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In The New Life (La vita nuova)

Read by Mary J


Dante Alighieri


One of Dante's earliest works, La vita nuova or La vita nova (The New Life) is in a prosimetrum style, a combination of prose and verse, and…

The Welcome and Farewell - Read by JM

In The Welcome and Farewell

Read by J. McDougall


George Pope Morris


George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter.In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a po…

On the Bay

In The Watchman and Other Poems

Read by J. McDougall


Lucy Maud Montgomery


While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems.…

Chapter 7 Cultivating the Memory in Youth

In In the School Room

Read by J Korth


John S. Hart


In the first place, teaching is not simply telling. A class may be told a thing twenty times over, and yet not know it. Talking to a class i…

Isaiah and Ahaz

In The Prophets and Kings of the Old Testament

Read by J. Thurgood


Frederick Denison Maurice


This is a collection of twenty-seven sermons on the Old Testament kings, from Saul to Zedekiah, and the prophets who spoke to them, from Sam…

PART I. CHAPTER VI. THE MAGIC COLD BATH

In Strength and How to Obtain It

Read by J Korth


Eugen Sandow


In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

On Hampstead Heath

In Leda

Read by J. McDougall


Aldous Huxley


Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…

The Healers

In First World War Centenary Poetry Collection

Read by J Korth


Robert Laurence Binyon


This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of …

July - Read by JM

In July

Read by J. McDougall


Michael Field


Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her …

a Jewish story: "The Story of Ashmedai" by Angelo S. Rappoport

In Tales of 1928: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Publish…

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Angelo Solomon Rappoport


This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published in 1928, covering a range of Europe…

A Night-Rain in Summer - Read by JM

In A Night-Rain in Summer

Read by J. McDougall


Leigh Hunt


James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer. - Summary by Wikipedia

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