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The Ass and the Fox
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
Philosophy
Read by Ellies
Victor Daley
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…
Chapter 25
Read by Simon Evers
John Jeffery Farnol
In The Money Moon (version 2)
George Bellew, an American millionaire is in London, where he is jilted by his ladylove. He sets off to travel on an aimless adventure throu…
Chapter XV
Read by Joseph DeNoia
Jules Verne
In The Castle of the Carpathians
The Castle stood above the quiet little town for as long as folks remembered: barren, deserted, lonely and frightening to the townsfolk. Unt…
The Madness of Andelsprutz
Read by David Mack
Lord Dunsany
In A Dreamer's Tales
"A Dreamer's Tales" is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of H. P. Love…
The Loot of Loma
Read by David Starner
Lord Dunsany
In Tales of Wonder
The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fanta…
In the Year 2889
Read by Dan McAdam
Michel Verne
In Short Science Fiction Collection 061
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…
Chapter IX - Natural and Supernatural
Read by Peter John Keeble
Wilkie Collins
In The Two Destinies
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…
The Letter
Read by Newgatenovelist
Elinor Jenkins
In Poems
Elinor Jenkins was a British poet whose published work focuses largely on the First World War. This volume, based on her collection publishe…
Chapter 23 Once More in Zulsdorf
Read by Dory
Armin Stein
In Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife
This is a fictionalized biography of the wife of the reformer Dr. Martin Luther. In the author's words, he hopes that "people may learn…
Rundown
Read by Matthew Cejmer
Robert Lory
In Short Science Fiction Collection 078
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…
Chapter XV: Suspicions
Read by Ben Tucker
Margery Williams
In The Thing in the Woods
Dr. Haverill is asked to fill in as local physician for the skittish Dr. Lennox in a small Pennsylvania town. The locals seem to be a supers…
LUI ET ELLE
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
D. H. Lawrence
In Tortoises
Tortoises is a collection of six poems by D.H. Lawrence inspired by his observation of tortoises going about their business, wild in the la…
Part I - Chapter I
Read by ToddHW
Wilkie Collins
In My Lady's Money
Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…
The Abbreviated Fox and His Sceptical Comrades
Read by Joyce Nussbaum
Guy Wetmore Carryl
In Fables for the Frivolous
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writing…
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
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…
La Rabbiata, Chapter III
Read by VoxLeeThunderous
Paul Heyse
In Four Phases of Love
Paul Heyse was selected as the 1910 Nobel Laureate in Literature in recognition of " ... his long productive career as a lyric poet, dr…
Pronounced Fantasy
Read by Slyma12
Maxwell Bodenheim
In Introducing Irony (Version 2)
Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …