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Triumph
Read by Christopher Fried
John Crowe Ransom
In Chills and Fever
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.
For a Cynic
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
The Glance
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…
St. John and the Faun, by George Edward Woodberry
Read by Rachel May
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…
The Last Supper
Read by John W. Michaels
T. D. Hamm
In Short Science Fiction Collection 063
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…
A Dirge
Read by Guest
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…
10-Uncle Josh in a Department Store
Read by Philip Martin
Cal Stewart
In Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories
A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)
Silas Jackson
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
Simple Simon
Read by Jared Scott
A. E. Coppard
In The Black Dog and Other Stories
Coppard was renowned for his influence on the English short story and here we present a collection, first published in 1923, featuring 18 of…
Confirmation
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…
The Symbol
Read by mleigh
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
03 - Robert and John
Read by Sibella Denton
William James Mcglothlin
In Child’s New Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
Some Fiction; Johnny
Read by April6090
Ambrose Bierce
In The Fiend's Delight
This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, pseudonym Dod Grile.It is a …
The Question
Read by Inkell
Stephen Phillips
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
The Elopment
Read by Tomas Peter
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
On Time
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
In Milton's Minor Poems
“On Shakespear 1630” typifies much of Milton’s poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium i…
To L—
Read by Andrew Gaunce
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …
To Marion
Read by KevinS
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Talking Horse, The
Read by Marty Kris
John T. McIntrye and John Thomas McIntyre
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: Bishop Hall and George Sandys
Read by Alan Mapstone
George MacDonald
In England's Antiphon
"In this book I have sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from an early period of our literary history. ... [I]f its poet…