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Chapter 06
Read by Rainer
Wilhelm Jensen
In Eddystone
Es ist die Nacht vom 26. auf den 27. November des Jahres 1703. Eine muntere Gesellschaft feiert auf dem Eddystone die Fertigstellung des neu…
XXXVI. In Dunbar's Room
Read by Lector1
Sax Rohmer
In The Yellow Claw
When a woman is murdered at mystery writer Henry Loureoux's apartment, Scotland Yard inspector Dunbar begins his investigation with a note t…
Introductions
Read by John Biebel
Grace Brooks Hill
In The Corner House Girls at School
The adventures of the Corner House girls continue as they head off to school. - Summary by Lia LalloGrace Brooks Hill was a house pseudonym…
Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised
Read by Betsie Bush
L.M. Montgomery and Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can…
09 - The Pines
Read by Becky Cook
Robert W. Service
In The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this …
Ezra Bartlett
Read by Sean McGaughey
Edgar Lee Masters
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…
02 - Chapters 3 through 6
Read by Tom Weiss
Gilbert Parker
In The Right of Way
Charley Steele is a successful and brilliant Canadian lawyer. He has a nagging wife, Kathleen, and a lazy brother-in-law, Billy. In spite of…
"The Haunted Oak," Paul Laurence Dunbar
Read by Jim Locke
Alice Dunbar Nelson
In The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
Chapter 1
Read by KevinS
Walter R. Brooks
In To and Again
Older readers will enjoy this book for its portrait of a simpler time, one of magic and modest adventure. Children will enjoy being introduc…
The Brookside
Read by April6090
Richard Monckton Milnes
In A Hundred Great Poems
This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr
For Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
Lost in Translation
Read by Tom Weiss
Larry M. Harris and Laurence M. Janifer
In Short Science Fiction Collection 048
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Chapters 21 through 23
Read by Tom Weiss
W. Somerset Maugham
In Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage, published in 1915, is considered to be W. Somerset Maugham’s best work. Many believe the novel to be one of the world’s li…
A Question
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In Oak and Ivy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…
The Brookside by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
Read by Sonia
Richard Monckton Milnes
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)
The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
17 - 'Twixt Cup and Lip
Read by Roger Melin
Frederick Orin Bartlett and Frederick O. Bartlett
In The Web of the Golden Spider
The Web of the Golden Spider is a tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure that begins in the city, progresses to a mutinous open sea voyage,…
Props
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Carl Sandburg
In Slabs of the Sunburnt West
Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard
The Strength Of Gideon
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
Sammy Jay Delivers His Message
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
In The Adventures of Prickly Porky (Version 2)
There's a mystery that's scaring folks on the hill where Prickly Porky the Porcupine lives. What could this strange creature be without head…
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Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid