Stern Father
Read by CliffClaven
H. A. Guerber
In The Story of the Romans
A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)
In Examination
Read by Graham Redman
Rupert Brooke
In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …
Review, C. S. & M. A., The Bookshelf
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)
Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …