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Reading: An Essay

Read by David Wales


Hugh Walpole



A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales

David and the Phoenix

Read by Greg Weeks


Edward Ormondroyd



David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on…

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…

Centre for the Study of the Book


Various



University of Oxford Podcasts

William Again

Read by David Wales


Richmal Crompton



Fourteen more stories about William Brown. William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzz…

Just William

Read by David Wales


Richmal Crompton



William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzzled by him. The humor is gentle and pleasin…

The Spinster Book

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Myrtle Reed



A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…

David's Lament for Jonathan

Read by Jay Wright


Mary Hannay Foott


In Morna Lee, and Other Poems

Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…

07 A Dot And Line Alphabet

Read by David Wales


Edward Everett Hale


In The Man Without A Country And Other Tales

Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contri…

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…

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…

Harvard

Read by Brian Fullen


David Park Barnitz


In The Book of Jade

The Book of Jade is a collection of poems published anonymously in 1901 and dedicated "To the Memory of Charles Baudelaire". Its a…

NEXT TO READING MATTER

Read by Scott Foster


O. Henry


In Roads of Destiny

This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid

St. David of Wales

Read by Kerry Adams


G. K. Chesterton


In The Queen of the Seven Swords

A collection of poems by G.K. Chesterton, centered around the Blessed Virgin Mary. The title is in reference to the seven sorrows of Mary. “…

The Reading Man

Read by Sonia


Thomas Frederick Young


In Canada and Other Poems

From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…

Gideon

Read by David Wales


Alexander Jessup (editor) and Wells Hastings


In The Best American Humorous Short Stories

The Best American Humorous Short Stories is a delightful collection that brings together eighteen short stories from a diverse array of auth…

Interpreted

Read by Foon


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…

An Offering

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…

In Examination

Read by Graham Redman


Rupert Brooke


In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke brings together the evocative works of one of the early 20th century's most celebrated poets. Known for…

Smiles

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle


William Henry Davies


In Foliage: Various Poems

W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom and United States, becoming one …

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