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The Hired Baby

In Stories by English Authors: London

Read by Kirsten Wever

Marie Corelli, F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill

This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …

The Poet and The Baby - Read by KMB

In The Poet and The Baby

Read by Kirsten Bradby

Paul Laurence Dunbar

What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They ha…

Dedication, Preface, Chapter 1: Oranges and Lemons

In The Sunny Side (Version 2)

Read by Kirsten Wever

A. A. Milne

A. A. Milne is best known for his creation of the perennially popular Winnie the Pooh, though he was and is highly acclaimed for hundreds of…

Introduction and Prefaces

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I

Read by Kirsten Ferreri

Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Chapter XXXVII: Conversion Of The Barbarians To Christianity Pt. I

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III

Read by Kirsten Ferreri

Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Section 01

In The Awful German Language (version 2)

Read by Kirsten Wever

Mark Twain

This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, compl…

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