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In Milton's Minor Poems
“On Shakespear 1630” typifies much of Milton’s poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium i…
Of Education
A well educated population is the cornerstone of a strong society. On the personal level, education contributes to virtue and self-knowledge…
Part 2
In Four Hymns
Spenser explains in the dedication of this volume that the hymns to love and to beauty were written early in his career and their "heav…
Preface
In Amoretti and Epithalamion
"These Sonnets furnish us with a circumstantial and very interesting history of Spenser's second courtship, which, after many repulses,…
Section 1: Preface
In A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick had been apprenticed to a goldsmith before entering holy orders. This early training has been credited with influencing his m…
Lowell Thomas and the News
In News From The 30's Through The 70's
Explore the fascinating world of news from the 1930s through the 1970s. This collection offers a unique glimpse into the events and stories …
Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great
Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speak…
Preface
In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
This final volume of detective stories was Doyle’s effort to put his most famous creation behind him at long last. It includes a variety of …
The Copeland Collection, by Margaret Dodge
In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 08 May 1898
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Wakefield
In Short Story Collection Vol. 107
We are back with another diverse short story collection. All stories were selected and read by Librivox readers. This collection includes wo…
George Eliot
University of Oxford Podcasts
Rutherford McDowell
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Elias Thomas
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Philosophy for Croakers BY Joseph Morris
In It Can Be Done.
It can be done. This is a volume of inspirational poems. Its purpose is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them wit…
Poems 1-30
In Astrophel and Stella
Sonnet sequences, which these poems by Sidney made very popular in the Elizabethan age, reflected the Medieval motif of courtly love, whereb…
Words and Music
In Short Story Collection Vol. 060
LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories in various genres by authors including Edna Ferber, Charlotte Brontë, Stephan Crane, W. Som…
Introduction
In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series
Atlantic Narratives is a rich anthology featuring 24 short stories that capture the essence of early 20th-century American literature. Compi…
A Dirge
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…
07 - A Special Occasion
In The Mintage
Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the "Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People". These 11 short stores show the …
Sirius
In Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels
This book contains 2 poetry bundles by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, containing many better- or lesser-known poems. The poems are recorded by a singl…