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Long Odds
Read by Phil Benson
H. Rider Haggard
In Allan's Wife and Other Tales
In 1885, H. Rider Haggard introduced Allan Quatermain, elephant hunter extraordinaire, in his best-selling African adventure novel 'King Sol…
For Joseph Conrad
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…
The Passing of Arthur
Read by Robin Lamb
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
Conrad Sits in Twilight
Read by Christopher Fried
John Crowe Ransom
In Chills and Fever
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.
Two Conversations
Read by Elroi
H. Rider Haggard
In Joan Haste
A romantic melodrama and one of H. Rider Haggard's most poignant love stories. Joan Haste, a beautiful but illegitimate woman whose mother …
00 - Author's Note
Read by Sibella Denton
Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest
Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Poli…
Author's Note
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest (version 2)
A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is …
Part 04
Read by Expatriate
Conrad Aiken
In The House of Dust: A Symphony
The House of Dust is a poem written in the four-movement format of a classical symphony. Hauntingly beautiful despite its bleak post-World …
The Readers Corner
Read by Bill Boerst
Captain S. P. Meek
In Astounding Stories 12, December 1930
This issue includes "Slaves of the Dust" by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Part B of "The Pirate Planet" by Charles W. Diffin, &qu…
on a Clergyman's preaching without notes
Read by Phil Benson
John Byrom
In Lancashire Dialogues
A scion of the Byroms of Byrom Hall in Lowton, Lancashire, John Byrom was born and lived in Manchester and Salford for much of his life. Edu…
24 - Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, Discourse IV
Read by Joseph Abell
John Wesley
In Sermons on Several Occasions, First Series
John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the …
VI. An Unexpected Visitor
Read by Rachel Tevis
Ruth Lamb
In Aunt Milly's Diamonds
An elderly woman tells her grandchildren an old family story on Christmas Eve. - Summary by Rachel Tevis
CHAPTER XV: AN UNDERSTANDING
Read by Mark Nelson
Clarence Edward Mulford
In The Orphan
Many men swore that The Orphan was bad, and many swore profanely and with wonderful command of epithets because he was bad, but for obvious …
The Bishop's Library
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
Captain Ramón Writes a Letter
Read by Mark F. Smith
Johnston Mcculley
In The Mark of Zorro
In Spanish California, a troubling pattern had developed. The natives were reduced to peasants, the Franciscan friars that ministered to the…
Chapter 06
Read by Mark Nelson
Andre Norton
In The Defiant Agents (Version 2)
Operation Cochise: a carefully planned Western move to colonize a planet ahead of the Reds. Travis Fox had been an eager volunteer, but the …
GRANT WALKS TO SOMERSET
Read by Salma Yasser
Horatio Alger, Jr.
In Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2)
“wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant," said Mrs. Thornton, in a discouraged tone. "Is there anything new that makes you say s…
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…
Chapter V
Read by Cori Samuel
Joseph Conrad
In The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Version 2)
The Secret Agent tells the story of Adolf and Winnie Verloc. He is a phony anarchist and agent provocateur of the title, and the plot centre…
Inititation
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
In The Mirror of the Sea (Version 2)
"Here speaks the man of masts and sails, to whom the sea is not a navigable element, but an intimate companion. The length of passages,…