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Canto 3
Read by czandra
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In The Prophecy of Dante
Byron wrote this tribute to the great 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri after visiting his tomb in Ravenna in 1819. It envisages Dan…
The Red Etin
Read by Scott Mather
Andrew Lang
In The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was f…
Wail
Read by Chris Archer
Dorothy Parker
In Enough Rope
A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…
Riya’s Foundling
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Algis Budrys
In Short Science Fiction Collection 043
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
How Summer came to the Earth.
Read by Ritu Aarcee
Florence Holbrook
In The Book of Nature Myths (Version 2)
These delightful stories about how natural things began are drawn from the early folk-lore of many races. The wonderful explanations of the…
Introduction
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Rainer Maria Rilke
In Poems
A concise collection of poems translated from the great German poet Rilke into formal English verse. Although the translation may be freer t…
Two Letters
Read by czandra
Nina Rhoades
In The Little Girl Next Door
A delightful story of true and genuine friendship between an impulsive little girl in a fine New York home and a little blind girl in an apa…
Auld Lang Syne
Read by heeheekitty
Elizabeth Bibesco
In Balloons
Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco, was an English writer and socialite. The daughter of a British Prime Minister and the wife of a Romanian aristo…
The Third Reading
Read by Linda Johnson
Alphonse Daudet
In Monday Tales
This is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet. The stories paint an incredibly vivid picture of life in continental Europe before…
Part 3 Ch. 1: Atalanta the Huntress
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Pádraic Colum
In The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Gol…
The Book of Pilgrimage
Read by Peter Tucker
Rainer Maria Rilke
In Rainer Maria Rilke: Poems
A selection of poems by this renowned German poet. - Summary by Peter Tucker
Chapter 1
Read by Philippa
Rudyard Kipling
In The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afgha…
The Armadillo
Read by April Walters
Various
In Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No 4, October 1898
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
Courtesy
Read by Erin Stone
Hilaire Belloc
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapter XIII
Read by MaryAnn
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In The Street of Seven Stars
Published in 1914, this novel tells the story of Harmony Wells, an innocent and beautiful American in Austria to study violin. Harmony has t…
XIV. For Auld Lang Syne
Read by Nick Bulka
Anthony Hope
In Lucinda
It's 1914 London, and it's Waldo and Lucinda's wedding day. Unfortunately, Lucinda is nowhere to be found. A messenger boy brings Lucinda's …
A VISIT FROM LOUISE
Read by Alok Karulkar
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…
Example
Read by Anusha Iyer
Edgar A. Guest
In All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
Tula Oolah
Read by Jesus Marquez
Alicia Stuart Aspinwall
In Short Stories for Short People
This is a collection of short stories by Alicia Aspinwall. - Summary by Carolin
Towards the End
Read by Newgatenovelist
Iris Barry
In Selected Poems
Iris Barry was a British and American poet, novelist, film critic and curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. These poems were…