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An Essay on Man

Read by Martin Geeson


Alexander Pope


Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in th…

Interrupted

Read by TriciaG


Pansy


Alternately titled Out in the World. Claire Benedict is a capable, responsible, solid young Christian woman. Everyone leans on her for suppo…

Molly Make-Believe (version 2)

Read by ashleighjane


Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


Carl Stanton is an invalid suffering from an unusual bout of rheumatism. His fiancée is gone for the winter and though he begs her to…

Dr. Nikola’s Experiment

Read by Peter John Keeble


Guy Boothby


Guy Boothby's fourth novel of five about the svelte mysterious anti-hero Dr Nikola sees him progress further on his search for immortality. …

John Gutenberg, First Master Printer: His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses a…

Read by Claudia Salto


Franz Von Dingelstedt


This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join hi…

Penrod

Read by Jonathan Burchard


Booth Tarkington


Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, a…

Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

Read by TriciaG


Stephen Leacock


Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

The American Claimant

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectatio…

Un crime étrange

Read by Christiane Jehanne


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Rencontre Watson et Holmes, installation, et première enquête à Londres, et aussi détour aux U.S.A. en Utah… &ag…

A Short History of England

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of men and their interac…

Indiana

Read by Mary Herndon Bell


George Sand


This is George Sand's first novel. Her real name was Amantine (or Amandine) Lucile Dupin, and she later became baroness Dudevant. As an aris…

Mark Twain's Journal Writings, Volume 1

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Volume 1 contains these 12 essays: 1.) "Americans on a Visit to the Emperor of Russia." 2.) "The Austrian Edison keeping scho…

The Devil's Paw

Read by Tom Weiss


E. Phillips Oppenheim


A beautiful, intelligent young woman – is she a traitorous spy or a patriot? An aristocratic soldier permanently injured during the war – is…

The Uses of Diversity

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the &…

Areopagitica (Version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


The noblest and most extensive defense of freedom of the press in English. Although Milton was sufficiently practical to serve as a censor o…

The Tale Of Tommy Fox

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Arthur Scott Bailey


Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newark Evening News: "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insec…

Petticoat Government, Volume 3

Read by Mark Leder


Frances Milton Trollope


The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.

The Two-Gun Man

Read by Tom Penn


Charles Alden Seltzer


Rustlers are stealing Two Diamond cattle, and the manager is fit to be tied. The range boss claims it’s the neighbor, but there’s no proof. …

Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


This is Mark Twain's vicious and amusing review of Fenimore Cooper's literary art. It is still read widely in academic circles. Twain's essa…

La Aventura Del Ciclista Solitario

Read by tity


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Ésta es una aventura del detective inglés Sherlock Holmes. Él es es el prototipo de investigador cerebral por excelenci…

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