Essays & Short Works

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

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Various


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Essays on Work and Culture

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Hamilton Wright Mabie


The author investigates the world of work against a backdrop of culture. Each of the 25 essays focuses on one aspect of the topic. For examp…

And Even Now

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Max Beerbohm


This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such notables as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Sh…

Heroines of Fiction

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William Dean Howells


This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…

Christian Science

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Mark Twain


Christian Science is a 1907 collection of essays Mark Twain wrote about Christian Science, beginning with an article that was published in C…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy,…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 043

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Various


Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the role of "people of color&…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 024

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Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

G. K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1921

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The New Witness", under the heading "At the Sign…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 014

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Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Die Nacht - Ein Traumgesicht" und "Coco" &u…

Rural Rides

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William Cobbett


William Cobbett: 1763-1835 English farmer, journalist and politician. His book Rural Rides collects together the articles published in his P…

The Fringes Of The Fleet

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Rudyard Kipling


During the war (WWI), [Kipling] wrote a booklet The Fringes of the Fleet containing essays and poems on various nautical subjects of the war…

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890)

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Oscar Wilde


This first collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde begins with the Irish playwright's earliest extant letter, thanking his mother fo…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 016

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 025

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy

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Stephen Leacock


Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 015

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Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Vision" übersetzt von Georg von Ompteda (1863-1…

The Book of This and That

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Robert Lynd


From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay


"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…

Declaration of Rights

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Stamp Act Congress


On June 8, 1765 James Otis, supported by the Massachusetts Assembly sent a letter to each colony calling for a general meeting of delegates.…

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