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Chapter 23

In Falkner

Read by Ken Masters

Mary Shelley

Falkner is the last novel by Mary Shelley, best known as the author of Frankenstein and The Last Man. It tells the impossible love story bet…

Maxims 131-140

In The Art of Worldly Wisdom

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Baltasar Gracián

300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world. Gracian was…

Forgetfulness

In Early Poems

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James Russell Lowell

This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

A Hottentot's Love for Her Teachers and the Power of Prayer

In Narratives of Colored Americans

Read by Ken Masters

Abigail Mott

Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of …

Part 3, Ch 6: The Grin

In The Other Side of the Hill, and Home Again

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Frank W. Boreham

Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…

An Afternoon in the Cornfield

In Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 1, June 1901

Read by Ken Davies

Various

"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief …

Chapter 44

In Commentary On The Book Of Genesis

Read by Ken Dolinger

Matthew Henry

This is another commentary by Matthew Henry, well known for his commentaries on the Bible, this one is on Genesis, the first book of the Bib…

Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds

In Sword Blades and Poppy Seed

Read by Ken Masters

Amy Lowell

This is a volume of poems by Amy Lowell, published in 1914."Against the multitudinous array of daily verse our times produce this volum…

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